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Humboldt Bay Chapter 56

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ONGOING EVENTS

• Chapter Meetings are held on the First Thursday of each month, 7-9pm, at the Marsh Commons, 101 H Street, Arcata, California. Doors open for socializing at 6:30pm. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 5, 2007.
  
  
• VFP Chapter 56 members stand silently for an hour-long Peace Vigil every Friday from 5 to 6pm on the southwest corner of the Arcata Plaza (8th & H Streets) and in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse (5th & I Streets) in Eureka.

SPECIAL EVENTS

• Father Roy Bourgeois, Vietnam veteran, Maryknoll Catholic priest, and founder of the human rights organization School of the Americas Watch, speaks at several locations in Northern Humboldt on Wednesday, October 3 and Thursday, October 4, 2007. Hosted by Veterans For Peace Humboldt Bay Chapter 56 and cosponsored by the Green Party of Humboldt County.

  Father Roy will speak about the link between U.S. foreign policy and human rights abuses in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as in Iraq. He will report on the successes and challenges of his organization, which aims to eventually shut down the SOA (now renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC).

  To download a flyer, click here.

  Wednesday, October 3
  1:30 to 3:30 -- Green & Gold Room, Founders Hall, HSU (free)
  4:00 to 6:00 -- Green & Gold Room, Founders Hall, HSU (free)
  7:00 to 9:00 -- Dinner with Roy, Marsh Commons, 101 H Street, Arcata. $15 to $20 sliding scale. Catered by Celebrations Catering, chicken or vegan tagine with salad and flatbread, and a simple dessert. Space is limited. For reservations call 498-5889.
  
  Thursday, October 4
  6:30 to 8:30 -- The Labor Temple, 840 E St., Eureka

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• My Name is Rachel Corrie

  A theatrical production about the life of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college student and human rights activist killed in Palestine, will be performed at two theaters in Arcata this October. Directed by Tisha Sloan, currently of Dell'Arte, and starring local actress Kelly Nixon, the script is drawn from Corrie's diaries and e-mail, spanning her life from childhood right up 'til the moment of her untimely death in 2003 when she was crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer while attempting to block the demolition of the home of a Palestinian family in Gaza.

  The production opened in London in 2005 to rave reviews, and has met with international success as well as controversy, most notably in the United States, where the postponement of its premier in New York sparked debate amidst accusations of political censorship.

  But My Name is Rachel Corrie reaches far beyond political controversy, examining the life of a passionate young woman who felt called to action wherever she saw injustice. On fire with life from the start, a two-year-old Rachel is reported to have looked out at Capitol Lake in Washington and said: "This is the wide world, and I'm coming to it." Her words leave no doubt that she made good on that promise.

  Thursday through Sunday, October 18-20
  8:00pm -- Studio Theater adjacent to Van Duzer, HSU
  
  Thursday through Saturday, October 25-27
  8:00pm -- Arcata Playhouse, 501 9th Street, Arcata
  
  All shows start at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $20 sliding scale, and $5 for students. Both Thursday performances are "pay-what-you-can." Call 826-0515 for more information or to reserve tickets.

  Co-sponsored by the Humboldt Branch of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and Veterans For Peace Chapter 56.

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