I RESOLVE to continue to work to free children from the tyranny of physical punishment, however, wherever, or for whatever "justification" it is inflicted, and by whoever's hands, whether parents, school officials, or other bullies. I do this because I believe this is the most important contribution I can make toward reducing and preventing violence, hatred, and crime in my community, and thus to increase the happiness of all. Accordingly and by extension, I resolve, wherever (in public) I see a child being spanked, slapped, shaken or subject to any other physical or emotional violence, I will interrupt and interfere - on the spot - without regard for the consequences to myself. My conviction is that no one deserves to be hit, that no one has a right to strike a child, and that children are not the property of parents, schoolmasters, or the State, but are younger citizens of this community. I consider it my civic and moral duty to prevent their being harmed. -Norm Lee Every adult citizen is invited to join the list of signatories to this resolution. Email Norm Lee at norm@bmi.net and to let me know you are similarly committed taking this non-violent action, and I'll add your name to the list at the right. Invite family members, friends and colleagues to join. Let's grow this list! WHAT CAN AN OBSERVER DO TO STOP THE HITTING? A strategy for intervention By Norm Lee CORRESPONDENCE Debra Stang: An intervention in the grocery store Laurie A. Couture: Challenging an abusive family in public

SIGNATORIES Norm Lee, Thatcher, AZ Pat, WA Andre Madeline Gold, CA Dr. Bob Fathman, Dublin, OH Amy, Detroit, MI John, MN Patrick, Thailand Rob Matthews, London, UK Christine, London, UK Veronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina Debra Stang, KS Jordan Riak, Exec. Dir., Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, Alamo, CA Trudi, NH Amy, New Albany, MS Barbara, New York City Nadine Block, Director, Center for Effective Discipline; co-chair of EPOCH-USA Sara, Virginia Beach, VA Soline Weidema, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Fabiana, Brazil Ana Pires, London, UK Robert Scharf, Baldwin, N.Y. Mitch Hall, CA Barbara Vickers Beverly Red, VT Manuel Winocur, Cacerolazos, Nueva Argentina; Dawn S. Walls,Temecula, CA Morning Star, Maryland/Washington, DC/VA Esme Hall, Montpelier, VT Alexa Katz, New Orleans, LA/Tuscaloosa, AL Fran Morris, Oklahoma City, OK Dale Wares, Oklahoma City, OK Eva Carter, Austin, TX Uthra Venkatraman, Madras, India Justin Riak, Alamo, CA Suzanne Root, Vista, CA John Root, Vista, CA Alexandra Root, Vista, CA Thomas Root, Vista, CA James Root, Vista, CA Lex Williford, St. Louis, MOi Bruce Carmichael, Great Falls, MT Bill Wright, CA Joe Sommer, Columbus, OH Lesley Barrett, Vandenberg AF Base, CA Kathy Mill, Sydney, Australia Michele Marin, FL Kerry Wildermoth, Sydney, Australia Eric Perlin, New York Ruth Kenner, Beit shemesh, Israel Harold Smith, Bloomsburg, PA Robin Warnes, New Zealand Johnny McPhail, Oxford, MS Reeperette, Detroit, MI Heather Drummond, Kent, UK Madeleine Y. Gomez, Ph.D, Evanston, IL Javier A.Sanchez, Evanston, IL R. J. Godfrey, Fort Wayne, IN Vicki, Adelaide, Australia Carmen Kuys, Aliso Viejo, CA Laurie A. Couture, M.Ed, Exeter, NH Lim Kee Peng, Sungai