Military Families and Vets for Peace Go to Washington This Week

Military Families Speak Out will be joining Veterans for Peace and others on April 14th at an event in Washington D.C. that will call for an immediate end to the violence in Iraq, an end to the occupation, an end to the war and for bringing the troops home now.

MFSO speakers will include several families who have lost loved ones in Iraq and several families whose loved ones are in Iraq now (including those whose return home
was just cancelled, and those who have been wounded in this most recent round of violence).

Military families will walk to the White House to deliver their messages to the president:

Date: Wednesday, April 14
Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Where: Washington, D.C., beginning at the Vietnam War Memorial; walk to the
White House to deliver messages

In rememberance of all of those who have lost their lives or who have been wounded
in Iraq, MFSO is joining with other organizations in calling for a day-long fast on
Wednesday, April 14.

MFSO is urging all members to join with Veterans for Peace and others in your
communities to schedule meetings with your Senators and Members of Congress (or
their staff) in their home districts during the week of April 12-16 when Congress is
in recess.