Tomorrow, "Crisis in Iraq: Politics, Oil, & Refugees"
by
"brandywine" | 10.13.2007
"Raed Jarrar is a great speaker. He inspires and challenges us to
see the roots of the violence in Iraq in a different way."
- Peter Lems, American Friends Service Committee - Iraq Program
CRISIS IN IRAQ: POLITICS, OIL, & REFUGEES
Sunday 14 October 4:30 PM
University Lutheran Church
3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Tomorrow, Sunday, OCTOBER 14, You Are Invited to hear RAED
JARRAR, Iraqi political analyst and Iraq Oil Law expert, speak at the
Brandywine Peace Community Monthly *Potluck Supper & Program,
4:30PM, University Lutheran Church,. 3637 Chestnut St., Phila, PA
(corner of 37th & Chestnut Sts., next door to the International House
(*Bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share.)
Some of his recent articles and interviews are below.
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/speakers_bureau/raed_jarrar.htm
Nightmare Beyond Borders: The Iraqi Displacement Crisis and
What Can Be Done to Stop it.
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/tour/
Raed Jarrar, currently based in Washington, D.C, is an Iraqi political
analyst and consultant to AFSC�s Iraq Program . After the U.S.-led
invasion, Jarrar returned home to become country director for CIVIC
Worldwide, the only door-to-door casualty survey group in post-war
Iraq. He then established Emaar, (meaning �reconstruction� in
Arabic), a grassroots organization that provided humanitarian and
political aid to Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs). Emaar
delivered medicine and food as well as helped initiate micro-
enterprise projects for IDPs, with specific concern directed towards
women and children. Additionally, Emaar engaged in political
advocacy on behalf of populations displaced with specific concern
directed towards women and children
November '07 - January, 2008
Brandywine Peace Community Monthly* Potluck Supper & Program
2nd Sunday of the Month, 4:30PM
University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street, Phila., PA.
(Bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share.)
Sunday, November 11 - "Impeachment Is Not an Option, It's an
Imperative: Why letting Bush and Cheney leave office and hand off
their crimes to a Democratic successor would be a disaster for
America" - David Lindorff (www.thiscantbehappening.net), Award-
winning investigative journalist, author (with Barbara Olshansky) of
"The Case for Impeachment: Legal Arguments for Removing
President George W. Bush from Office"
Sunday, December 9 (Happy Birthday, George!) - a Brandywine
@30 Celebration and Tribute to legendary peace activists Lillian &
George Willoughby, with Gregory Barnes (author of the just
published "A Biography of Lillian and George Willoughby, Twentieth
Century Quaker Peace Activists", 2007, The Edwin Mellen Press) as
well as Lillian Willoughby, 92, and George Willoughby, 93. Readings
from the book by Gregory Barnes, reflective recollections by our
honored guests.
Sunday, January 13, 2008 - "Fighting for National Health Insurance:
ACivil Rights Movement for Universal [Single Payer] Healthcare",
film and talk by nationally known consultant on public health and
health care reform, Dr. Walter Tsou
MD, MPH, Walter Tsou is currently on the visiting faculty of the
University of Pennsylvania. He was President of the American
Public Health Association in 2005 and served as the Health
Commissioner of Philadelphia from April 2000 to February 2002.
He has extensive experience in public health and has lectured
widely on public health and health disparities, including recent
testimony in the U.S. Congress
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Church in Politics
Submitted by Sgt rock (not verified) on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 6:29amThis church's tax exempt status must be reviewed immediately. It's involvement in politics certainly violates the separation of church and state.
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