War and Peace Connecting the Dots, SRN Progressive Think Tank Series

WAR AND PEACE. . . Connecting the dots
First program in the Socially Responsible Network’s “Think Tank” series
Thursday March 16, 2006 7—9 pm
1433 Webster Street at 15th Street (BACSIC Office)
Downtown Oakland (near 12th BART)
Free (donations welcome)

Think through the excuses this country uses to go to war and the role
of the peace movement. Using a social, economic and political lens, we
will dialogue around what strategies are needed to increase the effectiveness of the peace movement in ending war abroad and its damaging impacts at home.
PANEL:
Wilson Riles—Former Oakland City Council member; champion of
Oakland’s Nuclear Free Zone law; community peace and justice activist
Jackie Cabasso—Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation
(WSLF); National Steering Committee member, United for Peace & Justice
Aimee Allison– 1st Gulf War Conscientious Objector; speaker, writer,
organizer, supporting counter-recruitment efforts and soldiers who
resist the war in Iraq
Andrew Lichterman—WSLF Program Director; attorney; writer, focusing
on the abolition of nuclear weapons, and on making connections between that
work and broader movements for peace, economic equity, and a society more in balance with the planet.
Socially Responsible Network http://www.srn.org
(510) 272-6060