Town Hall on Impeachment Planned in Rep. John Conyers' District

[SharonRB]

I see Conyers will not be attending. The first e-mail I received about this event said they were trying to coordinate with his schedule. I said to myself when I read it, "No way will he come to a town hall about impeachment." I just heard him say last Saturday that it's not going to happen, and I knew he'd never appear at this. Here are the details:



http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/mi

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.

The Detroit City Council resolution, co-sponsored by President Pro Tempore Monica Conyers and Council Member JoAnn Watson, demonstrates that significant political and grassroots momentum is building toward impeachment. The resolution highlights the need for Impeachment as recourse for the administration’s illegal NSA domestic surveillance, willfully misleading America in to the war in Iraq, utilizing torture in violation of US and International Law, and illegally denying Americans their Constitutional right to due process at Presidential discretion. The resolution notes these offenses to be, " manifest injury of the people of the City of Detroit." Reporting on passage of the resolution can be found in:

The Detroit Free Press: http://tinyurl.com/2tp8gc
The Detroit News: http://tinyurl.com/32gu72
AfterDowningStreet.org, including full text of the resolution: http://tinyurl.com/3yvmdm

Sponsors of the event include: National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & Michigan Chapter; MIImpeach.org; Veterans for Peace; Gray Panthers; Latinos Unidos of Michigan; Michigan Welfare Rights Organization; Democrats.com; AfterDowningStreet.org; Progressive Democrats of America; World Can’t Wait.

For more information on the event, call National Lawyers Guild Staff Organizer, Eleanore Eveleth at [phone] or send an e-mail: [e-mail]

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/mi

[EleanoreRE]

1. Conyers will Attend Town Hall: May 29th

I just wanted to let you know that Rep. John Conyers, Jr. has agreed to attend the Town Hall on May 29th at Central United Methodist Church. The original press release did not contain this information because he just confirmed yesterday. For updated info & flyers, please see: www.michigannlg.org

Hope to see you there,
Eleanore

[SharonRB]

2. Thanks, Eleanore

I got an e-mail from someone I know earlier today letting me know that he'll be there. Should be interesting, based on what I heard him say about impeachment last week.

I wasn't going to go, but I may try to leave work early if I possibly can. Next week is a short week as it is, so I just don't know if I can get out of here by 4 to get there by 5 with the construction traffic.

Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[noamnety]

3. Eleanore! Hi!

(I know you from other stuff around Detroit)

I will see you Tuesday, thanks for letting us know Conyers will be there.