Tulsa Peace Fellowship

There never was a good war or a bad peace. ~Ben Franklin

HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE Demonstration

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HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE Demonstration

Time: June 6, 2009 from 12pm to 2pm
Location: across the street from sHell on earth
Street: 41st & Yale
City/Town: Tulsa
Website or Map: http://www.independent.co.uk/…
Phone: 918 231 2514
Event Type: monthly, protest
Organized By: TPF Steering Committee
Latest Activity: Jun 6, 2009

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Event Description

Healthcare not Warfare!

Nobody out, Everybody in!

"Was your health insurance cancelled when you became ill?"

"How many people have gone bankrupt when their medical insurance wouldn't pay their medical costs??"

"Medicare-for-all would save 18,000 to 20,000 American lives each year"

"Congress has good health coverage.... What about you? What about our veterans?"

Signs about the amt insurance and pharma contribute to Congressional campaigns..... Shorter would be better.

Monthly Anti-War Protest@ "Free Speech Corner"
41st & Yale
on-going since 2002, since before the illegal invasion of Iraq
from 12 noon to 2pm
HONK FOR PEACE!

Members of TPF and Veterans for Peace brandish signs in the hopes of raising awareness among Tulsans. Donations accepted.

Create your own sign and join us! Or hold up one of our ready-made signs with various pro-peace messages.

(Please park in the shopping mall parking lot, not in the bank parking lot.)

This event repeats every month, on the first Saturday every month.

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Comment by Tony Nuspl on June 6, 2009 at 4:42pm
For this month's anti-war demo, we were joined by Reggie Cervantes (9/11 Rescue Worker featured in Michael Moore’s “Sicko”) from Oklahoma City. Reggie Cervantes is a 9/11 rescue worker survivor who traveled to Cuba with Michael Moore to receive medical care not accessible in the U.S., due to the lack of government-funded universally-accessible health care in this country. Reggie has lived in Oklahoma since 2002 and is terminally ill with lung cancer, likely related to her rescue efforts at the Twin Towers. She joined the Tulsa Peace Fellowship today in order to rally for “Healthcare Not Warfare” as a real hero who knows first hand the real need for healthcare reform. Reggie was also interviewed on KJRS radio today. Details on broadcast time TBA.

A special thank you to Reggie and her family for attending.

We were also joined by a Chinese exchange student, today, who was happy to be exercising the right to free speech for the first time in his life. "Mike" (as he is called here) hails from Jangxi in central China. Definitely our longest long-distance visitor ever to attend our humble anti-war demonstration, at the corner of 41st & Yale (ongoing since 2002).

A special thank you to him too.

Finally, a thank you to all Tulsans who voiced their support, gave a peace sign, or honked for peace this month. We especially appreciated the "ROCK ON!" from one or two passers-by this month.

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