Portland, OR

DATE: Wednesday, April 29th
Doors open 6:30, Event, 7:00pm
Light refreshments

LOCATION: First Unitarian Church of Portland
1011 SW 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

SPEAKERS: Susan Galleymore, Military Mom, author and founder of MotherSpeak and,

  • Adele Kubein, mother of an Oregon National Guardswoman and Executive Board Member, Military Families Speak Out
  • Maxine Fookson, a pediatric nurse practitioner and co-coordinator of No More Victims project to help 6-year-old Mustafa, a badly injured Iraqi boy get medical care in Portland
  • Dr. Baher Butti, secretary general of the Iraqi Society of Oregon and a psychiatrist forced to flee Iraq in 2006, with Ula, his 12-year-old daughter, recently united in Oregon

MUSIC: Mona Warner, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

Includes art work by Iraqi children and sponsored by Iraqi Children's Art Exchange

This is a free event open to the public.

Thanks to co-sponsors Peace Action Committee of First Unitarian Church, American Friends Service Committee - Portland, MotherSpeak, and PDX Peace Coalition, Iraqi Children's Art Exchange. Media sponsor: KBOO Community Radio; Book Sales by Powell's Books.

Download a half page flyer for the event PDF format


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