March 2010 Teach-in
Please mark your calendar and co-sponsor a teach-in to be held in Bangor March 20th in solidarity with the Stop the War March on Washington, D.C.. This teach-in is being held as part of the 3 month statewide campaign to “Bring Our War $$ Home”. For updates on the campaign and other activities planned visit: http://bringourwardollarshome.org/.
Active Community Teach-in
“Bring Our War Dollars Home — The impact of the war in Afghanistan”
Saturday, March 20th 1-5 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church
120 Park Street
Bangor
Keynote Speaker:
Mariam Atifa Raqib, who was a member of the Afghanistan Women’s Council in Afghanistan from 2006 – 2007 and who is now the President of the Afghanistan Samsortya, a non-profit Afghistan Reforestation Project in Boston, Massachusetts has agreed to be the keynote speaker. See the links below for her CV and a description of the project.
Panelists (invited)
Veteran of Afghan War
Representative of U.S. Labor Against the War
Workshops (tentative)
- People to People initiatives Maine – Afghanistan
- Alternatives to Military Service for Youth
- Organizing Labor Against the War
- Organizing to Bring Our War $$ Home
If you would like to help us with the teach-in, please let us know. We could use help with any of the following:
- publicizing the event among your organizational members. (download the flyer)
- contributing to help with speaker’s travel and other costs
Click on the links for information about Mariam Raqib C.V. or the Afghanistan Samsortya- Reforestation Project Proposal.
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