Taking It to the Streets - Part the First

Iraqi Women Make Rare Trip to the DC to Share Their Stories And Call For an
End to Violence and Occupation (description and brief BIOS below).

DC area Folks! Come out en force to welcome these courageous women. Spread
the word far and wide. LET'S SHOW OUR SOLIDARITY AND FILL THE CHURCH:

Tuesday 7 March 7-9 PM
Gold Star Moms Cindy Sheehan and Elaine Johnson
Eman Khamas, Nadje Al-Ali, Faiza Al-Araji
Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright and others?
Musical Guests: In Process, Holly Near and Emma?s Revolution
Foundry United Methodist Church
1500 16th Street NW DC (16th & P) - Dupont Circle Metro
Suggested donation $10.00 to help support the Tour
(no one turned away)

Other DC events include:
for more info: www.womensaynotowar.org

Wednesday 8 March NOON
March/Rally to Deliver global call for Peace
with 50,000 signatures
(sign and forward the call at www.womensaynotowar.org)
Start at Iraqi Embassy
and finish at the White House
NOON:1801 P streets, NW-Dupont Circle Metro

Thursday 9 March 11 AM
Iraqi Women's Briefing and Q&A
for Congress, Staff and the People
Sponsored by Out of Iraq Caucus (Room TBD)

Six Iraqi women will converge in Washington, DC to begin a speaking tour to
educate Americans about the reality in Iraq and meet with UN and US
officials to call for a peace plan to end the escalating spiral of violence.
The delegation is a diverse group, including Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish women -
some secular, some religious. All have paid a very high price for the war
and occupation of their country, and want to tell their stories to the
American people. Unfortunately, two Iraqi women whose families were killed
by US troops were denied visas to enter the US as part of the delegation.

These women are not politicians, but ordinary Iraqis who are desperate to
see an end to the violence and are taking great personal risk to come to the
US. It?s a rare opportunity to hear from Iraqis themselves, and we hope that
you will help ensure they are heard.

The delegation is promoting a Women?s Call for Peace, signed by over 50,000
women from around the world. The Call for Peace requests the withdrawal of
all foreign troops and foreign fighters from Iraq, negotiations to
reincorporate disenfranchised Iraqis, full representation of women in the
peacemaking process, and a commitment to women's equality in the post-war
Iraq. This Call is part of a Women Say No to War campaign
(http://www.womensaynotowar.org ) designed
to bring women together across borders to demand an end to the bloodshed in
Iraq.

Information about the events and
actions in DC are available at: www.womensaynotowar.org.