Mel Packer in Philadelphia Jan. 16
Posted by: hillarya on Jan 10, 2010 - 07:21 PM
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Mel Packer, long-time peace activist, and member of the Green Party of Allegheny County, will be in Philadelphia the weekend of January 16-17. We have invited him to give a brief talk to the Green Party of Philadelphia about the future of the peace movement in the age of Obama. Save the date!
When: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 7:30 PM
Where: Singapore Vegetarian Restaurant, 1006 Race Street
Tickets cost $30 and include a full dinner and a small donation to the party. Please RSVP to gpop@gpop.org.
Can’t make it? Donate here to allow others to attend.
http://www.gpop.org/news/?page_id=142
More about Mel Packer:
40 year history as a peace, justice, and labor activist.
Pittsburgh resident, member of the Green Party of Allegheny County and the Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee. Recently involved with the Pittsburgh G-20 protests working closely with both the Anti-War Committee and the G-20 Resistance Project, the anarchist-led G20 organizing effort.
Writer: published in The New People, CounterPunch, and other publications
Past President of the Thomas Merton Center Board
A Founding member of Teamsters for a Democratic Union
Currently employed as a Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine.
Read his most recent article in CounterPunch at: http://www.counterpunch.org/packer10092009.html
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