Teach-in on Single-Payer "Medicare for all" Healthcare, Anaheim, Oct 9th (tags)
Richard Gingery, M.D, a member of "Physicians for a National Health Program," a non-profit research and education organization composed of 17,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals, will do a "teach-in" showing how a single-payer "Medicare for All"-type system is the best public option for solving the healthcare crisis here in the United States.
"Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People," Anaheim, Friday, March 13th @ (tags)
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.
"Chavez, Venezuela, & the New Latin America", Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, (tags)
The Orange County delegation to the upcoming 16th World Festival of Youth & Students in Caracas, Venezuela will present a special screening of the film, "CHAVEZ, VENEZUELA & THE NEW LATIN AMERICA", by Aleida Guevara (eldest daughter of Che Guevara)
Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, April 15th (tags)
Arlene Inouye, Coordinator of the Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS) and Robert Acosta, an Iraq War Veteran (2003) with Operation Truth, will deliver a presentation about the ongoing efforts to raise awareness and mobilize the public against the aggressive and deceptive tactics military recruiters use in our public school system to get working-class youth to join the U.S. armed forces.
25th Anniversary of Massacre at the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala, Friday, Jan. 28th (tags)
Julio Fernando Revolorio Illescas, organizer and co-founder of Asociacion Tierra y Paz, a Guatemalan-based group organized to defend the land rights of indigenous peoples, will speak about the 1980 massacre of peasants and others who peacefully occupied the Spanish Embassy to draw attention to their issues.
Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, & the Bolivarian Revolution, UCOC, Friday, Nov. 19th (tags)
Learn more about Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, and the Bolivarian Revolution!
Update on the USA Patriot Act, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, August 20th, 6:30 pm (tags)
RICHARD GILLOCK, board member of the Orange County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, will give us an update on the USA Patriot Act and other pending legislation that threatens civil rights and liberties.
Amending California's "Three Strikes" Law, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, Ju (tags)
Amending California's notorious "Three Strikes" Law
Report from Cuba, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, June 4th @ 6:30 pm (tags)
Several UCI students and local activists who traveled to Cuba in March to attend a youth conference (as part of a delegation sponsored by The Los Angeles Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba) will deliver reports about their visit to that island nation.
Report from Cuba, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, June 4th @ 6:30 pm (tags)
Several UCI students and local activists who traveled to Cuba in March to attend a youth conference (as part of a delegation sponsored by The Los Angeles Coalition in Solidarity with Cuba) will deliver reports about their visit to that island nation.
Clean Money Campaign Reform, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, May 7th @ 6:30 pm (tags)
SUSAN LERNER, Executive Director of the California Clean Money Campaign, will talk about the concept of publicly financing elections as a way of reducing the powerful influence that wealthy individuals and big business interests currently have upon the electoral process.
Report from El Salvador, Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, April 2nd @ 6:30 pm (tags)
HENRY H. DUKE, an Orange County healthcare professional and member of CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), will deliver a slideshow presentation about his recent visit to El Salvador.