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Los Angeles Social Forum
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
27-29 June 2008
USC Campus in South Los Angeles
The ICUJP is co-sponsoring the Los Angeles Social Forum which will take place June 27-29, 2008.
For more information please visit: their web site: http://lasocialforum.org/joomla/index.php?option...ent&task=view&id=7&Itemid=12
Campaign Against Torture
Sunday
8 June 2008
All Saints Episcopal Church, 132 N. Euclid, Pasadena, CA 91101.
(Parking in Kaiser parking structure 2 blocks north of church.)
10:15am
Dr. George Hunsinger, theologian and activist, will be speaking and will work with us as we build a campaign against torture.
We of the coalition intend to assist many leaders - lay and clergy - within many churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples so that the practice of torture will be more fully exposed in faith communities and the neighborhoods they serve - and so that this practice will be stopped.
Coexistence or CoAnnihilation?
The Case against Nuclear Weapons
Monday
12 May 2008
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles
directions
download a flyer
7:00 pm
"My own government is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A reality check on the greatest danger ever invented and how we can avert catastrophe. Nuclear proliferation is accelerating and the threat of a hair trigger intercontinental ballistic missile launch that characterized the cold war era continues to this day. What nation poses the greatest threat to global security? Iran? China? The United States? The Bush administration is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has granted itself the unholy right to use them as it wishes. Isn’t the mere possession of nuclear weapons an open daily threat of mass killing? Isn’t that a form of state terrorism?
How People of Peace and Tolerance Can Combat Inflammatory Attacks on Muslims and Prevent Preemptive War Against Iran
Monday
04 February 2008
Omar IbnAl Khattab Foundation
Abu Dawour Hall
1025 W. Exposition Blvd, L.A (near USC)
directions
Free onsite parking
Opportunities for Q & A Music and Refreshments
(Donations welcome)
7:00 pm
History teaches that in every era demagogues spread hateful propaganda against marginalized religious and ethnic minorities, often as a prelude to aggressive military action. Today, neocons like David Horowitz and Ann Coulter foment fear of "IslamoFascists" and the Bush Administration misleads the American people, all to justify the "War on Terror," in general, and a US invasion of Iran, in particular. Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace has assembled a panel of leading experts to examine these dangerous developments and help chart a course away from bigotry and war and toward peace and reconciliation.
With:
Sunali Kolhatkar, Host of Uprising on KPFK
Edina Lekovic, Communications Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
RALLY
Saturday
29 September 2007
Broadway & Olympic
Downtown Los Angeles
download a poster to carry in the march
select from MORE Posters for Peace here on icujp.org's Posters page
Broadway & Olympic
12:00 Noon
 Friends
The ICUJP Contingent will meet Saturday, Sept 29 at the corner of Olympic and Main, to participate together in unity with the Peace March to the downtown L.A. Federal building.
I will see that the banner is there and a few signs. All are encouraged to bring their own signs so the burden does not fall to a few.
KATRINA AND THE WAR: Survival and Struggle from Baghdad to New Orleans
Monday
27 August 2007
Holman United Methodist Church
3320 W Adams Blvd., Los Angeles
Free on-site parking and light refreshments
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descarga un volante en español
7:00 – 9:30 pm
Rev. Dr. James Lawson
Civil Rights Leader and Minister Emeritus of Holman United Methodist Church
Discussion Moderated by Tom and Jan Honoré: Katrina and the War
Testimonies from Katrina survivors and their allies in rebuilding the cities
New Orleans-style Jazz
"We deplore the diversion of resources from the rebuilding of New Orleans homes to the illegal and immoral wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Dr. Bonnie Blustein, a member of the ICUJP Board and an organizer of the program, "Big corporations are profiting from these disasters at the expense of long-time residents and immigrant workers."
The program will contrast the valor of the many "everyday heroes" who led rescue and rebuilding efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi with the negligence and inaction of federal, state, and local authorities. It will address the possibility of impeachment or other means to hold these officials accountable for their role in the disaster.
Katrina and the War will be moderated by ICUJP members and Louisiana natives Tom and Jan Honore. "We need to remember what Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior taught us," said Mr. Honore, who is a board member of ICUJP and of the Catholic peace and justice group Call To Action USA. "King said that 'When profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."
James Lawson, a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement, was dubbed "the leading non-violence theorist in the world" by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He has recently returned to Los Angeles after serving as a Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University for the 2006-07 academic year. Lawson served as pastor of Holman United Methodist Church for 25 years before retiring in 1999.
"We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."
-- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967
Shimon Katz and Palestinian representative Ra'ed Haddar of Combatants for Peace
at ICUJP Friday Morning Meeting
Friday
24 August, 2007
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd (at Berendo, two blocks west of Vermont)
Los Angeles
directions
7:00 am
Israeli representative Shimon Katz and Palestinian representative Ra'ed Haddar of Combatants for Peace will be our special guests on Friday, August 24, 2007 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church. Please join ICUJP for this special presentation as we struggle together towards a more peaceful and just world.
The website is: http://www.combatantsforpeace.org/
WHO ARE WE?
The "Combatants for Peace" movement was started jointly by Palestinians and Israelis, who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence; Israelis as soldiers in the Israeli army (IDF) and Palestinians as part of the violent struggle for Palestinian freedom. After brandishing weapons for so many years, and having seen one another only through weapon sights, we have decided to put down our guns, and to fight for peace.
WE BELIEVE
That only by joining forces, will we be able to end the cycle of violence, the bloodshed and the occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people. We no longer believe that it is possible to resolve the conflict between the two peoples through violent means; therefore we declare that we refuse to take part any more in the mutual bloodletting. We will act only by non-violent means so that each side will come to understand the national aspirations of the other side. We see dialogue and reconciliation as the only way to act in order to terminate the Israeli occupation, to halt the settlement project and to establish a Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, alongside the State of Israel.
WHAT ARE OUR GOALS?
* To raise the consciousness in both publics regarding the hopes and suffering of the other side, and to create partners in dialogue.
* To educate towards reconciliation and non-violent struggle in both the Israeli and Palestinian societies.
* To create political pressure on both Governments to stop the cycle of violence, end the occupation and resume a constructive dialog.
HOW DO WE OPERATE?
Since the beginning of 2005 we have been organizing meetings between Israeli and Palestinian veterans, in which both sides tell about the violent actions that they have taken part in and about the turning point which led them to understand the limits of violence. Naturally, these meetings were fraught with many fears, however we soon learned that despite years of fear and hatred, there is more that unites us than divides. Therefore we have decided to act together in the following ways:
* To continue with the combatants' meetings, which allow each side to understand the other's narrative, via the approach of reconciliation rather than conflict.
* To implement an educational lecture series in public forums on both sides (universities, youth groups, schools etc.). The lectures will be given jointly by an Israeli and a Palestinian veteran, who will concentrate on the transition from violent struggle to the recognition of the limits of violence.
* To create joint projects which educate towards non- violence.
