Coalition for World Peace
5/10 COALITION FOR WORLD PEACE WEEKLY UPDATE CONTENTS
5.10.04 COALITION FOR WORLD PEACE WEEKLY UPDATE CONTENTS
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1) CFWP Meeting - 5/11
2) Peace Outreach - 5/14
3) ENDORSED EVENTS
A) KELLY HAYES - Report from Iraq - 5/12
B) Screening of UNCOVERED - The Whole Truth About The Iraq War - 5/16
C) World Social Forum Report Back - 5/23
4) EVENTS
A) Robert Scheer - Special Salon at Warszawa - 5/12
B) WAGING PEACE - 5/14
C) Co-existence, Co-resistance and Co-operation - 5/15
D) Protest for peace at Vandenberg Space Command - 5/15
E) March/Rally in Support of Same Sex Marriage - 5/15
F) U'wa Women and Sacred Land - 5/16
G) Brown v Board of Education - 5/17
H) What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy - 5/23
I) Emergency Mass March and Rally - 6/5
5) Weekly Vigils
6) Biodiesel Now
7) Websites
8) Submission Guidelines
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*****5.10.04 COALITION FOR WORLD PEACE WEEKLY UPDATE*****
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1) COALITION FOR WORLD PEACE MEETINGS
The Coalition for World Peace invites you to our next meeting on
Tuesday, May 11, at 7 PM at the Peace Center,
8124 W. 3rd St., L.A
Nearest cross street is Crescent Heights.
All are welcome. Bring good snacks and good ideas. See you Tuesday!
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2) PEACE OUTREACH ON THE PROMENADE!
Friday, May 14 - 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Two of the Brave Souls of the Coalition for World Peace will continue the
dramatic, visual presentation on the Santa Monica Promenade between Arizona
and Santa Monica Blvd. (where Midnight Special used to be) on Friday, May
14.
They badly need your help. There is no better way to work for peace than to
outreach to people in the streets who can't get the truth from the corporate
media monopolies.
You can participate in this direct and effective effort.
Email: outreach@coaltionforworldpeace.org - or just show up!.
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3) EVENTS ENDORSED BY THE COALITION FOR WORLD PEACE
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3A) WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 - 7:15 PM
West Hollywood Democratic Club
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente
West Hollywood
"Face-to-Face with the Women of Iraq"
Kelly Hayes-Raitt returned from her second trip to Iraq, where she found
some of the children and women who touched her so deeply during her first
visit in February of last year. She also saw firsthand the impact of the
bombings and invasion on innocent people's lives, homes and hearts. The
trip revealed much devastation and much inspiration.
She will be speaking about the people she met and remet in Baghdad,
Hillah, Babylon, Fallouja, Basra and Umm Qasr.
She is also a speaker featured by the national Iraq Speakers Bureau,
Kelly will also be speaking at these times and places:
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
1:00 PM, Lunch at Noon
Century City Rotary Club
The Century Club
10131 Constellation Blvd.
Century City
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
8:00 am, 7:30 am Breakfast
Malibu Rotary Club
Fireside Room at Pepperdine University
(corner of Pacific Coast Hwy and
Malibu Canyon Rd)
Malibu
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
10:00 am & 11:30 am
Venice Family Clinic
2509 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica
Kelly Hayes-Raitt
Coast-to-Coast Community Campaigns
Political Communication & Organizing
ph: (310) 474-5545
fax: (310) 474-7190
C2CCampaigns@aol.com
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3B) SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2004 - 7 PM
Hollywood United Methodist Church.
6817 Franklin Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90028-4490
SCREENING OF "UNCOVERED - The Whole Truth About The Iraq War"
View an excerpt:
Featuring producer Robert Greenwald (Director of "Steal This
Movie")!
LIVE entertainment by Chicago Red as heard on Pacifica radio!
The beautiful sanctuary of the church holds 800 people (!!) and
Robert Greenwald will be speaking. This is a good opportunity get the people
who are still wondering out to a safe environment in which they can find out
about what led us to this invasion.
Limited parking-
Everyone is urged to carpool, take the Metro, or park at the Hollywood &
Highland mall just across the street)
The mall validates your ticket with a purchase, up to 4 hours for $2
Screening & Dialogue Co-Sponsored by:
Serving Team, Hollywood United Methodist Church ;
Silverlake Neighbors for Peace & Justice; & Office of the Americas
Free Childcare & Refreshments Provided
Also, May 23rd: What I Learned About US Foreign Policy,
for info call (323) 874-2104
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3C) SUNDAY, MAY 23 - 7:00 PM-9:15 PM
World Social Forum Report Back
Culver Palms Methodist Church
UCLA Physicians Jyoti Puvvula and Gilberto Granados, two dedicated, young
UCLA
professors who are husband and wife, co-founders of Doctors for Peace, and
local Culver City area residents, will share through discussion, Power Point
presentation and video documentation some of the important information and
inspirational events that occurred at this year's World Social Forum in
Mumbai,
India.
