Oklahoma Independent Media Center

First Presbyterian Church
555 S. University Blvd., Norman, OK

Keynote Address by Dr. Barbara Boyd

Dialogue Session to Follow Refreshments

Panelists:
Holly Sklar, Author & nationally syndicated columnist
Shelley Moskowitz, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Kenneth Kickham, Asst. Professor - University of Central Oklahoma
Lisa Sorrells, Director Food & Shelter For Friends
Derrick Johnson, Owner - Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
Lex Holmes, Ph.D., Chair – OU Economic Department

Primary Sponsors:
Let Justice Roll – letjusticeroll.org
United Church of Christ of Norman
Oklahoma United Methodist Church & Society
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Additional Sponsors:
First Christian Church of Norman
First Presbyterian Church of Norman
McFarlin United Methodist Church
Norman Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church
St. Thomas More Catholic Church

People of Faith for Fair Wages, a project of the Peace with Justice Task Force of the Kansas/Oklahoma Conference United Church of Christ and Let Justice Roll, a national, nonpartisan coalition of more than 90 faith, community, labor and business organizations, will hold a free public education forum to explore what the faith community can do to resolve issues of paying fair wages and overcoming poverty, Tuesday, November 13, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Southern Hills Methodist Church, 6160 South Lewis Avenue, Tulsa.

What: Press event - Veterans speaking out against the war
When: 12 Noon - Monday, November 12, 2007
Where: South Steps - OK State Capitol

Oklahoma City - - Two Oklahoma fathers who have paid the ultimate price in losing their sons to the Iraq war are speaking out against a war that they believe should end. The event will take place on Veterans Day holiday, at 12 noon, Nov 12th on the south steps of the State Capitol.

“Support the troops, bring them home,” said Warren Henthorn, USAF veteran of Choctaw, OK, whose son Jeffrey served eight years in the military before dying in Iraq, February 8, 2005. Henthorn is a regular participant in weekly vigils in Oklahoma City where signs calling drivers to “honk for peace” are held.

OKC Faith Leaders Protest Hate Crimes and Support Federal Anti-Hate Crimes Legislation
(S 1105, Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 )

Events planned in Oklahoma City, on Tuesday, December 4, will respond to the recent hate murder in the city of Steven Domer, targetted, according to Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater, because of his sexual orientation.