* To create joint frameworks in order to become familiar with the culture, history and current needs of the other nation.
* To set up Bi-National media teams, which will act in order to influence public opinion in Israel, Palestine and the rest of the world.
* To participate in demonstrations and other non-violent actions against the occupation as a bi-national group.
A Mighty Heart
Screening and Panel Discussion
Building Unity and Understanding in Today’s World
(Film rated R for language)
Thursday
21 June 2007
Sherry Lansing Theater
Paramount Studios
5555 Melrose Avenue
Entrance at main gates
Photo ID required
CONTACT: Munira Syeda, CAIR-LA Communications Coordinator, (714) 776-1847 or socal@cair.com
RSVP: Free admission for you and a guest. Limited seating. RSVP mandatory at (323) 956-1122. Everyone attending the event needs to
give his/her complete name to reserve a seat.
6:30 pm to 10 pm Film starts promptly at 7 p.m., and the panel discussion will immediately follow.
On Thursday, June 21, Los Angeles’ diverse communities are invited to come together for an exclusive screening of Paramount Vantage’s "A Mighty Heart,” immediately followed by a panel discussion “Building Unity and Understanding in Today’s World.” The event is co-sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Progressive Christians Uniting (PCU) and Paramount Vantage.
“A Mighty Heart," a film based on Wall Street Journal writer Daniel Pearl and the book of the same name by his wife Mariane Pearl, arrives in theaters June 22 and stars Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Irrfan Kahn, and Will Patton. Michael Winterbottom, best known for his socially-conscious films, “Welcome to Sarajevo” and “The Road to Guantanamo,” directs.
The evening celebrates Daniel Pearl’s strong commitment to global truth and understanding and the principles in which he lived his life.
PANELISTS: "A Mighty Heart" Producer Dede Gardner, Co-producer with Brad Pitt/Plan B Entertainment
Hussam Ayloush, Executive Director of CAIR - Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR-LA)
Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, Co-founder of www.JewsOnFirst.org <http://www.jewsonfirst.org/>
The Rev. Peter Laarman, Executive Director of Progressive Christians Uniting (PCU)
If you would like to support the event, please contact Munira Syeda at (714) 776-1847 or socal@cair.
MOVIE SYNOPSIS:
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl’s world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.
In the face of death, Danny’s spirit of defiance and his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led Mariane to write about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in her memoir. Six months pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the book to introduce Adam to the father he would never meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality, Mariane’s courageous desire to rise above the bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of the joy of life she and Danny shared.
Special Briefing By Philip E. Coyle III
Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1992-2000
Tuesday
12 June 2007
American Film Institute
Ashley Screening Room
2021 N. Western Avenue (at Los Feliz Blvd.)
Hollywood
directions
The event is free of charge.
For more information please call PSR-LA at (213) 689-9170 x107
or email Jonathan Parfrey.
9:00 pm
You are cordially invited to a special briefing on the Bush Administration's proposed new hydrogen bomb, the so-called reliable replacement warhead. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Phillip E. Coyle III will present.
The Bush Administration's FY 2008 budget is asking for $118.8 million for the design of the new hydrogen bomb. Production would begin in 2009. DOE proposes to modernize its entire nuclear weapons production capacity through its so-called "Complex" plan. Costs likely to run above $150 billion. If the reliable replacement warhead is developed many analysts believe that nuclear testing will begin anew in the US and abroad. Within the next few weeks Congress will be voting (in various committees) on this new nuclear project.
Nuclear film expert, Peter Kuran, will also show recently restored footage of US nuclear tests. Jonathan Parfrey of Physicians for Social Responsibility will moderate.
ICUJP Educational Forum
SHOULD GEORGE BUSH AND DICK CHENEY BE IMPEACHED?
Monday
11 June 2007
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles
directions
Download a flyer
7:00 pm
with Marcy Winograd,
President of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles
Dennis Loo,
Associate Professor of Sociology
at Cal Poly Pomona
John Nichols,
Washington correspondent for the Nation magazine
and author of The Genius of Impeachment (The New Press)
Stephen Rohde,
constitutional lawyer and former president of ACLU of Southern California
and... Billionaires for Bush
People across the nation are asking whether President Bush and Vice President Cheney have committed "High Crimes and Misdemeanors." Have Bush and Cheney abused their powers of office? ...by using information they knew to be false as justification for the U.S. invasion of Iraq; condoning and authorizing the torture of prisoners of war and rendering detainees to foreign countries know to torture; maintaining secret prisons and other detention facilities in violation of the Geneva Conventions; authorizing warrantless wiretaps on U.S. citizens; disclosing the name of an undercover CIA operative contrary to law in retaliation for her husband’s opposition to the Iraq War; and suspending and denying the historic Writ of Habeas Corpus by ordering the indefinite detention of so-called "enemy combatants" without charge and without access to legal counsel.
To explore these and other critical issues and whether Impeachment Hearings should be promptly convened, ICUJP is presenting an educational forum on June 11, 2007.
CLUE (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice)
Fourth Annual Giants of Justice Luncheon
Tuesday
22 May 2007
Sinai Temple
10400 Wilshire Blvd.
Westwood
directions
Standard tickets to the luncheon on May 22nd are $65.
There is also a community rate of $50 and a student rate of $20.
To honor & sustain the work of CLUE and the Giants of Justice, we encourage you to purchase an ad in the tribute journal to be distributed at the event.
Contact Amanda at (213) 481-3740 Ext. 105 for more information.
11:00 am
CLUE is entering its second decade of working on the front lines as well as behind the scenes on the critical issues that face working families. CLUE brings together religious leaders and faith communities throughout Los Angeles County to support low-wage workers in their struggles for a living wage, health benefits, and a voice in the workplace.
The Giants of Justice who are being honored at CLUE LA's 4th annual fundraising lunch, have helped to raise the level of awareness and opened the doors of justice in their communities and institutions. Their active support has been critical to CLUE's campaigns...Read more...
Religion and Politics and the End of the World
A Truthdig Debate
Tuesday
22 May 2007
Royce Hall, UCLA
340 Royce Drive
Los Angeles
directions
TICKETS
Preferred: $20 Standard: $15
UCLA ticket orders and information: (310) 825-2101
Ticketmaster ticket orders: (213) 365-3500 <http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B003E8BAC6187A8>
8:00 pm
At a time of virulent religious fanaticism extending from Afghanistan to Washington, D.C., Truthdig presents two of the most courageous writers confronting this descent into modern irrationality. A nonbeliever and a believer -- one who sees religion as a scourge and one who argues that the loss of the spiritual has plunged our society into violence and extremism -- have both written passionately and profoundly about this subject and will share their thoughts in what promises to be a fascinating evening of debate and dialogue.
The People:
Sam Harris has become America's premier atheist and a prominent critic of religious influence in all its forms. His work includes the New York Times bestsellers "The End of Faith" and "Letter to a Christian Nation," and the acclaimed Truthdig essay "An Atheist Manifesto."
