WORLD WITHOUT EMPIRE CONFERENCE & PEACE FESTIVAL
2010 APRIL 23-24 | UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK CITY
“A World without Empire” Peace Festival
Programme
APRIL 24, 2010
| 1:45 PM |
Artist Presentation
Jenn Lindsay* |
| 2:00 PM |
New Voices of Resistance: An Intergenerational Panel Discussion |
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| Perspectives from Union Theological Seminary Students: |
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Kyeongil Jung
Ruth Batausa
Peter Cava
Jeremy Kirk |
On Solidarity
On Education and Women
On Empire, Vampires, and Sex
On Complicity |
| Responses: |
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Puleng Lenka Bula*
Katie Cannon* |
University of South Africa (South Africa)
Union Theological Seminary (US) |
| Dialogue moderator: |
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Catherine Bordeau |
Union Theological Seminary (US) |
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| 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. |
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“Storytelling as Creative Resistance” w/ Vanessa Torres
“Present to RE-Present: Our Voices, our Movement, our Arts of Resistance” w/ Philippine Forum
Food Justice w/ Global Kids Human Rights Activist Project
Poetry and Social Justice w/ Urban Word NYC
Poetry and Peace w/ PEP Collective
Haitian Dance Class w/ Kriye Bode
Art and Mourning within Empire w/ Lisa Radakovich
Korean Movement Art w/ Eunnyo
The Hoop Path “Creating Inner Peace within a Sacred Circle” w/ Bonnie MacDougall
Korean Kigong w/ Micheal Munson of Young Earth Human Alliance
“Face to Face/Faith to Faith” w/ Manar Fawakhry |
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| 6:00 PM |
Gathering at the Table
Food and conversation to build solidarity
(A light vegetarian meal will be provided. Please bring you own plate, fork, and mug to reduce waste.) |
| 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. |
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Vanessa Torres: Singer-Songwriter
Philippine Forum: Filipino Multimedia Arts
Redefining Freedom (Kim McCrae): Poetry
Urban Word NYC: Youth Poets
Port Veritas: Multigenerational Poets
Julia, Desiree, Marcus, and Larissa: Modern Dance Resisting Empire
Kriye Bode: Haitian Dance
Celene Lillie: Singer
Eunnyo: Korean Movement Artist
Bonnie MacDougall: The Hoop Path - Hoopdance
Vongku Pak’s Korean Drum and Dance Troupe
PEP Collective: Youth Poets
Eduardo Martinez: Soundscapes
Master Jung & Aaron Daniels: Dahnmudo (Korean Martial Arts) |
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| 9:00 PM |
Make Love Not War Dance Party
Embody liberation! |
* to be confirmed
Festival Poster
Please click image to download the poster.
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