News Release
CLASA presents: AFSC Speak for Peace Tour
The Carney Latin American Solidarity Archives (CLASA) and the Student Programming Board (SPB) at the University of Detroit Mercy are sponsoring a lecture with Iraqi political analyst Raed Jarrar and National Guard Specialist E-4, Patricia McCann on February 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m., in the Ford Life Sciences Building, Room 115 on the McNichols Campus.
The two will share their personal experiences with war-torn Iraq, discussing the casualties, the growing number of refugees, and the long-waited reconstruction and re-development of the country's community and identity.
Jarrar is an Iraqi political analyst, currently based in Washington, D.C. A professional architect, Jarrar received his degrees from the University of Baghdad and the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, where he researched community-based post-war reconstruction in Iraq. He became Iraq's director for the only door-to-door casualty survey group in post-war Iraq. He is currently the Iraq consultant for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Washington, D.C.
McCann served in the 133rd Signal Battalion of the Illinois National Guard from 2000-2006 as a MSE Systems Switching Operator. In 2003, McCann and the other members of her Battalion were deployed to Iraq for a 15-month tour of duty.
Jarrar and McCann are on a tour coordinated by the AFSC; it is co-sponsored by Michigan Coalition for Human Rights and Detroit Friend.
Release date: February 19, 2008
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