This conference is dedicated to the memory of David Cline (1947-2007), long-time leader of Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
REGISTRATION, CHECK-IN & WELCOMING RECEPTION. Iraq war veteran and former marine and military recruiter Jimmy Massey and journalist Amy Goodman with Q&A.
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Saturday, Oct. 6, 9:30-11:30AM |
DISCUSSION OF THE IRAQ WAR INSIDE THE MILITARY with Liam Madden, Iraq war veteran and co-founder of Appeal for Redress, a campaign of service members and Ann Wright, US Army Reserve Colonel (Ret) and former US diplomat who resigned in opposition to the Iraq war.
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WORKSHOPS, 11:30AM - 5:30PM (lunch provided) |
THE HUMANITARIAN COSTS IN IRAQ with Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Iraqi-American doctor who testified before Congress on conditions inside Iraq.
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NAVIGATING THE VA: HOW TO GET WHAT YOU DESERVE. with Bill Perry, Vietnam War Combat Veteran, Delaware Valley Veterans for America.
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COMING HOME: TRANSITION AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER with Iraq War Veteran Patrick Resta, nationally certified vet services officer from After the War, Inc. |
EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM EXPOSURE with Dr. Thomas Fasy, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, an expert on depleted uranium who has studied its effects inside Iraq. |
MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND YOUTH with Oskar Castro, American Friends Service Committee Coordinator of Militarism and Youth and Sue Niederer, Gold Star Families for Peace and mother of US Army 1st Lt. Seth Dvorin, a former Rutgers student who was killed In Iraq in 2004.
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WAR with Larry Hamm from People's Organization for Progress.
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GI RESISTANCE IN VIETNAM with Richard Moser, author of The New Winter Soldiers: GI and Veteran Dissent during the Vietnam Era and Dave Cline, a Vietnam combat veteran and former national president of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
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WOMEN IN THE MILITARY with U.S. Army Colonel Janis Karpinski, the former head of Abu Ghraib Prison and retired US Army Reserve Colonel Ann Wright.
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HIGH SCHOOLS AND MILITARY RECRUITMENT with Maggie Astor, Counter-recruitment Coordinator of New Jersey Peace Action and representatives from the YAYA Network.
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RACE AND THE MILITARY with Margaret Stevens, Army veteran and representative of Iraq Veterans Against the War.
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COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND MILITARY RECRUITMENT with Ian Chinich and Justino Rodriguez of Campus Antiwar Network.
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OUTREACH TO SOLDIERS with Tod Ensign, director of Citizen Soldier, Liam Madden, co-founder of Appeal for Redress, and Ellen Whitt, Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War.
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WAR TAX RESISTANCE with Bryan Nelson, war tax resister, Ed Hedeman, author of War Tax Resistance, and Ruth Benn, National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee.
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PROTEST AND STUDENT RIGHTS with Steven Latimer, attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union
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MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND LATINOS with Melida & Carlos Arredondo, of Gold Star Families for Peace, who lost their son, Marine Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo in Iraq.
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MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT with Anna Berlinrut of Military Families Speak Out and Missy Resta.
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Saturday Night Concert, 8:00PM:
SON OF NUN-REMO CONSCIOUS-EVAN GREER
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SUNDAY, October 7, 10:30-1:00PM
BREAKFAST AND STRATEGY SESSION
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