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Powerful Voices for Peace
| What | speakers |
|---|---|
| When |
2008-01-10 18:30
2008-01-10 21:00
2008-01-10 from 18:30 to 21:00 |
| Where | One Heart Café, 604 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma |
| Contact Name | Tom |
| Contact Phone | 253-250-9290 |
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Original blues and reggae tunes by Jess Karper + Discussion with Movement Organizer David Solnit, and Chanan Suarez Diaz, Iraq Veteran, on strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and Build a Better World
POWERFUL VOICES FOR PEACE
* David Solnit, Movement organizer and author of “Army of None”
* Chanan Suarez Diaz, Iraq Veteran
*Jes Karper, Singer-songwriter. Singer, Songwriter, Naturalist, River Guide, Conservation Mapbuilder, Environmental Educator
6:30 p.m. Original blues and reggae tunes by Jess Karper
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. -- Discussion with Movement Organizer extraordinaire David Solnit, and Chanan Suarez Diaz, Iraq Veteran, on strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and Build a Better World
8:30 p.m. -- Jes again on into the night
For further info, contact Tom at 253-250-9290
*David Solnit, co-author of *Army of None*, a counter-recruitment
resource guide
Solnit was a main organizer in the
World Trade Organization (WTO) protests
in Seattle in 1999 and in the shutdown of San Francisco the day after Iraq
was invaded in 2003. Currently he is supporting GI resisters through an
organization called Courage to Resist (www.couragetoresist.org).
*Chanan Suarez Diaz, Iraq War Veteran
A US Navy veteran who served five years, including in Ar Ramadi, Iraq from
'04 to 05. He was awarded a Purple Heart after being injured in Iraq and
with the Navy Commendation Medal with Valor for saving two lives. Chanan
was recruited while in high school with the promise of money for college.
He joined Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) while on active duty and is
now the President of the Seattle chapter.
*Jes Karper, Blues/Reggae Singer-songwriter traveling from Belize
Hear him at http://Jeskarper.org