Upcoming Events and Meetings

GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION on the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the U.S. BOMBING and INVASION of IRAQ

• Bring the troops home now!
• End colonial occupation from Iraq to Palestine and everywhere!
• Money for jobs, education, healthcare and housing - Not war!
• Stop the attacks on civil rights and civil liberties!

Sponsored by A.N.S.W.E.R.

CSUN UPJ / Women's History Month Film Series presents:

"Kim's Story: The Road from Vietnam"

Transportation and housing is available
csunstudentsagainstwar@hotmail.com

Anti-ROTC Demonstration:

• Guerrilla Theater
• March
• Teach-in

For more information, please contact:
csunstudentsagainstwar@hotmail.com or view the web site of the
CSUNUPJ ROTC/INS Issues Committeee.

10:30 AM, Guerrilla Theater at Sierra Quad, between Oviatt Library, ST, SH, FOB, and Science 1,2,3.

11:00 AM, Assemble for march

11:30 AM, March begins

12:36 PM, Teach-In around Oviatt Library

7 PM, Post-March Meeting at the Women's Center

7 PM, Sequoia Hall, Room #104.
Click here to view campus map.

The February 15 Demonstration is co-sponsored by International ANSWER Coalition, Coalition for World Peace, Not In Our Name Project, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace

More Info At:
http://www.answerla.org or call 213 487-2368

"A Raza Perspective: on the War Against the Middle East"

This talk is part of a series of Public Forums in opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq organized by the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) for the week of February 17-23 in California, Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Indiana.

Panel Discussion of Community Activists, Professors, and Students Panelists:

• Dr. Garibel Guttierez - Asst. Professor CSUN Chicano Studies Dept.
• Dr. David Rodriguez - Associate Professor CSUN Chicano Studies Dept.
• Jose Moreno - Graduate Student at CSUN Chicano Studies Dept. and and Chair of the NACCS Community Caucus
• Dr. Rosa Furumoto - Asst. Professor CSUN Chicano Studies Dept.
• Speaker from CSUN MEChA
• Dr. Karen Baird Olson - Asst. Professor CSUN Sociology and American Indian Studies Coordinator
• Miguel Paredes - CSUN Student Against the War

Organized by the American Indian Student Association, NACCS COMPAS Caucus, NACCS Community Caucus, and Center for the People of the Americas

*Glenn's Community Practicum, Gina Masequesmay's Vietnamese American Experiences, and Teresa K. Williams-Leon's Asian American Popular Culture courses will be coming together and discussing war and Asian American communities.

*Enrique de la Cruz's Race and Critical Thinking course will be discussing a writing assignment challenging them to think and write critically about the Iraq crisis and controversy.

*Glenn Omatsu's Asian American Media will be discussing the impending war as it relates to students' lives.

*Amir Hussain's Religion, Description, and Empire course will be discussing empire and what has been done in the name of "civilization," as it applies to First Nations people and residential schools in Canada.

*Karren Baird-Olson's Corrections course

*Rosa Furumoto's Field Work in Barrio Studies course

*Vivian Tseng's Developmental Psychology courses held on Tuesday and Thursday will be hosting student activists and veterans who will be speaking on their political development and activism.

Different CSUNUPJ faculty members will devote their classes to discuss about the impending war. Please check out the list of faculty courses.

8AM --Rally at corner of Nordhoff and Reseda.
Bring signs, banners, and loud voices.

10:30AM --Support high school students at Tampa and Nordoff with their walk.

2PM --MTA (transit workers) asked me to bring some students and profs down to pass out anti-war flyers.
The mechanics have been without a contact since 10-30-02. They are mad, and begining to talk about
striking against the war budget. They need our support. The depot is on Glenoaks at Brandford (near Osmond).

CAUSA invites you to see a special slide show presentation on Iraq this Thursday March 6.
Linda Tuback will be showing us the devastated realities of present Irak in an attempt to say "no to war".

