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BRLANNE KORN
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

New York

oren Lieb laughed as she read
a sign on her office wall
drawn by her 7-year-old son,
but she knows his motivation
is no laughing matter.
"One way I can make a difference
is by marching for no guns," wrote
Joshua Stepakoff, one of three children
injured by a spray of bullets leveled at
the North Valley Jewish Community
Center in suburban Los Angeles last
August.
Lieb sat patiently as her son recov-
ered from two gunshot wounds, but
she will stand in solidarity with thou-
sands of others in a demonstration
calling for gun control legislation.
The Million Mom March, to be
held on Mother's Day, May 14, has
garnered more support than originally
expected by its creator, New Jersey res-
ident Donna Dees-Thomases, who
initiated the march after watching the
aftermath of the JCC shooting on
television.
Although the demonstration's name
rests on the reasoning that the image
of mothers protesting can be a power-
ful, emotional weapon, both men and
women will participate.

MOM POWER from page 8

wants to eliminate background
checks on those buying back guns
from pawnshops.

Catalyst For Activism

For many, involvement in gun-safety
laws will not stop after the march.
"This is a long battle, not being
fought overnight," says Randi Levy of
Bloomfield Hills, who will attend with
her 13-year-old daughter Stephanie,
friend Cheryl Kurepa-Duthie and her
daughter Milana Duthie.
Like others who are marching, she
says, "I am not an activist. I've never
done anything like this [before], but it
feels so right.
"Some people think we don't know
the issues, or don't understand them, but
I don't think that's what really - matters.

The pending event seems to have
bridged the gaps that often separate
Jews of different streams. Endorsers
include organizations normally polar-
ized by religion and politics, ranging
from the Religious Action Center of
Reform Judaism to the Orthodox
Union.
"In the Jewish community, this is
not a divisive issue," said Marc Israel,
director of congregational relations for
the Religious Action Center, adding
that the Jewish response to the march
has been "tremendous."
"There was the hate crime in
Chicago against Jews coming home
from Shabbat services," said Reva
Price, Washington representative for
the Jewish Council for Public Affairs,
referring to last summer's attack on
Orthodox Jews.
"We've seen it touch our communi-
ty very profoundly."
In Los Angeles, about 30 mothers
have been meeting at the JCC every
two weeks since the shooting, accord-
ing to Francine Naor, whose daughters
escaped the shooting unharmed.
Wanting to be involved in the march,
the group has raised $10,000 to fly
families to Washington.
"Something like this can't happen,
and then you don't respond to it," said
Lieb.

This is coming right from the heart."
Donations will enable many of
those who could not otherwise attend
the march to be represented there.
"We have used the money to sponsor
one entire bus out of Detroit, sponsor
a few others on our buses, and we will
use the balance to buy ads closer to
the election and host town hall-type
meetings," says Mizzi-Spillane.
Encouraged to bring flowers, letters
and memorabilia, marchers have the
opportunity to use the items to help
build a "wall of remembrance" for
those marchers who have lost a loved
one to gun violence. Signs with names
and pictures of children lost to gun
violence will be displayed.
A Michigan banner will hang,
including names of marchers' children
— those they are there to protect.
"These are the children we are march-

