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May
21
Alternative Vietnam Vet Remembrance Festival: Operation Honor the Dead, Heal the Wounded, Wage Peace Not War!

Past - Friday, May 21 2010 -> Saturday, May 22 2010 from 3 to 6 pm
Green Bay, WI
Wisconsin Impeachment/Bring Our Troops Home Coalition,Veterans for Peace, Clarence Kailin Chapter 25, Madison.
http://ImpeachWI.org
     
 

  A war glorification event is taking place in Green Bay, May 21-23.

HOWEVER, there is an alternative remembrance festival organized by Veterans for Peace. Help support a truth telling effort. Spread the news!

ACTION NAME: Operation Honor the Dead, Heal the Wounded, Wage Peace Not War

DESCRIPTION: Workshops - all workshops are free to students, veterans and their families and the general public. Format is presentations, documentaries, and discussions. Focus is on taking action in our communities to move from war, killing and destruction to waging peace. These workshops are being presented to provide "the other side of the story" from what is being presented at the LZ Lambeau Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home event organized by WI Public Television. War must not be glorified. The human costs are horrific and endless. Please join us to learn how we can work harder to wage peace and provide truth in military recruitment in our communities.

Workshop #1: Screening of "The Good Soldier" Specifics: Friday, May 21, 2010, 3-5 PM, Green Bay Central Library, Lower Level, 515 Pine St., Green Bay This will be a special screening of the highly acclaimed documentary, "The Good Soldier." The room holds approximately 90 people. Directed by award winning filmmakers Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys, "The Good Soldier" follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of US wars as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually change their minds about what it means to be a good soldier. One of those featured is Madison's irrepressible Veteran for Peace and truth in military recruitment activist, Will Williams. Williams will introduce the film and lead the discussion." All workshops are FREE.

Workshops listed below will be conducted at The Greater Green Bay Central Labor Council Hall, 1570 Elizabeth St., Green Bay, WI.

Workshop #2: Soldiers' Lives: Training to Kill, Serving in Combat, Recovering from the Killing,& Take Action to Break the Killing Cycle (Includes documentary "The Good Soldier.") Specifics: Friday, May 21, 2010, 6:45-9:30 PM, Labor Council Hall see above.

Workshop #3: Truth In Military Recruiting& Opportunities for Alternative Community Service (Includes documentary "Before You Enlist.") Specifics: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 10 AM to noon or so, Labor Council Hall (see above).

Workshop #4: Vietnam/Afghanistan/Iraq/Pakistan Similarities and How We Can Leave (Includes documentary "Why are we in Afghanistan?") Specifics: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 1:15-3:15 PM to noon or so, Labor Council Hall see above.

Workshop #5: Health Care for Veterans: The Scope& Magnitude of Need, PTSD& Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),& Can we really afford (in bodies, minds, spirits& dollars) more wars??? (Includes documentary "Prolonged Exposure.") Specifics: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 3:40-6 PM, Labor Council Hall (see above).  Directions to Labor Council Hall: From Downtown Green Bay, travel north on  Irwin Ave., turn right onto Eastman Ave. turn left onto Elizabeth Ave. and the Labor Hall 1570 Elizabeth is on the right. 

 
     
Education | Teach In | WI Submitted by barn3 on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 1:58pm.
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May
22
Conflict REVOLUTION Workshop: Become the Quantum Change

Past - Saturday, May 22 2010 -> Saturday, May 22 2010 from 11 am to 5 pm
Hand with Seeds LLC 155 W. Main St. | Stoughton WI 53589
Hand With Seeds
Barbara With 715.209.5471 Jessica 608.873.4575
http://www.barbarawith.com
     
 
Barbara With, international peace activist and award-winning author of Imagining Einstein: Essays on M-Theory, World Peace & The Science of Compassion, comes to Hand With Seeds in Stoughton Saturday, May 22, 2010 to present Conflict REVOLUTION, world peace, one person at a time, starting with you. Inspired by the theories and maps of Imagining Einstein, Ms. With take you on a fascinating ride through the creation of physical matter, and then teaches you a process to resolve conflicts first within you. "Con Rev" is not only a fascinating journey into creation, but brilliantly provides step-by-step instructions to apply this revolutionary worldview to any and all conflicts. By becoming the peacemaker, you become the change and lead the way to inspire peace in all levels of your life. Stuck in a rut? Need a boost to a new perspective? Let Conflict REVOLUTION revolutionize your life!
  
