[Peace] Diedra Cobb

[Clint Popetz]

There is a meeting tonight at 7pm at the African American Cultural
Program on the corner of Matthews and Nevada to explore ways to
support a community member and conscientous objector who has been
called up to fight in the Iraq War.  Would anyone be able to gather
audio from this event, and to possibly interview the person in
question, for IMC Radio News?  Please contact me if you can do this.

				Thanks,
				-Clint


> Our friend Diedra Cobb, who used to live at the Harvest House, has
> received a call from her Army Reserve Unit to be deployed to the
> Middle East. She applied for discharge several weeks ago, and has
> filed as a conscientious objector, but the military is intent on
> sending her anyway.  Her deployment date is Thursday, so we should
> take action ASAP. A small group met with Diedra today and discussed
> potential plans of action. We decided to call the following meeting:
> 
> Please come and help us organize, especially if you know about
> avoiding military service. Also, those who set up the Friends of
> Ahmed group would likely be a valuable input. More details about the
> situation will be provided at the meeting.