Subject: Iraq War teach-in proposed schedule Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:55:29 -0600 Message-ID: <B14120EE5C432443B21102F7925DAD0201420421@COKE.uwec.edu> From: "Grossman, Zoltan C." <GROSSMZC@uwec.edu>
Kate--Please forward these notes to people at the meeting
who are not on the SFPJ or PSA lists. When/where is our
next planning/publicity meeting?
ZG
TEACH-IN ON THE IRAQ WAR
TWO YEARS SINCE THE INVASION
(to educate campus and community people
who can educate others on the war)
Schedule generated at the 2/9/05 meeting
of campus and community peace groups
******** SUNDAY, MARCH 13 *************
12:00-12:30 VIGIL/RALLY at UWEC
12:30-12:45 WELCOME/Introduction to Week of Activities
12:45-1:00 DVD by Operation Truth
1:00-2:00 PANEL/TOWN HALL MEETING
ON THE TREATMENT OF U.S. PERSONNEL
Steve Wagener and Bethany Jacobson of
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), and audience
discuss/speak out on various angles:
Military familes
Abuse of Reserve and National Guard
Non-fatal casualties
Treatment of returning vets
Depleted Uranium
Rights of dissenting personnel...
2:15-3:30 PANEL ON THE WAR IN IRAQ:
Effects on Iraqi Civilians
Suggested: Mike Miles, John LaForge, Paula Kleintjes
discussing angles such as
Iraqi casualties and deaths
Torture (officially "stress and duress")
Psychological impacts
Impacts on civilian infrastructure
Depleted Uranium use
Effects of war on Iraqi environment , water
3:15-4:30 pm PANEL: WE ARE NOT ALONE
Peace movement organizing and activism
(to encourage and uplift the participants)
National peace activism -- successful strategies (who?)
Peace & justice organizing in western Wisconsin
(reps from Eau Claire, Menomonee, LaCrosse, Luck, River Falls, etc.)
5:00 pm DINNER for informal networking between regional groups
7:00 pm TEACH-IN KEYNOTE
The Media and Propaganda in a State of Perpetual War
Suggested: Bob McChesney from U.I.-Champaign
http://www.robertmcchesney.com
or John Stauber or Sheldon Rampton of PR Watch in Madison
http://www.prwatch.org
or John Nichols again?
******** MONDAY, MARCH 14 *************
BACKGROUND WORKSHOPS ON IRAQ WAR
AND THE WAR AT HOME
1:00-1:50 History and Future of U.S. Military Interventions
Zoltan Grossman
2:00-2:50 Who's Who in Iraq: Political Parties and Insurgents
Suggested: Ali Abootalabi
3:00-3:50 Economic costs of Iraq War to current and future generations
Suggested: Will Fantle, Larry Glenn, Stacy Thompson
4:00-5:00 Wartime civil liberties and the rise of fascism
Bob Nowlan, Chippewa Valley ACLU
Video(s) in evening?
******** TUESDAY, MARCH 15 *************
WORKSHOPS ON GROUP PERSPECTIVES
1:00-1:50 Religious community involvement
Suggested: St. Benedicts, Unitarians, Altoona Mosque, etc.
(Ken Sullivan and Kate Hale will contact)
2:00-2:50 Women's involvement and feminist perspectives
Suggested: Asha Sen, Theresa Kemp, others
3:00-3:50 LGBT perspectives and involvement
(including military recruitment/repression)
Bob Nowlan, others
4:00-5:30 Students and military-age youth--
Recruitment, Draft Registration, Conscription, CO status, etc.
Harriet Allen, Steve Wagener, Molly Seaver, others
******** WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 *************
12:00-12:50 RALLY at UWEC organized by campus,
community and high school groups to
culminate week of activities