[KWPeace-groups] Peace Congress this Saturday in TO, Paul Rogers CBC, Rethinking Security + Our next meeting?

[Esther Kern]

Thank you so much for all of the information you share with us!  I just
wish I didn't live so far away, so that I could attend more of such events.
Peace,
Esther

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:24 PM Tamara Lorincz <tlorincz at dal.ca> wrote:

> Hello KW Peace friends!
>
> I hope everyone is well on this beautiful sunny Friday!
>
> This is a last minute notice but I wanted to let you know that the
> Canadian Peace Congress has a conference this Saturday in Toronto.
> Independent journalist Eva Bartlett is speaking on her reporting on the
> terrible war in Syria etc... Please see agenda and link below.
>
> *Also, I was wondering if we are going to be meeting before Christmas? If
> so, please let me know.
>
> I just spoke with Cesar of Project Ploughshares and he will be our speaker
> for the 2019 Symposium (depending on his schedule). He did a great
> presentation on nuclear weapons at the International Humanitarian Law
> conference last week.
>
> By the way, the Peace Quest events in Kingston last weekend were
> fantastic! There was an inspiring conference "Imagining Peace" and a
> concert "The World Remembers". Please see my pictures here at Peace Quest,
> Paul Rogers and with Rev. James Lawson events in Waterloo:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/tlorincz/albums
>
> In case you missed it, Paul Rogers, Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at
> the University of Bradford, gave an excellent interview about war, peace,
> arms trade, conversion etc... on CBC radio last Sunday - tune in if you
> missed it:
> https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/paul-rogers-on-what-it-takes-to-avoid-war-1.4908641
>
> Dr. Rogers also mentioned this new initiative in the UK called "Rethinking
> Security" - check it out here: https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/ - what
> we need to do in Canada!
>
> Thanks and have a great weekend!
>
> Tamara
> ***
> Canadian Peace Congress    2018 Convention November 24-25, 2018
> Saturday, Nov. 24 Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St., Toronto
> For info: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianPeaceCongress/
>
> AGENDA
> 9:00 am Registration
> 9:30 am Welcome – Land Recognition & Greetings – Grand Chief Stewart
> Phillip
> 9:50 am – Review of the Agenda, procedural matters, harassment policy,
> etc.
> 10:00 am – Opening Keynote Address – Miguel Figueroa, Acting President -
> Greetings from Bahman Azad, US Peace Council / World Peace Council -
> Solidarity Messages
> 11: 00 am – Presentation of Unity Appeal
> 11:15 am – Presentation of John Hanly Morgan Award
> 11:35 am – Eva Bartlett – featured guest speaker
> 12:00 pm – Lunch break
> 1:15 pm – Christopher Black – featured guest speaker
> 1:35 pm – Tamara Lorincz – featured guest speaker 2:05 pm – Adrien Welsh –
> featured guest speaker
> 2:30 pm – coffee break
> 2:45 pm – Committee-of-the-Whole Discussion on the theme: “Winning a
> Canadian Foreign Policy based on Peace & Disarmament: Prospects &
> Challenges”
> 3:45 pm – Summary and daily wrap
> 4:00 pm – Adjournment ____________
> 7:30 pm – “Peace & Solidarity Café” – GCDO Hall, 290 Danforth Ave.
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