From the Wilmington College Website - March 2006
‘Eyes Wide Open — Ohio’ Coming to Wilmington
"Eyes Wide Open — Ohio: Beyond Fear, Toward Hope," a
multimedia exhibit on the human impact of the Iraq War and occupation
on Ohio, will be featured at WC’s Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage
Center March 28 through April 2.
The QHC is sponsoring the exhibit as an example of the current concerns
of the Religious Society of Friends. "Eyes Wide Open — Ohio"
is traveling throughout the state, focusing on rural areas not normally
exposed to such an exhibit.
Visitors move through a memorial to the war’s troops and civilian
victims. It starts with a set of combat boots for each of the more than
115 Ohio troops who have died, labeled with name, rank and hometown.
To represent the more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians, who have died as
a result of the war, there are 100 pairs of shoes.
"Eyes Wide Open — Ohio" is a state version of the American
Friends Service Committee’s "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit
that has traveled throughout the United States and has been featured
in more than 60 media outlets around the world.
The Quaker Heritage Center gallery will be open extended hours for this
exhibit, March 28 through 31, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and April 1 and 2, 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibit is free of charge, however donations will
be accepted. Additional information on "Eyes Wide Open" is
available at www.afsc.net/ewoohio.html.
Also from the Wilmington Collegge Website:
Programs to Offer Four Unique Perspectives on the Iraq War
The recent third anniversary of the war in Iraq provides a backdrop
for a series of four programs this spring at Wilmington College designed
to offer an overview of the divisive conflict.
“Multiple Perspectives: The Iraq War” will
afford opportunities to learn of first person accounts from Iraq War
veterans, the perspectives of a political scientist and long-time anti-war
activist, and the haunting symbolic images representing the human cost
of war.
The multimedia presentation, “Eyes Wide Open —
Ohio: Beyond Fear, Toward Hope,” is being held in the Meriam R.
Hare Quaker Heritage Center through Friday (March 31) from 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday (April 1 and 2) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On Thursday (March 30), Peggy Hanna, author of the book Patriotism,
Peace and Vietnam, will present “Can Peace Be Patriotic? Examining
the Issue through the Lenses of Vietnam and Iraq” at 7:30 p.m.
in the Quaker Heritage Center.
In the 1960s and early 70s, Hanna was a Midwestern housewife
and mother whose concern and compassion for the American troops in Vietnam
turned her from a “hawk” to an active and outspoken “dove.”
As a member of the Springfield People for Peace, Hanna demonstrated
against the war and urged Congress to bring our troops home.
Her courage and conviction allowed her to overcome her
fears, to speak with Vietnam veterans and travel to Paris for the U.S.-Vietnamese
peace talks. Now a grandmother of 14 grandchildren, Hanna continues
her work for peace in the Midwest.
University of Cincinnati professor Dr. Lynn Rigsbee
will speak on “The War in Iraq To-Date: Myths & Realities”
April 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Kelly Center. Rigsbee is a faculty member
in the Political Science Department at UC’s Raymond Walters College.
The final program in the series will feature a panel
discussion led by five Iraq War veterans April 12, at 7:30 p.m., in
Kelly Center.
All events are free of charge. The “Multiple Perspectives”
series is sponsored by the Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center and
Peace Resource Center at Wilmington College.
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