{news} Sat. November 20 Central CT State University peace forum

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A statewide forum to discuss how to:

 

End the Occupation of Iraq,

Bring the Troops Home Now

     and

Address the Human Costs of U.S. Wars in the Middle East

 

10am--Registration and tabling (see note below on tabling*)

 

11am--Keynote speaker:  Bill Fletcher, Jr. is an important African American scholar, labor, and peace and justice activist.  Fletcher is currently President of TransAfrica Forum

 

12:30pm--Strategy and Perspectives.  A panel of representatives from:

--national United for Peace and Justice

--ANSWER

--Not in Our Name

--U.S. Labor Against the War

--Campus Antiwar Network

--Iraqi Veterans Against the War

 

2pm--Worshops on:

--high school counter-recruitment

--labor

--veterans and military families

--campus organizing

--war and the environment

--nonviolence as a strategy

--connecting the dots:  Palestine and Iraq

--reaching beyond the choir:  organizing neighborhood by neighborhood

 

5:30pm--Where do We Go From Here?  A plenary to share post-election analyses and discuss proposals for winter/spring actions.

 

Saturday, November 20, Student Center, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain CT

More information:  www.ctunitedforpeace.org

 

Sponsor:  CT United for Peace

Host:  CCSU Peace Studies Department

 

*Note:  the Green Party, like other organizations, has been invited to table.
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