Chris Hedges, a former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, spent two years researching his latest book, "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America." The veteran journalist also writes a column for Truthdig.
Robert Scheer, a journalist with nearly 40 years of experience and the author of eight books, is the editor in chief of Truthdig. As a columnist, Scheer has frequently chronicled the collision of religion and politics around the world.
An Evening with Jeremy Scahill
Monday
30 April 2007
Holy Nativity Episcopal Church
6700 West 83rd Street, Los Angeles, California
www.holynativityparish.org
310.670.4777
holynativity@sbcglobal.net
7:30 pm
Jeremy Scahill is the author of Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now! and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute.
A SPECIAL LECTURE AND DIALOGUE ON
The Privatization of the U.S. Military And Its Impact on Taxpayers
A $10 contribution is requested.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
All proceeds will benefit
Holy Nativity
and
ICUJP: Interfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace
http://www.icujp.org
JUBILEE FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
Sunday
15 April 2007
BETHEL AME CHURCH
7900 S. WESTERN AVE
LOS ANGELES
directions
Be a Partner for Peace:
download our Response Form and join us
Download a flyer:
English | español
5:00 pm
 IN THE NAME OF ALL WE HOLD SACRED,
ICUJP CALLS FOR AN END TO THE IRAQ OCCUPATION!
This situation cannot be redeemed,
it can only be mourned.
Too many are homeless,
too many are without adequate medical care,
too many are subject to violence on our streets.
What if the billions of dollars devoted to tax cuts and war in Iraq were dedicated to the people's needs?
WE CAN TURN IT AROUND!
From Domination to Generosity in our Foreign Policy.
From Racism to Reconciliation at Home.
WITHDRAW YOUR SUPPORT FOR AN IMMORAL POLICY!
JOIN ICUJP TO ACT IN CONSCIENCE ON APRIL 15!
“RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES MUST STOP
BLESSING WAR AND VIOLENCE”
Become a partner for justice and peace
EN EL NOMBRE DE TODO LO QUE ES DIGNO Y SANTIFICADO,
¡ICUJP HACE UN LLAMADO A QUE TERMINE LA OCUPACION MILITAR EN IRAK!
Hay algunas situaciones - ésta es una de ellas
en que el triunfo no se alcanza ni se compra.
En ésta sólo se pueden llorar las pérdidas.
Hay algunas guerras - y ésta es una – en que la victoria es inalcanzable,
pero que puede terminarse bajo un espíritu de aprobación y arrepentimiento.
Demasiados son los que se hallan sin hogar, demasiados son los que no tienen la suficiente atención médica, demasiados sufren a diario la violencia en nuestras calles, y demasiados no poseen una educación aceptable.
¿Qué sucedería si los miles de millones de dólares dedicados a los recortes de impuestos y a las guerras en Irak y Afganistán fueran dedicados a las necesidades del pueblo?
¡PODEMOS GIRARLO O PODEMOS DARLE BUELTA!
Del Dominio a la Caridad en nuestra Política Extranjera.
Del Racismo a la Reconciliación en nuestro país.
¡RETIRE SU APOYO A UNA POLITICA INMORAL!
¡UNASE A A LAS COMUNIDADES DE DIFERENTE FE UNIDAS POR LA PAZ LA JUSTICIA (CIUJP) PARA ACTUAR CONCIENTES EN ESTE GRAN JUBILEO ESTE 15 DE ABRIL DEL 2007!
Protest at Los Angeles Military Recruitment Center
Monday
19 March 2007
Los Angeles Military Recruitment Center
1241 Soto Street
Los Angeles
directions
3:00 pm
The fourth anniversary of the start of the war against Iraq:
Put your Butt where your Brains are
the American Friends Service Committee, Catholic Worker and students from Roosevelt High School and East LA City College will nonviolently block the Los Angeles Military Recruitment Center
For information call Jeff at (323) 267-8789 or Steve at (213) 489-1900.
"Great American Boycott" begins April 15, 2007 – see www.march25coalition.org
Threats To The Constitution's First Amendment Guarantee of Religious Freedom
Thursday
15 March 2007
Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church - Ross Chapel
301 N Orange Grove Blvd
Pasadena
directions
(626) 449-3470
(for other venues and times through March 18,
see www.JewsOnFirst.org)
7:00 pm
Nationally-renowned Michael "Mikey" Weinstein, founder of the <a href="http://www.military religiousfreedom .org/index.html">Military Religious Freedom Foundation presents a program and public discussion that will focus on the growing threats to the Constitution' s First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom.
Michael Weinstein is a 1977 Air Force Academy graduate and lawyer. He served the Air Force for 10 years as a JAG or military attorney and is a former White House legal adviser. His older son and daughter-in- law are Air Force Academy graduates while a younger son is a senior at the academy. "My kids were routinely reminded of the fact that they and their people were complicit in the execution of Jesus Christ while at the academy. Kids were told that the Holocaust was retribution for killing Jesus, in history class." In 2005, Weinstein launched his Military Religious Fre edom Foundation to put a stop to the proselytizing of evangelical Christians in the U.S. military.
Since the foundation's start, he says, he has received countless phone calls and e-mails from members of all branches of the military who have been targeted. His cause is best encapsulated in the title of his book: With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military. Weinstein will be available for questions and answers during the event and for book signing afterwards. This event is free and open to the public and sponsored by Neighborhood Church, JewsOnFirst. org and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
Questions: Contact Beth Colcord,
bcolcord@uuneighborhood.org
626.449.3470
George Bush Sr. and Madeline Albright Visit Los Angeles
Monday
12 March 2007
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 N. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles
directions
7:00 pm
Come and protest as part of "Operation Geppetto" (as in Pinocchio).
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles Annual Membership Dinner
Wednesday
07 March 2007
UCLA Faculty Center * California Room
Hilgard and Westholme, Westwood
Tickets will be held at the door
Click here to RSVP on-line
6:00 PM - no host bar -- 6:30 PM - dinner
PSR-LA welcomes back one of the finest speakers in America
Joe Cirincione
Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress:
Iraq, Iran, North Korea: War, Peace and the Nuclear Threat
Joseph Cirincione is Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress. Prior to joining the Center in May 2006, he served as director for nonproliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for eight years. He is the author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons (2007), and Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats (2005). Joe is a frequent commentator on Charlie Rose, The News Hour and other programs.
Elizabeth de la Vega Speaks
Wednesday
07 March 2007
at the home of Teddi Winograd
608 N. Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills
directions
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Elizabeth de la Vega speaks about her new book, an indictment of George W. Bush calling for impeachment.
RSVP a must: (310) 274-7561 or teddiwinn@aol.com
Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's
Voices of a People's History of the United States
Thursday
01 February 2007
All Saints Pasadena
132 N. Euclid Street
Pasadena
directions
6:00 pm-10:00 pm
 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ICUJP!
ICUJP's Fundraiser was an inspiration, and in the words of one attending Clergy member, "That was CHURCH!"
