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August 2004
Flyers: Word
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The Peace Task Force showed the movie "Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War ". The movie, a documentary by Robert Greenwald, was 56 minutes long and was followed by a moderated discussion. According to Senator Edward M. Kennedy: “Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War is a devastating analysis of the abuses and distortions of intelligence used by the Bush Administration in making its case for the war in Iraq. If the American people and Congress had been told the whole truth, America would have never gone to war."
Author Paul Rogat Loeb discusses “HOPE IN A TIME OF FEAR” as part of Interfaith Voices Lecture Series
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Acclaimed author Paul Rogat Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen and The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear, discussed how we continue to work for a humane world while dealing with seemingly impossible obstacles. Loeb looked at the spiritual and political frameworks that help us to continue to act on our ideals. Loeb has been praised by writers and thinkers including Kurt Vonnegut, Susan Sontag and Barbara Ehrenreich for his work. This discussion is part of a series sponsored by Interfaith Voices to examine issues of peace, war, humanity and diplomacy with both a critical eye and an open mind.
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ABOUT INTERFAITH VOICES:
Interfaith Voices is an umbrella organization in the New York area for people of all faiths to give public witness to our shared principles and values. Interfaith Voices promotes the faith-based principles of human rights; justice and freedom from discrimination; access to healthcare, housing, education, and employment; peace at home and abroad; and international cooperation.
ABOUT PAUL LOEB
Paul Loeb has written on social involvement for publications including The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs. Loeb is a frequent lecturer and speaker and is an affiliate scholar at Seattle’s Center for Ethical Leadership. He's the author of Soul of a Citizen, Generation at the Crossroads, Nuclear Culture, and Hope in Hard Times. His new anthology on political hope, The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear, will be published in August 2004 by Basic Books. You can read more about Paul's work on this website .
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges discussed his experiences as a war correspondent as part of Interfaith Voices lecture series
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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Hedges discussed the culture of war and war reporting. Hedges, author of the book “War is a Force That Gives us Meaning,” drew on examples from his book that challenge us to take a new look at the spiritual and emotional costs of war, drawing on his own first-hand experiences and on the literature of combat from Homer and Shakespeare to Erich Maria Remarque and Michael Herr. This discussion was part of a series sponsored by Interfaith Voices to examine issues of peace, war, humanity and diplomacy with both a critical eye and an open mind.
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ABOUT INTERFAITH VOICES:
Interfaith Voices is an umbrella organization in the New York area for people of all faiths to give public witness to our shared principles and values. Interfaith Voices promotes the faith-based principles of human rights; justice and freedom from discrimination; access to healthcare, housing, education, and employment; peace at home and abroad; and international cooperation.
ABOUT CHRIS HEDGES
Chris Hedges is a former war correspondent with fifteen years of experience in places such as El Salvador, Kosovo, and the Persian Gulf. He's worked at the Christian Science Monitor, the Dallas Morning News, and most recently The New York Times, where he shared in a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of global terrorism.
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September 19, 2004
PROGRAM:
THE FLIGHT OF OUR DREAMS, Moderated by Paul Rogat Loeb, Author of "Souls of a Citizen" and "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Hope in Time of Fear"
This was the first of two events with Paul Loeb. A conversation on the psychology of hope, poetic vision, environmental justice and radical courage with:
Mary Catherine Bateson, author of Composing a Life
Bill McKibben, author of Hope, Human and Wild
Martin Espada, author of Imagine the Angels of Bread
Jack DuVall, co-author of A Force More Powerful
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September 19, 2004
PROGRAM:
REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME with Charles Derber
Charles Derber will discuss his newest book, Regime Change Begins at Home: Freeing America From Corporate Rule. Tom Stites, editor of the UU World, reviewed Derber’s book in a recent issue and called it “quite simply the most important political book I’ve read in years.” Charles Derber is a professor of sociology at Boston College, and a prolific scholar in the fields of political economy, international relations, and society. He is the author of eight books, including “Corporation Nation”, “The Wilding of America”, and “People Before Profit”.
