[Peace] IDF To Host VVAW Military Counselor Ray Parrish!

[Aaron Patrick Smith]

AWARE has agreed to co-sponsor this event on tuesday night, please come on
out to it and share this announcement with whoever you think might be
interested.

thanks,
aaron smith
idf assistant director

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Subject: [Idf-l] IDF To Host VVAW Military Counselor Ray Parrish!
From:    "Illinois Disciples Foundation" <idf at prairienet.org>
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Mark your calendars! Next Tuesday evening!

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Ray Parrish: "Leave No Vet Behind"

Tuesday, October 19 at 7pm

Wisegarver Lounge at the Illinois Disciples Foundation**
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On October 19, 2004, the Illinois Disciples Foundation will host Ray
Parrish from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in a free talk
entitled "Leave No Vet Behind." The event will begin at 7pm in Wisegarver
Lounge, on the first floor of the IDF. He will be speaking about Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, the needs of GIs and veterans today, and the
current injustices facing soldiers fighting the war in Iraq.

The Illinois Disciples Foundation has been firmly committed to anti-war
organizing since the movement against the Vietnam War. It is time again to
step up the pressure on our government to get out of Iraq! Ray Parrish is
the military counselor for the Vietnam Veterans Against the War’s (VVAW)
Military Counseling Service, which provides confidential discharge
counseling, legal, medical, and mental health referrals for GI’s and
Veterans, counter recruiting and draft information, and more. VVAW was
formed in 1967 with the mission of fighting for peace, justice, and the
rights of all veterans.

Ray served in the USAF during the Vietnam-era. He ran the Midwest Comm.
for Military Counseling for a decade until the funding ran out in 1995.
Then he spent five years as an American Legion Veteran’s Service Officer
until the VA had him fired. For the 3 years before coming to VVAW, he was
a mental health caseworker reintegrating the homeless into the community.
If you would like more information about the Military Counseling Service
or VVAW, please check out their website at www.vvaw.org.

This event is being cosponsored by: Activist Forum, Anti-War Anti-Racism
Effort (AWARE), Common Ground Food Cooperative, Community United Church of
Christ, El Centro por Los Trabajadores, Feminist Majority, Progressive
Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC), School for Designing a Society, UC-IMC
Steering Group, University YMCA, Urbana-Champaign Friends, Vietnam
Veterans Against the War-CU Chapter, and the Women's Direct Action
Collective (WDAC).

**The IDF is a pioneering peace with justice campus ministry, located at
the NW corner of Springfield and Wright St. in Champaign. Wisegarver
Lounge is located on the first floor of the building and is wheelchair
accessible.

For information about the IDF or this event, please contact the IDF at
(217) 352-8721, idf at prairienet.org or check out the website at
www.prairienet.org/idf.