Photos of Jon Anderson, Sherry Fowler, and Mimi are by Dee Partridge.
Photo of pie delivery to Sen. Barbara Boxer's office, San Diego, by Dan Hammer, includes: (L to R): Virginia Berger, John McNeil, Christine Elliot, Caridad Sanchez (District Director for San Diego and Imperial Counties), Brian Gibbs, and Maudean Sanders.
[1] www.thepeacealliance.org/files/campaigns/peace_pie/PieHandout2008.pdf Source: Budget of the United States Government: Detailed Functional Tables Fiscal Year 2009, Table 25–14. Current Services Outlays by Function, Category, and Program (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy09/fct.html), discretionary funding only. Excludes additional mandatory outlays (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Interest on debt), which typically represent about half of the total federal budget. *Other includes Veterans benefits & services, Natural resources & environment, International affairs, General science, space & technology, Community & regional development, General government, Agriculture, Energy, Social security, Medicare, and Commerce & housing credit. Excludes -$8B in undistributed offsetting receipts. Department of Peace included for illustrative purposes only.
[2] Past recipients of the Gandhi Peace Award include Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Linus C. Pauling, and former U.N. Secretary General, U Thant.
[5] www.forkandspoonkitchen.com www.lacuisinesc.com 843-475-0629
[6] Howe also wrote travel books, biography, drama, verse, and children's songs. She edited Woman's Journal from 1870 – 1890, and spoke and read seven languages. In 1908 she became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A preacher and teacher, she birthed six children, five of whom lived to adulthood, and she survived a violent marriage to an adulterous husband who mismanaged her significant inheritance.
[7] Read the entire Proclamation: http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/71/36/
