Winter Soldier Northwest Saturday, Oct. 18 in Portland
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are being waged a world away, the cost to humanity is happening in our neighborhoods, to our families and friends.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, soldiers and their families, Iraqi refugees and Afghan-Americans will gather to talk about the realities of war during Winter Soldier Northwest: Eyewitness Accounts of War. The event is sponsored by PDX Peace coalition and a host of other activist and veterans organizations.
Featured speakers include Camilo Mejia, a National Guard staff sergeant who became the first combat soldier to refuse to go back to Iraq. Journalist Dahr Jamail, a writer for Mother Jones and the Nation, will also be speaking about what he has seen in the wartorn regions.
Panelists will discuss the true costs of war, and what we can do here at home to support our veterans, work in solidarity with the Iraqi and Afghan people and end the war.
Where: First Unitarian Church 1011 SW 12th Street (at Main), Portland, Oregon
When: Saturday, October 18 12:00-5:00
Topics include: Veterans' Voices from Iraq and Afghanistan, Human
Costs of War and Building Resistance to War.
Cost: $5-10 sliding scale, no one turned away.
More information on the panels, the panlists and Winter Soldier is available at http://www.pdxpeace.org/