The W.S.F. is one of the premier international conferences addressing issues
of
Globalization, Sustainability, Militarism, Women's Rights, etc. This very
special event will take place:
Culver Palms Methodist Church,
4464 Sepulveda Blvd
for info: 310-837-1313
Also, Culver City Families & Friends for Peace & Justice will be
having an
organizing meeting for this upcoming event on Monday (not Sunday,) May 10, 7
pm
at 4144 LaFayette Pl. (2 blks south of Washington, 2 blocks east of
Duquesne)
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THE EVENTS AND INFO BELOW ARE PRESENTED FOR
INFORMATION ONLY. THE COALITION FOR WORLD PEACE DOES
NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSE THEM.
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4A) WEDNESDAY, MAY 12TH - 7:30 p.m.
Special Salon at Warszawa
A monthly series at Warszawa Restaurant,
1414 Lincoln Blvd. at Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica
Office of the Americas and Warszawa Restaurant present:
Robert Scheer
Professor of Communication at USC and LA Times columnist
Troubles in America: The Iraq war and the Bush Administration.
Refreshments and Entertainment
For further information call: 323-852 9808
Robert Scheer, nationally and internationally known columnist of the LA
Times,
writer for the Nation, and coauthor of the recently published " The
Five
Biggest Lies Bush Told Us about Iraq", will speak about the
implications of the
latest developments in the Iraq war, the secret machinations of the Bush
administration, and where we should go from here. An extensive audience
question and answer period will follow.
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4B) FRIDAY MAY 14TH - gather at 7:00 PM
The Office of the Americas , Veterans For Peace & Addicted To War
Invite You to a Special Screening of
WAGING PEACE
An Empowerment Project Production - 2004 - Length: 30 minutes
Academy Award Winning Director Barbara Trent will be at this screening
Screening at 8:00 PM
Warszawa Restaurant
(310-393-8831)
1414 Lincoln Blvd , Santa Monica (at the corner of Santa Monica Blvd.)
Special guests who have confirmed* or have been invited are:
Ron Kovic* , Mimi Kennedy*, Blase and Theresa Bonpane,
David Clennon , Don White, Dave Adelson & others to announced
Suggested Donation ~ $5 to $10 but no one turned away at the door.
For more information call Frank Dorrel @ 310-838-8131
Waging Peace , the Empowerment Projects latest documentary has just been
completed. This video captures the excitement and hope of February 15, 2003
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the world's largest recorded protest in history, and focuses on how we can
maintain and utilize the energy of the peace movement to push past corporate
and government power, so the voice of the people will be heard. This is an
exciting film. It's a bit like having a cheerleading team reminding you that
there is a larger community in the world that still resists the policies of
this administration.
The film has premiered at the Global Peace International Film Festival, the
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and won the Burke Award for Best
Documentary. This film features many dynamic speakers including:
Archbishop Desmond TuTu, Harry Belafonte, Susan Sarandon, Angela Davis, Pete
Seeger, Holly Near , Rep. Dennis Kucinich and leaders within the movement
such
as Blase Bonpane, Leslie Cagan, Jamie Vasquez, Medea Benjamin, Reverend
Graylan
Hagler, Phyllis Bennis , Julian Bond and
others .
" Feb, 15, 2003 was a mutation in the thinking of the world's people.
It was
the same thing that Albert Einstein was asking for - to change our way of
thinking."
~ Blase Bonpane,
Office of the Americas
"Our challenge right now is - how do we keep the people engaged and
feeling
powerful enough that they want to stay involved?"
~ Leslie Cagan,
United for Peace and Justice
For more information or to order Waging Peace
go to :
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4C) SATURDAY, MAY 15TH - 10AM - 3 PM
Palestine Aid Society and Women in Black-LA present:
Co-existence, Co-resistance and Co-operation
The Past, Present and Future of Israel/Palestine
*The 56th anniversary of the Nakbah (Palestinian Catastrophe)
1200 Rolfe Hall
UCLA in Westwood
Morning Session 10 to Noon:
Myths and Facts of Zionism and the Palestinian Experience
-Tamara Hamdan, Palestinian-American on Palestine before al-Nakbah
-Najwa Al-Qattan, Professor of History Loyola Marymount University
-Mahmood Ibrahim, Professor and Chair Department of History, Cal Poly Pomona
-Gabriel Piterberg, Professor of History, University of California, Los
Angeles
Performance 1:00 to 1:30 pm Yuval Ron Trio
Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3 pm:
Nonviolent Resistance to the Violence of Occupation
-The Palestine National Initiative---Khalil Barhoum, Coordinator, Middle
Eastern
& African Languages and Literatures, Division of Literatures, Cultures
and
Languages, Stanford University
-International Solidarity Movement-Greta Berlin
-The Peace Movement in Israel-Yael Korin, Women in Black-LA
-The Palestinian Diaspora-Bassam Sharif, Women in Black-LA
For more information call (323) 993-3322
endorsed by: Students for Justice in Palestine, USC
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4D) SATURDAY, MAY 15 - 1 - 3 PM
Join us in a protest for peace at Vandenberg Space Command
Keep Space For Peace
Front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base, at the intersection of Highway 1
and
Casamila-Lompoc Road. This is six miles north of Lompoc on Highway 1 in
Santa
Barbara County, California.
