An Afternoon with Susan Galleymore: Author of “Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War & Terror” ~ Sunday, May 3rd, 3:00 PM ~ At AFSC, 634 S. Spring Street, LA
An Afternoon with Susan Galleymore:
Los Angeles Book Launch & Celebration
With Poetry, Music, Art and Refreshments!
Sunday, May 3rd
Reception: 2:30 PM
Event: 3:00 PM
American Friends Service Committee - Los Angeles
634 S. Spring Street
Main Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: (213) 489-1900
Email: losangeles@afsc.org
This Event Is Free
Susan Galleymore, the mother of a U.S. soldier, made international headlines by taking the extraordinary and dangerous step of traveling to Iraq to visit her son stationed on a military base in the so-called Sunni Triangle, north of Baghdad.
What she found in Iraq challenged her to continue her journey interviewing mothers in war zones including Iraq, Israel and the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Afghanistan—as well as in the U.S. These powerful first-person stories offer dramatic insight into the impact of war on mothers, families, communities, and cultures around the world.
Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror gets to the heart of extreme social experiences—war and warriors, mothers and children, communities and cultures—and explores the meaning of courage, fear, and leadership.
Each stop will feature local US military mothers and/or refugee mothers, including those whose stories are told in Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror.
Book signing with Susan Galleymore follows each event.
- Rossana Cambron, a member of the San Gabriel Chapter of Military Families Speak Out, whose son is an active US service member completing a tour in Iraq
- Patty Domay, a local citizen activist who works to oppose military recruiters in her neighborhood
Also:
- MC: Eisha Mason, Host of KPFK’s Morning Review, Assoc. Regional Director, AFSC-Pacific SW Region
- Poetry with Vivien Sansour, a native of Palestine, poems will include: "Live From Gaza" and "A letter from an Israeli soldier to his mother"
- Art of Iraqi children sponsored by Iraqi Children’s Art Exchange
Book signing with Susan Galleymore following the event
What They’re Saying About Long Time Passing:
Eloquently presents the universal fear, sorrow, and suffering experienced by mothers whose lives have been profoundly affected by war." —Mary Tillman, co-author of Boots on the Ground at Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman and mother of football star Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
"A heartfelt and gut-wrenching account—a must read for anyone wanting to understand the effects of modern war." —Andrew J. Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University and author of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. His son, Andrew, was killed in the Iraq war.
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South African-born and now based in the San Francisco’s Bay Area, Susan Galleymore continues to share the stories of those affected by war as founder of MotherSpeak, as a radio host for Raising Sand Radio, and a counselor on the G.I. Rights Hotline.
For more information about the 10-city book tour and to order the book please visit: www.mothersspeakaboutwarandterror.org
Published by Pluto Press (UK) and distributed by Palgrave Macmillan (US)
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