Upcoming events announced by the OMNI Center
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:06 am
MARCH 26, SUNDAY, VIDEO UNDERGROUND, Out of the Past
In 1995, Kelli Peterson started a gay and straight club at her Salt Lake City high school. The story of her ensuing battle with school authorities is interspersed with looks back at the diary of Michael Wigglesworth, a 17th-century Puritan cleric, at the 30-year love affair of Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Adams Fields, at Henry Gerber's attempt after World War I to establish a gay-rights organization, at Bayard Rustin's role in the civil rights movement, and at Barbara Gittings' taking on of the American Psychiatric Association's position that homosexuality is illness. One person comments, "To create a place for ourselves in the present, we have to find ourselves in the past." Show Time: 70 Minutes. PARKING: Behind OMNI/United Campus Ministry, on Storer and Maple Streets., north in UA Lot 36 on Douglass.
MARCH 27, Monday, Women’s History Banquet, Clarion Inn, 6:30pm.
Contact Mary Bess Mulhollan 442-7333.
MARCH 28, 3PM, TUESDAY
OMNI at the University of Arkansas for Peace, Justice & Ecology is hosting director Robbie Leppzer on Tuesday, March 28, with 2 films. Leppzer will screen his film, “Columbus Didn’t Discover Us: Native People’s Perspectives on the Columbus Legacy” in Giffels Auditorium at 3 pm. Giffels is on the 2nd floor of Old Main on the UA campus. “Columbus Didn’t Discover Us” has aired on PBS and Free Speech TV.
At 6 pm in the Union Ballroom, the same day, Tuesday, March 28th, Leppzer will show his most recent documentary, “The Peace Patriots“ a feature documentary film about dissent in a time of war, specifically the current war in Iraq. Howard Zinn, author of “A People’s History of the United States,” said, “This film gives us hope and inspiration. I hope it will be seen widely.”
MARCH 28, 6PM, TUESDAY, “THE PEACE PATRIOTS” DIRECTED BY ROBBIE LEPPZER 78 minutes, UA UNION BALLROOM, 6PM
On March 20, 2003, the United States launched a military invasion of Iraq. A month before, over 15 million people around the world demonstrated against this impending war in an unprecedented day of global protest. In the U.S., grassroots opposition to this war grew at a larger and faster rate than during the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s.
Filmmaker Robbie Leppzer chronicles the story of people living in one area of New England—the Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts—who oppose the U.S. invasion and military occupation of Iraq.
Narrated by actress and Air America Radio host, Janeane Garofalo, this feature-length documentary film follows a diverse group of individuals, ranging in age from 13 to 74, including middle and high school students, college students, teachers, clergy, and war veterans from Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, as they take part in vigils, marches, theater performances, and civil disobedience sit-ins to protest the war.
THE PEACE PATRIOTS is an intimate portrait of American dissenters reflecting on their personal participation as engaged citizens in a time of war.
The film features contemporary music by 2005 Grammy Award winner Steve Earle, Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Jonatha Brooke, Stephan Smith, Saul Williams, DJ Spooky, and original music by John Sheldon.
Parking: UA Parking Garage adjacent to Student Union. Both events are free and open to the public. Contact: Stephen Coger 479-495-1316.
MARCH 29, WEDNESDAY, 7p.m., STRUGGLE AGAINST EXXONMOBIL IN COLOMBIA, at OMNI, Jose Julio Perez will talk at the UCM Sanctuary about US corporate and military involvement in the Colombian coal industry. Colombia exports the majority of coal entering the United States and is home to El Cerrejon, the largest open pit coal mine in the world. The mine was initiated as a joint venture between the Colombian government and the Exxon corporation (later ExxonMobil). In the summer of 2000 Jose Julio Perez was attacked by armed mine security officials as he tried to film the conditions surrounding his village. In August 2001, he was one of the leaders of the community as members tried to peacefully stop the police, army, and bulldozers that came to raze their town, dragging people out of their homes and destroying all of their possessions. We will see a short video of the village’s demolition, followed by a talk by Jose Julio Perez, the elected President of the Community Council of the town of Tabaco, a small Afro-Colombian village located on the periphery of the coal mine in the Guajira province of northern Colombia. The village was displaced in August 2001, and its residents have since then been struggling to be relocated as a community.
PARKING: Behind OMNI/United Campus Ministry, on Storer and Maple Streets., north in UA Lot 36 on Douglass.
