Americans for Democratic Action -- 
PAST EVENTS:
Sunday, November 6, 2005 ~ 3:00-6:00 PM ~ Phone Bank * Peace Center (cross street is Crescent Heights, parking in the rear) We had a very good meeting November 2nd.SCADA Foundation President/SEIU Local # 535 Political Director, James Johnson Jr. & Assemblywomen Jackie Goldberg shared their knowledge of the Propositions with us & even the greatest of political junkies in attendance learned something more about these issues.. From this event we have organized a GOTV (Get Out The Vote) phone bank. PLEASE join us! It is extremely important that we contact a lot of people & get them out to vote Tuesday or get them to send in their absentee ballots right away. If you have been thinking about how you can help, here is a great way to do it.
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 7 PM, Presentation on the Special Election Propositions,
Peace Center, Presenter: James Johnson ~ Political Director-SEIU Local 535 & Honorable Jackie Goldberg
September 17, 2005, Doors Open: 12 Noon Program Begins: 1:00PM, Membership Annual General Meeting, Jazz Bakery 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City Annual Membership Meeting w/ Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles City Councilmember
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 27 Doors open at
President
Bush has made the first of what could be as many as four nomination
to the Supreme court. Join us for an important discussion on how the nomination
of John Roberts will impact Californians and the things we care about.
SUPREME
COURT IN THE BALANCE
A provocative lineup of speakers/panelists on the nomination, the changing
landscape and its far reaching impact
~ Food, Drinks, Tabling
Speakers/Panel 1-3PM
Loyola Law School Burns Building Student Lounge
1441 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90015 Parking $3 (enter parking on
so. Albany St., some street parking available)
$10 Donation (No one turned away for lack of funds)
Susan
Lerner Founder and
Chair of the Committee for Judicial Independence Marjorie
Cohn A professor of
criminal law and international human rights law, VP National Lawyers Guild Martha Swiller Executive Vice President of Planned
Parenthood Los Angeles and Director of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project
Jeff
Berman Western
Director of People for the American Way
Roy Ulrich, Moderator Executive VP, SCADA, public
interest lawyer, consumer advocate, and public radio broadcaster (Partial
list)
SPONSORED BY: Americans for Democratic Action Southern California Chapter, Committee for Judicial Independence, Coalition for Fair & Independent Judges. ENDORSED BY: Progressive Democrats of America, L.A. Chapter
Sunday, February 20,2005, Loyola Law School Student Lounge
The Southern California Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action is proud
to host a screening of ARLINGTON WEST
This moving documentary by longime activst-artists Sally Marr and Peter Dudar
is one of the most powerful counter-recruiting tools available.Program Includes
Presentations by:
Sally Marr & Peter Dudar
Tim Goodrich, Co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War Special Performance by Wil b. of the Political
Power of Hip Hop
For the living, this
film asks, "How could this have happened?" "
For the dead, it asks, "Why?"
This film is a riveting
visit to a sea of crosses on the beaches of California and other locations
around the U.S. Each cross symbolizes a fallen U.S. GI. This powerful protest
is recreated every Sunday by the Veterans For Peace.
The number of crosses increases as the weeks go by. A sign also entreats
passersby to contemplate the Iraqi civilians, "If we were to honor the
Iraqi dead, it would fill this entire beach."" The crosses provide an
eloquent stage for compelling dialogue with military families, veterans,
soldiers going to and from Baghdad, and children.The film, Arlington West,
allows all to witness the poignant conversations, dramatic revelations,
silences, personal experience, and share the tears with those who are paying
the highest prices for war. A full array of opinions and sentiments are
presented: Active Duty Soldiers and Marines, Military Families, Veterans, and
Children are featured in this revealing Documentary. This film is an excellent
tool for discussions, meetings and classrooms to de-mystify the "glories
of war."
Saturday, October 2,
2004, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 So. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles 90015
DEMOCRACY & TRUTH REGIME CHANGE 2004
Conference and Book Fair
Sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action
Wednesday, August 4,
2004 -
Court Theatre 722 N. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
90069
Reception and a Special Benefit Performance of
"The Awful Grace of God, A Portrait of Robert F. Kennedy."
