Calendar
April 2004
Thursday
Discussion led by Sheila Rosenthal 12:10 p.m.
Wesley Foundation
Part of the Science and Theology brown bag lunch talk series.
Map for Wesley - Click for a map.
"The Friendship Village" is an award-winning 50-minute documentary by Canadian filmmaker Michelle Mason about an international group of veterans who are building a village in Viet Nam for children with Agent Orange-related disabilities. Built on a former rice paddy near Hanoi, the Friendship Village stands not only as a symbol of peace and reconciliation, but as a testament to the potential for all people to come to terms with the past, heal the wounds of war, and create a better world. Following the story of the village's founder, American veteran George Mizo, "The Friendship Village" takes us through his experiences of war's horror to the personal transformation that led to the birth of his remarkable village. Working alongside the Vietnamese general responsible for killing his entire platoon in 1968, George and other veterans from the USA, Vietnam, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and Australia are attempting to mitigate the ongoing effects of the toxic herbicide sprayed during the war. Their efforts are a powerful example of how average people can still make a profound difference in our increasingly globalized world. As such, the Vietnam Friendship Village has the potential to change not only the lives of the children who live in it and the men who build it, but all who come to understand its mission. Winner of the Silver Hugo for Best Social/Political Documentary from the 2003 Chicago International Television Awards and Best Documentary and Best Director of a Documentary at the 2003 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
Friday
12:30 p.m.
Memorial Mall
POLE (Purdue Organization for Labor Equality) presents: An informative street theater performance on the fight for fair working conditions this Friday on the Memorial Mall at 12:30. All are invited to come learn about the Cintas campaign and support social Justice. Cintas, a uniform and laundry company that has contracts with Purdue, has a long list of workers’ rights violations and anti-union policies. We want Cintas’s dirty laundry off our campus, and we need student support to bring about change.
Sunday
7:30 p.m.
Wesley Foundation (435 West State Street, at corner of Sheetz Street) (Click for a map.)
Wednesday
4:30-6 p.m.
Morgan Room, 2nd floor, Food Science Building, Purdue
PBS video, "Greener Grass: Cuba Baseball, and the U.S."
Talk by Stephen Walt
8 p.m.
Loeb Theatre
Stephen Walt is Academic Dean,Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and author of numerous books and articles on United States foreign policy. A public recption will follow the lecture.
Part of the Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series on World Affairs.
Thursday
Discussion Leaders: David Kemmerer and Jean McCollister 12 noon
Wesley Foundation
Part of the Science and Theology brown bag lunch talk series.
Map for Wesley - Click for a map.
Prof. Kemmerer, School of Liberal Arts, Purdue University, teaches in the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences and the Department of Psychological Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from SUNY Buffalo in 1992. Ms. McCollister, an independent journalistic writer on international affairs has a BA in Zoology and Slavic Languages and Literature. She is also a Rhodes Scholar. Prof. Kemmerer and Ms McCollister will complete their talk of March 11, after presenting it in Bosnia. It is an exceptional talk.
Friday
Stewart Center
Please contact Sheila at info@lafayettepeace.org for more information or to volunteer.
Tuessday
12 noon-1 p.m.
Stewart Room 318
Talk by Lupe Niumeitolu and Stacy Weida, Masters students, American Studies Program and Megan MacDonald, Ph.D. student, American Studies Program. Part of the Women's Studies Noon Lecture Series.
Uncovered film screening
7:30 p.m.
Beering Hall, Room 2280, Purdue
MoveOn.org has taken odds with the Bush Administration in their production of the Iraqi War documentary "Uncovered". The film presents interviews with more than 20 experts, all of whom have informed opinions about the reasons we were given for war and the evidence presented to support those reasons. Among those interviewed are former Ambassador Joe Wilson, weapons inspectors Scott Ritter and David Albright, and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern. For more information, see the film's website
Sponsored by the Lafayette Area Peace Coalition, Purdue Peace Action, the Peace Studies Program at Purdue and Pax Christi.
Thursday
12 noon
Wesley Foundation
Part of the Science and Theology brown bag lunch talk series.
Map for Wesley - Click for a map.
