calendar_03.04f::ICUJP::Calendar of Events for Southern California

Thursday - Sunday,
March 11-14, 2004
Organizing for Peace 2004
Widening The Circle
Peacemaking in the Midst of Diversity

Co-sponsored by On Earth Peace,
the University of La Verne,
and the La Verne Church of the Brethren

At
University of La Verne
1950 3rd Street
La Verne
directions
And
La Verne Church of the Brethren
2425 E. Street
La Verne
directions

We will gather to:

Nurture creative responses to violence with music, art, and spoken word

Explore racism, classism, and prejudice to expand peace-work across traditional ethnic and religious boundaries

Deepen our spiritual roots to help us stay fertile, grounded, centered and faithful

You will find:

Workshops that inform and empower active peacemaking

Art and prayer woven throughout

Relationship-building across traditional boundaries

Organizing for Peace is an initiative rooted in the Church of the Brethren Anabaptist tradition. This year's conference, held for the first time in southern California, hopes to address the rich and growing diversity of today's world, as well as to offer hands-on tools for active social change among people of faith.

This a qualifying event for those in the Church of the Brethren interested in earning one CEU.

On-Line Registration

Or contact Kim Stuckey at On Earth Peace

On Earth Peace is an agency of the Church of the Brethren empowering people to discern the things that make for peace.

PO Box 188 New Windsor, MD 21776
410-635-8706

Saturday, March 13, 2004
What’s Wrong
With Election 2004
sponsored by radio station KPFK 90.7 FM
& ICUJP

Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney
and Michael C. Ruppert

Enjoy Re-Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
What’s Not Being Discussed??? Why?

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd.
(corner of Wilshire and Berendo)
Free and Street Parking available

Ticket Prices:
Adults: $25 per person - 2 tickets $40
Students: half price with ID No one turned away for lack of funds
(Proceeds support listener-sponsored radio)

Peak Oil And Gas... You Think Prices are High Now?

You ain't seen nothing yet!

The Draft Is Coming... Are you ready???
Is Your Child? Electronic Voting...

Why It Can't Be Trusted...Will your vote count?

The Investigation And Cover Up of 9/11 Continues...

Economic Corruption – The Wolves at the Door! Looting Social Security... The Housing Bubble's Imminent Collapse

Master of Ceremonies
actor/activist Ed Begley Jr.

Featuring
Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney
Five-term Georgia Rep. and Peace Advocate soon to reclaim a seat taken from her by an illegal crossover vote because she challenged the Bush administration on its accounts of 9/11. Since vindicated on every point, McKinney is now one of the most sought after speakers anywhere and a National voice which may soon change the course of the most important election in American history.

Michael C. Ruppert
LAPD Whistleblower and world lecturer. Publisher/Editor of From The Wilderness, a newsletter read in 40 countries and by 35 members of the U.S. Congress. The ‘Godfather’ of 9/11 research, he has consistently been months and even years ahead in predicting political and economic developments around the world, especially on the subject of PEAK OIL, the fact that the world is running out of hydrocarbon energy. (www.fromthewilderness.com)

Surprise guest stars and entertainment

Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Remember Rachel Corrie
Vigil In Memory of the Brutal Murder
of Rachel Corrie

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Israeli Consulate
6380 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles
directions

One year ago, 23-year-old American Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer as she stood in front of the home of a Palestinian physician in Gaza. The home was due to be destroyed by the fourth largest military in the world, so they could build a sentry tower.

The Israeli government has bulldozed thousands of Palestinian homes and businesses over the past three years, simply because it wants the land. Rachel was trying to stop them from demolishing this one. She was in full view of the driver, dressed in a fluorescent vest, with only a bullhorn and her courage to protect her.

The soldier ran over her, then left the Caterpillar bulldozer blade down as he dragged it back over her body in full view of several witnesses from the International Solidarity Movement. To date, no one responsible for her murder has been charged or arrested. Instead, the Israeli government has blamed Rachel, the victim, for her own murder.

