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Make a Peace Connection
Members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows invited members of the public to “make a peace connection” by writing letters to others who had suffered from terrorism, violence and…
Stonewalk Begins in Boston
In this Boston news report, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows founding member David Potorti announces the start of Stonewalk, which visited 33 towns between July 25th and September 2nd,…
South Korea Visit by David Potorti
This speech was delivered by David Potorti in Seoul during Peaceful Tomorrows’ first visit to South Korea, November 30, 2003 in conjunction with People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy. My Dear…
No More Victims Tour
The “No More Victims” tour, co-sponsored by September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and the American Friends Service Committee, will place the human dimension and experience of the 9-11 attacks and of war at the center of the national debate over the “war against terrorism.” In doing so, the participants hope to educate and to raise public consciousness about the meanings and consequences of the war by providing a thought-provoking dialogue in counterpoint to other, more ceremonial, remembrances of September 11.
David Potorti Remarks: No More Victims Tour
These remarks were delivered by David Potorti during the American Friends Service Committee’s No More Victims Tour in September, 2002. The last time I spoke with my oldest brother Jim…
Mother Jones: A Peaceful Mourning
By Sue Halpern Illustration: Luba Lukova http://motherjones.com/politics/2002/09/peaceful-mourning Before Rita Lasar’s brother, Abe Zelmanowitz, died in the World Trade Center on September 11, Lasar would have been considered a pretty typical…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Visit World Trade Center Site with Peaceful Tomorrows
This past winter, Peaceful Tomorrows was contacted by Steve Leeper, an American liaison for the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (HANWA). Steve grew up in Hiroshima (where his father…
Ten Years to Ponder Our Losses
http://ncronline.org/news/politics/ten-years-ponder-our-losses In the autumn of 2001, with the ghastly images of jetliner terror still fresh in the mind and the national urge to do something and get somebody building to…
Debi Corcoran, David Potorti: At a Crossroads
Debi Corcoran’s family had a beautiful reunion this summer. For the first time in years, her brother and sisters and their children all got together and celebrated their mother’s 72nd…
I Lost My Brother on 9/11; Does He Matter?
[Ed's note: On Tuesday, September 11, the writer lost his brother, James Potorti, at the World Trade Center. James worked on the 96th Floor of the first tower for a...
