[IMC-Boston-Dispatch] 06/24: Howard Zinn to Speak at Spare Change News Benefit

[Sofia JarrinT]

--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Emily Johnson <sceditor at homelessempowerment.org> wrote:

> From: Emily Johnson <sceditor at homelessempowerment.org>
> Subject: [bostonstreetpapers] PRESS RELEASE: Howard Zinn to Speak at Spare Change News Benefit June 24
> To: "bostonstreetpapers at lists.riseup.net" <bostonstreetpapers at lists.riseup.net>
> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 5:17 PM
> For Immediate Release
> 
> From: Spare Change News and the Homeless Empowerment
> Project
> Re: Howard Zinn to Speak at Old South Church in Boston,
> June 24
> Contact: Emily Johnson, Homeless Empowerment Project and
> Spare Change
> sceditor at homelessempowerment.org (617) 497-1595
> 
> BOSTON, Mass.‹Howard Zinn will give a talk on behalf of
> Spare Change News on
> June 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old South Church in Boston. All
> proceeds from
> the event will benefit Spare Change News, Boston's
> street paper about and
> sold by homeless, formerly homeless, and low-income
> individuals.
> 
> Zinn¹s talk will focus on ³What a Great Society Looks
> Like.² Social critic,
> historian, and writer Zinn has written more than 20 books
> and is a professor
> emeritus at Boston University.
> 
> Tickets for the event will be income-sensitive.  Admission
> will be $25, but
> a $20 and a $10 ticket will also be offered. Attendees are
> encouraged to pay
> what they can. Seating is general admission.  People can
> buy tickets online
> at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36999 or by
> calling Brown Paper
> Tickets at 1(800)838-3006. Tickets will also be available
> at the door at
> 7:00.
> 
> Zinn¹s 1980 book A People¹s History of the United States
> is a national
> bestseller, and his latest project A People¹s History of
> American Empire is
> described by one website as a ³rollicking graphic history,
> illustrated by
> cartoonist Mike Konopacki that that takes us from the
> Indian Wars to the
> Iraqi "frontier" (with some striking
> autobiographical asides from Zinn's own
> life).²
> 
> Spare Change is delighted by Zinn¹s support on behalf of
> the homeless.
> "Howard Zinn has been a friend and supporter of Spare
> Change News and the
> homeless at large for a very long time. It is always a joy
> to have him speak
> with us or for us," saidHomeless Empowerment Project
> Board President James
> Shearer.
> 
> HEP Executive Publisher Emily Johnson said, ³We are so
> honored to have
> Howard Zinn speak for our benefit. He¹s such an
> influential and dedicated
> man, and his teachings align so closely with our mission ­
> sparks will fly
> on June 24!²
> 
> For more information on the event, please contact Emily
> Johnson (above).
> 
> # # #

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