REMEMBERING IRAQ Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Tenth Anniversary of the War, the Peace Bridge
Following the vigil, we encourage you to join us for pizza and a program at St. Albert the Great Church with speakers Steve Clemens and Kathy McKay, who recently spent 12 days in Iraq.
REMEMBERING IRAQ
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Tenth Anniversary of the War
4:30 - 5:30 pm Bridge Vigil
Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the
Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul
"We Still Say No to War"
6:00 pm Pizza and Program
St. Albert the Great Church
29th Street & 32nd Avenue South, Minneapolis
(enter Social Hall through door behind statue)
Program: Iraq Today: An Eyewitness Report
SPEAKERS: Steve Clemens and Kathy McKay
Steve Clemens and Kathy McKay, together with five other Americans, spent twelve days in Najaf, Iraq, in November of 2012. On the tenth anniversary of the second Gulf War, they will speak about their experience and the broader political reality in Iraq today.
Kathy McKay is the Director of the Iraqi and American Reconciliation
Project and a member of Women Against Military Madness. Steve Clemens, long time peace activist, also traveled to Iraq in 2002, shortly before the beginning of the war in 2002, and to Afghanistan in 2011 with Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
The event is organized by Women Against Military Madness and the Twin Cities Peace Campaign and co-sponsored by the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition. FFI: 612-827-5364 or 612-522-1861
