Peace with justice meeting - One year after the riots at Curchorem-Sanvordem Goa

Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony – Goa

TOWARDS PEACE WITH JUSTICE -- One year after the Sanvordem-Curchorem
communal violence

3rd March, 2007 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at T.B . Cunha Hall, Panjim

3rd and 4th March 2006 are days that we would probably prefer to forget.
But can history be erased? Alternatively, should history become a cause
of conflict? Or should we work at what it means to recall history with a
view to constructing a just and secular future?

One year after the riots, the Muslim community in the area continues to
live in fear and anxiety, afraid that at any time any day they can once
again be attacked and left in the lurch. Can we let this continue? Can
we continue to say that all Indians are our brothers and sisters with
our heads held high?

What has been the role of the State in all this? What would it take to
ensure that all, specially the minority communities and the marginalised
sections of society are included amongst us as our equal brothers and
sisters? How do we ensure that all citizens can live in peace and
security?

To not only talk of peace but to ground it in reality -- rather than
talking of an illusory peace -- is the challenge before us. Goa also
needs to be protected in the future against communal ideologies and
processes. For this we need to get to the root of the current problems,
and pledge ourselves to work towards a better future.

So come, sing a song of secularism, and share your thoughts with
like-minded people. Together we can make a difference and bring about
peace with justice.

Come and be part of the peace-with-justice meeting organised by
Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony on 3rd March, 2007 from 4
p.m. to 6 p.m. at T.B.Cunha Hall, Panjim

(Albertina Almeida) (Ramesh Gauns)
Convenors