If anyone in Philadelphia is interested in attending, but does not have transportation, please let me know.  I am driving and can have room for three more people in my car.

Thursday, October 23 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Room 1011, Bartley Hall on the Villanova campus

Crossposted from CAIR Email/Complete Event Listing on CAIR Philly Website

The Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition and Villanova University will sponsor a seminar entitled “Don’t ‘Iraq’ Iran: Finding a Peaceful Resolution to the Iran Crisis.” The event will take place on Thursday, October 23 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Room 1011, Bartley Hall on the Villanova campus. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the main Villanova parking lot on the South side of Lancaster Avenue, just across from Bartley Hall.

The seminar will consist of presentations by Gareth Porter, PhD, historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy, and Edward Martin, PhD, Iran Country Representative for the American Friends Service Committee.

A strong opponent of U.S. wars in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, Gareth Porter has also written on the potential for diplomatic compromise to end or avoid wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Korea, Iraq and Iran. Dr. Porter taught international studies at the City College of New York and the American University before becoming independent.

Dr. Martin is former Director of the Central and Southern Asia Program for the Mennonite Central Committee and has made more than 20 trips to Iran. He was part of a 2007 delegation that met with President Ahmadinejad in Iran and he met again with the Iranian president in New York City on September 25.

While world leaders threaten a nuclear response, hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world are working to implement a nonviolent resolution. Join us to learn how we can stop the Bush administration from creating yet another Iraq.

Event cosponsors include the Villanova Arab and Islamic Institute and the Villanova Peace and Justice Education Program, the Main Line Peace Network, PennAction, the Main Line Chapter of the Coalition for Peace Action, Central Baptist Church Peacemakers, the Green Party of Delaware County, Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia and the King of Prussia and Bryn Mawr Councils of MoveOn.