from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an international and ecumenical peace organization in business since 1915 . . .http://www.forusa.org/programs/iraq/iraq-photoproject-statement.htmlHere is an opportunity to reach Iraqis – and others in the Arab and Muslim world – in a simple "people-to-people" way. We will send to appropriate Arab media outlets photographs of ordinary Americans holding a handwritten message, an expression of what they feel in their hearts about the war and its results. The power of visual images has brought us many gruesome and shameful messages from Iraq: Let's use the same visual tool to send back messages of compassion, shared grief and a sense of our oneness as human beings.
We hope the messages will convey our profound sense of grief and shame, as well as our heartfelt apology for what has been done in our name. We hope for messages of peace, friendship and common humanity. Above all, we hope individuals and groups, small and large, will write original messages, expressing their own feelings in their own words.
What happens to the pictures?We plan to deliver the photos to Arab media outlets (newspapers, Radio and TV stations, etc). for publication and broadcast in Arab and Muslim countries. We will also exhibit them for the U.S. media. We hope that with media coverage, this project will snowball, with thousands of people in hundreds of group photos reaching out to Iraqis. A select number of these photos will also be posted on our website at:
http://www.forusa.org/programs/iraq/iraq-photoproject.html- more . . .
http://www.forusa.org/programs/iraq/iraq-photoproject-statement.html