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December 10, 7:00 p.m.
Human Rights Day 2008: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60 Years
United Nations Association-Houston
Co-sponsored by Amnesty
International Houston Area Chapters, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston Peace
and Justice Center, The Rothko Chapel.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
January 8, 7 p.m.
Postville: Immigrant Abuse
beyond America’s Back Roads
Stephen Bloom and Erik Camayd-Freixas
For the first time, Stephen Bloom,
University of Iowa professor of journalism and author of Postville:
Clash of Cultures in the Heartland, and Erik Camayd-Freixas,
Harvard-educated court interpreter for immigrants, will meet to talk about
the unmerciful exploitation of immigrant workers in a meat packing plant
in the hidden village of Postville, Iowa.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
January 29, 7
p.m.
Crooked Fences: Border Realities
Dr. Tony A. Payan, Mayor Raúl G. Salinas, Panelists
Dr. Tony Payan, associate professor
of political science, University of Texas-El Paso, with Raúl Salinas,
Mayor of Laredo, Texas, will bring life to the everyday complexities and
challenges of living on the United States-Mexico border. Dr. Payan,
Georgetown University Ph.D., has written four books about the border,
including Three U.S. Border Wards: Drugs, Immigration, and Security.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
February
19, 7 p.m.
The Siege of Gaza
Dr. Rashid Khalidi
Dr. Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said
Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, and author of The
Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, will
speak about the siege in Gaza.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
March 3,
7 p.m.
Iraq and Beyond: The Real Story
Dahr Jamail
Questioning the coverage of the
Iraq war, Houston native Dahr Jamail, at great risk, took his pen and pad
to the grizzly front lines and reported the facts. He has continued to
write about the consequences of war in Iraq. For his at risk reporting,
he won the Martha Gellhorn Award for Journalism in 2008 and also the James
Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. He will tell the real story.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
March 8,
1 p.m.
GAZA: Udi Aloni Films and Discussion
Udi Aloni
Israeli-American filmmaker Udi
Aloni will show his award-winning film Forgiveness (2006) and
documentary Local Angel (2002). Between showings of the
controversial films, which bring up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and
have provoked strong reactions internationally, he will discuss his work.
Screenings will be held at Jones Hall (Yoakum Boulevard at Sul Ross
Street) at the University of St. Thomas.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
March 12, 7 p.m.
Kindness and Courage on Death Row
Thomas Cahill
Thomas Cahill, American scholar and best-selling author (How
the Irish Saved Civilization), will speak on the occasion of
Doubleday’s March 10 release of A
Saint on Death Row. This non-fiction work tells the story of
Dominique Green, who was executed by the state of Texas in 2004, and is
set primarily in Houston. David Atwood, founder of the Texas Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty, visited Dominique Green while he was on death
row, and figures prominently in the book. A book-signing and reception
with the author will follow the program.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
Friday, March 27, 6:00 p.m.
Rigoberta Menchu
Nobel Peace Laureate
Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel
Peace Laureate from Guatemala, will speak at the Chapel in collaboration
with the
University of
Houston chapter of PeaceJam Foundation. This
foundation is an international effort to create a new generation of young
leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities, and
the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates. Rigoberta
Menchu first spoke at the Chapel in 1992 just prior to her nomination for
the Nobel Peace Prize,
which she was awarded that same year. Her talk will occur
immediately preceding the presentation of pianist Sarah Cahill in Music
for Peace.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
The Human Rights Series is funded by The Brown Foundation,
Inc. and Lannan Foundation.
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