Sunday, October 18, 11am, Café Caffeine, 909 W. Mary, Austin

Please join CodePink Austin as we welcome Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink and Global Exchange. Medea recently traveled to Afghanistan with a CodePink led delegation. She will speak about the realities of the U.S. occupation, especially as it relates to the daily lives of Afghan women.

Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans were in Kabul for ten days; they spoke with journalists, doctors, activists, NGOs, members of government and average Afghan women. Most of the women do not want more troops; they want to improve their lives. They want the U.S. investment to reflect what is needed to bring peace. They want investment in the people of Afghanistan. Dr. H.B. Ghazanfar, Women’s Affairs Minister, told them, “To fight is not the solution. We have a mouth and a brain, we should talk.” Afghan women with whom the delegation spoke want doctors, teachers, engineers, and business leaders, not more soldiers. If Americans care about Afghanistan, we need to support development.