Tacoma SDS

"We danced our asses off."

It's been about a week since the insanity that was the 12 hour party "Give Peace a Dance." Last Saturday all sorts of people came out for the hugely successful event. The evening started slowly, with myself and the primary organizing sitting around, fretting about turn out. But as some more supports began to show, and the clock ticked ever closer to party-o'clock on the college campus, things came alive.

All sorts of music was played, including such diverse artists as Stevie Wonder, The Three Amigos (6Q), and more. At 1 am DJ Honey and DJ More showed up and dropped some beats on us. Awesome. We were also fortunate that an freelance photog, Alfred Romgi, came out and snapped photos and danced with us for most of the evening after seeing the event on Seattle Indymedia. There was even a brief surprise visit from Seth Manzel, the new director(?) of the G.I. Coffee House (Coffee Strong).

The GI Voice Project, IVAW Chapter 8, and IVAW Ft. Lewis are happy to announce the opening of Coffee Strong, a GI Coffee House near Fort Lewis Washington.

Coffee Strong
15109 Union Ave SW
Lakewood, WA 98498

We will be opening our doors on November 5, 2008. On November 15 at 9 PM we will be celebrating our grand opening with a concert by Son of Nun.

For more information or to support this project check out http://www.givoice.com

The GI Voice Project, IVAW Chapter 8, and IVAW Ft. Lewis are happy to announce the opening of Coffee Strong, a GI Coffee House near Fort Lewis Washington.

Coffee Strong
15109 Union Ave SW
Lakewood, WA 98498

We will be opening our doors on November 5, 2008. On November 15 at 9 PM we will be celebrating our grand opening with a concert by Son of Nun.

For more information or to support this project check out http://www.givoice.com

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. One hour before the final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign, fourteen members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) marched in formation to Hofstra University to present questions to the candidates. IVAW had requested permission from debate moderator Bob Schieffer to ask their questions during the debate, but received no response.

Camilo Mejia in Tacoma for Coffee Strong Fundraiser

Friday November 7th at First United Methodist Church
209 S J St. in Tacoma
7pm to 9pm, doors open at 6:30

$8 in advance, $10 at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Click here for an event flyer: full page quarter page

Winter Soldier Northwest: Eyewitness Accounts of War

Saturday, October 18, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm
First Unitarian Church
1011 SW 12th Street (at Main)
Portland, OR

wintersoldier@pdxpeace.org

Hear eyewitness accounts of the realities of war from soldiers, their families, Iraqi refugees, and health care workers. Panelists will discuss the true costs of war, and what we can do here at home to support our veterans, work in solidarity with the Iraqi people and end the war.

The famous, Jim Page, and the not so famous, Patrick Edelbacher, will be preforming a set of acoustic resistance on October 11th at Kings books. There is a $5 cover charge to benefit Iraq Veterans Against the War and GI Voice in their quest to open a GI Coffeehouse at Ft. Lewis. There will also be a speaker from IVAW to talk about GI Resistance today. Support the troops!

October 11 at 7pm
$5 at the door

Kings Books
218 St. Helens Ave.
Tacoma, WA

http://ivaw.org/
http://givoice.org/

The new GI Coffeehouse near Ft Lewis will be holding a fundraiser Aug 25

THE GI COFFEE HOUSE
COMING SOON! NEXT TO FT LEWIS!
BOOKS—LIVE MUSIC—GI RESOURCES

August 2nd: Rally Against Wars in Iraq and Iran (Ft. Lewis)

Saturday, August 2nd, is the National Day of Action against war with Iran. Join your friends and neighbors outside Fort Lewis, for a family-friendly demonstration and overpass rally organized by IVAW, G.I. Voice, and Olympia SDS.

WHERE: I-5 Exit 119 (Outside Ft. Lewis)
WHEN: Saturday, August 2nd, Noon-3pm.

Anti-war rally outside Fort Lewis.

No War on Iraq! No War on Iran!