Iraq War 5 year Anniversary Events

See photos and links to news articles from this week’s vigils

Please participate in the activites in Logan today and tomorrow:

Logan – Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22, 2008
Cache Valley Peace Works invites the public?s participation in the following events on March 21 and March 22 marking the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War.
Events will include a display of boots representing fallen U.S. servicemembers from Utah as well as shoes representing Iraqi civilians, an award-winning movie about peace activism, a panel discussion and a peace march.
March 21

9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
American Friends Service Committee?s Eyes Wide Open Exhibit ? Utah
USU Taggart Student Center, International Lounge or outside plaza

6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Closing ceremony of Eyes Wide Open Exhibit
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Logan Premiere of ?A Soldier?s Peace,? a documentary about a local soldier?s peace walk USU Eccles Science Learning Center Auditorium

8:30 p.m.
Moderated panel discussion on ?Activism, an American Heritage? USU Eccles Science Learning Center Auditorium
March 22

1:30 p.m.
Peace rally and walk starting and ending at Historic Cache County Courthouse 199 N. Main Street. Speakers include: Marshall Thompson, Thad Box.

3 p.m.
Second screening of ?A Soldier?s Peace? at Logan City Council Chambers 255 N. Main Street

Sponsors of the events include: Cache Valley Peace Works, USU departments of Journalism and Communication, Political Science, History, Sociology/Social Work/Anthropology, Women and Gender Studies Program, Honors Program, USU College Democrats, Logan Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Cache Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Laughing Sangha of Cache Valley (Buddhist), and Mormons for Equality and Social Justice of Cache Valley, and Utah Poineers.
INFO: Cache Valley Peace Works, AFSC, and A Soldier’s Peace.

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