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# Local woman to travel back to Iraq
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/local-woman-to-travel-back-to-iraq/
- Published: 2003-05-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:13:02.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Montana, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Santa Monica Public Library and the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica will host a free public program featuring Kelly Hayes-Raitt, who sits on the Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women, at the Montana Avenue Branch Library, located 1704 Montana Avenue, on Saturday, June 14, 2003 at 2 p.m.

Hayes-Raitt visited Iraq for 10 days in February, just five weeks before the onset of the U.S. bombings. She spoke with hundreds of women and children to see firsthand the effects of the 1991 bombings and U.N. sanctions. Hayes-Raitt is returning to Iraq for two weeks in June and July 2003 to talk again to the women and children to see the impact of the latest Iraqi war.

Hayes-Raitt will share photos and stories of the women and children of Iraq, revealing their messages of peace.

The Montana Avenue Branch Library is wheelchair accessible. For special disability service, call the Branch Library at (310) 829-7081 at least three business days in advance.

For more information, contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 28, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052803.pdf?ref=smdp.com)