Local story on Vets for Peace

Veterans talk peace

There was a story last week in the local paper about the Vets for Peace vigil on Tuesdays in Pack Square in Asheville. It included the photo here, which is of Kindra, dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume (which came from the McDowells in Chapel Hill). Credit for the photo is Steve Dixon of the Asheville Citizen Times.

Basically, the story is about the local Vets for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War and their upcoming weekly radio show on WPVM. I read news stories for the Asheville Global Report on that community FM radio station. Here is a clip of what the paper had to say:

Two members of Iraq Veterans Against War and one member of Veterans For Peace will host the 30-minute talk show. The organizations plan to feature news, interviews and guest speakers on the show. They also hope to discuss benefits and resources for veterans and air spoken word and music from area veterans. “We want to give a voice to veterans because we don’t feel they are represented on a national, local or state level,” said Jason Hurd, Asheville chapter president of Iraq Veterans Against the War. “As much as a stake people put in us, we might as well have our opinions heard.”

I wish them the best in this new project! The Vets for Peace, Chapter 99, have been standing at Vance Monument in downtown Asheville for years now. They have been joined by the Iraq Veterans Against the War. They started with the start of the invasion of Iraq. Women in Black also hold a weekly vigil in Pack Square, and they have been doing that for over six years. Both of these groups are awesome! There is a couple of other weekly vigils in Asheville, and about four more in the surrounding mountains.