CAUSA meets every Thursday from 3:30-4:30 PM in JR 115.

A field report by Dr. Manzar Foroohar [Professor of History, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo]

Several weeks ago Laura Bush canceled a poetry symposium at the White House because she learned that many of the poets invited to the event were planning to read anti-war poetry. Since her cancellation, poets from all over the country have been reading their anti-war poetry at community centers, universities, and protests--proving again that poets are always at the forefront of anti-war movements. Thousands of these poems are archived at
www.poetsagainstthewar.org. Join us in celebrating poetry as a form of struggle against oppression.

Everyone is Welcome!!!Come and listen to anti-war poetry from around the world. A lively discussion will follow each poem, and we also invite you to bring your own poetry to
share.

Sonali Kolhatkar speaks on "The Gendered Dimensions of the 'War on Terror'."

Sonali Kolhatkar is the host of "The Morning Show" on KPFK 90.7 FM.

5:30 pm, Reception
6 pm, Talk.

Oviatt Library Presentation Room, (Basement level)

MASS MARCH AND RALLY TO STOP THE WAR

Sponsors:
International ANSWER Coalition
Coalition for World Peace
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Not in Our Name Project

• Assemble 12 Noon at Olympic and Broadway in Los Angeles
  
• March to the Downtown Federal Building for a Mass Rally

Global Candlelight Vigil for Peace, Sunday 7 PM

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Reverend Robert Edgar, and other religious leaders call for candlelight vigils around the world on march 16th to say yes to peace -- and no to war with Iraq.

Hold a candlelight vigil in your neighborhood starting at 7 PM.

FMI: http://moveon.org/vigil/

http://www.globalvigil.org

Tim Wise to speak on:
What About Affirmative Action, “Reverse Discrimination”, and Scapegoating? Race, Power, and Politics in American Culture.

12:15 – 1:45 PM, Performing Arts Center, USU.

M.E.Ch.A. "de" California State University, Northridge
(CSUN), will have a press conference and educational teach in on the War in the Middle East

Speakers for the Panel Discussion are:

Dr. Rodolfo Acuna - Professor of Chicano Studies Dept.
Dr. David Rodriguez - Associate Professor of Chicano Studies Dept.
Dr. Rosa Furumoto - Asst. Professor Chicano Studies Dept.
Dr. Karen Baird Olson - Asst. Professor of Sociology and American Indian Studies Coordinator
Jose Moreno - Graduate Student at CSUN Chicano Studies Dept. and Chair of the NACCS Community Caucus and Student and Community Testimonies

10:30 am, Press Conference

11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m, Panel Discussion

Grand Salon in the Student Union Building, CSUN

12:30 to 1:45 PM, Part I;
2 to 3:15 PM, Part II

Balboa Room in USU

The event will include guest speakers, song, and poetry in a collective mourning and prayer, for Rachel Corrie, the Middle East, and World peace.

On March 16, 2003, the Israeli military murdered Rachel Corrie, a U.S. citizen, a nonviolent peace activist, and a member of the International Solidarity Movement. Rachel Corrie, a 23 year old college student, stood in front of an Israeli military bulldozer, wearing a bright orange blazer and in clear view of the driver, in order to protect the house of a Palestinian physician from demolition. Photographs and eyewitness accounts prove beyond any possible doubt that the driver intentionally ran over her, crushing and killing her, amidst the screams of her companions.

Students, faculty, staff and community members reacted with shock upon learning the news. "Rachel's murder by Israeli forces brings home what this struggle is all about. Rachel left the relative safety of U.S. soil to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people whose homes are being destroyed by the Israeli government with our tax dollars. Rachel's courageous life inspires new hope and determination in all of us to continue the struggle for peace and justice worldwide," said Rosa Furumoto, a Professor of Chicana/o Studies. Abel Silva, a member of SAW, added: "Every time I hear she was a college student our age, I shudder to think it could have easily been one of us."

