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2009 Peace Conference - Presenter and Performer
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David Solnit is a direct
action, anti-capitalist, climate justice and anti-war organizer,
writer and puppeteer. As an arts Organizer he uses culture, art,
giant puppets and
theater in the streets and for popular education.
He works with Courage to Resist, supporting GI resistance and with
the Climate Justice Action Convergence fighting Chevron Oil Corporation.
He edited Globalize Liberation, cowrote Army of None and the forthcoming
Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle (AK Press 2008).
Can we get to root causes of the major crises—financial
meltdown of corporate capitalism, climate change, and war--and build
a better world? People in the US and around the world are doing
just that--and winning! Our actions are experiments in a laboratory
of resistance and our struggles for change are battles of competing
stories, so creating a culture of creativity, reflection and storytelling
will be key.
Read
the interview in Mother Jones (pdf)
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Joel Magnuson is
an economist based in Portland, Oregon and author of Mindful Economics:
How the US Economy Works, Why It Matters, and How It Could be Different.
Joel Magnuson will introduce the “Mindful
Economics” movement—a proactive and nonviolent movement
based on economic re-localization with emphasis on building democratic,
stable, and ecologically sound institutions. |
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Good Sista/Bad Sista: Turiya
Autry and Walidah Imarisha, write, recite and incite political performance
poetry. They have shared the stage, singularly and together, with
Doug E. Fresh, Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, John Trudell, Chuck D and
Spearhead, among others. They teach in elementary, middle and high
schools, as well as through Portland State University’s Black
Studies department. For more information visit: www.GoodSistaBadSista.com |
Presenters
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Beth Aydelott has lived
in Eugene for almost a decade, during which time she has served as
a Human Rights Commissioner for Eugene, a member of the MLK, Jr. Celebration
Committee, and a frequent coordinator for workshops on racism and
privilege. She is professor of English at Northwest Christian University.
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Adam Bacher is a commercial photographer
and photojournalist from Portland, Oregon. He spent the month of October
2007, in Rwanda, for the non-profit Itafari Foundation, and now serves
on their board. This January he returned for another month to continue
documenting Rwanda’s recovery from genocide. In March, Bacher
participated in, Healing the Wounds: Speech Identity and Reconciliation
in Rwanda, a conference in New York city. Bacher actively speaks to
public school classes on, A Day in the Life of a Rwandan Child, promoting
cultural awareness and understanding. |
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Pat Boleyn has taught biology and
ecology at Lane Community College for over ten years. She worked as
a wildlife biologist for over 25 years in the Pacific Northwest for
the U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy and in Arizona as
the Mexican Spotted Owl Coordinator. She teaches about global climate
change and is involved in the UO Climate Preparation Program. Boleyn
completed her M.S. in Natural Resource Management at Humboldt State
University. She is a strong advocate of peace. |
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David Cobb is the Campaigns Director
at Democracy Unlimited, where he focuses on their Community Rights
program. A sought-after speaker, he co-hosts several local radio programs
on politics and democracy.
The Green Party nominee for President of the United States in 2004,
David remains active with the Green Party and the Election Integrity
movement. He also serves on the Sierra Club's national Corporate Accountability
Committee, as a Fellow for the Liberty Tree Foundation, and as a Principal
with the Program on Corporations Law & Democracy. |
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Sasha Crow traveled to Iraq as
a peace activist in 2003 prior to the US invasion / an ordinary person
who was saddened and outraged at the suffering of Iraqi people as
the result of US foreign policy and responded by creating Collateral
Repair Project in 2006 / lives part-time in Amman, Jordan, working
with Iraqi refugees |
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emma's revolution is
the duo of award-winning, activist musicians, Pat Humphries &
Sandy O. In the spirit of Emma Goldman's famous attribution, "If
I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution",
emma's revolution brings their uprising of truth, hope and a dash
of healthy irreverance to concerts and peace & justice events
across the US. They have performed by invitation at the World Culture
Open in Seoul, Korea, the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics,
Palestine & Israel, and, in December 2007, in Santiago, Chile
with Holly Near. |
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Greg Evans, M.Ed is an educator
and civil rights activist. Mr. Evans is a classroom instructor, lecturer,
workshop facilitator and consultant. Mr. Evans holds a B. S. in Marketing
from Myers University in Cleveland, Ohio and an M.Ed. from Oregon
State University, in Corvallis, Oregon. Mr. Evans is a member of the
faculty at Lane Community College. Mr. Evans is the recipient of numerous
awards for his work including five Martin Luther King, Jr. awards.
