Stay Human: Free Concert and Vigil Featuring Michael Franti

Critically acclaimed hip hop artist Michael Franti (vocalist of the group
Spearhead) will perform, along with other local artists. An altar will be
set up for people to show their sympathies and grief. Art projects will be
offered for kids and adults to express their emotions in other ways.

Volunteers are desparately needed to make the event a success!

Volunteers are also needed to help make the Bay Area a Hate-Free Zone. We
are working with businesses and residents around the Bay to place posters in
windows declaring ourselves a Hate Free Zone.

The terrorist attacks of September 11 were indescribably horrific. In just
the space of a morning, thousands of people lost their lives. Countless
millions more are now scarred with the grief of that loss.

As we grieve and mourn, we here at Global Exchange are urging people around
the US to stay committed to peace and reconciliation. Retaliation, we
strongly believe, will offer no consolation. We must remember that we cannot
recover innocent lives by taking others.

While we call for reconciliation rather than retaliation, Global Exchange is
organizing communities around the US to say no to the kind of prejudice that
makes terror possible in the first place. Already, Arab Americans, Muslims
and others have been the target of hate crimes. This is intolerable. That's
why we are asking communities to declare themselves a "Hate-Free Zone" and
to pledge that they will not blame innocent people for the acts of a few
individuals.

To volunteer contact:
Marla Ruzicka, Global Exchange
marla [at] globalexchange.org
415-255-7296