CSUN SAW and UPJ members are concerned that this murder has not received appropriate coverage in the media or attention by our elected officials. "The Israeli military murdered Rachel Corrie because of her courageous efforts to prevent Israeli atrocities against innocent Palestinian civilians. To add to the injustice of her murder, Israeli armored vehicles even attacked mourners at Rachel Corrie's commemoration service, as they placed flowers where Rachel was killed. The time is long overdue for the United States Congress to end its funding of Israeli brutality and human rights violations," said Dr. David Klein, a Professors of Mathematics.

The event is sponsored jointly by SAW and UPJ.

7:00 pm, at the Sierra Quad, CSUN

Ed Asner on Faculty Organizing for Quality Education.

Rally then lunch buffet and talk. Please RSVP with name, department, phone and email to x5919

12:30 to 1:30 PM, Rally in front of Oviatt;

1:30 to 3, Buffet Lunch, CSUN

Tens of thousands will march through Hollywood to stop the war machine and the murderous invasion of Iraq

Help stop this war and prevent the next one
Bring the troops home now!
Spread the word

ANSWER
213-487-2368

Initiated by:
International ANSWER Coalition Los Angeles
Coalition for World Peace
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Global Womens Strike
Not In Our Name Project

12 noon

Assemble at Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood

March down Hollywood Boulevard towards La Brea

April 23, Wed.

Oil, War, and Peace

--How much Oil is left?
--What part does Oil play in the latest wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.)?
--How is American addiction to fossil fuels wreaking havoc on the planet?
--How can we shift to renewable energy and create a more peaceful and ecologically sustainable society?

Blase Bonpane will speak about the oil-war connection and Tony Bird and Jim Roberts (Pomona College) will explore "peak oil", alternative energies, and sustainable living. Would shifting to renewable energies help create a more peaceful and sustainable society?

Sponsored by CSUN Greens and by CSUN SAW.

"Pictures from Palestine"

Matt Horton from the International Solidarity Movement will present an eye-opening slide show on Palestine and discuss his experiences as a peace activist in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Registration begins at 10 AM
Suggested donation $5-$10.

Speakers, Literature, Break-Out Groups
Strategy; Analysis; Evaluation/Assessment; Break-Out Groups

Historical Perspective of the U.S. and the Middle East Strategies and Tactics for the Anti-War Movement in the Coming Period; U.S., Israel, and the Palestine National Liberation Movement; No War on the World: Stop US war move against the Philippines, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, etc.; War, Profit, and the Corporate Media; Stop U.S. Intervention from Colombia to Zimbabwe; The War at Home: Money for jobs, healthcare, education, housing, not for war; Fight Racism: Build the movement to stop police repression and demand economic justice; Defend immigrant rights: Stop round-ups and deportations; Defend Civil Rights: Not to the Patriot Act 1 and 2; U.S. Hands Off Cuba: Free the Cuban Patriots Held in U.S. Jails; International Solidarity: Defend the right of Self -Determination for all oppressed nations; Up against the Brass: organizing rank-and-file resistance in the U.S. military: justice for veterans.

Sponsor: International ANSWER Los Angeles. (213) 487-2368
www.answerla.org
Email: answer-la@acion-mail.org

11 AM to 6 PM, First Baptist Church,

760 Westmoreland Avenue (7th Street and Westmoreland), in Los Angeles

EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION TO PROTEST U.S. AGGRESSION AGAINST CUBA

Stop the New U.S. Aggression Against Cuba
Protest Bush's Speech Attacking Cuba
Protest U.S. Expulsion of Cuban Diplomats

In an escalation of U.S. threats against Cuban sovereignty, the U.S. has expelled 14 Cuban diplomats on phony chrages of spying, ordering them to leave the U.S. within 10 days. This latest move precedes a May 20 speech
in Miami by Pres. Bush, where he will announce a new round of hostile and aggressive measures against Cuba.