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September 20, 2004
PROGRAM:
WHEN HOPE AND HISTORY RHYME, Moderated by Paul Rogat Loeb, Author of "Souls of a Citizen" and "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Hope in Time of Fear"
This was the second of two events with Paul Loeb. Drawing strength from past movements, radical theology and wild imagination with:
Joe Trippi, Howard Dean’s campaign manager and author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Susan Griffin, author of Women and Nature
Walter Wink, author of Engaging the Powers
Kadiatou Diallo, mother of Amadou Diallo and author of My Heart Will Cross the Ocean
Both events sponsored by Peace Action, The Nation, All Souls Peace Task Force and Adult Education, and CUNY Graduate Center
October 2004
Flyers: Dissent in a Democracy: Word
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October 22, 2004
PROGRAM:
DISSENT IN A DEMOCRACY, Presentation by former US diplomat Mary Ann Wright
Mary Ann Wright, a career Foreign Service Officer from 1986 until March 19, 2003, will discuss why she was compelled to resign from the Foreign Service in protest over US foreign policy. She is one of three career foreign-service officers to resign over the Bush administration's Iraq policy within the two months just prior to the beginning of the war. Her career in the worlds of diplomacy and military affairs included helping to re-establish the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in December of 2000 and 26 years in the US Army/Army Reserves where she attained the rank of Colonel during her military service. This event is co-sponsored by the Education Committee of Not In Our Name.
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November 2004
Flyers: Can U.S. Democracy Survive Media Monopoly?: Powerpoint
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November 11, 2004
PROGRAM:
CAN U.S. DEMOCRACY SURVIVE MONOPOLY MEDIA?
A discussion on the balance of reporting and revenue with Ben Bagdikian, Janine Jackson and Bob McChesney
The coverage of news is a for-profit business, and a handful of multi-national companies have a monopoly on this business. Yet, we as readers, consumers and viewers of the news want and expect coverage of domestic and world issues that is driven only by the desire to uncover truth. The panel will discuss the dilemma faced as newspapers, magazines and television shows are driven by their ability to turn a profit.
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- Ben H. Bagdikian is a media critic and former Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley. He played a role in obtaining and publishing portions of The Pentagon Papers and is the author of The Media Monopoly.
- Janine Jackson is program director at FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), the national media watch group, and host/producer of "Counterspin," FAIR's nationally syndicated radio show.
- Robert W. McChesney is Research Professor in the Institute of Communications Research (ICR) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the President and co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization.
Sponsors: The Peace Task Force of the Unitarian Church of All Souls Action for Justice Committee of the Community Church of New York, Faith in Action Committee of the 4th Universalist Society
January 2005
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January 23, 2005
PROGRAM:
Open Peace Task Force Planning Meeting
You are invited to join the Peace Task Force to discuss our plans for the year. We will share our thoughts with you and welcome your input. This is an opportunity for us to dialogue about the direction of the group and the plans the steering committee has discussed. If you are interested in hearing more, participating or volunteering, please join us for this discussion.
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February 27, 2005
PROGRAM:
Resurrecting Empire: US Policy in the Middle East
Is the United States resurrecting old models of colonial power by invading and creating a new regime in Iraq?
Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and a nationally recognized authority on the history of the Middle East examines the current conflict in Iraq and the history of US intervention in the Middle East in this discussion of the region's modern history.
Khalidi will draw on examples from his book, Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East in which he examines how the people of the Middle East have come to regard foreign intervention and underscores how these long-standing attitudes might effect the newest phase of American involvement there.
(Cosponsored with Adult Education)
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March 2005
Flyers: Empire and Terror in the Nuclear Age: Word ; A Forum on Drug Policy: Word ; Premiere of Hotel Palestine: Word
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March 5, 2005
PROGRAM:
Empire and Terror in the Nuclear Age
Zia Mian is a physicist with the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University. His work, which focuses on nuclear disarmament, war and peace issues, has been published in leading scholarly journals and magazines. He is a founding member of the Islamabad-based Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC), an umbrella organization for 500 civil-rights groups opposed to nuclear weapons.
Cosponsored with the All Souls Nuclear Disarmament Task Force, the UU-UNO and Adult Education.
