Military Families Speak Out Peace Event, Saturday, May 12, Noon

This is the press release I sent out this morning—we can talk about it at our meeting on Thursday night, May 10 at 7 pm at St. Mary’s Episcopal (Tudor & Lake Otis).

As a member of the Alaska Peace Coalition, I am sending you the information on the Petition Drive/Peace Rally that will be held on Saturday, May 12 at noon at the intersection of Northern Lights Blvd. and New Seward Hwy. The event is being organized by local members of Military Families Speak Out (MSFO, http://www.mfso.org/ ). The MSFO members will be collecting signatures for their petition drive to:

“Fund our troops, and de-fund this war. Fully fund the safe and orderly withdrawal of our troops from

Iraq, and the care they need when they get home. Do not bargain or compromise with the lives of our

loved ones or the loved ones of others. Do not abandon our troops to an unjust and unjustifiable war.

Strengthen your resolve, use your ‘power of the purse’ and end this war.”

The Coalition will be encouraging everyone in the Anchorage area who is opposed to the current failed policies in Iraq to come out and support these brave family members. The MSFO members are trying to wake up our fellow citizens to the folly of throwing away more young lives at this four-year old occupation in the midst of a horrific civil war. These lives are being risked in a faulty attempt to solve Iraq’s political problems with military force.

We understand that it will only be the ever louder voice of the citizens raised in opposition to this folly that will strengthen the political will in Washington, DC to end the occupation.

Amberle, local MSFO organizer can be reached at: 529-2947

Jon Lockert, President, Veterans for Peace—Ernest Gruening Chapter (Southcentral Alaska)

Jon4Paz@AcsAlaska.net