Rev. Janet McKeithen, Blase & Theresa Bonpane, Sandra & Ulis Williams, Frank Dorrel & Andy Manoff
Invite You To IMAGINE A BETTER WORLD! A Night of Beauty to Support ImaginAction's Local & Global Projects With Hector Aristizabal A Celebration of Life & Transformation Through Art, Music, Theater, Storytelling & Life Drawing... Saturday, March 3rd - 6:30 PM At The Church In Ocean Park 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica 90405 Appetizers - Thai Dinner - Delicious Homemade Desserts The Evening Will End with Live Music & Dancing All For Just $25 Reservations Call: <tel:310-345-4883> 310-345-4883 Or Send Checks to: ImaginAction 788 East Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, CA 91024 For More Information: sandrasdelmu...@gmail.com - 310-345-4883 or 310-940-7303 Opening & closing rituals to give you a taste of ImaginAction's methodologies & working philosophy on creating sudden villages. 10 minute video showing ImaginAction's many projects around the world. A Few of ImaginAction's Projects... Working with leaders of the internally displaced population (the largest in the world) in Colombia. Ongoing work with youth impacted by the in/justice system in Los Angeles. Channeling the stories of survivors with theatre at the Program for Torture Victims (PTV). Ongoing work in Palestine, especially with the Freedom Theatre in Jenin. Work with environmental groups in Hong Kong, Beijing and Lanzhou, China. Creating Street Theatre Performance/Vigil with giant puppets to support the SOAWatch in their efforts to close the SOA/WHINSEC to change the paradigm of militarism. CO-SPONSORS: School of the Americas Watch (SOAW), The Program for Torture Victims (PTV), Office of the Americas (OOA), Palisadians for Peace, Topanga Peace Alliance, Interfaith Communities United for Justice & Peace (ICUJP), Addicted To War ImaginAction ~ Arts & Activism For a Better World: www.imaginaction.org <http://www.imaginaction.org/> Creative Director of ImaginAction Hector Aristizabal <http://skid.mywebroot.com/~imagina/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hector.jpg> http://skid.mywebroot.com/~imagina/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hector-150x150 .jpg Hector Aristizábal was born and raised in Medellín, Colombia when it was the most dangerous city in the world. One of his brothers was seduced by the power of crack cocaine and another by the promises of revolutionary armed struggle. Hectors path was different. He worked his way out of poverty to become a theatre artist and pioneering psychologist with a Masters degree from Antioquia University, then survived civil war, arrest and torture at the hands of the US-supported military. In 1989, violence and death threats forced him to leave his homeland. In exile, Hector struggled to overcome his rage and desire for vengeance and to channel these energies instead into constructive social action. Since arriving in the US, he has won acclaim and awards as an artist and also received a second Masters degree, in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pacific Oaks College, leading him to combine his training in psychology and the arts with lessons gained from life experience in his therapeutic work with torture and trauma survivors, incarcerated youth, immigrant families, and people affected by HIV/AIDS. As an activist, he uses theatrical performance as part of the movement to end torture and to change US policy in Latin America. He founded ImaginAction to help people tap the transformative power of theatre in programs throughout the US, Latin America, Europe and around the world, as far afield as Afghanistan, India, and Palestine, for community building and reconciliation, strategizing, and individual healing and liberation. Through experiential workshops, theater performances and other creative events, ImaginAction invites participants to explore embodied knowledge, challenge the inevitability of violence, and use their imaginations for a more just and joyous life for all people. He also serves on the core council of the Colombia Peace Project-LA and on the boards of the Program for Torture Victims and of Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, a global forum for social justice based on the ideas of Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. He is co-author of: <http://www.amazon.com/Blessing-Next-Wound-Activism-Transformation/dp/159056 1716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281722430&sr=8-1> The Blessing Next to the Wound: A Story of Art, Activism, and Transformation. <http://imaginaction.org/about-us/hector-aristizabal> http://imaginaction.org/about-us/hector-aristizabal [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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