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March 12, 2005
PROGRAM:
A Forum on Drug Policy Reform with Judge Jim Gray and Carole Eady
Judge Jim Gray is the author of "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It---A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs". Judge Gray currently presides over the civil trial calendar for the Superior Court of Orange County, California. His background includes having served in the Peace Corps for two years and as a staff judge advocate and criminal defense attorney for the US Navy JAG Corps. Later, he became a federal prosecutor for the US attorney's office in Los Angeles, where he received numerous letters of commendation from federal agencies and was in private practice and civil litigation in New Port Beach for five years. Judge Gray's service has provided him with the experience to back up his belief about America's longest war.
Carole Eady was addicted to drugs for 12 years and homeless for most of that time. After being arrested in 1997 for the sale of $10.00 worth of crack to an undercover policeman, Carole refused to accept the prison sentence offered and pleaded in a letter to the DA and the Judge on her case for a chance to get her life together. They agreed and Carole completed her treatment in 1999 at Crossroads' alternative to incarceration program for women, a component of Center for Community Alternatives. Carole now serves on their Board of Directors. She is a dean's list student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice majoring in their BA/MA forensic psychology program.
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March 23, 2005
PROGRAM:
The U.S. Premiere of HOTEL PALESTINE: KILLING THE WITNESS (a documentary film)
Three foreign unembedded correspondents were killed on April 8, 2003 in Baghdad as a result of U.S. fire. Among them was Jose Couso, a Spanish cameraman, who was in the Hotel Palestine (home base for the Baghdad international media) when a U.S. tank shell struck. Was his killing intentional? This 50 minute film presents a compelling case for the intentional targeting of the journalists by the U.S. military. Footage shot on that day has been gathered from journalists and presents for the first time the unfolding events that ended with his tragic death.
AMY GOODMAN will introduce the film and a post-screening presentation by Jose Couso's family. In New York his family members will launch a tour of the U.S. to seek the establishment of an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shelling of the hotel and subsequent death of innocent people.
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This event is a collaboration of Resistance Cinema (a project of the Education Committee of Not In Our Name and Action for Justice of the Community Church of New York), and the Peace Task Force of All Souls.
April 2005
Flyers: Oasis of Peace: Word
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April 10, 2005
PROGRAM:
Living in the Oasis of Peace
In a village midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Jews and Palestinians live together in peace, in a community built on respect, trust and understanding. This amazing story will be told at the Unitarian Church of All Souls by Abdessalam Najjar and Michal Zak, a Palestinian and an Israeli, who were among the first to bring their families and settle in this community. Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam are the words for "Oasis of Peace" in Hebrew and Arabic and this unique community was created over twenty-five years ago.
Abdessalam Najjar was the first Palestinian to bring his family to the community in 1978. He has played a key role in both the development of the Primary/Junior High Schools and the School for Peace, and currently serves as Mayor of the village.
Michal Zak and her family were one of the first Jewish settlers in the community, more than 20 years ago. With over twelve years of experience in conflict management, she works as the Deputy Director and Adult Department Coordinator for the School for Peace and is also involved with the Humanitarian Aid for Palestinians project in the community.
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(Cosponsored by All Souls Adult Education and in conjunction with American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al- Salam.)
May 2005
Flyers: Beyond Good & Evil: Word ; How the Arab Got His Sinister Word
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May 1, 2005
PROGRAM:
Beyond Good & Evil: Children, Media & Violent Times
Film Screening and Discussion:
Moderated by Holly Atkinson, MD
The belief that "good triumphs over evil" resonates deeply in our psyche through religious, cultural, and political discourses. It is also a common theme in the entertainment media where the struggle between good and evil is frequently resolved through violence. The potential negative impact of media violence on children has long been a public concern. The video examines how the "good and evil" rhetoric, in both the entertainment and the news media, has helped children to dehumanize enemies, justify their killing and treat the suffering of innocent civilians as necessary sacrifice. The film (2003) is co-produced, written and directed by Chyung Sun and Miguel Picker. (Film running time 35 minutes).
