Host Chris Andreae interviews former diplomat Colonel Ann Wright about her activism for peace. Ann just returned from a visit to Pakistan. She is in Portland to speak on a historic and courageous endeavor planned by Palestinian activists. They plan to build an Ark in Gaza, using existing resources and sail with a crew of Palestinians and internationals out of Gaza carrying Palestinian products to fulfill trade deals with international buyers in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade.
An evening with Col Ann Wright is Friday Oct 12th at the First Unitarian Church of Portland's Elliot Chapel at 7:30pm suggested Donations $10 - $25 at the Door,
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Col. Ann Wright received the State Department Award for Heroism in 1997, after helping to evacuate several thousand people during the civil war in Sierra Leone. She is most noted for having been one of three State Department officials to publicly resign in direct protest of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.