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Ishi & Iana have been performing
together for about four years, hosting Free Speech Open Mic to inspire
people to speak their minds, working with various youth organizations,
schools, conferences, and special events to encourage creative expression
through a variety of mediums. Ishi has been perfoming revolutionary
music since he was 9, he plays multiple percussion instruments including
congas, timbales, cajon, and drum kit. He is also a vocalist with
a passion for soul, and R&B. Iana has been channeling the collective
consciousness through poetry and song, writing rhymes that focus on
the balance of capitalistic greed and destruction with peaceful change
and nature’s blessings. Together, Ishi and Iana hope to inspire
the creative expression in all people to continue respect for all
creation. |
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Benji Lewis was a Marine Corps
mortar-man who joined the Marine Corps at seventeen in March 2003.
After serving two tours in Iraq, including the first siege of Fallujah,
he spent a year as an urban combat instructor. He was discharged honorably
in 2007. In October of 2008 he was involuntarily activated and mounted
a public resistance campaign. His orders were cancelled by the Marine
Corps in April of 2009, one month before his report date. |
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Arbrella Luvert is a Eugene 4J
School District Educator, Member of Oregon National Association of
Multicultural Education, Eugene-Springfield NAACP Education Committee,
NACCP ACT-SO/Youth Council. Married, Mother of (5). |
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Mary Madsen worked for 12 years
as a social worker in Sonoma County and San Francisco, CA. She spent
two years in India with the American Friends Service Committee as
program director for a small Muslim community center in
an impoverished neighborhood in Mangalore. She is a founding member
of Citizens for Peace and Justice in Medford, Oregon and is currently
co-director of Collateral Repair Project, providing direct assistance
to Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan. |
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Chicora Martin
is the Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education
and Support Service program at the University of Oregon. Chicora has
a long history actively engaged in the LGBTQ and social justice movement
across the Southeastern U.S. and in Oregon for the past 17 years.
From small grassroots organizing events in rural North Carolina to
international policy roundtable events, Chicora hopes that through
education and awareness our community can build a stronger future. |
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Will Newman II is a highly regarded
teacher, speaker and writer. He regularly teaches classes in agriculture,
gardening, localizing economies, and sustainable business. Will is
active in numerous community and sustainability gatherings, and has
been a featured speaker for Home Orchard Society, Master Gardeners,
Oregon Tilth, Bald Eagle Conservancy, Chef's Collaborative's Farmer-Chef
Connection, and Ecological Farming Conference. He often appears on
local radio, television and in independent films, and his articles
appear in newspapers and magazines. |
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Stacy Vynne is the Oregon Climate
Preparation Program Coordinator for the Climate Leadership Initiative
in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the UO and also
holds a courtesy research faculty appointment. She supports programs
working with individuals and businesses on reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and with communities and the private and public sector to
assist in climate change preparation. Vynne has a M.S. in Environmental
Studies and certificate in nonprofit management from the UO. |
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Megan Wade Antieau is the Operations
Director at Democracy Unlimited, where she helps coordinate the Humboldt
Exchange Community Currency Project, and works on their Food and Democracy
and Community Rights programs.
With an MA in Religious Studies, she has been active in faith-based
and interfaith efforts for social and environmental justice and religious
pluralism. Additionally, she has been involved in the student labor
movement, and in 2007-08 worked on the campaign to form the graduate
student union at the University of Chicago. |
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David West
is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, with Miami
and Kickpoo descendancy. He is currently the Coordinator of Native
American Studies at Southern Oregon University. David holds a Master
of Arts in Community Psychology from University of Alaska Fairbanks,
and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Universtiy of Oregon.
He is a past Indian Educator of the Year and Indian Teacher of the
Year of the Oregon Indian Education Association, where he has been
a member for 25 years. |
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