From the Oberlin News-Tribune
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
'Eyes Wide Open Ohio' at Pittsfiled
farm market
"Eyes Wide Open Ohio: Beyond Fear, Toward Hope"
a multimedia exhibit on the impact of the Iraq war and occupation
on Ohio comes to Bushel Bob Farm Market on Friday, August 26, at 47980
Rt. 20, the corner of Rt. 20 and Quarry Road in Pittsfield Township.
Local peacemakers affiliated with Veterans for Peace
are sponsoring the exhibit. Eyes Wide Open Ohio will be traveling
throughout rural areas not often exposed to such an exhibit.
At the 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 90 Ohio troops who have
died, labeled with name, rank, age, and hometown.
To represent the more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians
that have died as a result of the war, there are more than 100 pairs
of shoes. Eyes Wide Open Ohio is a state version of the American Friends
Service Committee "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit that has traveled
throught the United States and been featured in more than 60 media
outlets around the world.
There is no cost to get in, although donations will
be accepted. Further details of the exhibit can be found at http://www.afsc.net/ewoohio.html
Read the OpEd piece by Bushel Bob Farm Market host,
Bob Williams, Plants, wars
have same cycle (featured in the Oberlin News Tribune on
August 23, 2005)
