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Hello all --
From October 13-15 will be three days of workshops and a direct action in Salina, Kansas, focusing on nonviolent peacebuilding, militarization and the tragic use of DU weapons. The direct action itself will take place at the Salina bombing range where there will be an Air Force "bombing and strafing" competition of A-10 Thunderbolts, commonly called Warthogs, which have been deployed in U.S. military combat and training actions to fire 30 mm depleted uranium shells via Gatling style machine guns..
The three-day event is called "The Heartland Speaks," sponsored by several peace groups, according to two organizers, Janie Stein and Martin Bates, activists in Salina. For more information you may contact them at hopenow1@... and martinbikes@... and visit http://www.salinapeace.org/ -- More information on the workshops and direct action is below.
Wes Rehberg, participant
Heartland Speaks Schedule
Monday October 13th, 2008
8:00 – 9:00am Registration
9:00 – 1:00 Nonviolence Training with CPT Members Bill & Genie Durland
12:00 – 2:00 -----Lunch on your own, available at Hotel----- (Emergency Food Bank Fundraiser)
12:00 – 4:00 Greeting and Registration for incoming participants
2:00 – 3:30 Workshops A (Choose one)
1. The Environmental Impact of Increased Militarization, Local & Worldwide …Stan Cox
2. Building Community with Complementary Currency …Gerald Gillespie , Paul Krumm, David Norlin
3. Everything You Didn’t Want to Know about Depleted Uranium…Wes Rehberg
4. Peacemaking in the Christian Tradition …Esther Pineda, Carolyn Teter
4:00 – 5:30 Workshops B (Choose one)
5. The A-10 Warthog — Effects On and Responses of the Beloved Community… Susan Crane, Ellen Barfield
6. Power Point Presentation: StratCom: the Face of War Making in the 21st Century ….Frank Cordaro
7. Quantum Change: Reaching Out to the ‘Other’ Side…Martin A. Bates
6:00--7:00 Dinner at hotel ($10) with tables arranged around the area with a workshop presenter at
each designated table; folks can get acquainted with presenters to help choose Tuesday workshops.
7:15--8:00 Welcome Address: Lessons of the Great Peace Chiefs…. Patt Murphy
8:10 - 8:45 Affinity Group organizing
8:45 - 10:15 Film Screening "Bougainville Sky," with Iain Campbell "Fred" Smith, who is featured in the film.
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
8:00 – 8:30 Coffee, Rolls, Registration
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome, Opening Remarks, Overview
9:00 – 10:30 Workshops A (Choose one)
1. The Environmental Impact of Increased Militarization, Local & Worldwide …Stan Cox
2. Building Community with Complementary Currency …Gerald Gillespie , Paul Krumm, David Norlin
3. Everything You Didn’t Want to Know about Depleted Uranium…Wes Rehberg
4. Peacemaking in the Christian Tradition …Esther Pineda, Carolyn Teter
10:45 – 12:15 Workshops B (Choose one)
5. The A-10 Warthog — Effects On and Responses of the Beloved Community… Susan Crane, Ellen Barfield
6. Power Point Presentation: StratCom: the Face of War Making in the 21st Century ….Frank Cordaro
7. Quantum Change: Reaching Out to the ‘Other’ Side…Martin A. Bates
12:15 – 1:15 -----Lunch----- (at Hotel—Salina Emergency Food Bank free-will donation)
1:30 – 4:30 Plenary Non-Violence Training
4:30 - 5:30 Affinity Group Organizing
6:00 – 7:00 A taste of India Dinner (catered by hotel--$10)
7:00 – 7:45 NCNR Meet and Greet Summit (hosted by National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance)
8:00 – 10:00 Musical Peace Celebration with Joe Jencks and Iain Campbell Smith
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
7:30 am Peace Walk to airport begins
8:00-9:15 Informal Coffee and Gathering, carpool to airport as desired while others are walking
9:00 am Multi-Faith Prayer Witness at Salina Regional Airport
9:30 – noon Peace Rally at Airport as A-10’s fly in (music, banners, and direct action with optional line-crossing)
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