[Lapg] Lincoln & King¹s Unfinished Work: A Town Hall Meeting Sun Jan 17 from 3 to 5 pm - Free - Downtown LA

[Lois Arkin]

REGISTER HERE - FREE
http://www.lincolnliveson.com/index.php/la_signups/townhall

The CRSP Institute for Urban Ecovillages is a co-convener of this event. 
  I hope that some of you can attend.  Please pass this along to 
interested others.
Best,
Lois

Los Angeles - town hall event

This town hall, being held on Sunday, January 17, 2010 - Dr. Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Weekend – will look at President Lincoln's significant 
role in expanding the nation's definitions of freedom and equality of 
opportunity and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work in that tradition. 
And since this event is being held in "The Entertainment Capital of the 
World," we will also discuss the ways that words, entertainment, and the 
arts are – and can be – used to explore race and freedom in the United 
States.

Sunday, January 17, 2010 – 3:00 p.m.
Doors open at 2:00 p.m. for light refreshments.

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - Grand Hall
The Music Center
135 North Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Participants (in formation):
Actor Richard Dreyfuss; entrepreneur/motivational speaker Stedman Graham 
(moderator); Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.; historian Harry V. Jaffa 
distinguished fellow at The Claremont Institute (author, Professor 
Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College, and distinguished fellow of the 
Claremont Institute); SCLC-LA President/CEO Rev. Eric P. Lee; playwright 
Suzan-Lori Parks; filmmaker Gary Ross; Illinois State Historian Tom 
Schwartz; "A. Lincoln" author Ronald C. White.

Conveners to date:
Antelope Valley Best Babies Collaborative/Antelope Valley Partners for 
Health
Asian Professional Exchange
California Community Foundation
California Council for the Humanities
Center for Governmental Studies
The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CHRCL)
Christ Liberation Ministries (Pastors William & Thembekila Smart)
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
The Claremont Institute
CRSP Institute for Urban Eco Villages
Downtown Women's Center
Daniel Lowenstein, Director-UCLA Center for the Liberal Arts and Free 
Institutions
Daymond R. Johnson, City of Los Angeles South Central Neighborhood Council
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument/Olvera Street
Ethiopian-American Chamber of Commerce
Exploritas
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"I Have a Dream" Foundation – Los Angeles
Japanese American National Museum
John Stauffer, Historian/Harvard University
The Latino Museum of History, Art & Culture
The Los Angeles City Historical Society
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Los Angeles NAACP
Louise Taper, ALBC Member
Muslims for Progressive Values
New Frontier Young Democrats
The Montebello Housing Development Corporation
The Norman Lear Center at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & 
Journalism
Operation HOPE
Our Authors Study Club/
L.A. Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life 
and History, Inc.
The Rev. Dr. R. Scott Colglazier and the First Congregational Church of 
Los Angeles
SCLC of Greater Los Angeles
The Skirball Cultural Center
Success A New Beginning
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
United We Mentor-AVPH

This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is recommended. 
Seats are on a first-come-first-served basis. Registering on this 
website http://www.lincolnliveson.com/index.php/la_signups/townhall
does not guarantee you a seat. You will receive an e-mail confirming 
your participation.