Upcoming Presentation: Raed Jarrar and Iraq

From RPEC news release: Iraqi political analyst Raed Jarrar will present a talk entitled “Is the Occupation Really Ending?” on Wednesday, April 15, at 7pm, at the Pace Center for Campus Ministries, 700 W. Franklin Street. Jarrar will discuss the Obama administration’s planned troop withdrawal and the future of Iraq. This community forum is free and open to […]

April 12, 2009; 9:16 PM • by Oregon Hill

From RPEC news release:

Iraqi political analyst Raed Jarrar will present a talk entitled “Is the
Occupation Really Ending?” on Wednesday, April 15, at 7pm, at the Pace
Center for Campus Ministries, 700 W. Franklin Street. Jarrar will discuss
the Obama administration’s planned troop withdrawal and the future of
Iraq. This community forum is free and open to the public.

Raed Jarrar is an Iraqi architect, blogger, and political analyst. He
moved to the United States in 2005, and is currently working as a
consultant to the American Friends Service Committee’s Iraq program in
Washington, D.C. After the U.S.-led invasion, Jarrar established Emaar,
(meaning “reconstruction” in Arabic), a grassroots organization that
provided humanitarian and political aid to Iraqi internally displaced
persons. In a victory for constitutional rights, in early 2009 two
Transportation
Security Authority (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways paid Raed Jarrar
$240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated against the
U.S. resident based on his ethnicity and the Arabic writing on his
t-shirt.

Jarrar will examine President Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal, and
discuss the impact of the U.S. occupation on Iraq’s future. He will
describe Iraq’s internal politics and struggles. He will also discuss the
importance of continued advocacy by the U.S. peace movement over the next
few years.

Co-sponsored by the Richmond Peace Education Center, Midlothian Friends
Meeting, Richmond Friends Meeting.

Raed Jarrar is available to speak with members of the press.

For more information, contact the Richmond Peace Education Center at
232-1002 or rpec@rpec.org. Or visit the website, www.rpec.org.