You are invited to the Brandywine Peace Community (www.brandywinepeace.com)  monthly potluck supper and program...

Sunday, September 13, 4:30p.m. - "Old Friends & Guerrillas: Will El Salvador Turn in a New Direction?" perspectives of hope and photo show with Tom Paine Cronin, labor leader, and John Grant, photo-jounalist/veteran for peace, who were in El Salvador for the historic June elections. At the Brandywine Peace Community monthly Potluck Supper & Program, University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA (bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share) 

Tom Paine Cronin, long-time labor leader in Philadelphia and President of AFSCME DC 47, known for its stands on peace and justice issues and opposition to the wars in Central America and Iraq.  Some of Tom's international solidarity work took him to Northern Ireland, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Nicaragua and Honduras, where he was arrested and deported for trade union and human rights activity.  Since retiring as President of AFSCME DC 47 in October 2007, he has worked as the director of the Comey Institute of Industrial Relations at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

John Grant is a Vietnam Veteran and veteran peace activist with Veterans for Peace, a photojournalist and film maker.  He first went to Central American in 1984 and was deported from Honduras with Tom Cronin and four other union workers.  As a photographer, he made numerous trips to Nicaragua and El Salvador during the 1980's and 90's.  This past June, after a fifteen year absence from travel to Central America, John along with Tom Cronin went back to  El Salvador for the moving and hopeful inauguration of Mauricio Funes. John will present on large screen pictures from his and Tom's trip to El Salvador.

Now in its 3rd decade...The Brandywine Peace Community monthly Potluck Supper & Program is the region's longest-running and continuing program of progressive topics and programs related to justice and peace.  Held the 2nd Sunday of the month (except for August) at the  University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street (corner of 37th & Chestnut Streets, next to the International House) in Philadelphia, PA, the potluck supper begins at 4:30p.m. (bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share), the program follows at 5:30p.m.  

For more information: Brandywine Peace Community, 610-544-1818, brandywine@juno.com, www.brandywinepeace.com