GUESTS:
Loring Wirbel, author or Star Wars: US Tools of Space Supremacy,
Dan Forson, singer,
Peter Lumsdaine, Military Globalization Project
for more information or carpooling call 831.206.5043 or email
mindful@redshift.com
Sponsored by The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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4E) SATURDAY, MAY 15 - 7 PM
MARCH & RALLY IN SUPPORT OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Equal Marriage Rights Now!
Assemble at 7pm in Silverlake
Sunset blvd. and Edgecliffe,
at the small, community park
March to Sunset Junction,
Sunset blvd. and Santa Monica blvd.
Speakers, entertainment, food
Bring signs, banners drums, candles
Demands include:
- Full equality for LGBT people!
- Money for Health care, AIDS research & care,
Schools, jobs, housing - not discrimination, war or
occupation!
- Civil rights for all!
- Defend Immigrant Rights!
- Stop hate crimes and anti-gay violence!
- No to Bush's program of bigotry, racism and war!
We invite LGBT and our straight allies, individuals
and couples to fight for equality and civil rights.
It is not too late to endorse this event.
Celebrity endorsers include:
comic Margaret Cho, actress Kathy Najimy and from the
t.v. show Will & Grace, actress Shelly Morrison.
Organizational endorsers include: the Center Orange
County, the National Lawyers Guild Los Angeles and
many others.
Background:
On May 17, 2004, the State of Massachusetts has been
ordered to issue marriage licenses to same sex
couples. This is a civil rights victory for everyone.
Bush is calling for a constitutional amendment to
formalize discrimination against LGBT people.
Join us to demand equal marriage rights for all and no
to writing discrimination into state and national
constitutions.
Domestic partnerships and civil unions are not enough.
Full equality for all NOW!
Initiated by the May 17 Coalition for Equal Marriage
Rights, (213)487-2368
Please attend our weekly planning meetings every
Tuesday at 6pm at 422 S. Western Ave., ste. 114, Los
Angeles, between 4th and 5th streets.
Thank you,
Joe Delaplaine, coordinator
May 17 Coalition for Equal Marriage Rights
422 S. Western Ave., ste. 114, Los Angeles 90020
(213)487-2368
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4F) SUNDAY, MAY 16 - 4:00 PM (Program and music until 7:00 p.m.)
U'wa Women and Sacred Land:
Indigenous Resistance to Petroleum and Militarization in Colombia
Daris Cristancho
Two opportunities to hear a first-hand account from a woman involved
in this on-going struggle.
1) Sunday, May 16
Club Fais Do Do
5257 West Adams, Los Angeles CA
(for directions faisdodo.com)
For further information: 323-428-7913
Co-Sponsored by:
The U'wa Defense Project
Colombia Peace Project
Human Rights Watch - Young Advocates
Donations are welcome. All proceeds will benefit the U'wa Defense Project.
2) Tuesday, May 18, 2004
St. Lukes Episcopal Church
7th St. And Atlantic Av., Long Beach, CA
A light dinner will be served at 6:30 pm before the 7 pm talk.
Please RSVP for dinner by May 15, 2004 at (562) 985-9237
$10.00 suggested donation (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
All proceeds will benefit Daris's outreach work and the U'wa Defense
Project.
Daris Cristancho has been a leader in her Colombian U'wa community since the
age of 12, and is one of the few women leaders to serve on the Tribal
Council.
Her skills as a grassroots Indigenous leader were most visible in her role
as
the lead organizer of a peaceful roadblock in 2001, organized in response to
a
violent eviction carried out by Occidental Petroleum to drill on U'wa
ancestral
land. She is the first U'wa woman ever to come to the US, and is a powerful
speaker, bearing witness to the brutality of petroleum extraction and the
beauty of the political resistance of her Indian people and the spiritual
strength that they rely on. She comes from a long line of medicine women,
and
speaks about the interconnectedness of being a woman and mother, and putting
her life on the line for her community. As part of this speaking tour Ms.