Genre, Solo Show
Almost 40 years
ago, on August 27, 1964, a still heartbroken Robert Francis Kennedy, spoke, at
that time, to the largest gathering ever assembled for a Democratic National
Convention. On the 40th Anniversary of that courageous appearance, join us in
viewing a wonderful new play that captures the transformation RFK's life after that historic event.
Sunday, May 15. 1:00PM (gather at 12:30PM) Motorcade Parade for Villaraigosa
Sunday, March 27,2004
An event honoring Adelphia's departing dynamo Bill
Rosendahl at the Jazz Bakery
RECIPIENT OF THE CAROLYN ANAGNOS ADVOCATE FOR
DEMOCRACY AWARD
For 18 years,
Bill courageously presented news and newsmakers in an intelligent,
evenhanded, unbiased, and always interesting way.
DRINKS, SCHMOOZING* AND ALL THAT JAZZ**ATTHE JAZZ
BAKERY
3233 HELMS BLVD. SATURDAY, MARCH 27. 20043:30 T0
Sunday, February 22,
2004 Salon Long Beach 3 - 5 pm
ADA and The Outreach Committee of Long Beach First Congregational Church
present a public forum
Your Right to Affordable Health Insurance and Your Right to Responsible
Government .
Speakers on SB 921,
the single-payer health insurance plan sponsored by State Senator Sheila Kuehl, and
Proposition 56 which will reduce, from a log-jamming 67% to a reasonable
55%, the majority required to pass tax increases and will dock the pay of the
Legislature and the Governor for each day past the deadline they fail to pass a
budget.
Prop 57, the Governor's $15-billion bond measure (loan)
Prop 58 requiring a balanced budget for California.
Jim Dawson Health Care for All;
James Johnson, Jr. Service Employees International Union (SEIU);
Long Beach First Congregational Church
Sunday, February 15,
2004,
Health Access California is a state-wide umbrella coalition
whose member organizations represent seniors, people with disabilities,
communities of color, patients, labor, health care professionals, people of faith, children, and families across the state.
Idabelle Fosse of Health Access California on quality, affordable
health care for all.
Proposition 56 which will reduce, from a
log-jamming 67% to a reasonable 55%, the majority of the Legislature required
to pass tax increases and will dock the pay of the Legislature and the Governor
for each day past the deadline they fail to pass a budget.Roy
Ulrich, Esq., public interest lawyer, KPFK
broadcaster and ADA VP;
James Johnson, Jr., political director, SEIU
Local 535 (Service Employees International Union)
Wednesday, January 14, 2004 At 10 a.m., 300 S. Spring Street (the State Building), a rally in support of Prop 56, The Budget Accountability Act.
Sunday, November 23rd, 2003-- 2- 4
A stimulating post-Recall forum in Highland Park organized by Board member James Johnson Jr. (Political Director of the American Federation of Nurses, SEIU Local 535) with such luminaries as Community College Board Pres. Mona Field, State Sen. Gloria Romero, UNITE International V.P. Christina Vazquez, Patricia Foulkrod of Code Pink, and City Councilmember Antonio Villaraigosa.
