An Honest Look At Afghanistan -- Which Way Forward?

Candid, provocative, controversial debate on options available to the Obama Administration to be held in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening, November 11, 2009, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. Simulated summit with renowned experts before live audience is co-sponsored by Community Advocates, Inc. and 89.3 KPCC-FM’s AirTalk and will be broadcast on 89.3 KPCC-FM's AirTalk with Larry Mantle.

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) November 10, 2009 --

WHO:   
HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF (D-CA)
Congressman Schiff represents a swath of communities from Temple City to Griffith Park. He serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and its subcommittee on Terrorism and Human Intelligence, as well as on the House subcommittee that oversees Foreign Operations.
DR. KALEV I. SEPP
Dr. Sepp oversaw the Pentagon’s global counter-terrorism efforts during the George W. Bush administration where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Capabilities. He is currently a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School having formerly taught at West Point and Harvard University.
DR. REZA ASLAN
Dr. Aslan is an internationally acclaimed author and scholar of religions. A contributing editor at the Daily Beast and author of No God But God (a New York Times’ bestseller), How to Win a Cosmic War and the upcoming Words Without Borders: Writings from the Middle East.
LARRY MANTLE, MODERATOR
Award winning host of 89.3 KPCC-FM’s AirTalk

The panel will bring together onto one stage, before a live audience, three renowned experts for a spirited debate of the options available to the White House in Afghanistan.

WHAT:   
AFGHANISTAN – WHICH WAY FORWARD?

Community Advocates, Inc. (www.cai-la.org) & AirTalk (www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/) Convene a Mock Summit

A broadcast panel discussion and audience Q & A co-sponsored by Community Advocates, Inc. and 89.3 KPCC-FM’s AirTalk with outstanding and controversial thinkers to better understand the options available to the Obama administration in Afghanistan. Will President Obama agree to a massive troop increase in Afghanistan? Will he try to embrace both counterinsurgency and diplomacy? Larry Mantle and guests will pick apart the present situation and make specific proposals to govern how the United States should proceed in Afghanistan.

WHERE:    
AUTRY NATIONAL CENTER AT GRIFFITH PARK
4700 WESTERN HERITAGE WAY, LOS ANGELES 90027
(At the intersection of the 5 and 134, adjacent to the Los Angeles Zoo)

WHEN:       
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
FREE EVENT -- PUBLIC INVITED
SPACE LIMITED. RSVP AT (213) 623-6003 EXT. 10 OR E-MAIL CAI@CAI-LA.ORG
         
Community Advocates, Inc. (CAI) is a vanguard civil rights and social criticism organization based in Los Angeles, CA. Headed by well-known Los Angeles civil rights leaders and commentators David Lehrer and Joe Hicks, CAI is striving to re-frame discussions about controversial issues, particularly race, ethnic tensions, education, multi-culturalism, immigration and inner city violence through new and updated lenses. Lehrer and Hicks contend that, for too long, the discussions and debates surrounding key issues confronting this country have been predictable, orthodox and punctuated by political correctness. Advocates are often heard in isolation offering pre-packaged, platitude-laden solutions to our most intractable problems. Spontaneous and open discussions among thoughtful individuals with differing viewpoints in a challenging, yet controlled and civil setting, are quite rare. Each broadcast forum in this continuing series features panelists chosen for the quality and diversity of their ideas. CAI believes that various ideological assumptions regarding the causes and, therefore, possible solutions to society’s toughest problems often prevent creative and dynamic interactions that might result in new approaches. CAI chooses issues that have historically proven to be particularly difficult for the formation of “common ground” understandings among the advocates on various sides of the debate. www.cai-la.org
CAI’s Blog: http://www.jewishjournal.com/thewideangle/

89.3 KPCC-FM is Southern California’s only 24-hour public radio news station. Over the last six years, the 89.3 KPCC-FM newsroom has won more awards for journalistic excellence than any other radio station in the Southland, commercial or non-commercial. The station produces two daily talk shows that take an in-depth look at significant issues affecting Southern California: Larry Mantle’s AirTalk (one of the longest running shows in LA radio, weekdays 10 AM-12 PM) and renowned columnist Patt Morrison, who hosts her own afternoon program (weekdays 1-3 PM). www.kpcc.org

The Program is made possible by generous grants from the Righteous Persons Foundation and the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation.

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