Please join us in front of the consulate to remember Rachel Corrie and carry on her work of opposing Israel's brutal 37-year military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

Co-Sponsors:
Women in Black-Los Angeles, Palestine Aid Society, Al-Awda-Los Angeles, Cafe Intifada, International Action Center, ISM-LA, Middle East Peace Fellowship So. Calif., National Lawyer's Guild-LA, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Palestinian American Congress, Palestinian American Women's Association,Students for Justice in Palestine-UCLA Union of Palestinian American Women, United Arab Students of UCLA, Writing Empowerment Project

Thursday March 18, 2004
ICUJP in cooperation with
the American Friends Service Committee and others,

The War in Iraq, One Year Later;
A Memorial to This War's Dead
A Day of Witness, Grief & Renewal

11:00 am until 8:00 pm

Press Conference: 11:00 am

Reading the Names of the Dead:
11:30 am – 6:30 pm

Interfaith Service
& Candlelight Vigil: 6:30 pm

Westwood Federal Building
11000 Wilshire Blvd.
on the corner of Veteran Ave. (near UCLA)
Los Angeles
download a flyer

550 pairs of boots will symbolize US military deaths in Iraq. A pile of shoes will symbolize 9,000 Iraqi civilian deaths due to war and occupation.

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the war against Iraq, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace and the American Friends Service Committee invite you to participate in a memorial to the civilians and the soldiers who have died as a result of this conflict.

To represent the dead we will display 550 empty military boots and a pile of several thousand men's, women's and children's shoes, in front of the Westwood Federal Building. Throughout the day we will read the names of Americans and Iraqis who have been killed (with musical interludes).

We will conclude with an interfaith candlelight vigil at 7:00 pm.

We invite you to donate used shoes in good condition in memory of the civilians that lost their lives. The shoes will be used for display. Afterwords, the AFSC and ICUJP will give some of them to Iraqi civilians and some to homeless people in Los Angeles.

Please bring used shoes in good condition to AFSC’s office at 980 N Fair Oaks in Pasadena or directly to the event on March 18.

More information:
email AFSC – or call 626 791-1978
email ICUJP – or call 626 683-9004

Saturday March 20, 2004
The World Still Says No To War
Global Day Of Action Against
War And Occupation

Local March and Rally sponsored
by ANSWER and others

Bring the Troops Home Now!
End Colonial Occupation !
from Iraq to Palestine and Everywhere!

Hollywood and Vine
Assemble at 12:00 noon

Stop the Attacks on Immigrant Rights
& Civil Liberties!
Stand Against Racism Here & Abroad
Money for Jobs, Health Care & Schools, Not for War!

download a flyer

National protest information from
United for Peace and Justice

General Information
Updates
Outreach Materials
Endorsers
Calendar Of March 20 Events
Ft. Bragg/Fayetteville, NC Protest
New York City Protest

Sunday March 21, 2004
United Nations Association
Traveling Film Festival

presented by Unity Foundation

Films being presented inclued:

The Hidden Iraq War

What I Saw In Hebron

Regret To Inform

There will be two programs:
one in the afternoon from
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm

and an evening program from
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Tickets are $10.00 by donation

Los Angeles Film School
6363 Sunset Blvd.
(at the corner of Sunset and Ivar)
Hollywood
directions

There will be a discussion period following both programs to discuss the issues being presented in the featured films.

more information:
Los Angeles: Unity Foundation 310 450-5592
Festival website: www.unaff.org

Sunday March 21 2004
Chautauqua Coffee House

Living in the Spirit of Abundance
for the Entire Planet
An evening talking about MONEY

7:00 pm

Venice Beach Peace Center
1020 Victoria Avenue
(one block north of Venice Blvd. off Lincoln Blvd.)
Venice
directions

Suggested Donation:
$10, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Donations to benefit speaking organizations

Free coffee and other refreshments.

Join war tax resistor Joe Maizlish from the War Resisters League to learn more about the growing resistance to funding a war based government and economy through our tax dollars. Learn about the war tax protest.

