DIBATTITO REAZIONE – CINQUE MINUTI DI FUNK – OSPITI: Aurea Montes Rodriguez, Josh Lockman, Luis Rodriguez, Anthony Samad

AUREA MONTES-RODRIGUEZ, is the Vice President of Organizational Growth at Community Coalition, a social justice non-profit based in South Los Angeles. Born in Mexico but raised in South L.A., Aurea is responsible for the development and sustainability of the organization. She is a passionate advocate and community organizer focusing on building black and brown unity who has been working in South L.A. for nearly fifteen years. Sito:www.cocosouthla.org/

JOSH LOCKMAN, is a Lecturer in Law at USC Law, where he teaches international law and U.S. foreign policy. Da 2008 a 2010, he was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 2004 and graduated from USC Law in 2008. Lockman is a fellow with the Truman National Security Project, and a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He has been interviewed by Al Jazeera and the Los Angeles Times, and has been published in the Huffington Post e Foreign Policy Digest. Lockman is currently conducting research on the impact of the rise of Iran on Israeli-Arab relations. E-mail:josh.lockman@gmail.com Website:www.usc.edu

DR. ANTHONY ASADULLAH SAMAD, è un autore, editorialista e studioso noto per la sua analisi ardente sociale, questioni politiche ed economiche che impattano la società americana. Come uno dei cronisti presenti più letti degli Stati dell'Africa stampa americana negli ultimi 20 anni, Vari commentari editoriale settimanale Samad contribuisce a giornali e siti informatici a livello nazionale. Un professore di Scienze Politiche e Studi afro-americani a East Los Angeles College, Samad ha un Master of Arts in Pubblica Amministrazione (Public Finance specializzazione) presso la University of Southern California, un secondo Master of Arts Degree, in Economia Politica, dalla Scuola di Politica ed Economia della Claremont Graduate University, e ha un Ph.D. in Scienze Politiche alla Claremont Graduate University. Sito: www.anthonysamad.com

LUIS RODRIGUEZ, è meglio conosciuto per il 1993 memoir of gang life, “Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.” (paperback by Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster). It became a stage play by the Cornerstone Theater Company at the Mark Taper Auditorium in the L.A. Public Library da 2003-2005 a 6,000 studenti delle scuole superiori, and at the Ivar Theater in Hollywood for a limited six-day run in 2005. His latest book is the long-awaited sequel to “Always Running,” entitled “It Calls You Back: An Odyssey attraverso l'Amore, Dipendenza, Revolutions, e guarigione " (Touchstone Books / Simon & Schuster), pubblicato nell'autunno del 2011. C'è anche un e-book da Simon & Schuster and an audio book of “It Calls You Back”, (Dreamscape Audio Books). Sito: www.luisjrodriguez.com