Holly Atkinson is a physician and President of Physicians for Human Rights. She is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, where she teaches medical ethics. She is also the editor-in-chief of Health News, the consumer newsletter originally launched by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. Atkinson was the recipient of the 1986 National Council of Women's Young Achievers award and of the 1995 Communication Achievement Award in Women's Health. She received her Master's Degree in Journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and her MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
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(Cosponsored with Adult Education)
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May 22, 2005
PROGRAM:
How The Arab Got His Sinister: Tracing American Orientalism In U.S. Popular Culture
& Foreign Policy Since the Early 19th Century
Lecture and Discussion
Nessim Watson is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Westfield State College in Massachusetts. He teaches about the economics and politics of the American mass media, especially as it interacts with our democracy, culture, and the representation of race.
Focusing on the history of how Arabs and Muslims have been represented in both American popular culture & American foreign policy, Prof. Watson will present his research from a book-in-progress, Action Movie Arabs and the American Call to Endless War.
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(Cosponsored with Adult Education and Journey Towards Wholeness)
June 2005
Flyers: Strategic Omissions: Word
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June 12, 2005
PROGRAM:
Strategic Omissions
The Truth Behind the Health Effects After 9/11
A Documentary Film by Heidi Dehncke-Fisher & Gordon Skinner
Film Screening and Discussion
Introduction by Congressman Jerrold Nadler
The collapse of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center released 2,358 toxins into the air. These toxins are known to cause asthma and upper respiratory allergies and those exposed to them are at heightened risk for numerous cancers. "Strategic Omissions" investigates the impact of 9/11 on the health of rescue workers and lower Manhattan residents and unearths the political cover-up of the findings of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Panelists include the filmmakers, health professionals, environmental experts, rescue workers and journalists.
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This event is a collaboration of the Peace Task Force of All Souls Church (www.peacetaskforcenyc.org),
the Not In Our Name Education Committee and Action for Justice of Community Church.
September 2005
Flyers: Unconstitutional: Word
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September 8, 2005
PROGRAM:
Unconstitutional:The War on Our Civil Liberties
Film Screening and Discussion
With guest speaker Udi Ofer from the NYCLU
Unconstitutional reveals how paranoia, fear and racial and ethnic profiling have led to the subjugation of our constitutional rights, without protecting us from future terrorist attack. Through personal stories, the film explores how detentions and police infiltration of ordinary Americans has been based solely on unconstitutional directives from the White House and the Justice Department.
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This free screening is hosted by the Peace Task Force of the Unitarian Church of All Souls (www.peacetaskforcenyc.org),
the New York City Bill of Rights Defense Campaign, the New York Civil Liberties Union and Resistance Cinema (a project of the Education Committee of Not in Our Name and Action for Justice of the Community Church of New York).
For more information contact: sdiaz@nyclu.org or 212-344-3005 x257
October 2005
Flyers: Positive Developments in the Palestine Nonviolent Resistance Movement: Word
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October 14, 2005
PROGRAM:
Positive Developments in the Palestine Nonviolent Resistance Movement
Presentations by Palestinian Ayed Morrar and Israeli Jonathan Pollak followed by Q&A
Israel's Annexation Wall is the most visible symbol of its occupation of Palestine. Largely ignored but increasingly noticed by world press, thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of Israelis are waging nonviolent resistance against the Annexation Wall that is destroying Palestinian homes and livelihoods.
Ayed Morrar, a Palestinian, led men, women and children of Budrus, his village in the West Ramallah District near Jerusalem, to a rare victory for nonviolence, forcing the Israeli government to push back the Wall's path so that only 2% of Budrus' land was confiscated rather than the original 25%. He is spreading his nonviolent experience to other villages in the path of the Wall.
Jonathan Pollak was among the first Israelis to demonstrate nonviolently but actively against the Wall, and now faces many legal battles as well. His activity is valued highly by Palestinians - not least in breaking down the stereotypes established by the world's press.
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This event is presented by the International Solidarity Movement and the Peace Task Force of All Souls; cosponsors include Artists for Humanity, Community Church Action for Justice Committee, the Dialogue Project, and Not In Our Name Education Committee.
