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Starts Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 4:00 PM for 60 minutes
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Announcing the 7th free webinar in our online learning series...
Webinar: Divest from the War Machine
When: Tuesday, July 2 at 8:00pm EDT (GMT - 4) / 5:00pm PDT
Featuring panelists David Swanson, Maya Rommwatt, and Susi Snyder
Moderator: Greta Zarro, World BEYOND War
Grassroots-led war divestment campaigns are springing up all over the
world, from students organizing to divest university endowments from
weapons manufacturers and war profiteers, to municipalities and states
coming together to divest public pension funds from the war machine.
Divestment is actively choosing to stop financing companies,
like weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and war profiteers.
On this webinar, we'll talk with 3 leading organizers about the
strategies and tactics needed to run a divestment campaign. We'll review
the divest list -- the companies to target in a divestment campaign. We
will cover different divestment models, including municipal,
institutional, and university-led campaigns and lobbying elected
officials. And we'll discuss lessons learned from World BEYOND War's
recent successful campaign to divest the city of Charlottesville, VA
from weapons and fossil fuels.
Our panelists for this discussion are:
Maya Rommwatt: Maya is the CODEPINK National Organizer for the Divest from the War Machine Campaign. Maya brings deep experience with progressive causes to her work. She's campaigned for climate justice, wildlife conservation, and public lands. Maya is based in Portland, Oregon.
Susi Snyder: Susi Snyder is the Nuclear Disarmament Programme Manager for PAX in the Netherlands. Susi is the primary author and coordinator of the Don't Bank on the Bomb reports on nuclear weapon producers and the institutions that finance them. She is an International Steering Group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and a 2016 Nuclear Free Future Award Laureate. Previously, Susi served as the Secretary General of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Click "Register" to sign up for the free webinar!
The webinar will be hosted on Zoom and livestreamed via Facebook. Participants can join via computer with an internet connection, or via telephone. Once you register, you will receive an email with the livestream link and call-in information.
Organization: World BEYOND War
Directions:
Contact Info: Greta Zarro (greta@worldbeyondwar.org)
(Registration Required)
