Celebrate Generosity Sunday!

Network of Spiritual Progressives
Madison Chapter

We believe that we need a deeper and more positive vision of the world we want to see. We see a world in which the “domination and control” strategy is replaced by a “generosity and caring” focus at every level of our society. Such a vision or strategy should also replace our Homeland Security and National Defense strategy.

Most briefly, the counter strategy that we are proposing would call for a “Global Marshall Plan (GMP),” which would have the United States and the other G-8 countries dedicate 5% of their GDP for the next twenty years toward eliminating global and domestic poverty, inadequate health care and education, all toward repairing our global infrastructure and environment.

Your local chapter believes that a GMP strategy will gain greater support of the American people and the world than our nation’s preemptive defense strategy. We believe that such a “defense” policy is merely a self-interest strategy that threatens world peace and ignores the peoples’ desire for world peace with justice.

In clear contrast, the GMP initiative is a challenge to all sides of the current debate about the war because it shows that peace can be coupled with real involvement in the world. We urge everyone to consider the Generosity and Caring strategy. If we want a world without war and sustainable we need a generous nation that treats all the peoples of the world with love, caring and respect.

We would like for you to consider celebrating with us on “tax” Sunday, April 15th, 2007, by inviting your neighbors in for a discussion of this issue. For more information go to nsp.madisonwi.us, www.spiritualprogresives.org and www.globalmarshallplan.org.

We encourage you to celebrate with us by beginning this dialogue on how we could better achieve security in our world.