American Friends Service Committee Annual Conference

"Peace Puzzle: Finding Our Way Through Troubled Times"

June 1, 2002, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier

Keynote speaker: Dr. Zia Mian

Dr. Zia Mian is a physicist researching nuclear disarmament and nuclear energy issues with the Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. He teaches at the Woodrow Wilson School and previously has taught at Yale University and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He has worked at the Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge (Mass.), and at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad. In addition to his research and writing, he is active with a number of civil society groups working for nuclear disarmament, peace and justice.

His topic is: "Empire as a Way of Life? - The US and the World in the 21st Century"

· The Middle East Crisis - Sister Miriam Ward, Pax Christi, Burlington
· Civil Liberties & Human Rights - Ben Scotch, ACLU, Robert Appel, Vermont Human Rights Commission
· Non-Violence - Jude Elford & Ellen Kaye, activists and trainers in non-violence
· Islam and the West Before and After 9/11 - Dr. Zia Mian, Princeton University
· Enemy & Self - Al Miller, Veterans Education Project, Amherst, Ma.
· Youth Perspective - Leona Stein & Ali Malone, Montpelier High School students
· Organizing in These Times - Joseph Gainza, Vermont AFSC

Music by the Internationally Known Ragin' Grannies!
Lunch available, Donation Requested,
Call for Child Care & Information: 229-2340

Note: At the AFSC conference this Saturday Dr. Zia Mian is our keynote speaker. For those who live near enough to Brattlebor who want to hear Zia Mian speak on Sunday, June 2. I hope you can join us for all or part of the conference. If you are within a reasonable distance from Brattleboro., he is worth the trip.

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