Wednesday September 17th 7:00 pm No on Proposition 54
Forum (The Connerly Information Ban)
with
REV. JESSE JACKSON
ASSEMBLYMEMBER JACKIE GOLDBERG
STATE SENATOR RICHARD ALARCON
ASSEMBLY MEMBER JUDY CHU
And other Elected Officials & Community Leaders
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd. (Corner of Wilshire and Berendo)
Co-Sponsors:
AAVREP ,ACLU of Southern California, ACORN , AFTRA , AGENDA , SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AMERICANS FOR
DEMOCRATIC ACTION, APALC, APSO-USC,
CAIR, CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, CEASAR
CHAVEZ FOUNDATION, CHIRLA, CODE PINK, COMMUNITY
COALITION, COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL, CRC/CSC, HUMAN
SERVICE ALLIANCE, KOREAN RESOURCE CENTER, LABOR COMMUNITY STRATEGY CENTER, MALDEF, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, NGLTF, PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY, PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS
ANGELES, PROGRESSIVE JEWISH ALLIANCE, ROCK THE VOTE, SEIU
434B, SEIU Local 660, SEIU
1877, SEIU State Council, SGV
against CRECNO, SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK, USC
(The views expressed by the participants are not necessarily those of Immanuel
Presbyterian Church)
Information on Proposition
54:
Passage of Proposition 54 will jeopardize public health, hamper educational
improvement, encourage racial profiling, limit enforcement of hate crime laws
and hide the evidence of racial discrimination
Prop 54 is being peddled as a privacy measure but it has nothing to do with privacy. Prop 54 has everything to do with dismantling civil rights protections for all Californians. Prop 54 is a radical ultra conservative scheme to eliminate the collection of the data which allows us to detect racial or ethnic disparities in healthcare and disease patterns, in access to educational institutions and public resources, in measuring academic achievement, and in tracking hate crime and discrimination.
Why are vital statistics so important? Public health officials use vital statistics to focus disease treatment and prevention efforts. Educators use vital statistics to improve student performance. Law enforcement and civil rights advocates use vital statistics to monitor and fight hate crimes and to prosecute racial discrimination.
Prop 54 will not make us color blind. It will blind us to our problems and put public health, educational progress, public safety and civil rights at risk. Ignorance is irresponsible. We urge you to vote
'No' on prop 54 - October 7th
ADA/So.Cal.Chapter has endorsed the Coalition for an Informed California. A link to their website is provided below. We urge you to visit this site and acquaint yourself with the details and arguments against Proposition 54 and to forward this information to your family, friends, and others on your email lists.
Friday, August 29, 2003, Jim Hightower booksigning at the home of Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum
At the home of Jan
Goodman and Jerry Manpearl
Speacial guests include:
City Council Members Eric Garcetti, Martin Ludlow
and Antonio Villagaigosa
Master of Ceremonies Actor James Cromwell
Thursday May 22, 2003
7:00 pm
Hollywood and Dissent: Defeating the New McCarthyism
A panel on the
hazards of dissent in the entertainment industry in a time of media
conglomeration and ideological conformity
Panelists:
Patt Morrison, L.A. Times Columnist
David Clennon, Actor
Robert Greenwald, Film Producer and Founder of Artists United to Win
without War
John Connolly, AFTRA President
Ed Asner, Actor
Gerald Horne, Author
And others to be announcedLos Angeles Film School
6363 Sunset Blvd - Auditorium (At Sunset and Ivar -
Across from the Arclight Theaters).
Thursday, March 20,
2003, The Eleanor Roosevelt Annual Awards Dinner
Honoring
MICHAEL MOORE - Filmmaker (2003 Academy Award Nominee), Best-selling
Author, Political Commentator
HON. TOM HAYDEN - Former CA State Senator, Activist and Author
RICHARD FOOS - Co-Founder of Retropolis and Rhino Records, Founder of So. Cal. Business
for Social Responsibility
CONNIE RICE - Renowned Civil Rights Attorney, Co-Director of the
Advancement Project
SWEAT X - Anti-Sweatshop Employee-Owned Apparel Manufacturer in Los
Angeles
Saturday, December 7,
2002; 10:30 am
BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD: THE REAL COSTS OF WAR
A conference to
explore the impact that War with Iraq will have upon our: Economy, Civil Liberties,Environment, Health,
Education, Welfare and Other Social Programs
Keynote Speaker: James K. Galbraith
SPEAKERS:Scott Ritter, Former Chief
U.N. Weapons Inspector,
James Kenneth Galbraith, Professor of Economics, U of Tx.,
Antonio Villaraigosa, Speaker Emeritus, CA Assembly,Arriana
Huffington, Columnist,Hon. Hilda Solis*,
Congresswoman,Hon.
