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The Iraqis Are Coming! The Iraqis Are Coming!
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by Kathy McKay, WAMM
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As you know, the Iraqi & American Reconciliation Project, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Peace Campaign: Focus on Iraq, WAMM, Friends for a Non-Violent World, and others are hosting a delegation of twelve to fifteen Iraqis visiting the Twin Cities in the second half of September of this year. They will be traveling here with Sami Rasouli, Iraqi-American and Muslim Peacemaker Teams director when he returns for an extended stay.
The delegate planning committee invites your support and participation. We are scheduling visits to the big sites, such as City Hall, the State Capitol, and museums, but we also hope to provide some personal unexpected experiences. We invite you to help provide these personal experiences—either your own idea or helping ideas already in motion.
For example: Could you provide a 15-20-minute explanation of the Peace Garden at Lake Harriet, then join the group for lunch? How about a favorite restaurant that would be welcoming hosts to thirteen visitors from Iraq for lunch? We plan to bring them to the bridge on a Wednesday evening and offer the Alliant morning vigil, particularly to Professor Askouri, whose research is in depleted uranium consequences and who now works in cancer treatment.
Coming as peacemakers and visitors, these professors, city council members, NGO directors, and Muslim Peacemaker Team (MPT) members are like us—curious, smart, and interested in making friends.
If you think of a way you would like to join us, please e-mail info@mpt-iraq.org, call 952-545-9981, or speak with any of the delegate planning committee (such as WAMM members Marie Braun, Mary Beaudoin, or Kathy McKay). |
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