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Peace Action Campaigns A FESTIVAL OF PEACE!! To date they have secured Si Kahn as a keynote speaker and musician (google if unfamiliar). Others attending will be Emma's Revolution, Dennis Kyne, and more. They will have a "Pieces for Peace and Justice in Iraq and Appalachia" art show, informational tables, speakers, ongoing showings of documentaries with panel discussions, and music. Donations are accepted and appreciated. Please make checks out to "Clifford Lewis Appalachian Institute, WJU" with "Peace Festival" on the subject line. Send to: Wheeling Jesuit University, 316 Washington Ave., Wheeling, WV 26003. ATTN: Appalachian Institute. Contact: Ronald Teska teska397@yahoo.com “Our working assumption is that the dynamics of corporate greed is unfortunately in control in both locations (Appalachia & Iraq), as it is in so many others. We are looking yet again at major enterprises concentrated on profits to the detriment of places and people.” Registration available online. Missing Shelly Moore Capito – WV Citizen Action and WV Patriots for Peace are launching a District-Wide Campaign aimed at 2nd District Rep Shelley Capito’s refusal to hold a public discussion on Iraq. The “Missing Person” Poster Campaign is a tongue-in-cheek method to educate voters concerning Capito’s refusal to meet with citizens to discuss her support for the continuation of the war in Iraq. Posters are being hung in supermarkets and public spaces here in Charleston, in Martinsburg, and in between. If she is your representative we need you to post the “Missing” poster and run an ad in your local paper (WV CAG 1 (866) 982-3247 will provide a copy for a newspaper ad) Scott Ritter – Seneca 2 is sponsoring Scott Ritter, a former UNSCOM arms inspector in Iraq, to speak at West Virginia State University (WVSU) in Institute, WV on Thursday Oct. 25th. Ritter was an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps for twelve years, and served as the lead analyst for the Marine Corps Rapid Deployment Force concerning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iran-Iraq War. During Desert Storm, he served as a ballistic missile advisor to General Norman Schwarzkopf. He later worked as a security and military consultant for the Fox News network. Anti Iraq War Petitions: The statewide petition drive to end the Iraq War presently has 800 signatures. Petitions will be delivered to all of West Virginia’s Congress members and Senators. Most people were very enthusiastic to sign the petitions. We will also contact signers asking them to join the contact lists of WV Citizen Action Group and Patriots for Peace.
Ohio Valley P.E.A.C.E. in the Wheeling area will have the following events: National Mobilization to End the War in Iraq Boston, Chicago, Jonesborough, Tenn., Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Seattle Visit www.oct27.org for more details and information on how to get involved in the demonstration in your region. Fall Out Against the War! Oct. 19, and Every 3rd Friday: Iraq Moratorium Campaign -- an escalating, monthly series of actions demanding an end to the war. Click here to find an action near you. If you are planning an action, please post it on our calendar. Oct. 21-23: No War, No Warming -- local and national actions to highlight the connections between the war in Iraq and the global warming crisis. Grants for peace work – Jean Ambrose recently retired Executive Director of the WV Commission for National & Community Service has volunteered to help the WV peace movement with grant writing. She requests that people send ideas for granting sources. Send to singingplow@igc.org. Thanks!
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Next to US Route 50 east of Parkersburg this powerful memorial to the US casualties is a reminder of the sad consequences of this war.| Contact WVPNN: editor@wvpnn.org |