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2009 Peace Conference - Break Out Sessions
Conference Schedule
| Presenter/Performer
Bios | Conference
Main Page | Registration
Friday Break out Session ONE 1:15 - 2:45 |
| Democracy Unlimited - Megan Wade
& David Cobb: Corporations & Militarism |
We often think of militarism or imperialism as something
carried out by the state or government. This session, however, will
look instead at the history of the corporation within militarism,
and at the corporation as both military and governing force in the
process of colonization. We will also engage the idea that the violent
process of colonization is something that not only happens by our
government in other countries, but is instead a process that we experienced
and continue to experience here in the United States. Challenging
US militarism worldwide begins with contesting corporate rule and
corporate cultural colonization here at home. |
| Adam Bacher – photo journalism:
Rwanda – Return to Peace |
Contemporary Rwanda is a story of how peace can
emerge, even thrive, after humanities worst. This April marked the
15 anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, where one-million people
were killed over the course of one-hundred days. time in history
where the soul of humanity was tested, and the world looked away.
Yet from the ash of genocide grows hope and possibility. Photojournalist
Adam Bacher spent two months on Rwandan soil over the past year
and a half. His program offers a provocative, visual, and journalistic
insight into the people of Rwanda, their recovery from genocide,
attempts at reconciliation, and the reconstruction of the physical
and social fabric of the country. His work can be viewed on the
blog site: http://www.bachersblog.com/ |
| Stacy Vynne & Pat Boleyn of
the Climate Leadership Initiative: How do we ensure a peaceful
transition to a changing climate? |
Temperatures in the Willamette Valley are predicted
to increase by an average of 3.6¾ F in the coming years. As a result,
natural, built, human, and economic systems will be severely stressed.
How can our community work together to reduce conflicts, educate
citizens and decision makers, as well as develop support systems
for climate change preparation? This session will explore the impacts
of climate change and, through an interactive discussion, identify
possible solutions for a peaceful climate preparation strategy for
Lane County. |
| Chicora Martin - UO
LGBT Educ. & Support Services: LGBTQ Social Justice-The
Hope for Equality in Peace |
In finding a path for peace in our communities,
we must recognize the inequities in our culturally diverse experiences.
Those differences, if not acknowledged and understood can negatively
impact the core foundations of any peace building process. Come to
this program to learn more and offer your voice about the impact of
the LGBTQ social justice movement on peace, hope, and equality. |
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Arbrella Luvert &
Beth Aydelott: Undoing Privilege & Racism |
This session is an interactive dialogue
about what it means to be anti-racist and privileged. |
Friday Break out Session TWO 3:00 - 4:30 |
| David West -Coordinator; Native
American Programs SOU: Indigenous Prophecy’s on Peace
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We will explore several Indigenous people’s
ancient prophecies regarding the changing time of Mother Earth relative
to relationships of stewardship and health of Mother Earth to the
7th Generation. |
| Collateral Repair Project - Mary
Madsen & Sasha Crow: Iraqi Refugees – Forgotten in
Limbo |
We will open with an overview of the Iraqi refugee
crisis. Following this we will show a video of interviews with refugees,
compiled during our home visits. You will hear their personal stories
of the circumstances that turned their once comfortable lives into
lives of loss, poverty and hopelessness and the dangers, hardships
and obstacles they confront daily as refugees. We will then describe
our work with Iraqi refugees in Amman.
Q & A period will follow. We will conclude with a group discussion
of possible solutions to specific problems refugees must deal with.
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| Benji Lewis, Courage to Resist–
US Iraq war veteran: Refusing to Redeploy |
An exciting discussion with an Iraq Vet about
the nature of his GI Resistance and military experiences while facing
involuntary activation orders for a third tour in Iraq. |
| Will Newman II -
Research and Education Director of OSALT: Preserving our land
for Sustainable Agriculture |
There are cultures that are not based on agriculture,
but all civilizations are founded on agricultural abundance.
In the transition to a sustainable future we need to protect rural
and urban agricultural lands and recover the knowledge and skills
of the forgotten arts and crafts of economics (from the Greek, meaning
managing the household.)
This session will present and discuss the challenges to long-term
land protection, and various approaches to meet those challenges,
with emphasis on successful strategies that can be effective in every
community and region. |
| Greg Evans, M.Ed - Director
of African American Student Programs at Lane: Post Racial America
- What is the Status of the Dialogue over Race? |
With the election of Barack Obama
as the first African American elected president of the United States
some in the mainstream media have declared American to be a “Post
Racial” society. This workshop will examine the current state
of race relations in America with a specific focus on the status
of African American/Euro American relations. Conferees will explore
the statistical facts concerning the societal gaps created by racial
bias, educational and economic inequities. This will be an interactive
session that will include a presentation on the current state and
condition of African Americans in the United States; interactive
games and role play of mock racial conflict situations; and a discussion
of the current and future state of race relations in America. |
| Saturday
Events at Cozmic Pizza |
| 12:00 - 1:30 David
Cobb & Megan Wade of Democracy Unlimited: Challenging Corporate
Rule through Community Organizing
1:45 - 3:15 PM Walidah Imarisha & Turiya Autrya
of Good Sista, Bad Sista: Art, Activism and Community Building
Drawing from historical examples of art used in social justice movements,
participants will be challenged to get creative while thinking critically
about their world. Using words, art supplies and righteous anger,
we will make art while discussing its impact, influence and ability
to draw a crowd.
3:30 - 5:00 David Solnit: Art, Culture, and
Theater for Change!
5:00 - 6:00 Walidah Imarisha
& Turiya Autrya of Good Sista, Bad Sista: Performance Poetry
for Social Change
Good Sista/ Bad Sista uses their work as artists and educators
to provoke thought, laughter and dialogue. |
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