Fwd: Let Afghan Peace Activist Visit U.S.

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From: "RootsAction Team" <info@rootsaction.org>
Date: Jul 3, 2012 12:54 PM
Subject: Let Afghan Peace Activist Visit U.S.
To: <aquarianm@gmail.com>

Ask Secretary Clinton to let a leading Afghan peace activist visit the U.S. Share this action on Facebook Share this action on Twitter Dear Friend, Dr. Wee Teck Young is a Singaporean physician and activist who has lived and worked in Afghanistan for years, organizing a group of young people called the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers.  They have worked to promote nonviolent alternatives, ethnic reconciliation, and an end to war. Ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to let him visit the United States. Dr. Wee shuns his official title, preferring "Hakim," the name bestowed on him by Afghans after he had served as a public health doctor among refugees on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.  In the Dari language, "Hakim" means "learned one and local healer." This week, the Fellowship of Reconciliation awarded Hakim its International Peace Prize.  Also this week, the U.S. State Department refused to grant Hakim a visa to visit the United States, where he would speak about nonviolence. Urge Secretary of State Clinton to grant Hakim a visa. Please forward this email widely to like-minded friends. --The RootsAction team P.S. Our small staff is supported by contributions from people like you; your donations are greatly appreciated. P.P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, and many others. Resources: Voices for Creative Nonviolence: Seeking a Visa for Dr. Wee Teck Young Fellowship of Reconciliation: Annual Peace Awards David Swanson: Afghanistan: A Country, Not a War (with video of Hakim) Click here to unsubscribe and stop ALL email from RootsAction. To modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile, visit your subscription management page at: http://hq-salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/profile/