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Witness for Peace 25th Anniversary Conference Schedule June 21-23, 2008 Washington, DC

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Witness for Peace 25^th Anniversary Conference and Celebration

DRAFT SCHEDULE  

Saturday, June 21       

10:00               Registration begins (Georgetown University)

10:30               International Team Reunion brunch

12:00               Break for Brunch (meals not provided, available in dining hall)

1:00                 Welcome

2:00                 Delegation reports

4:00                 Break

4:15                 First Workshop Breakout

• Lobbying Your Elected Officials with Geoff Thale, Washington Office on Latin America, and a Congressional staff member
• Activating the Faith Community Gary Cozette, Chicago Religious Leadership Network
• Media Activism with Timi Gerson, Fenton Communications
• Elements of a Strategic Campaign Andrew Willis, ONE DC

5:30                 Workshop ends

7:00                 Celebration begins includes an authentic Central American dinner, a reading by poet E. Ethelbert Miller, and Latin American music (All Souls Church, Unitarian)

10:00               Celebration ends

Sunday, June 22

9:00                 Interfaith Celebration with Fr. Jim Flynn and Pastor Noemí Mena

10:00               Second workshop breakout

• Lobbying Your Elected Officials with Geoff Thale, Washington Office on Latin America, and a Congressional staff member
• Free Trade & Labor Rights with Jon Hunt, Campaign for Labor Rights; Manuel Perez Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies
• Local Organizing and Coalition-Building with Beth Poteet, Witness for Peace Pacific Northwest Regional Organizer; Dannette Sharpley, Citizens Trade Campaign
• The Roots of Migration with Ben Beachy, Witness for Peace; Marino Córdoba, Colombian refugee and organizer with CASA of Maryland

11:15               Break for Brunch

12:30               Third workshop breakout

• Ending the Drug War in Colombia with Sanho Tree, Institute for Policy Studies / Drug Policy Project; Jasmine Tyler, Drug Policy Alliance
• Media Activism with Timi Gerson, Fenton Communications
• Freedom to Trade and Travel to Cuba with Mavis Anderson, Latin America Working Group, and Sarah Stephens, Center for Democracy in the Americas
• Faith Community Organizing Gary Cozette, Chicago Religious Leadership Network

1:45                 Break

2:00                 Regional breakouts

2:45                 Break

3:00                 Fourth workshop breakout

• Working with Candidates—making an impact on 2008 campaigns with Dave Meyer and Martin Thomas (invited)
• Close the School of the Americas! with Pam Bowman, School of the Americas Watch (invited)
• The Roots of Migration with Ben Beachy, Witness for Peace; Marino Córdoba, Colombian refugee and organizer with CASA of Maryland
• Local Organizing and Coalition-Building with Beth Poteet, Witness for Peace Pacific Northwest Regional Organizer; Dannette Sharpley, Citizens Trade Campaign

4:15                 Break

4:30                 Fifth workshop breakout

Country-Specific Action Planning for Delegates and Others

5:45                 Wrap up

6:15                 Break for Dinner

Monday, June 23

Lobby Day (Lutheran Church of the Reformation)

For more information contact Tanya Snyder, 202-547-6112, tanya@witnessforpeace.org or click here to register now.

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