Building the Peace Movement Teach-In May 20
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EDT (US & Canada)
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Speakers include Rich Whitney from the Illinois Green Party and the Green Party Peace Action Committee
Join us for a free teach-in on "Building the Peace Movement." Bring your questions and suggestions. We'll hear briefly from a number of key speakers before moving into Q&A. The teach-in will honor the 50th Anniversaries (1970-2020) of Kent State, Jackson State, and all the victims of wars.
Host: David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War
Speakers
Leonardo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator CODEPINK
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Andy Shallal, Busboys and Poets
Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK Co-founder
Rich Whitney, Green Party Peace Action Committee
Sponsors include
Cleveland Peace Action,
The Inter-Religious Task Force on Central America (Cleveland),
Columbus Free Press,
Daytonians Against War Now! (DAWN),
CODEPINK,
World BEYOND War,
Voices for Creative Nonviolence,
Kent InterFaith Alliance for Racial Reconciliation and Justice (KIFA),
Truth in Recruitment,
Cleveland Nonviolence Network,
Twin Cities Nonviolent,
Dallas Ant-War Committee,
Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX)
RSVP to sign up for this free webinar!
The webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Participants can join via a device with an internet connection, or dial in via telephone. Once you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom information. The webinar will be recorded and available for viewing afterwards. We also plan to livestream it on Youtube and will be watching the comments there for questions as well.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/building-the-peace-movement-teach-in/
See you there!
David Swanson, World BEYOND War
For more information contact Logan Martinez at [email protected].
Masthead photograph credit
Title: National Guard personnel walking toward crowd near Taylor Hall, tear gas has been fired
Author/Photographer: Kent State University News Service
Reference: https://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/items/show/1426