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But instead of leaving, they focused deeply on the intention to help that drew them to Thailand. Three days later, Kate and Steve found themselves in a fishing village north of Phuket that had been ravaged by the waves, losing 40 members and 20 boats. Kate and Steve helped the villagers launch the Waves of Hope Boat Building Project. The latest word is that the village has completed seven new boats and refurbished seven others, with the entire fleet scheduled to be back in the water by the end of August.

Code Pink In Print

IN NOVEMBER 2002, I joined a group of women at the start of a four-month vigil outside the White House. We called ourselves CodePink as a spoof on George Bush's color-coded security system, as a play on the alarm sounded when a child is abducted from a hospital (drawing an analogy to the theft of our children's futures) -- and as a playful way of celebrating the feminine nurturing of life. We couldn't prevent the war in Iraq, but CodePink has touched many lives, with over 100 chapters in this country, others overseas, and a lot of media attention. CodePink has taken groups to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran. (Marla Ruzicka, who was killed by a car bomb in Iraq in April, committed herself to bringing attention to the war's civilian casualties after a CodePink trip.) Now CodePink is publishing a book, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism (Inner Ocean, 2005), edited by CodePink co-founders Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin (www.codepinkalert.org). More than 70 contributors (I'm honored to be among them) offer their prescriptions for peace. I can guarantee you that opening it to almost any page will deepen your commitment to peacemaking.

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