Cliff Kindy, a member of Christian Peacemakers Teams (CPT), has just returned from a five month stay in Iraq. Members of the CPT live among the Iraqi people and report what they observe.
Bearing Witness in Iraq, Cliff Kindy speaks (2nd talk)
7 p.m.
Lafayette Church of the Brethren (1107 S. 18th Street in Lafayette)
Wednesday
4:30-6 p.m.
Morgan Room, 2nd floor, Food Science Building, Purdue
Talk on "Baseball in Cuba Today" by Peter Bjarkman.
Saturday
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
University Church (320 North Street in West Lafayette)
Help support the International Center! Sample the world with food from over 25 countries. Call 743-4353 for more information, volunteers needed.
Sunday
7:30 p.m.
Wesley Foundation (435 West State Street, at corner of Sheetz Street) (Click for a map.)
Frank Rosenthal, professor in the School of Health Sciences, will be speaking on the topic of "Environmental Justice in the Workplace and the Community."
Tuesday
7 PM
BRNG 2290
Part of Purdue's Earth Week.
Wednesday
4:30-6 p.m.
Morgan Room, 2nd floor, Food Science Building, Purdue
Film: Wim Wender's "Buena Vista Social Club"
Environmental Literature Reading and Discussion:
Kenzie's Coffeeshop
7PM
Environmental Justice to be of major concern. Part of Purdue's Earth Week.
Talk by Thea Lee
8 p.m.
Loeb Theatre
Thea Lee is, Assistant Director for International Economics, Public Policy Department, AFL-CIO, co-author of A Field Guide to the Global Economy, and frequent media resource on global economic issues and their effects on workers. A public recption will follow the lecture.
Part of the Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series on World Affairs.
Click here to download a flyer (.doc file).
Thursday
9 a.m. - approximately 3 p.m.
Memorial Mall, Purdue
Earth Week Veggie Fest
9 a.m. - No Food Left
Memorial Mall, Purdue
Street Theatre
Memorial Mall
2 pm
Topic: Environmental Justice
Environmental Discussion Panel
RHPH (Pharmacy) 172
7 PM
What is the biggest threat to environmental sustainability we face locally and/or globally?" and "What is the most encouraging development for environmental sustainability of our day locally and/or globally?"
Panel Members are: 1. Dan Schuster - Purdue's Energy Director
2. Leigh Raymond - Political Science Dept.
3. Damon Hall- Graduate student at Purdue
4. Jan Mills ??" Mayor of West Lafayette
5. Marcia Daehler - Sierra Club
6. Ted - President of NICHES
World Potluck
6:00 p.m.
Wesley Foundation at Purdue (435 West State Street, at corner of Sheetz Street) (Click for a map.)
World Potlucks will now be held on the fourth Thursday of every month (February 26, March 25, April 22).
Click here to download a flyer (.doc file).
Sunday
10 a.m.
Assembly on the mall
http://www.marchforwomen.org/
Organized by the American Civil Liberties Union, Black Women's Health Imperative, Feminist Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, National Organization for Women and Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
For info. on local organizing, visit http://www.lafayettemarch.org/ or e-mail at lafayettemarch@yahoo.com.
LAPC is willing to sponsor one member to go to this March. If you are interested in attending the March and need financial assistance, contact Sheila at info@lafayettepeace.org.
Wednesday
4:30-6 p.m.
Morgan Room, 2nd floor, Food Science Building, Purdue
Talk on "Cuban art" by Phoebe Farris, Visual and Performing Arts.
First meeting of the ad-hoc "Anti-Bush/Pro-People Coalition"
7 p.m.
Tippecanoe County Public Library (606 South Street in Lafayette)
The LAPC is calling progressive groups to come together to form a coalition. The purpose of the coalition would be to strategize about ways to defeat Bush in the coming elections as well raise issues of importance to us. We feel it is important to be developing coalitions of people that can continue past the November election. This will be needed regardless of who wins the election. Plans could include preparing educational materials, presentation of panel discussions or speakers, door to door voter registration drives and other things.
Please RSVP by contacting Sheila at info@lafayettepeace.org.