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2007/2008 PAST EVENTS:
MAR 25: Rev. Dr. Lerry Chase, Blaming the Victim, NAFTA and Immigration Hysteria-
APRIL 25: Betsy Lamb and Ann Havill on "Guns, Greed, and Torture, the School of the Americas Exposed and Confronted" Discussion of the history of the "School of Assassins" and the movement to close this terrorist training center. The presentation included a showing of the video "Guns and Greed".
MAY 2007 “PRISONER in LHASA” a documentary film by Marie Louville. This dvd was shown on WEDNESDAY, May 23rd Here is the story of NGAWANG SANGDROL, a Tibetan nun who was imprisoned as a teenager for her activities promoting Tibetan independence. Ms. SANGDROL spent many years in brutal Chinese prisons. This is her story-a courageous transformation from unbroken “Prisoner of Conscience” to a citizen of the USA, free to practice her Buddhist religion.
Sarah Stark, on “Awareness to Action, Ending Genocide in DARFUR, SUDAN” on THURSDAY, June 21st at 7 pm at the Central Oregon Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas in downtown BEND
Ms. Stark is the organizer in 2005 of the Portland Coalition for Genocide Awareness. In 2006, she spearheaded the first-ever Genocide Awareness Week which has became an annual event and was officially recognized by Portland’s Mayor in 2007. She is now completing her Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University.
This gathering will have postcards and petitions that people can sign, information summing up the crisis in Darfur, and information packets on different ways folks can get involved in ending the genocide.
TUESDAY, July 10th 2007 at 7 pm Joshua Hough, of the Christian Peacemaker Team on “Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine” a power point presentation at Central Oregon Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas in downtown BEND.
Josh has just returned from an intensive course in Arabic in Damascus, Syria. He will be applying these skills when he returns to Palestine to work for peace in the village of Tuwani.
NOTE:
Hiroshima shadow project in downtown Bend on August 5th. tracing shadow outlines on the sidewalk to remind people of the bomb damage in people terms in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 continuing till today. Mark your calendars!
SEPT 21, 2007: GOUDARZ EGHTEDARI and GABRIELE ROSS “Iran, the Next Dirty War” at Central Oregon Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas in downtown BEND. Dr. EGHTEDARI is a political analyst, writer, Middle East Radio Producer at KBOO and a Traffic Engineer. His writings have been published in The Oregonian, Peaceworker, Iranian.com, Payvand, and numerous Persian online magazines.
Joining Dr. EGHTEDARI in the presentation was GABRIELE ROSS, a life long peace and justice activist. She is a Substance Abuse Counselor in Vancouver, WA. Ms. ROSS recently traveled to IRAN with a Global Exchange Citizens Ambassador Tour and shared some of her thoughts regarding that trip.
OCT 25, 2007 “BURMA’S STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AN UPDATE FROM EDITH MIRANTE”
Ms. Mirante is the author of Down the Rat Hole: Adventures on Burma’s Frontiers and is currently working on her third book on Burma. In recent weeks the struggle for democracy in Burma has made headlines as Buddhist monks and students have staged a series of demonstrations against the brutal military dictatorship there. Longtime Burma activist, Edith Mirante, will give a special briefing about the situation in Burma as well as talk about her meetings with refugees from Burma who are now scattered across Southeast Asia.
NOVEMBER 29, 2007 Philip on home rebuilding in Palestine in a program entitled “Little House on the Rubble” Phil was part of an international work team that worked with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions to rebuild two homes in Anata, Palestine in July 2007. On the fourth day of rebuilding the Hamdan house we heard that another house in the community was going to be demolished. Our international crew watched from the seventh floor of a nearby apartment building as the Turk family home was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces. That evening we voted to rebuild the “little house”, the Turk family house, also which was completed a week later. In this power point presentation, Phil will talk about their experiences on this two week working trip. SEE PHOTO
THURSDAY JAN 24 2008 “JAHALIN”
A DVD describing the struggle of the JAHALIN BEDOUIN clan to remain on their land in Israel. Moved in 1950 from the
Negev Desert to an area near Jerusalem, relocated again in 1967, and moved again in the late 1990’s as a result of the growth of Israeli settlements, the JAHALIN clan fight to maintain their traditional tribal identity and nomadic way of life.
FEBRUARY 23, 2008 Rashid Gelam and Ruben Subia of the Islamic Community of Central Oregon on “Islam, a Religion of Peace” on SATURDAY, Quoting from the Qur’an, Ruben and Rashid will show that Islam is a religion of peace and has been misrepresented by extremists who don’t speak for the faithful. Mr. Gelam is an Engineer with a degree in Engineering from Lehigh University. He grew up in Malaysia but now makes his home in Bend. Mr. Subia is an American convert to Islam. A former Roman Catholic, he tells how the transition to Islam was a perfect fit for him and how he is constantly growing in his faith. The meeting is free and open to the public. Contributions will be accepted to help defray the costs of planning this event. We ask that you come to this meeting with an open mind and in the spirit of peace.
MARCH 08: “Our Stories-from veterans in the 1960’s to peace activists in their 60’s”. What happened along the way that convinced these former soldiers that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are wrong and that is their duty and responsibility to support the troops and bring them home? Four local veterans, Bob Brookover, Nate Lund, Phil Randall, and John Schwechten will tell their stories as we look for a way out of the quagmire.
APRIL 08: Another Look at Hamas with attorney, Thomas H. Nelson, who is meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, Prime Minister of Palestine, in the Occupied Territories in April 2008. Mr. Nelson restricts his practice to the defense of Native Americans as well as to defending clients in international and human rights cases.
Amnesty International 610 and COPN Present:
FRIDAY, May 23, 2008 at 7pm
MARISA HANDLER, author of LOYAL TO THE SKY. 30’ish
Marisa grew up in apartheid
South Africa and moved to
San Francisco with her activist parents when she was 12. She
is a global activist and a
crusader for peace and
justice. Come hear Ms. Handler
tell her amazing story of
working and living with the indigenous Sarayacu in Ecuador and her activism with the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico
in “Stories From the Global
Justice Frontiers”.
The Central Oregon Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas in downtown BEND. Marisa will also be
performing with our own local folk star, Katie Cavanaugh.
This presentation is free and
open to the public. Please call
Philip at 388-1793 or
phil@tiedyed.us Donations
accepted to help defray the cost of the meeting