Join Lury Norris Cooper of Seed of Simplicity to find ways to simplify our lives diminishing the tax base for our war economy and stop fuelling the global exploitation of people around the world.

OUR money is funding the war on terrorism, including the war on the people of Iraq and Afgahnistan. OUR money is funding the war on equality and justice throughout the world.

WE can control OUR money. WE can tell the government how to spend OUR money. More and more in our global community, OUR money and who controls it is critically important for our future.

The Chautauqua Coffee House is an evening of questions, answers, discussion, community, theatrical and musical entertainment.

War Resisters League:
http://www.warresisters.org

Seeds of Simplicity:
http://www.simpleliving.net

More information: contact elaine
or call 626.289.2122

The 3rd Sunday is one more project brought to you by HRP No. 5 and Projects for Peace

We offer a special thanks to our past and future host congregations
2001

September 23	All Saints Church, Pasadena
October 7	Masjid Omar Al-Khattab USC Mosque
October 14	University Synagogue, West LA
October 28	Our Lady of Solitude Catholic Church East LA
November 4	Temple Kol Tikvah Woodland Hills, SF Valley
November 11	Immauel Presbyterian Church Downtown LA
November 18	First African Methodist Episcopal Church (First AME) Faith In Action download a flyer descargue un folleto
December 9	Agape International Spiritual Center Culver City Is There Another Way? w/ Rep. Barbara Lee download a flyer
2002

January 13	Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church South Central LA Martin Luther King Day Practicing Nonviolence download a flyer
February 10	SGI Buddhist Fellowship Center West Los Angeles Weapons of Mass Destruction: What Is Our Responsibility? download a flyer
March 10	Masjid Omar Al-Khattab USC Mosque Women of the World United in Faith for Peace download a flyer
April 14	Hamilton United Methodist Church 10th Anniversary of the LA Uprising — Injustice at Home and the War on Terrorism download a flyer
May 12	Islamic Center of Southern California War and Our Children's Futures download a flyer
June 9	Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church Hall, Claremont Our Foreign Policy: A Safer World or Nuclear Terror? download a flyer
July 14	Temple Beth Shalom of Whittier Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness — The Rising Tide of Repression and Discrimination download a flyer
August 11	Santa Monica Friends Quaker Meeting Hiroshima-Nagasaki Never Again! download a flyer
September 10	First Baptist Church, LA A Gathering for Civil Liberties and Peaceful Tommorows download a flyer
October 13	Loyola Marymount University Peace Conference: on the Immoral & Illegal U.S. War Against Iraq download a flyer
November 10	Westwood United Methodist Church Candlelight Vigil and Worship - No War in Iraq with Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, California Peace Action, Los Angeles Catholic Worker, Concerned Citizens for National Security, Americans Against War with Iraq, Friends of the United Nations-Los Angeles, Office of the Americas, Coalition for World Peace, American Friends Service Committee, Southern California Federation of Scientists, Agape International Spiritual Center, ICUJP download a flyer
December 18	Masjid Omar Al-Khattab USC Mosque International Human Rights Day download a flyer
2003

