PROJECTS • WORLD WITHOUT EMPIRE

WORLD WITHOUT EMPIRE CONFERENCE & PEACE FESTIVAL

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2010 APRIL 23-24 | UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK CITY

 

Programme (Tentative)

 

Note: This program will be updated with the names of the speakers and moderators once their roles are confirmed.

 

April 23, Friday
North-South Dialogue
9:00 AM	Artist/Youth Opening Artistic presentation
9:15 AM	OPENING & WELCOME
10:00 AM	“The Empire Strikes: In Women’s Voices” Panel Presentations and Discussion
12:00 PM	Lunch break
1:00 PM	Artist/Youth Artistic presentation
1:15 PM	“Militarism and Empire” Panel Presentations and Discussion
3:00 PM	Break
3:20 PM	Artist/Youth Artistic presentation
3:30 PM	“Building Alliances” Group conversations with short presentations as starters
5:30 PM	End of Session
7:00 PM	Union Presidential Reception Invitation by Rev. Dr. Serene Jones
April 24, Saturday
Peace for Life Public Forum
9:30 AM	Artist/Youth Opening Artistic presentation
10:00 AM	“The United States of Exception” An Open Fishbowl Discussion
12:00 PM	Lunch break
“A World without Empire” Peace Festival (See detailed programme here)
2:00 PM	“New Voices of Resistance” An Intergenerational Panel Discussion
4:00 PM	Tools for Resistance Workshops Dance, spoken word, and music workshops: Participants will be invited into the process of cultivating their artistic voice.
6:00 PM	Gathering at the Table Food and conversation to build solidarity
7:00 PM	A World Without Empire Artistic Extravaganza Performances from Haiti to the Philippines, from Korea to Brooklyn: Artist-Activists resisting empire & building peace.
9:00 PM	Make Love Not War Dance Party Embody liberation!

 

Note: Other artists and artists’ groups will be offering workshops and/or performing at the peace festival. Their names will be included in the program once their participation is confirmed.