Do You Know This Person? Play The DVD Game!

[Bill Scheurer]

Help us put the Beyond War DVD -- Building A World Beyond War: A Roadmap for Citizens -- into the hands of public figures who we believe are open to our ideas and might find this a helpful resource in their work.

Make a separate "reply" entry below for each person you think we should try to reach. Anyone who has a good way to reach that person can then reply to that reply entry with their ideas and information about how to reach them.

We will provide a personal letter from our Executive Director addressed to that person with a copy of the DVD. Let's see how many friendly public figures we can reach together with this great video!

[Bill Scheurer]

Pope Benedict XVI
Sally & Phil Hanna hand-delivered a copy of the DVD and letter to the Pope when they visited him in Rome.
So, he and his staff now have a copy of the DVD. Next!

[Bill Scheurer]

Ted Turner: Founder of CNN and noted supporter of the UN, nuclear disarmament, and global good will.
Do you know this person? How do we reach him next?

[Martin Jones]

My nephew's wife is a VP at CNN where Turner was CEO. She knows him. Shall I ask her how to reach him or ask if she will do it herself?? Martin Jones

[Bill Scheurer]

Yes! Let her tell us which is the better approach. Either way, it sounds like a great connection. I look forward to writing that letter to Ted!

[Charley Rogers]

Dennis Kosinnich (sp?)

[John Webster]

It is Kucinich. Dennis is the Congressman from Ohio's 10th District and is very much in support of many Beyond War concepts. Kucinich can be a great help to Beyond War. His wife, Elizabeth, would also be a great help to the Beyond War movement. I second the suggestion of Dennis Kucinich to receive a copy of the DVD.

[Bill Scheurer]

Actually, I know Dennis and Elizabeth. So, unless someone else knows them better, I can go ahead and send it to them. Although, it would be great to have someone deliver it in person instead.

[Rita]

Please give the DVD to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

[Dan Welke]

"The Elders" are group of distinguished leaders commited to making the world a better place. On the front page of their website (http://www.theelders.org/welcome), Bishop Desmond Tutu has a statement that in part says the Elders will endeavor to support those people who are committed to making our world a better place. President Jimmy Carter is a member of this group. I suggest we get the Beyond War DVD to Jimmy Carter, and he in turn may pass it on to all of The Elders. If this were to happen, it would advance the message of Beyond War significantly.

Dan

[Dan Welke]

The complete list of The Elders is:
Nelson Mandela
Graça Machel
Desmond Tutu
Kofi Annan
Ela Bhatt
Lakhdar Brahimi
Gro Brundtland
Fernando H Cardoso
Jimmy Carter
Mary Robinson
Muhammad Yunus
Aung San Suu Kyi

Biography info on each of them is available at The Elders website.

[Dan Welke]

If no one else on the Beyond War team has a better connection to pass the Beyond War letter and DVD to President Carter, then I will do it by sending them to him in care of the Carter Center. Please advise if I should proceed with this approach. If so, how do I get a copy of the personal letter from our Executive Director addressed to President Carter and a copy of the DVD?

Dan Welke

[Bill Scheurer]

Dan, thanks! We'll probably send that to him next week if no one else comes forward with a personal connection to him. We might open up entries for others in The Elders group too?

Bob Dodge, a member of our Board, has met some of The Elders andy may have given DVDs to them. Bob, can you tell us which ones you have given the DVD to?