Action! from:
Civil Liberties Defense Coalition (CLDC)

Call to Faith Communities
Throughout Southern California
October 24 –26 2003

Sunday, October 26, marks the second anniversary of the signing of the Patriot Act, a law purported to be one of the first lines of defense in the “war on terrorism.”

Instead, it has become a tool of the administration to stifle dissent, strip away human and civil rights, and roll back advances made in the area of civil liberties over the past 150 years.

The Civil Liberties Defense Coalition is a group of unions, community groups, politicians, faith communities, and individuals who have joined to express our concerns about this act and its erosion of our liberties. Currently we are supporting a resolution proposed by LA City Council member Jan Perry , which calls for the repeal of unconstitutional provisions of the Patriot Act.

We are calling on all communities of faith, as well as on other non-sectarian groups within the Southern California region to use the weekend of October 24 – 26 as a time of education, action and reflection about the Patriot Act.

See http://icujp.org/speakOut.shtml#patriot for details.
Sign the online petition at the CLDC website.

TONIGHT

Monday October 13, 2003
7:00 pm
ICUJP Monday Night Forum

Can the Forces of Democracy Prevail in El Salvador?
Reflections on the upcoming elections
An evening with
El Salvador Presidential candidate Schafik Handal

La Placita Church
535 North Main Street
Los Angeles

Mistress of Ceremonies
Isabel Cárdenas
ICUJP Creative Arts Committee

Panel including members of the
June 2003 ICUJP Delegation
to El Salvador

Musical celebration
with the guitar and songs of
Fidel Sánchez
Ministerio Shalom en Pico Union

join Martin Sheen* and the community at La Placita to meet Shafik Handal, FMLN candidate for President in El Salvador, and get an update on the current social, and political situation in that country.

*subject to availability

Thursday October 16, 2003
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Is the PATRIOT Act Patriotic?
A Town Hall Forum on the
USA PATRIOT Act and its
effect on civil liberties

Patriotic Hall
1816 S. Figueroa Street
Downtown Los Angeles
(near Staples Center)
directions

Parking is available at the corner
of Grand and Washington. Cost: $3.00

Registration begins at 5:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be provided.
Admission is FREE

Featured Topics & Speakers Include:

Bob Barr
former Congressman
on The Right to Privacy

Maria Elena Durazo
President of HERE Local 11
on The Rights of Immigrant Workers

Reverend Norman Johnson
Executive Director of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
on The PATRIOT Act and Faith Communities

Hamid Khan
Executive Director of the South Asian Network
on The PATRIOT Act and Immigrant Communities

Gordon M. Conable
President of the Freedom to Read Foundation (an affiliate of the American Library Association)
on Library and Internet Privacy

Grover Norquist
President of Americans for Tax Reform
on A Conservative Perspective on Civil Liberties
and the PATRIOT Act

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters and ACLU of Southern California

To attend the town hall forum, please RSVP by phone at 213.977. 5223
or on-line at http://www.aclu-sc.org/townhall/

Co-sponsors:  ActionLA, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Los Angeles/ Orange County Chapter, Americans for Democratic Action, Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Japanese American Citizens League, Los Angeles NAACP, People for the American Way, Progressive Jewish Alliance, South Asian Network

Sunday November 16, 2003
ICUJP Fall Conference at USC:
Confronting Extremism in Our Religious Traditions:
The Impact on the Public Square

Keynote Speaker
Chip Berlet
Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates
co–author, with Matthew N. Lyons
'Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort'

Religious Leaders Speak Out on Issues of Religious Extremism:
Dr. Maher Hathout
Islamic Center of Southern California & Author of 'Jihad Versus Terrorism'

Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak
Executive Director, HaMitgash

Reverend Zelda Kennedy
All Saints Church, Pasadena

USC's Mark Taper Hall
3501 Trousdale Pkwy
Los Angeles

for more information, see:
http://icujp.org/calendar.shtml#nov16

more information about the Religious Right from Political Research Associates:
http://www.publiceye.org/main.htm

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