Please keep visiting this site in the next few weeks, as ICUJP annonces an important Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired call to action coming next April.
We urge all to take this oportunity to prepare for this coming action by reading the prophetic words of Dr. King in his 1967 Riverside Chuch speech, 'Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence'
Help us Grow... Donate!
Voices of a People's History of the United States is the companion volume to historian Howard Zinn’s legendary book A People’s History of the United States. For Voices, Zinn and editor Anthony Arnove selected testimonies—speeches, letters, poems, songs, petitions, and manifestos—of people throughout U.S. history who struggled against slavery, racism, war, oppression and exploitation, and who articulated a vision for a better world.
On February 1, 2007, at All Saints Church Pasadena, a talented group of actors and activists will help bring the book’s dramatic voices to life as a fundraiser for ICUJP: Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace.
This event will also be the official launch of the ongoing Los Angeles Voices Project, which will seek to bring the lessons of the book to a wide range of audiences of all ages, through free public readings at schools, museums, and libraries.
Confirmed Celebrity Participants:
The performance will be narrated by author Anthony Arnove
Mark Ruffalo (You Can Count on Me, Awake and Sing!)
Q'Orianka Kilcher (The New World)
Benjamin Bratt (Law and Order, Traffic)
Josh Brolin (Into the West, Flirting with Disaster)
Alfre Woodard (Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Puss in Boots, L.A. Law,)
Members of Ozomatli
Elizabeth Peña
Rosie Perez
Links where people can find out more about Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's writing:
Seven Stories Books
Harper Collins
ICUJP Holiday Gathering!
(Also UN Human Rights Day)
Sunday
10 December 2006
Hamilton United Methodist Church,
6330 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles
directions
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (note corrected time!!)
Bring friends and family to this purely social gathering!
$10 tickets to raise some money for ICUJP, but NO ONE TURNED AWAY!
ICUJP is providing a main entree from Home Girl Catering, and inviting everyone to bring potluck appetizers and desserts.
The War, The Pulpit, and The Right to Preach
Sunday
19 November 2006
All Saints Episcopal Church
132 No. Euclid Ave.
Pasadena
directions
3:00 pm to 9:00 pm
3:00 pm Welcome and Introductions
3:30 pm- 5:00 pm
Workshops:
Courageous Congregational Leadership:
Robert Long
Senior Warden of All Saints Church
Conflict Resolution:
Rev. James Lawson
Civil Rights Leader
renowned teacher of non-violent protest
Sanctuary Movement and the Patriot Act:
Fr. Richard Estrada
La Placita Olvera, Los Angeles and
Peter Schey
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
Fear and Religion-Muslim American Perspectives:
Dr. Maher Hathout and Edina Lekovic
Muslim Public Affairs Council
The African American Pulpit:
Rev. Louis Chase
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Prophetic Traditions and Free Speech:
Rabbi Steven Jacobs
Rabbi Emeritus Temple Kol Tikvah
501c(3) and the First Amendment for Faith Communities:
Edward McCaffery
Dean, USC School of Law
5:00-6:30 pm
Dinner ~ Food Available for Sale
5:00-6:00 pm
Jazz and Interfaith Prayers
6:30-7:30 pm
Speakers:
Rev. George Regas
Rector Emeritus, All Saints Pasadena
Rev. Ed Bacon
Rector, All Saints Pasadena
7:30-8:00 pm
Respondents:
Rabbi Sharon Brous
IKAR
Imam Jihad Turk
Islamic Center of Southern California
8:00-9:00 pm
Panel Discussion with Presenters and Workshop Leaders
ICUJP Preaching Peace Luncheon
The Religious Roots of Economic Justice
Thursday
16 November 2006
PJTC - Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
1434 N. Altadena Dr
Pasadena
directions
11:30 am
ICUJP Preaching Peace Luncheon
The Religious Roots of Economic Justice
Please rsvp to 626-683-9004
CLUE to Support Living Wage Amendment
Wednesday
15 November 2006
Los Angeles City Hall
200 N Spring Street
Los Angeles
directions
9:30 AM
CLUE works on behalf of low wage workers... ICUJP supports CLUE, help us pass this important legislation.
CLUE urges people to come to the rotunda of LA City Hall to support the Living Wage Amendment beingf considered by the Los Angeles city government.
Contact David Wheeler for more information.
Students for Social Justice of Pasadena City College present
Sexual Assault Against Women in the Military
Wednesday
08 November, 2006
Pasadena City College
1570 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena
Campus Center Lounge, 2nd floor of the Campus Center
directions
12:00 noon to 2:00 pm
a panel discussion
featuring
April Fitzsimmons
former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst and author of the one-woman play "The Need to Know"
Maricela Guzman
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Sara Rich
Oregon resident and mother of soldier Suzanne Swift
Callie Wight
Psychotherapist who treats women veterans
Sara Rich and the other panelists will be available for speaking engagements for a few days following this event.
Please contact Callie Wight:
quite_free@yahoo. com
to schedule.
Dear Friends, You are cordially invited!
Pre-Election Peace Party
Sunday
05 November 2006
In the garden
At the home of the Fiske’s
635 California Avenue
Venice
(between 6th and Shell,
just east of Abbot Kinney)
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pot luck
Music by Stephen Longfellow Fiske and Friends
Special guest appearances
Donations to benefit ICUJP
(Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace)
Let’s reclaim our democracy!!!
Education Not Militarization! War Leaves Every Child Behind
A Conference for Educators, Students and Everyone Concerned
Saturday
04 November 2006
United Teachers Los Angeles UTLA Building
3303 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
(by the Red Line Metro, Wilshire by Vermont)
directions
Registration: $5.00 donation; students free
Lunch provided at cost
8:30 am to 3:30 pm
* Legal Rights of teachers and students
* Panels, Workshops, Resources, Materials, Curricula
* Alternatives to the Military
* Network with educators and activists doing amazing work
downlaod a flyer
For more information on stopping the military infiltration of our schools, see the Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS) website
More information:
info@militaryfreeschools.org
626-799-9118
SPECIAL ICUJP NIGHT AT THE THEATRE!
Saturday
04 November 2006
The Lee Strasberg Institute
7936 Santa Monica Blvd.
(at Haworth, 1 block west of Fairfax).
West Hollywood
directions
Suggested Donation $30 per ticket,
* but pay what you can seats are still available! *
RSVP to 626-683-9004
There is Public Parking at Orange Grove Ave., north of Santa Monica Blvd. (2 blocks from the theatre). Some valet parking is also available at 7969 Santa Monica Blvd, about one block west of the theatre on the north side of the street.
8:00 pm
(Fundraiser Performance/Discussion)
Salome Jens * Mimi Kennedy * Mitchell Ryan in:
Leipzig
A New Play by Wendy Graf
West Coast Jewish Theatre and The Group at Strasberg present Leipzig, written by Wendy Graf, directed by Deborah La Vine and starring Salome Jens, Mimi Kennedy and Mitchell Ryan. Leipzig is a touching and hopeful story about a mother (Jens) and a daughter (Kennedy) who must unlock the secrets of the past in order to embrace the future. Also featured in the cast are Shauna Bloom, Ryan Eggold, K.C. Marsh, and Paul Witten.