November 2005
Flyers: Music in the Land of Three Faiths: Adobe Acrobat , Download Adobe Acrobat
Shifting Direction: From Global to Local: Word
The Ivory Consort in a benefit fundraiser for Seeds of Peace
The Ivory Consort presents a fascinating mosaic of songs from the Golden Age of Spain, when Jews, Muslims and Christians forged a common musical language. The program features 10th through 13th century songs in Ladino, Hebrew, Arabic and Galician-Portuguese and provides a historical context for the intermingling of cultures that took place before the 1492 Expulsion. The six musicians, led by Jay Elfenbein, are internationally recognized for their mastery of authentic period instruments which further enrich an already special experience.
Seeds of Peace (www.seedsofpeace.org) is an organization that is dedicated to empowering young people from regions of conflict, including young Israelis and Palestinians, with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence.
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Presentation by Helena Norberg-Hodge
Helena Norberg-Hodge will outline the problems of the globalized economy, in which the distance between producers and consumers is ever-increasing. She will then show the social, economic and ecological benefits of strengthening and diversifying local economies and shortening consumer links
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January, 2006 (Jan.8, 15, 22, 29)
PROGRAM:
Islam from the Outside In
with Lucinda Mosher, Th.D
During this series participants will be led inside multi-dimensional Islam by an "outsider" (A Christian ethicist in the Anglican tradition) who specializes in inter-religious understanding — particularly between Muslims and others, and whose scholarship on modern Turkish Islamic mysticism is well respected both here and abroad.
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PROGRAM:
A Circle of Diaspora
Presentation by The Dialogue Project
The Dialogue Project is a non-profit educational organization that has been gathering people for intimate, face-to-face dialogue since March 2001. It aims to establish guidelines for conversation and create a safe environment where people learn to move beyond stereotypes and myths about the “other.” Participants share personal experiences of life in Israel and Palestine and break down the walls of silence that have grown around neighbors and co-workers throughout New York. The panelists will explore issues of safety, security and identity.
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PROGRAM:
Ethics, Globalization, and the Millennium Development Goals:
What Can One Person Do?
Presentation by John Hammock
Poverty, hunger, and war make many of us feel powerless and hopeless. Yet it is possible to be a pragmatic idealist in today's world. Dr. Hammock will use the Millennium Development Goals as a focus for discussing how individuals can truly make a difference.
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PROGRAM:
Sophie Scholl
Film Screening
The Adult Education Committee and Peace Task Force of All Souls, in conjunction with Zeitgeist Films, is pleased to present a special screening of the film, SOPHIE SCHOLL, an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film of 2006. SOPHIE SCHOLL “is the true story of a young woman who did what few in Nazi Germany even dared to think.” Director of the film, Marc Rothemund will be present afterwards to talk about the film and to answer questions from participants.
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March 2006
Flyers: None
PROGRAM:
Stop the Merchants of Death
A Presentation by G. Simon Harak
G Simon Harak, Anti-Militarism Coordinator at the National Office of the War Resisters League who organized and launched the “Stop the Merchants of Death” speaking tour, will take a closer look at who promotes and benefits from invasions and occupation.
For centuries individuals, companies and corporations have taken advantage of warfare to make huge economic profits. But now the nature – and power – of these war profiteers has changed. Instead of racing in after the war begins, they’re stepping up before a war even starts. In the last 20 years or so, these war profiteers have acquired more and more power over U.S. policy-making.
G. Simon Harak, S. J., the Anti-Militarism Coordinator of the National Office of the War Resisters League since 2003, helped found Voices in the Wilderness, which was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, 2002, and 2003. He has traveled to Iraq several times, coordinated many peace movement events and was named Metro New York Peacemaker and National Peacemaker of the year by Pax Christi Metro New York, and Pax Christi Long Island, New York.
A former professor and published author, Mr. Harak, who entered the Society of Jesus (an order of Catholic priests) in 1970, has a B.A from Fairfield University, an M.div. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and an M.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Ethics, from Notre Dame.
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April 2006
Flyers: Encounter Point: Powerpoint
PROGRAM:
Leaders for Election Integrity Speak at Community Church!
Current lawsuit with US Department of Justice to be Explained!
