Pivot Toward War: US Missile Defense & the Weaponization of Space
25th Annual Space Organizing Conference & Protest
April 7-9, 2017 in Huntsville, Alabama
Learn more about this conference at the Global Network Website: http://www.space4peace.org/actions/gn…
RSVP on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2mKZ3M1
Speakers
- Reece Chenault (Nat’l Coordinator, U.S. Labor Against the War, Kentucky)
- Judy Collins (Vine & Fig Tree, Alabama)
- Bruce Gagnon (Global Network Coordinator, Maine)
- Dr. Shreedhar Gautam (President, Global Network Chapter Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Subrata Ghoshroy (Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT)
- William Griffin (Veterans For Peace, Georgia)
- Huntsville Feminist Chorus (Alabama)
- Joy Johnson (Green Party of Madison County, Alabama)
- Tarak Kauff (Veterans For Peace, New York)
- Hyun Lee (Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea & Militarism in Asia & the Pacific, New York)
- Tiara Rose Naputi (Chamorro diaspora from Guam, Assistant Professor, Dept of Communication, University of Colorado)
- Agneta Norberg (Swedish Peace Council, Stockholm)
- Yasuo Ogata (Co-chair World Conference against A & H Bombs and former Member of Parliament, Upper House, Japan)
- Lindis Percy (Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases, England)
- J. Narayana Rao (Global Network board member, India)
- Mary Beth Sullivan (PeaceWorks, Maine)
- Im Sun-bun (Farmer, Korean Women’s Peasants Association, Seongju, South Korea)
- David Swanson (World Beyond War, Virginia)
- Regis Tremblay (Filmmaker, Maine)
- Dave Webb (Global Network Board Convener & Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK)
- Lynda Williams (Physics faculty, Santa Rosa Junior College, California)
- Col. Ann Wright (US Army retired, diplomat) * Keynote speaker
Fees
Registration for the conference will be on a sliding scale between $25-$75 (pay what you can best afford). Lunch and supper on April 8 are included in your registration fee. See Conference brochure at http://www.space4peace.org/actions/GN…
Housing
Springhill Suites Hotel Website: http://bit.ly/2nGX2BG
Springhill Suites Hotel Phone #: (256) 512-0188
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Springhill Suites Hotel (745 Constellation Place Dr) in downtown Huntsville for $99 per night (up to 6 persons per room – Contact us for details on reserving hotel rooms). The hotel has an airport shuttle from the Huntsville airport. The Lowe Mill meeting location is five minutes from the hotel. Limited home hospitality will also be available on a first come, first served basis.
Sponsors
- Alachua County Green Party (Florida)
- Gainesville Iguana (Florida)
- Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
- Greater Brunswick (Maine) PeaceWorks
- Green Party of Madison County (Alabama)
- Maine Natural Guard
- Maine Veterans For Peace, Chapter 1
- Nashville (TN) Greenlands
- North Alabama Peace Network
- Selma (Alabama) Center for Nonviolence, Truth and Reconciliation
- Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea & Militarism in Asia & the Pacific
- United National Antiwar Committee
- US Peace Council
- Veterans For Peace Chapter 99, Asheville (NC)
- Veterans For Peace Chapter 14, Gainesville (FL)
- Veterans For Peace, Chapter 170, Savannah (GA)
- Veterans For Peace National
- WorldBeyondWar.org
Music from:
Ross Bugden – Music: http://bit.ly/1jYgYcg
FesliyanStudios: http://bit.ly/2nT1blp
(Thank you Ross Burden & Fesilyan Studios!)
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