Tuesday December 10, 2002
International Human Rights Day
Ongoing Womens' Fast For
Peace
continuing until
Women's Day, March 8, 2003
Westwood Federal Building
11000 Wilshire Blvd.
Time TBA
Women's Vigil and Fast for Peace - LA commences
Fast, in conjunction with the Code
Pink fast currently ongoing outside the White House in D.C.
which has been organized by Global Exchange and others.
Women's Vigil and Fast for Peace -- LA will be holding
planning meetings.
For more information contact Sarah
Rath
Tuesday December 10, 2002
Iraq Pledge of Resistance
an evening of information and mobilization
Westminster Chapel
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles (at Berendo St., west of Vermont)
7:00 pm
Please join us if you are interested in supporting,
organizing or participating in nonviolent civil disobedience in
the event of an invasion of Iraq.
The Iraq Pledge of Resistance is a campaign to build a network of nationally-coordinated, nonviolent civil disobedience to oppose President Bush's plans for war on Iraq. Following in the nonviolent tradition of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, it is modeled in part on the Pledge of Resistance that was used in the 1980s to mobilize opposition to the U.S.-sponsored wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
The goal is to be prepared to carry out nonviolent civil disobedience in Los Angeles sometime during the week of Martin Luther King day in January, from the 15-20. Should a wider war against Iraq begin before MLK day, a national call for CD will be activated at that time and will supercede the later dates.
For more information on the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, please go to: www.peacepledge.org
and www.peacepledge.org/resist/
Sponsoring National Organizations of the Iraq Pledge of Resistance:
(list in formation) American Friends Service Committee, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Global Exchange, Interfaith Network of Concern for the People in Iraq, Lutheran Peace Fellowship, National Network to End the War Against Iraq, Not In Our Name, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action, Resource Center for Nonviolence, Veterans for Peace, Voices in the Wilderness, War Resisters League and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
For more information contact
the American Friends Service Committee:
626.791.1978 x131 or shakim@afsc.org
Saturday December 14, 2002
Holiday Vigil for Peace
at Hollywood and Highland
7:00 pm
Bring candles, signs, banners, and drums
Join us to reach out to others for peace,
not war.
cosponsored by:
Coalition for World Peace
ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)
ICUJP
NION (Not in Our Name)
note: the regular ICUJP vigil at Third and Faifax
will meet as planned, and will join the Hollywood vigil at 7:00
pm
Sunday December 15, 2002
Peace Sunday
at LA Convention Center
8:00 am-8:00 pm
A call to all peace-loving people to come forth
and uphold our culture of peace.
Workshops, exhibits, speakers and entertainment.
Speakers include:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
Dr. Mansukh Patel
Ed Begley Jr.
Dr. Maher Hathout
Irving Sarnoff
A Heart of Humanity Award will be presented to His
Holiness The Dalai Lama in absentia, received by Lama Gyatso, former
chairman, Tibetan government-in-exile.
Platinum recording artist David Pomeranz, The Agape
International Choir directed by Dr. Rickie Byars-Beckwith, Stephen
Longfellow Fiske, Ronee Blakeley, and the Church of Scientology
Celebrity Center Choir fill this event with music.
Peace Sunday 2002 is an opportunity for everyone
to personally determine that peace on Earth will prevail despite
the current global political tensions. It draws on a kaleidoscope
of multi-cultural and multi-spiritual traditions, awakening our
need to affirm our spiritual heritage, and addressing concerns of
peace and justice in our world.
Contact:
Unity-and-Diversity Council
(310)397-7212
http://www.peacesunday.org
peace_Sunday2002@yahoo.com
$10.00 Donation - Tickets purchased in advance assure
reserved seating for the main show, 3:00 to 5:00 pm - Checks to
be made out and sent to Unity-and-Diversity Council, P.O.Box 661401,
LA CA 90066-9201 prior to 12/9/02. Please include contact information
with check.
Saturday and Sunday December 21-22, 2002
Muslim Public Affairs Council
(MPAC) 2002 Convention
American Muslims Standing up for Freedom
and Security
Long Beach Convention Center
300 East Ocean Boulevard
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Jamal Badawi
Dr. Ali Mazrui
Dr. Hassan Hathout
register
at www.mpac.org
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Aslam Abdallah
Dr. Laila Al-Marayati
Imam Mostafa Al-Qazwini
Dr. Jamal Badawi
Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak
Amy Goodman
Dr. Hassan Hathout
Dr. Maher Hathout
Hussein Ibish
Ron Iden
Dr. Muqtedar Khan
Rev. Jim Lawson
Dr. Ali Mazrui
Dr. Suleyman Nyang
Gabriel Piterberg
Rev. Dr. George Regas
Dr. Constance Rice
Ramona Ripston
Imam Saadiq Saafir
Art Torres
Juan Zarate
Organizations and groups interested in reserving
a table to display their material, please contact Kamal Abu-Shamsieh
at (213) 383-3443 or e-mail kamal@mpac.org
Tables will be reserved on a first come first serve for a nominal
fee. MPAC reserves itself the right to refuse providing access to
any group or organization with or without a reason.
Sunday January 19, 2003
The Unity Network Presents
Scott
Ritter — Former U.N. Chief Weapons Inspector:
War. Why Now?
What You May Not Know
just north of the 10 Fwy,
east of the 210/57 intersection
Claremont
1:30 pm (please arrive early)
The event is a joint project of The Unity Network,
the Islamic Center of Claremont, and the Claremont United Church
of Christ with support from additional U-Net founding organizations.
Tickets are $8 each, available from:
Unity Network
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