January 28	All Saints Church, Pasadena State of the Union -- What Do YOU Think? with panelists: Cynthia Anderson-Barker -- ICUJP and National Lawyers' Guild Dr. Tamara Eskenazi -- professor at Hebrew Union College Mike Farrell -- chair, Death Penalty Focus and Human Rights Watch Dr. Nazir Khaja -- Islamic Information Center, Los Angeles Rev. Tim McDonald -- First Iconium Baptist Church, Atlanta download a flyer
February 15	Hollywood March for Peace World Peace Day 100,000 march in opposition to war in Los Angeles with millions and millions of friends in every corner of the globe! download a flyer
March 5	Ashes To Ashes Nonviolent Witness Against War On Iraq – Downtown Los Angeles Federal Building ICUJP observes National Moratorium to Stop War on Iraq see our report download a flyer
April 7	La Placita Church of Our Lady of the Angels The Assault on Civil Liberties: PATRIOT Act, PATRIOT Act II, Homeland Security Act, WHAT'S NEXT? download a flyer descargue un folleto
May 5	Beyond Violence Conference at USC: Donald Miller and ICUJP Panel Beyond Violence? Reflections of a Hopeful Realist download a flyer descargue un folleto
June 2	Dolores Mission Catholic Church War Stoppers – Third Party Nonviolent Intervention with guest David Hartsough and Boyle Heights Community Panel download a flyer descargue un folleto
June 8	Immanuel Presbyterian Church Los Angeles Be Not Afraid: Another Nation – Another World download the program
July 7	The Friendship Center (SGI) Stolen Dollars: How the War Economy Short-Changes the Quality of Our Lives download a flyer descargue un folleto
September 8	All Saints Church / Pasadena Unprecedented: The Undermining of Democracy in America download a flyer descargue un folleto
October 13	La Placita Catholic Church An evening with El Salvador Presidential candidate Schafik Handal download a flyer descargue un folleto
November 16	USC – Mark Taper Hall An Educational Forum with Chip Berlet AConfronting Extremism in Our Religious Traditions: The Impact on the Public Square download a flyer descargue un folleto
2004
January 18	St. John's Episcopal Church Freedom Sings! Songs of Dissent and Justice in Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. download a flyer

Download these
11 x 17 posters

If you do not have a printer that can make an 11 x 17 print -- Save the .pdf file to disk, then take the disk to a copy store and ask for a laser print on 11 x 17 paper. Then you can make copies from the master.

You could even just log-on to icujp.org at a copy store and print all of the below from the web.

Tuesday March 9 , 2004

Protest Bechtel Corp
Vigil and Protest

Every Tueday Evening
Who Is the Bechtel Corporation Anyway?

at the Metro Red Line
Hope and 7th St station
Downtown Los Angeles
directions

Parking after 4pm for $2
on Hope between 7th and 8th St.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Open mike speak out;
bring a candle if you can.
Music and spoken word welcome

Bechtel, along with Halliburton, recieves billions to implement US control over Iraq's resources.

Their efforts to privatize water in many countries was, in Bolivia, defeated by a grassroots rebellion.

Women, hardest hit by their policies,
are central to the fight against Bechtel, starting with grandmothers from Big Mountain who fought displacement.

Bechtel oversees the nuclear dumpsite at Yucca Mountain

Former Secretary of State George Shultz is currently on the board of the Bechtel Corporation. Shultz is one of California Gov. Schwartzeneger's economic advisors.

Last April, the Bush administration gave Bechtel the first big Iraqi reconstruction contract, a prized $680 million deal over 18 months.

As the resistance to US occupation increases daily, Bechtel, the second largest recipient of money to 'rebuild' Iraq, continues to implement US control of Iraq's resources. Bechtel is the world's largest contractor, profiteering from war, human suffering and destruction of the environment. Bechtel made cluster bombs and other weapons of mass destruction, has built nearly half of the world's nuclear power plants and has invaded Shoshone land to oversee the nuclear dumpsite at Yucca Mountain.

Bechtel has a history with Peabody Coal which led to the displacement of Navaho people from Big Mountain. They have tried to privatize water in many countries; in Soweto South Africa women and men are resisting and in Bolivia Bechtel's efforts were defeated by a grassroots rebellion led by women. Women, who are hit hardest by Bechtel's genocidal policies, are holding Bechtel accountable for its crimes.!

For more information:
call (323) 292-7405, or or 323-221-1698
e-mail la@crossroadswomen.net

Interfaith Communities
United For Justice and Peace

Vigil for Peace
Every Saturday
since October 2002
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Fairfax And Third
near Farmer's Market, Los Angeles

for information: call 626 683-9004

on Febrary 15, 2002,
the Other Superpower spoke:
10 Million Marched for Peace
all over the world

We're Not Done Marching
Until We Have Peace.

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