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Letters from the Chair
Articles
Summaries of Past Events
- Darfur: Why Does the Killing Continue? (May 17, 2006)
- Encounterpoint (April 27, 2006)
- Stop the Merchants of Death (March 19, 2006)
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (February 10, 2006)
- Ethics, Globalization and the Millenium Development Goals: What Can One Person Do?
(January 29, 2006)
- Islam From the Outside In (January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2006)
- A Circle of Diaspora (January 24, 2006)
- Values and Valuation (January 8, 2006)
- Inequality Matters (January 8, 2006)
- Shifting Directions: From Global to Local (November 13, 2005)
- Enforcing the Peace (October 16, 2005)
- Positive Developments In The Palestine Nonviolent Resistance Movement (October 15, 2005)
- Unconstitutional: The War on our Civil Liberties (September 8, 2005)
- How the Arab Got His Sinister (May 22, 2005)
- Beyond Good & Evil (May 1, 2005)
- Living in the Oasis of Peace (April 10, 2005)
- Hotel Palestine: Killing the Witness(March 23, 2005)
- Empire and Terror in the Nuclear Age (March 05, 2005)
- Strategic Omissions (March 03, 2005)
- Resurrecting Empire: U.S. Policy in the Middle East (February 27, 2005)
- Can U.S. Democracy Survive Monopoly Media (November 11, 2004)
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (October 24, 2004)
- Dissent in Democracy (October 22, 2004)
- The Impossible Will Take a Little While (September 19, 2004)
- War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (August 28, 2004)
- Hope in a Time of Fear (August 14, 2004)
- “The Civil Liberties Forum” (June 2003), featured Congressman Jerrold Nadler and New York Civil Liberties Union leader, Donna Lieberman. Lawyer Moushumi Khan spoke about defending the rights of immigrants. Librarian Pamela Lieber told us about how the simple act of checking out a book was going to radically change. Rev. Patricia Ackerman of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, who had just put together a U.S tour of two Iraqi women, described her experiences in Iraq.
- “The Human Side of War” (October 2003), featured a great line-up of speakers including Rev. John A. Buehrens, former President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Canadian military journalist and author, Scott Taylor, and Lee Gough, the sister of 2003 US Navy Conscientious Objector. A solo performance by Najib Shaheen demonstrated the oud (an Arabic string instrument) and gave a nice cultural touch. Middle Eastern food was enjoyed by all.
- “ISite” a play written and performed by Kathryn Leila Buck (January 2004). “Where is home?” This question began the theatrical Journey of Katie Buck, daughter of a Lebanese mother and American diplomat father, who grew up in constant motion between cultures and worlds. “Sometimes I feel like the ocean: It’s touching so many shores at once that forms the shape of who I am.” Weaving comic impressions with moving reflections, Katie led her audience on a deeply personal yet ultimately universal journey through identity, belonging, and what we call home.
- “Intelligence and War: Lessons from Recent History” (April 2004), Raymond L. McGovern, CIA Analyst for 27 years, Founder of Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, gave a rousing speech about the events leading up to the Iraq War. This event drew comments such as “Thank you, thank you. This country is in trouble. Thanks for providing a forum for this important speaker.” Another said: “ It helped me understand the situation which I knew in the back of my mind, but I needed it confirmed.”
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