Austin: Screening of “Grounds for Resistance” with IVAW
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Operation Recovery Team (Under the Hood, May, 2011)
Friday, August 19, 7-9 pm
at 5604 Manor community center (5604manor.org)
Screening of film on GI coffee house at Fort Lewis, Washington
“Grounds for Resistance,” is a documentary about
the “Coffee Strong” coffee house located outside the Fort Lewis, WA, Army base.
Inspired by the Vietnam-era G.I. coffee house movement, Coffee Strong provides a
safe space where service members, military families, and veterans can gather and
discuss their experiences of war, deployment concerns, the hardships of life in
the military, and veteran benefits.
Aaron Hughes, an organizer with Iraq Vets Against
the War, http://www.ivaw.org/, will be on hand to answer questions and
speak about IVAW’s “Operation Recovery” program to assist active-duty and vets
with issues related to repeated deployments.
Staff and volunteers from the “Under the Hood”
coffee shop in Killeen near Ft. Hood will also be available to answer questions
about their work. http://www.underthehoodcafe.org/
The $5 suggested donation will benefit Under the
Hood.
Location: 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road,
Austin, 78723 – 5604manor.org
