Group:

Set them Free

Group initiatives:

Political Prisoners

Regions of interest:

Burma |  Cambodia |  Congo |  Cuba |  Egypt |  Equatorial Guinea |  Eritrea |  Georgia |  Guinea |  Iran |  Iraq |  Jordan |  Kosovo |  Lebanon |  Libya |  Mexico |  Morocco |  North Korea |  Pakistan |  Russia |  Saudi Arabia |  Somalia |  Syria |  Thailand |  Turkey |  Turkmenistan |  Uzbekistan |  Vietnam |  Yemen |  Zimbabwe

About

In most countries, the number of Political Prisoners is small but the impact of their arrest is large. Often, they are the leaders and most visible members of groups that are trying to propel change. Arresting these leaders destroys or seriously disables the groups. Additionally, their arrest sends a high profile message and a “chilling” effect as well on those who want change. By the same calculation, forcing a country to free those Political Prisoners has a huge and liberating effect on populations in general.

GOAL: To collect thousands of your old keys to give to the UN Ambassadors of 10 countries we identify as the largest perpetrators of jailing or intimidating Political Prisoners. We will ask that those countries use those keys to free that prisoner. Each key will be tagged with the name of each prisoner we identify. At the same time, we’ll also send key sets to the leaders of those countries we identify.

ACTION: Create your own POP page and Join the Set Them Free Group then:

1. Our goal is to collect 25,000 old keys. Please send your keys to:

Power of Peace
PO Box 413
Craryville, NY 12521

2. Keys don't cost much. Donate now so we can reach our goal of 25,000 keys.

3. Volunteer to deliver the keys to the UN Ambassadors or to a specific country. We need 10 volunteers. Email us keys at the powerofpeace.com.

PLEASE NOTE: THE POWER OF PEACE IS WAITNG FOR OUR OWN 501-C3 (NON-PROFIT) STATUS. UNTIL THEN WE ARE PROUD TO WORK WITH LA LUTTA AS OUR FISCAL SPONSOR FOR ALL NON-PROFIT RELATED ACTIVITIES.

ALL DONATIONS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED ON POWER OF PEACE WILL PROVIDE FULL TAX BENEFITS TO YOU. LA LUTTA TAKES 5% OF ALL DONATIONS AND FUNDS TO HELP WITH OPERATIONAL COSTS. 95% OF THE FUNDS GO DIRECTLY TO THE CAUSE.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR EMAIL NON-PROFIT AT THE POWEROFPEACE DOT COM.

MY HOPES AND DREAMS FOR THE NEW DECADE:

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I dream of a world where children everywhere will put their heads on their pillow at night and not worry about food, shelter or abuse. I hope President Obama finds his footing, plants his feet on the ground and earns his Nobel Peace prize. I dream of forgiveness and reconciliation between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians. I hope the day comes when we recognize that cultures that repress women are almost uniformly impoverished and subject to disease, famine and war.