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DESCRIPTION:Ice Cream Social - Dialogues Against Militarism\nFundraiser\n\nDialogues 
 Against Militarism (D.A.M.) was created from the belief that the power of 
 conversation can serve as a means to develop new ideas and advance the 
 possibilities of moving beyond militarism. D.A.M.’s mission is to foster 
 free and open conversations that engage and challenge issues of militarism 
 through the relation of experiences by those who have been on its front 
 lines. It is hoped through these dialogues that together we can build a 
 better world.\n\n A speaking tour is being organized in Israel/Palestine 
 made up of US and Israeli ex-soldiers to discuss their experiences and 
 strategize for ways to challenge militarism in their respective societies. 
 This forum will be used as a means of education and mobilization in the 
 fight against war and occupation.\n\nWe need funds to support these 
 courageous former US soldiers. Join the fundraiser, eat delicious ice cream 
 and meet the young ex-soldiers who will be traveling to Israel/Palestine to 
 build people-to-people ties. http://www.againstmilitarism.org/\n\nSunday, 
 August 23rd 3pm\n446 Valencia St - Intersection for the Arts\nGallery, 2nd 
 Floor\nSan Francisco, CA\nBART: 16th & Mission St. Station\n\nwith special 
 guest Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, writer, teacher, historian and social 
 activist\n\nSupported by American Friends Service Committee, CODEPINK Women 
 for Peace, Courage to Resist & others!\n\n*Gallery not handicapped 
 accessible\n\nDAM TEAM\n\nStephen Funk, In 2003, US Marine Stephen Funk 
 became the first person in the military to publicly denounce the War in 
 Iraq and refuse to serve. He applied for conscientious objection and 
 traveled the country for several months to speak out against the war, 
 encouraging military service members to examine their own beliefs about the 
 war, informing others about conscientious objection, and to caution young 
 people to think twice before enlisting. For his public stand he was 
 sentenced to six months in military prison, demoted to private, fined, and 
 given a bad conduct discharge. Since being released he continues activism 
 with several groups, primarily as the San Francisco chapter president of 
 Iraq Veterans Against the War.\n\nSarah Lazare, is an organizer and Program 
 Coordinator with Courage to Resist, a national organization that supports 
 members of the US military who refuse orders to fight in Iraq and 
 Afghanistan. She is also a freelance writer and columnist, with articles 
 that have appeared in publications ranging from Adbusters to ZNet, and is 
 currently co-editing a book about GI resistance against the wars in Iraq 
 and Afghanistan. Sarah has a background in labor, community, and anti-war 
 organizing and has done such organizing in the several cities where she has 
 lived, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and Springfield, 
 Illinois.\n\nMatthew Edwards, is a conscientious objector from this most 
 recent war in Iraq. He was discharged on March 19, 2003, the first day of 
 the bombing campaign in Iraq, from the United States Marine Corps. Prior to 
 his discharge he was held by the Marines for 5 months and was subjected to 
 harsh and often illegal treatment that included food and sleep deprivation 
 and physical mistreatment that culminated in a broken hip and finally a 
 medical discharge. He lived in Damascus, Syria for just shy of one year 
 where he lived, worked, and studied, picking up conversational Arabic. 
 While there he was exposed to the refugee and social crises associated with 
 the war and occupation of Iraq. Matt currently lives in San Francisco 
 organizing with Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW).\n\nDavid Zlutnick, 
 has spent the last several years involved in social justice movements, 
 mostly focusing on labor struggles and war opposition, and most recently 
 housing justice. For several years he was involved in counter-recruitment 
 and demilitarization campaigns aimed at getting the military and war 
 profiteers out of high schools and colleges as well as participating in 
 direct action organizing. David also has a strong history within 
 independent media, both written and visual. He has worked with numerous 
 independent print publications and his writing has been published in 
 numerous media outlets, including The Friendly Fire Collective, of which he 
 is a founding member.\n\nEddie Falcon, served four years in the Air Force 
 as a C-130 Loadmaster. He was assigned to the 50th Airlift Squadron based 
 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. He deployed to Manas Air Base in 
 Kyrgyzstan, moving cargo, troops, senators, Special Forces units, medical 
 evacuees, Afghan locals, vehicles, and more in and out of Afghanistan in 
 the winter of 2003 and the winter of 2004.    He was also forward deployed 
 to Al Udeid, Qatar, to move troops, cargo, etc. in and out of Iraq. Falcon 
 received an honorable discharge in December 2005 and is now using the 
 Montgomery GI Bill to major in Spanish at San Francisco City College. He 
 now studies Spanish at the Complutense University in Madrid. Since his 
 discharge, Falcon has been involved in anti-war activities back home. He 
 helped organize and testified in Winter Soldier San Francisco. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/31/18613503.php
SUMMARY:Dialogues Against Militarism ~ Ice Cream Social
LOCATION:446 Valencia St - Intersection for the Arts\nGallery, 2nd Floor\nSan 
 Francisco, CA\nBART: 16th & Mission St. Station\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/31/18613503.php
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