PDSonoma PRESS RELEASE - PDSonoma County Schedules Brown Bag Lunch Vigils in Coordination with PDA Healthcare Not Warfare Campaign

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 13:21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 16, 2010

PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS SONOMA COUNTY TO HOLD REGULAR VIGILS AIMED AT ENDING CONGRESSIONAL FUNDING FOR WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ

Progressive Democrats Sonoma County, the local chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, plans regular Brown Bag Lunch Vigils in front of Rep. Lynn Woolsey’s Santa Rosa District office to stop the escalation and funding for war. We thank Rep. Woolsey for signing on to support HR 2454, calling for an exit strategy from Afghanistan and HR 3699, prohibiting any increase in the number of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan. Further, we call on Rep. Woolsey to publicly commit to voting “No” on any bills that fund wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Yemen, and to publicly urge her colleagues and the House leadership to make the same commitment. The first vigil is planned for Wednesday, January 20th at noon.

When: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
12 PM – 1 PM

Where: Office of Rep. Lynn Woolsey
1101 College Avenue
Santa Rosa , CA 95404
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ED. NOTE: Please RSVP for this event here:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personalopt1.asp?formid=meet&c=9243517

Thank you!