Campus to Exhibit Boots from Fallen US Soldiers

UCSF will host an exhibit on Wednesday, Sept. 19, called "Eyes Wide Open," featuring 393 pairs of boots representing California soldiers who have died in the Iraq war. The exhibit, which is traveling across the nation to bring home the human costs of the war, will be showcased at UCSF from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building, 513 Parnassus Ave. Each pair of boots will have the name, age and hometown of the soldier. The exhibit also will show civilian shoes in memory of Iraqis who have died in the conflict. The exhibit was first unveiled in 2004 by the Chicago office of the American Friends Service Committee, which has championed since 1917 the dignity and worth of every individual, the sanctity of human life and humanity's collective responsibility to promote peace. Read more about this powerful and poignant exhibit and the committee here. The event is organized by the UCSF Iraq Action Group, an alliance of students, faculty and staff united to educate each other, the campus community and the public about the health effects of the Iraq war on American and Iraqi citizens and soldiers. The exhibit is coming to UCSF in anticipation of a nationwide Iraq Moratorium on Friday, Sept. 21. The Iraq Moratorium is a community-based, nationwide campaign to organize public displays of opposition to the war in Iraq on the third Friday of each month, starting on Sept. 21, which is the United Nations' sponsored International Peace Day. The goals of the moratorium are to end the war in Iraq, bring the troops home now, and fund human needs in the United States. This is a nonviolent movement. Moratorium organizers will be asking people to: * Wear a black ribbon or black arm band at work * Call their representatives in Congress to tell them to "bring our troops home" and * Take the Iraq moratorium pledge. The pledge is as follows: "I hereby make a commitment that on Friday, September 21 and the third Friday of every subsequent month, I will break my daily routine and take some action, by myself or with others, to end the War in Iraq." Photo/American Friends Service Committee Related Links: UCSF Teach-in Focuses on Health Effects of Iraq War
UCSF Today, May 17, 2007 Eyes Wide Open Iraq Moratorium