Monday, July 5, 2010

Texas Tour: Flotilla Survivors Tell Their Stories, July 6 -- 14, 2010


TEXAS TOUR TO END THE SIEGE OF GAZA


Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 6:00pm through Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10:00pm
Location: Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Houston
FREEDOM FLOTILLA SURVIVORS TELL THEIR STORIES!


Photo: Relatives embrace over a coffin wrapped in a Turkish flag. Nine activists were killed in the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla, including an American, Furkan Dogan, 19. (Mustafa Ozer / AFP/Getty Images / June 3, 2010)


Former US Diplomat, Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright and Navy veteran and USS Liberty survivor, Joe Meadors with special guest appearance in Dallas by Three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Kathy Kelly, to kick off the tour!

Flotilla Survivors Tell Their Stories

Tuesday, July 6, DALLAS:

END THE SIEGE OF GAZA: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
Ann Wright, Joe Meadors, and Kathy Kelly

Unity Church of Dallas, 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
6:30 p.m. - Reception; 7:00 p.m. - Program
Suggested donation -- $10
Sponsored by the Dallas Peace Center; co-sponsored/supported by Code Pink Greater Dallas,
Code Pink Ft. Worth, North Texas Veterans for Peace, Peace Action Denton, North Texas BDS
For more info, contact www.dallaspeacecenter.org or 214-823-7793 or
Contact Leslie Harris


Wednesday, July 7, WACO:

GAZA FLOTILLA SURVIVORS TELL THEIR STORIES
Ann Wright and Joe Meadors

Poppa Rollo's Pizza, Westbank meeting room,
703 N. Valley Mills Drive, Waco
6:00 p.m. - pizza and announcements
6:30 - lecture and discussion
Sponsored by Waco Friends of Peace
Contact Alan Northcutt


Thursday, July 8 - Saturday, July 11:

Ann and Joe will be attending the
National Convention of the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, Texas
www.ivaw.org

Sunday, July 11, Austin:

GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA ATTACK: A REPORT FROM SURVIVORS
Ann Wright and Joe Meadors

University of Texas, MEZ 1.306 (Mezes Hall)
Sunday, July 11, 5:00 p.m.
UT campus map: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/mez.html
Free and open to the public. Donations will support the tour.
Sponsored by the UT Palestine Solidarity Committee utpalestine. org
and CodePink Austin www.codepinkaustin. com.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=106858999366619&ref=ts
Contact Fran Hanlon

Monday, July 12, San Antonio:

GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA SURVIVORS TELL THEIR STORIES!
Ann Wright and Joe Meadors
Location and time TBA
Sponsored by the San Antonio Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Texans for Peace
Contact Alyssa Burgin

Tuesday, July 13, Corpus Christi:

“We sailed to Gaza and broke through the Siege; Take a Stand”
Ann Wright and Joe Meadors
A & M Student Center, Oso Room #221, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas
Tuesday, July 13; 6:30 p.m. - Reception; 7 p.m. - Program
Contact: Ann Smith

Wednesday, July 14, Houston:

MEMBERS OF RECENT FREE GAZA FLOTILLA TO SPEAK IN HOUSTON
Ann Wright and Joe Meadors

Dominican Sisters Meeting Hall
Enter at St. Dominic Archdiocesan Center, 2401-2409 Holcombe
Wednesday, July 14, 7:15 p.m.
Purchase tickets online at www.HPJC.org or pay at the door; $15, students $5
Proceeds go to future US - Gaza freedom flotilla
Sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Code Pink Houston, Harris County Green Party, Houston Peace and Justice Center, Dominican Sisters of Houston, Mardell Bridge Group/Justice for Palestinians
Contact: Madeleine Crozat-Williams

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