Community Church, 40 East 35th St. (between Madison and Park)
Thursday, April 6, 2006, 6:30-9:00 pm
State Sen. Liz Krueger will speak on the current battle over voting equipment and the autonomy of our state election administration. She will be joined by Bo Lipari, Director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting, who recently filed to intervene in the US Dept. of Justice lawsuit against New York State.
Both speakers are leaders for election integrity in our state.
PROGRAM:
Encounter Point
A Departure From Point Counter Point
Palestinians and Israelis in Grassroots Dialogue for Peace
All Souls Reidy Friendship Hall
Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 7pm
Meet two Israelis and two Palestinians profiled in Encounter Point, the new documentary film to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. A trailer and excerpts of the film will be shown, and Ali Abu Awwad and Robi Damelin of the Bereaved Families Forum, Sami Al Jundi of Seeds of Peace , and Shlomo Zagman, founder of the Movement for Realistic Religious Zionism, all of whom are profiled in the film, will discuss their vision and grassroots movement for nonviolence and peace.
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PROGRAM:
Darfur: Why Does the Killing Continue?
Eyewitness Accounts of the Devastation and Destruction by Yahya Osman, Secreteray General of the Darfur Rehabilitation Project and Martha Thompson, UUSC Program Manager, Human Rights in Emergencies and Disaster Situations.
All Souls Reidy Friendship Hall
Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at 7pm
For the last year, one of the world’s greatest tragedies has been playing out in the remote regions of Western Sudan . Local agriculturalists in Darfur, a region the size of Texas, have repeatedly been attacked and massacred by the neighboring Janjaweed militia, an informal military group purportedly acting under the command of the Sudanese Government. Estimates suggest that at least 400,000 villagers have died and upwards of a million more displaced. Why has the world stood by and let it happen?
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PROGRAM:
Paper Clips
Documentary Film Screening and Discussion moderated by Melaney Mashburn, Director of Religious Education.
All Souls Reidy Friendship Hall
Friday, May 19, 2006, at 6:30 pm
Whitwell , TN is a small, rural community of less than two thousand people nestled in the mountains of Tennessee . Its citizens are almost exclusively white and Christian. In 1998, the children of Whitwell Middle School took on an inspiring project, launched out of their principal's desire to help her students open their eyes to the diversity of the world beyond their insulated community. Focusing on the Holocaust, the students learned about the results of the most extreme form of racism. What happened would change the students, their teachers, their families and the entire town forever… and eventually open hearts and minds around the world.
This film was a favorite of Sandra Westin , a member of the Peace Task Force Committee and a friend of All Souls, who passed away in early March. Sandy had been planning to lead this program. We presented it in her memory.
PROGRAM:
David Korten - The Great Turning. Presentation and Discussion of his latest book.
David discusses how liberal and conservative Americans can work together to reverse the self-seeking and destructive drive for quick profits, and refocus America's values on "children, family, community, and a healthy environment."
All Souls Reidy Friendship Hall
Wednesday, June 14, 2006, at 7pm
Over the last 20 years, David Korten has become one of the clearest and most provocative voices to critique the growing abuses of global power. While corporate power is not new, what is unique in the last two decades is the escalating alliance between the monopoly of selected large corporations and the expanding power of the state. Illicit contracts lead to excessive profits that increase political contributions that strengthen the hold of the party in power that lead to targeted tax cuts, more contracts, and special interest legislation such as turning back environmental safeguards, and on and on. Korten's newest book, The Great Turning (May 2006) assesses opportunities to stem the rise of Global Empire and rebuild local capabilities to manage livelihood resources in sustainable, equitable, and productive ways.
David Korten is a former professor at Harvard Business School and for 30 years has worked in Asia, Africa, and Latin America on themes of people-centered development, sustainable management of natural resources, and equitable distribution of income and productive resources. He founded and now serves as president of the People-Centered Development Forum, is an associate of the International Forum on Globalization, and serves on the boards of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economics and the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Co-sponsored by the Peace Task Force of All Souls; The Open Center; Business Leaders for Responsible Priorities; The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office; The First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn; and the Action for Justice Committee of Community Church of NY.
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