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On Aug. 10, 1999, Donna Dees-Thomases heard about the shooting. A man entered a Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, Calif., and opened fire on a room of Jewish children. At the time, Dees-Thomases' children, ages 4 and 6, attended a JCC daycare near their home in New Jersey. As she watched the breaking news coverage on television, Dees-Thomases shivered at the similarities.
As a result of the march, local Million Mom March chapters emerged. In North Carolina, chapters formed in Raleigh, Durham/Chapel Hill and Winston Salem. Among other things, the chapters have engaged in a door-to-door movement, asking neighbors to lock up their guns and keep them out of the reach of children. These "unsung heroes," Dees-Thomases said, are responsible for the latest CDC statistics that report the...
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Among them will be Barbara McKee, president of the Million Mom March Southwest Chicago-land Chapter, and Donna Dees-Thomasas, the organizer of the march, who appeared on Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.'s 1390 AM national show on Sunday.
Jackson is holding a press conference Friday in Woodard's barber shop to promote the Mother's Day march.
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SHELBY COUNTY
Britt, Thomas Ray
...McKarem, Ehnis Lavern. Mothershead, Donna. Perry, James R. Samuel, Laurine. Singleton, Tammyy Gail Dees. Tant, Warene. Tippett, John Wright. Tutor, Brian ...
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Medlock argues that a large part of the National Rifle Association's (NRA) success is due to its ability to manipulate existing irrationalities--things that make people go "real, real crazy"--among its supporters to intensify and mobilize opposition to gun control. He briefly describes the legislative power of the NRA and reviews the existing literature on irrationality and risk. He also demonstrates how the NRA exploits these irrationalities more successfully than the interest group that favor gun control.
...Million Mom March founder Donna Dees-Thomases proposes that "[ujnless a person is ...
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...But the mom in question, Donna Dees-Thomases, was disingenuous. And the media kno...
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SHELBY COUNTY
Adams, Mary Louise Dalton
...Crutcher, Evangelist Patricia. Dees, Ann Ernestine Simpson. Epps, Pauletta. Foster, Sr... (Minnie), Murphy (Vokmia) and Terry (Donnas) Gant. - - - - - - -. ALBERT JOHN GIANNINI, 95, of...
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Gary Tuma of the Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, +1- 717-783-1116
...Hoover, Lancaster - reappointment. Donna L. Kreiser, Columbia - reappointment. Martin Dees,...
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FEC delay urged
Federal Election Commission lawyers recommended yesterday that the agency delay a decision on new donation and spending limits for tax-exempt groups, a move that could allow them to spend millions on ads and voter drives in this year's presidential race.
..."The founder of the Million Mom March is Donna Dees-Thomases. Back when she first dreamed up the ...
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SHELBY COUNTY
Babcock, Pauline
...Daugherty, Johnnie Frazier. Dees, George W. Dixon, Charles. Frierson, Catherine. Go... his wife, Jean Dixon, his four daughters, Donna Harris, Sharon Cappadona, Kathy Holcomb, and Linda...
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NOTE: Online video; Hear a sample at newhavenregister.com
Master fiddler Henrique "Rique" Prince is a bit like the Kunte Kinte of old-time string band music. He's just going back to the genre's roots, but he says he can't tell you how many times people ask him why black people are playing this type of music.
... tonight at 7 p.m., with The Deedle Deedle Dees opening on the Green at 6, says that they just "br.....". Contact Donna Doherty at 203-789-5672. Follow us on Twitter at N...