[Peace-discuss] Fw: [Imc-staff] An Invitation to Your Members

[Randall Cotton]

I came across this announcement on an IMC list. Anyone know about this
freelancer who's been to Iraq (probably not recently)? The events below are free
and open to the public.

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hodson, Piper" <PHodson at admin.housing.uiuc.edu>
To: <imc-staff at ucimc.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:06 PM
Subject: [Imc-staff] An Invitation to Your Members


: Hi,
:
: I have a set of events that I know for sure will be of interest to members
: and others who are affiliated with the Independent Media Center, and I would
: appreciate it if you would distribute this in any way you deem appropriate
: (e-mail list?). Next week, the Global Crossroads Living-Learning Community
: at the University is hosting a guest-in-residence. Lorna Tychostup is an
: editor, independent journalist and photojournalist who has been to Iraq for
: more than three months over the past three years.
:
: All of the events listed below are free and open to the public, and we would
: love to have some of your members join us. All events are in the
: Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls at the corner of Pennsylvania and
: Lincoln Avenues.
:
: Monday, April 3 at 8:00 pm "Open Discussion: What's the Role of the Media in
: the World Today?" (Saunders Lounge)
:
: Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 pm "The War in Iraq: Making Peace with Many Truths"
: (Saunders Lounge)
:
: Wednesday, April 5 at 5:30 pm Film showing and discussion of "Dreams of
: Sparrows" a film by Iraqi filmmaker Hayder Daffar. (You can find a website
: about this film at http://www.iraqeye.org/).
:
: I've included more information about Lorna Tychostup below, and you can also
: find her web site at http://www.lornatychostup.com/. If you have any
: questions, please feel free to contact me at 265-5434.
:
: Thank you for spreading the word about this important program,
: Piper Hodson
: Program Director
: Global Crossroads Living-Learning Community
:
: Lorna Tychostup is the senior editor for Chonogram magazine and a freelance
: journalist and photographer. To date, she has visited Iraq three times,
: collectively spending more than 12 weeks there. Her photographs of Iraq and
: its people, before and during the war, have been exhibited throughout the
: country, and her PowerPoint presentations have intrigued and informed
: audiences at colleges and other organizations from New York to Oregon.
: Lorna's work has appeared in Foreign Policy, YES!, Z Magazine, Covert Action
: Quarterly, War Times, and Major League Baseball Magazine. She has been
: interviewed extensively, on both radio and TV, including Fox's "Hannity &
: Colmes" and NBC's "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw."
:
: Lorna's reputation is built on her ability to report stories that go beyond
: mainstream media coverage. During her trips to Iraq, she has opted to get as
: close to the people (and hence the truth) as possible. Living in modest
: unprotected hotels and traveling in beat-up cabs, she has found her way from
: the ordinary people in the street, to the squatters living in bombed-out
: government-owned properties, to high-ranking state ministers, to the judges
: of the new Iraq who have chosen to uphold the law of the land at incredible
: risk to their lives.
:
: Walking among the Iraqi people-the powerful and the destitute alike-at four
: crucial historical moments, beholden to no editorial authority or political
: agenda, Lorna Tychostup has had an unparalleled opportunity to truly
: comprehend very complex developments. The perspective she has earned is
: unique and comprehensive Her haunting photographs and poignant stories
: enable her audiences to share the tragedy, the struggle and the triumph of
: the various communities that make up the Iraqi people. Her body of work is
: essential for anyone hoping to understand any aspect-domestic, political, or
: otherwise-of what is currently the world's most conspicuous crisis.
:
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