Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557   Updated: 4 January 2008 Newsletter January 2008
January 2008 Newsletter Contents Another Side ... NM GI Rights Hotline and Take Back our Country! Membership Application	Another Side Presents a Fundraising Event for the New Mexico GI Rights Hotline Sunday, January 27, 1-4pm Guild Theater, 3405 Central NE Another Side Truth in Military Recruiting Project is preparing to open a GI Rights Hotline to serve the 505 and 575 area codes. The New Mexico GI Rights Hotline will provide information, referrals and support to members of the military and their families regarding discharges, grievances, and other civil rights issues. It will provide information about military life and war to individuals and families affected by military service, conscription, and recruitment. The target date to open the hotline is February 2008. See the moving film Arlington West Learn from first-hand accounts why every community needs a GI Hotline Speakers: Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Iraqi-American and Tony Garcia, Native New Mexican Iraq Veteran. Dr. Dahlia Wasfi spent her childhood in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. In 2004, after years of separation, Dahlia visited Iraq to see family in Basrah and Baghdad. She went again for a 3-month visit in 2006. Dahlia speaks out against the negative impact of the US invasion on the Iraqi people and the need to end the occupation. Tony Garcia, a 24-year Navy Veteran, was part of the First Marine Expeditionary Unit--"the tip of the spear"--in the US invasion of Iraq. Since retiring from the military in resistance to the Iraq War, Tony has suffered from PTSD, but has turned his trauma into hope, working with Another Side and sharing his experiences with young people around New Mexico. Refreshments will be served. Suggested donation: $15 Help get the NM GI Rights Hotline up and running. If Senators won't stop this war, maybe soldiers will-- and they need to know they will have support in their resistance!
Take Back Our Country !! Peace Rally Saturdays, 2:00 - 3:30pm Central at Tulane - Albuquerque There is power in numbers--Join Us! We have signs or bring your own. Ongoing since March 2007! Info: 505-898-4544 Please send calendar items, comments, and questions concerning this Web document to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org .