from After Downing Street:
Town Hall on Impeachment Planned in Rep. John Conyers' District
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2007-05-17 17:52. Activism | Impeachment
METRO DETROITERS TO HOLD IMPEACHMENT TOWN HALL DISCUSSION
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 – 5:00 p.m. Central United Methodist Church, Detroit, MI
A moderated panel and discussion on the impeachment of President Bush and Vice-President Cheney will be held in Congressman John Conyers’ district on May 29 at 5 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church, located at 23 E Adams Ave., Detroit, MI 48226. The event will include national and local speakers, members of the Detroit City Council, and a special performance by jazz great Spencer Barefield & friends.
This event dovetails with the Detroit City Council’s passage on May 16, in the Name of Full Council, of a resolution calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. Detroit is the largest of more than 60 cities to have taken this step.
On April 24, 2007, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D., OH) submitted H Res 333, calling for the Impeachment of Vice-President Cheney; Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush have been drafted by several organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights.
The moderated panel and discussion currently includes these confirmed speakers (more to be added):
*Jack Lessenberry: Detroit Metro Times editorialist.
*Bill Goodman: Former legal director of Center for Constitutional Rights, local Detroit NLG attorney.
*JoAnn Watson: Detroit City Council Member
*Maureen Taylor: State Chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization.
*Ann Wright: U.S. Army Colonel and diplomat who resigned in protest the day before the war began.
*Ray McGovern: During his career as a CIA analyst, he prepared and briefed the President's Daily Brief and chaired National Intelligence Estimates. He is a member of the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
*Malik Rahim: Co-founder Common Ground, New Orleans, Green Party Candidate for NO City Council in 2002 and former Black Panther Party member. ......(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/mi