Cristancho will participate in the Third Session of the UN's Permanent Forum
on
Indigenous Issues whose theme this year is Indigenous Women.
year is Indigenous Women.
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4G) MONDAY, MAY 17 - 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Brown v Board of Education:
Promises To Keep
sponsored by
the Beverly Hills Bar Association
Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association, ACLU of Southern
California, Public Counsel, Progressive Jewish Alliance, CLUE, Council on
American Islamic Relations, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Physicians for Social
Responsibility-LA, Interfaith Communites United for Justice and Peace, Los
Angeles Human Relations Commission Free to the General Public
MCLE credit available
Holman United Methodist Church
3320 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles
(Arlington Exit off the 10 Fwy,
South to Adams, Right Two Blocks West)
directionsdownload a flyer
A community discussion exploring the historic decision in Brown v Board of
Education, decided May 17, 1954 and the work left to be done to achieve
racial
equality in America.
Featuring a panel of distinguished speakers:
Rev. James Lawson
Chair, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
Judge John Meigs
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Roosevelt Robinson
(ret),worked on the Brown case as a law student at Howard University
John Patton
Former President of the BHBA
Angela Oh
Member, President's Initiative on Race; Professor, University of California
at
Irvine
Isabelle Gunning
Professor of Law, Southwestern Univ. School of Law and Member, Board of
Directors, ACLU-SC
Stephen Rohde
Moderator; President, BHBA; Author of American Words of Freedom
RSVP to Pam at the BHBA, 310-553-6644
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4H) SUNDAY, MAY 23 - 7 PM
Hollywood United Methodist Church.
6817 Franklin Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90028-4490
SCREENING OF
What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy:
The War Against The Third World
Producer Frank Dorrel will be on hand to answer questions.
LIVE entertainment featuring Chicago Red as heard on Pacifica radio!
The beautiful sanctuary of the church holds 800 people, but parking is
limited.
Everyone is urged to carpool, take the Metro, or park at the Hollywood &
Highland mall just across the street)
The mall validates your ticket with a purchase, up to 4 hours for $2
Screening & Dialogue Co-Sponsored by:
Serving Team, Hollywood United Methodist Church ;
Silverlake Neighbors for Peace & Justice; & Office of the Americas
Free Childcare & Refreshments Provided
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4I) SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2004
EMERGENCY JUNE 5 DEMONSTRATION IN LOS ANGELES
Mass March and Rally
Bring the Troops Home NOW! All Foreign Troops Out of
Iraq!
Assemble 12 Noon, Olympic & Broadway
March to Downtown Federal Building for Rally
While the crisis of the U.S occupation of Iraq deepens,
momentum for International Day of Emergency Protests on
Saturday, June 5 is taking off!
U.S. out of Haiti, Korea, Afghanistan, Philippines,
Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela & Everywhere!
End the Colonial Occupation of Palestine - Support the
Right of Return!
Stand Against Racism Here & Abroad!
Money for Jobs, Education, Housing, Health Care, & Welfare
- Not for War!
Defend Civil Liberties & Immigrants' Rights!
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BUILD JUNE 5:
1) VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Poster and Leaflet this weekend!
Meet at the ANSWER office at 11 a.m. this Sat. and Sun. to
join postering and leafleting teams. We need to get the
word out as widely as possible.
2) ATTEND ANSWER ACTIVISTS' MEETINGS: every Tuesday at 7
p.m. at the ANSWER office. Get involved in mobilizing for
June 5!
the June 5th demonstration against occupation, and fill
out the form. Personal and organizational endorsements are
welcome!
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5) PLEASE ATTEND YOUR LOCAL PEACE VIGIL!
EVERY TUESDAY, 5 - 6 PM
Weekly vigil against Bechtel Corporation
707 Wilshire Blvd. Downtown LA at Hope Street,
just a few blocks from the Pershing Square Red Line station.
Spotlight Bechtel's receiving billions to implement US control
of Iraq's resources.
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EVERY THURSDAY, 5 to 7 PM
War Is Not The Answer Vigil
Wilshire and Veteran in Westwood
www:warisnottheanswervigil.org
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EVERY SUNDAY!
Arlington West Memorial Project in Santa Monica!
It will be happening every Sunday, all day long until sunset.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Anyone in the Los Angeles area who would like to help please call
Ed Ellis at 323-934-345 - email: ehe3@msn.com.
Hopefully, more and more VFP chapters all over the country will begin to do
this peace memorial. For more information on this project go to:
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6)
THE ALTERNATIVE TO OIL! BIODIESEL
Check it out!
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LIST OF LA AREA PEACE VIGILS:
http://coalitionforworldpeace.org