Oregon Peace Festival schedule

OREGON PEACE FESTIVAL II:
PEACE BEGINS WITH US!

Next Saturday, February 2nd the Oregon Peace Festival II will take place in Salem, Oregon at Willamette University. The festival will provide workshops on peacemaking, community organizing, There will be a march through Salem.
Winona LaDuke will speak in the evening. All are welcome to attend.

FREE CHILDCARE - Free childcare for ages 3-6 will be provided at the Salem YWCA, one block west of campus, 768 State St.


MARCH in Solidarity: There will also be a march through Salem to show solidarity with the WEF mass protest in NYC. An important piece of the Oregon Peace Festival is the "Another World IS Possible" March/Rally. This proactive event is being held in Salem, Oregon, to show solidarity with activists from around the world who will be gathering in New York City over the weekend of February 2 to protest the "Profits Before People" mantra of the World Economic Forum. We will start gathering for the march in the Willamette University quad (the open area behind our main venue of Eaton Hall) at 1:30 p.m. At approximately 2:00 p.m., we will begin the 3-block procession to the State Capitol steps. Upon arrival, we will have a few brief speeches, live music and a surprise or two. After an hour, we will march back to Willamette University to continue with the festival.

Winona LaDuke will speak in the evening. (Cost $10) all other events are FREE.

Workshop Schedule
The workshops, speakers and panelists will be covering important information surrounding the efforts to support peaceful community organizing, protesting and support for a sane and healthy planet.

The workshop/speakers schedule: (tenative until Jan 28th – check website for updates) http://www.oregonpeacefestival.org/main/schedule.html


10:00 AM – Welcome in Cone Chapel
10:30 AM – Eugene Peace Choir and Angela Foshaug –Cone Chapel

Organizing against the SOA – Eaton 105

Terrorism & US Foreign Policy -Eaton 106 – lasts until 12 noon

Violence, nonviolence & gender – Eaton 110

Over population & Violence – Eaton 206

Protecting our civil liberties – Eaton 209 – lasts until noon

West Coast organizing – Eaton 211

Salem Friends – Eaton 308

Hands are not for hurting – Children’s room – Eaton 311

11:30 AM - Aztec Dancers – Cone Chapel

Shutting Down Y-12 – Eaton 105

Eugene Middle East Peace Group – Eaton 110

Labor issues – Eaton 206

Non-violence a faith based prospective – Eaton 207- lasts until 1:30

Violence: Personal to structural – Eaton 211

Children’s activities – Eaton 311

12:30 AM Helen Amirian – Cone Chapel

Social activism on the local level – Eaton 105
Critique of Mainstream Media – Eaton 106
Inner peace – World Peace – Eaton 207
Response to Terrorism: An Afghan Perspective – Eaton 208
Columbia-Willamette Playback Theater – Eaton 308
Children’s activities – Eaton 311

1:30 PM Peace march – meet at cone chapel – 1:30 to 3:00 PM march to State Capital in Salem

Mark Jorgenson – Cone Chapel
Cooperatives in America – Eaton 106
The language of violence – Eaton 207

2:00 PM Network with others – Eaton 307

3:00 PM You & the Patriot Act – Cone Chapel
Jawbone Sig Paulson – Smith Aud.
Lobbying nuts & bolts – Eaton 105
Environmental Impacts of War – Eaton 106
Across the generations – Eaton 110
Structural Violence and MLK – Eaton 206
FOR presentation – Eaton 207
Peace and anti-globalization movements – Eaton 209
Children’s activities – Eaton 311

4:00 PM Columbia Willamette Playback Theatre – Cone Chapel
Urgent Carnival Lisa Melyan – Smith auditorium
Congressional Action Group – Eaton 105
Conscientious Objectors – Eaton 106
History of WRL & Nonviolence – Eaton 110
Faith and Politics - Eaton 206
Listening for Healing – Eaton 207

5:00 PM Winona LaDuke and Johnny Lake – Book signing – Smith aud.Free

7:00 PM Winona LaDuke will speak “Politics, Peace and Community Organizing” at historic Elsinore Theatre in downtown Salem (short walk from Willamette University) Ticket information can be found at http://www.pacificgreens.org $10


http://www.oregonpeacefestival.org/main/welcome.html