Conyers to Participate in Town Hall Meeting on Impeachment

[IChing]

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
DETROIT & MICHIGAN CHAPTER
"Promoting Social Justice Since 1937"



A moderated panel and discussion on the impeachment of President Bush and Vice-President Cheney will be held 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 and a special performance by jazz great Spencer Barefield & friends. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. is expected to appear.



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.

Sponsors of the event include: National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & Michigan Chapter; MIImpeach.org; Veterans for Peace; Latinos Unidos of Michigan; Michigan Welfare Rights Organization; Democrats.com; AfterDowningStreet.org; Progressive Democrats of America; World Can’t Wait--Detroit Chapter; A28; Green Party of Michigan.

http://www.michigannlg.org/

[StarryNite]

1. Great news!

Keep the ball rolling! Nancy it's time to set the table with a nice big bowl of impeachment!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[AlinPA]

2. I'm thinking the Democrats will not try to impeach, rather will back down because Bush**

might say they are unpatriotic by impeaching the "commander-in-chief" or some crap like that.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Excellent!

Thanks for the thread IChing

Kicked and recommended

[whistle]

4. Great, but it must happen quickly like next week or Cheney will get

....his war going with Iran and then Bush will claim he can be dictator

[glitch]

5. Wow, I would love to see this on CSpan! Or at least an audio somewhere.Thanks for posting K & R nt