Original message sent by Heather Schreck: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Malalai Joya Tours the US Monday March 6th at 7:00 PM Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Westminster Chapel, 663 S. Berendo, Los Angeles (near the corner of Wilshire and Vermont) Emcee: Sonali Kolhatkar (KPFK, Afghan Women's Mission) For more information, call 626-676-7884
<http://afghanwomensmission.org/press_releases/Joya2006> In March 2006, 27 year old Afghan Parliamentarian, Malalai Joya will visit the United States in an <http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/press_releases/Joya2006/event_calend ar.php> exciting multi-city tour. Joya will kick off her US tour in Los Angeles . The BBC has called Joya " the most famous woman in Afghanistan." She has survived numerous assassination attempts and continues to speak out against the abuses of warlords and drug lords in the Parliament and cabinet. >From Los Angeles, Joya will head across the country for a multi-city, nationwide tour to the East Coast, mid-West, and back to the West Coast. There will also be a screening of excerpts from "View From a Grain of Sand," a new documentary about Afghan women, with film maker Meena Nanji. There is information on our website at: www.afghanwomensmission.org Women's Rights, Warlords, and the US Occupation of Afghanistan Malalai Joya Speaks Out Join us for an International Women's Day celebration with Malalai Joya. She is one of the most popular members of the new Afghan parliament. She has been called "the most famous woman in Afghanistan." She has survived numerous assassination attempts for speaking out against US backed warlords. Now 27-year old Malalai Joya visits the US for the first time since her 2005 election. "They will kill me but they will not kill my voice because it will be the voice of all Afghan women. You can cut the flower, but you cannot stop the coming of spring." - Malalai Joya, BBC News, January 2006 Sponsored by Code Pink for Peace, AWARE, Global Voices for Justice, Casa del Pueblo, Sweatshop Watch and Frank Dorrel For more information call 626-676-7884 or visit: <outbind://60/www.afghanwomensmission.org> www.afghanwomensmission.org for a complete listing of events. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
