[pjw] REMINDER/UPDATE "Report from Viet Nam" this Saturday, July 18, 2:30 PM

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hi
Since we sent the last reminder on this event 11 days ago, we've added 
another guest speaker to the roster:
Don Blackburn, a member of Veterans for Peace Chapter 160 Viet Nam and a 
staff person at Viet Nam Association of Agent Orange Victims, who also 
works on the Committee for Friendship Village Viet Nam and was an 
integral part of the trip that Desiree Hellegers made in April.

The (2nd!) updated calendar listing is below. Hope to see some of you at 
the quarterly meeting (12-2) and the same folks and/or others at the 
talk at 2:30 this Saturday at St Francis Dining Hall!
-dan h
peace and justice works iraq affinity group


    Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group
    PO Box 42456
    Portland, OR 97242
    (503) 236-3065 (Office)
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    CALENDAR LISTING

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          July 11, 2015

                            "Report from Viet Nam"
         with Desiree Hellegers (Peace and Justice Works Board Member)
                        Saturday, July 18, 2015 2:30 pm
                    St. Francis Dining Hall, SE 11th & Pine

    Please join Peace and Justice Works member Desiree Hellegers for a
    "Report from Viet Nam" on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at St. Francis Dining
    Hall, SE 11th & Pine. Desiree traveled in April 2015 on the 40 year
    anniversary of the end of the "war" with Veterans for Peace Chapter
    160, witnessing the effects of Agent Orange, the continuing threat of
    Unexploded Ordinance (which have killed over 60,000 people since the
    withdrawal of American Troops), and the return of Monsanto, which
    manufactured Agent Orange. Desiree helped found the Center for Social
    and Environmental Justice at WSU Vancouver.

    Desiree will be joined at the talk by two special guests. Portland
    activist Becky Luening, who has been with the Vietnam Friendship
    Village Project USA since 1996, will speak about the Project, which
    provides therapy and medical care for over 100 children and 40 adults
    with various needs. Also speaking will be Don Blackburn, a member of
    Veterans for Peace Chapter 160 Viet Nam and a staff person at Viet Nam
    Association of Agent Orange Victims, who also works on the Committee
    for Friendship Village Viet Nam and was an integral part of the April
    trip.

    Note: Desiree's talk is scheduled to take place after the Peace and
    Justice Works summer quarterly meeting, which begins with a vegetarian
    potluck from noon to 12:30 PM, with the meeting from 12:30 to 2:00, in
    the same location at St. Francis Dining Hall.

    Get more information from Peace and Justice Works at 503-236- 3065 or
    pjw @pjw.info.
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