July 22, 2003
TOPIC: Fighting Rages in Liberia
GUEST: Ezekial Pajibo, Liberian currently residing in Zimbabwe, Independent Researcher and Consultant
600 civilians have been killed as fighting raged for a fifth day on the outskirts of the Liberian capital, Monrovia. According to Reuters, the blast of mortar bombs rang out across Monrovia, where the U.N. refugee agency described the situation as "horrific" and aid workers appealed for foreign troops to end the violence. Angry Monrovians have cursed the United States for failing to send soldiers to help end the bloodshed in the country, which was founded by freed American slaves. The U.S. administration has put the main burden on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lead any mission to end 14 years of almost non-stop war. "We need international peacekeepers here now, not in one or two months' time," said Sam Nagbe of international aid agency Oxfam. "People here are really suffering but as long as the fighting continues we are unable to help them. The U.S. must commit troops now and end this waiting game that is costing lives," he said in a statement. Residents demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy on Monday, lying 18 bodies outside the compound and denouncing Washington for not having sent soldiers yet.
Website: www.fpif.org
TOPIC: Update on Jenin
GUEST: Mundher Alomari, Assistant City Manager and Administrative Assistant in the City of Jenin, former Instructor at Nablus University
In April of 2002, Israeli forces barged into the Palestinian city of Jenin, and laid siege to it for about 10 days, killing 100, nearly 3/5s of them civilians. Since then, there has been no rebuilding of the hundreds of homes demolished and residents of Jenin seem to have faded from the gaze of the media. Uprising spoke with Mundher Alomari yesterday ... he is the Assistant City Manager and Administrative Assistant in the City of Jenin, and former Instructor at Nablus University. He is visiting Los Angeles before returning back to Jenin.
TOPIC: TOWN HALL MEETING: The Patriot Acts. What Can We Do to Stop Them?
GUEST: Maureen Brostoff, Neighbors for Peace and Justice
Neighbors for Peace and Justice presents a rare public discussion on the controversial post-9/11 legislation. Speakers include Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild; Rev. David Farley of the Echo Park United Methodist Church; and the offices of Congresswoman Diane Watson, Councilman Eric Garcetti, and Councilman Ed Reyes. Spanish translation provided by Casa del Pueblo.
Micheltorena Elementary School, 1511 Micheltorena (at Sunset), Silverlake. Tuesday, July 22, 7-10 p.m. (818) 727-8433, www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org.
TOPIC: Prism Exhibit
GUEST: Sarita Vasa, Executive Director of Indo-American Cultural Center, Andaleeb Firdozi, Curator of Prism Exhibition, Gilbert Neri, Professor of Media Arts at Cal State Monterey Bay, Annu Matthews, teaches photography at University of Rhode Island, poet DÂ’lo
"Prism" is an exhibition focuses on the visual art of two diasporic communities, South Asian Americans and Latino Americans, juxtaposed to explore their collisions and convergencies. Fifteen artists have been chosen whose work reflects the perceptions and experiences of immigrant cultures within the larger, trans-national sphere. What is striking about these works is the unique way in which each of these diasporic artists views themselves, and their impressions of how others see them. Overlapping themes of dislocation, relocation, alienation, and assimilation are played out through various media and narrative modes.
The exhibit is from July 3rd-31st at the Advocate Gallery, 1125 N McCadden Place in Los Angeles.
Website: www.iacc-la.org/prism/
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