Pete Seeger for Nobel Peace Prize - Sign the Petition

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From: MBrown7387 at aol.com

Thanks, Peter, Pete Seeger is my hero. I first heard him play the banjo in 
1955 at Higley Hill, and I know play (?) the banjo and I have one he 
signed, 
when I brought it to a house party recently, Thanks for the suggestion. 
Michael
 Jacoby Brown.
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> From: "Peter Dreier" <dreier at oxy.edu>
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> Pete Seeger Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize
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> Pete Seeger has been a crusader for peace and social justice over the 
> course of his 83 year lifetime. As a prominent musician, his songs, 
> messages and performance style have worked to engage other people, 
> particularly the youth, in causes to end the Vietnam war, ban nuclear 
> weapons, work for international solidarity, and ecological 
> responsibility. His work has had great influence and global reach. His 
> work has been not only a medium of entertainment but also of 
> education, compassion and activism. To learn more about Pete, go to 
> this website: http://www.peteseeger.net/
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> Please join me and many others in this campaign. Sign the petition to 
> help persuade the American Friends Service Committee to enter Pete 
> Seeger as their nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008. You can access 
> the petition on this website:
> http://www.petitionthem.com/default.asp?sect=detail&pet=3774
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> Peter Dreier
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> Peter Dreier
> Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics
> Chair, Urban & Environmental Policy Program
> Occidental College
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> "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of 
> great moral crises maintain their neutrality" - Dante
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