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Don White
Presente! Presente! Presente!
Save The Date - Memorial for DON WHITE:
Sunday, August 10th, 6:00 PM
An Evening to Celebrate the Life of Our Companero
Don White
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE AND SPREAD THE WORD!
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010
(@Berendo Street, 2 blocks west of Vermont Ave.)
PARKING: Available across the street at the United Teachers Los Angeles Union Hall
PUBLIC TRANSIT: Vermont & Wilshire Red Line Stop
ORGANIZED BY: El Comité de Companeros de
Don ‘Blanco’
Programs of the Office of the Americas include:
WORLD FOCUS, weekly radio interviews with key scholars, analysts and movement leaders who are generally excluded from commercial media (Pacifica Radio, KPFK, Los Angeles). In order to hear any previous broadcasts of our radio program, WORLD FOCUS, go to www.kpfk.org>, click on Archives and then click on WORLD FOCUS.
A program also called WORLD FOCUS is broadcast on Time Warner Television's educational and public access stations,
Information and commentary are also offered to mainstream and independent media as well as to scholarly publications,
Press conferences and background briefings,
Assisting in documentary, feature film and TV productions,
Publishing FOCUS, the Office of the Americas newsletter,
Lecturing at universities,
Providing information for legislative issues,
Providing services and networking with other justice and peace organizations, and
Testifying as expert witnesses in Federal Immigration Courts to prevent the deportation of refugees fleeing persecution.
The Office of the Americas is an organization of five thousand people concerned about issues of international justice and peace. The work of the organization is carried out by a small staff, supplemented by ninety volunteers.
Contributing members receive newsletters, invitations to special events, and alerts. They are given opportunities to use their talents through a wide range of Office of the Americas programs. Most important, they become part of an ever-expanding community of people dedicated to bringing about international justice and peace.
At the Office of the Americas, we want to redefine special occasions gift giving. Instead of buying, wasting money and getting stressed out in the process; we want to focus our energies on giving to further the work for peace and justice.
It's very simple. A lot more money would go to people who need it. Shopping would be easier and tax deductible. Our giving would be more in keeping with our values and those of our loved ones. Please consider charitable giving as a gift option this year. The Office of the Americas always appreciates your donations to us.
Toward this end, the OOA has a lovely gift card that you can have sent to your loved ones for their special occasions. The card says a few words about OOA's work. No amount is written on the card unless you request it and - YOU receive a tax-deduction as well as the knowledge that you have furthered the work you believe in!
To: General Manager Ellis O'Connor
Owner Michael Dell,
Fairmont Miramar Hotel
Since our founding in 1983, The Office of the Americas has been a strong advocate for workers' rights in Santa Monica and across the Los Angeles basin. Although our main focus is in fostering international peace, we also care deeply about the rights of service workers in our very own backyard.
Our concern for living wages, healthcare, and the fair treatment of workers motivated us to select the Fairmont Miramar Hotel as the venue for our 24th anniversary celebration. This is why we were very concerned when it came to our attention that this hotel currently does not have a union contract, and furthermore that ownership of this hotel would not agree to a card-check neutrality agreement in its future locations. All other hotels negotiating with UNITE HERE Local 11, including the Loews, Viceroy, and Defina here in Santa Monica have agreed to this standard of neutrality in all future locations. Thus it is unreasonable for the Fairmont Miramar hotel to offer its fine workers any less. The willingness of companies to stay neutral in labor representation issues is a concern of communities all over the county of Los Angeles.
Furthermore, we at Office of the Americas are prepared to stand with workers and honor their boycott of this establishment, if one is called. We would like to remind you that this hotel is utilized by many in the local, state, and national progressive community, including those in the Democratic Party. Many of these constituents would be sympathetic to our concerns. If a strike or boycott happens, we are willing to spread the word and seek the support of our friends in the entertainment and progressive communities on behalf of these workers.
The Fairmont Miramar Hotel has a history of fair treatment of workers and stable union contracts, which adds to its fine reputation among our constituents. We wish these relationships continue without any interruption. We call on the ownership of this hotel to address this issue swiftly.
Sincerely:
Office of the Americas
Check out the information at our website www.nomorevictims.org. We have three basic ways of working:
1. Evacuation and treatment in the United States: We identify children injured as a direct result of US military assault and seek medical sponsorships for them in the U.S. These are intense, long-term projects that require substantial funding and the dedicated efforts of a core group of 5 - 10 people. See http://nomorevictims.org/projectguides.php for general guidelines.
2. Advocacy and in-country assistance: We connect communities directly with children injured as a direct result of US military assault, and facilitate assistance to the child and his or her family. These projects are well suited to high school, college and community groups. We provide the child's medical report, a photo, and a summary of the facts regarding the attack that injured the child. The organizers then develop a list of questions for the child and his or her family. We secure answers the the questions, and participants prepare a needs assessment. The group then goes to work to meet the most pressing needs of the child and family. See http://nomorevictims.org/shaymaa.php, and http://nomorevictims.org/ayat.php for two example of how these projects work.
3. Provision of medical supplies: According to a recent Oxfam Report, after four and a half years of occupation, 90% of Iraq's hospitals lack basic medical and surgical supplies. We work to deliver urgently needed supplies to Iraqi clinics and hospitals. See http://nomorevictims.org/supplies.php for more information. We purchase supplies directly from the importer at prices significantly below wholesale. If you would like to host or organize a fundraiser to help with this effort, we would be most grateful.
We rely on grassroots organizers at the community level. We accept no government funding. We believe that every individual and community in this country can provide direct assistance to victims of aggression, and help to tell stories that will educate a broader public about the tragic human consequences of US militarism.
We would welcome the opportunity to work with you and your friends and colleagues. Please consider these possibilities, and let us know which of these models is best suited to your interests, connections and skills.
Best wishes,
Cole Miller
Founding Director
323-445-6701
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