Friday, April 26, 2019 - 2:00pm
Join us for a half-day conference examining the cost of US wars and conflicts and exploring ways in which these funds can be used to create a more sustainable, equitable and just society and world.
PROGRAM
Friday, April 26, 2 – 5:30 pm, 34-101, 50 Vassar Street, MIT
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2:00 pm: Welcome: Jonathan King
2:15 pm: Opening Panel:
- The Costs of War – Prof. Neta Crawford (Boston University);
- The Bloated Pentagon Budget - William Hartung (Center for International Policy);
- Saudi Military Aggression in Yemen - Michael Page (Human Rights Watch);
- The Increasing Risk of Nuclear War – [Elaine Scarry, Harvard University].
3:00 pm: Emerging Responses:
Chair: Cole Harrison (Mass Peace Action)
- Build Bridges not Bombs; Bringing Nuclear Disarmament into the State Legislature – [Rep Nika Elugardo Mass State Legislature]
- Don’t Bank on the Bomb – Divesting from Nuclear Weapons Manufacture - Rep. Mike Connolly (Mass State Legislature)
- Bringing the Moral Revival to Massachusetts- Savina Martin (Poor Peoples Campaign)
- The Intensifying Struggle for Affordable Housing – [Chuck Collins Institute for Policy Studies)
- Massachusetts Battles to Protect and Promote Public Education - Andrew King (UMass Boston)
3:45 – Workshops:
- A) Organizing on Campuses: Facilitator, Brian Garvey, MAPA; Zac Bears (PHENOM); Alice Pote (MIT/anti-Saudi Coalition); Gabby Ballard (MIT Students Against War); Paul Shannon (AFSC)
- B) Nuclear Disarmament Initiatives: Facilitators, Joseph Gerson and Michelle Cunha; Jerrold Ross (MAPA); Prof. Aron Bernstein (MIT)
- C) Moral and People’s Budget: Connecting Battles for Economic Justice with Reducing Pentagon Spending: Facilitator, Jared Hicks (Our Revolution); Andrea Burns (MAPA); Andrew King (UMass Boston); John Ratliff (Senior Action); William Hartung (Institute for International Policy).
- D) The Continuing Links between Militarism and Racism: Facilitator, Rosemary Kean (MAPA); Savina Martin (Poor People’s Campaign); Caesar Mc Dowell (MIT))
5:00: Report backs from Workshops
5:15 PM: Closing Keynote: TBA
5:30 Adjourn
