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Be aware,
Your City is the Next Target!
 Do
you know that the IPPNW students
have started targeting different cities in the world with nuclear
weapons?
Shocked? Don’t be. They are not trying to destroy the cities with the
nuke
heads as was done in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
almost 60
years ago but are simply trying to make people aware of the threats of
nuclear
weapons that loom over them through a project called “Target X” (go to
http://www.ippnw-students.org/Target
for details). They have started it from New York last May and soon will be
reaching other parts
of the world if you are ready to help them in their effort.
Using public
demonstrations to show
the still existing danger of a nuclear attack, medical students can
contribute
to the international campaign to ban nuclear weapons and help raise
awareness
for this issue in their local community. A large red "X", painted on
the central square of your city, with white-coated medical students
standing
around it, handing out information material and engaging in discussions
with
passersby can achieve what seminars, conferences never can.
So, now your
cooperation is sought
to help to install “an orchestrated Target-X”,
in as many cities over the world as possible, on coming 6th of August.
They are
hoping that media will be interested in this project if they will be
able to
have 10-15 major cities with the targets as a part of the project, and
might
broadcast them ideally on August 9, with pictures from the various
cities.
This, of course, does not mean that you cannot participate if you live
in a
small city. Ever single Target-X project is important, in order to send
the
message out to the people of the world!
So, what do
you need to do in order
to be part of this great project? You have to be about 4-6 people,
find
out what restrictions your city-government has for installations like
this, and
if you have to register, write to us an e-mail saying that you would
like to
participate and go to the Target-X website to get more information,
handout
materials, etc. You have to take pictures best with a digital camera
while you
set an installation and send the pictures to us right away and also to
the
press (together with other pictures we send to you). Then, see if your
local
and regional newspapers, television might be interested in the project.
This might
sound like a lot of work.
But the great thing about Target-X is that it is actually really easy
to set it
into action. And, you don't have to be a medical student in order to
participate (even though you might find that on the website). It's more
important that you are motivated, know a little bit about the subject
(and
maybe read some of the things you can find on the IPPNW students
website) and
are young at heart.
Visit www.ippnw-students.org/Target
for
more infos...
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