Patani, Kedah, Malaysia Jim Talbot, Granada Hills CA Paul S. Weikert, Ph.D, Ferryburg, MI Beth A. Barrett, Salt Lake City Sieglinde W. Alexander; Nicolaus, CA Elisabeth Griesbeck..Munich, Germany Brian Vanderlip, Pefferlaw, Ontario, CAN Blake Hutchison, W Mansfield, OH Benjamin Clarke, Burlington, VT Steve Loya, Jr., Safford, AZ Jan Keeling, Nashville, TN Jessica, WI Randy Cox, MSW, ACSW, Little Rock, AR Matthew Root, CA David Root, CA Dr. Andrew Saul, NY Deborah, Robinsonville, MS Eric Heimstadt, cadc,..Humboldt, CA Kibby & Larry Thomas, Phoenix, AZ Barbara Patricia Dadkhah-Jazi, teacher, UT Mady Gomez Claudette Silas Nettie Hill Deborah Hill Susan Lawrence, Arlington, MA Kathy Noll, Reading, PA Joe O'Donnell, Buffalo, NY Stephen Lawrence, Arlington, MA Nikki Mason, Rochester, NY Dave Mason, Rochester, NY Eli Newberger, M.D., Brookline, MA John Breeding, Ph.D., Austin, TX Gabriela O. Monasterio, Michoacan, Mexico Stacy Link, Apple Valley, CA Debi Brause, Charlotte, NC Jennifer Reiffert, Middle Island, NY Diedre Wachbrit, CA Deborah Thomas-Vigliano, TX John Davis, M.D., Ashville, NC Deborak Mark, Dripping Springs, TX Michaela Schmitt Curtis, R.N., AL Gyorgy Kozma, Budapest, Hungary Adrian Subtirelu, Poliesti, Romania Isabelle Neal, Beaumont, TX Amy Heiple, Belews Creek, NC Rachel S., LMT, Seattle, WA Kolor Guillaume, Lide, Lomé-Togo Pierre D. Piake, Dapaong -Togo Godfrey Appiah-Kubi, Accra, Ghana Clare Christie, Perth, Australia Moses Adadimah, Ghana, W. Africa Yawo E. Douvon, Lome - Togo Amidu Ibrahim-Tanko, Tamale, Ghana Rodger A. Glokpor, Lide, Lomé-Togo Peace Sagoe, CARE, Accra-Ghana Ushanda Elima, CA Jan Hunt, Sunriver, OR Marye Wade, Western Australia Kathy Stokes, Brooklyn, NY Andrew Gaines, Sydney, Australia Michelle Steinberg, Phoenix, AZ McKenna Case, St. Louis, MO Christina Annamaria Curtis, Demopolis, AL Bradley Michael Curtis, Demopolis, AL Valarie Bowman, Shirley, NY Blake Graham, Perth, Western Australia Pamela Miller, Maryland Audrey King, Lodi, CA Marie L. Logan, Saint Cloud, MN Laurie Schoenberg, CA Al Crowell, M.S., CA M. Kay Keller, FL Paula Intravaia, CA Kelly Crosthwaite,,San Diego, CA. Glenn Lee, North Pole, Alaska Angel Lee, North Pole, Alaska Rudy Dalpra, Safford, AZ Gretchen Pase, Lake Arrowhead, CA Teresa L. Moser, Austin, TX Becky Hicks, Santa Barbara, CA Nancy Reynolds, Eugene, OR Rose Marie Bristol, Santa Barbara, CA Marti Glenn, Santa Barbara, CA Kent Peterson, Charlottesville, VA Bonnie Davis, Vancouver, CA Norma Juarez, Oxnard, CA Tara Blasco, Santa Barbara, CA Dawn Ehrhard-Wingard, Santa Fe, NM Susanne Shelledy, CA Donna Worden, Boulder Creek, CA Maya Kaya, Idaho Springs, CO Tanis Marble, Santa Barbara, CA Kiva Gaian, S'ta Barbara, CA Connie D. Allen, Mountain View, CA Nan Tolbert, Ojai, CA Marilyn Ryan, Ojai, CA Marsha Peralta, Carmichael, CA Cathleen M. Zeno, New York Colleen Graham, Ashland, OR Cecile Langelier, Santa Cruz, CA Nina Scott, Portland, OR Clare Puskarczyk, Oakland, CA Rifka Hirsch, Huntington Beach, CA Carl Peterson, Eugene, OR Kevin Burns, Eugene, OR Charlotte Peterson, Eugene, OR Karen Van Tassell, Eugene, OR Roza Baghdassarian, Tujunga, CA Coe Kitten, Earth Chris Clark, Cushing WI Marilyn Milos, RN, San Anselmo, CA NafshiYah E. A. Samuel Jennifer Alesy, RN, Woodland