You are cordially invited to

attend the weekly meeting of the

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> POTLUCK FOR PROGRESSIVES
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Friday, March 13, 2009

6:30 - 9:30 pm

(Doors open @ 6:15 pm)

Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim

511 South Harbor Blvd.

Anaheim, California

(Located on the Southwest corner

of Harbor Blvd. and Santa Ana Street)

(714) 758-1050

www.uuchurchoc.org

The "Potluck for Progressives" is a group

organized for the purpose of bringing together

likeminded people on a weekly basis to break

bread and talk about crucial issues affecting the

community and the world.

At each meeting, people interested in peace,

social justice, labor, and the environment gather

to exchange ideas, talk about successes, plan

actions, or just engage in a friendly discussion

with one another.

Bring a special dish to share! Enjoy the bounty

that others will bring as well! The potluck will

start at 6:30 p.m. with a guest speaker or

film to follow. Please join us even if you can't

bring food to the potluck!

On the Agenda:

Progressive Potluck

6:30 - 7:30 P.M.

Bring along your favorite dish of food,

chips, dips, or soft drinks, and spend

an hour mingling with progressive people

from all over Orange County.

Featured Film:

7:30 - 8:30 P.M.

We will be screening the groundbreaking

documentary, "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood

Vilifies a People," which dissects a slanderous

aspect of cinematic history that has run

virtually unchallenged from the earliest days

of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood

blockbusters.

Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen,

the film explores a long line of degrading images

of Arabs -- from Bedouin bandits and submissive

maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding

"terrorists" -- along the way offering

devastating insights into the origin of these

stereotypic images, their development at key

points in US history, and why they matter so

much today.

Shaheen shows how the persistence of these

images over time has served to naturalize

prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab

culture, in the process reinforcing a narrow

view of individual Arabs and the effects

of specific US domestic and international

policies on their lives.

Open Forum

8:30 - 9:30 P.M.

Open discussion, announcements,

and other news of interest.

Endorsed by the Social Concerns Committee of the

Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim and Unitarian

Universalists for Justice in the Middle East.

The "Potluck for Progressives" is free and open to

the general public. Although a small donation might

be requested to help pay for facility costs, nobody

will be turned away due to a lack of funds.

Please email duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com if you

need additional information.