Eyes on Sri Lanka: We need to get letters to these politicians NOW

Elevated Voices

Dear Friends, Over the past year, I have been visiting Sri Lanka to work with amazing human rights and health organizations to create collaborations to help forward their agendas and, ultimately, affect change. I work for the International Women's Health Coalition and we began working with Sunila Abeysekera and her human rights documentation center, INFORM, to help ensure that women's voices were heard during the tsunami reconstruction process. Our work in Sri Lanka was marked by the cease-fire agreement which has since reversed as Sri Lanka tumults back into conflict. Moved by colleagues and friends, I create this website to help share the news and stories of Sri Lanka. Sometimes the world gets tired of hearing the same old story, but this is one that cannot go unheard or forgotten. Postings on this site will include communiques I receive from treasured colleagues, including Sunila and friends at INFORM, Bhavani Fonseka at the Centre for

Policy Alternatives, friends at the Women and Media Collective and others. I welcome your feedback. In solidarity, Supriya Pillai

Thursday, December 21, 2006

We need to get letters to these politicians NOW

CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON SRI LANKA AND SRI-LANKAN-AMERICANS – 108TH CONGRESS

If you care about what's happening in Sri Lanka and want to mobilize US politicans to help the peace process become a reality, please send a letter to the following memebers of the Congressional Caucus on Sri Lanka. This requires immediate attention. If you would like, please copy the letter below or create your own.

Dear __________,

I'm writing to request that you help to bring the Sri Lankan government and their opposition, the LTTE, back to the table for peace talks to help end the conflict in Sri Lanka that is nearly 20 years old and has cost countless lives. The United States has the ability to help bring both sides back into discussion, crucial to peace in Sri Lanka. Today, where we are at, the conflict has escalated and while the rest of the world only receives snippets of information, the reality of the daily lives of many is filled with terror, torture and displacement.

Please take this letter seriously and please work towards building a peaceful solution to the conflict in Sri Lanka.

Sincerely,

_________________________

Members

Frank Pallone - D Co-Chair (D-NJ)

Jerry Weller - R Co-Chair (R-IL)

Robert Andrews (D-NJ)

Shelley Berkley (D-NV)

Joseph Crowley (D-NY)

Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

John Doolittle (R-CA)

Phillip English (R-PA)

Eni Faleomavaega (AS)

Scott Garrett (R-NJ)

Bart Gordon (D-TN)