NOAM CHOMSKY in San Francisco

CRISIS AND HOPE
In the Age of Obama

Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 1:00 to 2:30 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
1187 Franklin Street, corner Geary, San Francisco
Doors open at 12:30 pm

Professor Noam Chomsky, noted linguist, author and political analyst on U.S. economic and foreign policy, will speak and dialog with activists on three major crisis areas: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Latin American policy, and U.S. Economy and Labor.

Participating activists include:

David Bacon, author and journalist - dbacon.igc.org
Antonia Juhasz, author and director of The Chevron Program at Global Exchange
Steve Williams, co-director of People Organized to Win Employment Rights - www.PeopleOrganized.org

The First Unitarian Universalist Society is honored to host Professor Chomsky for this event, which is sponsored by Unitarian Universalists for Peace-SF and School of the Americas Watch-SF. Both are committees of the Society which are grateful for the work and public discourse of Dr. Chomsky on the committees' two specific U.S. policy issues. Contributions to this event will benefit the educational programs of these sponsors.

Wheelchair accessible ~ seating on a first come, first served basis
Admission $20.00 ~ Seniors & Students $15.00 ~ Sliding scale upon request

Tickets Available at the Door

Advance ticket purchase available on Sunday September 27
from 12 Noon to 1:30 at 1187 Franklin (at Geary), San Francisco

To purchase tickets by mail before Sept 26:
Check to be made out to "First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco"
Indicate name, mailing address, telephone number,
number of tickets requested, and whether tickets should be mailed back to you,
or held in WILL CALL for day of the event.

mail your order to:

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
c/o UUs for Peace-Chomsky Event
1187 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

The purpose of UUs for Peace-SF is to further the principles of world peace, human rights and justice.

UUs for Peace (UUFP) was organized in April 2002 in response to our administration's increased militarization and specifically at that time, the massacres by Israeli military forces funded by the U.S. of Palestinian civilians in Jenin. Later that year, UUFP officially became a Social Justice Committee and have been very active in local and national efforts calling for our administration to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; to reduce military spending in favor of human economic needs; and to work through diplomatic rather than aggressive military actions to achieve peace.

Leaders of this committee initiated and promoted the important February 2002 Congregational Meeting which voted overwhelmingly to oppose the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Since then, UUFP has been involved with educational events and demonstrations advocating on behalf of peace and justice issues and human rights.

Over the past seven years, UUs for Peace-SF has joined in Bay Area peace and antiwar coalition efforts in a variety of citizen actions focused on ending the wars in the Middle East by joining in vigils, marches, educational events and civil disobedience—always taking a pledge of nonviolence—and has supported and participated in dialogues with local and national governmental representatives.

Senior Minister Gregory Stewart has instituted the reading of the names of the dead in ongoing wars monthly at Sunday Services and actively participates in peace events initiated by UUFP.

Contact information:
Chair: Dolores Perez Priem doloresmp@aol.com
Meetings occur ad hoc for organizing events, and through electronic messaging.

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

Unitarian Universalists for Peace - SF and School of the Americas Watch - SF

NOAM CHOMSKY in San Francisco