Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project

12/10, Thursday: 7 pm
Sami Rasouli – Peacemaker – Madison.
At The Project Lodge, 817 E. Johnson St.
Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi-American, left Iraq in the late 1970s and lived in the Twin Cities area for more than 17 years. In November 2004, nearly 30 years after leaving, Sami returned to Iraq to help rebuild his country. During this time, he founded and supported the development of the Muslim Peacemaker Teams, groups dedicated to principles of nonviolence. He recently brought a delegation of thirteen Iraqis from the city of Najaf to the city of Minneapolis as a part of the Sister City Project. He will speak about the Muslim Peacemaker Teams in Iraq and the building of peaceful relationships between the people of Iraq and the people of the United States through the Iraqi Art Project, the Sister City Project, Water for Peace, and Letters for Peace (www.mpt-iraq.org/) Artwork from Iraq will be on display and will be sold to raise money for continuing human rights efforts in Iraq. Organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War – Madison Chapter, contact: Nathan Toth, tothnj@gmail.com.