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UUSM - Faith in Action - Speaker Series
FIA Speaker Series
Faith In Action sponsors frequent lectures by noted speakers on topics of social
and political interest. Recent guests have included:
- Said D. Jabbari, Center for Promotion of Democracy & Human Rights in Iran (CFPD)
- Antonio Brown, Vice President, ACLU of Southern California
- Ann Fagan Ginger, author and Executive Director, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (discussing “New Paths for Action”)
-
Edward Alpers, Ph.D., Chair, UCLA Department of History
(on the
current situation in Darfur)
- Scott Ritter and Jeff Cohen, authors and speakers for U.S. Tour of Duty
- Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of the Islamic Shura
Council of Southern California
- Dr. William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International
USA
- Barbara J. Nelson, Ph.D., Professor and Dean of the UCLA
School of Public Policy and Social Research
- Susan Lerner, Founder and Chair of the Committee for Judicial
Independence
- Saul Landau, fellow at the Washington, D.C. Institute for
Policy Studies and director of the Digital Media Program at Cal Poly Pomona
University's College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
- Steven Lamy, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the USC
School of International Relations
- Arianna Huffington, author, political columnist, radio
commentator and one-time California gubernatorial candidate
- George Savage, OneCare Now ("California's 365-City
Campaign for Universal Health Insurance")
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