Iraq Vet turned conscientious objector Josh Stieber, Ithaca & Trumansburg

21-year-old Josh Stieber, an Iraq vet turned conscientious objector, was deployed to Baghdad as part of the Surge from Feb 07 to Apr 08. He’ll be in Ithaca on Friday and in Trumansburg on Saturday as he travels across the country, sharing his experiences and learning everything he can. Check out his blog at Contagious Love Experiment.

• Potluck
  dinner/talk Friday, July
  17, 6:30
  pm, Ithaca Unitarian Church Parlor (306 N. Aurora St., Ithaca)
• Peace
  Walk, 7:30 am,
  Hector Meeting
  House, 5066 Perry City Road to Trumansburg Fair Grounds (3.6 miles).
  Simple Prayer Breakfast at 7:00 am in the pavilion on the grounds of
  the meeting house. We will have a sag wagon and can shuttle walkers
  back to their cars after the walk.  Directions from Ithaca:
  Turn
  left off Rte 96 onto Jacksonville Road in Jacksonville.  Right
  on
  Perry City Road by cemetery. PLEASE
  PARK ON THE SAME SIDE
  AS THE MEETING HOUSE with
  the driver’s side wheels off the
  pavement. This is very important so as not to constrict the road way
  and create a traffic hazzard, and to avoid ticketing and problems for
  our hosts, the Ithaca Friends Meeting.
• Josh
  will be at the Grassroots Festival
  all day Saturday, starting with Common Ground for Peace forum, 9:30 am,
  Cabaret Hall.  At 3 p.m.,  he will also be introduced
  by
  Grumblic Rustic  in the Dance  Tent.

For more info, contact Bob Nape or Cris McConkey 607/387-93830.