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From: epicenter@igc.org
If you have not yet registered, you need to do so by Friday! Go to
www.Leb.net/epic to register on-line. Hope to see you in Ann Arbor. In
Solidarity, Erik G.
NATIONAL ORGANIZING CONFERENCE ON IRAQ
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NATIONAL organizing CONFERENCE on IRAQ
ANN ARBOR, Michigan - October 15 to 17, 1999
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Join Kathy Kelly, Economist Abbas al-Nasrawi, Rania Masri & Professor
Richard Garfield. Also invited: UN Coordinator Hans Von Sponick, Ali
Abunimah, Edward Said & Members of Congress!
Since 1991, economic sanctions have claimed the lives of over half a
million children in Iraq (UNICEF, August '99). Despite this and the
failures of the Oil-for-Food program to end the humanitarian crisis, the
U.S. Administration remains entrenched in a war of strangulation against
the 23 million people of Iraq.
Over the past years, from Columbus, Ohio to Raleigh, North Carolina, an
anti-sanctions movement has emerged. With it, the U.S. Administration has
been losing ground. Last October, 43 members of Congress wrote the
President calling for an end to the suffering. Universities, city
councils, labor unions, over a dozen major faith denominations and, most
recently, the Santa Clara County Board, have passed resolutions condemning
economic sanctions on Iraq. This summer, a delegation of Congressional
Staffers made a trip to Iraq despite the State Department's refusal to
grant them permission. In December, Pope John Paul II will travel to
Iraq. Pressure is mounting to end the siege! Now is the time for the
grassroots to organize nationally, to strategize the end game.
The National Organizing Conference on Iraq will bring together
anti-sanctions grassroots groups from around the country to provide an
opportunity for all of us to meet, exchange ideas, and form an effective
national strategy. To this end, we will also build regional coalitions
and develop a more complete understanding of the impact of sanctions and
of the people of Iraq.
The next phase of the national movement will begin here. Ann Arbor has
been one of the flagships of the anti-sanctions movement. Whether you
were one of the first people to call sanctions a weapon of mass
destruction or you learned of the crisis yesterday, the national movement
needs you! See you in Ann Arbor!
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The following is a partial lists of topics to be covered:
WORKSHOPS & PANELS
ACTIVISM
Media activism
A Critique of the Human Rights Community
Modeling a Successful Anti-Sanctions Resolution
Campus and Community organizing
Outreach to Faith Communities
POLITICS
Demonizing Iraq and the U.S. Media
Weapons of Mass Destruction: the History of U.S. policy towards Iraq
The Oil-for-Food Deal & the 1999 UNICEF Report
The Politics of Oil
International Law & Sanctions
Iraq's Refugee Crisis - 1990-99
Depleted Uranium
Tales from the Hill: the Anti-sanctions Lobby
CULTURE/HISTORY
The Literature, Music and Art of Iraq
History of Iraq: from Gilgamesh to Baghdad's Golden Age
Modern History of Iraq: occupations, interventions and wars
The Last Sack of Ninevah & the Loss of World Heritage
Three Generations of Iraqi Americans
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SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY, October 15
12-6 PM Registration
4-6 PM Regional/National Networking
6-7 PM Introduction to Conference
7-9 PM Keynote Address
SATURDAY, October 16
8-9 AM Bagel Breakfast/Registration
9-9:15 AM Announcements etc Full Group
9:15-Noon Panel Sessions
Noon-1 PM Lunch Break
1-3 PM Keynote Address
3-4:15 PM Panel Sessions
4:30-5:45 PM National Strategy Forum
6-7 PM National/Regional Networking
7-8 PM Dinner on the Town
8-10 PM Cultural Event
SUNDAY, October 17
8-9 AM Bagel Breakfast
9-10:15 AM Panel Sessions
10:30-Noon National Agenda-Full Forum
Noon-2 PM LUNCH & Regional Networking
(Setting a Regional Agenda)
2-3 PM Report Back from Regions
3-4 PM Closing Remarks & Thanks
(conference schedule subject to change)
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Sign up for the first national gathering of the anti-sanctions movement!!!!!
REGISTER by OCTOBER 7th
REGISTER on-line at...
http://www.leb.net/epic
To receive registration forms by mail, contact:
National Organizing Conference on Iraq
at (202) 543-6176
Please consider helping to SUPPORT this important effort!
Send donations made out to:
National Organizing Conference on Iraq
1388 Esch Court
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
FOR TRAVEL, see information below...
The organizers are united in their demand for the immediate lifting of
economic sanctions on the Iraqi people and an end to all military
interventions in Iraq. The views of speakers expressed at the conference
are not necessarily held by the participating organizations.
ORGANIZED by:
Peace Action
Voices in the Wilderness
LIFE for Relief & Development
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Boston Mobilization for Survival (Boston MOBE)
Detroit & University of Michigan Chapters of the ADC
Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)
Fellowship of Reconciliation (Houston)
the Global Movement to End the War on Iraq (Ontario)
Good Samaritans of the Knights Templar
Austin Peace & Justice Commission
Campaign for International Justice (Austin)
Iraq Action Coalition
Iraqi Democratic Union
Iraq Interfaith Coalition (Seattle)
PREVENT (Ann Arbor)
Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (Ann Arbor)
Muslim Student Association (MSA) Ann Arbor chapter
Metro Detroit Against Sanctions
U.S. Out Now (Madison)
Peace with Iraq (Albuquerque)
Veterans for Peace
Washington Peace Center
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