Past Events

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
on the steps of the Memorial Union

Beads for Life

Peace Studies in collaboration with STAND for Mizzou will be promoting
Beads for Life. This organization was started to foster understanding between Africans and North Americans. Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper in beautiful jewelry. The jewelry becomes sources of income for families in African to eradicate poverty. Stop by, purchase an unique piece of jewelry, get a free light lunch and listen to African music from a local musician.

Thank you, faculty and students! We raised $1,425 for the women of Uganda!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
7:00 - 9:00 pm
11 Middlebush Hall

Anna Baltzer, writer, activist and author visits the University of Missouri. She is a Jewish-American, Columbia University graduate, Fulbright scholar, and volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service. She will be here with her presentation and her book describing her experiences documenting human rights abuses in the West Bank and supporting Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent resistance to theOccupation. Anna's main presentation covers checkpoints, settlements, demonstrations, Israeli activism, censorship, the Separation Wall, and more. Providing photographic documentation and critical information often misrepresented or ignored in the Western media, Anna's presentation encourages dialog towards taking informed action. For further information and her personal blog visit (annainpalestine/blogspot.com).

Sunday, September 9, 2007
7:00 - 9:00 pm
11 Middlebush

In the Case of Michael Anthony Taylor

Michael Anthony Taylor is an African-American man under sentence of death for kidnapping, rape and murder of a 15-year old white honor student in Kansas City in 1989. His public defenders either quit or were fired but were not replaced. They told his family not to say anything negative regarding the facts from his childhood, so the sentencing court did not hear much of the mitigating evidence. Come, hear and judge for yourself the death sentence against Michael Taylor from his former attorney, John William Simon, and his mother, Linda Taylor. Hear about this captivating case.