SCHEDULE OF SPEAKING EVENTS AT THE "THE ONION" (SEPULVEDA UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH) Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 7:30 PM Topic: Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11 After carefully collecting and sorting all of the violations by all U.S. Government agencies since 9/11, our speaker enunciates 30 categories of rights and duties being violated. A roadmap to the countless ways in which the Bush Administration has used lies and the politics of fear to assault the Bill of Rights, trash human rights, and launch a phony "War on Terror." Speaker: Renowned Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Ann Fagan Ginger _www.mcli.org/_ (http://www.mcli.org/) . Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 7:30 PM Topic: TALK ABOUT UNITY A Tuesday Night Forum presentation and discussion about increasing UNITY among the Workers Movements (unionized and unorganized), the Anti-War Movement and various political groups. How can UNITED ACTIONS among workers, students and political activists end the War on Iraq and bring about the end to oppression in the U.S., in Iraq and around the world? Is such UNITY - Si Se Puede? - or No Se Puede? Speaker: Civil Rights and Labor Law Attorney, Community Activist James P. DeMaegt, Regional Organizer of the new Students For A Democratic Society (SDS) _www.studentsforademocraticsociety.org_ (http://www.studentsforademocraticsociety.org/) Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 7:30 PM Topic: The International Commission of Inquiry into Bush War Crimes. "When the possibility of far-reaching war crimes and crimes against humanity exists, people of conscience have a solemn responsibility to inquire into the nature and scope of these acts and to determine if they do in fact rise to the level of war crimes " _http://www.bushcommission.org_ (http://www.bushcommission.org/) . Speaker: Stephen F. Rohde Esq., civil liberties lawyer, past president of the Southern California ACLU and co-founder of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace. Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 7:30 PM Topic: Time for a Peaceful Revolution. Speakers: Nick Seideda of the Alliance for democracy _http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/_ (http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/) and Reverend Paul Sawyer of the Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (Paul was the original minister of the Onion). Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 7:30 PM Topic: Solving the Crisis in Iraq: Congress Must Show Leadership Speaker: Erin Sikorsky-Stewart, State Political Director, California Peace Action _www.californiapeaceaction.org_ (http://www.californiapeaceaction.org/) ________________________________________________________ Please phone Ida Hurt at 818 772 1555 to confirm speakers. Doors open at 7:00 PM The Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society (SUUS) _http://www.webcom.com/onion/concerns.htm_ (http://www.webcom.com/onion/concerns.htm) , also known as "The Onion," is located at 9550 Haskell Ave. in North Hills. From Los Angeles take the 405 freeway north, exit left (westbound) on Nordhoff, go two blocks and turn right on Haskell. It's on the right side just north of Plummer. _______________________________________________________ Speakers needed: If you have any suggestions for program topics or know of someone you would like to invite to be our guest speaker, let us know. Some of the topics we have been interested in and for which we have not been able to find a speaker are: - Civil Rights, warrantless searches, freedom of assembly and racial discrimination - Unions and recent divisions within the Union movement - Whistleblower protections - The reunification of North and South Korea - The growing demonization of the Chinese (The China Threat Theory) - Economic disparity throughout the world (inequities of economic globalization) - The World Trade Organization, IMF and World Bank - Stealth surveillance and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) - The IRS threat to the All Souls Episcopalian Church in Pasadena - tax exempt status of NGO's and free speech. - Authentic dialogue (How Republicans, Democrats, Radicals or other groups can have a rational discussion without an argument) - International Law as it applies to the use of International Force [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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