Upcoming Exhibits:

5/24/08 - 5/26/08 Westshore Unitarian Universalist Church Rocky River, Ohio

6/28/08 - 6/29/08 U.S. National Anti-war Conference, Cleveland, Ohio

7/15/08 The North UU Congregation of Lewis Center at Kenyon, College (Tentative)

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Sign the DEFUND/REFUNDPetition
Defund the war in Iraq
Refund human needs at home and in Iraq

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Number of Ohioans Killed in Iraq:

182*/**

(169 DOD Confirmation)**

*This number includes soldiers that have died in Iraq that may have been living somewhere else when deployed, but were originally from Ohio.

**This number does not include the suicide of soldiers after returning home from Iraq.

Number of Ohioans Captured in Iraq:

Approximate Number of Ohioans Injured in Iraq:

1242

Total Number of U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq:

4084

Total Number of U.S. Troops Wounded in Iraq:

29,911

Total Number of U.S. Deaths Self-Inflicted:

145

Total Iraqi Police/Military:

8089

(Numbers recorded are from icasualties.org)

Total Iraqi Civilians Killed: 45,000 to as many as over 655,000 (according to The Lancet and a study by the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in cooperation with the Center for International Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See Washington Post article from October 11, 2006)

(Date Updated: 5/1/08)

Bring Eyes Wide Open Ohio to your Community...Eyes Wide Open Ohio is a multi-media exhibit that presents a portion of the true impact of war on Ohioans.

For more information, download the Brochure:
(Brochure Front)(pdf)
(Brochure Back )(pdf)

...or the Eyes Wide Open Ohio Sponsor Guide:

2008 Updated (pdf)

(updated 4/2008)

NEWS!!

300,000 vets have mental problem, 320,000 had brain injuries

Study: 300,000 US troops from Iraq, Afghanistan have mental problems, 320,000 brain injuries

PAULINE JELINEK
AP News

Apr 17, 2008 09:47 EST

Read Full Story Here

20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally

By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY

November 22, 2007

Read Full Story Here

These modern day "Betsy Rosses" helped add poppies to the exhibit's memorial to wounded Ohio troops at the Akron office. If you'd like to volunteer to help with the exhibit, please contact us at the AFSC office nearest you!

Watch the Wage Peace Movie
Download it from the National AFSC Website.

Ten Reasons Why We Need To Leave Iraq

Read what people wrote in the comment book after experiencing the exhibit!

Watch the newly released music video by blues musician Robert Cray, "Twenty", from his Grammy-Nominated album of the same name that features the National Eyes Wide Open Exhibit.