[Mb-hair] The HAIR Project...Asheville, NC

[Barbara Siomos]

Welcome with Love Katie, there is much love and peace on this list and you will lots of help IF needed.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Kasben
Sent: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:13:17 -0700
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] The HAIR Project...Asheville, NC

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I have never felt so welcomed on a listserve before.

I was born in the Philippines (but I'm Irish/Italian/Polish by birth, Asian 
at heart) at the end of the Vietnam war.  My mother was the only female 
liason for the returning P.O.W.s and I believe she was also involved with 
the baby lift operation.   And in 1994 I wen to Saigon while on an 
educational excange.  I have never met a more beautiful people, nor was I 
prepared for my own reaction (especially after going to Cu Chi and then the 
Saigon War Crimes museum- which is the most honest depiction of the war, and 
most objective, I've ever seen).
Last year I worked on the Kerry campaign and when a local conservative group 
held a showing of the negative Kerry documentary, my parents and I went to 
be the voice of dissent. My father (also a veteran) was basically shouted 
down, they wouldn't let me (or any women) speak, and the veterans for peace 
who were there were not even allowed to finish talking because they were 
booed.  I couln't stop crying when it was over.  I felt like I was in Poland 
and the year was 1939. It was terrifying.  No one would listen.
but it's so not simple!  A dear friend of ours was a P.O.W. in Laos for FIVE 
YEARS and he hates Kerry and war protesters (doesn't like Bush though).  I 
feel like we are being pulled apart again~
but since it's not new, my generation is way too apathetic and complacent

I think the hardest part is going to be letting go.  I know I can't single 
handedly change the world, but I certainly do believe we will all be changed 
by this project.  Thank you so much for letting me have a safe place to 
speak.

I've included my first press release~ I haven't sent it out yet.
And I did have a question:
If we are going to donate any profit to the Western North Carolina Coalition 
for Peace, would Tams-Whitmark give us a deal, or would Equity let my friend 
who is an actor in NYC come down for free?

THANK YOU!
PEACE!

Love,
Katie K.
Asheville

ALOHA NUI LOA!