Wendy Graf is the award-winning writer of Lessons (which starred Hal Linden and Mare Winningham).
Mimi Kennedy, a good friend to ICUJP, is an accomplished performer in theatre, TV and Film. She is perhaps best known as Abby (Dharma’s hippie mother) on ABC’s now-syndicated hit sitcom Dharma & Greg. Her numerous theatre appearances include Jules Feiffer’s Grownups at the Mark Taper Forum, and a sold-out, one-night-only performance as Laura Bush in Tony Kushner’s Only We Who Guard The Mystery Shall Be Unhappy. She also played in The Vagina Monologues; Long Day’s Journey Into Night; How I Learned To Drive and The Sisters Rosenzweig. She was nominated by TV Critics as Best Supporting Dramatic Actress for her portrayal of Ruth Sloan in ABC’s post-WWII drama Homefront. Other series include Savannah; Three Girls Three; Stockard Channing in Just Friends; The Two Of Us; (with British comedian Peter Cook) and Spencer (with Chad Lowe). Films include Erin Brockovich; Buddy; Pump Up The Volume; and the soon-to-be-released Man In the Chair with Christopher Plummer.
Salome Jens has had a long and distinguished career on Broadway, at the Lincoln Center, and other major theatres including the Mark Taper Forum where she did Hamlet with Stacy Keach. She has appeared in many starring roles on TV, Movies of the Week and episodic series such as LA Law, Cagney and Lacy, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and Macgyver, to name just a few. She has had running parts in series such as Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Falcon Crest and Melrose Place. Some of her movie roles include Angel Baby; John Frankenheimer’s Seconds, with Rock Hudson; Me, Natalie; Just Between Friends; and Clan of the Cave Bear.
Deborah La Vine has directed over 200 theater productions from Alaska to the East Coast. She has earned a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination, NAACP Image Award citation and thirteen Drama-Logue awards for outstanding direction in a variety of theaters. She directed the award winning production of A Streetcar Named Desire, performed in American Sign Language with voice interpretation at Deaf West Theater; the West Coast premieres of Kindertransport and A Shayna Maidel for The Tiffany Theaters; and Off The Map at the Mark Taper Forum New Works Festival.
PLEASE JOIN US THIS SATURDAY EVENING!
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN SEATS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!
Fall Peace & Justice Workshop
Sunday
22 October 2006
St. Michael & All Angels
3646 Coldwater Canyon Ave
Studio City
directions download a registration form
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Making Peace, Doing Justice: Passion To Serve, Power To Transform: From Advocacy to Action in Communities of Faith An afternoon event focused on the challenges and opportunities of working on issues of peace and justice, and equipping people of faith with tools to begin, or expand, this work within their congregations, temples and mosques.
An inspiring interfaith panel (Rabbi Steven Jacobs, The Rev. Sara Armstrong, and Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao) will be followed by a variety of workshops such as:
Moving From Charity to Justice Establishing a Social Justice Team
A wide range of faith-based peace and justice organizations will have representatives and resource tables, and a resource catalogue will be distributed.
Please join us on Sunday, Oct.22, 1:30-5:00 PM, St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church, 3646 Coldwater Canyon. Studio City. Child care will be provided. $10.00 suggested donation. For registration forms or further information: 818-225-1213 or vclassick@aol.com download a registration form
The Medical Consequences of the War in Iraq:
Health Challenges Beyond the Battlefield
Saturday
21 October, 2006
Ackerman Union, UCLA.
Parking is available on campus for $8.
Click here to register online or call (310) 825-9971. The course registration number (Reg#) is S3972U. Medical Students: Please contact Emily Snider for information on how to have the fee waived.
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Americans have a general idea of how many American soldiers have died in Iraq, but few know about the full medical consequences of this conflict. This conference is the first opportunity to hear from medical and other experts about the effects of the conflict on all those involved: American troops and their families, and Iraqi citizens and their families. Topics will include: modern life-saving techniques, rehabilitation services available to disabled service members,and psychological effects of war, including stresses on families of service men and women.
Epidemiologists will present information on the number of Iraqi people killed and injured, the types of injuries suffered as a result of the on-going conflicts, and the effects of war on the health and sanitation infrastructures of countries subjected to the violence of war. A special session will examine the enormous health dangers inherent in a possible US intervention in Iran. This conference is designed for health professionals and the general public.
Registration
• UCLA Extension fee: $25
• To enroll: Click Here to Register
• Call: (310) 825-9971
• Course Registration number is S3972U
• Parking is available on campus for $8
Medical Students
Please Contact Emily Snider at 213-689-9170 ext. 108
for details onhaving the registration fee waived.
More Program Info
• Visit www.psrla.org
• Call (213) 689-9170
• Contact lainfo@psr.org
course number: Public Health 826.7 this course offers
0.7 CEUs.
Speakers include:
Nafisa Abdullah-Huf, MD
The medical situation for the Afghan people
Gregg Bloche, MD, JD
Physician involvement in torture-ethical and
legal issues
Gene Bolles, M.D.
Treating American Soldiers: A Frontline Account
Congressman Bob Filner
Healing America’s soldiers in the coming decades
Richard Garfield, DrPH, MS, MPH
Iraq Deaths and Injuries
John Pastore, MD
Physician Ethics and War
Dahlia Wasfi, MD
The war in Iraq: A first hand account
Helena Young, PhD
Post-traumatic stress disorder in American troops
Harriet Zeiner, PhD
Traumatic brain injury
Stephen Zunes , PhD
Iran: The Prospect of War
ICUJP/PCU fundraiser screening of Ground Truth in POMONA
Saturday
21 October 2006
more info TBA
TBA
See THE GROUND TRUTH, engage in conversation, and listen to Iraq veterans.
DON'T MISS THIS! Read more
ICUJP Educational Forum: Is Your Right to Vote at Risk?
Monday
16 October 2006
SUUS: The Onion
9550 Haskell Ave North Hills
directions
6:45 pm
Brad Friedman
Investigative journalist and author of the progressive web site,
www.BradBlog.com
He has broken many stories, from the disastrous election irregularities of 2004 and the coming E-Voting meltdown, to the alarming string of ongoing lies and corruption of the Bush Administration, their Congressional cronies and corporate media.
Judy Alter, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Education at UCLA. She entered the activist arena after the 2003 Ca. recall election produced evidence that Diebold voting machines swung the Governorship to Swartsenager. She has mobilized hundreds of civic volunteers.
Moderated by:
Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak
Co-Founder of www.JewsOnFirst.org an internet community focused on upholding the First Amendment in American civil and religious life and monitoring the Christian Right and their consistent efforts to undermine the separation of Church and State.
