Sgt. John Bruhns, an Iraq war veteran, is featured in the film, FINDING OUR VOICES. John began questioning the war while serving in the infantry in Iraq and continues to speak out as a civilian after being honorably discharged in 2004.
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Activists from D.C. and Northern Virginia join forces to call attention to various forms of worker exploitation at Smithfield, Starbucks and McDonalds.
On April 25, 2007, Gen. David Patraeus, top commander in Iraq, held a briefing in the chambers of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee. Activists bring a dissenting opinion to members attending the briefing.
Rev. Graylan Hagler, senior pastor of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C., is featured in the film, FINDING OUR VOICES.
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Activists from around the country converged on Washington, D.C. for the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. 200 people froze in place for 5 minutes at Union Station calling for an end to the war.
Representatives from union, civil rights, student, religious and political groups deliver petitions to Harris Teeter in Arlington, VA asking the grocery store chain to remove Smithfield meat products from it's shelves to call attention to worker abuse in Smithfield's Tar Heel, NC hog processing plant.
Adele Welty, mother of NYC firefighter Timothy Welty lost on 9/11 and retired social worker, is featured in the film, FINDING OUR VOICES.
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Gael Murphy, co-founder of Code Pink Women for Peace, is featured in the film, FINDING OUR VOICES. Gael has worked relentlessly to end the Iraq war through citizen activism including street theater and protests, civil disobedience, disrupting hearings on Capital Hill and lobbying.
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Sue Niederer - teacher, mother, activist - is featured in the film, FINDING OUR VOICES. Her son, Seth Dvorin, was killed while defusing an IED in Iraq. Sue was arrested at a campaign rally when she interrupted Laura Bush with, "Why aren't your children serving in Iraq?"
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Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) came out strongly against the war in Iraq early on despite having the Pentagon and two large Army bases in his district. Jim is featured in the film, FINDING OUR VOICES.
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Activists assemble and place 1,000 mock coffins around the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., October 23, 2004 to commemorate the deaths of soldiers in Iraq.
Activists warned that there we would pay a price for huge spending on the Iraq War - which has been paid for on - yes, credit. Thanks to the economic philosophy of the rogues in the White House, business has overrun every consumer and environmental protection put in place over the last century. Unbridled capitalism is eating it's own tail. Some of us knew it was coming!