Diane Watson*, Congresswoman,Hon. Eric Garcetti,
Los Angeles City Councilmember,Angela
Oh, Former Pres. of Korean American Bar Assoc.,Hon. Jackie
Goldberg*, Member, California State Assembly,Michael Intrilagator, Professor of Economics, UCLA,Bruce
Janssen, Author, The 6 Trillion Dollar Misunderstading,Hon. Sheila Kuhel*, Member, California State Assembly,Mike Farrell,
Actor
(Partial List) * = Invited
Workshops:
The War and the Media: Robert Greenwald, Producer; Bernie Wanraubi, New York Times; Robin Abcarian,
Los Angeles Times
Effective Lobbying Techniques: CA Peace Action and others
History of Direct Action: Ralph Fertig, Former
Freedom Rider and others
Grass Roots Organizing - AGENDA and ACORN
ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2002
IT'S A FREE COUNTRY
A gathering for civil liberties and peaceful tomorrows
speakers:
9/11 FAMILIES FOR PEACEFUL TOMORROWS
an advocacy group founded by people who lost loved ones on 9/11
(Kelly Campbell and Barry Amundson)
TOM HAYDEN
MEDEA BENJAMIN on assisting Afghan refugees
ROBERT SCHEER questioning the war on terrorism
RAMONA RIPSTON on threats to civil liberties
MARIA ELENA DURAZO the burden on working
families
RABBI ALLEN FREEHLING civil liberties
Film footage of 9/11 victims visiting Afghanistan
SEPTEMBER 10 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (S. Westmoreland at 8th Street)
6 pm reception and book launch with Robert Greenwald
7 pm First Baptist Choir, event begins
SPONSORS: Southern California Americans For Democratic Action
(SCADA), Interfaith Communities United For Justice And Peace (ICUJP), The Nation Institute, Liberty Hill, Shefa
Dr. Martin Luther King described war as a "poor chisel for carving out
peaceful tomorrows." In that spirit we will gather to say that our
sorrow over 9/11 should not be used by our government to promote an endless war
on terrorism nor to chill our rights to democratic
dissent.
Help us hang 5,000
postcards on the doors of Congressman Howard Berman's constituents. The
Congressman is a member of the International Relations Committee and the
postcards ask him to:
Promote Human Rights and Democracy & End the threat from Nuclear Weapons
Saturday June 8th 2002 -
8:00 pm WORSE THAN MURDER: ETHEL AND JULIUS ROSENBERG
A play at the Ventura Court Theatre 12417 Ventura Court (between Whitsett and Rhodes Ave) - Studio City
LINDA HAMILTON as Ethel Rosenberg - Hamilton is best known for her
starring role in THE TEREMINATOR movies. She received
an Emmy and a Golden Globe nomination for her staring role in the CBS' series
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
LOU SHAW has written and/or produced over 200 Television and movie
scripts including: Columbo, All In
The Family, I Love Lucy, and more. Lou also was the Co-creator of Quincy
and wrote the novel "Honor Thy Son".
After the play you are invited to stay for a Q &A session with writer Lou
Shaw and cast members.
Tickets are $50. For more information or to reserve tickets, please call (323)
651-4440
Tuesday, May 21st 7:00
pm Monthly Salon Series THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: A PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVE
Arthur Stern -
Co-Chair, Amernicans for Peace Now (Western Region)
and Vice President, Progressive Jewish Alliance
Salam Al-Marayati
- Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
On June 13th, the United States will withdraw from the ABM Treaty. The Bush
Administration's just released "Nuclear Posture Review" details the
use of U.S. Nuclear Weapons on a first strike basis.
Saturday May 11, 2002
Monthly Salon Series Presents Fighting the Madness of Bush's Nuclear Policy
with Ann Fagan Ginger
Founder and Executive Director of the Meiklejohn
Civil Liberties Institute - a center for peace law and human rights; Attorney;
Author of several book including The Cold War Against Labor, and Illegality of
Nuclear Weapons University Professor teaching Peace Law and Human Rights at San
Francisco State University
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday
March 7, 2002,
Michael Moore, author of the new
book "Stupid White Men"
Discussion &
Book Signing Presented by SCADA and The Midnight Special Bookstore
Can we save... Our Economy, Our Civil Liberties, Our
Environment, Our Civil Rights, Our Social Programs, Our System of Justice, Our
Health Care, Our Democracy?
