Iraq Peace Team member to Speak in Rochester

Witness to War


(July 10th) Cynthia Banas, a 72-year-old retired librarian has returned from Baghdad to tell her story. Banas was in Baghdad for six months, from October 2002, until the U.S. declaration that the war was over. It was her third trip to Baghdad as part of the Iraqi Peace Team. She has also served as a human rights observer in Haiti and Guatemala and has fasted for over 40 days to end the sanctions against the people of Iraq

HREF="http://www.iraqpeaceteam.org/pages/iraq_updates.html">Where is Madame Cythia by Kathy Kelly


Cythia will be speaking at two events this weekend along with Ed Kinane, fellow peace activist.

1- People’s Picnic Cookout and Speakout- Free food, hip hop beats and free stylin’ rhymes. Cynthia and Ed will break bread and tell their stories under a shade tree in the park with peace and hip hop activists.

Where: Jones Park, (north of Lyell, between Lake and Dewey)

When: Saturday, July 12, 3-6pm

2-Islamic Center Event

Where: The Islamic Center, 727 Westfall Road

When: Saturday, July 12, 7pm