An excellent conference. This year's focus is on Iraq and Palestine
Occupations.

Amineh


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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:26:37 -0700
From: Cindy Corrie <cindy@...>
To: Cindy Corrie <cindy@...>
Subject: Peace Works Conference in Olympia October 17-19


Peace Works Conference

Focus on Iraq and Palestine Occupations, Oct. 17-19

Register Now!



The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice is sponsoring its third
annual Peace Works event, Dual Occupations: Sovereignty and Freedom from
Iraq to Palestine, October 17-19, in Olympia, Washington. This
multi-generational conference will bring together journalists, scholars,
peace organizers, Iraq veterans, and community leaders to deepen
understanding of foreign military occupation in the Middle East and to
connect those who work for justice and an end to occupation and war.



The three-day conference centered at The Evergreen State College Longhouse,
will include panel discussions, workshops and cultural events, that provide
a forum for bridging communities, acknowledging differences, and building
broader and more effective coalitions for peace and justice. The conference
will feature talks on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, women and war,
personal witness of occupation, peace curriculum for middle and secondary
teachers, art and media activism, organizing with veterans and military
families, and other topics.



Conference speakers include:

Phyllis Bennis - Fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies and
the Transnational Institute

Haj Sami Sadiq Subaih - Palestinian Mayor of West Bank
village targeted for demolition

Adam Shapiro - Filmmaker and co-founder of the International
Solidarity Movement

Dahlia Wasfi - Iraqi-American activist whose childhood was
spent in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

Dr. Simona Sharoni - Israeli scholar, researcher and
activist and Professor of Women's Studies

Representatives of Iraq Veterans Against the War and G.I. Voice

Zoriah Miller - award-winning photojournalist in Iraq,
Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip

Dr. Steve Niva - author and Professor of Middle East Studies and
International Politics

Dr. Bill Dienst - Emergency room physician and recent passenger on a
Free Gaza boat

Dr. Rula Awwad-Rafferty - Palestinian Professor of
Architecture and Sustainable Communities

Dr. Susan Greene - artist/activist, clinical psychologist
and co-founder of Break the Silence Mural Project



Friday, October 17th, 7:30 pm at the Washington Center for the Performing
Arts, Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies will give the
conference keynote address, "The Presidential Elections and the Future of
the Middle East." This will be followed by a roundtable discussion with
Palestinian Mayor Haj Sami Sadiq Subaih and Iraqi-American activist Dahlia
Wasfi. Tickets for this event are available to the general public through
the Washington Center for the Performing Arts at www.washingtoncenter.org
<http://www.washingtoncenter.org/> or at (360) 753-8585.

Saturday, October 18th, a conference party with spoken word performance,
Palestinian hip-hop film, and a DJ dance party will begin at 8:00 pm in the
Old K Records Loft at the corner of 5th and Cherry, above Fishtail Ales in
downtown Olympia. Tickets for the general public are available at the door
for $5.



The Peace Works Conference is sponsored by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for
Peace & Justice and the (Re) Imagining the Middle East Program at The
Evergreen State College.



For registration, an expanding list of speakers, and a full conference
schedule, go to http:// <http://www.rachelcorriefoundation.org/>
www.rachelcorriefoundation.org, email info@..., or
call (360) 754-3998. Special rates are available for students, low-income
participants, veterans and military families, and K-12 teachers.