Featuring:
Political Satire Performing Artists
Billionaires for Bush
Celebration of Our Common Humanity
Wednesday
11 October 2006
Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation
Ismael Abu Dawood Hall
1025 W. Exposition Blvd.
(At Exposition and Vermont)
directions
Tickets: $10
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Celebrate with ICUJP and others in the traditions of Judaism's Festival of Sukkot, Christianity's St. Francis of Assisi, and Islam's Ramadan
We will have dinner, entertainment and good company
RSVP to Aziza Hasan
at 213-383-3443
ICUJP Military Outreach /All Saints Screening of The Ground Truth
Tuesday
10 October 2006
All Saints Church
132 N. Euclid Street
Pasadena
directions
7:00 pm
From October 4th - 11th, join 1000's as we gather across America in churches, universities, community centers, town halls, coffee houses and living rooms to screen THE GROUND TRUTH, engage in conversation, and listen to Iraq veterans. DON'T MISS THIS!
"A must-see film for concerned citizens in both red and blue states.">
-James Greenberg, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
MEET THE VETERANS. GET INVOLVED.
http:www.aimpages.com/thegroundtruth
Join us. Order your DVD TODAY!
Get your Gathering Kit!
www.thegroundtruth.net
RAWA Benefit w/ Eve Ensler, Michelle Shocked
Saturday
07 October 2006
Cinespace
6356 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood
directions
5:00 pm
Benefit for Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Support War Resister Lt Ehren Watada!
Friday
6 October 2006
Beverly Hills, exact location available upon RSVP
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Join CODEPINK, Jane Fonda, and Bob Watada, father of Lt Ehren Watada, for a very special fundraiser. Lt Watada was the first commisioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq. He is currently facing 7 years in prison.
For more information about Lt Watada, click here.
click here to buy a ticket from our online store, or
RSVP to Anedra@codepinkalert.org
or call (310)827-4320
click here for a flyer
ICUJP all star fundraiser Concert for Peace!
Saturday
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd (at Berendo, two blocks west of Vermont)
Los Angeles
directions
7:00 pm
Our online donation link will accomodate ticket "sales" for the fundraiser! CLICK HERE to Buy your tickets when they become available!
Rally and Action in support of Immigrant Hotel Workers
Thursday
28 September 2006
Radisson Los Angeles Airport Hotel
6225 W. Century Blvd.
Los Angeles
(corner of Sepulveda and Century Boulevard.)
directions
4:30 pm
 Please join Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice for a rally and action in support of immigrant hotel workers.
The rally begins at 4:30 outside the Radisson LAX, corner of Sepulveda and Century Boulevard.
The march begins at 5:30. Please wear a white shirt!
from:
www.september28th.org/
WITNESS TO PEACE: Civil Disobedience to Save the Lives of our Children
Shut Down Armed Forces Recruitment Center
Monday
25 September 2006
Hollywood Military Recruiting Office
7060 Hollywood Blvd
Hollyood
(between La Brea and Highland)
directions
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Please join the American Friends Service Committee and others in support of the Declaration of Peace, and in opposition to the war against Iraq
Join a group of activists in areas of faith and social justice as we join hands and hearts in a powerful action demanding an end to the Iraq occupation.
The National Declaration of Peace Coalition is engaging in a week of nonviolent action to end the war in Iraq beginning September 21st, the day designated by the United Nations as the International Day of Peace. Los Angeles peace and interfaith groups will participate in vigils, marches, protests and non-violent civil disobedience.
For more information on, and to sign the Declaration of Peace, visit:
http://declarationofpeace.org
For more informaiton on Declaration of Peace actions in the Los Angeles area, visit:
http://peacewitnessla.org
For more information:
www.afsc.org/losangeles or (213) 489-1900
28 Various Declaration of Peace events
Thursday
21 September 2006
Various Locations
check http://peacewitnessla.org for details
All Day
28 Various Declaration of Peace events
(Including major civil disobedience on 9/25)
details at http://peacewitnessla.org,
or call 213-489-1900 ext 114
Screening of The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends
Wednesday
13 September 2006
All Saints Church
132 N. Euclid Street
Pasadena
directions
7:00 pm
THE GROUND TRUTH: After the Killing Ends, takes an unflinching look at the training and dehumanization of US soldiers, and how they struggle to come to terms with it when they come back home.Read more...
ICUJP Educational Forum: Iran, Will the Media Fail Us Again
Monday
14 August 2006
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd (at Berendo, two blocks west of Vermont)
Los Angeles
directions
$10. Suggested Donation - no one turned away for lack of funds
7:00 pm
A discussion of the history of U.S.-Iran relations
and the failure of corporate media to report it truthfully.
w/ Sonali Kolhatkar, Niki Akhavan and Ray McGovern and Musical Artists Mitra Rahbar & Rama Morovati. Read more...
Public Peace Lament
Sunday
August 13th and 20th
August 27, September 3rd & 10th
Hollywood United
Methodist Church
6817 Franklin Avenue
(at Highland)
Hollywood
directions
3:00-5:00 pm
Please join the interfaith community on Sunday
afternoons to pray together, listen to music, and take
part in public witness and ritual, as we remember all
those who are suffering and dying in the Middle East.
This Sunday, August 13th, the featured guests are:
Islamic perspective offered by Dr. Maher Hathout.
Christian perspective by Rev. Peter Laarman
Judaic perspective by Rabbi Haim Beliak
Rev. Frank Wulf will lead the interfaith service, and
musical guests will be Maria Armoudian and Michael
Ligon.
This is the second of a series of Sunday afternoon Laments organized by ICUJP: Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace.
The lament on August 13 and 20 will be at Hollywood UMC.
The following three (August 27, September 3rd & 10th) will be at:
La Plaza United Methodist Church
115 Paseo De La Plz
Los Angeles
directions
See www.icujp.org for the latest information on weekly participants.
Common Peace, Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence Presents
Cal Bennett & Friends: A Spectacular Revue
Saturday
05 August 2006
Café Club Fais Do Do
5257 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Corner of Cloverdale & Adams, just West of La Brea
directions
7:30 pm
featuring
"beatbox" specialist, Joshua Silverstein,
spoken-word artist Bridget Gray
& special surprise guests
Doors open at 7:30 pm
Great food and drink available for purchase!!!
Advance tickets: $20.00; at the door: $25.00
Phone: (323) 931-9125
Tickets also available at the Agape Int’l Spiritual Center
at the Common Peace (not Common Unity) table outside
This is a benefit for Common Peace, a Los Angeles based 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We teach “nonviolence” as a way of life that works for individuals, families and communities. Our aim is to establish “nonviolence” as the global standard for resolving conflict.
www.nonviolenceworks.com
Also, check out www.calbennett.com
Non-Violence Training in Rancho Palos Verdes
Friday - Sunday
28-30 July 2006
For location, questions or registration, call Joyce Roebuck
at 909-621-3456.
call for information
Two experienced peace activists from the Fellowship of Reconciliation will offer reflection and training in the dynamics of non-violence, and tools for planning non-violent action. $290; financial assistance available. Sponsored by Claremont United Methodist Church.
