| PANEL PRESENTATION Social Activist Leaders Responding In a Time of Crisis |
| Friday, July 7th - 2:00pm |
| Price: $20 |
| Venue: Brilliant Cultural Center |
Moderated by Seth Klein, BC Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Panelists: Tom Hayden, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Brewster Kneen, and Svend Robinson (Former MP)
US and Canadian Anti-War Leaders and US War Resisters will discuss their personal histories, i.e. How their lives intersected with historic events and how they responded, what they have learned from the successes and failures in the past, and their hopes of creating a more just and peaceful world in the future. |
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| EVENING PROGRAM Celebrating the Path Taken |
| Friday, July 7th - 7:30pm |
| Price: $35 |
| Venue: Brilliant Cultural Center |
...with host Mark Nykanen - 4 time Emmy Award winning investigative journalist and novelist, and speaker Rabbi Michael Lerner
Performers: Country Joe McDonald, Pied Pumpkin, Ronnie Gilbert, Theatre Energy's "Three Fingered Frank" and special performance by the Doukhobor Men's Choir |
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| KEYNOTE ADDRESS George McGovern: A Nation's Hope In a Time of Crisis "Standing for peace in wartime" |
| Saturday, July 8th - 2:00pm |
| Price: $20 |
| Venue: Brilliant Cultural Center |
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Introduced by Arun Gandhi. Hosted by Peter Prontzos, Political science instructor, Langara College, Vietnam War era US military deserter, and film actor.
Performers: Alan Rinehart, Nancy Argenta, and Yoko |
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| PLENARY SESSION "A strategy to transform society in the 21st century" |
| Saturday, July 8th - 4:30pm |
| Price: FREE |
| Venue: Selkirk College Castlegar Campus |
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Speaker: Rabbi Michael Lerner |
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| EVENING CONCERT Rolling Out the Resistance to War "Peace Concert" |
| Saturday, July 8th - 7:00pm |
| Price: $40 |
| Venue: Brilliant Cultural Center |
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Performers: Buffy Sainte- Marie, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, Khac Chi Vietnamese Ensemble and D.O.A. |
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| WORKSHOPS |
| Sunday, July 9th - 9:00am |
| Price: $15 |
| Venue: Selkirk College Castlegar Campus |
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3 hour break out groups led by major peace activists (Details) |
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| FINAL PROGRAM & CLOSING CEREMONY Non-Violence and the Path of War Resistance |
| Sunday, July 9th - 2:00pm |
| Price: $20 |
| Venue: Brilliant Cultural Center |
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Keynote speaker Arun Gandhi with John J. Verigen Jr, Kim Phuc, Zasep Tulku Rinpoche and special performance by the Doukhobor Choir and Holly Near. |
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