A
major conference presenting alternatives to permanent war has been
planned for September 23-25 at American University in Washington, D.C.
Main webpage:
http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2016
Events
on the first two days and the third morning will be in the Founders
Room of the School of International Service. Closing events will be at
the Kay Center nearby on the campus of American University. Media
cameras and journalists are welcome throughout. But RSVP. Rooms are
expected to be at full capacity.
Detailed agenda:
http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2016agenda
Speakers will include: Dennis
Kucinich, Kathy Kelly, Miriam Pemberton, David Vine, Kozue Akibayashi,
Harvey Wasserman, Jeff Bachman, Peter Kuznick, Medea Benjamin, Maurice
Carney, David Swanson, Leah Bolger, David Hartsough, Pat Elder, John
Dear, Mel Duncan, Kimberley Phillips, Ira Helfand, Darakshan Raja, Bill
Fletcher Jr., Lindsey German, Maria Santelli, Mark Engler, Maja Groff,
Robert Fantina, Barbara Wien, Jodie Evans, Odile Hugonot Haber, Gar
Alperovitz, Sam Husseini, Christopher Simpson, Brenna Gautam, Patrick
Hiller, Mubarak Awad, Michelle Kwak, John Washburn, Bruce Gagnon, David
Cortright, Michael McPhearson, Sharon Tennison, Gareth Porter, John
Reuwer, Pat Alviso, Larry Wilkerson, Thomas Drake, Larry Johnson, John
Kiriakou, Craig Murray, Raed Jarrar, Alli McCracken, Lilly Daigle, and
Alice Slater.
Speakers' bios and photos:
http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2016speakers
World Beyond War is a global nonviolent movement to end war and establish a just and sustainable peace.
Partners Include: Jubitz Family Foundation, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, RootsAction.org, Code Pink, International Peace Bureau, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Jane Addams Peace Association, Veterans For Peace, Delaware Peace Club, United for Peace and Justice.
Co-Sponsors Include: Washington Peace Center, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence, Liberty Tree Foundation, TheRealNews.com, Nonviolence International, Peace Action Montgomery, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Military Families Speak Out, Peace Action, WILPF-DC, International Movement for a Just World (JUST), Center for Bangladesh Studies, Society for Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University, Nuke Watch, Friends of Franz Jagerstatter, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), WILPF-DC, International Society for Inter Cultural Study and Research (ISISAR), Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, On Earth Peace, The Virginia Defenders, UNAC, Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore, Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund/Peace Tax Foundation." title=-- class="">
