Jan. 31, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Richard Krejsa
(805) 544-3399
Courtney Dahl
(805) 784-0508
Peace, Social Justice Activist Benjamin to Speak at Cal Poly Thursday
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Cal Poly will host a lecture Thursday, Feb. 3, by international peace and social justice activist Medea Benjamin. She will speak on "Building Peace and Hope in a Time of Perpetual War" at 7 p.m. in Chumash Auditorium on campus.
Benjamin is a founder of Global Exchange, the women's antiwar group Code Pink and the international Iraq Occupation Watch Center.
Her talk is sponsored by the Cal Poly Progressive Student Alliance, Passion For Peace, Central Coast Peace and Environmental Council and the local Green Party.
For more details, call Cal Poly Professor Richard Krejsa at 544-3399 or Courtney Dahl at 784-0508.
More information is available online about the Progressive Student Alliance at www.psacalpoly.org; Global Exchange at www.globalexchange.org; Code Pink at www.codepink4peace.org; and the Iraq Occupation Watch Center at http://occupationwatch.org.
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