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Event
Building Sustainable Security
A One-Day Conference Saturday, November 21, 2015
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall
Confirmed Speakers
Noam Chomsky Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT
Michael McPhearson Executive Director, Veterans For Peace
Harris Gruman RaiseUp Massachusetts; Executive Director, SEIU Massachusetts State Council
Carl Williams Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Cassandra Bensahih Jobs Not Jails; Co-Executive Director, Ex-Prisoners United for Community Action (EPOCA)
Barbara Madeloni President, Masachusetts Teachers Association (MTA)
Chung-Wha Hong, executive director, Grassroots International
Susan Redlich 350 Massachusetts ~ divestment core team
Will Hopkins Executive Director, New Hampshire Peace Action
Jamie Eldridge, Massachusetts State Senator
In the name of national security, and benefiting an extractive corporate elite, our country has policies that undermine true security, bringing us catastrophic climate disruption, constant war and a culture that nurtures war, and growing inequality that destroys democracy and feeds poverty, racism, and mass incarceration.
Only large social movements can remove these barriers to genuine security and construct a society based on a different vision.
This conference will explore three pillars of sustainable national and world security:
A fairly-shared global prosperity based on economic, social, and racial justice
Emergency action to address climate change and build a new, fossil-fuel-free energy system
A Foreign Policy for All based on even-handed diplomacy, ending our disastrous military interventions, abolition of nuclear weapons, and reclaiming war resources for the urgent needs that face our world
Promising efforts to organize for change have fallen short. Millions of Americans share our concerns, but we have not yet come together effectively. The conference will focus on actions and capacity building using the frame of "sustainable security" to strengthen ties among our efforts so we can act more effectively.
Conference Program
Social Movements for Sustainable Security
Harris Gruman SEIU / RaiseUp Massachusetts Carl Williams American Civil Liberties Union Susan Redlich 350MA, divestment core team Cassandra Bensahih Jobs Not Jails and Ex-Prisoners United for Community Action (EPOCA) Barbara Madeloni President, Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA)
Sustainable Security and Peace
Noam Chomsky Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT
Michael McPhearson Executive Director, Veterans for Peace
International Workshops
Storm in the Middle East: Iran Deal, ISIS War, Syria, Yemen
Ukraine and a New Cold War with Russia?
New Initiatives toward Nuclear Disarmament
Security vs. the National Security State -- Technology, Privacy and the NSA
Links Between US Foreign Policy, Inequality, and Climate Change
The U.S. & China: Dangers & Alternatives to Military & Economic Containment
Climate Crisis: The Road Through Paris
From despair to empowerment--an experiential workshop
Struggling for Sustainable Security: Connecting the Movements
The People's Budget: State Senator Jamie Eldridge
Building Movements with Global Connections: Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, Grassroots International
Impacting Elections: BirdDogging the Presidential Candidates. Roleplay : Will Hopkins, New Hampshire Peace Action
Domestic Workshops
A Green Economy for Massachusetts
Black Lives Matter
Alternatives to Violence, At Home and Abroad
Jobs Not Jails
Building Shared Prosperity in the Commonwealth with the Fair Share Amendment
Build Housing, Not Bombs
Governing Under the Influence: Bringing our issues into the 2016 election
Let's Talk about War
Building Movements with Global Connections
Networking Reception
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LocationHarvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall (View)
1585 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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