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Agenda for MICat50cville Conference
Agenda:
Authors will sign books during breaks.
Friday, September 16, 2011, at the Haven, 112 W Market Street, Charlottesville, Va. Map.
FRIDAY SEPT 16
DOORS OPEN 5:30 p.m. -- REGISTRATION 5:30-6:30
6:00 Authentic Afghan dinner
--Welcome by Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris--
6:30 MIC in Cville and VA - David Swanson
7:00 Dramatic dialogue with Eisenhower, Jefferson, and Martin Luther King Jr.
7:45 Voices of Conscience - Ann Wright
8:30 free MIC50 cake for all provided by Camino Restaurant
Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, 2011, at The Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College, 501 County Road 338, Charlottesville, Va. 22902-7589. Map.
SATURDAY SEPT 17
DOORS OPEN 8:00 a.m. -- REGISTRATION 8:00-8:30
8:30 - 9:45
Federal Budget and Impact of MIC on the Economy - Robert Naiman and Dave Shreve
9:45-10:30 Budget Activity - Lisa Savage
BREAK
10:45-12:30
Are Weapons Corporations People? - George Friday
MIC and Civil Liberties - Jeff Fogel
What War Does to Law - Ben Davis
LUNCH
1:15-2:00 War Media - Robert Jensen
2:00-2:45 MIC and the environment - Claire Hanrahan and Coleman Smith
2:45-3:30 Extra Casualties: The Human Cost of War - Mia Austin Scoggins
BREAK
3:45-4:30 MIC and weapons proliferation, global hostility - Bruce Gagnon
4:30-5:15 Whistleblowing - Karen Kwiatkowski and Bunny Greenhouse
5:15-6:00 Why Peace is Possible and How We Can Achieve It - Paul Chappell
Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, 2011, at The Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College, 501 County Road 338, Charlottesville, Va. 22902-7589. Map.
SUNDAY SEPT 18
DOORS OPEN 9:00 a.m. -- REGISTRATION 9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 11:30
Conversion to a Peace Economy - Mary Beth Sullivan
What Needs Changing - Jonathan Williams
LUNCH
12:15-1:45
Activism - Ray McGovern, Helena Cobban, Lisa Savage
BREAK
2:00 - 3:00 Action Planning
3:00-4:00 Panel With All Conference Speakers Together
4:00-4:30 Anti-Authoritarian Activism - Bruce Levine
