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Subject: AFSC-CT Annual Dinner June 7th


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  May 13 2008   
                                 
                                 .    Saturday June 7th: AFSC-CT Annual dinner  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    ANOTHER TRADE AND WAR CONNECTION IN THE AMERICAS  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    May 15th: IVAW to testify before Progressive Caucus in Congress  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Saturday June 7th: AFSC-CT Annual dinner  
                                 
                                Please join us on Saturday, June 7th for the AFSC Connecticut Annual dinner and Silent Auction.

                                4:15 pm Silent auction bidding, Information tables

                                5:30-9 pm Dinner and Program

                                Unitarian Society of Hartford
                                50 Bloomfield Ave. Hartford, CT 06106

                                Keynote speaker, Joseph Gainza, 
                                Vermont Program Coordinator American Friends Service Committee "Engaging the Spirit for Justice and Peace: The Work of the AFSC"

                                Community Award Honorees:
                                Wayne Coste of CCPJ and Hope Out Loud for Peace Building

                                Workers and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School for Immigrant Rights

                                UE Local 222 CILU/CIPU for Economic Justice

                                $45 pp / $30 students/financial assistance
                                RSVP by Saturday, May 24 

                                This location is handicapped accessible.
                                If you have special mobility needs, are interested in
                                having a literature table, having an ad in the Program Book, or need more information, please contact the office at 860-523-1534 or Connecticut at afsc.org

                                The Program Book will be letter sized, folded in half (5.5"width x 8.5" length) and printed in b&w. Please indicate if you will be emailing the add or sending camera ready hard copy.

                                Quarter page (2.25" x 4") $25.00 

                                Half page (4.5" x 4") $50.00 

                                Full page (4.5" x 8") $100.00 

                                Info table $25 

                                Name of Organization or Individual

                                Contact Name 
                                Address
                                City 
                                Zip
                                Phone 
                                Email 

                                Please return form, check and ad copy by May 24, 2008

                                For more information, please email the office at connecticut at afsc.org or call 860.523-1534.

                                Please return to: AFSC, 56 Arbor St., Hartford, CT 06106 

                                Make checks payable to: AFSC-CT

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                ANOTHER TRADE AND WAR CONNECTION IN THE AMERICAS  
                                 
                                ANOTHER TRADE AND WAR CONNECTION IN THE AMERICAS

                                The Americas Policy Program has put together and excellent Primer on Plan Mexico. The report written by Laura Carlsen puts forward detailed analysis regarding the policy, its background and what needs to change. This policy as part of the expansion of NAFTA is a clear connection to what we have been talking about for the past few years on this site, mainly that trade and war are companion policies. Just as Plan Colombia is a failed policy which is now accompanied by an unjust trade agreement so are Plan Mexico and the expansion of NAFTA. Click on this link for more information http://tradeandwar.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-trade-and-war-connection-in.html

                                URGENT ACTION: NO MORE FUNDING FOR WAR! 

                                Congress is preparing to vote on the Iraq Supplemental. The vote is scheduled for next Thursday (May 15, 2008). A new drug war policy known as the Merida Initiative is being put forward as part of this package. The policy nicknamed Plan Mexico for its similarities to Plan Colombia will provide $1.4 billion to the corrupt Mexican military, its police and U.S. contractors. It will also significantly increase military aid to Central America. This initiative is part and parcel of NAFTA expansion and is based on the same failed drug war model that Plan Colombia was built on. While Mexico is not a country at war there are certain lessons that can be learnt from the failures of Plan Colombia. We encourage you to call on your representatives and tell them to stop funding for this fatal policy. Click here to take action today! http://www.tradeandwar.org/take-action.html

                                JOIN ONE OF THESE DELEGATIONS TO COLOMBIA

                                A Raw Trade, June 12-23, Application Deadline: May 19
                                Join Witness for Peace and visit farmers and union leaders who are resisting this trade agreement, see the impact of U.S supported fumigations, and plan actions in solidarity with Colombians. Click here to find out more about this delegation http://tradeandwar.blogspot.com/2008/05/join-one-of-these-delegations-to.html

                                Building Justice Across Borders, August 2-16, Application Deadline: June 20. Join the Fellowship of Reconciliation on a powerful delegation to visit communities and organizations that struggle for the right to say no to armed conflict and are creating peace and justice from the grassroots up. Click here to find out more about this delegation http://tradeandwar.blogspot.com/2008/05/join-one-of-these-delegations-to.html


                                http://tradeandwar.org/  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                May 15th: IVAW to testify before Progressive Caucus in Congress  
                                 
                                Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War will be speaking to members of the Progressive Caucus in Congress this Thursday, May 15. 

