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From: "Omar Guessous" <o_guessous-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Columbia Teach-in #2
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:54:18 -0400


Below is the announcement for the 2nd by the Columbia Anti-War Coalition.
This one is being set-up in collaboration with both a community organization
and a church.
As for transcripts of the 1st one, they are still not available; though the
remains to post them on the web as sound files. Will let you know when
they're available.
 Omar

* * IMPORTANT EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT * *

The Aftershocks of 9/11: Reflecting on the Crisis and Moving Forward
Where do we go from here?
How do we achieve justice?

Tuesday, October 23, 6:30 - 10 PM
The Riverside Church, Manhattan
Entrance at 91 Claremont Ave.
between 120th and 122nd Streets

Please come to a Teach-In at the Riverside Church on the aftermath of
September 11 stressing education, reflection and action.  Prominent public
intellectuals will speak on key interrelated issues with a focus on
understanding the political and historical context of the current crisis and
moving forward to achieve justice.

Featured Speakers:

Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.
Senior Minister of the Riverside Church

Dr. Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Anthropology and
Director of the Institute of African Studies, Columbia

Dr. Manning Marable
Professor of History and Political Science and founding Director of
the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Columbia

Hans von Sponeck
Former UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq,
Former UNDP Chief Representative for Pakistan and India

Syed Nauman Naqvi
Editor of Rethinking Security, Rethinking Development: An Anthology
of Papers from the Third Annual South Asian NGO Summit

Roger Normand
Co-founder and Executive Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights

This teach-in is the first in a series of educational events to be held at
the Riverside Church.

Co-Sponsored by:
Mission and Social Justice Ministries of the Riverside Church
The Center for Economic and Social Rights
The Columbia Anti-War Coalition

Please distribute this announcement to all groups and individuals who may be
interested in attending.  For a copy of the poster for the event, please
click on http://www.cesr.org/Emergency%20Response/oct23%20poster.pdf or
visit our website at www.cesr.org.


Omar Guessous
Community Psychology Ph.D. Program
Georgia State University

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Teachers need to become warriors against certainty ...
We need to teach dangerously, but to live with optimism.
We need to be outrageous, but to temper our outrage with
love and compassion.  -  Peter McLaren
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