Doing Something that Means Nothing ...

... except creating awareness.

Lebanon is falling under real fire. The rest of the world is falling under the lies of the media. What has CNN reported of the 100+ civilian deaths, except as having that fact as a passing remark? What have others said?

Expats, if they can't do anything else, can do something to change this. CREATE AWARENESS. WRITE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IF YOU ARE A US CITIZEN, and others if you live in other countries.

You can also do something that a friend of mine organized in Northern California: a solidarity rally. This is not an event that will change the outcome, but if anything, the world will now have an alternate view.

Even though I am currently not in California, I was able to help by contacting Bay Area news networks: Those that attended were San Jose Mercury News, AP, NBC.

The newspapers that carried this news included:

AP, Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union Tribune, etc.

For those Lebanese in other areas: Southern California, Washington DC, North Carolina, etc. do something similar. Most important is the news coverage. Prepare a press release (I can forward you the simple one I had).

posted by Lazarus, 9:50 PM