This might be relevant to our women, but it could be applicable to men as well. The attached is from a sister who is particularly concerned for the welfare of all women. Please take note! > -----Original Message----- > From: Hazel Symonette [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Fw: Lock Your Cars] > > >>> Muriel Hawkins <[log in to unmask]> 02/04/00 08:01AM >>> > > > > > >Subject: FW: Lock your cars > > > > > > > > > >This is a forward. Pathetic that we have to lock our cars to go in > to pay > > > > >for gas, but you can bet that I will and so should you! This > actually > > > > >happened to my friend's niece last week right here near downtown. > It > > was > > > > >after dark and she stopped to get gas at a Quik Trip. She filled > her > > tank > > > > >and walked into the store to pay for her gas. > > > > > > > > > >The cashier told her "don't pay for your gas yet...walk around the > > store > > > >a > > > > >while and act as if you're picking up some other things to buy. A > man > > > >just > > > > >got into the back of your car. I've called the police and they're > on > > > >their > > > > >way." > > > > > > > > > >When the police arrived, they found the man in the back seat of the > > > >girl's > > > > >car and asked him what he was doing. He replied, he was joining a > gang > > > >and > > > > >the initiation to join is to kidnap a woman and bring her back to > the > > > >gang > > > > >to be raped. According to the police that night, there is a few > gang > > > > >forming here originating from Chicago. Part of the scary part of > this > > is > > > > >because the guy didn't have a weapon on him the police could only > > charge > > > > >him with respassing...he's back on the streets and free to try > again. > > > > > > > > > >Please be aware of what's going on around you, ladies. This could > > happen > > > >to > > > > >any one. Please forward this on to anyone you care about! > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************** > **************************************** > "If people don't have their own vision, > all they can do is "sign up" for someone else's. > The result is compliance, not > commitment." > --Senge > > "In the journey to social justice, > small steps sometimes lead to unexpected leaps of > progress." > --Robert > Thurman > > Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you > can, > in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you > can, > as long as you ever can. --John Wesley > > "Touching the present moment is the door to everything." > --Thich > Nhat Hanh > > > *********************************************** > Hazel Symonette, Ph.D. > Office of Quality Improvement > University of Wisconsin-Madison > 500 Lincoln Drive > Madison, Wisconsin 53706 > > (608) 262-9312 > [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam ----------------------------------------------------------------------------