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NJPA Grassroots Activist Skills Building Day
JOIN NEW JERSEY PEACE ACTION ON SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH FOR OUR GRASSROOTS ACTIVIST SKILLS BUILDING DAY!
LET’S MAKE PEACE THE ISSUE THIS ELECTION YEAR!
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Time: 9:30 registration & coffee, lunch 12:15-1:15, 2:45 coffee break, then reconvene at 3:00 for special presentation on Iraqi refugees; closing at 3:45
Location: St. Peter Claver Church, 56 Elmwood Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Keynote: Kevin Martin, Peace Action*, 10:00 – 10:20: What is the Peace Agenda for 2012?
Learn about the Issues:
(Workshop sessions 10:30-11:15, 11:30-12:15, 1:15-2:00)
- How has Congressional redistricting affected you?
- Where do the candidates stand on issues of war & peace?
- Are electronic voting machines reliable?
- Ending the war in Afghanistan
- Moving the money from war to human needs, like schools and healthcare
- The nuclear weapons budget: What is it costing me?
- Protecting the civil liberties of all
- Why Occupy Wall Street is important to the peace movement
Get New Skills:
- How to speak with those you disagree with politically
- How to speak to the media
- How to influence your Representative in Congress
Modest donation requested for lunch and program
Special guest speaker & musician Bud Courtney will report on the
three months he spent recently with Iraqi refugees
New Jersey Peace Action: 673 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, (973) 259-1126
Website:www.njpeaceaction.org, Email: peacevoter2012@yahoo.com
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