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Spring 2011 U.S. Tour for Malalai Joya (NY, DC Events JUST ADDED!)

March 2, 2011

Malalai Joya, the acclaimed Afghan activist and author of A Woman Among Warlords with Derrick O’Keefe, will tour the United States this Spring to call attention to the on-going Afghan war and prospects for ending it. A Woman Among Warlords has just been published in paperback and will be on sale at all her events. Below is a preliminary schedule of her events- this page is being constantly updated. Click here to read an essay by AWM Co-Director Sonali Kolhatkar, announcing Malalai Joya’s national tour.

NOTE: Due to visa problems, Malalai Joya was unable to attend her scheduled appearances in New York and Washington DC. We are pleased to announce that her tour has just been extended to enable her to return to the East Coast. Click here for details.

MASSACHUSETTS

What: Malalai Joya and Noam Chomsky: The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan
When: Friday March 25 5:30 pm
Where: Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge
Co-sponsor: Haymarket Books, UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force, Massachusetts Peace Action, UNAC
For more info: Rsvp and invite friends on Facebook. Seating is first come, first served. Contact: sarah@haymarketbooks.org

What: Malalai Joya: Liberating Afghan Women
When: Saturday, March 26, 3-5 pm
Where: First Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain
Co-sponsors: Jamaica Plain Forum, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Boston Branch
For more info: www.jamaicaplainforum.org or call Liz at 617-477-8630 x 301

What: On Ending the Occupation of Afghanistan
When: Monday March 28 at 4 pm
Where: 106 Thompson Hall, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Co-sponsors: Western Massachusetts American Friends Service Committee , Media Education Foundation, Peace and World Security Studies, American Friends
For more info: Call 413-584-8975 or email office@afscwm.org

What: On Ending the Occupation of Afghanistan
When: Monday March 28 at 7:30 pm
Where: Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College, Northampton MA
Co-sponsors: Smith College Anthropology Department, Smith College Global Studies Center, Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), Alliance for Peace and Justice, Western Massachusetts.
For more info: Call 413-584-8975 or email office@afscwm.org

VERMONT

What: Malalai Joya and the Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan
When: Sunday March 27 at 5 pm
Where: Davis Student Center, University of Vermont Campus Burlington VT
Co-sponsors: International Socialist Organization, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Stop the F-35 Coalition.
For more info: Email jramey1979@gmail.com, 802-309-4824

NEW HAMPSHIRE

What: Afghanistan: Nearly Ten Years Into the US War
When: Tuesday March 29 at 6 pm
Where: University of NH, Memorial Union Building, 83 Main Street, Durham NH
Co-sponsors: Organization sponsoring the event: UNH Peace and Justice League & Seacoast Peace Response
For more info: Email freid.alex@gmail.com, or call 603-608-9859, or visit www.seacoastpeaceresponse.org.

PENNSYLVANIA

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords
When: Wednesday March 30 from 4-6 pm with book signing at 3 pm
Where: Villanova University, 800 E. Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 (Bartley 1011, is in a corner building across the street from free parking on the South side of Lancaster Pike.)
Co-sponsors: TBA
For more info: email Joe Betz at joseph.betz@villanova.edu, or call 610-519-4708.

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords
When: Wednesday, March 30, 8:00-9:30pm
Where: Arch St Meeting House, 4th & Arch Sts., Philadelphia, PA
Co-sponsors: Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends and the Arch St. Friends Meeting
For more info: Email Marge Van Cleef mvc@igc.org, or call 267-763-1644 or call Elisabeth at 215-382-1531

ILLINOIS

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords
When: Thursday March 31 at 7 pm
Where: Chopin Theatre, 1543 West Division, Chicago, IL (Division/Ashland/Milwaukee, Division Blue Line, #70Division bus #9Ashland bus, #56Milwaukee bus)
Co-sponsors: Haymarket Books and TruthOut.org
For more info: sarah@haymarketbooks.org

MINNEAPOLIS

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords
When: Friday April 1 at 7 pm
Where: St Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Ave South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Co-sponsors: Women Against Military Madness and the Twin Cities Peace Campaign.
For more info and tickets (@$10 each): contact TCPC at 612-522-1861 or 612-827-5364 or visit www.worldwidewamm.org

OREGON

What: “A Women Among Warlords”: An Afghan Woman Tells her Story
When: Sunday April 3 at 7 pm
Where: Willamette University, 900 State Street, Salem, OR 97301
Co-sponsors: Lilly Foundation
For more info: Email mduerkse@willamette.edu

WASHINGTON STATE

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords – Bellingham
When: Monday April 4, 12-1:20 pm
Where: PAC Concert Hall, WWU, 516 High St, Bellingham
Co-Sponsors: Peace Action of WA, WWU/Fairhaven College World Issues Forum
For more info: Fred Miller, email: freefred@comcast.net, phone: 206 453-4471

