Friends,
[In a prior message you received, the dates for the upcoming mobilization were listed as June 26-28; the correct dates are April 26-28, 2013.]
 At the end of April, concluding a month-long nationwide series of actions against drones, we are dedicating three days to say NO to drones, global wars, and empire!
Please join FOR national staff Leila Zand, Mark Johnson, and Nathaniel Mahlberg, as well as grassroots FOR members from across the nation, in Syracuse, NY, April 26-28, for a conference on building the anti-drone movement, followed by a demonstration at Hancock Air Force Base where drones are deployed and operated.
Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire: A Convergence to Action!
Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28
Southwest Community Center
401 South Ave., Syracuse, NY (get directions)
$15 suggested donation ($20 on-site), no one turned away
Register online now!
Hancock Air Force Base anti-drones demonstration
Sunday, April 28, 12 noon
Hancock Field Air National Guard Base
1000 Col Eileen Collins Blvd., Syracuse, NY (get directions)
You are welcome to attend even if you can't make the conference!
These events are co-sponsored by FOR and many other organizations, including Veterans FOR, CODEPINK, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, War Resisters League, Veterans for Peace, Peace Action, Pax Christi, KnowDrones and the Granny Peace Brigade.
Presenters at the conference will include Kathy Kelly (Voices for Creative Nonviolence), Col. Ann Wright, Kevin Zeese and more. Workshop sessions will include:
- Community organizing against drones and organizing on campus
- Action from spirit (moderated by FOR Executive Director Mark Johnson)
- Veterans reflecting on the justification "But drones save lives..."
- Ending the fabrication of the war on terror: Lessons from Africa
- Civil resistance in action
- Resistance through art
- The war on terror under Obama
- Full spectrum dominance
- Mass action as a strategy for the anti-war movement
- The human face of war
- International law and restoring the law to the people
We hope you can join us in Syracuse!
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Director of Communications
Fellowship of Reconciliation |