Hills, CA Sobonfu Somé, Sacramento, CA Lesley Dowlie, Woodlea, Corsock, Castle; Douglas, Scotland Cherionna Menzam, Santa Barbara, CA Debbie, California John DiBiase Jr., Waterbury, CT Stuart Briber, Hollister CA. Raymond Castellino, Santa Barbara, CA M. Kay Keller, Tallahassee, FL Yvonne Gaston Marie-Paul Baxiu, Los Angeles, CA Teffaha Riak, Alamo, CA Joyce Knott, Topeka KS Lila L. Harrington, Warrensburg, NY Kim Carpentier, Nederland, CO Van Lewis, St. Teresa, FL Connie D. Allen, M.A., Mt. View, CA Rose Collins, Hartsville, SC Lee Burker, Claremont, CA M. K. Keller, Tallahassee, FL Debbie Haskins, Denton, TX Kim Ludlow, Moorestown, NJ Kathy Roche, Raleigh, NC Elaine Childs Gowell, Seattle, WA Debra Kirtland, San Bernardino, CA Brian Logan, Thatcher, AZ Rev. Thomas Sagendorf, Hamilton, IN Daniel l. Safranek, Thatcher, AZ Jay & Janie Rasco, Safford, AZ Laila Jameson, Torrance, CA Cynthia Sharp, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Alan H. Baldwin, Burlington, Vermont Marie-Paul Baxiu, Los Angeles, CA Gregory Brown, Florida Sam Turton, Guelph, Ontario, CANADA Ernst & Agnes Oslender, Lake Country, British Columbia Alicia Gauthier, Saint Clair, MI Donelle Brierley, Yerington, NV Dianea Kohl, Ithaca, NY Lucy Grant, Austin, TX Bryan Post, Mountain View, OK Mary L Burke, Lisbon, IA Tryne Costa, New Bedford, MA Carol Wimmer, NC Elsa Aguirre, Mexico Judith Boroto, Safford, AZ Ben O'Meara, DeKalb, IL Meridith Little, Tucson, AZ Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Rockville, MD Jean E. Martin, N. Richland Hills, TX Jill Wong, Murrieta, CA Rebecca C., New Bedford, MA. Robin L. Bruscato, RN, MA, Chicago, IL Cynthia Barclay RN, Tesuque, NM Michelle Gomez, Chicago, IL Jackie Holcombe, Morrisville, NC Stephanie Vaughan, Houston, TX Wade K. Meyer, Columbus,OH Tiffany Brown, Ithaca, NY Louise Gordon, Cambridge, MA Dirkje Cahill, Holland Kelli Grissom, Olive Branch, Miss. Lorraine Ramos , Ohio Jake Terpstra, Grand Rapids, Michigan Dave Rainham, M.D, Waterloo, Ontario Patricia R. Robinson, Charlotte, NC Bruce Gomez, Evanston, Illinois Ashiagbor Christian Platini, Accra, Ghana Kim Ketellapper, Boulder, Colorado Edwin H. Peart, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Anne Zapf, Klondyke, Arizona Jean T Castagno, Old Saybrook, Connecticut Holly Urquizu, Fresno, California Viviane Oglevie, Newport Beach, California Steve Oglevie, Newport Beach, California Dr. Sylvia P. Richards, Jonesboro, Arkansas Rustam Alamsyah, Jakarta, Indonesia Lisa Ferguson, Palm Beach, Florida Brenda Hardt, Brenham, Texas Elaine Njerve-Zack, Amityville, Long Island, NY Pat Farenga, Medford, MA Belinda Tsirekas, Sydney, Australia David Tsirekas, Sydney, Australia Matthew McGee, Warrington, United Kingdom Sara Morgan, Union, NJ Jessica Bires, Union, New Jersey Peggy Dean, RN, Waxhaw, NC Leila Holm, Vasa, Finland Stuart Norman, Ramah, NM Annette Ansari, Franklin, TN Chet Christian, Church Hill, TN Kami A. Payne, Owensboro, KY Paula LeDoux-Christison, Vacaville, CA Kerrie Pullen, Melbourne, Australia Tonia Rich, North Carolina Derek Coley, Regina, Saskatchawan Mary Jean Clark, RN, Tucson, AZ Greg W., Indianapolis, IN Stacey Annand, San Diego, CA Amanda Yarn Hughes, Santa Cruz, CA Dianea Kohl, Ithica, NY Dagmara Wunderlich, CA ...