[IMC-Boston-Dispatch] Fwd: PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS IN GREATER BOSTON AREA W/ C. SHEEHAN & C. ARREDONDO

[News at JamaicaPlainGazette.com]

Here's stuff on Arredondo...

Hope someone's gonna write about all this, I'm probably going to be  
busy, have to work this weekend.

Plus the JP event will be located, RE this message here:

Thanks so much for sending this out.  I am thrilled that Carlos has  
joined the tour & that the Cambridge Common will be transformed to  
Camp Alex!   I just learned that the Saturday event that was supposed  
to be at 10:00 (after the Mass at St. Thomas of Aquinas ) has to be  
moved from the First Church Unitarian in Jamaica Plain. Organizers  
are scrambling to find a new location but signs will be posted at the  
church and on the website: www.bringthemhomenowtour.org.  On the home  
page, you can just click on Boston & they'll update the location as  
soon as they know.

But the rest seems solid:


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>> Subject: PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS IN GREATER BOSTON AREA W/ C. SHEEHAN  
>> & C. ARREDONDO
>>
>>
>> You are invited to join Carlos Arredondo as he and other Gold Star  
>> families
>> (families who have had a loved one killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)  
>> in the
>> following events.  The goal is to build a foundation for peace and  
>> justice.
>>
>> Gold Star Families for Peace member:
>> Carlos Arredondo of Roslindale, MA, learned his son Lcpl.  
>> Alexander Arredondo,
>> USMC was killed in action on August 25, 2004 in An Najaf, Iraq. It  
>> was Alex'
>> second tour of duty. He had recently turned 20. That day was also  
>> Carlos' 44th
>> birthday. When advised of his son's death, Carlos, due to anguish  
>> and grief,
>> burned a USMC van and himself in the process. These images were  
>> broadcast
>> worldwide and resonated for many as the ultimate anguish of a  
>> father.  Carlos is
>> joining the tour effective 8/15/05 attending vigils and speaking  
>> held in
>> Amherst, Massachusetts.  His aim is not to meet with the president  
>> but to have
>> the public remember the war, a man made tragedy, that has in many  
>> ways impacted
>> the security of the USA to the threats of natural tragedies.  He  
>> also continues
>> to speak in honor of Alex, who will have Camp Alex named for him  
>> in Cambridge,
>> MA on Saturday the 16th.  We hope you attend some or all of the  
>> events listed.
>>
>> Friday, September 16th
>>
>> 11AM - 1PM
>> Visits with Congressional Representatives
>> 2 PM
>> Meeting with Governor Mitt Romney requested
>>
>> Speaking to students about "truth in recruitment"
>>
>> Opening Night Event
>>
>> 6:30 PM Vigil in Watertown Square with the military families and  
>> vets (take the
>> trolley from Harvard Square)
>>
>> 7:30 PM Forum and Welcome with all members of the Tour: St. John's  
>> United
>> Methodist Church, 80 Mt. Auburn St. (2 blocks out of Watertown  
>> Square)
>>
>> St. John's United Methodist Church
>> 80 Mt. Auburn St.
>> Watertown, MA 02472
>>
>> Saturday, September 17th
>> 9 AM
>> Catholic Mass in honor of Alex Arredondo, KIA in Iraq, August  
>> 2004, and his
>> family
>> St. Thomas of Aquinas 97 South St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
>> All faiths welcome, no cameras in the church
>>
>> 10 AM
>> Interfaith service in honor of Gold Star Families, including local  
>> Gold Star
>> father, Carlos Arredondo
>> First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist 6 Eliot  
>> Street Jamaica
>> Plain, MA 02130 (tentative)
>> All faiths welcome
>>
>> 2 to 5 PM
>> Help set up Camp Gold Star on Cambridge Common and be there to  
>> welcome the Bring
>> Them Home Now Tour when they arrive
>>
>> 7PM
>> Rally at Boston University
>> Both Cindy Sheehan and Carlos will speak at this event
>> Law School Auditoriium
>> 675 Commonwealth Ave
>>
>> For further information click on the following link.
>> http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org/index.php
>> <http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org/index.php>
>>
>>
>>
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