From Lawrence Samuels
www.Freedom1776.com
Prof. David Henderson will speak at the "Quit Torture Teach-in & Vigil" on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 11:00 AM in a grassy area outside the gates of the Monterey Presidio (Lighthouse and Private Bolio Road). David is co-chair of Libertarians for Peace. The teach-in starts Friday, Nov. 16 and ends Sunday, Nov. 18.
Friday, November 16
12 noon Opening of Camp Bolio
On-going vigil and demonstration
3pm Mishka Chudilowsky - Peace Crane workshop
4pm Karen Araujo - "Win, Win, Win" non-competitive games for children
4:30 Joyce Vandevere, "Getting to Yes; The Effort Toward Consensus"
5-7pm Monterey Peace and Justice Center Social gathering and candlelight vigil
to include ribbon cutting and groundbreaking for Monthly Camp Bolio Coffee House
Music: Rhythm and Rouge
7:30pm The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Tour, featuring the Ginger Ninjas and SHAKE YOUR PEACE
(scroll down for detailed information, or click on links to their websites)
9:00 (approx.) Film: "The Torture Question" followed by discussion
Ongoing coffee house, information table
Saturday, November 17
Ongoing vigil and demonstration
10am Reverend Greg Ward - Monterey Peninsula Unitarian Universalist Church. He has lead youth groups
on three trips to School of the Americas protests. He will share his thoughts and experiences with
us for 30 min with a time for Q and A.
11am Bill Monning - "International Law and U.S. Law Prohibit Torture" with a focus on Geneva Conventions and Conventions against torture, and how the use of torture constitutes a war crime. Professor Monning is a member of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor of International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at MIIS. www.billmonning.com , www.billmonning.org and www.nlg.org
12pm History of torture of "The Other," religious origins
1 pm Sound Out -- music by our very own local singing group
2 pm Phil Butler, Ph.D. - A former U.S. Navy pilot shot down in Vietnam and held almost 8 years as a
Prisoner of War. Phil is an outstanding motivational speaker. He will share his personal experiences
of torture as a POW, with an analysis of the moral and legal issues for our nation.
3pm Sue Hubbard - an informal group discussion on the stages a protest movement goes through and
what activities are appropriate at each stage. Patterned after a Bill Moyer workshop.
3:30 Michael Wheatley - folksongs with guitar
4pm Music: Nancy Raven, folksinger and guitarist
7pm Drumming session with Jean Moritz (with 15 drums)
8pm Film: "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" and/or "The Road to Guantanamo"
Ongoing Coffee House, singing, information
Sunday, November 18
Ongoing vigil and demonstration
10am Alicia Jrapko - Co-coordinator of the International Committee to Free the Cuban 5
11am David Henderson, Ph.D. - Associate Professor at the Navel Postgraduate School.
"The Economics of War" Talk and Q&A
1pm Friends/Quaker silent Meeting for Worship - all welcome! Led by Monterey Peninsula Society of Friends pro-tem clerk
2pm Macgregor Eddy - "Your Civic Duty to Stop Torture" followed by discussion
2:30 Karen Araujo - more games for children followed by "How Can I Keep from Singing?"
3pm Helene Constant -- Stories for Grownups
3-5pm Peace Coalition Steering Committee meeting
(only for designated representatives of PCMC member organizations)
3:30pm Film - HOPE and reading some of the hopes and wishes from the Imagine Peace Tree
3-5pm Final Coffee House, vigil, demonstration
Gathering to celebrate our time together