Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace

invites you to the second in a series of JUSTICE LUNCHEONS

DRONE WARFARE – Killing By Remote Control

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Medea Benjamin will speak about the revised and updated edition of her book, DRONE WARFARE - Killing by Remote Control, discussing a faith response to drones.
Shakeel Syed of the Southern CA Islamic Shura Council will be one of two respondents to Ms. Benjamin's presentations.

The film Zero Dark Thirty has raised a great deal of concern in the human rights community primarily for its fictitious portrayal of torture having been instrumental in the capture of Osama bin Laden.  The task of communities of faith is to build a moral consensus in this country that torture is always wrong.  One week before the Academy awards, The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) and Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) will hold a program at the Hollywood United Methodist Church followed by a public witness at Hollywood and Highland, two blocks from the church. Signs will be provided. Clergy are encouraged to wear clerical attire.

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Friday, February 15

Paz Artaza-Regan, Director for Program and Outreach at the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, will be speaking about NRCAT’s current campaigns against torture.
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Join us this Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 at United University Church at USC for our monthly interfaith gathering. Our theme this month will be on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the triple evils of society: racism, militarism and poverty.

We will have guest speakers and performers. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. As always, this is a free event!

Here is our event on Facebook:

December 10th is International Human Rights Day, commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on Dec. 10, 1948 after the horrors of WW II. With the establishment of the United Nations, representatives of different nations gathered together to ensure that individuals had certain inalienable rights that no nation could take away or restrict - whereas before, human rights were thought of as a national or domestic concern. Read the full document here: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml

Sunday, December 9

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was first adopted on Dec. 10, 1948 after the horrors of WW II. With the establishment of the United Nations, representatives of different nations gathered together to ensure that individuals had certain inalienable rights that no nation could take away or restrict - whereas before, human rights were thought of as a national or domestic concern.

Unfortunately, many countries (including our own) have failed to guarantee and systematically protect all the human rights

Join us to hear Robert Naiman (Just Foreign Policy and Truthout) at 7 a.m. and a Vigil Against Drones at 9:15 AM
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For Immediate Release 11/21/2012
 
ICUJP APPLAUDS THE CEASE FIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND CALLS FOR SUSTAINED NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL PEACE IS ACHIEVED