On that day, people across the country will be holding demonstrations and press conferences opposing a new U.S. war and threats against Cuba.

Sponsored by International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Endorsers (list in formation): Los Angeles Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba; National Committee to Free the Five Cubans

For more information or to endorse: (213) 487-2368

5 PM, Westwood Federal Building

11000 Wilshire (at Veteran)

PROTEST GEORGE W BUSH IN LOS ANGELES

OCCUPATION IS NOT LIBERATION -
NO WAR FOR EMPIRE!

• End the U.S. Colonial Occupation of Iraq!
• U.S. Troops out of Korea, the Phillipines, Colombia, and Afghanistan!
• Free Palestine -- End the U.S. Backed Israeli Occupation!
• U.S. Hands Off Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Syria, and Iran!
• Money for Jobs, Housing, Healthcare, Not for War! Defend Civil Liberties!
• No to Racism and Oppression at Home!

Initiated by International ANSWER Coalition, Los Angeles
For more information, or to endorse, call (213) 487-2368
To Volunteer or donate log on to WWW.ANSWERLA.ORG

Distinguished historian Rosemary Radford Ruether will speak on the subject of "Fundamentalism's War on Women."

This Program of Presentation and Discussion is free of charge.

The valley chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and
State is sponsoring the event. The co-sponsors are the Pierce College
Department of English, the Pierce College Women's Studies Program, the OASIS program at Pierce, and CSUN's departments of Women Studies and Religious Studies.

Film, Slide Show & Guest Speakers:

"Afghan Massacre: the Convoy of Death"

(directed and produced by Jamie Doran. A documentary film that challenges official accounts of the conflict in Afghanistan and investigates the human cost of our "war" against terrorism)

speakers: SONALI KOLHATKAR and JIM INGALLS

slide-show, report back and photo exhibit by Juan Carlos: "Kurdistan: the Northern Iraq Front"

SPONSORED BY: Afghan Women's Mission, Casa del Pueblo, Coffee House Teach-ins.

Candle Light Vigil

Defend Our Liberties! Stop the Repression!

Repeal the Patriot Act!

For further information contact:
International ANSWER - Los Angeles: 213-487-2368
Refuse and Resist - Los Angeles: 323-962-8084
South Asian Network (SAN): 562-403-0488

Featuring: Gloria La Riva - Coordinator of the Nat'l Committee to Free the Cuban Five

Jon Hillson - Cocoordinator, L.A. Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba

Updates on the cases of:
The Los Angeles Eight, which has been in the courts for sixteen years.

Leonard Peltier and his 27-year struggle for justice.

John Yai, Korean American activist falsely accused of spying.

And a special message from Mumia Abu-Jamal

Associated Students SPACE brings you:

Arianna Huffington
Candidate for governor of California

Stands Against Tuition Hikes & Proposition 54.

Committee on Raza Rights and Raza Press Association Presents:

Special Forum: "Struggling For A Raza Perspective: Within Alternative And Mainstream Media/Press,"

There will be a panel discussion with Activists, Journalists, and Graduate Students that are doing work around the general theme of the event.

Chair of Panel:
Luis Moreno - Graduate Student in the Chicano Studies Dept. at California State
University, Northridge and Coordinator of the Raza Press Assocation.

Panelist:
Frank Moraga - Diversity Director at the Ventura Star Newspaper.

Raymundo Reynose - Director AMATE.

Julio Aclala - Independent Film Marker and Barrio Producation.

Jose Moreno - Graduate Student in the Chicano Studies Dept. at California State University, Northridge and Editorial Board Member of the Raza Press Assocation.

