Spring '06 Calendar of Events

The William Joiner Center plans a regular calendar of events throughout the year to educate people about war and its consequences and to focus on emerging conflict, social injustice and political violence and oppression. Details can be found in the recurring events section.

February 16th 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Detention, Rendition, and Torture: Waging America's Global War on Terrorism Outside the Rule of Law
Attorney Tina Foster, Center for Constitutional Rights
Ryan Lounge, 3rd Floor, McCormack Building
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March 10th-12th
Vietnam Conference: Looking Forward, Looking Back
A parallel conference to the 2-day symposium "Vietnam and the Presidency" at the JFK Library.
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Photos from Conference

April 10th  12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM
Guest Speaker Alfred McCoy: A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation and the War on Terror
Chancellor's Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Quinn Administration Building
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April 23rd-29th
Annual Hispanic Writers' Project - Writers in the Schools Week
A visiting faculty of Hispanic writers teach inner-city students to develop a voice for dealing with conflict.
Boston Public Schools, UMass Boston Snowden Auditorium
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May 3rd
Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series
Details to be Announced

June 19th-30th
19th Annual Writers' Workshop
A 2-week workshop of visiting writers holding classes, workshops and panels.
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Related Events of Interest

April 12th   5:30 PM
Reading by Poet and Novelist Russell Banks
Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, The Trotter Institute, The Watermark, The Joiner Center, the Africana Studies Department and the UMass Boston Bookstore.
Ballroom A (Room 3550A), 3rd Floor, Campus Center
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April 21st   5:30 PM
Rwanda: Twelve Years Later...
Commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Keynote speaker Sifa Nsengimana. Live performance by Rwandan Band. Presented by the African Students Union
Ballroom A (Room 3550A), 3rd Floor, Campus Center
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April 25th 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Mauricio Gastón Institute Speaker Series: Demetria Martinez - "Bipolar Disorder: Latina Culture as a Force for Healing"
Founders Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Campus Center
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April 25th 7:30 PM
Cambridge Cohousing Presents The Fireside Series: Reading by Kevin Bowen and Susan Donnelly
Reading will begin with open-mike poetry.
Cambridge Cohousing, 175 Richdale Ave. Cambridge, MA
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April 30th 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Celebration of the Publication of Summer Home Review, Vol. II
Marking the 31st Anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam.
Harvard-Epworth, United Methodist, 1555 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA
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May 1st  4:00 PM
Hanaa Edwar, Secretary General, Iraqi Al-Amal Association - The Role of Iraqi NGO's in the Iraqi Democratic Process
This event is the 2005-2006 Rama S. Mehta Lecture.
Cronkhite Living Room, 6 Ash Street, Cambridge, MA
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June 2nd - 24th
THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE PRESENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD: THE VIETNAM WAR ON FILM
24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4700
www.harvardfilmarchive.org
Admission is $8 General Public, $6 Students and Senior Citizens
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