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Jan. 15 Forum: "Are Latinos Being Targeted for Military Recruitment?"

Are Latinos Being Targeted for The Military Recruitment Needed to Fight This War?

A forum on Saturday, January 15, 2005, 6pm at St. Pius Church Hall, 1919 S. Ashland
Are Latinos Being Targeted for The Military Recruitment Needed to Fight This War?

Saturday, January 15, 2005, 6pm
at St. Pius Church Hall
1919 S. Ashland

Come and listen to Latino families who have concerns that this war is not in the best interests of our youth...

Parents: Hear testimony from parents and relatives whose lives have been affected by the militar

Youth: Learn about the reality of the "military deception" and then decide if military life is for you.

Presenters:

* NORMA CASTILLO, a documentary film maker and relative of Camilo Meija, the first Conscientious Objector jailed from the current Iraq war. She will screen her film on the prosecution of conscientious objectors.

* JUAN TORRES' son John was murdered in Afghanistan after witnessing illegal activity. Torres is demanding that there be an investigation to his son's death.

* FERNADO SUAREZ lost his son Jesus when he stepped on a U.S. cluster bomb while fighting on March 27, 2003. Mr. Suarez now travels around the country speaking out against the invaston and the recruitment of Latinos.

For more info, call Julieta Bolivar at 773-247-7820. Committee Against the Militarization of Youth
 
 

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