#NoWar2022:
Resistance & Regeneration, World BEYOND War's
virtual global conference, is coming up this July
8-10!
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You're
invited to join World BEYOND War for our annual
conference, #NoWar2022: Resistance &
Regeneration, coming up this July 8-10!
This year's event will be held virtually through
the Zoom Events platform, a robust online
conference experience that includes online panels,
discussion sessions, workshops, virtual
networking, and expo booths.
Across
3 days from July 8-10, we will explore the unique
theme of both "resistance" and "regeneration",
asking the question: As we
resist the institution of war worldwide, from
crippling sanctions and military occupations to
the network of military bases that encircle the
globe, how can we simultaneously “regenerate,”
building the alternative world that we want to see
based on nonviolence and a culture of
peace? |
Day
1: Friday, July 8, 2022 |
Day
1 on July 8 will begin with a live
performance by modern folk singer-songwriter
Samara Jade and a welcome address
from World BEYOND War chapters
around the world. We'll hear opening
remarks from the Save Sinjajevina
campaign in Montenegro, an ongoing effort
to block a NATO military training ground &
preserve the Balkans’ biggest mountain grassland.
Save Sinjajevina representatives will Zoom in to
the virtual conference and there will be
opportunities to support the in-person actions
happening in Montenegro during the week of the
conference. We'll also hear from WBW Board Member
Yurii Sheliazhenko, based in
Ukraine, who will provide an update on the current
crisis in Ukraine, situating the conference within
the larger geopolitical context and highlighting
the importance of anti-war activism at this time.
Day 1 will conclude with discussion
sessions on "Models for the Just Transition,"
which offer a glimpse into what’s possible by
exploring different alternative models and what’s
needed for the just transition to a green &
peaceful future. Sessions include: Unarmed
Civilian Protection (UCP) with John
Reuwer of World BEYOND War and
Charles Johnson of Nonviolent
Peaceforce; Public Banking with Rickey
Gard Diamond and Marybeth
Gardam; the Transition Movement with
Jul Bystrova, co-founder of the
Inner Resilience Network; and
more.
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Day
2: Saturday, July 9, 2022
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Day
2 on July 9 will begin with a panel on
economic conversion with Miriam
Pemberton of the Peace Economy
Transitions Project. Miriam is an expert on how we
can rethink warfare economies and make the
transition away from arms manufacturing. Next,
we'll hear traditional Montenegrin music from the
Save Sinjajevina campaign, and then break out into
3 different workshops:
- Workshop:
How to Block a Military Training Ground &
Preserve the Balkans’ Biggest Mountain
Grassland: An Update from the Save Sinjajevina
Campaign, led by Milan
Sekulović
- Workshop:
How to Demilitarize & “Peacify” Education
with Phill Gittins of World
BEYOND War and Carmen Wilson of
Demilitarise Education
- Training:
Nonviolent Communication Skills
We'll
conclude Day 2 with a panel on Divestment &
Reinvestment, which will concretely explore how to
divest public and private dollars from extractive
industries like weapons and fossil fuels, and at
the same time, how to rebuild the just world we
want through doable reinvestment strategies that
prioritize community needs. Featuring Shea
Leibow of CODEPINK, Nadira
Foster of Divest Ed, and Britt
Runeckles of Towards a People’s
Endowment. |
Day
3: Sunday, July 10, 2022 |
Day
3 on July 10 will begin with a panel on
"Resisting & Regenerating in the Aftermath of
War, Sanctions, and Violent Conflict" featuring
unique stories of those who have direct experience
in the face of conflict and how they have used
regenerative strategies like farming and
permaculture to push back against a culture of
violence and model the just, peaceful, and green
world we want. Following the panel, we will break
out into 3 workshops:
- Workshop:
How to Shut Down & Transform a Military Base
Site with Thea Valentina
Gardellin, a spokesperson for the No
Dal Molin, a grassroots movement against
American military bases in Vicenza, Italy
- Workshop:
Demilitarizing the Police & Alternative
Policing Models with David Swanson
of World BEYOND War and other speakers
TBA
- Workshop:
How to Challenge Mainstream Media Bias &
Promote Peace Journalism with Jeff
Cohen of FAIR.org, Steven
Youngblood of the Center for Global
Peace Journalism, and Dru Oja
Jay of The Breach. Modeling the
conference theme of “resistance and
regeneration,” this workshop will begin with a
media literacy primer, vis-à-vis FAIR.org’s
techniques to expose and critique mainstream
media bias. Then we will lay out a framework for
the alternative — principles of counternarrative
storytelling from a peace journalism
perspective. We will conclude with a discussion
of practical applications of these principles,
such as through independent media outlets like
The Breach, whose mission is focused on
“journalism for
transformation.”
Click here to view the
full schedule and register to join the global
World BEYOND War network for
#NoWar2022! |
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