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March for Peace and Jobs: Saturday, March 19

by on Mar. 18, 2011, under Arizona, economy, Free Speech, jobs, Tucson

Old Glory (Photo Credit: Pamela Powers)

March 19 is the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. To commemorate the invasion, groups around the country will be marching for Peace and Jobs this Saturday.

Information about the Tucson March for Peace and Jobs– from the Tucson Peace Center website:

Hundreds of billions of dollars spent on these wars have left hundreds of thousands of lives lost, and our country and people mired in debt. We call on our government to end the wars and bring our tax money home for jobs, education, health care, environmental protection and other human needs.

Saturday, Mar 19, 2011
Gather 10:00am at Armory Park (220 S 5th Ave)
March to DeAnza Park (Speedway & Stone)
For Rally at 12:00 noon

For info or to help, contact Alan Gilbert at awgtucson@msn.com

Sponsors: End the Wars Coalition, Tucson Veterans for Peace, Jobs with Justice, The Nuclear Resister, Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Progressive Democrats of America, Tucson Club CPUSA, Indigenous Alliance without Borders, Salt of the Earth Labor College, Code Pink, Women in Black, Arizona Peace Council, Alliance for Global Justice, Pan Left Productions, International Action Center of Tucson, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Revolutionary Grounds Books and Coffee, Green Party of Pima County, Tucson Peace Center.

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Pamela Powers Hannley writes the Tucson Progressive blog on the TucsonCitizen.com and contributes articles to the Huffington Post and Salon.com. She has had more than 30 years of experience in written, visual, and electronic communication—including freelance writing, photography, graphic design, and consulting. In addition to blogging for the Citizen, she is the Managing Editor of an international medical research journal.

Hannley has authored medical research articles, print magazine and newspaper stories, and numerous cancer prevention and self-help publications.

She has been a blogger since 2006, joined the ranks of Tucson Citizen bloggers in October 2010, and started contributing to the Huffington Post in 2011 and to Salon.com in 2012.

Hannley holds a masters’ degree in public health from The University of Arizona and a bachelors’ degree in journalism from The Ohio State University. She is a native of Amherst, Ohio but has lived in Tucson since 1981.