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National Grassroots Anti-War Conference - Starts Thursday
by conference@endthewar.org Saturday, Apr. 26, 2003 at 5:23 PM
conference@endthewar.org 301-270-4858 College Park, MD (Metro DC)

This is one of the first strategic planning conferences coming after the invasion. This is where we start planning the next phase of the movement. What should the 318 grassroots anti-war organizations do? What actions should be on their calendar. YOU can propose them at: http://www.endthewar.org/proposals.php

There is still time to send your proposals for actions or programs to
http://www.endthewar.org/proposals.php

for the:

Fourth National Grassroots Organizing Conference on Iraq

Iraq Invaded �

Implications and Strategies for the Peace Movement

May 1-4, 2003: University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Sponsored by the National Network to End the War Against Iraq
Hosted by Peace Forum, a student group of the University of Maryland

JOIN US! for two days of educating ourselves about the complex situation in Iraq, and two days of activist planning and strategizing for what steps to take next.

May 1st, Student-Teach-in, 7 pm, Francis Scott Key Hall:
Nathaniel Hurd, Mennonite Central Committee Consultant on UN Iraq Policy
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (tentative) Presidential Candidate (D-OH)

May 2nd, Seminars and Workshops from 10 am, register at 2324 Computer Space Science Building:
Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches

Also featuring: Rima Ali, Black Voices for Peace
Thomas Nagy, GWU Professor � topic: Self-Implicating DoD Documents
Samih Farsoun, American Univ � topic: Palestine and Iraq
Mike Amate, Washington Kurdish Institute � topic: the Kurdish perspective in Iraq
Sam Husseini, Institute for Public Accuracy � topic: America as Empire
Jessica Bell Markham, Ballot.org � workshop: �How to organize local Initiatives�
John Judge, Washington Peace Center � workshop: �Resisting Military Recruiting in High Schools�
Nancy Lessing, Military Families Speak Out
Erik Gustafson, Education for Peace in Iraq Center
Sunny Miller, Traprock Peace Center
Patrick McCann, Vietnam Veterans Against War
Paul George, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, topic: ŒOrwell was an Optimist�
Simin Royanian, Iranian activists � topic: Is Iran Next? / Women in the Middle East
Herb Ettel, Campaign for a Fair Ecomomy � topic �The Economic Costs of War�
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows plans to send a representative to speak.
And more!

May 3rd & 4th:

Activist planning, laying out our priorities, reviewing proposals, setting dates for the year ahead. A protest action will be announced at the conference. Check agenda for updates at http://www.endthewar.org/conference.htm <http://www.endthewar.org/conference.htm>

On line registration available, from the conference home page: http://www.endthewar.org/conference.htm <http://www.endthewar.org/conference.htm> , click on �Register Now�.

Proposals accepted! Whether you can or cannot attend, you may submit proposals for the conference on line, just click on the �Submit a Proposal� link and fill out the form.

The National Network to End the War Against Iraq was formed in February 2001 to address the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. The Network now has over 300 community-based member organizations in 48 states and the District of Colombia. This will be our third conference, the fourth in a series. This will be the first chance for many anti-war and pro-peace activists to come together and take some time to learn, discuss and plan in response to the US invasion of Iraq.

National Network to End the War Against Iraq
http://www.endthewar.org
301-270-4858; toll free: 888-end-a-war; fax: 301-270-5251

http://www.endthewar.org/conference.htm

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