                                This is an extension of the Winter Soldier hearings held in Silver Spring, MD from March13-17 this year. Below is a press release detailing the times of the testimonies and how you could access the broadcast over Pacifica Network's affiliates. 

                                Please take a few moments from your very busy schedules to do the following:

                                Contact your Congressional representative, 202-225-3121 is the Congressional switchboard number, and ask that they or a staff member to attend the hearing, and also to vote against the Iraq supplemental;

                                Encourage people to write letters to their newspapers about the hearings;

                                As Congress debates whether to fund the occupation of Iraq for another year, the testimonies of Marines and Soldiers who have served can be powerfully persuasive in getting them to vote 'no." 

                                SPECIAL LIVE COVERAGE:
                                KPFA/ Pacifica Radio will provide coverage of Winter Soldier on the Hill, live from Washington D.C. We will also provide a highlights show for later broadcast.

                                This broadcast is another program in Pacifica's recent coverage of returning veterans' issues, including "Winter Soldier" and "Crisis in Veterans' Healthcare."

                                DATE: *THIS THURSDAY,* May 15th, 9am-1pm Eastern

                                TIME & SCHEDULE (all times Eastern):
                                9:00 - 9:30 AM EDT - Pre-show
                                9:30 - 12:30 PM EDT - Winter Soldier testimony before Congressional
                                Progressive Caucus
                                12:30 - 1:00 PM EDT - Post show Wrap-up

                                -- Available on the Right Channel of the Ku band
                                -- Streamed live for broadcast at http://www.audioport.org/live/ - right channel
                                -- Recording of this broadcast will be available in the "Events and
                                Speeches" section of Audioport.org by 5pm EDT on May 15th.

                                HIGHLIGHTS: Pacifica will produce and upload a highlights program by 5pm EDT on May 15th for stations that cannot carry the four-hour broadcast.

                                ANCHORED BY: Aaron Glantz and Aimee Allison

                                DESCRIPTION OF EVENT:
                                On May 15th, we will be broadcasting live from Washington D.C. We'll bring you this important and historic follow up to Winter Soldier: Iraq & Aghanistan 2008. Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) present "Winter Soldier on the Hill."

                                Nine members of IVAW will talk with the CPC about
                                rules of engagement, the killing and abuse of civilians, the use of drop weapons, and the true consequences of the "surge."

                                HEARING PARTICIPANTS:
                                CPC Co-Chairs:
                                Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
                                Congresswoman Barbara Lee
                                Congresswoman Maxine Waters

                                IVAW Testifiers:
                                Jason Lemieux, Former Marine Corp Sergeant
                                Scott Ewing, Former Army Cavalry Scout
                                Geoffrey Millard, Former Army National Guard
                                Kristofer Goldsmith, Former Army Sergeant
                                Vincent Emanuele, Former Marine Corp
                                James Gilligan, Former Marine Corp Corporal
                                Adam Kokesh, Former Marine Corp Sergeant
                                Sergio Kochergin, Former Scout/Sniper Marine Corp
                                Luis Montalvan, Former U.S. Army Captain

                                For information about the program, contact: Esther Manilla, Producer,
                                510-848-6767 ext 639, emanilla at kpfa.org 

                                For technical information contact: Michael Yoshida, Satellite
                                Engineer, 510-848-6767 ext 218, engineering at kpfa.org 

                                -- 
                                Nathan Moore
                                Network Programming Coordinator
                                Pacifica Radio
                                c: 510.734.3496
                                nathan at pacifica.org 
                                http://pacificaradio.wordpress.com/





                                    
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
                                Email: connecticut at afsc.org  Visit AFSC CT Online  
                             
                       
                 
           
     


     
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