[CPProt.net] Recordings from SAFE/LCCHP Panel Discussion now available

[Cindy Ho]

On April 13, 2005, SAFE | Saving Antiquities for Everyone hosted a panel
discussion with LCCHP (The Lawyers¹ Committee for Cultural Heritage
Preservation) entitled "Preserving our Past: Looting and the Black Market in
Art, Artifacts, and Antiquities". The public event, which drew over 60
people, was cosponsored by the Washington Office of the College of William
and Mary. 

You can now listen to the speakers and questions and answers on SAFE's
website at http://www.savingantiquities.org/j-safe-events.htm. Moderated by
SAFE advisor/member Lucille Roussin, the panel featured Roger Atwood,
journalist and author of Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the
Looting  of the Ancient World; Ellen Herscher, archaeologist and Chair of
the Archaeological Institute of America's Cultural Property Legislation and
Policy Committee; Magnus Fiskesjö, former Director, Museum of Far Eastern
Antiquities in Stockholm; and Lawyers' Committee President Patty
Gerstenblith, Professor of Law at DePaul University.

The event is the first in a series of panel discussions from SAFE, aimed to
engage the public in the debate around the issues about our shared cultural
heritage. 

SAFE | Saving Antiquities for Everyone at www.savingantiquities.org creates
educational programs and media campaigns to raise public awareness about the
importance of preserving cultural heritage worldwide. SAFE is a coalition of
professionals in communications, media, and advertising working alongside
experts in the academic, legal and law enforcement communities. SAFE has no
political affiliations and is sponsored by the New York Foundation for the
Arts (NYFA), a 501(c)(3) corporation.

For further information, please contact Cindy Ho, Founder/President at
cho at savingantiquities.org