Please feel free to change/add to these press releases, especially if you want to add a quote from yourself about why you're doing it, or your experience of it for the later ones. Or, if you'd like to talk to the media yourself, replace my name and number with yours.
To all Americans: sorry, as a Canadian i don't feel I know enough to write out a whole press release for the American fast... so you need to either quote yourself and/or your friends (and feel free to change any other parts of the press release!!!) in order to flesh it out (it's below the canadian version)
Canadian Press Release to be sent out Saturday, Sunday or Monday:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Canadian Teenagers to Turn Down Food on Thanksgiving Day
Teens and young adults are known for their appetites, but a group of more than 10 Unitarian Universalist youth and young adults across Canada will be fasting for peace from dawn to dusk this Thanksgiving Monday instead of eating; and they’re encouraging their peers in other faith communities to do the same. Almost 500 youth and young adults across North America are planning to participate in the fast, as well as many adult faith communities.
“Peace and justice are really important to me as a Unitarian Universalist” said 20 year old Christine Michell from Lethbridge Alberta “so when I heard of this idea to fast for peace, I was really excited. I think the fact that it’s on Thanksgiving is quite fitting, since we’re so lucky as Canadians to live in peace.”
“We’ll still be having Thanksgiving dinner after sunset to break the fast, but the act of fasting for a specific purpose all day will help us to both reflect on the need for peace, and make a statement about how war and conflict need to end” added Sanford Kome-Pond, age 19 from Calgary.
This is all part of the Canadian Interfaith Fast for Peace, an extension of a similar event in the US which is sponsored by the Shalom Center, and focuses specifically on ending the war in Iraq.
For more information contact on youth and young adult involvement in this event contact Christine Michell (403) 382-0723, christine.michell@uleth.ca
For more information on the American event, see the website: http://interfaithfast.org
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American Press Release to be set out Saturday, Sunday or Monday:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
American Teenagers to Turn Down Food this Columbus Day
Teens and young adults are known for their appetites, but a group of almost 500 youth and young adults across North America will be fasting for peace and an end to the War in Iraq, from dawn to dusk this Columbus Day; and they’re encouraging their peers in other faith communities to do the same. Many adult faith communities will be participating as well, many in large interfaith gatherings.
******insert 1-3 quotes from youth or young adults about the importance of this fast, why they’re doing it, and about their plans for October 8th*********
The Interfaith Fast for Peace is sponsored by the Shalom Center.
For more information on the larger event, see the website: http://interfaithfast.orgFor more information on youth and young adult involvement contact Christine Michell (403) 382 0723
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Local youth/young adult spent Thanksgiving/Columbis Day fasting for peace
Teens and young adults are known for their appetites, but your name and and age here abstained from food on Thanksgiving/Columbus Day this year to make a statement about peace. Almost 500 youth and young adults across North America were planning to participate in the fast, as well as many adult faith communities.
****quotes here from you about what it was like, what it meant to you*******
This is all part of the Interfaith Fast for Peace, an extension of a similar event in the US which is sponsored by the Shalom Center, and focuses specifically on ending the war in Iraq.
For more information contact on youth and young adult involvement in this event contact your name/contact info
For more information on the American event, see the website: http://interfaithfast.org
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hope these are helpful!
~Chris
