Peace & Economic Justice Action Conference Friday February 17, 5:30pm-8:30pm: Free Opening Reception with short film bMaria Full of Hopeb and performances by local spoken word and musical artists (no conference registration necessary!). Saturday February 18, 8:00am-5:30pm: ***Registration and Networking Breakfast begin at 8:00 am. Conference program will begin promptly at 9:00 am.*** Connect with like-minded folks putting values into action and join us for fantastic speakers, 3 "Education for Action" workshop sessions (see list below), light breakfast & lunch! Keynote: Steve Williams, founder and former Executive Director of POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights) and co-author of Towards Land, Work and Power: Charting a Path of Resistance to U.S.-led Imperialism bYoung Activist Leadersb Panel Discussion Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, 4340 W. Ft. George Wright Drive. Early Bird Registration through Feb 11 (then add $5) $35 General Public $25 members of PJALS and co-sponsoring groups (see full list below) $15 Living Lightly Limited bworkshare volunteer scholarshipsb are availablebplease contact Shar at slichty@pjals.org for info. Workshare shifts include set-up, registration table, resource table, clean-up, etc. Co-Sponsors: (Contact us to become a sponsor!) b" ACLU-WA b" Destinations b" Eastern Washington Voters b" KYRS b" Marguerite Casey Foundation Equal Voice Youth Empowerment Project b" The Oak Tree b" Occupy Spokane b" Peace & Justice Action League of EWU b" Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (PJALS) b" Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund b" Spokane Police Accountability and Reform Coalition (SPARC) b" Spokane Time Exchange Project b" Sun People Dry Goods b" UFCW Local 1439 b" Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane b" Washington CAN! b" WEA-Eastern Washington b" Western States Center b" YAK Research b" Youth Sustainability Council Education for Action Workshops There will be three workshop sessions so youbll be able to attend three of these great workshops: b" Keys to Victory: Power Building Through Organizing and Leadership Development b" Olympia, Are you listening?: Building a Statewide Movement to Make Change b" How Not to Build the Middle Class b" Labor Panel: Organizing for Economic Justice in Our Community b" A Public Bank for Washington State b" Safe and Just Alternatives: Abolishing the Death Penalty in WA b" Spokane Police Accountability and Reform Coalition: Panel b" Bring Our Billion$ Home: The Costs of War b" Know Your Rights with the Police b" Checklist for a Kick*** March, Rally or Media Event: Best Practices for Event Planning b" How to Persuade and Influence Others b" Radical Inclusivity in a Heterosexist World b" bMaria Full of Hopeb Intergenerational Discussion b" Keeping Your Activist Self Strong b" Activist Poetry in Practice b" Games for Activists and Non-Actors: Bringing Theatre and Fun into our Activism b" Finding and Using Your Own Edge: Process Oriented Psychology and Activism b" Operation Bootstrap: Community Economic Development b" Spokane Time Exchange Project b" Cultivating Community: Bringing People Together and Saving the Planet Through Community Gardening b" Palestine and Israel - The Struggle in Our Own Back Yard b" Imperial Nature: US Democratization Project in the Middle East b" Peacemaking and Reconciliation in Post-war Iraq b" Developing a Long-Term Vision for Our Movement Please contact us for more information, to co-sponsor, or to get involved! 509-838-7870 www.pjals.org/2012conference pjals@pjals.org