What: Congressional Testimony from Locally-Elected Officials on the Local Costs of War from the municipalities with Bring the Troops Home resolutions and or that fall under the jurisdiction of similar ballot measures. The day will include an orientation and breakfast at the Institute for Policy Studies, press conference at the National Press Club on the Local Costs of War, a march with resolutions in hand and media in tow to the White House to deliver these municipal level demands for an end to the War in Iraq, and Capitol Hill for testimony about the local opposition to the war and the local effects of the war in Iraq.

Locally-elected officials and constituents will then go to lobby their Senators and the day will end with a reception with the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Who: City Councilors, Mayors, and citizens/residents of cities and towns that have passed some kind of anti-war resolution or ballot initiative

Where:

Event schedule:

"COME TO FORT DRUM, NEW YORK, BEFORE OUR TROOPS ARE DEPLOYED!"

This event will support and reach out to soldiers at Fort Drum, New York
scheduled for deployment to Iraq on September 1st.

The event will include music, food, and "meeting and mingling" with IVAW
members and GI resistance organizers/supporters.

While Eli and Phil will receive "Conscientious Objector" status, others in the Fort Drum, New York, IVAW chapter will be sent to Iraq with the
September 1st deployment.

Fort Drum, New York is the largest Active Duty chapter of IVAW, and a
powerful and growing force that could be seriously disabled by the
deployment of its members.

The event at The Different Drummer Cafe is an effort to preserve the Fort
Drum IVAW chapter, reach out to soldiers who don't want to go to Iraq, and support those who may resist.

We have the potential to make an impact by connecting more soldiers with

Renowned Media Critic Jeff Cohen to Speak in Cherry Hill

At Screening of “War Made Easy:

How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death”

Cherry Hill – Writer, lecturer, and media critic, Jeff Cohen, appears briefly in “War Made Easy” and as a TV pundit, he had been a rare dissenting voice in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. As featured speaker for the showing of “War Made Easy” to be held on August 24 From 7:00 – 10:00 PM,at the Cherry Hill Unitarian Universalist Church – 401 Kings Hwy. N, Cohen will address the key points of the movie as presented by another famous medic critic, Norman Solomon, whose research and tough-minded analysis documents patterns of political and media deception for war – from Vietnam to Iraq.