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National Student Antiwar Conference Set for Columbia University, February 22-24, 2002National Student Antiwar Conference Register at Anti War Conference Get more information by writing conference@peopleforpeace.org.** In this update: 1. Why We are Having this Conference! 1. WHY WE ARE HAVING THIS CONFERENCE "2002 will be a war year," George W. Bush declared.
2. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE Friday, 2/22 9-11 Registration (There will be a $10 registration fee.) 11-1 Opening Panel 1-2:30 Lunch break 2:30-4:30 Process Discussion 5-6:30 Workshops I evening: party Saturday, 2/23 10-11:30 Workshops II 11:45-1:30 Points of Unity 1:30-2:30 Lunch break 2:30-5 Discussion and decision-making on proposals 5-7 Dinner Break 7-10 Big exciting panel of amazing antiwar speakers Sunday, 2/24 11-1 Further discussion/decision-making on proposals 1-2 Lunch 2-4 Building the antiwar movement on campuses (a plenary discussion with student speakers and breakout discussion sessions) 3. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (Partial list) Ceylon Mooney, Voices in the Wilderness Ghassan Andoni, director, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement; founder, International Solidarity Movement Humberto Brown, Black Radical Congress, International Secretary Anthony Arnove, International Socialist Organization, editor of "Iraq Under Seige" Jaggi Singh, Montreal Anti-Capitalist Convergence Michael Letwin, New York City Labor Against the War Robert Jensen, Univ. of Texas professor and independent journalist Rania Masri, Al-Awda, Palestinian Right of Return Coalition Rita Lasar, September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (newly formed peace group of family members of people killed in the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on 9/11) 4. PROPOSED WORKSHOPS (partial list ? sponsors in parentheses) Lessons of the Movement Against the Vietnam War (Columbia Univ. People for Peace) The Truth About "Black Hawk Down" with actors Brendan Sexton & Danny Hoch (Hunter Coalition Against War and Racism) Anarchist Perspectives on the War (POWER) The Politics of Oil (Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro) Media and War (UC Riverside and Univ of Texas) Labor and War (NYC Labor Against War) The War at Home (City College of NY Coalition Against War and Racism) Why McDonald's Needs McDonnell Douglass: Globalization and War (ISO) Strategies for Coalition Building (Brown University) How to Stop Imperialist Wars: Strategizing for the New Antiwar Movement (Green Party) Permaculture and Sustainability (Student Peace Action Network SPAN) The US and the Philippines (Philippine Forum) Antiwar Opposition in Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the US (NY News and Letters Cmte.) 5. DELEGATE STRUCTURE, PROCESS, SUBMITTING PROPOSALS Everyone on the planning committee is committed to making this conference as democratic and possible. In order for the conference to be truly representative of the forces of the student antiwar movement, we feel that the conference must be delegated. The conference is open to anyone, student or non-student. Speaking rights will be given to everyone in decision-making sessions, but only delegates will have voting rights. Delegates must be elected by campus antiwar committees. Each campus may have up to three (3) delegates in the decision-making sessions. We believe that a small group of people in one city cannot decide the decision-making process of the conference. The process will be decided at the conference by the delegates. However, it would be great if proposals could be submitted BEFORE THE START OF THE CONFERENCE by emailing conference@peopleforpeace.org. Proposals should include your name and the name of your campus antiwar committee. We will prepare a booklet containing all submitted proposals, to be available at the conference, so that delegates may look over proposals before making decisions. We feel this will streamline the conference process and allow greater participation from people unable to attend. There will be provisions for making emergency proposals from the floor, especially compromise proposals. Examples of proposals are: 1. Proposals for process (ie. simple majority, consensus, 60% supermajority, etc.) 2. Points of unity of the conference 3. Ideas for coordinated national action (either planning a new action or mobilizing for one that has already been called) 4. Resolutions of support for specific campaigns, other conferences, etc. Please submit any and all of these to If you live in the NYC area and have housing to offer, even space for one person on your dorm room floor, *please* email conference@peopleforpeace.org 8. RESERVE SPACE FOR YOUR INFO/LITERATURE TABLE We have a beautiful area set up for groups to distribute literature: two big glass rooms and table space on the walkway right near where many of our events are taking place. Any group with an antiwar position is welcome to table, but we need to know who is coming. Please email conference@peopleforpeace.org to let us know you would like to have a table. Hope to see you all in NYC! New York City Conference Organizing Committee Laura Durkay, Jessie Kindig, Sarah Hines, Jeff C., Madiha Tahir (Columbia University) Hilary Leonard, Luis Manriquez, Candice Amich (New York University) Alex Torres (Borough of Manhattan Community College) Alexis Logsdon, Sara Tretter (City College of New York) |
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