Dear ATW-NEWS Friends,

 

We are leaving today for a short vacation. So sadly to say (just kidding), there will be no Emails coming from me until Saturday. If you have an email you want me to forward to the list, it won’t go out until Saturday, at the earliest.

 

I hope many of you can come to the Peace Music Concert we are hosting for No More Victims at our home on Saturday, May 16th.

 

www.addictedtowar.com

Teachers and Ecology Cuba Tours for August

 

Marcel Hatch, Education Director

Cuba Education Tours

2278 East 24th Avenue

Vancouver, BC V5N 2V2 Canada

 

Email: info@cubafriends.ca     

Phone: 1-877-687-3817  

 

 

We have two extraordinary delegations heading down to Cuba from August 1 to 8, 2009. Both are official programs designed by Cubans to familiarize friends from abroad with island advances that hold vital lessons for social well being and environmental sustainability.

 

These journeys are for people like you keen on learning about the island’s renowned education system and its hallmarked eco-alternatives and organic farming achievements.

 

We warmly invite you to join us and serve as a people’s ambassador to the island this summer.

 

Our TEACHERS INTRODUCTION TO CUBA TOUR is for educators seeking to discover the reasons why Cuban youth rank highest academically in the Americas, and how come island teachers are held in such high esteem. You’ll get a firsthand take on Cuba’s free education to through university, and the resulting social benefits.

 

Members of this envoy will meet, dialogue and network with distinguished pedagogical authorities from K-12 institutions, universities, and unions and ministries of education. Tour delegates will also experience unparalleled cultural activities including Cuban music and dance lessons and ample nightlife. You can plan on an engagement with a world-famed urban planner, meet-and-greets with contemporary artists, and an exclusive glimpse into Afrocuban life.

 

You’ll see many facets of the stunning cosmopolitan capital of Havana, and rustic farm villages in western Pinar del Rio province, and the awe-inspiring tropical geography of Vinales Valley — all from the comfort of your five-star Hotel Habana Libre in the heart of the city’s leisure hub.

 

This tour is a professional development opportunity to witness stellar progress that all caring teachers aspire to, while making new friends in Cuba and amongst your tour colleagues. It’s a primer on education in Cuba without equal. See an elaborated itinerary and costs at:

 

          http://CubaEduTours.com

 

Our GREEN EXPLORERS CUBA TOUR is arranged by Cuban specialists to acquaint visitors with island accomplishments in the fields of forestry, organic agriculture, climate change, nature conservation and restoration, renewable energy, and sustainable urban development. Six very special rendezvouses take place with Cuban experts in these arenas.

 

The tour unveils the secrets of green-living Cuban-style. Its for explorers who want to learn about Cuba’s incredible ideas and practices enabling its people to live within natural resource limits, at the same time achieving one of the highest levels of human developments anywhere.

 

You’ll visit museums, architectural and historical sites, United Nations biosphere reserves, and enjoy swimming, horseback riding, birdwatching, hiking and cave reconnoitering. Get ready to relish the island’s best food and entertainment in the five-star comfort of the Hotel Habana Libre, and the rural mountaintop Resort Los Jazmines. Plus you’ll go to many fab venues in western Cuba for hot Latin jazz, music, dance, and more.

 

This tour is for concerned global citizens striving for a livable planet for our children and beyond. A day-by-day itinerary and costs are detailed at:

 

          http://RealCubaTours.org

 

All are welcomed. Both tours are licensable for American travelers. Programs always fill to capacity and enrollment is limited. If you like these programs join us, and please consider sharing this newsletter with your friends.

 

Read what other travelers say about our programs at:

 

          http://MyCubaTour.ca

 

We’re here for you to assist with all aspects of visiting our beautiful island. Don’t hesitate to contact us.

 

My best regards,

Marcel Hatch, Education Director

Cuba Education Tours

2278 East 24th Avenue

Vancouver, BC V5N 2V2 Canada

 

info@cubafriends.ca    Email

 

1-877-687-3817   US and Canada without toll

+ 604-874-9048   International

 

B.C. Travelers Assurance Fund Registration No. 34338

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To Receive Updates on new Cuba Education Tours: http://cubatraveller.com

 

Peace Music Concert for No More Victims

 

Saturday, May 16th - 6:00 PM to Midnight

at

Frank, Jane & Emily Dorrel’s

3967 Shedd Terrace, Culver City 90232

 

Cole Miller, Director of NMV will Give a Short Presentation

To Learn More about NMV go to: www.nomorevictims.org

 

Light Dinner, Drinks & Desserts Will Be Served

 

We Are Asking for a Donation of $20 to Help Fund NO MORE VICTIMS

(If you can’t afford $20, you can pay less)

 

 Please RSVP to: 310-838-8131 or: Fdorrel@Addictedtowar.com     

 

Featuring The Music of

 

The Superbroke Brass & Tin & Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble

www.myspace.com/superbroke

Mother Nature’s Army  

www.myspace.com/mothernaturesarmy

 

Jose-Luis Orozco

www.joseluisorozco.com

 

Dennis Davis

www.beyondbabylonthemovie.com/aboutus.html

 

KB Solomon

http://web.mac.com/kbsolomon/Site/Paul_Robeson_Musical.html

 

Andy Manoff

www.myspace.com/andymanoff

 

Peter Dudar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQNCyJlZOQ

 

Emily Dorrel

&

Other Surprise Guests

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

The Superbroke Brass & Tin & Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble

 

 Our Mission is to Fight the Evil Anti-Groove,

Liberate the SuperFlow of the Universe and Loosen the Sphincter of the World.

Dear Friends of Superbroke,
I am Bossman. We are the Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble. We like seeing you smile. Whatever ails you, please feel free to bring it to Superbroke and hand it over to us for the evening. Whatever your burden, we’ll carry it for you with care and respect if you’ll let us. You can have it back at the end of the evening if you really want it, or you could choose to leave it behind. Your choice. No pressure. Just a nice, easy Flow.

On behalf of all the Superheroes of the Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble, we hope to see you on May 16th at the Concert for No More Victims at the Dorrel’s. May the Flow release you!
Your Friend,
Bossman
Superhero
Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble
www.myspace.com/superbroke

 

  

 

BETWEEN JEW & ARAB

"The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz"

A Book Talk by

David N. Myers

With Comments from Amir Eshel, Stanford and Gabriel Piterberg
Reception and Signing to Follow

Tuesday, April 7th - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

UCLA - Royce Hall 306

Free Event

For More Information Please Contact: Amy Bruinooge, Center for Near Eastern Studies:
Tel: (310) 825-1181 - abruin@international.ucla.edu
http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes

This book brings new attention to Simon Rawidowicz (1897–1957), the wide-ranging Jewish thinker and scholar who taught at Brandeis University in the 1950s. At the heart of Myers’ book is a chapter that Rawidowicz wrote as a coda to his Hebrew tome Babylon and Jerusalem (1957) but never published. In it, Rawidowicz shifted his decades-long preoccupation with the “Jewish Question” to what he called the “Arab Question.” Asserting that the “Arab Question” had become a most urgent political and moral matter for Jews after 1948, Rawidowicz called for an end to discrimination against Arabs resident in Israel­and more provocatively, for the repatriation of Arab refugees from 1948.

The book will be available for purchase at this event. Cash and Checks accepted.

Co-sponsored by UCLA Department of History