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International Relations

Martha Pierce and Dan Dale from the Chicago Colombia Sanctuary Project discussing current issues in Columbia and one human rights response, a new form of sanctuary

Michael McConnell, Director, Great Lakes Region of the American Friends Service Committee speaking on How to Get Out of Iraq.

Dr. Juan Almendarez, medical doctor, practitioner of alternative medicines, and human rights activist discussing conditions in Honduras.

Colin Bossen of the UU Service Committee addressing current issues in Chiapas, Mexico, and the Peace House Project.
Jason Wallach and Tom Hansen of the Mexico Solidarity Network speaking on the Federal Trade Areas of the Americas, FTAA.

Maricela Garcia, Director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, speaking on the new proposals for amnesty for immigrants

Chuck Woolert, issues chair of the World Federalists will speak on world organizations and new threats to national security .

Harry Foucher speaking on the Current Political, Economic, and Social Situation in Haiti, and the background that has led up to it.

Kent Lee, Executive Director of Korean American Resource and Cultural Center, and member of Young Koreans United of Chicago discussing North Korea and the Nuclear Issues.

Norman Finkelstein, Professor of Political Science at DePaul University, and author of four books on the Middle East and related issues presenting on Image and Reality in the Israel-Palestine Conflict.

Lionel Jean Baptiste, Haitian, lawyer, and Evanston alderman, discussing the current situation in Haiti and US Involvement.

Hope Little of Nicaragua Medical Alliance speaking on changing economic and political conditions in Nicaragua.

Steve Schwartz of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists speaking on Non-proliferation of Atomic Weapons

Social Justice

Steve Pitman of the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans discussing What the Changes in Medicare Mean

Marva Williams, of the Chicago Community Reinvestment Agreement (CRA) Coalition at the Woodstock Institute, discussing the impact of Community Reinvestment Agreements on Chicago and its neighborhoods.

Edna Pardo of the League of Women Voters on what's going on with Taxes in Chicago.

Bill Wilen of the CHA addressing Henry Horner Homes as a Model for Redevelopment of CHA Housing.

Rich Deptuch, Assistant Superintendent of the Oak Park River Forest High School, and a member of the committee that studied the learning gap in Oak Park , discussing The Learning Community Performance Gap Research Report

Randall Stone of the University of Chicago Legal Clinic speaking on juvenile justice in Chicago.

Rakesh Jokevani and Josh Lackner, public education coordinators for the Campaign for Better Health Care, Illinois' largest health care coalition, addressing the health care crisis as it affects Illinois, and specifically Illinois House Bill 2268.

Paul Hammond, Senior Vice President of The Night Ministry, discussing people who are on the streets of Chicago - usually homeless - at night.

Kevin McDermott of Oak Park Truth and Justice reporting on a
recent conference of United for Peace and Justice, and its
strategy for the next 6 to 12 months.

Filmmaker Bob Hercules showing and discussing his Saul Alinsky film.

The second new Principal of Austin High School this year the changes at Austin High.

Rev. Jean Darling speaking about War and the Economy, using a new briefing developed by UUs for a Just Economy (UUJEC).

Larry Shapiro, President of West Suburban PADS, and Lynda Schueler. Director, discussing changes in local homelessness

Novelist John Hatch speaks about his novel on the efforts of former slaves to build a new society in the woods and swamps of Mississippi.

Bill Ayers, educator, professor, and 60's radical whose autobiography Fugitive Days about his SDS experience came out this last year to great controversy, discussing the reflections of a radical.

Historian Rima Schultz speaking on Rethinking Betty Friedan in the context of women's leadership in unions and the peace and justice movement.

Carl Davidson, national secretary of SDS in the 60's and current driver of Chicagoans Against War and Injustice, discussing Voting for the Revolution: Independent Politics in the 2004 Election.

Anthony Burton, Director of the Going Home Initiative, speaking on the challenges of getting work faced by people who have been in prison.

Dr. Conrad Worrill, director of the Center for Inner City Studies at Northeastern Illinois University and a founder of the National Black United Front speaking on details of the reparations proposals currently being discussed.

Michael Rohan, Director of Juvenile Probation and Court Services for Cook County, speaking on the detention alternatives developed by Cook County - which is held up as having a model program.

Labor Concerns

Filmmaker Bob Hercules showing and discussing his film on the Haymarket riot.

Civil Liberties

David Shallenberger , Professor at DePaul, speaking on Gay Dads, Life Stories and Issues.

Gary Von Euer, of the textbook publisher McDougal-Littell, speaking on The Religious Right and its Influence on Textbooks in our Schools. Susan Abbott of the Oak Park Lesbian and Gay Association discussing current issues for gay youth.

Adam Walker of the Humanist Society of Chicago, a part of the American Humanist Federation, speaking on the challenges to humanism in the current political and social environment.

Alan Amato, Public Policy Chair of Oak Park Gay and Lesbian Association addressing The Fight for Same Sex Marriage.

Maria de los Angeles Torres, Professor at DePaul, will present to the Forum about human rights issues raised by the "Pedro Pan" children who migrated to the United States in a large group from Cuba.

Oak Parkers Aimee Gelnaw, director of the national Family Pride Coalition, and Margie Brickley, director of the local organization Rainbow Family discuss Gay Parenting as a Radical Act.

Science and Politics

Susan Lincke-Salecker, discussing the real story behind GMO's, the genetically modified organisms (like insect-resistant corn) currently being tested in the field and invading our fritos and butterflies.

Oak Park Recycling Coordinator Karen Rozmus discussing The Reality of Recycling.

Colleen Sarna from Sierra Club speaking on global warming and American transportation.

Susan Linke-Salecker speaking on Mad Cows and the American Beef Industry.
 
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