SCN: anti war students

[Doug Schuler]

FYI...

Hey Anti-War Students!

There are only 3 final planning meetings for the NW Student Anti-War 
Conference planning meetings before the actual conference on Sat-sun Jan 
12-13.  We need more students to help us organize this awesome conference.  
Information about the conference is below.

Sat. Dec 29 5 pm University of Washington, Gould 117 (at 15th and 40th)

Mon Jan 7, 6 pm, "    "    "    "   "    "    "

Thurs, Jan 10, 6 pm,  "    "    "   "    "    "

- Ramy


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Ramy Khalil" <ramykhalil at hotmail.com>
To: 911peace at scn.org
Subject: NORTHWEST STUDENT ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:00:15

TO ALL STUDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THE WAR, RACISM, AND 
THE CRACKDOWN ON OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES:

THIS IS THE 2ND CALL FOR A NORTHWEST STUDENT ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE!

Please forward widely.

Since September 11th there have been at least 4 regional student anti-war 
conferences around the country.  The high attendance at these conferences 
indicates the value of a Northwest student conference to the anti-war 
movement.  We have already gotten a great response from the University of 
Washington, Seattle Central Community College, Nova High School, Northwest 
High School, Garfield High School, Western Washington University, University 
of Idaho, SCCC AND UW Socialist Alternative, the Olympia Peace and Justice 
Alliance, and many others.  A reporter from a major Oregon newspaper has 
already told us that they want to cover the conference.

These regional student conferences are demonstrating to the government and 
the public that there is a growing tide of opposition to the war, racism, 
and the attacks on our civil liberties.  A conference in the Northwest would 
be a forum to share experiences, discuss the next steps for the movement, 
share literature and information, and plan joint protests.  A press 
conference to increase publicity could also be an important part of the 
conference.

DATE CHANGE:  The conference organizing committee and students on various 
campuses has decided that the weekend of Dec 1st & 2nd is too soon to 
mobilize all the students from around the NW who would like to attend.  It 
is too close to Thanksgiving and final exams for many students.  Therefore 
the dates have been changed to Saturday and Sunday, January 12th & 13th.  
However, the agenda, times, and organizational structure are still just 
proposals, and subject to change and input.

LOCATION: University of Washington, Seattle, WA; rooms TBA

CURRENTLY PROPOSED AGENDA:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12th

9:00 - 11:00    Registration / breakfast*
10:00 - 10:50   Agenda-setting meeting**
11:00 - 11:20 Welcoming remarks  / Amend & adopt the agenda
11:20 - 12:00 Opening rally, speaker TBA
12:00 - 1:30     "What^Rs going on with the war?  Where do we go from here?"  
Vote on our "points of unity."
1:30 - 2:30     Lunch / Press Conference
2:30 - 6:30      Building a NW Student Anti-war Coalition (15 minute break at 
4:30)
6:30 - 7:30      Dinner
7:30 - 9:00      Educational forum, speakers TBA
9:00                 Party!! (location TBA)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13th

10:00 - 12:00   Movement-Building Workshops:
                      - setting up coalitions
                      - organizing rallies, teach-ins, debates, etc.
                      - broadening the anti-war movement
                      - working groups to implement decisions made on Saturday

food, photocopies, etc.  Vegetarian and vegan options will be available.
*   The organizing committee is proposing that 1 person from each 
campus-based anti-war coalition or organization arrive 1.5 hours early to 
register and participate in setting the agenda proposal.

DELEGATES:  The organizing committee is proposing that each college or high 
school elect up to 10 delegates.  Voting at the conference will be 
restricted to these delegates.  Having a limited number of delegates is the 
only way to be fair and democratic to people travelling from far away.  
Otherwise the Seattle anti-war coalitions who only have to drive 15 minutes 
will be over-represented compared to people who have to drive 7 hours.  
Anyone who wants to attend is welcome, but decision-making and voting would 
be done by up to 10 delegates from each campus based coalition or 
organization against the war (which would include anyone active in those 
coalitions, whether they are a student or not).  If no one expresses 
opposition to this delegate structure to be fair to people who have to drive 
far distances, then campus organizations should begin electing up to 10 
delegates to represent them.