Media Sponsor: LA WEEKLY
USC - Bovard Auditorium
Downtown Los Angeles
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Robert B. Reich, former U. S. Secretary of Labor,
Hon. John Burton, CA State Senate, President Pro Tempore,
Hon. Dennis Kucinich, Chair, Progressive Caucus of Congress
Hon. Maxine Waters, Congresswoman, (D - CA)
Hon. Diane Watson, Congresswoman, (D-CA)
Hon. Tom Hayden, Former State Senator
Jim Hightower, Author and Commentator
Ed Begley, Jr., Environmental Activist & Actor
and more
Monthly Salon Series
Featuring Michael Dukakis speaking about "Our Domestic Agenda"
Michael Dukakis is
the former governor of
Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner
Honoring Robert Reich and Ralph Fertig
Special Guest Presenter
"WAKE UP DEMOCRATS!
TAKE BACK THE COUNTRY" CONFERENCE
Sunday June 24, 2001 Wilshire Grand Hotel
Speakers:
Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) - Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
Lila Garrett, President Southern California Americans for Democratic Action
Warren Beatty - film maker, political activist, Eleanor Roosevelt Award
winner
Ed Begley Jr. - EnvironmentalActivist and
Actor
Robert Borasage - Co-director, Campaign for
America's Future
Vincent Bugliosi - author, The Betrayal of
America; former L.A County prosecutor
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) - Member, House Appropriations
Committee
Robert B. Reich - professor, Brandeis University; former U.S Labor Secretary
Robert Rosendahl - Reg. Vice President, Adelphia
Communications; host of "Week in Review"
Rep. Holda Solis (D-CA) - Member, House Education
and the Workforce Committee; Member House Resources Committee
Re. Henry Waxman (D-CA) Member, House Energy & Commerce Committee:
Member, Government Reform Committee
PROPOSITION 34 CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REFORM - (SCAM)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2-5 P.M.
GARDEN ROOM, VETERAN'S MEMORIAL COMPLEX
4117 OVERLAND AVENUE, CULVER CITY
(at the corner of
Culver Blvd. Thomas Guide page 672, F-2)
Featured speakers
Norma Becher, League of Women Voters
Craig Holman, Ph.D., Center for Governmental Studies
Rev. Norman Johnson, Director, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jim Knox, Executive Director, California Common Cause
Wendy Wendlandt, Political Director, CalPIRG
Billionaires for Fake Campaign Finance Reform
Moderator - Lila Garrett, President of So.
Endorsed by
National Lawyer's Guild (So.
SCADA Foundation
Conference: Who Owns
Sunday, April 9 - 2 to 7 p.m. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.
University Synagogue
11960 W. Sunset Blvd., West Los Angeles
West of 405 Freeway
at Saltair. Thomas Guide Page 631,
G-3
Preferred seating and reserved parking $25, General Admission $10. RSVP
323-852-9190
Co-sponsored by the Social Justice Committee, University Synagogue...
Speakers:
Jim Hightower - Radio Talk Show host Author/Populist,
Honorable Bernie Sanders - Congressman (I-VT)
David C. Korten - Author "When
Corporations Rule the World"
Ellen S. Miller - Exec. Dir., Public Campaign
Arianna Huffington
- Syndicated Columnist and Author
Hon. Dennis Kucinich - Congressman (D-OH)
Robert L. Borosage - Co-Dir., Campaign
for America's Future
Harold Meyerson - Exec. Editor, Los
Angeles Weekly
Ralph D.H.Fertig - Federal
Administrative Judge (ret.)
