FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: Phyliss Bennis, author,
editor, journalist; longtime producer and commentator for WBAI Pacifica Radio,
and Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC., to
speak Sunday afternoon February 10 1:00-2:00 pm on the subject of her latest
book, BEFORE AND AFTER: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND THE SEPTEMBER 1TTH CRISIS
at the Unitarian Church of Staten
Island.
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| IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11 |
| A Public Forum Series |
| Directions to
Church via Staten Island Ferry via Verrazzano Bridge |
Unitarian Church of Staten
Island 312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island NY (718) 447-2204 |
Statement on 9/11 |
| Sunday, February 10, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00
PM | |
| BEFORE AND
AFTER: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND THE SEPTEMBER 11TH CRISIS | |
| Phyllis Bennis | |
| Author, editor, journalist; longtime
producer and commentator for WBAI Pacifica Radio; Fellow at the
Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC.
Ms. Bennis has covered Middle East and United Nations issues for 25 years. She led the first US congressional staff delegation to Iraq to investigate the impact of US-led sanctions on the civilian population. She has written and and edited numerous books on Palestine, Iraq and the New World Order, The topic of her presentation comes from the title of her new book, due to be published in March or April. | |
| Seating limited to 200.
Admission free and open to all. No reservations needed but please RSVP so that likely attendance can be estimated. | |
| All Forum
presentations will be approximately one hour in length, will include a
period of audience questions and participation, and will be followed by coffee and sandwiches in the Parish Hall. | |
Additional Forums in this Series |
| TERRORISM AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST | |
| Sunday February 17, 1:00 - 2:00 PM The Reverend Stephen Goldstein, Americans for Middle East Understanding; Director for Personnel, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church. Americans for Middle East Understanding has worked for 35 years to create in the United States a deeper appreciation of Middle Eastern culture, history and current events. Rev. Goldstein visited the Middle East in 1992 as part of a Study Tour that visited ecumenically sponsored church projects, and participated in extensive briefings with leadership involved with the current situation in Israel/Palestine and in Egypt. Rev. Golstein teaches and speaks about the Middle East in local and district church programs, and has returned annually to the Middle East for conferences and research. LINK: poster for this event |
| SPEAK UP, NEW YORK! | |
| Sunday March 3, 1:00 - 2:00 PM Norman Siegel, Freedom Legal Defense and Education Project Norman Siegel has been a civil rights/civil liberities lawyer since 1968, when he joined the ACLU's Southern Justice & Voter Law Project and helped bring voting rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. IN 1972 he became Executive Director of Youth Citizenship Fund, Inc. and help register thousands of youth to vote after the federal voting age was lowered to 18. He joined the New York Civil Liberties Union in 1973 and was its the Executive DIrector from 1985-2001. From 1985-1978 he was the Project Director of MFY Legal Services (Mobilization for Youth.) He is currently directing the Freedom Legal Defense and Education Project, which will address Bush/Ashcroft policies post-September 11th. He lives in Manhattan. LINK: poster for this event |
| PATRIOTISM, PROPHECY, AND PEACE | |
| Sunday March 10, 2002 1:00 - 2:00 PM | |
| Rev. Daniel Berrigan Poet, author, activist, beater of swords into plowshares, jailbird for peace and justice. In 1968 Rev. Berrigan traveled to Hanoi with Professor Howard Zinn of Boston University to assist in obtaining the release of three American pilots. Later that year, convinced that civil disobedience to the Vietnam war was a moral duty, he his brother Philip, and seven others destroyed draft registration files in Catonsville, MD. Sentenced in 1970 to three years in prison, he went underground until federal authorities arrested him on Block Island several months later. He served 18 months in prison and was paroled in 1972, but not silenced. In 1980 he participated with his brother in the first Plowshares Action, a protest at the General Electric Plant at King of Prussia, PA. SInce then he has been arrested regularly for his protest actions at weapons manufacturers and other sites. Rev. Berrigan continues to write, speak, and conduct retreats. He has written over 50 books and appeared in at least four films. LINK: poster for this event |
| THE WAR AND THE MEDIA | |
| Sunday March 17, 1:00 - 2:00 PM Stanley Aronowitz Director, Center for Cultural Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. A leading American social critic, Professor Aronowitz has for decades focused on the relationships between science, technology, education, labor, art, and culture. Among his books: False Promises (1973); Science as Power (1988); The Politics of Identity (1992); Education Under Siege (1993); Roll Over Beethoven (1993); Dead Artists, Live Theories (1994); The Death and Rebirth of American Radicalism, (1996); (with William DiFazio) The Jobless Future: Sci-Tech and the Dogma of Work (1995); (editor, with Michael Menser and Barbara Martinsons) Technoscience and Cyberculture (1996); The Knowledge Factory (2000.) In this presentation Dr. Aronowitz will focus on the relationship between the media and the government and how this has shaped public perception of the War on Terrorism. LINK: poster for this event |
| SAME OLD WORLD ORDER: STARVING MILLIONS | |
| TBA - Sunday, March 24, 31 or later, 1:00 -
2:00 PM - Invited Speaker Oliver Ulich Director, United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Mr. Ulich is one of the most knowledgeable sources in the world on humanitarian relief efforts, not only in Afghanistan but across the globe. He most recently visited the Unitarian Church of Staten Island in December to report on the status of relief efforts to relieve starving millions in Afghanistan just after the ascendance of the Northern Alliance. LINK: poster for this event |
| AFGHANISTAN TODAY AND TOMORROW: AN EYE-WITNESS REPORT | |
| TBA - Sunday, March 24, 31 or later, 1:00 -
2:00 PM - Invited Speaker Roger Normand,Director, Center for Economic and Social Justice. Established in 1993, the Center for Economic and Social Rights is one of the first organizations to challenge economic injustice as a violation of international human rights law. Through its projects abroad and in the United States, CESR has developed an effective strategy that combines research, advocacy, collaboration, and education. CESR believes that economic and social rights -- legally binding on all nations -- can provide a universally accepted framework for strengthening social justice activism. Roger Normand has just returned from Afghanistan and has been visiting there well before September 11th. His first-hand report is certain to be very informative. |
| All
Forum presentations will be approximately one hour in length, will include
a period of audience questions and participation, and will be followed by coffee and sandwiches in the Parish Hall. | |
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