For questions or registration, call Joyce Roebuck at 909-621-3456.
GUEST SPEAKER at ICUJP FRIDAY MEETING
Friday
29 July 2006
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd (at Berendo, two blocks west of Vermont)
Los Angeles
directions
7:00 am
Next Friday morning's guest speaker:
Eduardo Cohen
Read more...
Interfaith Picnic at El Dorado Park, Long Beach
Sunday
23 July 2006
(adjacent to the 605 freeway just north of the 405)
2:00 to 5:00 pm
Fellowship, fun and conversation in the spirit of the "interfaith cafés"
ICUJP Preaching Peace Luncheon:
Hope and Courage in Dark Times: Healing and Witnessing Against Torture
Thursday
20 July 2006
Islamic Foundation of Shaikh Taymiyah (King Fahad Mosque)
10980 Washington Blvd
Culver City
directions
11:30 am
with Hector Aristizabal
Interfaith Vigil to End the Occupation in Palestine
Sunday
16 July 2006
Islamic Center of Southern California
434 S. Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90010
directions
Read ICUJP's Statement on the Gaza and Lebanon incursions here
6:00 pm
Prominent leaders of the Abrahamic faiths stand as witness against the occupation of Palestine in an interfaith vigil.
Speakers
Dr. Maher Hathout
Chairman of Islamic Center of Southern California; Senior Advisor, MPAC
Rev. George Regas
All Saints Episcopal Church
Rabbi Leonard Beerman
Rabbi Emeritus of Leo Baeck Templ
DAN WAKEFIELD at ICUJP Weekly Friday Meeting
Friday
07 July 2006
Friday
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd (at Berendo, two blocks west of Vermont)
Los Angeles
directions
7:00 am
Join ICUJP: Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace at our regular weekly meeting on Friday July 7th,
when DAN WAKEFIELD will talk about his new book, The Hijacking of Jesus, and his optimism about the growing power of the religious left. A book signing will follow!
We will also be treated to an opening reflection by our founder,
REV. DR. GEORGE REGAS.
Read more...
United Nation's International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Sunday
25 June 2006
Sunday
Barnsdall Park, Los Feliz
directions
or more information call PSR-LA 213-689-9170 ext. 108
The Program for Torture Victims annually organizes a conference in recognition of the United Nation’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. This year’s conference, cosponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, to be held at Barnsdall Park in Los Feliz, will feature Army Capt. James Yee who tended to prisoners at Guantánamo, only to be imprisoned on false charges of treason, and Steven Miles MD, professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, and author of Oath Betrayed: Military Medicine and the War on Terror.
For more information see PSR's web calendar
US Tour of Duty and Neighborhood UU Church hosting:
SCOTT RITTER and Steven Hill -- Waging Peace in Time of War
Thursday
20 July 2006
Friday
Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church
301 N Orange Grove Blvd
Pasadena
directions
7:00 pm
Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter:
"The anti-war movement, first and foremost, needs to develop a laser-like focus on being nothing more or less than anti-war...It needs to start thinking like a warrior would, in full recognition that we as a nation are engaged in a life-or-death struggle of competing ideologies with those who promote war as an American value and virtue."
Hijacking the Pulpit; Theocracy & Hypocrisy
Monday
12 June 2006
Monday
Save the Date
TBA
ICUP's next Monday Night Forum will feature a panel including Vinay Lal.
ICUJP Educational Forum:
Hijacking the Pulpit: Theocracy & Hypocrisy
Friday
16 June 2006
Crenshaw United Methodist Church
3740 Don Felipe Drive
Los Angeles
directions
7:00 pm
Moderator: Rev. Peter Laarman, Participants include With Jack Miles, Jane Hunter, Madison Shockley, Vinay Lal
Join the Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS):
Our Second Annual Fundraiser
Sunday
11 June 2006
Sunday
Warzawa Restaurant
1414 Lincoln Blvd.
Santa Monica
directions
Near the southwest corner of Santa Monica Blvd.
Parking on the street. $15 donation
download a flyer
4:00 - 8:00 pm
Delicious food, music and spoken word.
Tour of LA's Military Sites
Saturday
10 June 2006
Participants will gather at UCLA
9:45 am
On June 10, PSR-LA will offer the first-ever Military Tour of Southern California – and you're invited. This all-day tour will carry PSR members and supporters to the military sites that have shaped the world and, in some cases, the health of Californians. Read more...
First of three upcoming events sponsored by
the Abrahamic Faiths Peacemaking Initiative
Sunday
04 June 2006
Sunday
All Saints Church
132 N. Euclid Street
Pasadena
directions
7:00 pm
Each of the three evening events will feature a keynote speaker from one of the Abrahamic faiths, with the same interfaith panel (to include Dr. Maher Hathout, Rev. Dr. George Regas, Rabbi Leonard Beerman) responding to each.
This event will feature James Carroll. James Carroll was raised in Washington, D.C., where his father was an Air Force general and the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He attended Georgetown University before entering St. Paul's College, the Paulist Fathers - seminary, where he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees. Read more...
Welcome Home, A Tribute and Celebration for our Warfighters
Saturday
03 June 2006
entrance at Lexington and Katella, Los Alamitos
directions
Gov. Schwartzenegger and other celebrities will be there.
Some ICUJP people will go and take military outreach materials, hoping to dissuade people from becoming additional cannon fodder. Contact Bonnie Blustein, but preferably not via email.
Rev. James Lawson will speak on:
Moving Against the Culture of Violence – in the World and Our Own Community
Friday
02 June 2006
Scott Methodist Church
444 N. Orange Grove
Pasadena
directions
7:30 to 9:00 pm
All the candidates running for Congress from the 29th Congressional District (Pasadena, Glendale, La Canada, etc.) have been invited to respond.
Three Days of Commemoration at Arlington West: Iraq & Afghanistan War Memorial
Saturday
27 May 2006
Santa Monica Beach by the Pier
All Day
WHAT:
A Commemoration Honoring the Troops Killed in Iraq and Afghanistan for Memorial Day Weekend, organized by the Veterans for Peace, Los Angeles Chapter.
WHEN:
Memorial Day Weekend--Three Days of Commemoration--May 27-29th. Memorial will be set up at sunrise on Saturday, May 27th and remain on display until Monday evening, May 29th.
WHERE:
Santa Monica Beach next to the pier.
WHO:
Gold Star Families, who have lost loved ones in Iraq, Jane Bright and Berto Figeroa will be present along with Iraq veterans and veterans from many past U.S. wars (Gore Vidal‹WWII Veteran, Ron Kovic‹Vietnam War Vet and Jeff Key‹Iraq War Vet are all invited). Local public officials, congressional representatives (Rep Maxine Waters & Santa Monica City Council Member Kevin McKeown are firming up their schedules), the interfaith community (Rev Janet McKeithen) and folk singers (Dennis Davis and Michelle Shocked) are also invited to speak and/or perform informally through out the weekend.
