It was a cold and windy April day, when NSVOW members and supporters engaged the public in an activity about public spending where people passing by in front of Halifax Central Library put four quarters (supplied by NSVOW) into jars labeled:
- ARTS & CULTURE
- ENVIRONMENT
- HEALTH & EDUCATION
- MILITARY
- PEACE
- WOMEN & CHILDREN
It was evident that people took the exercise very seriously as they contemplated how to distribute their quarters.
They were then invited to fill out a poster “If I had 1.75 trillion dollars (the approximate amount of world-wide annual military spending) I would #movemilitarythemoney to _____.”
Results:
- Health and Education: 73
- Environment: 64
- Environment: 64
- Women and Children: 52
- Arts and Culture: 36
- Peace: 36
- Military: 2
One area that several people mentioned that was not covered by our jars was affordability of living (housing and food). We will take that into account when we design next year’s action for the Global Day of Action on Military Spending.
For more information check out https://demilitarize.org
GDAMS 2019
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