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Annual Meeting: Peace Priorities for 2008

Feb 9
Sat 1:30 PM
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Mass Peace Action's Annual Meeting
*Peace Priorities for 2008*

Join with Mass Peace Action members and friends from across the state to strengthen the power of the grassroots peace movement in Massachusetts and discuss peace priorities for 2008!

1:30 - 4:30 PM at Encuentro 5
33 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA
(Near the Chinatown and Downtown Crossing MBTA)

Download a .pdf flyer here.
Click here for directions.

This year's Annual Meeting will feature great speakers with expertise on Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, nuclear weapons, federal budget priorities, and more. They will take us beyond the hype and the headlines to consider what's at stake in 2008... and what we can do to have an impact!

*Hear from Iraq Veterans Against the War about the upcoming Winter Soldier summit on Iraq and Afghanistan

*Learn about ways to stop U.S. plans to expand our nuclear arsenal and the global threat of nuclear weapons

*Enjoy food, cultural performances, and community-building with fellow peace and justice activists from across the area.

*Plan for peace actions in the year ahead... and much more!

Speakers include:
Liam Madden
Iraq Veterans Against the War leader & Appeal for Redress co-founder

Dr. Shahla Haeri
Women?s Studies Program Director & Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Boston University; expert on civil society in Iran, Pakistan, and India, recently returned from a trip to Iran.

Dr. Gary Goldstein
(Anti-)Nuclear Specialist and Tufts University Physics Professor, Member of the Mass Peace Action Education Fund Board of Directors

with special performances by activist hip hop artists
Mr. Them and Reflect & Strengthen
...and more to come!

FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC - SPREAD the WORD!

RSVP: Call 617.354.2169 or email members (at) masspeaceaction.org

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  • Angela Kelly
    Posted Feb 8, 2008 9:22 PM
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    Hope some more folks can come to the meeting... great new speakers added, including Adrián Boutureira from United for a Fair Economy... refreshments, entertainment, more! Come for just part of the event or all of it - hope to see you :)

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