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Law and Disorder: Marjorie Cohn, Ruby Salesis, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, Matt Meyer

Jan 22, 2024: 7pm - 8pm
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Hosted by attorneys Heidi Boghosian and Marjorie Cohn.

South Africa Brings Israel To World Court
Guest: co-host Marjorie Cohn is Dean of the Peoples Academy of International Law and a member of the Bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Marjorie is also professor of law emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and former president of the National Lawyers Guild. She writes prolifically about Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory and Israel's violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people.

Honoring the Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Guest: Ruby Salesis the founder and director of the SpiritHouse Project, a national organization that uses the arts, research, education, action, and spirituality to bring diverse peoples together to work for racial, economic and social justice as well as for spiritual maturity. A life-long organizer, scholar, and public theologian in the areas of civil, gender and other human rights, she was a member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and served as national convener of the Make Every Church A Peace Church movement.

Guest: Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson is the Executive Pastor of The Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Brooklyn, NY. She has combined pastoral ministry with the social justice community. The former Executive Director of the Children's Defense Fund she is now the Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Guest: Matt Meyer is Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association, Chair of the International Fellowship of Reconciliations Financial Advisory Committee, Africa Support Network Coordinator of the War Resisters International, and Senior Research Scholar at U-Mass Amherst. As current National co-chair of FOR and former Chair of the War Resisters League, he is second only to AJ Muste in holding the top post of those two historic US peace organizations. He is author of the recently published White Lives Matter Most And Other Little White Lies.

Co-hosts Heidi Boghosian, Michael Smith, Marjorie Cohn, Jim Lafferty and Julie Huriwitz are activists and attorneys. Each show features two or three interview segments with brief introductory host exchanges or editorials on current affairs. Each segment ends with a way that listeners can learn more about, or even get involved in, the issue at hand. Show focuses on civil liberties, civil rights and human rights, and is produced at WBAI New York. Go to https://lawanddisorder.org/ for more information.