Source: MPAC
On March 3, 2004 MPAC issued a press release that reported, "The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) will be hosting Rick McDowell and Mary Trotochaud, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Iraq Country Representatives, [in Los Angeles] for one leg of their national tour...Since May 2003, Rick McDowell and Mary Trotochaud, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Iraq Country Representatives, have lived in a neighborhood of Baghdad. They have witnessed nights of terror; days of profound sorrow, hope, and anger. They have seen inspiring grassroots efforts to rebuild an Iraq struggling to come to terms with its past and the present reality of occupation. Sharing their insights and the voices of Iraqi friends and colleagues, they will speak to the human cost of war and occupation in a nationwide speaking tour, Eyewitness to Occupation, March 1-20, 2004."