Free Event Tomorrow - Saturday, November 1st, 2:00 PM Soldiers of Conscience Discussion with WWII & Iraq Military Resisters
With Agustín Aguayo, Pablo Paredes, Cedrick Shimo, Maricela Guzman & Dr. Shirley Castelnuovo Japanese American National Museum - 369 E. First Street, Los Angeles 90012 <http://www.afsc.org/losangeles> American Friends Service Committee - Los Angeles SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE November 1st, 2008 Saturday, 2:00 PM Photo of Cedrick Shimo © <http://www.tomsandersphoto.com> Thomas Sanders Can American soldiers be ordered to participate in military actions which they believe are morally wrong? Join AFSC and the Japanese American National Museum in a discussion with military resisters from the Iraq War and World War II. Where: Japanese American National Museum 369 E. First St., Los Angeles 90012 <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=369+E.+First+St.,+Los+Ange les,+CA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.581364,93.164063&ie=UTF8&ll=34.049157 ,-118.238254&spn=0.010916,0.022745&z=16&iwloc=addr> Map / directions > Event is Free. For a free museum admission that day, <https://pswr.starcafecrm.org/civicrm/event/register?id=13&reset=1> RSVP online > Cedrick Shimo, a Japanese American who served in World War II, was assigned to a unit of "potential troublemakers" after protesting travel restrictions placed on Americans of Japanese descent. Agustín Aguayo, a conscientious objector who was court-martialed for refusing a second deployment to Iraq, and sentenced to eight months in prison. Pablo Paredes, a conscientious objector who was court-martialed for refusing to board a Navy ship bound for Iraq , and sentenced to three months hard labor. Also: Dr. Shirley Castelnuovo will talk about her new book, Soldiers of Conscience: Japanese American Military Resisters in World War II. ...and Maricela Guzman will give a brief history of the American Friends Service Committee's involvement with the Japanese American community. For more information, call (213) 489-1900. American Friends Service Committee 634 S. Spring St., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles , CA 90014 Phone: (213) 489-1900 | Fax: (213) 489-1910 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | losangeles.afsc.org National website: <http://www.afsc.org/> www.afsc.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