MARCH 30, Thursday, James Carville and Mary Matalin will lecture at the UofA, 8p.m, at Barnhill Arena. Admission free, tickets not required. TMN (3-15).
MARCH 31, Deadline for reservations to the ACLU’s Annual Spring Dinner Fundraiser on April 6, Clarion Inn, 6pm social, 7pm dinner. Senator Dale Bumpers Speaker. Contact Frank Head 521-1508 or fhaed@aol.com
March 31, Friday, 7pm, “Birds in Paradise” Birdhouse Auction
At UA Hembree Alumni House, for Richardson Center. 872-1800.
APRIL 1, SATURDAY, 10:30 –12:00 PROTEST THE WAR
Mall and Joyce, at MacDonald’s just east of W-M. Contact Chris at omniprotest@yahoo.com
KEEP THE MARCH 11 RALLY GOING every first Saturday.
APRIL 1, 11:30, RAPID RESPONSE WRITERS Every First Saturday.
Ozark Mountain Smokehouse on Dickson. Contact Larry Froelich.
APRIL 2, SUNDAY, 7PM, OMNI’S PEACE COFFEEHOUSE OPEN MIC
Contact Kelly Mulhollan and Donna Stjerna.
MAY 20, SATURDAY, PEACE GARDENS NETWORK PERIPATETIC PARTY
From 10 to 4 visit gardens of our network. More information coming soon. Contact Dick.
AUGUST 10-13, “Sow Justice, Reap Peace -- Strategies for Moving Beyond War"
2006 Veterans For Peace Annual Convention, August 10-13, Seattle, WA, http://vfpnationalconvention.org/
OCTOBER 5-8, The Peace and Justice Studies Association will hold its 4th annual conference at Manhattan College, in the Bronx, New York City. We invite proposals for paper presentations, organized panels, roundtable discussions, workshops and other creative contributions on these and related questions. As our mission statement says, "We are dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for peacebuilding, social justice, and social change." Please send an abstract (no more than 200 words), to Margaret Groarke, Peace Studies, Manhattan College, Bronx NY 10471 or to pjsa2006@manhattan.edu. Please clearly state the preferred format of your proposal (paper, panel, workshop, roundtable discussion, etc.), and please include a brief biographical sketch. The deadline for proposal submission is May 1, 2006. (PJSA has some travel money for students.)
In 1995, Kelli Peterson started a gay and straight club at her Salt Lake City high school. The story of her ensuing battle with school authorities is interspersed with looks back at the diary of Michael Wigglesworth, a 17th-century Puritan cleric, at the 30-year love affair of Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Adams Fields, at Henry Gerber's attempt after World War I to establish a gay-rights organization, at Bayard Rustin's role in the civil rights movement, and at Barbara Gittings' taking on of the American Psychiatric Association's position that homosexuality is illness. One person comments, "To create a place for ourselves in the present, we have to find ourselves in the past." Show Time: 70 Minutes. PARKING: Behind OMNI/United Campus Ministry, on Storer and Maple Streets., north in UA Lot 36 on Douglass.
MARCH 27, Monday, Women’s History Banquet, Clarion Inn, 6:30pm.
Contact Mary Bess Mulhollan 442-7333.
MARCH 28, 3PM, TUESDAY
OMNI at the University of Arkansas for Peace, Justice & Ecology is hosting director Robbie Leppzer on Tuesday, March 28, with 2 films. Leppzer will screen his film, “Columbus Didn’t Discover Us: Native People’s Perspectives on the Columbus Legacy” in Giffels Auditorium at 3 pm. Giffels is on the 2nd floor of Old Main on the UA campus. “Columbus Didn’t Discover Us” has aired on PBS and Free Speech TV.
At 6 pm in the Union Ballroom, the same day, Tuesday, March 28th, Leppzer will show his most recent documentary, “The Peace Patriots“ a feature documentary film about dissent in a time of war, specifically the current war in Iraq. Howard Zinn, author of “A People’s History of the United States,” said, “This film gives us hope and inspiration. I hope it will be seen widely.”
MARCH 28, 6PM, TUESDAY, “THE PEACE PATRIOTS” DIRECTED BY ROBBIE LEPPZER 78 minutes, UA UNION BALLROOM, 6PM
On March 20, 2003, the United States launched a military invasion of Iraq. A month before, over 15 million people around the world demonstrated against this impending war in an unprecedented day of global protest. In the U.S., grassroots opposition to this war grew at a larger and faster rate than during the Vietnam anti-war movement of the 1960s.
