Two US Iraq War Vets & Iraqi Journalist: Speaking for Peace, in OKC.

@ Mayflower Congregational Church UCC, 3901 NW 63rd., in Oklahoma City
Tuesday, June 8, 6:30 pm

“National People’s Journey Tour” sponsored by Oklahoma Center for Conscience

“The People’s Journey” speakers come from diverse backgrounds, each with firsthand accounts of war and stories of how they came to work actively for a more peaceful world.

*** This event features Iraq War Vets Josh Steiber, and Conor Curran, as well as Iraqi journalist and refugee Salam Talib. Steiber was a member of Bravo Company 2-16, the military unit involved in the 2007 helicopter shooting of Iraqi civilians that killed twelve people, including two Reuters employees, as seen on the military video released by WikiLeaks (link below). Stieber speaks to international media about his former company’s role in the “collateral murder” tape and the letter of reconciliation that followed, www.lettertoiraq.com

WikiLeaks video of the massacre in Baghdad: http://www.democracynow.org/tags/wikileaks_collateral_murder_video

More peace-related events in OKC

Sun., June 13, 2-4 pm: Peace Education Institute “OPEN HOUSE” - picnic, hike trails, see Nature, visit chickens - @ PEI, 11404 N. Midwest Blvd (3 mi. east of I-35 on Hefner Rd, then north)

Peace Camp, for Rising 5th & 6th Graders – Mon-Fri: July 26-30 - Registration information < www. PeaceEducationInstitute.org > or call Conna Wilkinson 204-6479

Tues, June 29, 7pm: Kathy Kelly Speaking (nationally known for “Voices for Creative Nonviolence” visited Iraq 26 times) -–@ Church of the Open Arms UCC, 3131 N. Penn Ave., OKC