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DESCRIPTION:TWO EVENTS!\nNoon - 1PM lecture and lunch\n7 - 9:30 PM panel 
 discussion\n\nFree and open to the public!\n\nGet public transit 
 directions\nGet driving directions\n\nThe daily barrage of statistics from 
 Iraq can be numbing and impersonal.  On November 15th, we invite you to 
 hear from people who have been impacted by the war on an intimate level.  
 Their stories serve to remind us of the heavy burden this war has placed on 
 our community at home, and of the urgency in finding a peaceful solution to 
 this conflict.\n\nNoon - 1PM Lecture by Aidan Delgado\nHSW-301\n513 
 Parnassus Avenue\nfree lunch\n\n7 - 9:30 PM Panel Discussion\nCole 
 Hall\n513 Parnassus Avenue\n\nAbout the speakers:\n\nAidan Delgado will 
 speak about his experiences in applying for Conscientious Objector status 
 while serving as a soldier in Iraq and at Abu Ghraib prison. He will show 
 slides depicting some of the violence and brutality that pervaded the Army 
 and discuss the morality of war from a Buddhist perspective. His intends to 
 bring home the reality of war to citizens here in the U.S., so that they 
 can make an informed moral decision about whether to consent to this war. 
 Aidan Delgado is a peace activist, member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, 
 and the author of "The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: Notes from a Conscientious 
 Objector."\n\nEli PaintedCrow, a mother and grandmother, is a veteran of 22 
 years in the US Army.  She is currently working with the Women of Color 
 Resource Center in Berkeley for peace and helping other female veterans of 
 the Iraq War. She will speak about the challenges we currently face as a 
 community and a country, and offer some personal insights about what is 
 presently missing in the movement that is working so hard to promote 
 change.  As she deals with her own PTSD and the effects of war on her life, 
 she shares with us her thoughts “from the place in my heart and the wound 
 that I continue to heal as I speak to those hearts that can hear 
 me.”\n\nJavad Razani’s son Omead, a medic in the US Army, was 19 when 
 he was killed in Iraq.  Dr. Razani will share his experiences raising an 
 Iranian-American family, the trauma his family has experienced with this 
 event, and his pride in his son, “Doc Razani,” who was trained to treat 
 any and all casualties, regardless of the nationality of the injured.  He 
 will also share his despair when his family learned of the stop-loss laws 
 which kept his son in the military after the family thought his service was 
 “complete.”  Dr. Razani’s current focus is on preventing future war 
 with Iran and in countering extremist views.  He will present his 
 opposition to war with Iran as a physician and as a father concerned about 
 the potential for a draft.\n\nSteve Edwards is a veteran of the US National 
 Guard.  In 2004, while stationed in Iraq, a road side bomb exploded next to 
 his vehicle resulting in head and neck injuries.  Sargent Edwards will 
 describe the overwhelming effect of these injuries on his return to 
 civilian life, and the effect on his wife and daughter.  He will also share 
 the difficulties he encountered in receiving care through the U.S. 
 Department of Veteran Affairs and his experiences joining a group of 
 veterans with PTSD in a class action lawsuit against the VA. \nMichael 
 Adams will moderate the discussion.  Mr. Adams is director of the UCSF 
 Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Diversity.  His family 
 continues to feel the impact of having three of four brothers, as well as 
 his extended family, serve in the Vietnam War.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/02/18457796.php
SUMMARY:When The War Comes Home: Stories from Those Who Know the War First-hand
LOCATION:UCSF Campus, Cole Hall\n513 Parnassus Ave\nSan Francisco, CA 94143
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/02/18457796.php
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