From: "Action Center" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:07:53 -0500 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [IAC] Impact of War on Children (1/26, NYC) & other anti-WEF activities PROTEST THE NYC MEETING OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM! As part of the week of action against the WEF … join these activities: 1) Saturday, January 26 - The Impact of War on Children, a day-long conference 2) Tuesday, January 29 - worksession / last volunteers meeting before Feb. 2 3) Wednesday, January 30 - Protest “Black Hawk Down” (second NY action!) 4) Friday, February 1 - “The People’s Agenda vs. the World Economic Forum” teach-in and evening indoor rally 5) Saturday, February 2 - “The People’s Struggle vs. the World Economic Forum” - mass rally at 50th St. and Park Ave. ********************* SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 ********************* THE IMPACT OF WAR ON CHILDREN The widening spiral of U.S. military intervention and economic sanctions has had a devastating impact on the lives and future of children in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Balkans and Latin America. Today, in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a third of the children are chronically ill and malnourished. Infrastructures for clean water and health care have been destroyed and schools are barely functioning. Again and again U.S.-sponsored wars have targeted vital civilian infrastructure. Saturday, January 26 The United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza (44 St. & First Ave.) NYC 11 am - 4 pm Speakers and Panels 10 am Refreshments and Exhibit of Iraqi Children’s Art An international panel of women authors, poets and human rights activists will examine the human consequences of these continuing U.S. wars. SPEAKERS: - Rosalie Bertell, recipient of the International Peace Bureau Sean MacBride Peace Award - Mary Diaz, Ex. Dir. of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children - Jennifer Klot, UNIFEM, Senior Governance Advisor at the UN Development Fund for Women - Sara Flounders, Co-Director of the International Action Center - Teresa Gutierrez, Coordinator Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia - Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness - Kindra Dunbar, Activist for US Children of Poverty - Samia Halaby, Palestinian Artist & NY/NJ Al Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition - Barbara Nimri Aziz, journalist and radio commentator on the Middle East - Asha Samad Matias, Dir. of Women’s Studies & Prof. of African Studies, City College of NY - Nadia Ahmad, Natl. Director of Students for International Peace and Justice - Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission/Congress for Korean Reunification - Lenora Foerstel, author and North American Coordinator for Women for Mutual Security - Debbie Daniels, Doctors for Global Health - Jennifer Wager, IFCO/Pastors for Peace - Gloria Quinones, Todo el Barrio con Vieques Hear updates and action plans for protests vs. World Economic Forum Feb. 1-2, New York City Iraqi children’s art exhibit A Friendly Bond - A Joyful Connection A child-to-child art exchange - 45 pieces of Iraqi childrens art 5,000 Iraqi children die each month from U.S. sanctions. Introduced by: Claudia Lefko & Kathleen Winkworth, organizers of Iraqi children art exhibition. For information, call 410-730-7483 or 212-633-6646, or see www.iacenter.org Program Organizers: Women for Mutual Security and the International Action Center; Sponsors: Women Strike for Peace, Al Awada Palestine Right of Return Coalition, Voices in the Wilderness, Students for International Peace & Justice, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Congress for Korean Reunification, Doctors for Global Health, Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia. (Special thanks to General Board of Ministries of the United Methodist Church, particularly to Elizabeth Calvin, for the funds that made this program possible.) ******************** TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 ******************** Hear final updates about the Feb. 1 teach-in and Feb. 2 protest against the World Economic Forum & help make signs, banners and more! @ 7 pm 39 W. 14th St., Room 206, NYC *********************** WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 *********************** SECOND NY PROTESTS AGAINST "BLACK HAWK DOWN" No new war in Somalia! Wednesday, January 30 @ 6 pm Union Square Theater: 13th St. and Broadway, NYC This movie is a blatantly racist attempt to create support among the U.S. public for a new war against Somalia. According to the Bush Administration, Somalia is at the top of the Pentagon's list of countries to be the next major target of the so-called "war against terrorism." In his review of "Black Hawk Down," New York Times movie reviewer Elvis Mitchell wrote that the movie "converts the Somalis into a pack of snarling dark-skinned beasts … it reeks of glumly staged racism." All those who believe in justice for the people of the world must take a stand against U.S. threats against Somalia, Sudan, the Philippines, Iraq Called by NY A.N.S.W.E.R. Call 212-633-6646 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for info. ********************* FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 ********************* See http://www.InternationalANSWER.org for information about February 1 teach-in and mass indoor rally and the February 2 mass PERMITTED protest at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
