|
Comment on this article |
Email this Feature
|
|
Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights |
|
Amnesty Int'l Director To Talk In Urbana 9/19 |
Current rating: 0 |
by JB
Email: jbuell (nospam) prairienet.org (unverified!)
Phone: 217-344-1176
Address: Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana |
15 Sep 2002
|
|
William Schulz, executive director of Amesty International (U.S.A.) will speak this coming Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m., at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana. The event is free and open to the public. |
William Schulz, executive director of Amesty International (U.S.A.) will speak this coming Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m., at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana. The event is free and open to the public.
Shulz's topic is "In our own best interest: How defending human rights benefits us all." This is also the title of his recent book (2001, Beacon Press). A book signing will follow the presentation.
In advance of his visit, Dr. Schulz will be appearing on WILL-AM 580's "Focus 580" radio show this Monday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. The radio appearance was originally set for last Friday but was rescheduled.
Dr. Schulz was appointed executive director of Amnesty International (USA) in March 1994. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, he came to Amnesty after serving for fifteen years with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA), the last eight (1985-93) as President of the Association.
Throughout his career he has been outspoken in his opposition to the death penalty and his support for women's rights, gay and lesbian rights and racial justice.
An article by Dr. Schulz, opposing others' calls for the Justice Department to sanction torture in terrorism cases, appeared in a May 2002 issue of _The Nation_ and can be read online at: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020513&s=schulz
This talk is being co-sponsored by Channing-Murray, the University YMCA, the UIUC Amnesty International Chapter, the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, St. John's Episcopal Church, and the McKinley Foundation.
The event kicks off a monthly Talks on Social Justice series sponsored by the Channing-Murray Foundation. On Oct. 17, Green Party Congressional candidate Carl Estabrook will speak on "globalization and the war on terrorism." On Nov. 21, Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness is scheduled to talk on the topic of Iraq sanctions and threats of war. |
