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Sunday, December 13, 4:30p.m. - Just back from Honduras, Sylvia Metzler to speak at Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Program

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begins: Dec 13, 4:30 pm

ends: Dec 13, 7:00 pm

location: University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St., Phila., PA (corner of 37th & Chestnut Sts., in the University City section of West Philadelphia)

Plan to attend the area's longest running on-going gathering for peace and justice, the Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Supper/Program, now in its 3rd decade.....

Sunday, December 13, 4:30p.m. - Just back from Honduras, Sylvia Metzler will speak on "Honduras and President Obama's Approach to Latin America" at the Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Potluck Supper* & Program, held at University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA (corner of 37th & Chestnut Sts, next to International House, in the University City section of West Philadelphia). 
*Bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share.

Sylvia Metzler, a long time Nicaraguan and Central American solidarity activist, will just be back from a visit to Honduras as part of a Quest for Peace delegation accompanying supporters of deposed President Zelaya and learning about the realities on the ground in Honduras six months after the military coup. 

Sylvia has been involved with many justice and peace issues and groups in the Philadelphia area for over 40 years, including HCAP (Health Care for All Philadelphia), promoting a single payer universal health care system, Grannies for Peace, and the Brandywine Peace Community. She is a family nurse practitioner, co-chairs Medicines for Nicaragua, and serves on the board of the Norris Square Neighborhood Project.  

From 1990 - 1992, Sylvia served as a volunteer nurse practitioner in Nicaragua.  She lives and works in Kensington, North Philadelphia where her major hobby is gardening with plants and children. 

The Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Supper/Program, now in its 3rd decade take place the 2nd Sunday of the month (except August), 4:30PM, at the University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Phila., PA (bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share). Programs begin at 5:30 PM.

Brandywine Peace Community
P.O. Box 81, Swarthmore, PA 19081 - 610.544.1818 brandywine@juno.com   www.brandywinepeace.com



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