Elias Serna- CSS and Independent Film Marker

And more speakers to be name later.
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Upcoming educational film forums themes:
For the month of Sept. the educational film forums theme will focus on "Raza Alternative Media/Press and Media Theory. We will have two film night on Tuesdays Sept. 9 , and Sept. 23, (it will included a guest speaker). Thus, for the month of Oct. the educational film forums will be focus on "The 35th Anniversary of Tlatlelolco 1968, and the 36th Commemoration of Ernesto Che Guevara Death." All this will take place at the Dr. Rodolfo Acuna Art Galley and Cultural Center (Cafe on A. St. ) 438 south "A" Street Downtown Oxnard Califas Please stay tune for upcoming updates.

Co-organized by: Union Del Barrio
For more information:
Committee on Raza Rights
info@committeeonrazarights.org
or (805)672-4131

CAUSA - THE CENTRAL AMERICAN UNITED STUDENT ASSOCIATION
INVITES YOU TO OUR

15 DE SEPTIEMBRE EVENT
JOIN CAUSA IN QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF OUR INDEPENDENCE AND HOW THE HISTORICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE IMPACTED CENTRAL AMERICA HAVE SHAPE OUR IDENTITY

There will be free food (pupusas and more)
Poetry by Epicentro
Art exhibit by Juan Carlos and Alicia Siu
and a musical performance by 3 culturas.
NUEVO XOL WILL BE PERFORMING!!!

This event is free to everyone, so bring your mom, dad, brothers, sisters, grandparents, friends, anyone.

For more information you can contact:
csuncausa@hotmail.com
(818) 677-2734

7:00-11:00PM,
Northridge Center,USU

CSUN UPJ Informal meeting

Bring ideas, proposals, directions. One matter to discuss is the ACLU suggestion that we host a talk or forum on Patriot II. And also we need to think about whether to go back to more regular, formal meetings -- or let things stand as they are: CSUNUPJ as a virtual organization!?

SAW and CSUN UPJ are sponsoring a

DEMONSTRATION / TEACH-IN
against the Fee Increases and Layoffs

Supported by Associated Students, CSUN

Be Part of the

International Days of Protest
Against OCCUPATION and EMPIRE
From PALESTINE to IRAQ to the PHILLIPINES to CUBA and EVERYWHERE (Sept 25-28)

March and Rally in Hollywood

The American Indian Students Association and the American Indian Studies Program are honored to host

Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. Mr Looking Horse will be speaking about world peace.

Everyone is welcome. Please share this announcement with interested friends and colleagues.

For further information, a short biography follows. Also, call 818-677-3920 or e-mail aisacsun@yahoo.com.

Brought to you by CSUN AS SPACE and CSUN Greens.

CUBA Report-Back from CSUN Delegation

We are inviting you to come hear and see what we experienced in the beautiful island of Cuba this summer. Cuba is and should be, by far, an inspiration to all of us fighting for social justice.

March and Rally in support of the striking workers at the Vons Grocery Store right across the street from CSUN, on the corner of Nordhoff and Reseda.

A more detailed planning meeting will be held this Wednesday night (Oct. 15) at 9:00 p.m. in Edie Pistolesi's art classroom. There we will make posters for the march and rally the following day. Edie's classroom is 211 Art and Center (AC). AC is the yellow building directly across the street (Plummer) from Chicano House. Edie's classroom has art supplies, but...

Please bring cardboard if you can.

Mike Boehm, Chairman of the My Lai Peace Park Project, show slides, talk, and take questions from the audience.

Mike Boehm is a Vietnam veteran who served in Army intelligence. In 1991, he returned to Vietnam to help build a medical clinic. While there, he came to terms with many of his personal experiences during the war and saw the healing effect that reconciliation projects had on people - including himself. He has since returned on 12 occasions, helping to coordinate the building of schools, distribute loan funds, establish exchanges, and Chair the My Lai Peace Park Project. The Peace Park Project was recently featured on a "60 Minutes" story with Mike Wallace. In the story, two helicopter pilots,
Hugh Thompson and Larry Colburn, were reunited with civilians they helped rescue during the My Lai Massacre. The dedication of the Peace Park was also incorporated into the story.

