[act-ma] [UJP] Speakers, Workshops Announced for October 1 Anti-War Conference
United for Justice with Peace
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UJP: Speakers, Workshops Announced for October 1 Anti-War Conference
SPEAKERS, WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER 1 ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE
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Register Now [1] for the October 1 conference [2]
All Day Conference on Peace and Justice
See the Conference Schedule [3] and Conference Workshops [4] for the latest
complete conference schedule and list of speakers and workshops.
You must pre-register to guarantee a seat at Prof. Chomsky's keynote
address.
WHEN: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011, 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM
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Where: Suffolk University • 41 Temple Street
Register Online Now! [5]
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Keynote speaker
NOAM CHOMSKY
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The Arab Spring:
Significance and Prospects
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The Conference
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Fall 2011 marks ten years since 9/11, the War on Terror, the Afghanistan War,
and the founding of UJP. The US/NATO bombing of Libya is the latest in the
series of wars. Domestically, greed is rampant and serious problems are getting
worse. Few peace and justice activists can remember a more troubling time.
How did we get here and how can we change things?
What can we learn from the historic events in Egypt, where the people triumphed
against huge odds, and the workers of Wisconsin?
How can the peace movement continue its work to end the wars and cut the
military budget while also building cooperation with the economic and racial
justice movements?
We want a peaceful foreign policy based on democracy to focus on the pressing
economic and human problems that must be solved.
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Featuring Presentations by:
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Kathy Kelly
Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Report from Afghanistan and Iraq
Ann Wright
former U.S. Army Colonel
Citizen Activism Through Flotillas
Michael McPhearson
National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice
Connecting to the War at Home
Enid Eckstein
Vice President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Labor, the Right Wing Attacks, the Wars, and Building Unity
Will Hopkins
Executive Director, New Hampshire Peace Action; Iraq Veterans Against the War
and Veterans for Peace
The crisis and youth today
Max Elbaum
War Times/Tiempo de Guerras
Working for Peace In an Empire in Decline
Patricia Montes
Executive Director, Centro Presente
How the wars affect immigrant rights at home
Najib E Saliba
professor of history, Worcester State University
The Current Situation in Syria
Registration Fee: $15, includes morning coffee and pastry. Free for Suffolk
University students and faculty with ID. No one turned away.
Register online at http://justicewithpeace.org/ten-years-after-registration
[6].
Lunch: $10 - pizza, salad and drink, served in Donahue Building cafeteria.
Directions: Take the T to Park Street or Government Center.
Suffolk University, Donahue Building, 41 Temple Street, Boston, MA
02114 Google Maps
**** Do NOT confuse Temple Street, near the State House, with Temple Place nor
with the 3 other Temple Streets in Dorchester (02126), Charlestown (02129), or
West Roxbury (02132)****
Registration opens at 9am at the Donahue Building, 41 Temple St. Sessions will
be held in Donahue and in the C. Walsh Theatre next door.
Volunteer: There are many tasks, from putting up signs to helping with
registration for which volunteer assistance would be appreciated. Please let
us know if you can set aside some time to help by sending an email
to mcfarland13 at gmail.com
About UJP
Born on the very evening of the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, UJP called for a
peaceful response to the crisis and played a leading role in opposing the
initial attack on Afghanistan and the drive toward war in Iraq. Dozens of peace
and justice organizations and local community groups soon affiliated with UJP,
which is now the largest peace and justice coalition in Eastern Massachusetts.
UJP sponsored educational programs, vigils, Congressional lobbying, buses to
national protests and organized many demonstrations including the largest on
Boston Common in a generation in an effort to stop the Iraq War. We learned
about the importance of both grassroots and national organizing; the essential
link of the wars abroad to the war at home against workers, people of color, and
immigrants; the reality of multiple approaches to work and strategy and the need
to seek common ground while reserving differences.
Sponsored by United for Justice with Peace and the Suffolk University Department
of Government
Information: info at justicewithpeace.org [7] • 617-383-4857
[8]
United for Justice with Peace [9] is a coalition of peace and justice
organizations and community peace groups in the Greater Boston region. The UJP
Coalition, formed after September 11th, seeks global peace through social and
economic justice.
[10]
Help us continue to do this critical work! Make a donation to UJP today. [11]
info at justicewithpeace.org [12]
617-383-4857
www.justicewithpeace.org [13]
Upcoming Events:
Palestinians Tell the World: Sovereignty Means Securing Our Rights! [14]
Fri Sep 23
5:00pm
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Protect yourself from profiling and preemptive prosecution [15]
Sat Sep 24
12:00pm
Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, ISBCC
Roxbury Crossing
Moving Planet: New England [16]
Sat Sep 24
3:50pm
Columbus Waterfront Park
Boston
Ending the Endless Wars and Occupations [17]
Sat Oct 1
9:00am
Suffolk University
Boston
Stop the Machine! Create a New World! [18]
Thu Oct 6
10:00am
Freedom Plaza
Washington, DC
March and Rally to Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad [19]
Sat Oct 15
1:00pm
Park Street Station at Boston Common
Boston
Afghanistan: Why Obama Must Change Course [20]
Tue Oct 18
7:00pm
First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist
Jamaica Plain
Boston Palestine Film Festival [21]
Fri Oct 21
5:00pm
Museum of Fine Arts and other locations
Boston
More Peace and Justice Events [22]. How to Submit Events [23]
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