Coalition of Texas Peace Organizations Call Press Conference on Afghanistan for November 30 near Ft. Hood

A broad coalition of peace and justice organizations from throughout the state of Texas will hold a press conference to oppose Obama plans to escalate the war in Afghanistan and demand an end that war and occupation.

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) November 29, 2009

A broad coalition of Texas peace and justice organizations will announce Monday, November 30th, at 11 am, at Under the Hood Cafe, (17 S. College St.) Killeen, Texas, that they oppose any escalation of the war in Afghanistan. These groups include the Dallas Peace Center, Texans for Peace, the Crawford Peace House, Austin Center for Peace and Justice, Code Pink, the South Texas Alliance for Peace and Justice, and others, listed below.

Coalition spokespersons will call upon President Obama to completely withdraw all military and paramilitary personnel and announce immediately a plan to rebuild the country.

Interviews available in advance. Press packets onsite.

(Note: Listed below are supporting/endorsing groups and contact information for same)

Arlington Peace Center - Len Ellis 972.927.4434 Peace-Center(AT)tx(DOT)rr(DOT)com
Austin Center for Peace and Justice (ACPJ) – Sylvia Benini 512.579.9114
sylvia(DOT)benini(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Austin Concientious Objectors to Military Taxation (ACOMT) - Andy McKenna 512.551.8182
peacetax_tx(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Austin Permanent Peace Protest - Banafsheh Madaninejad 979.525.9366 bmadaninejad(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Austin GI Rights HotLine - Bernice Hecker 512.452.6245 bernan(AT)aol(DOT)com
Campus Antiwar Movement to End the Occupations (CAMEO) - Matt Tedrow mtedrow(AT)mail(DOT)utexas(DOT)edu
Christians for Peace - Larry Egly 254.630.9141 legly(AT)hot(DOT)rr(DOT)com    
Code Pink – Austin – Fran Hanlon fran(DOT)hanlon(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Code Pink – Dallas - Nancy Cunningham codepinkdallas(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Code Pink – Houston - Madeline Crozat-Williams magicas(AT)pdq(DOT)net
Code Pink – Fort Worth – Yvette Richardson 817.896.9084 eyerule00(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Crawford Peace House – Johnney Wolf wolfishq(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Dallas Peace Center – Lon Burnam 214.823.7793 lon(AT)dallaspeacecenter(DOT)org
Denton Peace Action - Dan Burnam danburnam(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Houston Peace and Justice Center (HPJC) – Dave Atwood dpatwood(AT)igc(DOT)org
Iranians for Peace – Bijan Abadi babadi(AT)sbcglobal(DOT)net
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) – Austin – Hart Viges hartviges3000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
The Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights - Eileen Lundy 512.786.5969
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) – Houston – Sherry Glover another4peace(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
North Texas for Justice and Peace – Rusty Tomlinson (972)551-2364 hftomlinson(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Peace Action Denton – Sammie Haren 940.323.0303 ranchersdaughter(AT)gmail(DOT)com
UNT Campus Antiwar Network - Andrew Teeter 817.455.3787 untcan(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Peace Mennonite Church – Ryan Koch 214.902.8141
San Antonio Peace Center – Susan Ives 210.224.4673 suives(AT)texas(DOT)net
South Texas Alliance for Peace and Justice – Ann Smith 361.992.1535 smtann(AT)stxvrr(DOT)com
Texans for Peace – Charlie Jackson 512.736.8385 charliej(AT)texansforpeace(DOT)org
Texas Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) - Dave Collins 830-868-9055, collindave(AT)hughes(DOT)net
Under the Hood Café (Fort Hood Support Network) – Cindy Thomas - underthehoodcafe(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Veterans for Peace (VFP) – Houston - Stan Merriman stan.merriman(AT)sbcglobal(DOT)net
Waco Friends of Peace – Alan Northcutt 254.744.1682 anorthc(AT)aol(DOT)com

Contact: Alyssa Burgin aburgin(AT)texansforpeace(DOT)org 210.381.4021

Contact: Sylvia Benini sylvia(DOT)benini(AT)gmail(DOT)com 512.579.9114

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