Mike's visit is made possible by Phi Beta Delta, the Honor Society for International Scholars; the Distinguished Visiting Speakers Program - Office of Graduate Studies; and the Department of Religious Studies.

A.S. SPACE, SAW, and the CSUN Greens are organizing and promoting a lecture by

Joyce Riley, "Gulf War Illness: Beyond Friendly Fire"

Some facts about Depleted Uranium/Gulf War Illness:
--9,000 veterans from the 1990 Persian Gulf War have died from service-related illness (not injury)
--4,000 troop have already been evacuated from
"Operation Iraqi Freedom" for non-combat disorders
--From 1988-1998, the cancer rate in Iraq has jumped over 800%
Background on Joyce Riley:
Captain Riley served as a nurse in the first Gulf War and began researching Gulf War Syndrome after noticing alarming symptoms in soldiers and suffering them herself. She represents the American Gulf War Veterans Association and hosts the radio show "The Power Hour"
(www.thepowerhour.com)

Visiting Professor at University of Virginia
International Woman of the Year, 2000
Activist for Human Rights and Women’s Rights

THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR SHIRIN EBADI AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN ANDWOMEN’S RIGHTS IN IRAN AND THE WORLD

Respondents: Professors Nayereh Tohidi and Nikki Keddie

Chair: Professor Leonard Binder

6 p.m ­ 8 p.m. Followed by a reception.

Mehrangiz Kar is a lawyer specializing in women’s and family law. Along with Nobel laureate 2003, Shirin Ebadi, Ms. Kar is internationally renowned for her writings, speaking and activism in defense of women’s and human rights. She has received many human rights awards. In 2000 Italy and Canada honored her as International Woman of the Year.Following a conference in Berlin in 2000 where she criticized the policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, she was arrested and sentenced to four years in prison. Thanks to an international campaign she was released after two months. Kar has published 14 books and over 100 articles in newspapers and journals in Iran.

Nayereh Tohidi is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at California State University, Northridge and a Research Associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA. Her teaching and research areas include sociology of gender, religion and democracy in the Middle East and post-Soviet Central Eurasia, especially Iran and Azerbaijan.

Nikki Keddie is Professor Emerita of Iranian and Middle Eastern History, UCLA. She has trained
numerous Ph.D.s in Iranian and Middle Eastern history. She has received several lifetime awards for her teaching and scholarship and has had numerous fellowships. The most recent of her many books is Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution.

Sponsored by:

The G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, The Iranian Studies Program, UCLA

The Center for the Study of Women, The Franklin Murphy Chair in History, UCLA

The Institute of Globalization, Gender & Democracy and the Department of Women’s Studies, CSUN

MEETING TO ORGANIZE AGAINST ELIMINATION OF EOP PROGRAMS AND FURTHER FEE INCREASES

Our Right-Wing Governator has proposed to eliminate all EOP Programs from the 32 universities in California, including CSUN. This is on top of proposing FURTHER Fee Increases for all of us and already cutting other outreach programs!!!!!

46% of Latinos in California Univesities are in because of EOP. Blacks and Latinos will be impeded an education!! We must resist and organize around this. We're calling for a meeting with professors, students, and anyone else who is outraged by such measures.

Please pass the word around. We need to utilize our winter break to be prepared for February when school starts.

¡En la lucha!

Teach-In / Protest:

Education NOW – EOP ALWAYS!!!

Guerrilla Theatre, Speeches, Music, Students, Faculty, Community, and Staff

Help spread the word -Spread the Movement.

Faculty and students are invited to attend La FAMILIA (A Chicano Genealogical Assn) meeting with

Guest speaker will be Sylvia Mendez.

Her parents successfully sued the Westminister School District (Mendez v.Westminister (1946) to end segraegation of Mexicans in California. The case was used as precedent in Brown v. The Board Of Education, and is especially appropriate on the 50th Anniversary of the Brown Case. Please support La Familia.