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| RECLAIM! A Conference On Community, War & Oppressi |
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| 03/04/03 at 13:02:42 |
| [slm] RECLAIM! A Conference On Community, War & Oppression, Richmond, VA FRIDAY, MARCH 21st thru SUNDAY, MARCH 23rd AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT VCU & THE PACE CENTER Childcare, food and housing provided. [i] Hey- If you're against war and live in or near the Virginia/Mid-Atlantic/Southeast area, we request your presence in Richmond the weekend of March 21-23 for RECLAIM! a conference on community, war and oppression. During RECLAIM we'll be building a bigger and stronger, long-lasting anti-war movement in our particular part of the country by networking and equipping a couple hundred activists from all walks of life with the skills, knowledge and connections they need to fight the fundamental reasons for the government’s mad oil war. There will be workshops, skill-sharing sessions, panel discussions, films, demonstrations, a regional spokescouncil and more. If you're against Bush's "endless war" in all of its different manifestations, please try to make it to Richmond at the end of March. Movements don't build themselves, and power doesn't conceed anything without demand.[/i] For more info: call 804.643.0196, email a16rva@hotmail.com, or check out: http://www.richmondpeace.org and http://richmond.indymedia.org Here's a smattering of what we’ve planned so far... FRIDAY NIGHT: FOCUS ON IRAQ an extensive series of workshops and info sessions focusing on multiple aspects of the war, Iraq specifically and organizing against another Persian Gulf War. With Dr. Rania Masri. SATURDAY & SUNDAY WORKSHOPS TO INCLUDE: *The Social Cost of War on Working Class People *Introduction To Islam *Against The Occupation: An Intro to Palestinian Liberation and the International Solidarity Movement, by Adam Shapiro *Public Speaking Skill-share (women's workshop, by Rania Masri) *Non-Violence & Direct Action *Activist Grab Bag: Tactics, Skills, & Strategy for Social Change *Sexism & Militarism *We Don’t Want Your Racist War: Understanding How Racism & War Are Connected *Making Connections: A Panel on Local Social Justice Organizing & the Anti-War Movement *Ending Israeli Apartheid: VCU Israel Divestment Campaign *Working Class Resistance To War: Past & Present *US Imperialism in Latin America *Confronting Empire: Anarchist Perspectives, with Cindy Milstein *Understanding and Resisting the PATRIOT act SATURDAY NIGHT SPOKESCOUNCIL: A democratic forum for the VA anti-war movement to plan it’s next big actions and initiatives! All are invited to speak their mind about where they would like to see their energy with a statewide movement go. FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT CULTURAL EVENTS including... *Poets Against the War *AVAIL punk benefit show for food not bombs *Puppetshows *Antiwar Film Festival and finally... SUNDAY EVENING MARCH AGAINST POVERTY & WAR: 4:30 PM Rally and Meal 5:30 PM March down Monument Ave. On Sunday, March 23rd, hundreds of people from all across Virginia will converge on Richmond to raise our voices in opposition to the Bush administration’s economic and military violence. If you're against the present cycle of poverty and war, we need you here with us. Yes, YOU. Unions, students, pacifists, activists, kids, moms, artists, jews, muslims, christians, homeless and all community members. If we want better wages and healthcare instead of violence and dastruction, we need to be in the streets together! At 4:30 PM on SUNDAY MARCH 23, we'll be gathering in Monroe Park to eat dinner, hear speakers and rally. At 5:30 we march. The march will be permitted, safe and accessible to all. We will proceed together in opposition down Monument Ave past stone monuments of the South’s racist war generals, and end in a candlelit vigil at dusk. |
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