REGISTER TO ATTEND:  If you are interested in attending the NW Student 
Anti-war conference, it would be very helpful to get some information about 
who is attending from your school, so that we will know how much food, 
beverages, literature, and housing will be needed.  A simple registration 
form is included at the end of the email.  This information will help our 
organizing efforts, but it is not required in order to attend.

WAYS YOU CAN HELP:  Some of the areas that we need help with are organizing 
workshops, housing, food & drinks, and, above all, publicizing the 
conference and getting students to come.  If you can offer housing or are 
able to help out with organizing housing, please contact Dan at (206) 
725-9327 or nwstudents at hotmail.com  It would be particularly helpful if you 
could forward this email on to any student activists who might be 
interested, and to any appropriate list serves. If you know of any really 
good speakers that you can get, or if you want to run a workshop, we would 
love to hear about it.  Also, we need a Seattle area resident to volunteer 
to host a party on Saturday night, January 12th.

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:  The organizing committee for the NW Anti-war 
conference would really like your help!  Anyone who wants to help organize 
the conference, from anywhere in the NW, can be on the organizing committee. 
  We meet every Monday at Seattle Central Community College at Broadway and 
Pine on the 4th floor in room 4105, starting Monday, November 26th.  (We 
need to meet somewhere else once the school closes down for Winter Break.  
Instead of meeting on the Mondays on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve we 
will be meeting those Saturdays at 3 pm, location TBA.)  You can always 
contact Amanda at (206) 937-6089 or surfbyronbay at hotmail.com.  She will 
connect you with any other students who are in your area so that you can 
meet to discuss in person, and she will relay your suggestions to the rest 
of the organizing committee and vice versa.  If it would be helpful, we can 
organize a conference call.

POSTER/LEAFLET:  Various posters and half-size leaflets that you can print 
out are available at students.washington.edu/~mallen22  Please hang them up 
and/or pass them out at your school!

SEND IN YOUR PROPOSALS:  If you or your organization have any specific 
proposals for building the NW Student Anti-war Coalition, to be discussed 
and voted on at the conference, please submit them by January 5th, to the 
organizing committee contact person Amanda: surfbyronbay at hotmail.com.  Any 
proposals will be accepted for consideration at the conference, but those 
submitted in advance will be discussed and voted on first, and the 
organizing committee will compile them for distribution.




HOUSING/CONFERENCE REGISTIRATION FORM

Only one registration form is preferred from each school, although all forms 
are welcome.  If you know other activists at your school or area, please 
make arrangements to have one person be in charge of registering all the 
students on your campus and include all of them in the one form.  This makes 
our job much easier in Seattle.  Then forward this email to 
nwstudents at hotmail.com and fill in the following information.  This form is 
very helpful, but not required in order to attend the conference.

YOUR FULL NAME:

SCHOOL, CITY, & STATE:

AREA CODE & PHONE NUMBER:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

CAMPUS COALITION OR ORGANIZATION(S) (if applicable):

DO YOU NEED HOUSING?

IF SO, FOR WHAT NIGHTS?

EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM YOUR CAMPUS ARE YOU REQUESTING HOUSING FOR?
(Please include yourself in the total number.)

ANY HOUSING PREFERENCES (non-smoking, gender)?

CAN YOU PROVIDE HOUSING?

IF SO, FOR WHAT NIGHTS?

ADDRESS, APT/DORM # (only applicable for Seattle residents):



ANY HOUSING PREFERENCES (non-smoking, gender)?

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGENDA, TIMES, OR 
CONFERENCE IN GENERAL?




If you are able to help out with organizing housing, please contact Dan at 
nwstudents at hotmail.com or (206) 725-9327.





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