Date
Sunday, October 10, 2010 12:00amLocation
Center for Constitutional Rights co-sponsors "Berkeley Says No to Torture Week" -October 10-16th
For the full schedule of events, click here.
Thursday, October 14th, 2010- 7pm-
Forum on Torture and the Law, Torture and Human Rights
-Marjorie Cohn (past president National Lawyers Guild, renowned author)
-Andy Worthington (see Sun 10/10)
-Shahid Buttar (Bill of Rights Defense Committee)
-Debra Sweet (National Director, World Can't Wait)
Moderated by Ray McGovern.
Location: Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley Law, Rm 105, 2778 Bancroft Way
-Marjorie Cohn (past president National Lawyers Guild, renowned author)
-Andy Worthington (see Sun 10/10)
-Shahid Buttar (Bill of Rights Defense Committee)
-Debra Sweet (National Director, World Can't Wait)
Moderated by Ray McGovern.
Location: Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley Law, Rm 105, 2778 Bancroft Way
Friday, October 15th, 2010- 7:30-11am-
Group Meditation and "Hope Tank"
Meditation (7:30-8:30), followed by "Hope Tank" (9-11) community discussion on activism against torture. Join us for discussion and pot-luck vegetarian breakfast.
Sponsored by the Metta Center for Nonviolence
Location: Metta Center, 1730 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (btwn Francisco/Delaware)
Meditation (7:30-8:30), followed by "Hope Tank" (9-11) community discussion on activism against torture. Join us for discussion and pot-luck vegetarian breakfast.
Sponsored by the Metta Center for Nonviolence
Location: Metta Center, 1730 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (btwn Francisco/Delaware)
Friday, October 15th, 2010- 1:30-3p.m.-
Torture, Human Experimentation, and the Department of Defense
-Jason Leopold (Truthout) interviews psychologist, blogger, and activist Jeffrey Kaye.
Location: Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley Law, 2778 Bancroft Way (at Piedmont)
-Jason Leopold (Truthout) interviews psychologist, blogger, and activist Jeffrey Kaye.
Location: Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley Law, 2778 Bancroft Way (at Piedmont)
Friday, October 15th, 2010- 3-4:30p.m.-
Panel – Psychologists and Torture-
Adrianne Aron, Ruth Fallenbaum, Pierre LaBossiere, and Patricia Isasa.
Co-sponsored by School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) East Bay/SF.
Location: Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley Law, 2778 Bancroft Way (at Piedmont)
Adrianne Aron, Ruth Fallenbaum, Pierre LaBossiere, and Patricia Isasa.
Co-sponsored by School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) East Bay/SF.
Location: Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley Law, 2778 Bancroft Way (at Piedmont)
Friday, October 15th, 2010- 7pm-
Reckoning with Torture – An Evening of Conscience
With Andy Worthington, Marjorie Cohn, Ray McGovern, Ann Wright, Mimi Kennedy, devorah major, Jeffrey Kaye, Fr. Louis Vitale, Renee Saucedo, Jason Leopold (Truthout), Abdi Soltani, Shahid Buttar, Gretchen Gordon, Pamela Merchant, and Peter Selz.
[NOTE: This powerful script originated by the ACLU and American PEN Center has been produced in New York and Washington, D.C., but never before on the West Coast.]
Students: Free. General public: $10 donation requested. $25 includes reception with readers. To reserve tickets, call 510-333-6097.
Sponsored by the Boalt Alliance to Abolish Torture (BAAT) and the National Lawyers Guild, Boalt Chapter (NLG-Boalt)
Location: Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley Law, 2778 Bancroft Way (at Piedmont)
With Andy Worthington, Marjorie Cohn, Ray McGovern, Ann Wright, Mimi Kennedy, devorah major, Jeffrey Kaye, Fr. Louis Vitale, Renee Saucedo, Jason Leopold (Truthout), Abdi Soltani, Shahid Buttar, Gretchen Gordon, Pamela Merchant, and Peter Selz.
[NOTE: This powerful script originated by the ACLU and American PEN Center has been produced in New York and Washington, D.C., but never before on the West Coast.]
Students: Free. General public: $10 donation requested. $25 includes reception with readers. To reserve tickets, call 510-333-6097.
Sponsored by the Boalt Alliance to Abolish Torture (BAAT) and the National Lawyers Guild, Boalt Chapter (NLG-Boalt)
Location: Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley Law, 2778 Bancroft Way (at Piedmont)
Saturday, Oct 16, 2010-2:30 pm
Author Reading
Jeffrey Haas (The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther) will discuss the book, and his experience as a people's lawyer.
Jeff will talk about the film "The End of a Nightstick", in which he's featured, about fighting and uncovering police brutality and torture in Chicago.
Sponsored by Revolution Books.
Location: Revolution Books, 2425 Channing Way (just below Telegraph Ave.)
Jeffrey Haas (The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther) will discuss the book, and his experience as a people's lawyer.
Jeff will talk about the film "The End of a Nightstick", in which he's featured, about fighting and uncovering police brutality and torture in Chicago.
Sponsored by Revolution Books.
Location: Revolution Books, 2425 Channing Way (just below Telegraph Ave.)
Saturday, Oct 16, 2010- 7pm
“Pedro and the Captain”
Dramatic reading from the play by Mario Benedetti, with Mark McGoldrick and Youseef Elias, directed by Angelina Llongueras.
Performed in honor of "Berkeley Says No To Torture" Week.
Location: Fireside Room, Live Oak Community Center, 1301 Shattuck Avenue
Dramatic reading from the play by Mario Benedetti, with Mark McGoldrick and Youseef Elias, directed by Angelina Llongueras.
Performed in honor of "Berkeley Says No To Torture" Week.
Location: Fireside Room, Live Oak Community Center, 1301 Shattuck Avenue
Last modified
October 13, 2010