JOIN UP IN DC TO HELP END THE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN
Two events are planned for Washington, D.C., on October 2, 2018:
–rally with speakers at 12 noon in front of the White House
–panel discussion from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Busboys and Poets, Brookland Location, 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, D.C. 20017
Speakers confirmed include:
Hoor Arifi, Afghan activist and student.
Sharifa Akbary, Afghan-U.S. writer, speaker.
Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODE PINK: Women for Peace.
Matthew Hoh, resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the U.S. State Department over the U.S. escalation of the war in 2009.
Liz Remmerswaal, Coordinator of World BEYOND War in New Zealand.
David Swanson, Director of World BEYOND War and Campaign Coordinator of RootsAction.org
Brian Terrell, Co-Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army colonel and U.S. State Department official.
Please sign up on the World BEYOND War website and on Facebook.
Click here to read and sign a letter that we’ll be delivering to the White House on October 2.