Poetry Group Jan 20, 9:30 am contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Platforms at 10:30 am
Jan 20: "Belated Justice for Nazi Resisters" Susanne Riveles (see
details below)
Jan 27: "The Politics of Presidential Primaries" Richard Katz,
Professor of Political Science, JHU (see details below)
Newcomers' Meeting Jan 27, 12:30 pm (for those who want to know more
about us -- all you questions answered.)
see our website http://www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org/
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Jan 20: "Belated Justice for Nazi Resisters" Susanne Riveles
Susanne Riveles will report on contemporary research findings about
Nazi crimes against humanity. Only since the fall of the Berlin wall are
new Nazi-Justice records accessible to researchers in a unified Germany.
She will describe the organization, work and persecution of the largest
Berlin based resistance organization fighting the Nazi regime on
numerous fronts. The members of the group were driven underground and
acted under the permanent threat of being arrested. Over 200 members
were caught, tried by the infamous Peoples Court, and executed in the
last months of World War II.
Susanne Riveles was born in Berlin and her family suffered severely
at the hands of the Nazis. Her father was executed for his role in
Resistance activities. She later earned her Ph.D. in African studies at
Howard University. Her studies relate the treatment of the people of
Namibia under German colonial rule to the Nazi racially discriminatory
treatment of Jews. She has worked with Amnesty International and led the
Southern Africa Coordination Group in the defense of prisoners of
Apartheid. She was Director of the Africa desk for Lutheran World Relief
and was Director of the Education and Advocacy for International Justice
and Human Rights Program for Church World Service. In those roles she
has traveled to Africa, and has written, testified and advocated to
improve conditions for development and human rights. She is currently on
the Boards of the Abell Improvement Association (AIA), the Charles
Village Community Benefits District Management Authority, and the
International Alliance of Women (IAW). She is Regional Vice President
for the Americas and Convenor of the IAW's Commission on Women, Peace
and Security. She is responsible for Planning, Land Use, Sanitation and
Housing for the AIA.
Jan 27: "The Politics of Presidential Primaries" Richard Katz, Professor
of Political Science, JHU
By this time the two major parties will have had primaries or
caucuses in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Nevada. In addition,
Republicans will have had a primary in South Carolina and county
conventions in Wyoming. Our own president, Dick Katz will help us read
the presidential tea leaves; describe how the primary process affects
our democracy; propose a better primary process; and mention some things
we might consider when Maryland holds its primary is on Feb 12.
Richard Katz is Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of
Political Science of Johns Hopkins University where he has taught for 30
years. He received an AB from the University of Michigan and PhD from
Yale in political science. His research interests are Comparative
Politics (Parties, Elections, European politics) and American Politics.
He has written 10 books; over 100 articles, chapters, reviews, and
conference papers; and has served on numerous editorial boards and
advisory committees, most recently as Consultant to the Privy Council
Office of the Government of Canada. He is currently doing his second
stint as President of BES and performs many of the little tasks that
keep the society humming.
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