[Peace] Mothers' event sent important message

[Brian Dolinar]

 [image: The News-Gazette.com]  Mothers' event sent important message Monday
November 19, 2007

On Nov. 12, an important and meaningful event took place at the Urbana Civic
Center: A mother's response to war.

A News-Gazette reporter chose not to do a story about this event ahead of
time. Two local television stations (Channels 3 and 15) showed up to cover
the event. Both missed the true content of what took place.

However, the 60-70 people present can testify that an amazing event took
place. If you had attended, you would have heard mothers of soldiers
speaking. These are soldiers who have served or been wounded or are
currently deployed in Iraq. These mothers spoke with facts, rage, poetry and
eloquence.

One mother, though she could not be present, sent her art installation, "The
Decider," to show in a dramatic way the devastation of the Iraq war on the
soldiers and the Iraqi people.

This event missed out on an advance human-interest story from The
News-Gazette since the reporter would only do an advance story if one of the
mothers agreed to identify her soldier son. She said no. Despite this, the
event organized by the Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE) went forward,
and those who attended found meaning and comfort from the presence of Iraq
Veterans Against War and mothers of soldiers who say, "This war must end."

This was an "anti-war, bring the troops home, end the war now" event. Those
speaking and listening are wondering when our government and the media will
catch up with the citizens of this country.

JAN KRUSE

Urbana
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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
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