[CIMC-work] MEMORIAL FOR 500+ SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ

[Garth Liebhaber]

yes, i'm particularly upset by their last minute notice.  I know Rosemarie Slavenas personally (whose son died), they also 
keep having these events on wednesdays when most people work too.  perhaps i'm just being selfish because i have to 
leave it out of my book now...

oh well,
garth


Wish I'd known about this. Would have brought my digital camera to work.

chris geovanis

In a message dated 1/21/04 5:38:24 AM Central Standard Time, DickReilly at aol.com writes:



Subj:[CIMC-work] MEMORIAL FOR 500+ SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ 
Date:1/21/04 5:38:24 AM Central Standard Time
 From:DickReilly at aol.com
To:imc-chicago-working at lists.indymedia.org
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Hey all. Just got this from AFSC. Sounds like an amazing photo op. and a powerful statement. Anybody available to shoot 
digital for this on Wednesday?
-Dick 

MEMORIAL FOR 500+ SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ

Wednesday, January 21st from 11 AM - 2 PM

Over 500 pairs of army boots will stand empty on Federal Plaza (Jackson &
Dearborn) on Wednesday, January 21, to memorialize the deaths of the 500
soldiers who have died in Iraq since the March 20th invasion.  A press
conference at 12 PM will feature Rosemarie Slavenas, mother of First Lt.
Brian Slavenas killed in Iraq on November 2; Paul Vogel, father of Army
reservist Aaron Vogel currently serving in Iraq; Barry Romo, National
Coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War; and Michael McConnell,
Regional Director of the American Friends Service Committee.

In addition to the 500 army boots laid out in regiment formation, a 30-foot
long memorial wall will display the names, ages and states of those U.S.
service members killed in Iraq.  The memorial will be displayed from 11 AM -
2 PM and is open to the public.  This event is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS!

If you are available to help anytime between 10 AM and 3 PM with set-up, literature distribution, or packing up, please 
contact Monica at 312.427.2533 X38 or mbicking at afsc.org.  In your email, please include a phone number and the time 
that you are available to volunteer.  You can also
volunteer on the spot -- just come to Federal Plaza between 10 AM and 3 PM
and we'll get you involved!


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