UCLA History Professor Vinay Lal and Civil Rights Activist Reverend James Lawson will be the keynote speakers.

Sunday, January 29, 2006
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Unitarian Universalist Church
5450 Atherton St. (at Bellflower)
Long Beach, CA 90815

The South Coast Interfaith Council (SCIC) invites you and your friends to an event to launch a special progressive program entitled A Season for Nonviolence, a 64-day campaign that runs from January 30 to April 4, 2006.  This program is an educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to raising consciousness and demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities.  Inaugurated in 1998 at the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this interfaith and international event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world.

This event on January 29  is a kickoff to the 64-day campaign.

(For directions, visit http://www.uuclb.org/)
 
Speakers:
 
Dr. Vinay Lal
UCLA History Professor teaches a broad range of courses in History and a specially designed course on Mahatma Gandhi.

Reverend James Lawson
Civil Rights Activist, Leader, and Teacher - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.called Reverend Lawson ‘the leading nonviolence theorist in the world.'

For information Contact: SCIC, 759 Linden Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813
www.scinterfaith.org (562) 983 1665 scic@charterinternet.com
John Ishvaradas Abdallah SufiSays@yahoo.com (310) 548 5327
Or Anthony Manousos FriendsBulletin@aol.com (310)325 3581
 
Co-sponsored by: ICUJP (Los Angeles) & NAACP (Long Beach)

Light refreshments will be served following the speakers.

Cost : Free will offering

Sponsor(s): ICUJP (Los Angeles) and NAACP (Long Beach). Info on non-ASC events is posted for informational purposes and does not reflect opinions of or endorsements by African Studies Center personnel.