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Gloria Mattera's Borough President Campaign Brings Cindy Sheehan to Brooklyn. Bereaved anti-war mother to speak at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. Bring Them Home Now Tour arrives this Sunday.
MEDIA ALERT September 16, 2005 Contact: Gloria Mattera @ 917-886-1419 Rev. David Dyson @ 718-625-7515 WHAT: Gloria Mattera's Borough President Campaign Brings Cindy Sheehan to Brooklyn. Bereaved anti-war mother to speak at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. Bring Them Home Now Tour arrives this Sunday. WHEN: Sunday, September 18, 2005 @ 8:00 PM WHERE: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY Cindy Sheehan's son Casey was killed in Iraq. In August, she camped outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, attracting international attention for her protest against the war. On Sunday, September 18, Sheehan will bring her story to Brooklyn. Gloria Mattera’s Campaign for Brooklyn Borough President contacted Rev. Dyson and the tour organizers in a successful effort to bring Sheehan to the historic Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, a place renowned for its social justice tradition since the days of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. "We are pleased to give a warm Brooklyn welcome to Cindy Sheehan and speakers from the Bring Them Home Now Tour," said Mattera. "Cindy is an inspiration. She lost Casey, her son, in Iraq. But she's made sure that he will never be forgotten. Her message reinforces what we're saying here in Brooklyn: War is a local issue. Soldiers from Brooklyn have died, and the war has drained money from vital local services. Military recruiters roam our schools looking for kids with few options. This must be stopped; the war must be stopped; and the troops must be brought home now." Members of the Tour are speaking in cities across the United States as they travel by bus from Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Sept. 24 United for Peace and Justice March and Rally to End the War on Iraq. www.bringthemhomenowtour.org
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