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Veterans for Peace Long Island is a co-sponsor of this event…

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! The War & Peace Report

Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset

Suggested donation: $5

Journalist Amy Goodman co-founded “Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report” in 1996. The Pacifica radio program airs locally on WBAI 99.5 FM. Coverage of the peace and human rights movements and support of independent media are the hallmarks of her work. Goodman has received dozens of awards for her work, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the George Polk Award. Professor and media critic Robert McChesney has said of Democracy Now! that it is “probably the most significant progressive news institution that has come around in some time.”

Goodman’s latest book, Standing up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times, details the capabilities of ordinary citizens to enact change. It was co-written with her brother, Mother Jones reporter David Goodman.

Co-sponsors: Code Pink LI, Five Towns Forum, Great Neck SANE/Peace Action, LI SOA Watch, LI Veterans for Peace, Pax Christi LI, and the Social Justice Committee of UUCSR

Directions: From LIE, exit 35 north (from east) or 36 (from west). North 1-1/2 miles on Shelter Rock Rd. Entrance on left by white fence. From Northern Blvd. Go South 1/2 mile on Shelter Rock Rd. Entrance on right.

For directions and information:
UUCSR Shelter Rock Forum, 516-627-6560, ext. 12

[A note to wilderside fans: You will have to chose between two events! On the same night, Thursday, September 25th at 7pm, Green Party of Suffolk Chair Roger Snyder will be appearing in Huntington at a Presidential Forum. Candidates representatives for: John McCain, Barack Obama and Cynthia McKinney. Auditorium of the Huntington Library. 338 Main Street, Huntington. Part of the “Patriot Games” series. ]

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