Baltimore Activists in Panel Discussion, Feb. 12
February 8, 2011
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
Prior to the final performance of Spotlight UB's Trial of the Catonsville Nine on Saturday, Feb. 12, a panel discussion by some of Baltimore's best-known political activists will take place on campus. The discussion will focus on the anti-war protests that marked the latter half of the 1960s into the 1970s, and how the twin causes of peace and justice resonate with both young and old today. The event will begin at 5 p.m. in the University of Baltimore Student Center's Bogomolny Room, 21 W. Mt. Royal Ave. The room is adjacent to the Performing Arts Theater where the play will be staged beginning at 7 p.m. The discussion is free and open to the public.
Participants include:
- David Eberhardt, a member of the "Baltimore Four," who damaged draft files during a 1967 anti-war protest
- George Figgs, film historian and activist and witness to the protest that is recounted in Catonsville Nine
- Elizabeth McAlister, co-founder (with Philip Berrigan) of Jonah House, a community-assistance service center based in West Baltimore
- Max Obuszewski of the Baltimore Non-Violence Center
- Joe Tropea, historian, filmmaker, writer/editor and author of "Hit and Stay: The Catonsville Nine and Baltimore Four Actions Revisited," a 2008 City Paper cover story, which reflects the three years Tropea has spent researching the anti-war movement and working on his documentary film
Fred Guy, director of UB's Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics, will moderate the discussion.
Learn more about Spotlight UB, the University of Baltimore's performing arts series.