S. David Freeman - General Manager, L.A. Dept. of Water and Power
Barbara Osborn - Radio Talk Show Host
Eric Mann - Exec. Dir. Labor Community Strategy Center
Rev. Madison Shockley - New Visions Foundation
Stanley Sheinbaum - Publisher, New
Perspectives Quarterly
Peter Dreier - Professor, Political Science, Occidental College
Larry Frank - Criminal Defense Attorney
Jennifer Malin - Former President of
Neighbor to Neighbor
Jim Jontz - Former Congressman of
Indiana and the Executive Director of American Lands Alliance
and many more distinguished activists
Saturday March 11, 2000
11- 1:30 SCADA Annual Meeting,West Hollywood Park
647 N SanVicente Blvd. Between Melrose and Santa Monica West
Hollywood
Annual meeting and election of Board Members. Refreshments will be served
Thursday February 17,
2000 At the home of Lila Garrett Social Security the Phony Crisis
A discussion with Dean Baker Co-founder of the Center for Economic & Policy
Research in Washington, DC
7:00 p.m. Dessert & Coffee 7:45 p.m. Program
RSVP: 323-852-9190
December 12, 1999, Walmart Store, San Fernando Valley
"A Season of Conscience" Candlelight Vigil against the stores use of
sweatshop labor
Thursday,
November 11, 1999 at the LA Chamber of Commerce.
Demonstration against Free Trade Bus Tour by Commerce Secretary Bill Daley
Novemeber 3, 1999 Tiffany Theater An evening
with Tony Hiss son of Alger Hiss.
Reading and signing
his book, "A View from Alger's Window, a son's memoir"
Wednesday September 29,
1999 International Ballroom, Beverly Hilton Hotel
Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner honoring Warren Beatty
Sunday, September 12, 1999 2:00 PM Fountain Theater
Ancient History, a play by David Ives, Author of "All in the Timing"
5060 Fountain
Avenue (at Normandy)
Free Parking Available
Reception with theater company to follow
R.S.V.P. Event Hotline 323-852-9190
Thursday, September 9,
1999 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Ronald Reagan State Office Building 301 South Main Street in Downtown L.A.
Rally and Press Conference in support of the Patient's Bill of Rights
Guest speaker:
Laura Innes, star of TV's "ER"
Southern California ADA is coordinating an event in support of the California
Patients' Bill of Rights. We are working with Health Access California, the
Area Agency on Aging, and several other organizations to bring this together.
We are asking you to come join us in calling for the State Legislature to pass
and Governor Davis to sign this comprehensive set of health care reform
legislation. We need your participation! For information, contact us at
323-651-4440.
Saturday, July 10, 1999
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Jazz Bakery,
3233 Helms Avenue, West Los Angeles
Southern California ADA, Physicians for Social Responsibility LA, and Eco Expo
invite you to meet and talk to one of the most courageous and progressive
members of Congress
Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
He will discuss a variety of issues:
Y2K and nuclear Dangers Social Security, health care, and gun control
Free Event. Seating limited to the first 200 people.
Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Refreshments available
For reservations or additional information contact Eco Expo at 1-818-906-2700
The Jazz Bakery is between Venice and Washington Blvds.
& near National Blvd.)
Special interior attendant parking for event.
Monday, July 12, 1999 in
the Peltz A Benefit Performance by ROBERT CLARY
Accompanied by the John Rodby Trio
John Rodby (piano), Harvey Newmark
(bass), & Mark Stevens (drums)
With the songs of Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers
Harold Adamson and Sammy Fain
June Carroll and Arthur Siegel
Ira and George Gershwin
Johnny Mercer
Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Theater of the Museum of Tolerance 9786 West Pico Boulevard
Curtain 7:30 PM
Free Parking at the Museum
Reception to follow
Tickets $30 per person
RSVP 323-852-9190
Sunday May 23, 1999 3:00
- 7:00 P.M.
