Sally Zhang of CCTV sent the video she did with two member of Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), Mary Hladky and Marcia Westbrook.  She wanted MFSO’s input on the Iraq War.   WATCH HERE!  The video is 6 minutes long and starts out in Mandarin for the Chinese audience.  (Note: The  interview portions are in English).  

Military Families Speak Out National Coordinator, Pat Alviso, was interviewed by David Swanson on Talk Nation Radio. Pat is the mother of an active duty Marine and has helped lead three delegations to the White House. She has counseled thousands of military families, Gold Star families and active-duty military, providing support services, and creating forums […]

Nadia McCaffrey, Gold Star Mother and member of Military Families Speak Out,  interviews on CNN, discussing Trump’s disrespect of a Gold Star Family. She is also one of the Gold Star mothers who signed an open letter to Donald Trump. Nadia says the GOP presidential candidate’s criticism of Humayun Khan’s mother was “out of place.”  Source: […]

Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) members are outraged by the recent attack by Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Gold Star parents Ghazala and Khizr Khan whose son, Captain Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq. MFSO is an organization of family members whose loved ones have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Some of […]

TEANECK — Local residents and activists who have protested U.S. military action in the Middle East and Afghanistan weekly for a decade turned their attention on Wednesday to refugees, calling for the nation to take in people who have been victimized in conflicts in those areas. The activists, who include local residents and military veterans, […]

Teaneck vigil earns honor for antiwar efforts April 23, 2014    Last updated: Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 3:53 PM By Megan Burrow Managing Editor Teaneck Suburbanite TEANECK – Since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, local activists have gathered in Teaneck to call for an end to war. Once a month, the group would […]

MSFO Steering Committee chair Pat Alviso spoke at the rally. Watch:

A Gold River home Sunday became a command post in the campaign to prepare families for more than 70,000 U.S. troops – at least 22,000 Californians – scheduled to come home from Iraq and Afghanistan by next summer. By Steve Magagnini Sacramento Bee Published: Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1B Sacramento area […]