Important Announcements

CURRENT INFORMATION: go to our Facebook group "Waco Friends of the Climate." 1) Beginning Jan. 2025, our focus has been on resistance to Donald Trump, since his policies are our greatest threat to the climate. Thus, we are not having monthly meetings at this time. We hope to hold monthly meetings in the future. Visit our Facebook group for current activities, Waco Friends of the Climate. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330231820335851 2) Our role in the resistance includes a weekly protest at the pedestrian bridge in Waco, Valley Mills Dr. & Bagby Avenue, each Sunday, 1:00pm-2:30pm. We began the protest in March 2025 and it has been carried on weekly for over one year. We provide huge, highly visible banners. Please join us. RESISTING FASCISM, ONE SUNDAY AT A TIME. 3) Because of the sad passing of our webmaster, Harrison Ward, we have not been able to keep the website up to date. For the most current information, please visit our Facebook group, Waco Friends of the Climate : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330231820335851 4) To join our email list and be informed of actions, activities, and campaigns, email our Director Alan Northcutt at anorthc@aol.com 5)Free "climate crisis is here" yard signs may be obtained by emailing anorthc@aol.com. Delivery of signs is available. Help raise awareness of the climate crisis, deeply needed in Waco. 6) Winners of the "Sixth Annual Climate Crisis Art Exhibit" may be found in the Archives, April 2023. Some incredible climate art may be viewed.

Letter To Congressman Flores

The following letter to Congressman Bill Flores collected 33 signatures at the January 10th meeting at Poppa Rollo's.  So far there has been no reply to faxes of the letter to Congressman Flores' Waco office.


The Honorable Bill Flores
U.S. Representative, District 17, Texas
1030 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
FAX (202)225-0350
January 9, 2013

Dear Congressman Flores,

You have recently made statements opposing any new gun control legislation, reported in the Waco Tribune-Herald.  As your constituents in District 17, we reject your position and call on you to support strong measures to combat the gun slaughter in the United States.  Each year at least 100,000 Americans are killed or injured in gun violence.  The recent tragic death of children in Newtown emphasizes the urgency of steps to halt this senseless killing.  

We thus call on you to support strong measures to combat gun violence, including:
1)a ban on assault-style weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines, 2) background checks on all gun purchases by closing loopholes, and 3) increased funding for mental health care.

Gun control legislation has proven to be effective.  After a massacre in 1996, gun control measures were passed with bipartisan support in Australia.  Since that time, the number of homicides, suicides, and robberies has plummeted, and there have been NO more massacres.  

A majority of Americans, including NRA members, supports new gun control legislation.  Hunters and other legitimate gun owners will still be able to own firearms.
Thus, it comes down to a choice between protecting the lives of Americans or the profits of gun manufacturers.  We call on you to place the health and safety of our citizens first.

Sincerely,


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