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"Finding Justice for East Timor": Spring 2002 ETAN speaking tour with
Filomena dos Reis
East Timorese activist FILOMENA BARROS DOS REIS will be speaking across the
country on justice and women's issues In February and March. The tour,
organized by the East Timor Action Network, will stress the need for an
international tribunal for East Timor and discuss issues currently facing
East Timorese women, including meaningful inclusion in political and social
processes, domestic violence, and the plight of women still trapped in
Indonesian refugee camps.
Filomena will visit the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, Wisconsin
For more information about Filomena and East Timor see www.etan.org
Public events to date include the following (in state order):
ARIZONA
contact: Chris Lundry, 480-784-4696, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mon Mar 18: at University of AZ in Tucson, contact Josh Banno,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tues Mar 19: afternoon at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff,
contact Sheila Nair, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Evening event at Arizona State University, Tempe, contact Chris
Lundry, 480-784-4696, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LOS ANGELES/ PASADENA, CA
contact: Ravinder Bhatia, 626-395-3493, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Weds Mar 6: 8:00 pm at Baxter Lecture Theater, Caltech; "Women Shaping
the World: Voices from Afghanistan, East Timor and Guatemala"
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
contact: Ben Terrall, 510-510-985-0385, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thurs Mar 14: 1:15 3:05 at Stanford University, class of Prof. Rush
Rehm
Fri Mar 15: afternoon event at UC-Berkeley
DENVER, CO
contact: Abby Erikson, 303-813-7715, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri Mar 8: 6:00 to 8:00 pm panel discussion on violence against women
at the University of Denver
NEW HAVEN, CT
contact: Ben Kiernan, 203-432-2870, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thurs Feb 14: 2:30 4:20 pm at Yale University, ISPS conference room,
77 Prospect St, Genocide Studies seminar presentation on "East Timor during
and after Indonesian Rule"
WASHINGTON, DC
contact: Karen Orenstein, 202-544-6911, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thurs Feb 28: evening event at American University
SOUTH BEND, IN
contact: Jim Madden, 219-634-1102, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri Feb 22: 4:00 pm at Notre Dame University, the Center for Social
Concerns Coffeehouse (next to the library)
BLOOMINGTON, IN
contact: Christy Campoll, 812-384-3630, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sat Feb 23: 3:00 pm at Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood,
Bloomington
BOSTON, MA
contact: Cynthia Peters, 617-524-3693, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mon Feb 11: 1:00 pm Boston University Law School, Barristers Hall, 765
Commonwealth Ave
4:00 pm at Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, 4th
floor Pound Hall, HRP conf area
Tues Feb 12: 4:00 pm at Tufts University, Eaton 206
6:45 pm at United for Peace with Justice Coalition meeting,
Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St
DETROIT, MI
contact: Tom Ness, 248-336-9241, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mon Mar 4: 7:00 pm at the Green House, 22757 Woodward Ste 210,
Ferndale (SW corner of 9 Mile and Woodward)
ANN ARBOR, MI
contact: Andy Conroe, 734-913-0393, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tues Mar 5: 12:00 pm at U.Michigan, room 1644 School of Social Work
bldg, 1080 South University Ave
MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL, MN
contact: Sarah Standefer, 651-429-4794, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mon Feb 18: 12:30 pm at Louisiana Cafe, at the corner of Selby and
Dale in St. Paul, sponsored by Women Against Military Madness
7:00 pm at Macalester College¹s Chapel, on Grand Ave near
intersection with Snelling in St. Paul, co-sponsored by U of M
ST. CLOUD, MN
contact: Melanie Lahr, 320-251-1783, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tues Feb 19: 2:00 pm at St. Cloud State University, Atwood Little
Theatre in the Atwood Memorial Center, on the corner of First Ave and Sixth
St
NEW YORK CITY
contact: John M. Miller, 718-596-7668, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tues Feb 26: 7:30 pm at Judson Memorial Church (Garden Room), 243
Thompson St (near Washington Sq Pk), Manhattan
CAMDEN, NJ
contact: Joanna Gerson, 856-833-0991, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Weds Feb 27: 4:00 pm at Rutgers University Camden law school on Fifth
St
TOLEDO, OH
contact: Natércia Godhino-Adams, 419-536-4902, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mon Mar 4: 12:00 pm at U.Toledo, co-sponsored by Sexual Assault
Education and Prevention Program and Interfaith
PORTLAND, OR
contact: Max White, 503-292-8168, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tues Mar 12: 6:30 pm at Campus Ministry
Weds Mar 13: 7:30 9:00 pm at Washington State University-Vancouver,
Student Services 110 lecture hall, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave, Vancouver, WA
PROVIDENCE, RI
contact: Rose Shuman, 401-831-6433, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Weds Feb 13: 4:30 pm at Brown University, Crystal Room of the Pembroke
Campus; co-sponsored by local Catholic Diocese
SEATTLE, WA
contact: Frank Zucker, 206-547-7735, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sun Mar 10: International Women¹s Day event at Seattle Center
Mon Mar 11: 12:00 pm at Antioch University
7:00 pm at U. Washington
MADISON, WI
contact: Tom Foley, 608-241-9135, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Weds Feb 20: 7:00 pm at UW-Madison 1121 Humanities building
Thurs Feb 21: 10:00 am at Edgewood College, room 108 Sonderegger
Filomena dos Reis has consistently worked for justice and freedom from
violence. In 1997, she began volunteering with the largest women's rights
organization in East Timor, educating women in isolated rural communities on
human and gender rights. Filomena was a delegate to the United Nations
"Beijing Plus Five" international conference on women's issues in June 2001,
and has represented the East Timorese Women's Network at other international
conferences. Filomena is currently the advocacy officer for the NGO Forum, a
coalition of non-governmental organizations throughout East Timor. With the
NGO Forum, she is working to establish an international tribunal in
coordination with international and East Timorese partners. Filomena also
counsels women victims of Indonesian military and domestic violence.
The half-island country of East Timor north of Australia is currently under
United Nations administration and will gain full independence on May 20.
>From 1975 to 1999, Indonesia illegally occupied East Timor, killing
one-third of the population - more than 200,000 people. Following East
Timor's overwhelming vote for independence in a UN-organized referendum in
August 1999, the Indonesian military and its militias carried out a scorched
earth campaign, killing several thousand East Timorese, raping hundreds of
women and girls, forcing three-quarters of the population from their homes,
and destroying over 70 percent of the country's infrastructure.
____________________________________________
Diane Farsetta
East Timor Action Network field organizer ETAN field office
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Social Justice Center
office 608-663-5431 1202 Williamson St
cell 608-347-4598 Madison, WI 53703
home 608-255-4598 fax 608-227-0141
Check out these internet sites!
the East Timor Action Network/US http://www.etan.org
Madison, WI - East Timor projects http://www.aideasttimor.org
Madison's Social Justice Center http://www.socialjusticecenter.org
"Up to 3,000 died in 1999, untold numbers of women were raped and 500,000
persons displaced... The survivors require more than material progress. They
need justice... Justice cannot be provided simply or easily. One thing is
certain, however, and that is that the future of East Timor depends on it."
-Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Bishop of Dili, East Timor and 1996 Nobel
laureate
