EMERGENCY USA is a USA based organization devoted to the promotion of a culture of solidarity, peace and respect for human rights.
EMERGENCY USA provides support to projects that offer free, high quality medical and surgical treatment for the victims of war and poverty.

Emergency

In Honor of Howard Zinn

 

 

MEMORIAL FOR HOWARD ZINN
SUNDAY, APRIL 18TH, 5:00PM, LOS ANGELES

Celebrating the life of Howard Zinn  1922-2010

Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 90010

With

Theresa & Blase Bonpane, Ry Cooder, Sonali Kolhatkar
Jim Lafferty, Tom Hayden, KB Solomon, Hector Aristizabal
Margaret Prescod, Ross Altman,  Frank Dorrel, Wil B
Marco Rambaldo, Tom English, Larry Dilg, Mauro Sacchi

There will be a screening of an Edited Version of
"You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train"
Documentary about Howard Zinn

Questions, contact Shae Popovich at the OOA:
323-852-9808 - shae.popovich@gmail.com

Media Sponsor KPFK 90.7 FM Radio: www.kpfk.org

Howard Zinn Web Site: www.howardzinn.org


Among those presenting at this memorial will be volunteers from EMERGENCY USA who will speak to the very profound and personal inspiration that Howard Zinn had on thier lives as well as the significance and legacy of his actions in support of EMERGENCY USA. 

In the context of this venue, and remembering and celebrating Howard Zinn's call to action, one very special past event must be mentioned. In May of 2006, Howard Zinn and Dr. Gino Strada (Executive Director and Founder of the NGO EMERGENCY) co-presented at the Just War event at this same location in Los Angeles.

You  can view the CSPAN footage of the 2006 Just War event online at:

http://fora.tv/2006/05/12/Gino_Strada_and_Howard_Zinn#chapter_01

 

 

 

January 27, 2010

In Honor of Our Friend Howard Zinn, 1922 - 2010

With tremendous sadness, The Board of Directors of EMERGENCY USA learned  that EMERGENCY supporter and champion Howard Zinn passed away today, January 27th 2010 in Santa Monica, CA at age 87.  He was traveling with his family when he had a heart attack.

The world has lost an amazing human being who did so much every day to make peace a reality. In one of his many books Professor Zinn spoke of a goal to be "prepared to relinquish the safety of silence, be more prepared to speak up, to act against injustice wherever [we] saw it."

In addition to his call to action and challenge to the status quo, we will miss his unique measure of compassion and the down-to-earth sense of humor he shared with so many of us.

Thank you to Jason  Bosch of the EMERGENCY USA Denver group for filming an interview with Howard Zinn in 2007. In it he talks about how he learned about EMERGENCY USA, why he became a supporter and why it's important for all of us to continue our efforts.http://vimeo.com/8305785

We welcome you to share your experiences with Howard and the impact his example has had on your own life by sending an email to info@emergencyusa.org. These comments will become part of a tribute that EMERGENCY USA is preparing in Howard Zinn's honor.

Howard's site offers us this guidance: "In our shock and grief, we know what Howard would say to us, 'Don't mourn, organize!'"

For further updates and information below is a link to Howard Zinn's website:http://howardzinn.org/default/