     
Education | WI | Dane County Submitted by barbwith on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 4:53pm.
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May
21
Conflict REVOLUTION Workshop: Become the Quantum Change

Past - Friday, May 21 2010 -> Friday, May 21 2010 from 11 am to 5 pm
Hand With Seeds, 155 W. Main St., Stoughton WI 53589
Hand With Seeds
Barbara With 715.209.5471 Jessica 608.873.4575
http://www.barbarawith.com
     
 
Barbara With, international peace activist and award-winning author of Imagining Einstein: Essays on M-Theory, World Peace & The Science of Compassion comes to Stoughton to teach her powerful process of Conflict REVOLUTION: World Peace, One Person at a Time, Beginning with You. Based on the unified field theory and maps of human consciousness from Einstein, Ms. With teaches you how to take responsibility for your part of the conflict, and turn and become the peacemaker. Conflict REVOLUTION is the missing peace we mistakenly look for in others, improving self-esteem, setting strong boundaries, inspiring discipline, creativity and responsibility. By being committed to making peace within, you change the entire system of conflict that surrounds you, and will effectively contribute to peace on a global level as well. Been wrestling with a conflict blocking your health, happiness and wellbeing? Then Conflict REVOLUTION is for you!
  
     
Education | WI | Dane County Submitted by barbwith on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 4:21pm.
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Sep
23
Health Care not Warfare Town Meeting

Past - Wednesday, September 23 2009 from 6 to 9 pm
Mount Horeb Community Center 107 N Grove St, Mount Horeb
WI Impeachment/Bring Our Troops Home Coalition, Veterans for Peace (VFP), Chapter 25, Madison Area Peace Coalition and SouthWest WI Area Progressives
Buzz Davis: 608-239-5354, David Wiiliams (carpool) 442-8399
     
 
Organizer and VFP member, Buzz Davis of Stoughton said, “After 8 years
of USwar in Afghanistan, 7 years in Iraq and the first Gulf war, what do we
have to show for it? Thousands of dead soldiers, a million of civilians dead,
millions more wounded, millions of families broken, devastated countries and
economies, an ever richer military industrial complex, more than a trillion
dollars additional national debt and no peace in sight.”

Forty seven million Americans are without health care with as estimated 50
million more underinsured. VFP member Steve Books of Mt. Horeb asked, “Why
is there never enough money for our own people and always enough money for
more war and torturing? The town meeting will explain and compare the
various single payer/Medicare for all health plans being discussed in
Congress and Wisconsin. We will review the costs of the illegal wars of
aggression in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Israeli Palestinian conflict
and wars elsewhere along with the American torture programs.”

Steve White, a member of SWWAP stated that President Johnson proved in the
1960’s that we cannot simultaneously have guns and butter, i.e., both a war
in Vietnam and antipoverty programs here at home. White explained,
“President Obama is now stuck in the same situation with the addition of our
economy being in deep recession. The public demands a national health care
system and the wars drain off hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
This meeting will focus on what needs to be done to change this situation
for the better.”

Various speakers will make presentations followed by audience discussion and
a call to action.

 
     
Education | Teach In | WI | Dane County Submitted by barn3 on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 5:56pm.
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Mar
24
School Board Debates Military Ads & Recruiting

Past - Monday, March 24 2008 at 5 pm
Doyle Administration Building, Dayton Street
www.mmsd.org
     
 
The School Board will be finally formally discussing the military ads. Please make a point to send your comments in on this subject to comments@madison.k12.wi.us or phone the Board, contact numbers at http://www.mmsd.org/boe/. There will be no public testimony at this meeting, so it's vital that everyone send in their comments ahead of March 24th. Want to do more? Help TAME circulate its petition on this subject. Visit www.tamewisconsin.org
  
     
Education | Meeting | WI | Dane County | Madison Submitted by barbara on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 11:11pm.
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Nov
5
Say No to Army Ads in Madison Schools

Past - Monday, November 05 2007 at 5:30 pm
545 West Dayton Street, Doyle Administration Building of the Madison School District
Truth & Alternatives to Militarism in Education
www.tamewisconsin.org
     
 

School Board Picket & Testimony Night:  No Army Ads in Madison Schools

Join a picket before the school board meeting to voice opposition to the army ads in the schools. Stay to testify to the school board.

This is the night of the regular school board meeting. Tell the Madison School Board that you want an end to the ads for the U.S. Army that have just appeared in the high school gyms and the stadiums of the Madison Metro School District. Bring a sign to carry in the picket outside at 5:30pm. Stay for the School Board meeting at 7pm. Members of the public are allowed three minutes to make a statement. Get the Pentagon's poison message and its money out of our public schools.

