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and individuals together since 1985.

27th Annual Peace, Justice, & Environmental Conference

"Peacemaking in the 21st Century; 25 years of organizing for Peace and Justice in Maryland”

Friday evening, April 20 & Saturday, April 21, 2012

Episcopal Diocesan Center
4 E. University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, April 20 6:30 – 7:15 pm   Pot Luck Dinner, Pre-register, Networking and home hospitality arrangements 7:15 – 7:30 pm   MUPJ Business meeting: Agenda to follow 7:30 – 8:15 pm   Medea Benjamin, Occupy Peace: How the 99% can rise up against war, (new book signing) 8:15 – 9:30 pm   Organizing packets and set-up       Saturday, April 21* 8:00 –  8:30 am   Registration (on site okay) Table set up, bagels, cream cheese, coffee, tea 8:35 – 8:45 am   Welcome by Canon Scott Slater 8:50 – 9:35 am   Featured Speaker I: Dot Maver, Making Your Personal Contribution to a Culture of Peace 9:45 – 10:40 am   Workshop Session I 10:50 – 11:35 am   Featured Speaker II: Jeffrey Clements: Corporations are not People and the Campaign to Overturn “Citizens United” (book signing at St. Bede’s, on site) 11:45 am – 12:30 pm   Lunch, vegan/vegetarian options 12:40 – 1:10 pm   Benjamin Peace Awards 1:20 – 2:05 pm   Paula Caplan, WAR&THERAPY: A Play Reading and Discussion (East Coast Premier) 2: 10 – 2:55 pm   Featured Speaker III: Brock McIntosh, Afghanistan Veterans Against the War 3:05 – 4:00 pm   Workshop Session II 4:10 – 4: 30 pm   State Senator Jamie Raskin, Annapolis Update 4:30 - 4:40   Closing

LIST OF WORKSHOPS

1 –   Dot Maver: Peace building in Changing Times 2 –   David Harrington: Leadership and Peace 3 –   Lisa Haugaard and Cristina Espinel, Colombia Human Rights Committee : Colombia: Millions Driven from their Homes, and How We Can Help Them Live in Peace 4 –   Thomas McCarthy: Cyprus Friendship Program 5 –   Husain Abdulla: The struggle for basic human rights in Bahrain 6 –   Brock McIntosh: Afghanistan Veterans Against the War 7 –   Mark Hays: “Citizens United” and What we can do about it Locally 8 –   Beatrice Lopez, Public Citizen, The New Pacific Rim Trade Agreement: The Corporate Power Tool 9 –   Nan McCurdy: Honduras: A mess made in the USA 10 –   John Judge and Paula Caplan: War Trauma and Psychiatric Trauma: How All of Us Can Help Veterans Heal 11 –   Alex Patico, Iran and the West -- How Did We Get Here, and Where Are We Going           All presenters confirmed at press time, but program is subject to last minute changes

MARYLAND UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE, Inc. In a statewide meeting of Maryland activists, agreement was reached to present a yearly peace and justice conference. MUPJ was started following the first statewide conference in April, 1986 to promote networking and to organize the annual conference. MUPJ/INSTITUTE FOR POSITIVE ACTION, Inc. The IPA is the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt affiliate of MUPJ, dedicated to promoting nonviolence and peace education. FRED BENJAMIN PEACE AWARDS Open to all public, private, and home-schooled high school students throughout Maryland and DC, entries can be literary, artistic, or musical. HOME HOSPITALITY Home hospitality will be offered for out of town attendees. Please so indicate on the registration form if you need or can provide. INFORMATION TABLES Tables will be provided for those who would like to distribute or sell literature or other materials. Please so indicate on the registration form. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS The premises are smoke-free. Please help us keep them scent-free as well by not wearing perfume, cologne, or after-shave. CO-SPONSORS (at press time): Afghan Women’s Fund Adelphi Friends Meeting Anne Arundel Peace Action Baltimore Ethical Society Baltimore News Network, publisher of www.baltimorechronicle.com Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee, a committee of Homewood Friends Meeting and Stony Run Friends Bethesda Friends Meeting Baltimore Pledge of Resistance Benjamin Peace Foundation Bethesda Friends Meeting Casa Baltimore/Limay Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility Committee for Palestinian Rights (CPR) Cyprus Friendship Program Fund Our Communities, Bring the War Dollars Home Global Coalition for Peace Global Consciousness Press Health Care Now Maryland Howard County Friends of Latin America Little Friends for Peace Maryland Conservation Council (MCC) Montgomery Peace Action Murphy Initiative for Justice & Peace North American Orthodox Peace Fellowship Pax Christi Metro DC Pax Christi Baltimore Prince George’s Peace and Justice Coalition Progressive Cheverly Progressive Maryland Public Citizen Sandy Spring Friends Peace Committee Social Action Committee of Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church Take Back Democracy--Maryland United Religions Initiative Washington Peace Center Women in Black, Frederick Women's International League for Freedom, Baltimore Branch Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Catonsville Branch We also thank the following for their generous support: The Art Milholland and Luann Mostello Fund Ron and Carol Solomon Bill Wilson Thank you all for making this conference possible!

DIRECTIONS

Cathedral of the Incarnation 4 E. University Parkway Baltimore, MD 21218-2437 (410) 467-3750 http://www.thecathedral.ang-md.org North: From the Beltway, take Rt. 83 south to Belvedere Ave. Go east on Belvedere to Charles St. Make a right onto Charles St. Follow Charles St. to St. Paul St. The Cathedral is at the corner of St. Paul and University Parkway. Make a right onto University Parkway and another right onto Charles St. Make a quick right into the parking lot. Registration is at the entrance facing the parking lot. South: Take Rt. 95 to Martin Luther King Blvd. Go north on MLK Blvd to Howard St (State office Buildings will be on your left.) Make a left onto Howard St and follow north to Museum Drive, then Charles St. Turn left onto Charles St and follow past Johns Hopkins University to University Parkway. Pass University Parkway and make a quick right into the parking lot. Registration is at the entrance facing the parking lot.

REGISTRATION Before April 13th, cost is $30; after, $35. Retired and part-time students: $15 Full-time students: $10 (Scholarships available—no one turned away for lack of funds) Registration includes vegetarian option lunch. Note: You may register later or on-site, but please RSVP so we can order enough food. Click on form at right, Print & Send with payment to: “MUPJ-IPA”, C/o Paulette Hammond, 401 Westshire Rd., Baltimore, MD 21229 Questions? Email Paulette.d.hammond@questdiagnostics.com

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