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Conference Schedule |
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Tuesday, September 2 |
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10 am — ENERGY & THE ENVIRONMENT – I |
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PLENARY 10 - 11:15 am |
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• Jim Harkness – President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
TTTTTTOPIC: Remaking Our Food System |
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• Ron Bowen – President, Prairie Restorations and
• Ami Voeltz – Do It Green! Minnesota
TTTTTTOPIC: Local Greening |
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• Susan Hubbard – CEO, Eureka Recycling
TTTTTTOPIC: No Such Thing As Waste |
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• Starhawk – Earth-based Spirituality, Eco-activist, Author
TTTTTTOPIC: Urban Permaculture: From the Yard to the Globe |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
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2 pm — ENERGY & THE ENVIRONMENT – II |
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PLENARY 2 - 3:15 pm |
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• Terry Gips – President, Alliance for Sustainability; President, Sustainability Associates
TTTTTTOPIC: TBA |
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• Matthew J. Commers – Public Health Researcher; Global Warming
TTTTTTOPIC: Climate Change & Human Health |
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• Bruce Gagnon – Co-founder, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
TTTTTTOPIC: Weapons in Space: Environmental Consequences and Solutions |
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• Lisa Ledwidge – Outreach Director, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
TTTTTTOPIC: Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3:30 - 4:30 pm |
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BONUS SESSIONS 4:45 - 5:45 pm |
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7 pm — GLOBAL PEACE & NONVIOLENCE – I |
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PLENARY 7 - 9 pm |
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• Antonia Juhasz – Author and Activist
TTTTTTOPIC: Iraq, Oil, and the Politics of Empire |
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• Brian Becker – Activist, Act Now to End War and Racism
TTTTTTOPIC: Iran: U.S. Imperial Politics |
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• Sara Flounders – Activist, Troops Out Now
TTTTTTOPIC: Weapons in Space: Consequences and Solutions |
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• Leslie Gagan – Activist, United for Peace and Justice
TTTTTTOPIC: Globalization and War on Terrorism |
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RECEPTION 9 pm. |
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Wednesday, September 3 |
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10 am — GLOBAL PEACE & NONVIOLENCE – II |
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PLENARY 10 - 11:15 am |
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• Kathy Kelly – Activist, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
TTTTTTOPIC: Nonviolence in a Time of Crisis |
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• Medea Benjamin – Activist, Code Pink and Global Exchange
TTTTTTOPIC: Resistance and Grassroots Organizing |
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• Mel Duncan – Executive Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce
TTTTTTOPIC: Nonviolent Peacekeeping in a War Zone |
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• Sami Rasouli – Muslim Peacemaker Teams
TTTTTTOPIC: Peacemaking in the Midst of Violence |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
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BONUS SESSIONS 1 - 1:50 pm |
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2 pm — JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS – I |
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PLENARY 2 - 3:15 pm |
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• Coleen Rowley – Retired FBI Special Agent / Chief Division Counsel; TIME’s 2002 “Person of the Year”; Peace Activist
TTTTTTOPIC: Restoring Ethical Decision-Making in Government |
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• Doug Johnson – Executive Director, Center for the Victims of Torture
TTTTTTOPIC: Torture Doesn’t Work |
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• Ray McGovern – Retired CIA Officer; Co-Founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
TTTTTTOPIC: Fixing the Foreign-Intelligence-Gathering Apparatus |
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• Ann Wright – Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.); Retired Diplomat, U.S. State Department; Peace Advocate
TTTTTTOPIC: War and Military Issues |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3:30 - 4:30 pm |
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BONUS SESSIONS 4:45 - 5:45 pm |
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7 pm — JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS – II |
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PLENARY 7 - 8:15 pm |
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• Ann Hastings – Director, Fonkoze Micro-Finance Program, Haiti
TTTTTTOPIC: Eradicating Global Poverty: Is It Possible? |
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• Jim Klobuchar – Journalist, Author, Travel Guide and
• Susan Cornell Wilkes – President, Adventures in Giving
TTTTTTOPIC: How to Make a Difference – Worldwide Perspective |
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• Bharat Parekh – United Nations Association–Minnesota; Consultant
TTTTTTOPIC: U.N. MDGs – Their Significance and Possibilities |
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• Kevin Winge – Executive Director, Open Arms of Minnesota
TTTTTTOPIC: TBA |
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 8:30 - 9:30 pm |
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Presenter Bios |
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Have a QUESTION about the conference? Ask via email |
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