FYI. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator
------- Forwarded message follows ------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sophia Isako Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:22:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: RAWA in NYC ------------------ Dear FEASTers and SWIPers, RAWA will be in NYC this Sunday evening. I look forward to seeing some of you there, Sophia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >THE OTHER AMERICA WELCOMES > >THE OTHER AFGHANISTAN > > > >AN EVENING OF INTERNATIONAL > >SOLIDARITY WITH RAWA -- > >the Revolutionary Association > >of the Women of Afghanistan > > > > > > > >Date: Sunday, October 28, 2001 > >Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m. > >Place: Judson Memorial Church > > 55 Washington Square South > > (between Thompson and > > Sullivan Streets), Manhattan > > > > > >The meeting is free and open to the public, but no cameras and no news > >media will be allowed. Seating is limited. > > > >Must we choose a "lesser evil" -- the terrorist attacks of September > >11 or the U.S. government's war on Afghanistan? Or is it possible to > >turn a different vision of the future into a reality -- a future of freedom, > >human dignity, cooperation, and genuine safety? Who are our allies in > >helping to realize this vision? > > > >Come listen to and speak with TAMEENA FARYAL, representative of RAWA, > >the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. > > > >RAWA is an independent, all-volunteer, non-violent organization that > >calls for multilateral disarmament and the establishment of a secular > >democracy in Afghanistan, where women may once again participate fully > >in public life. > > > >Since 1977, the women of RAWA have stood up to all native and foreigner > >oppressors with courage and principle. They opposed the Russian occupation > >of Afghanistan and today they oppose all Islamic fundamentalist forces, > >including both the Taliban and those in the Northern Alliance. > > > >On September 14, RAWA condemned the September 11 attacks as a barbaric > >act of violence and terror; opposed a U.S. military attack that would > >kill thousands of innocent Afghans for the crimes committed by the Taliban > >and Osama; and expressed its sincere hope that the great American people > >can *differentiate* between the people of Afghanistan and a handful of > >fundamentalist terrorists. > > > >While the Taliban have outlawed education for women beyond the second > >grade, and deny them the few social services that exist in Afghanistan, > >RAWA secretly -- and under the threat of death -- provides schooling > >for > >girls and boys, as well as medical care and adult education for women. > > In neighboring Pakistan, it provides Afghan refugees with aid, runs > >orphanages, and sponsors income-generating projects. > > > >PROGRAM OF THE OCTOBER 28 MEETING > > > >Welcome (6:30-6:40) > >Anne Jaclard > >News and Letters Committees > >(Marxist-Humanists) > > > >Introduction (6:40-6:50) > >TBA > >Women for Afghan Women > > > >MAIN ADDRESS (6:50-7:40) > >TAHMEENA FARYAL > >Representative of RAWA > >(Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) > > > >Open Discussion, > >Questions and Answers (7:40-8:30) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > >******* > >NOTE ON FORWARDED INFO -- This listserv has been established to > >facilitate communication of upcoming events responding to the events > >of 9/11. Unless indicated as a TWW PAC action, information listed > >does not necessarily represent or reflect the official position of > >TWW PAC. > > > >Third World Within - Peace Action Coalition (TWW-PAC) was initiated by the > >NYC Coalition Against Police Brutality (CAPB), in the aftermath of September > >11th. TWW-PAC consists of over 20 NYC-based organizations run by & for > >People of Color -- many that have worked together against police violence, > >the prison industrial complex, racism, xenophobia, homophobia/transphobia, > >sexism and other issues. In mourning the lives lost on September 11th, we > >have come together at this time to help build a movement to mourn and honor > >lives lost; resist racist/xenophobic backlash; oppose war and US-sponsored > >retaliation; and demand social and economic justice for Third World and > >Indigenous peoples within and outside the US. > > > >To subscribe to this list, send a blank email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 Mob: 021 150 2862 ************************************
