Prominent Voices for Impeachment to Go to Capitol

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For Immediate Release April 16, 2007

Prominent Voices for Impeachment to Go to Capitol

On Thursday, April 19, at 11:15 a.m., a group of prominent Americans will gather at the U.S. Capitol to speak in support of beginning impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney. Among them will be mayors, including Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City and John Shields of Nyack, NY; city council members, including Dave Meserve of Arcata, CA; former government officials, including Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers; David MacMichael, a former analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and a member of the steering committee of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity; retired Army Colonel Ann Wright, a career diplomat who quit in protest the day the war began; and legal experts, including Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Also participating will be authors, journalists, poets, and playwrights, including Chris Hedges, Eve Ensler, Justin Frank, Mark Kurlansky, John Nichols, Barbara Jentzsch, Ann Marie Macari, and Ariel Dorfman; actors, producers, and photographers, including Eunice Wong, Kathy Chalfant, Malachy McCourt, Frances Fisher, Henry Chalfant, and Patricia Foulkrod, and leading anti-war voices, including Andy Shallal, Cindy Sheehan, Tina Richards, Medea Benjamin, Bob Fertik, David Swanson, Debra Sweet, Kevin Zeese, and Tim Carpenter.

More names will be announced in further advisories, and the list will include some surprises.

WHAT: Coalition statement in support of impeachment

WHEN: 11:15 a.m. ET, Thursday, April 19, 2007

WHERE: Capitol Hill – Details to be announced soon – Check for updates at http://www.impeach07.org

Town Hall Forum on Impeachment Thursday Evening

An open forum on impeachment will be held in a church Thursday evening, with speakers including: Rocky Anderson, Mayor, Salt Lake City; Ann Wright, retired US Army Reserves Colonel and US Diplomat; Cindy Sheehan, founder of Gold Star Families for Peace.

WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ET, Thursday, April 19, 2007

WHERE: All Souls Unitarian Church, Pierce Hall, at 1500 Harvard Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

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