A Report Back from Afghanistan by Brian Terrell

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 7:30pm

Brian Terrell of Maloy, Iowa, visited Afghanistan for three weeks in December as part of a delegation sponsored by Voices for Creative Nonviolence and the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers. In January, Brian and 13 others were convicted of trespass in a Las Vegas court for their protest at Creech Air Force Base, from where unmanned robotic “drone” aerial raids on Afghanistan are controlled.

Brian is a long-time Catholic Worker and a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence.

Iowa based videographer Rodger Routh interviewed Brian before his travels and produced two videos on:

Co-sponsors: American Friends Service Committee, Catholic Peace Ministry, Grace UMC Church and Society

For more information contact:

Kathleen McQuillen kmcquillen@afsc.org

Jeffrey Weiss jjwcpm@yahoo.com

Location

Grace United Methodist Church
3700 Cottage Grove
Des Moines, IA

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