{"article":{"id":111171,"heading":"THURS 7PM: Sonali & Medea on Afghanistan & Iraq","author":"Global Exchenge","created":"2004-05-25 18:17:04","modified":"2004-05-26 04:00:24","last_modified":"Wed, 26 May 2004 11:00:24","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Night of Resistance &amp; Solidarity with the People of Afghanistan and Iraq <br><br> WHEN: May 27th 2004 <br>  <br> 7:30-9:30pm <br><br> WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church <br>  <br> 3300 W. Wilshire Blvd @ Berendo <br>  <br> Los Angeles, CA <br><br> Doantion: $10 <br><br> WHO: <br><br> Speakers <br>  <br> Sonali Kolhatkar is co-director and one of the founders of Afghan Women's <br>  <br> Mission.  Her show, Uprising, airs 8am weekday mornings on KPFK.  She <br>  <br> speaks frequently about the situation in Afghanistan and has written many <br>  <br> articles regarding American foreign policy in Afghanistan. <br><br> Medea Benjamin is founding director of Global Exchange and co-founder of <br>  <br> Code Pink.  She is a leading activist in the peace movement and has <br>  <br> struggled for social justice in Asia, the Americas, and Africa for over 20 <br>  <br> years.  She has traveled to Iraq many times to organize the Occupation <br>  <br> Watch International Center. <br><br> Musical Guests: Gene Owens &amp; James Kirk; Ross Altman <br><br> Spoken Word Artist: Mark Rodriguez <br><br> Sponsoring Organizations: <br>  <br> Afghan Women's Mission works in solidarity with the Revolutionary <br>  <br> Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) to help raise funds and <br>  <br> awareness for RAWA's projects (schools, literacy classes, hospitals, <br>  <br> orphanages).  Crafts made through RAWA's Income Generation Projects will <br>  <br> be on sale. <br><br> Global Exchange is an international human rights organization dedicated to <br>  <br> promoting environmental, political and social justice. <br><br> Endorsed by:  ANSWER; Be the Cause; CAIR; Catalyst for Change; Code Pink; <br>  <br> Frank Dorrell; Garment Worker Center; GCC Justice Coalition; LA Greens; <br>  <br> Westside Greens; Office of the Americas; War is Not the Answer Vigil <br><br> For more information please call (323) 687-1193<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"globalexchange.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":" Night of Resistance & Solidarity with the People of Afghanistan and Iraq\r\nWHEN: May 27th 2004 - 7:30-9:30pm\r\nWHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church\r\n3300 W. Wilshire Blvd @ Berendo, LA\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/05\/111171.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}