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Event Announcement

SEPTEMBER 11 CALL TO RESTORE THE SOUL OF AMERICA:

MILITARY FAMILIES TO SPEAK AT "FREEDOM FROM FEAR" EVENT

A new group based in Oneonta to be called Restore the Soul of America (RSA) will be joining other communities around the United States on September 11 to call for Freedom from Fear. The event will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 66 Church Street, at 7 PM, and will feature speakers from Military Families Speak Out and Gold Star Families Speak Out. This will launch RSA's campaign to challenge Congress to represent more truly the hopes and aspirations of the American people, and to call for a restoration of true democracy.

RSA members say that ongoing war in Iraq and looming catastrophe in Iran and the Middle East, the use of torture, violations of the Constitution and civil rights, and the ever-increasing influence of money in government are cause for deep concern about the loss of America's soul. The group is not sure the US now has a functioning democracy. Their three most immediate goals are:

- support an immediate withdrawal of troops and bases from Iraq;
- oppose an attack on Iran--promoted by those who led us into Iraq--which could provoke nuclear confrontation;
- seek pledges to work for open, honest and ethical government, starting with removing big money from election campaigns.

RSA acknowledges that the decline in our democracy is complex and deep-seated and will require a long-term commitment to change. The core of the group comes from faith communities, colleges in Otsego and Delaware Counties and from networks of issues-related groups.

Speakers for the "Freedom from Fear" event will be Derek Davey and Michele Feak, both from upstate New York.

Derek Davey, a former Marine, is a member of Gold Star Families Speak Out (GSFSO), a chapter of Military Families Speak Out. It is an organization for relatives of members of the military who have been killed or lost their lives from the fall of 2002 to the present. GSFSO believes the best way to support the troops is to bring them home now and take care of them when they get here. Derek's son, Corporal Seamus M. Davey, was killed in Haqlaniyah, Iraq in October of 2005.

Michele Feak, a member of Military Families Speak Out, is the mother of a soldier recently back from Iraq. She will speak on "How the Iraq war changed our lives--a mom's brief from the front lines."

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