[asia-apec 1844] E. Timorese woman speaks across U.S. for justice & rights

[John M. Miller]

"Finding Justice for East Timor"
Spring 2002 ETAN speaking tour with Filomena dos Reis

East Timorese activist Filomena dos Reis will speak across the U.S. on 
justice and women's issues in February and March. The tour, organized by 
the East Timor Action Network, will stress the need for an international 
tribunal for East Timor and discuss issues currently facing East Timorese 
women, including meaningful inclusion in political and social  processes, 
domestic violence, and the plight of women still trapped in Indonesian 
refugee camps.

Filomena will visit the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, 
Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, 
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, Wisconsin

For more information about Filomena and East Timor see www.etan.org

Public events to date include the following (in state order):

ARIZONA
     contact: Chris Lundry, 480-784-4696, lundry at asu.edu

     Mon Mar 18: at University of AZ in Tucson, contact Josh Banno,
superbannoman at yahoo.com

     Tues Mar 19: afternoon at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff,
contact Sheila Nair, Sheila.nair at nau.edu

     Evening event at Arizona State University, Tempe, contact Chris 
Lundry, 480-784-4696, lundry at asu.edu

LOS ANGELES/ PASADENA, CA
     contact: Ravinder Bhatia, 626-395-3493, rsb at astro.caltech.edu

     Weds Mar 6:  8:00 pm at Baxter Lecture Theater, Caltech; "Gender and
Justice: Voices from Afghanistan, East Timor, Guatemala, Israel and
Palestine"

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
     contact: Ben Terrall, 510-510-985-0385, bterrall at igc.org

     Thurs Mar 14:  1:15 ­ 3:05 at Stanford University, class of Prof. Rush
Rehm

     Fri Mar 15:  afternoon event at UC-Berkeley

DENVER, CO
     contact: Abby Erikson, 303-813-7715, abby.erikson at pprm.org

     Fri Mar 8:  6:00 to 8:00 pm panel discussion on violence against women
at the University of Denver

NEW HAVEN, CT
     contact: Ben Kiernan, 203-432-2870, ben.kiernan at yale.edu

     Thurs Feb 14:  2:30 ­ 4:20 pm at Yale University, ISPS conference room,
77 Prospect St, Genocide Studies seminar presentation on "East Timor during
and after Indonesian Rule"

WASHINGTON, DC
     contact: Karen Orenstein, 202-544-6911, karen at etan.org

     Thurs Feb 28: evening event at American University

SOUTH BEND, IN
     contact: Jim Madden, 219-634-1102, jmadden at nd.edu

     Fri Feb 22:  4:00 pm at Notre Dame University, the Center for Social
Concerns Coffeehouse (next to the library)


BLOOMINGTON, IN
     contact: Christy Campoll, 812-384-3630, ccampoll at indiana.edu

     Sat Feb 23:  3:00 pm at Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood,
Bloomington

BOSTON, MA
     contact: Cynthia Peters, 617-524-3693, cppk at email.msn.com

     Mon Feb 11:  12:30 pm at Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, 4th
floor Pound Hall, HRP conf area

     Tues Feb 12:  4:00 pm at Tufts University, Zamparielle room, Tufts
University Campus Center

         6:45 pm at United for Peace with Justice Coalition meeting,
Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St

DETROIT, MI
     contact: Tom Ness, 248-336-9241, jamrag at glis.net

     Mon Mar 4:  7:00 pm at the Green House, 22757 Woodward Ste 210, Ferndale

ANN ARBOR, MI
     contact: Andy Conroe, 734-913-0393, aconroe at umich.edu

     Tues Mar 5:  12:00 pm at U.Michigan, room 1644 School of Social Work
bldg, 1080 South University Ave

MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL, MN
     contact: Sarah Standefer, 651-429-4794, scsrn at yahoo.com

     Mon Feb 18:  12:30 pm at Louisiana Cafe, at the corner of Selby and Dale
in St. Paul, sponsored by Women Against Military Madness

         7:00 pm at Macalester College¹s Chapel, on Grand Ave near
intersection with Snelling in St. Paul, co-sponsored by U of M


ST. CLOUD, MN
     contact: Melanie Lahr, 320-251-1783, melanielahr at hotmail.com

     Tues Feb 19:  2:00 pm at St. Cloud State University, Atwood Little
Theatre in the Atwood Memorial Center, on the corner of First Ave and Sixth
St


NEW YORK CITY
     contact: John M. Miller, 718-596-7668, john at etan.org

     Tues Feb 26:  7:30 pm at Judson Memorial Church (Garden Room), 243
Thompson St (near Washington Sq Pk), Manhattan

CAMDEN, NJ
     contact: Joanna Gerson, 856-833-0991, jgerson at camden.rutgers.edu

     Weds Feb 27:  4:00 pm at Rutgers University Camden campus

TOLEDO, OH
     contact: Natércia Godhino-Adams, 419-536-4902, gnatercia at hotmail.com

     Mon Mar 4:  12:00 pm at U.Toledo

PORTLAND, OR
     contact: Max White, 503-292-8168, maxw at ease.com

     Tues Mar 12:  6:30 pm at Campus Ministry

     Weds Mar 13: 7:30 ­ 9:00 pm at Washington State University-Vancouver,
Student Services 110 lecture hall, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave, Vancouver, WA

PROVIDENCE, RI
     contact: Rose Shuman, 401-831-6433, rose_shuman at brown.edu

     Weds Feb 13:  4:30 pm at Brown University, Crystal Room of the Pembroke
Campus; co-sponsored by local Catholic Diocese

SEATTLE, WA
     contact: Frank Zucker, 206-547-7735, frankz at discoverybio.com

     Sun Mar 10:  International Women¹s Day event at Seattle Center

     Mon Mar 11:  12:00 pm at Antioch University

         7:00 at U. Washington

MADISON, WI
     contact: Tom Foley, 608-241-9135, planetzeb at earthlink.net

     Weds Feb 20:  7:00 pm at UW-Madison Memorial Union (TITU), 800 Langdon
St

     Thurs Feb 21: 10:00 am at Edgewood College (contact Bill Duddleston,
608-663-3395, dudd at edgewood.edu)

Filomena dos Reis has consistently worked for justice and freedom from 
violence. In 1997, she began volunteering with the largest women’s rights 
organization in East Timor, educating women in isolated rural communities 
on human and gender rights. Filomena was a delegate to the United Nations 
“Beijing Plus Five” international conference on women’s issues in June 
2001, and has represented the East Timorese Women’s Network at other 
international conferences. Filomena is currently the advocacy officer for 
the NGO Forum, a coalition of non-governmental organizations throughout 
East Timor. With the NGO Forum, she is working to establish an 
international tribunal in coordination with international and East Timorese 
partners. Filomena also counsels women victims of Indonesian military and 
domestic violence.

East Timor, north of Australia, is currently under United Nations 
administration and will gain full independence on May 20. From 1975 to 
1999, Indonesia illegally occupied East Timor, killing one-third of the 
population  more than 200,000 people. Following East Timor’s overwhelming 
vote for independence in a UN-organized referendum in 1999, the Indonesian 
military and its militias carried out a scorched earth campaign, killing 
several thousand East Timorese, raping hundreds of women and girls, forcing 
three-quarters of the population from their homes, and destroying over 70 
percent of the country’s infrastructure.