NATIONAL TEACH IN AND LIVE RADIO SHOW
On the War in Yuoslavia and U.S. Military Policy
Sunday, October 25, 1998
An Afternoon With April Oliver and Jack Smith
In the past several months, a tremendous amount of attention was focused on a
June television broadcast by CNN entitled "Valley of Death" which
alleged that the U.S. may have used nerve gas on American defectors in Laos
during the Vietnam War. The uproar resulted in the sacking of the two principal
journalists, April Oliver and Jack Smith, and the retraction of the story by
CNN. A so-called independent report was prepared by CNN Senior Vice President
& General Counsel, David Kohler, and Floyd Abrams, an attorney and
consultant hired by CNN. It concluded the evidence did not justify the
conclusion made in the broadcast, despite CNN's approval prior to the airings.
Though gagged by CNN immediately after the broadcast, Ms. Oliver and Mr. Smith
stand by their reports and have been speaking out about CNN's report, the
story's retraction and their firing. On, Sunday, October 25, from 4 to 6 p.m.
(Remember we change our clocks that day) SCADA will be hosting an in-depth
interview with April Oliver and Jack Smith at the University Synagogue, 11960
Sunset Blvd. in West Los Angeles. The event will be moderated by Bill
Rosendahl, host of cable TV's "This Week in Review." A $10 donation
is requested in order to reimburse the travel costs of our participants. Tickets
are available at the door. Sponsoring organizations are Southern California
Americans for Democratic Action (SCADA), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) and the
Social Justice Committee of University Synagogue. For more info contact the
SCADA Event Hotline at 323-852-9190.
Saturday, October 10,1998, Rally to Support Sewing Workers
Each year, just
prior to the Holiday shopping season, the National Labor Committee holds a
"Season of Conscience" to call attention to child labor abuses and
sweatshop conditions that exist in this country and abroad. This year the
target of the campaign was Wal-Mart stores, the largest retail employer in the
country, and their refusal to sign a statement of corporate ethics in the use
of sweatshops and child labor in the manufacture of the products they produce
and sell. A demonstration was held on Saturday, October 10 outside the Wal-Mart
store at 14500 Roscoe Blvd. in Panorama City in the San Fernando Valley. The
rally met at the Northwest corner of Roscoe & Van Nuys Blvds
at 11:00 a.m. Participating organizations included Southern California
Americans for Democratic Action (SCADA), San Fernando Valley Alliance for
Democracy, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Burma Forum, Jewish Labor Congress,
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)
and other.
Tuesday, September 22,
1998, The Eleanor Roosevelt Annual Awards Dinner
This year's dinner
was held on Tuesday, September 22 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills.
Our honorees were U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer; Ben Cohen, co-founder and
chairperson, Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.; Rob Reiner,
film director-producer-actor and founder & chair "I Am Your
Child" Campaign; and Anne Marie Staas, immediate
past president SCADA. Our Dinner Chair was Ted Williams, a 1997 honoree and
co-founder of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities. We were joined by ADA
President & former congressman Jim Jontz, ADA
Executive Vice President Bill Markus and ADA National Director Amy Isaacs. The
Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner is our major source of revenue to carry out our
progressive agenda.
Tuesday, August 4, 1998,
Friends of Paul Wellstone
Fund raiser given by the Paul Wellstone Presidential Exploratory Committee, and
*supported by SCADA.
July 12,1998 "If You Ever Leave Me, I'm Going With You"
Theater group
fundraiser
Tuesday,May 19, 1998, Susan McDougal Legal Defense Fund
SCADA fund raiser
in support of the Susan Mc Dougal Legal Defense Fund.
The fund was established by the Mc Dougal family and
friends to uncover the various conflicts-of-interest in the investigations of
the special prosecutor Kenneth Starr.
Saturday April 18,1998 Take Back the Democratic Party Conference
With U.S. Senator
Paul Wellstone & other prominent progressives. Ackerman
Hall, UCLA Campus.
March
28, 1998, SCADA Annual Membership Meeting and Election of Board Members
Program with
newly-elected Assemblyman. Gil Cedillo (D-46). Meeting open
to the public, but only current members vote
Nov 22, 1997, "Three Songs" Theatrical Event & Not-So-Much-A-Surprise Birthday Party for SCADA President Lila Garrett