Filmmaker Robbie Leppzer chronicles the story of people living in one area of New England—the Connecticut River Valley in western Massachusetts—who oppose the U.S. invasion and military occupation of Iraq.
Narrated by actress and Air America Radio host, Janeane Garofalo, this feature-length documentary film follows a diverse group of individuals, ranging in age from 13 to 74, including middle and high school students, college students, teachers, clergy, and war veterans from Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, as they take part in vigils, marches, theater performances, and civil disobedience sit-ins to protest the war.
THE PEACE PATRIOTS is an intimate portrait of American dissenters reflecting on their personal participation as engaged citizens in a time of war.
The film features contemporary music by 2005 Grammy Award winner Steve Earle, Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Jonatha Brooke, Stephan Smith, Saul Williams, DJ Spooky, and original music by John Sheldon.
Parking: UA Parking Garage adjacent to Student Union. Both events are free and open to the public. Contact: Stephen Coger 479-495-1316.
MARCH 29, WEDNESDAY, 7p.m., STRUGGLE AGAINST EXXONMOBIL IN COLOMBIA, at OMNI, Jose Julio Perez will talk at the UCM Sanctuary about US corporate and military involvement in the Colombian coal industry. Colombia exports the majority of coal entering the United States and is home to El Cerrejon, the largest open pit coal mine in the world. The mine was initiated as a joint venture between the Colombian government and the Exxon corporation (later ExxonMobil). In the summer of 2000 Jose Julio Perez was attacked by armed mine security officials as he tried to film the conditions surrounding his village. In August 2001, he was one of the leaders of the community as members tried to peacefully stop the police, army, and bulldozers that came to raze their town, dragging people out of their homes and destroying all of their possessions. We will see a short video of the village’s demolition, followed by a talk by Jose Julio Perez, the elected President of the Community Council of the town of Tabaco, a small Afro-Colombian village located on the periphery of the coal mine in the Guajira province of northern Colombia. The village was displaced in August 2001, and its residents have since then been struggling to be relocated as a community.
PARKING: Behind OMNI/United Campus Ministry, on Storer and Maple Streets., north in UA Lot 36 on Douglass.
MARCH 30, Thursday, James Carville and Mary Matalin will lecture at the UofA, 8p.m, at Barnhill Arena. Admission free, tickets not required. TMN (3-15).
MARCH 31, Deadline for reservations to the ACLU’s Annual Spring Dinner Fundraiser on April 6, Clarion Inn, 6pm social, 7pm dinner. Senator Dale Bumpers Speaker. Contact Frank Head 521-1508 or fhaed@aol.com
March 31, Friday, 7pm, “Birds in Paradise” Birdhouse Auction
At UA Hembree Alumni House, for Richardson Center. 872-1800.
APRIL 1, SATURDAY, 10:30 –12:00 PROTEST THE WAR
Mall and Joyce, at MacDonald’s just east of W-M. Contact Chris at omniprotest@yahoo.com
KEEP THE MARCH 11 RALLY GOING every first Saturday.
APRIL 1, 11:30, RAPID RESPONSE WRITERS Every First Saturday.
Ozark Mountain Smokehouse on Dickson. Contact Larry Froelich.
APRIL 2, SUNDAY, 7PM, OMNI’S PEACE COFFEEHOUSE OPEN MIC
Contact Kelly Mulhollan and Donna Stjerna.
MAY 20, SATURDAY, PEACE GARDENS NETWORK PERIPATETIC PARTY
From 10 to 4 visit gardens of our network. More information coming soon. Contact Dick.
AUGUST 10-13, “Sow Justice, Reap Peace -- Strategies for Moving Beyond War"
2006 Veterans For Peace Annual Convention, August 10-13, Seattle, WA, http://vfpnationalconvention.org/
OCTOBER 5-8, The Peace and Justice Studies Association will hold its 4th annual conference at Manhattan College, in the Bronx, New York City. We invite proposals for paper presentations, organized panels, roundtable discussions, workshops and other creative contributions on these and related questions. As our mission statement says, "We are dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for peacebuilding, social justice, and social change." Please send an abstract (no more than 200 words), to Margaret Groarke, Peace Studies, Manhattan College, Bronx NY 10471 or to pjsa2006@manhattan.edu. Please clearly state the preferred format of your proposal (paper, panel, workshop, roundtable discussion, etc.), and please include a brief biographical sketch. The deadline for proposal submission is May 1, 2006. (PJSA has some travel money for students.)