[NYTr] Col. Ann Wright in So. Calif Nov 2-9, 2007

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sent by Ed Pearl - Oct 31, 2007


Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright

Schedule of Appearances in Southern California Nov 2-9, 2007

Friday, November 2
2PM-4PM Radio Interview KCSB Marcelino Sepulveda poetcrab at yahoo.com

6:30 p.m. - Impeach Bush and Cheney Meetup
http://impeachbush.meetup.com/378  with Ann Wright, David Swanson, and
Augustin Aguayo. Veteran's Memorial Building, 112 West Cabrillo
Boulevard, Auditorium, first floor, Santa Barbara, CA. Contact
DinahMason at aol.com, 805-895-8030.

Saturday, November 3 * - (See more details below)
11:00 a.m. - Ann Wright and David Swanson, North Oxnard United Methodist
Church, 2300 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard, CA. Contact Cindy 805-895-4026

* 4:00 p.m. - Reception in Venice, CA, fundraiser ($25 per person) for
SWAN -Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) promotes personal and social
transformation for a peaceful world.. Contact CODEPINK 310-827-3046

* 7:00 p.m. - Church in Ocean Park: 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica 90405
Public Parking available on Hill St. and Main St and in adjacent lot.
Limited Handicap Parking avail. for other info call 310-339-1770  Code
Pink 310-827-3046.

Sunday, November 4
Arlington West, Santa Monica 11AM,  Santa Barbara-2:30PM.

7 PM Topping Room of the Foster Library, 651 E. Main St., Ventura
contact Citizens for Impeachment (805) 895-4026 Cindy

Monday, November 5
9:30-10:20 AM Dr. Nasri Poli Sci class UV-1, 10:30 AM Guthrie Hall
Ventura City College, contact: LauriMoore at vcccd.edu

7:30 p.m. - Talk at California State University, Channel Islands, Malibu
Hall 100, One University Drive, Camarillo, CA.  Contact Prof. Scott
Frisch 805-437-2770 or  Michael Cervantes mcervant at mindspring.com  Free
parking and shuttle service to and from the campus will be available
from the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot in
Camarillo from 5 to 10 p.m. Parking is available on campus and is $6
for a daily permit. There will be way-finding signage on campus
directing attendees to parking and the event.

Tuesday, November 6

11:00 a.m. - Ann Wright and Edgar Cuevas at Los Angeles City College,
855 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, Contact Amitra Wetzel,
310-795-2235.

5PM -8PM CalState Univ Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. Balboa Room -
Student Union, contact Jabbar MacGruder 818 613-9546

Wednesday, November 7   ANN'S DAY OFF

Thursday, November 8
12 noon TV 17 Santa Barbara. contact David Wass  (805) 680-7962

3-5 PM p.m.  Violations of Constitution Forum, Santa Barbara City
College,

721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, Rm EBS 301, Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar
eskandar at sbcc.edu

Friday, November 9
9:00 AM High school assembly in Venice HS with Peter Dudar and Sally
Marr, producers of The Arlington West Film. Contact Peter/Sally
323-650-8166.

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* Details of 2 events Saturday, Nov 3, 2007

* An Evening With Former Diplomat and Anti-War Activist

 Colonel Ann Wright, and David Swanson Impeachment Activist and
Co-Founder of www.afterdowningstreet.org

Saturday, November 3, 2007 -  7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 at The Church in Ocean Park
 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica 90405
(on 2nd and Hill)

$10 donation for IVAW, no one turned away for lack of funds
RSVP to Kathleen: 310-339-1770 - Email: hernandezkathleen at hotmail.com

Ann Wright served 29 years in the US Army (13 years on active duty and
16 years in the Reserves) and retired as a Colonel. She also served 16
years in the US Diplomatic Corps in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia,
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Mongolia. She was
on the team that reopened the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan in
December, 2001. Wright resigned from the US Department of State in
March, 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq. Her letter of resignation
can be read at: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0303/032103wright.htm

Sponsers:  CODEPINK, IVAW, Labor Against the War, Veterans For Peace
Endorsers: Military Family Speak Out, SWAN, Topanga Peace Alliance,
ADDICTED To WAR

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Join Us for a Very Special Pre-Event

We invite you to join us as we celebrate the vision and work of SWAN
(Service Women's Action Network). SWAN supports and develops the
leadership of veterans, mentors young women considering military
service, works to solve problems facing women in uniform, provides and
promotes services that are healing to women after their military
experience.

SWAN establishes a worldwide network of military women, veterans and
allies to provide lasting support, community and resources.

Join Jodie Evans, Co-founder of CODEPINK,

Col. Ann Wright, one of several high-ranking State Department officials
who resigned in protest of the Iraq war,

David Swanson, a leading impeachment  activist and many others.

As a leading voice of military women and veterans,  SWAN promotes
personal and social transformation for a  peaceful world.
Please join us in celebrating this vision.

Delicious bites & tea to be served

Hosted by: Jodie Evans and Maricela Guzman
When: November 3, 2007 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: 757 Palms Blvd, Venice, 90291

Cost: $25

To purchase tickets call: 310-827-4320 or go to
http://www.codepinkalert.org/swaninla