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As a public service, the ICCR
presents the following event for your
interest:
WHEELS OF JUSTICE TOUR
VISITS CEDAR RAPIDS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
OCCUPATIONS OF IRAQ AND PALESTINE
(Cedar Rapids IA: April 30, 2008)-- On
May 7 and 8 in Cedar Rapids, Cedar
Rapidians for Peace in the Middle East
host the Wheels of Justice Tour. The
tour brings first hand witness accounts
from Iraq and Palestine to challenge and
educate Americans about the
repercussions of war and occupation both
on people abroad and Americans at home.
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Having seen and lived with war, terror
and occupation in Iraq and Palestine,
participants in the Wheels of Justice
offer first-hand experience irrespective
of partisan politics. Building upon the
growing domestic and International
movement against the war and occupation
in both Iraq and Palestine, the Wheels
of Justice Tour provides education,
outreach, nonviolence/action training,
active resistance, and
community-building all across the United
States. For details on the tour, see
www.JusticeWheels.org.
Locally, the tour will make
presentations in Cedar Rapids,
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Wednesday, May 7, 7-9 pm
at First Presbyterian Church, 310 5th St
SE;
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Thursday, May 8, 3-5 pm, in Cedar Hall
234,
the theater room, at Kirkwood Community
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College; Thursday, May 8, 7-8:30 pm,
at the Islamic Center, 2999 1st Ave S.W. |
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As
people of conscience working for peace,
Wheels for Justice advocates justice and
human rights as the only real roadmap
for peace at home and abroad, calling
upon all parties involved to recognize
and adhere to the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, and for nonviolent
resistance to this violence of war,
terror and occupation.
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The
tour is sponsored by Voices in the
Wilderness ...
(http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/), the
Palestine Right to Return Coalition
(http://Al-Awda.org), and the Middle
East Children's Alliance (http://www.mecaforpeace.org/)
with support from affiliates of the
International Solidarity Movement.
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This tour of Wheels for Justice,
endorsed and hosted by a number of
organizations across the nation, began
in February 2008.
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"There
has come to you from Allah Light and a Perspicuous
Book."
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