Iraqi Women Visit Sacramento & Bay Area To Speak Out Against the War! March 20, 2006

CODEPINK Women For Peace

Women from Iraq come to speak out against the war!

In conjunction with our Women Say No To War campaign, CODEPINK brought five women from Iraq to the US for International Women's Day. These courageous women are now on a tour across the country, and one of them will be coming to YOUR area this week to share her personal story and speak out against the occupation of Iraq.

Faiza Al-Araji - Engineer, married, currently living in Amman, Jordan. She is a Shia Muslim engineer who fled Iraq with her Sunni husband and children after her son, a student at Baghdad University, was imprisoned without charges by Iraqi officials from the Ministry of the Interior. The family had to pay ransom to secure his release, and then fled to Jordan. Faiza and her sons write a blog called A Family in Baghdad afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com. Below are event details:

Witness to the War and Occupation
Faiza Al-Araji and Urban Hamid

Urban Hamid, an independent journalist who recently returned from Iraq.

Monday, March 20, 2006
Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
2425 Sierra Blvd
Sacramento, CA
Directions www.uuss.org

7:00pm, Doors open at 6:30pm
Donation requested.

For more information contact:
Mary [email protected] (916) 803-3909
Chuck (916) 391-6274

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U.S. Tour of Duty's Real Intelligence Project, Global Exchange, CODEPINK and Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee present:

Faiza Al-Araji along with

Medea Benjamin, Founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK
Scott Ritter, Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Ray McGovern, Retired Senior CIA Analyst

Friday March 24, 2006 7:00pm
First Unitarian Church
685 14th Street
Oakland, CA

$15 tickets in advance, $20 at the door.
Advance tickets available by phone at (415) 255-7296
Purchase tickets on-line: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3988
Reserve tickets now. Due to limited seating, we expect this event will sell out.

ASL Interpretation available.

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Global Exchange and U.S. Tour of Duty's Real Intelligence Project present:

Faiza Al-Araji along with

Medea Benjamin, Founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK
Ray McGovern, Retired Senior CIA Analyst
Scott Ritter, Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Fernando Suarez Del Solar, Guerrero Azteca and Gold Star Families for Peace
Pablo Paredes, Iraq War Resister

Saturday March 25, 2006 2:30-5:30pm
Veterans Hall
846 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA
For more info. [email protected]

$10.00 donation at door, no one turned away for lack of funds. Benefits March for Peace, U.S. Tour of Duty, Iraqi Women's
Speaking Tour

Saturday March 25, 2006 7:00-9:00pm
First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, CA
For more info. [email protected]

Please don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from Iraqi women themselves. We look forward to seeing you soon!

P.S. You can learn more about the Iraqi Women's Delegation, by clicking here http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/149.html
For more information on the Women Say No To War campaign, visit www.womensaynotowar.org.