This may be of interest to community members, as our local congress representative will be present to hear from the local constituents.

TOWN HALL MEETING: THE COST OF WAR AT HOME

Wednesday May 30th 7-9pm

Calvary Episcopal Church, Shady and Walnut in Shadyside

This is your opportunity talk to Congressional Representatives about your concerns on the military budget and the impact on Western Pennsylvania .

The evening, moderated by Rick Adams, Co-Convener Western PA Black Political Assembly

Speakers:

  • Molly Rush, from the Thomas Merton Center , talking about the Military Budget
  • Malik Bankston, Executive Director of Kingsley Association*, talking about the cost to human services
  • Valerie Cortazzo, from the Coalition of Veterans Advocates, talking about the impact on Veterans

*for identification purposes only

We will give our congressional representatives a chance to respond, followed by questions and comments from the audience. So far Mike Doyle and an aide from Jason Altmire’s and Senator Casey’s office will be there. We are still awaiting confirmation from Senator Specter if someone will be coming from his office. Tim Murphy will not be sending anyone.

This event is being co-sponsored by: The American Friends Service Committee, Women’s International League for peace and Freedom, SEIU District 119P, Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee, the Network of Spiritual Progressives and Global Solutions. In addition the following organizations from human services, the peace community and veterans affairs have agreed to endorse the meeting:

Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church, Association of Pittsburgh Priests, Beaver County Peace Links, Black Radical Congress, Citizen Power, Code Pink, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Just Healthcare, Justice and Global Concerns Committee of East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Labor and Religion Coalition, Military Families Speak Out

North Hills Democracy in Action, Pax Christi, Pax Christi Greensburg , Peace Links

Physicians for Social Responsibility, Pittsburgh Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network, Pittsburgh North People for Peace, Pittsburgh United for single Payer HealthCare, PUR Health Care, Raging Grannies, Roots of Promise, The Green Party, The Social Justice Council of First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, The Western PA Coalition for Single-Payer Healthcare

Thomas Merton Center , Thomas Merton Center – Anti-War Committee,

Unitarian Universalists United for Faith in Action, Veterans for Peace

Any further information please contact: Scilla Wahrhaftig at AFSC 412 371 3607 swahrhaftig@afsc.org