[Peace] Teach-in Schedule

[Bob Cook]

Here is the schedule for tomorrow's teach-in event. 


Please forward widely!!


Schedule for the Teach-in on the US War On Afghanistan and Beyond 
Saturday, November 3, 10am-5pm
McKinley Foundation, 809 S. Fifth St, Champaign

The room locations for each session are in parentheses in the schedule.

Concurrent Sessions:

10:00am 

How the Mainstream Media Talk About the "War on Terrorism" and Where To Go
For Alternative Perspectives
Robert McChesney, Institute for Communications Research
Mark Enslin, the Independent Media Center
(Westminster)

Questioning the War While Supporting the Troops: Veteran's Perspectives on
the Military and the Current War
Joe Miller, Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Barry Miller, Vietnam-era Veteran
(Geneva)

Understanding Islam: Myths and Realities
Faruq Nelson, Muslim Student Association
(Dean Clark)

11:00am 

History of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict 
David Green
(Geneva)

Direct Action as a Tactic for Social Change
members of the Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative and Student Peace
Action
(Westminster)

Is Your Tax Money Being Used to Train Terrorists? The Open Secret of the
School of the Americas
Meredith Kruse
(Dean Clark)

12:00pm - lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm

The New Movement Against Corporate Globalization
Danielle Chynoweth
Peter Miller
(Geneva)

Racism and the War
Shaheen Shorish
(Dean Clark)

1:30pm - 3:00pm

History of the Region and US Foreign Policy
Aisha Sobh, History - UI
Simona Sawhney, Comp Lit - UI, Teachers for Peace and Justice
Carl Estabrook, Sociology - UI
Matt Reichel, Student Peace Action
(Westminster)

2:00pm 

"Be All You Can Be": Youth and Militarism
Sehvilla Mann, Students for World Improvement - Urbana High School
Takeya Black, Unity and Struggle
Kelly Maynard, Religious Peace Organizations of C-U
(Dean Clark)

Under Cover of War: Domestic Government Policy Since Sept 11
Peter Miller
Maaria Mofazzar, Muslim Law Students Association
(Geneva)

Plenary:
3:15pm

Long Term Solutions- a forum and discussion with participants of the
teach-in and members of:
AWARE
the Green Party
Student Peace Action
Socialist Forum
and other organizations
(Westminster)

All Day:
Art and Creative Actions Against War - opportunities to take part in
projects and do workshops on: 
-street theater
-visual art
-quiltmaking
with the School for Designing a Society
Plus street theater, puppet shows, radical cheerleaders, music, and other
performances throughout the day.