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords – Lynnwood
When: Monday April 4, 3:30-5:00 pm
Where: Black Box Theatre, Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th ave W, Lynnwood
Co-Sponsors: Peace Action of WA, Snohomish Co. Peace Action, Edmonds Community College
For more info: Fred Miller, email: freefred@comcast.net, phone: 206 453-4471

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords – Seattle
When: Monday April 4, 7 pm
Where: Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard (at Seneca st.), Seattle WA
Co-sponsors: Sponsors: Peace Action of WA, Seattle First Baptist, Partners in Peacemaking, Seattle NOW
For more info: Fred Miller, email: freefred@comcast.net, phone: 206 453-4471

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords – Tacoma
When: Tuesday, April 5, 7 pm
Where: William Phillip Hall, UW Tacoma campus
Co-sponsors: Peace Action of WA, UW/T MLK Jr. Institute for Social and Economic Justice
For more info: Fred Miller, email: freefred@comcast.net, phone: 206 453-4471

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

What: Ending the Afghan War: A Lecture by Malalai Joya
When: Thursday April 7, 1:30 – 3 pm
Where: Cal State Los Angeles campus, University Student Union LA room
Co-Sponsors: Students for Social Justice at CSULA, Earth LA, Afghan Women’s Mission, KPFK
For more info: email info@afghanwomensmission.org, call 626-676-7884.

What: Ending the Afghan War: A Lecture by Malalai Joya
When: Thursday April 7 at 7 pm
Where: University of Southern California Campus, Taper Hall of Humanities (THH) Rm 201
Co-Sponsors: Political Student Assembly, Afghan Women’s Mission, KPFK
For more info: email info@afghanwomensmission.org, call 626-676-7884.

What: Ending the Afghan War: A Lecture by Malalai Joya
When: Friday April 8 from 12 noon – 2 pm
Where: MCC Lounge, University of California Santa Barbara
Co-Sponsors: Multicultural Center, Mellichamp Fund – Department of Religious Studies, Afghan Women’s Mission, KPFK
For more info: Call 805 893 8411.

What: Ending the Afghan War: A Lecture by Malalai Joya
When: Friday April 8, Doors open 6 pm, event begins 7 pm
Where: Golden West College, Forum I, 15744 Golden West Street, at the intersection of Golden West Street and Edinger Avenue, in Huntington Beach, CA 92647. Exit at Golden West or Edinger from the 405 Freeway. Click here for a campus map. Forum I is in Building 12 in the south end of campus, and the closest parking lot is “D”.
Co-Sponsors: Peace Mind, and Body Club at GWC, Afghan Women’s Mission, KPFK
For more info: email info@afghanwomensmission.org, call 626-676-7884.

SAN FRANCISCO

What: Ending the Afghan War: With Malalai Joya
When: Saturday April 9 from 7-9 pm, 6-7, reception/light refreshments
Where: Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, on the corner of 15th St and Julian (between Mission and Valencia), San Francisco (by the 16th St BART).
Co-Sponsors: Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF/SF)
For more info: Email sfjoya@gmail.com

What: Rally Against the Wars at Home and Abroad
When: Sunday April 10, 11 am onwards
Where: Assemble at Dolores Park in San Francisco at 11 am, rally at 12 noon, march at 1:30 pm.
Co-Sponsors: United National Anti-war Committee (UNAC) and hundreds of social justice organizations
For more info: Visit www.unacpeace.org, email unacnortherncalifornia@gmail.com, or call 415-49-NO-WAR

What: An Evening with Malalai Joya
When: Monday April 11, 5 to 6:30 pm
Where: University of San Francisco, Fromm, Maraschi Room – download flyer here.
Co-Sponsors: Department of Politics, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, Leo T McCarthy Center for Public Service, Middle Eastern Law Students Association, Middle Eastern Studies Department, Student Bar Association, Women’s Law Association, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
For more info:call (415) 422-5820

WASHINGTON DC – JUST ADDED!

What: Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords
When: Wednesday April 13, 4:40 to 6 pm
Where: Daugherty-Palmer Commons, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
Co-Sponsors: Political Science Department; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.
For more info: Contact Prof. Sahar Shafqat, sshafqat@smcm.edu, 240-895-4910

NEW YORK – JUST ADDED!

What: An evening with Malalai Joya featuring Eve Ensler: Women Facing War in Afghanistan, and the Need for U.S. Solidarity
When: Friday, April 15, 7 to 9 pm
Where: CUNY Graduate Center, Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Ave at 34th Street [BDFV & NQRW trains to 34th St, 6 train to 33]
Co-Sponsors: South Asian Solidarity Initiative, War Resisters League, V Day, and the Center for Place, Culture and Politics
For more info: RSVP on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/malalai or contact prachi@southasianinitiative.org.