CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Death Penalty
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Speaker: Dave Atwood - TCADP state chair, 713.529.3826, dpatwood@igc.apc.org
Aspects discussed:
• Who goes to death row?
• The question of innocence
• Recent revelations in Harris County and nationally
• Is the death penalty a deterrent?

Drug Policy
Drug Policy Forum of Texas
Speaker: Dr. Al Robison, former chair, Dept. of Pharmacology, UT Health Science Center-Houston, 713.226.4329, galan@prodigy.net
Aspects discussed:
• Alternatives to criminalization
• Our failed war on drugs

Police Misconduct and Public Accountability
Civilians Down, Corpus Justice
Speakers: Arlene Kelly, grankelly0@hotmail.com; Marilyn Head, 281.405.8998, corpus@ev1.net
Aspects discussed:
• A history of questionable killings and how they were handled
• Effective civilian oversight

GLOBALIZATION & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

The Nature and Impact of Globalization
Globalization Forum, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
Speakers: Joan Denkler, 713.467.2996, Jndenkler48@ev1.net; Fr. Gerry Kelly M.M., 713.529.1912, gekellymm@aol.com
Aspects discussed:
• Winners and losers in the global economy
• How global trade institutions are pre-empting national sovereignty
• De-mystifying globalism: IMF, WTO, etc.
• The new debt slavery and debt forgiveness
• Impact on Latin America

The U.S. Budget: Skewed Priorities, Red Ink
Office of Justice and Peace, Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Speaker: Sam Dunning, 713.741.8731
Aspects discussed:
• Tax policy: enriching the richest
• Spending policy: destroying the social fabric

Global Trafficking of Human Beings
Women Against Global Trafficking
Speaker: Lilian Care, 281.496.3917, tigermoon1@netzero.net
Aspects discussed:
•The nature and scope of the problem
• Human trafficking in the U.S.

U.S. FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY

The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Houston Veterans for Peace
Speaker: Ron Graham, 713.460.0676, graham2639@mindspring.com
Aspects discussed:
• Re-evaluating the U.S. invasion of Iraq
• Getting Out: Why and How?

Israel and Instability in the Middle East
Peace Action, Greater Houston Chapter
Speaker: Herbert Rothschild, 713.861.2494, herbertrothschild@hotmail.com
Aspects discussed:
• Zionism and its impact on the Palestinians
• The “special relationship”: U.S. policy toward Israel and its repercussions in Islam

The Continuing Nuclear Threat
Peace Action, Greater Houston Chapter
Speaker: George Reiter, PhD, 713.743.3527, GReiter@uh.edu
Aspects discussed:
• Prospects for nuclear proliferation, including the cases of Iran and North Korea
• Militarizing the heavens: The scope and aim of Star Wars
• Nuclear pollution and the intractable problem of safe disposal of nuclear waste

A Century of Intervention in Latin America
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
Speaker: Fr. Gerry Kelly M.M., 713.529.1912, gekellymm@aol.com
Aspects discussed:
• History of invasion, occupation, and subversion
• Training repression—The School of the Americas
• The changing political landscape in South America and its implications for North- South relations

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TOWARD SECURITY

Pathways to Peace
The United Nations Association, Gandhi Library, Decade of Nonviolence-Houston
Speakers: Vince Maggio, 713.643.9802; Atul Kothari, 713.785.3900, akothari@abkcpa.com; Bren Hardt, 713-303-3403, bbhardt@gmail.com
Aspects discussed:
• Work of the UN—an overview
• International peacekeeping
• Gandhi, M.L. King, and the power of non-violent struggles for justice
• The UN Decade of Nonviolence

OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST

Not Safe, Not Free: Civil Liberties after 9/11
American Civil Liberties Union-Houston
Speaker: Annette Lamoreaux (former director), 713.526.3389, annette@naacphouston.org
Aspects discussed:
• Executive power misused to spy on citizens
• The Patriot Act

The Political Power of Big Money
Green Party of Harris County
Speaker: Charles Mauch, 713.524.2492, chasmauch@aol.com
Aspects discussed:
• Abramoff, DeLay, and a “culture of corruption”
• Campaign finance reform: proposals and prospects

The Peace Camp for Area Children
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Speaker: Lynn Furay, 713.726.1266, lfuray33@aol.com

For changes or additions to this speakers' list, please write Charlie Mauch, chasmauch@aol.com