Ye, fellow human kin,
Please grace these lines with your consideration.
And take a few Actions for Love of Life,
affirming the Dignity of Others,
too often forgotten. Resist a human-few
driven agenda of fear and loathing,
of personal and corporate avarice...
Missouri plans its— Our next serial murder
on March 20. Rusty Bucklew would be
the 89th human being executed since ’89.
Compassionately, Society should support
crime victims and grieving loved ones...
Mourn Michael Sanders Whom he killed,
Assist Stephanie Ray Whom he raped…
BUT not with another corpse, a bloody memoriam.
Call 573-751-3222, urge Gov. Eric Greitens—
Take a moral path, commute his ”death”
to Life in prison; End killing for killing’s sake.
Join Vigils for Life March 20:
12-1 Gov.'s Office, Capitol, Jefferson City;
5-6 p.m. Walnut St. Courthouse, Columbia.
Eight million members of our human family
In Yemen face famine and cholera this day…
Thousands killed in one of the poorest nations,
thru war waged by Saud Arabia, among the richest,
armed by US (and corporate weapon makers),
the world’s bloodiest purveyors of death.
Beseech Senators: Join a Bi-partisan Call for Life
Support the War Powers Resolution (S.J. Res. 54)
Ending US military aid for the Saudi slaughter.
May the Olympic Peace Truce
called in November by the world’s nations--
Continue to Bloom on the Korean Peninsula,
as officials of Koreas, North and South,
met the past week. Please Urge Pres. Trump:
Contribute to the peace momentum;
Cancel planned US war games,
Replacing them and past talk of bombing
with diplomacy; help make history-- Meet with
North Koreans. Work beyond the armistice,
Officially help end decades-long simmering war.
A few Missouri officials have been vying
to deny constitutional rights to speak--
for businesses and organizations contracting
with our state—wanting to boycott Israel.
Boycotts are interwoven into US fabric,
from colonial times with the Boston Tea Party
to the Birmingham Bus Boycott and beyond.
People of conscience the world over
are heeding the call made a decade ago by
Palestinian civil society: Take nonviolent action,
Employ BDS: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
upon Israel and businesses supporting
their military occupation of Palestinian lands—
until Israel conforms to international law,
ending the apartheid-like Jim-Crow regime
and recognize the human rights of Palestinians.
Urge your Missouri lawmakers: Vote against
Senate Bill 849 and House Bill 2179.
Either could be debated on as soon as this eve!
This weekend, Room At The Inn closed…
Seven Columbia churches shined,
providing shelter as Jesus woulda wanted--
with hundreds of workers providing life-saving
overnight refuge since December
for homeless kin of ours… Dozens who
now sadly return to the cold streets..
May we of mid-Missouri
Continue this human evolution
And make homelessness
SOON a relic of a deplorable past,
following the Housing First model.
Let us strive to treat all humanity
As our respected relatives,
And labor toward making this
A peaceable and just global society for All.
Jeff Stack is coordinator of the Mid-MO Fellowship of Reconciliation. For more information call 573-449-4585. To read more about the various topics view this column online at columbiatribune.com.