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« Wednesday April 01, 2009 »
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(event) The incredible shrinking newspaper business Start: 12:30 pm End: 1:30 pm In the last few months, every day brings news of another newspaper's demise or the announcement of drastic cost-cutting measures. Some of the latest: (event) Reflections on Peace and Justice with Dr. Dahlia Wasfi Start: 5:00 pm End: 6:00 pm "I speak to you today on behalf of relatives on my mother's side-Ashkenazi Jews who fled their homeland of Austria during Hitler's Anschluss. It is for them that we say 'Never again.' I speak to you today on behalf of relatives on my father's side who are not living, but dying, under the occupation of this administration's deadly foray in Iraq." - Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, testimony at the Congressional Forum on Iraq, April 27, 2006 Six years after the occupation of Iraq, join us for this intimate conversation with Dr. Dahlia Wasfi who will share her reflections on peace and justice in Iraq and the Middle East. This program is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended and can be made online, by email at events@prairie.org, or by calling 312.422.5580. (event) Encounter Point: Film Screening and Discussion Start: 6:30 pm Join us for a screening and discussion of Encounter Point, a poignant documentary about a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother, and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their communities. The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions in the face of government inaction. It is a film about the everyday leaders in our midst. A post-screening discussion will explore a future of coexistence and Arab-Jewish relations in Israel/Palestine as well as here in the U.S. This discussion will feature:

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