Presented by: Exposure
Edmonton
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
(11:00AM)
This event is proudly sponsored by GayCalgary®!
Location:
Metro Cinema, Zeidler Hall
Citadel Theatre
9828-101A Avenue
Edmonton
Summary:
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Details:
Experiences of a Gay, Christian, Peace Activist
$20 (A fundraiser for the Pride Center of Edmonton and the Michael Phair Award, a U of A / ISMSS Scholarship)
Tickets are available at the door, tixonthesquare.ca (9930-102 Ave., 780-420-1757) and at the Pride Center (9540-111 Ave. , 780-488-3234).
James Loney, who will be in Edmonton participating in the University of Alberta’s Festival of Ideas, will be giving a talk about his life, his life’s work and his experiences being a prisoner in Iraq.
Loney is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams and has served on violence-reduction projects in Iraq, the West Bank, the First Nations communities of Esgenoopetij (Burnt Church, N.B.), Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows, Ont.), Kenora and Ardoch, Ont., and as CPT's Canada program co-ordinator.
In November of 2005, he was kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents and held for 118 days before being rescued by British and American forces. He was a founding member of a Toronto Catholic Worker house of hospitality and lived in community with formerly homeless people for 10 years. He has also been a cook, sawyer, baker, maintenance worker and volunteer community mediator. He currently lives in Toronto with his partner, Dan, and is working on a book about his experiences in Iraq.
This event was made possible in part thanks to Options Sexual Health Association.
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