Please consider having the women speak at the coming forum: It's their future: The Cost of War Women and Children

[Kkennieth Heard]

United for Peace and Justice Delaware Valley Network Education Committee Post Office Box  36765 Philadelphia, PA 19107 267-259-7196   Greetings! Please consider having your organization come to the  forum which is endorsed by the Philadelphia National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981, AFL-CIO, Philadelphia Area Black Radical Congress, Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network, Brandywine Peace Community, Philadelphia Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Pittsburgh Area Black Radical Congress, National Alliance of Women Veterans It's their future: The Cost of War on Women and Children JOBS!!! NOT WAR!!!! The forum is scheduled from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Sunday, August 21 st, 2011 at the: Philadelphia Free Library, 19th and Vine Streets, Philadelphia, PA organized by the United for Peace and Justice Delaware Valley Network Education Committee which asks that a member of your organization become a respondent on the panel. We are requesting that the respondents on the panel be women, preferably of American Indian, Spanish speaking, Asian decent or African American or other women of color. We are interested in getting a more rounded perspective on the subject of the impact of war on women and children from differing and under represented groups. We are also placing an emphasis on bringing more female voices into the peace movement who represent various ethnic and nationality groups and traditions of color in the Philadelphia area. Please see the press release below and the leaflets on our web site at: http://www.ufpj-dvn.org/ed-com/   PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE  Contact: (Elisabeth Leonard, 215-382-1531 or Ken Heard, 267-259-7196 ) It's their future: The Cost of War on Women and Children JOBS!!! NOT WAR!!!! Teach-in and Strategy Session A New Economy is Possible Organized by: United for Peace & Justice Delaware Valley Network Education Committee. Endorsed by: Philadelphia National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981, AFL-CIO, Philadelphia Area Black Radical Congress, Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network, Brandywine Peace Community, Philadelphia Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Pittsburgh Area Black Radical Congress, National Alliance of Women Veterans.   2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Sunday, August 21 st, 2011 at the Philadelphia Free Library, 19th and Vine Streets, Philadelphia, PA19103   After an overview of the U S warfare situation, we will conduct panels. Questions at the root of removing United States armed forces will be discussed. Primary U S armed forces removal locations: Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other locations beginning by the end of 2011, if not sooner.   What is the cost in human beings of the wars on U S citizens and on Philadelphian women and children? Specifically, what is the human cost of United States programs on women and children in loss of education, social services and medical care? How are wars using personnel and affecting women and children in in the U S military? How do depleted nuclear energy weapons, drones, and other military hardware fit into the increased human costs on women and children trapped in the wars in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan? Is the U S government in human, health, sustainable, alternative energy relationships with oil-rich areas of the world? What can we do as U S citizens to get better information from U S media?   Very importantly, we will ask audience members for input on solving the questions above. a break in the program will allow networking and sharing of lunches people bring with them. Drinks of seltzer, iced tea, coffee and water will be provided. Donate whatever participants can afford, no one will be turned away on the day of the forum. Look at the web site - http://www.ufpj-dvn.org/ or call: 267-259-7196 or 215-382-1531 for further information. PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE        Please place a phone call  to Elisabeth Leonard, 215-382-1531 or Ken Heard, 267-259-7196 to arrange to have your organization represented on the panel. Thanking you in advance for your help in this matter, In Love and Struggle UFPJ/DVN Education Committee     United for Peace and Justice Delaware Valley Network Education Committee Post Office Box  36765 Philadelphia, PA 19107 267-259-7196   Another World Is Possible.  Without Peace There Is No Justice. Overwhelm War With Peace And Oppression With Justice.  Jobs Not War, Another World Is Possible.  Without Peace There Is No Justice.