[Peace] Civilian war victims advocate to speak tomorrow

[Dan Schreiber]

Dr. Gino Strada will be speaking about his first-hand experiences treating
civilian victims of war Wednesday Mar 2nd at First Mennonite Church (corner
of Springfield and Lincoln) at 7:00pm.

Dr. Strada is an Italian surgeon who decided in 1988 to apply his surgical
experience to helping and treating civilian war victims. Dr. Strada has
worked in Pakistan, Ethiopia, Thailand, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Bosnia.

Dr. Strada is also the founder of EMERGENCY, an organization that provides
medical and surgical assistance to the victims of armed conflict, and
attempts to promote a culture of peace and solidarity.

He is also the author of “Green Parrots – A War Surgeon’s Diary”. This book
is based on his years caring for war victims, many injured by landmines. The
book was very popular throughout Europe in it’s original Italian (titled
"Pappagalli verdi"). Now that the book is available in English, Dr Strada
has come to this country to share his story and his organization.

This event is sponsored by the Peace & Justice Initiative at First Mennonite
Church and the Peace & Social Concern Committee of East Bend Mennonite
Church.

Dan Schreiber