- Volunteers needed
- 12/1 Conference on the Global Impact of the War on Afghanistan
- 12/8 Statewide Emergency Summit: Stop the Time Limit on Welfare
- 12/15 Rally and Bannering Against the War on Afghanistan
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ANTI-WAR COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED:
1. Postering for the December 1st conference: Meet Tuesday, November 27th at 6pm at Mayday Books, located at 301 Cedar Ave S, Mpls.
2. Moving the Anti-War Cmte: Friday, November 30th at 5pm at the old office, 3751 17th Ave S, Mpls. It’ll probably take a few hours, so please stop by anytime that evening. We don’t know where we’re going yet, but you could be among the first to find out!
3. Volunteer Day: December 9th at Mayday Books. Afternoon time to be announced. Day will include postering about the next protest, as well as possible button-making, data entry, sign-making, or other preparation for upcoming events.
4. Newsletter Mailing – Sunday, December 16th, time and place to be announced. It takes 10 people at least a few hours, so plan to join us.
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Saturday, December 1 @ noon to 9pm @ U of MN - Carlson School - 321 19th Ave S, Mpls
Conference - War At Home and Abroad: Building Opposition through Education and Action
Some speakers are still being confirmed. If you want to volunteer – please do! And, if you are with an organization that would like to table at the conference, please contact us right away. The cost to attend the conference is $7, no one turned away. I fyou are only comign fo rthe evening panel and dinner, the cost is $5. Donations may be requested during the event to cover additional costs. To secure your dinner reservation, please pre-register by e-mailing the Anti-War Committee at <antiwarcommittee@...>.
11:30am Registration
Noon: Opening panel: Building an Anti-War Movement
Speakers: Meredith Aby (Anti-War Cmte), Maria Anderson (Students Against War), and Marie Braun (Twin Cities Campaign to Lift the Sanctions, and Women Against Military Madness)
Workshops are organized by theme, with at least one of each theme being offered each session. “C” workshops are on Countries Under Attack; “O” workshops are on Organizing 5101; and “E” workshops are on Effects of the War on Terrorism.
1: 30pm Workshops
E-Waging War on Civil Liberties; presented by Peter Erlinder, William Mitchell Law School
C-Iraq; presented by Jess Sundin and Erika Zurawski, Anti-War Cmte
O-Art and Protest; presented by Sarah Peters, Anti-War Cmte, Pat Johnson and Anke Davern, Arts High School WARP (War Ain’t Right People)
3pm Workshops
E-The Media War, More Than a War of Words; presented by Kathy Haddad, Mizna, Fouzi Slisli, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Cmte, and Harvey Salyes, U of MN Prof
C-Colombia; presented by Kara Ferguson and Jennifer Molina, Anti-War Cmte
O-Campus Organizing; presented by Steff Yorek, former member U of MN Progressive Student Organization, and Maria Anderson, Students Against War
4:15 Break with Snacks – People who are fasting for Ramadan are encouraged to take some time out of the conference to eat at sundown. We’ll have some food ready before the last workshop, even though dinner isn’t until afterwards.
4:30 Workshops
E-The War on Immigrants and Communities of Color; presented by Nimco Ahmed and other students with First African then American at Roosevelt High School, and others to be announced
E-Exporting Terror: Trained at the School of the Americas and Armed by Minnesota’s Own AlliantechSystems; presenters to be announced
C-Palestine; presented by members of the Coalition for Justice in Palestine
O-Media Tactics for Activism; presented by Alan Dale and Kristin Dooley, Emergency Cmte Against US Intervention in Afghanistan
6pm Dinner & cultural event
7pm Closing panel: Afghanistan - a War on Terrorism, a War on the Third World
Speakers: Marianne Hamilton, Women Against Military Madness; Jess Sundin, Anti-War Cmte; Tamrat Tademeh, anti-intervention activist and St. Cloud State professor; and others to be announced
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Statewide Emergency Summit: A Day of Information and Action - Stop the Time Limit on Welfare
Saturday, Dec. 8th, 2001
Sabathani Community Center - 310 E. 38th Street, Minneapolis
10am to 5pm
Guest Speaker - Winona LaDuke
Free. Lunch provided.
For further information or for rides, childcare or translation needs or to endorse call 612-822-8020 or email us.
Background information All are welcome to join the MN. Welfare Rights Coalition and others for a day of information and action. On July 1, 2002 over 5000 families will hit the five-year lifetime limit for welfare in Minnesota. This adds up to 15000 children. Dozens of families will hit the time limit every month leading up to July 1st. Although lawmakers passed laws in 2001 to allow extensions to some families, it will cover MAYBE only half the families, leaving thousands to perish in the streets! This is a tragedy that our communities cannot allow to take place.
Winona LaDuke is with the White Earth Land Recovery Project and ran for U.S. vice-president in 2000 with the Green Party.
From 10 am to 3 pm there will be information workshops and discussion at Sabathani Community Center. At 3:30 there will be a Rally to Stop the War on the Poor at the State Capitol in St. Paul. Buses will go from Sabathani to the Capitol.
Initial list of sponsors: Minnesota Welfare Rights Coalition, People Escaping Poverty (Moorhead), Welfare Rights Committee (Mpls/St. Paul), Low Income People Organizing for Power (Duluth) Stop the Five Year Limit Coalition, Women's Political Alliance, Women Against Military Madness, SAACP, MN. Coalition for Battered Women, Mayday Books, Twin Cities Campaign to Lift the Sanctions, MN. Women's Consortium, Communities United Against Police Brutality, People of Faith Peacemakers, Alliance of the Streets, Justice Committee of Sisters of St. Joseph, Pearl Battered Women's Resource Center (Milaca), Miikana Bimaadiziwin (Virginia), Life Skills, H.E.R.E. Local 17. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789
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12/15 @ noon @ Lagoon & Hennepin Avenues, Uptown Minneapolis
Rally and Bannering Against the War on Afghanistan
Help us remind holiday shoppers that the U.S. war on Afghanistan continues. We hope to include creative tactics – like anti-war Christmas carols, and anti-war toys for the kids. Details to follow…
Sponsored by the Coalition Against the War
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