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This is an archived page from the March 5,
2005 conference with pictures added.

PROGRAM

 

Schedule for the Conference:

Saturday, March 5

8:30-9:00am Registration-Lobby/ Continental Breakfast
9:00- 10:45am Opening Plenary- 2nd floor auditorium

  • Nancy Romer, Conference Co-convener, PSC-CUNY AFT 2334, US Labor Against the War, Moderator

  • Fred Mason, Pres. Maryland-DC State Federation of labor, AFL-CIO, US Labor Against the War

  • Medea Benjamin, co-founder Global Exchange, Code Pink, Occupation Watch

  • Rahul Mahajan, author Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond, www.empirenotes.org

  • Mike Hoffman, co-founder, Iraq Veterans Against the War
11-12:45pm  Workshop I
1:00-1:45pm   Lunch by (big) local or national union or other constituency
2:00-3:45pm Workshop II
4:00-5:00pm Closing Plenary-2nd floor auditorium

  • Michael Zweig, Conference Co-Convener, UUP-SUNY, AFT 2190, Moderator

  • Lusmaia Diaz, Student, SANITY, Beacon HS, NYC

  • Megan Behrent, NYC HS Teacher

  • Tom Roderick, Exec. Dir. Educators for Social Responsibility, NYC Metro Chapter

  • Tony O’Brien, PSC-CUNY, AFT 2334, International Committee

  • Barbara Bowen, President, PSC-CUNY, AFT 2334
5:15-7:00pm Party-cafeteria, basement  

Workshops

Video Screenings

Sunday, March 6,
10:00am - continuations committee for those interested in ongoing organizing and action projects.

Stony Brook Manhattan Campus: 401 Park Avenue South at 28th St./ 2nd floor.

Co-Conveners:   
Nancy Romer, AFT 2334, PSC-CUNY
Michael Zweig, AFT 2190, UUP-SUNY 

Program Coordinator: Anthony O’Brien, AFT 2334
Staff Director:  Doug Ferrari, OPEIU 153
Webmaster: Bill Friedheim, AFT 2334 

Steering Committee:
Jean Anyon, AFT 2334 (PSC-CUNY)
David Applebaum, AFT 2373 (Rowan U)
Megan Behrent, AFT 2 (UFT-NYC)
Carolyn Birden, AFT 2026 (CC of Philadelphia)
Jackie DiSalvo, AFT 2334 (PSC-CUNY)
Doug Ferrari, OPEIU 153
Bill Friedheim, AFT 2334 (PSC-CUNY)
Rhonda Hanson, NEA Peace & Justice Committee
Lisa North, AFT 2 (UFT-NYC)
Tom Roderick, Educators for Social Responsibility

  
 

Committee Members:  
Jack Arnow, AFT 2334
Conrad Bennett, Ya-Ya Network
Barbara Bowen, AFT 2334
Ann Davison, AFT 2334
Lenny Dick, AFT 2334
Carolyn Eubanks, AFT 2
Silvia Federici, LI Teachers for Human Rights
Hank Frundt, AFT 2274, Ramapo College
Jack Hammond, AFT 2334
Joan Heymont, AFT 2
Glenn Kissack, AFT 2334
Carol Meyers, AFT 2334
Leo Parascondola, AFT 2334
Diane Lee Perez, Queens College
Wayne Price, AFT 2
Sadegh Robinson, CCNY
Marta Silva, Marymount College
Barbara Slemmer, AFT 2
Drew Stahl-David, CCNY
Merry Tucker, AFT 2
Meredith Turshen, AAUP Rutgers

Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.

  
 

Thanks to:

  • The many people who contributed to this conference, locally, all along the east coast and from the west coast.

  • the activists in US Labor Against the War who developed the kernel of the idea for this conference and created the context in which the labor anti-war movement is possible.

Particular thanks go to Glenn Kissack, Doug Ferrari, Ron Littke, Josh Brown, Amanda Gregory, Francis Bacon, Prewitt Organizing Fund, North Star Fund and the Institute for Policy Studies.

  

 
Thanks to Stanley Heller (West Haven Federation of Teachers), who produces internet media, there is video of the speeches by Medea Benjamin and Mike Hoffman as well as an interview with Jackie DiSalvo.  The video is available on Stanley's website:

As more video segments are posted, we'll provide the information on where and how to view them.