o Multi-generational
o Journalists,
Scholars, Educators, Peace Organizers, Iraq veterans, Combatants for
Peace, Community Leaders & Learners connecting to end Occupation
and War.
o Panel
Discussions, Workshops and Cultural Events for Bridging Communities,
Acknowledging Differences, and Building Broader and more Effective
Peace & Justice Coalitions
o Presentations & Discussion on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East, Women and War, Personal
Witness of Occupation, Peace Curriculum for K-12 Teachers, Art and
Media Activism, Organizing with Veterans and Military Families, Work in
Faith-based Communities
o Clock hours available for K-12 Teachers
Friday, 7:30 PM, the
o
o Response: Mayor Haj Sami Sadiq Subaih – from al Aqabah village in the West Bank & Dahlia Wasfi, M.D., Iraqi-American activist
o Zoriah Miller Photos from the
o Cindy & Craig Corrie – a Retrospective
o Tickets at the
Saturday, 8 PM, downtown at Cherry Loft – Film: Slingshot Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Dance Party
o “A
film that braids together the stories of young Palestinians as they
discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed
on them by occupation and poverty; this is the story of youth crossing
the borders that separate them.”
o Dance Party with D.J. Dalya Perez
o Spoken Word
o $5-10 donation; free with conference attendance on Saturday
o Upstairs at the corner of Cherry & Legion in downtown
Sunday,
1 PM, Olympia-Rafah Mural Site – Conference Finale, Mural
Celebration, Conference & Community Group Photo for Rafah!
o Food, music, mural tile design
o Group photo of Community Members and Conference Attendees – a greeting for our sister city in Rafah,
o At the wall of the
Peace Works is Co-sponsored by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
and (Re) Imagining the
Supporters include: The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation, Veterans for Peace Chapter 109,