 
     
Education | Rally | WI | Dane County | Madison Submitted by barbara on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 9:57pm.
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Apr
10
Immigrant Rights Rally

Past - Monday, April 10 2006 from 10:30 am to 1 pm
Brittingham Park (West Washington Avenue & Park Street), march to Capitol Square
The Madison mobilization for immigrant rights “April 10 Organizing Committee” includes many community, religious, civil, human and immigrant rights’ groups, labor unions, businesses and individuals.
Alex Gillis, 608-345-9544(cell); 608-467-0475 (hotline); alex@vocesdelafrontera.net, Geovani González, 608-575-5606; mexkalito_21@yahoo.com, Salvador Carranza, 608-438-9502 (cell); salcandresen@yahoo.com
     
 
A National Day of Action. A Day Without Latinos. Rally for Immigrant Rights!

Recognizing that the USA is a nation of immigrants, join the Madison mobilization for immigrant rights “April 10 Organizing Committee”* in a massive rally to:

* Stop the anti-immigrant House Resolution 4437 (H.R. 4437)
* Stop Wisconsin Senate Bill 567 (SB567)
* Protest the passage of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 69 (AB69)
* Stop all attacks against immigrants
* Stop criminalization of immigrant communities

We demand comprehensive immigration reform, including:

* A path to citizenship, not a temporary guest worker program
* Family reunification measures
* Worker protections
* Full rights for all immigrants!

Converge at Brittingham Park at 10:30 a.m. (West Washington Avenue & Park Street).
March to State Capitol
Program: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

*The Madison mobilization for immigrant rights “April 10 Organizing Committee” is comprised of many community, religious, civil, human and immigrant rights’ groups, labor unions, businesses and individuals.
Sponsoring organizations: LUChA, Voces de la Frontera, La Movida 1480AM, WORT Spanish Programs, etc…
 
     
Civil Liberties | Economics | Education | March | Politics | Racial Justice | Rally | WI | Dane County | Madison Submitted by barbara on Wed, 04/05/2006 - 9:28pm.
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Feb
22
Forum "U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq & El Salvador - the "Salvador Option" Means Death Squads for Iraq

Past - Tuesday, February 22 2005 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 am
Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St, Madison, WI
Madison Area Peace Coalition
Rae Vogeler, rae-v@charter.net, (608) 835-7501
     
 
According to Jim Goronson, "In the 1980s El Salvador and Iraq were two of the most egregious human rights abusing nations in the world. What did these nations have in common at the time? Strategic relationships with the U.S. government. El Salvador had the infamous paramilitary "death squads", .... and a seemingly endless supply of money, guns, and Special Forces advisers from the Reagan administration. $6 billion from 1981 to 1992--70,000 people killed--the vast majority innocent civilians."

"Fast forward to January 2005, the U.S., engaged in an ostensible "liberation from tyranny" of the Iraqi population, finds itself engaged in an intractable conflict against a guerrilla insurgency that exists within the fabric of Sunni society. Donald Rumsfeld & Co. at the Pentagon, fretting over the fact that the seemingly all-powerful U.S. military cannot quell the insurgency and in fact is probably losing the conflict, desperately look to El Salvador's bloody death squad past as a possible course of action to take. The "Salvador option", as it is being called, would entail the sending of Special Forces advisers to "advise, support and possibly train Iraqi squads, most likely hand-picked Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Shiite militiamen, to target Sunni insurgents and their sympathizers". A crucial component of such operations would be to instill fear in the Sunni population, who so far have not been forced to pay for their support of the resistance."

Come hear Jim Goronson explain the parallels between U.S. foreign policy in El Salvador and Iraq, and debunk the myths about the "Salvador option."

Jim is the National Coordinator for U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities (USESSC), a network of twenty committees and two organizations that have sistering relationships with twenty rural villages and two regional organizations in El Salvador. Jim has been an activist in the Latin America solidarity field for the past sixteen years and has worked for Sister Cities for three years. Jim recently wrote the article "The OTHER Salvador Option for Iraq": http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0112-22.htm, which was quoted in the text above.
  
     
Education | Meeting | Peace | Politics | Talk | WI | Dane County | Madison Submitted by RaeVogeler on Wed, 02/16/2005 - 2:25am.
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Oct
26
MAPC General Meeting

Past - Tuesday, October 26 2004 at 6:30 pm
Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.)
Info? #442-0030
     
 
Join the next MAPC meeting as they discussion "Where Next for the Peace Movement?". Includes an open mic person for people to speak their mind.
  
     
Education | Meeting | Politics | WI | Dane County | Madison Submitted by mapc on Mon, 10/25/2004 - 1:56pm.
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