2009 Lane Peace Conference
Peace & Collective Action: Connecting Hope to Change
May 29 - 30, 2009
The Lane Peace Center is founded on the understanding that peace is rooted in social, economic, political, racial and environmental justice.
A major component of the Lane Peace Center is the annual peace conference. These conferences combine renowned speakers whose work touches on peace and justice with educational presentations that focus on creating a peaceful and just society. These events bring together educators, students, spiritual leaders, activists, community members and political leaders dedicated to building a peaceful society and nation.
Conference Locations
Friday, May 29
Lane Community College
4000 East 30th Ave
Eugene, Oregon
Building 19 CML
Saturday, May 30
Cozmic Pizza
199 W 8th Ave
Eugene, Oregon
(Downtown at 8th & Charnelton)
Posters
Keynote Speakers
David Solnit
A direct action, anti-capitalist, climate justice and anti-war organizer, writer and puppeteer. As an arts Organizer he uses culture, art, giant puppets and
theater in the streets and for popular education.
He works with Courage to Resist, supporting GI resistance and with the Climate Justice Action Convergence fighting Chevron Oil Corporation. He edited Globalize Liberation, cowrote Army of None and the forthcoming Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle (AK Press 2008).
Can we get to root causes of the major crises—financial meltdown of corporate capitalism, climate change, and war--and build a better world? People in the US and around the world are doing just that--and winning! Our actions are experiments in a laboratory of resistance and our struggles for change are battles of competing stories, so creating a culture of creativity, reflection and storytelling will be key.
Joel Magnuson
An economist based in Portland, Oregon and author of Mindful Economics: How the US Economy Works, Why It Matters, and How It Could be Different.
Joel Magnuson will introduce the "Mindful Economics" movement—a proactive and nonviolent movement based on economic re-localization with emphasis on building democratic, stable, and ecologically sound institutions.
Good Sista/Bad Sista
Turiya Autry and Walidah Imarisha, write, recite and incite political performance poetry. They have shared the stage, singularly and together, with Doug E. Fresh, Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, John Trudell, Chuck D and Spearhead, among others. They teach in elementary, middle and high schools, as well as through Portland State University's Black Studies department.
If you need disability accommodations in order to attend or participate in this event, please contact Disability Services (541) 463-5150 (voice) or 463-3079 (TTY) at least one week in advance.