**More notables to be announced**
Lobby on the War - PSR-LA Goes to Washington
Sunday
21 May 2006
Sunday, Monday - May 21-22, 2006
Washington DC
All day
ICUJP supports the Physicians for Social Responsibility and Peace Action chapters from across the country who will go to Washington DC on Sunday, May 21 to Monday, May 22, for a massive Congressional lobbying effort to bring about an end to the war in Iraq. The Sunday conference will provide training in discussing the issues with members of Congress. Call the office to get group rate on lodging (213) 689-9170 x107.
More information on the PSR web calendar
http://www.psrla.org/calendar.htm#May21
ICUJP Preaching Peace Luncheon
Hope And Courage In Dark Times: The Testimony Of Rev. Michael Lapsley
Thursday
18 May 2006
St. Paul Lutheran Church
3901 West Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles
directions
(Just south of the 10 freeway, between Arlington & Crenshaw)
Ample street parking available
Please RSVP by May 15th to:
626-683-9004 or icujp@pacbell.net
A $10 donation is suggested for lunch
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Featured Speakers:
Rev. Michael Lapsley
Rev. Dr. George F. Regas
Rev. Louis A. Chase
While in exile due to his anti-apartheid activism, Rev. Michael Lapsley received a letter bomb that destroyed both hands and one eye. He will tell of his journey from victim to survivor to victor over bitterness and despair, and of the power of forgiveness and reconciliation at all levels of personal and communal life. Read more...
Noted War Surgeon Dr. Gino Strada, Founder of EMERGENCY, to Join Howard Zinn at Immanuel Presbyterian Church Event
Friday
12 May 2006
Friday
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
directions
Suggestion donation:
$10 (no one turned away).
All proceeds benefit EMERGENCY.
For event information: 323/663-7371,
or Emergency_la@yahoo.com
7:30 pm
Noted American historian and peace activist Howard Zinn will discuss his most recent book, Just War,. Joining Zinn in the symposium will be Dr. Gino Strada, founder of the international medical relief organization EMERGENCY. Read more..
Lessons of 'CRASH: Economic Justice & the Power of Nonviolent Action
Monday
10 April 2006
Holman United Methodist Church
3320 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles
directions
Open to the Public:
$5 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds!
Free on site Parking & Refreshments
7:00 pm
Experience the wisdom of Rev. James Lawson a legendary figure of the Civil Rights movement.
With featured speakers Paul Haggis (Writer, Producer and Director of "Crash"- Academy Award winning Best Motion Picture of the Year, 2005) and Connie Rice (Author, civil rights attorney, Co-director of the Advancement Project LA) Read More...
The Faces of Wrongful Conviction
A Conference Examining Wrongful Convictions and the Administration of the Death Penalty in California
Sunday
09 April 2006
UCLA, Covell Commons
Registration starts at just $25! Register TODAY!
see map
7:00 am - 11:00 pm
The purpose of this conference is to illustrate both the problem of wrongful conviction and the unfair application of the death penalty in California and to mobilize for change. Since 1990, over 200 people have been wrongfully convicted and exonerated in California. This conference will facilitate the largest gathering of California’s exonerees ever. In addition, new research discussing the causes and prevalence of wrongful conviction in California and demonstrating systemic racial and geographic disparities in the application of the death penalty in this state will be presented.
See stopwrongfulconvictions.org for more information and to register...
with
Stephen Rohde
Partner, Rohde & Victoroff
Mike Farrell
Eric DeBode
California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty
and dozens of other notable experts and commentators
Read more...
ICUJP Preaching Peace Luncheon: The Many Crises of Health Care
Saturday
04 March 2006
Hamilton United Methodist Church,
6330 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles
directions
Please RSVP by March 13th to
626-683-9004
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join ICUJP for the next in our ongoing series of Preaching Peace Luncheons for a discussion with distiguished guests on the pressing crisis of Health Care in our communities. Read more...
PROTEST - Media Action Day Protest at CBS 2 News in Hollywood - Demand Better Coverage of the War
Wednesday
15 March 2006
CBS 2 News
6121 W. Sunset Blvd. (cross street Gower)
Los Angeles 90028
Directions to CBS 2 News:
From the Red Line, take the Metro to Hollywood & Vine Station. Exit to Argyle Street. Walk two blocks south to Sunset Blvd., and one block east to CBS 2 News.
From the 101, exit Sunset Blvd. and go west. CBS 2 News is on the north side of the street between Gower and El Centro.
Public parking is available in lots off of Argyle, one block to the west of El Centro, between Sunset and Hollywood Blvds.
11:00 am
Mourning the Death of a News Tradition – Stop Burying the Truth
On March 15, National Media Action Day, join the American Friends Service Committee and Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace in demanding better coverage of the war and of the erosion of civil liberties. Read more...
Gore Vidal and Scott Ritter - A Citizen Response to Lying, Spying and Dying for The "War On Terror"
Saturday
04 March 2006
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
directions
Doors open 3:00 PM. Seating is first-come, first-served.
Suggested donation: $10 (nobody turned away)
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Former weapons inspector Scott Ritter will join legendary writer-radical reformer Gore Vidal in LA on March 4. Read more...
Cindy Sheehan & Martin Sheen are coming to Pasadena - Please Come and Join Them!
Saturday
25 February 2006
All Saints Episcopal Church
132 N. Euclid Ave
Pasadena
directons
General Tickets $15 or $25
Priority Tickets: $75 Buffet Reception with Cindy and Special Guests
in All Saints Forum from 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Includes Event Priority Seating and Arlington West DVD
For tickets or information call 323-650-8166
or email: mail@arlingtonwestfilm.com
Please Come and Join Them in a Benefit for
Arlington West: The Film - Get your tickets now!
7:00 PM
Featuring
Excerpts from new updated version of
Arlington West
Plus two short films:
Camp Casey & Casey's Poem
Emcee: Rev. Ed Bacon
Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena
and special guests... read more...
Filmmaker Mark Manning Invites you to a house party To Benefit the Production of the Groundbreaking Documentary the Road to Falluja
Wednesday
01 March 2006
The home of Betty & Stanley Sheinbaum
(address & directions provided upon RSVP)
Valet Parking
gourmet fare by Fred Deni, Back on Broadway Restaurant
Please RSVP promptly to Tonia Young 310-455-2688
Or E-mail: tonia4@earthlink.net
Tickets: Friend $250; Sponsor $500; Host $1,000; Premier Host $2,000
(Levels $1,000 & above will receive an autographed copy
of Cindy Sheehan
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Join Filmmaker Mark Manning with special guests Cindy Sheehan and Theresa & Blase Bonpane
Filmmaker Mark Manning was the only unembedded Western journalist to enter Falluja following Operation Phantom Fury. This event will help provide finishing funds for the full length documentary, The Road to Falluja. The film will shine a light on U.S. foreign policy and intends to inform and motivate voters to participate in the critical mid-term November 2006 elections. more...
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