IL, Chicago: Eyes Wide Open - Youth Day - Human Cost of the Iraq War

IL

Chicago

Where: Grant Park, Jackson and Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603

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In January 2004, the American Friends Service Committee unveiled Eyes Wide Open in Chicago's Federal Plaza with 504 pairs of boots, each tagged with the name, rank, age and home state of a fallen soldier or Marine. With each passing week, each stop in a new city, more pairs of boots are added to represent the newly fallen. This Memorial Day weekend, the exhibit returns to Chicago, the city where it all started.

The Eyes Wide Open Activities today focus on Youth.

12 p.m. Speakers

• Ray Parrish, Viet-Nam Veterans Against War
  
• Dante Zappala, Gold Star Families Speak Out
  
• Raed Jarrar, Iraq Consultant
  
• Free Street Theater (invited)

7 p.m. Youth + Militarism Poetry Slam

• Young Chicago Authors
  
• Crib Collective
  
• Kumba Lynx

Volunteers needed from now until May 28 for Outreach, Volunteer Recruitment, Program planning, Boot-tagging, Boot installation, On-site management, Boot take-down, etc. For more information, please contact Erin Polley at 312.427.2533 ext 25 or at epolley@afsc.org.

Website for more information.