DATE:  September 18, 2006

Lobbying Training Day for Congressman McGovern's End the War in Iraq Act

Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets..

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MAIN TENT

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TENT # 2

End War: Peace,violence, accountability, and impeachment

TENT #3

Human Rights: Civil Rights, Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights, Women's Rights, Voting Rights, Katrina

TENT #4

End Corporate Welfare, Meet Human Needs: Healthcare/ Energy/ Education/ Environment

Tent #5

Communications and Creativity: Hands-on Media and Arts Training

OUTDOOR AREAS

Domed Meditation Tent

FIRST LOOK 8-10 am—INFORMAL PARTICIPATORY

WARMUP ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

open, silent meditation

10:00 – 1:00

Nonviolence Training with Michael Beer, Sunny Miller

 

10:00- 12:00 Women, Death, and US Foreign Policies in the Middle East, Sureya Sayadi, MD

 

12:00-1:00 Gloria La Riva, National Coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five www.freethefive.org

 

 

 

 

 

spiritual chanting from 10 to 11 a.m.

LUNCH HOUR ACTIVITIES

1:00-2:00—MAY INVOLVE FOOD AND TALK

 

Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, on "The War, the Budget, and the Economy."

 

 

 

 

 

11:00 to 2:00 open, silent meditation.  On some days, there will be speakers scheduled during part of this time, talking about combining spirituality with activism.

Afternoon and evening training session 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Lobbying training led by United for Peace and Justice and Peace Action. Beginning at 2 p.m. with a talk by Erik Leaver.

 

 

 

 

 

2:00 to 3:00 group healing / rejuvenation

 

3:00 to 4:00 open, silent meditation

EVENING AT THE CIRCLE OR STAGE

7-8 pm

MUSIC: Jerome Kapeller and Ian McShane

 

Nebeil al-Oboudi, Iraqi American recently back from 6 months in Iraq.

 

 

 

 

4:00 to 5:00 spiritual chanting