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(event) Exit Wounds: Combat Trauma and Trials of Homecoming Start: 11:00 am End: 11:59 am Exit Wounds: Combat Trauma and Trials of Homecoming Photos of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans by Jim Lommasson. Over two thousand photos by the soldiers taken while in country, including interviews and writing by the soldiers. New American Art Union October 17 to November 30, 2008 Reception: Friday, October 17, 6-9. 922 SE Ankeny Street Portland, OR 97214 Thursday - Sunday, Noon - 6PM + By appointment. The Myth of Return Photographer Jim Lommasson will present a series of photographs and interviews with American veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The soldiers speak the truth about war, their participation, and the effects on themselves and those caught in the crossfire. This exhibit examines and raises questions about a generation of soldiers largely invisible to the American public. The stories are profound and timeless. Returning soldiers have always had to process the real and transformative traumas of battle while integrating into a new civilian culture that lacks the clarity, meaning, and sense of ‘mission’ that war can provide. But how will these returning ‘silent warriors’ shape the social fabric into which they must now incorporate? With bodies and minds completely attuned to the violence and exigencies of war, what is the psychic space these young veterans inhabit after their tours? What happens when battle-bred virtues, such as a heroic disregard for one’s life and pain, become a liability or even contemptible in their new home? Exit Wounds looks at some of the trials of reintegration for this generation of invisible warriors and asks whether they do in fact get to ‘come home.’ More info about the exhibit. (event) [Repeat]Hollywood Farmers' Market Tabling for Peace - NE Portland Start: 8:00 am End: 1:00 pm Every Saturday. Location: NE Hancock St. between 44th and 45th. Organization: Peace Action Committee 1st Unitarian Church Contact: Barbara Glancy, barbg07@people.com (event) [Repeat]Lloyd Center Stand for Peace - Portland NE Start: 11:00 am End: 1:00 pm Every Saturday. Location: NE Multnomah and NE 13th, across from Holladay Park Organization: Stand for Peace (event) [Repeat]Estacada Weekly Peace Vigil Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:00 pm Every Sunday. Location: Estacada, Estacada City Hall, Hwy 224 and Main St. Contact: Peter Hamer, phamer@cascadeaccess.com (event) [Repeat]Lake Oswego Weekly Vigil for Peace Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:00 pm Every Friday. Location: Corner of Lower Boones Ferry and Kruse Way Organization: Lake Oswego Peace Group Contact: lo-peace@hotmail.com (503) 892-6559 (event) [Repeat]Sandy Weekly Friday Peace Vigil Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm When: Every Friday 4:00 to 6:00 PM Where: Highway26 in front of big barn acrossfrom Fred Meyer in Sandy. Organization: SandyPeace Vigil Contact: (503) 668-7618 Website: http://sandypeacevigil.org/ (event) [Repeat]Pioneer Courthouse Square Protest - SW Portland Start: 5:00 pm End: 6:30 pm Every Friday. Location: Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Broadway and Morrison. Organization: Portland Peaceful Response Coalition Contact: (503) 344-5098 Website: http://www.pprc-news.org/ (event) [Repeat]Hillsdale Weekly Friday Peace Vigil Start: 5:30 pm End: 6:30 pm Every Friday. Location: Hillsdale, Corner SW Capitol Hwy and SW Sunset, by Wilson High School. Contact: Ruth Adkins, (503) 977-2933

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