Dual Occupations: Sovereignty and Freedom from Iraq to Palestine

By Ashley Harrison on Feb 25, 2008

Conference- 2006Peace Works 2008 Update- Call for Volunteers

Greetings from the Rachel Corrie Foundation! Our recent Peace Works Conference 2008 planning meeting resulted in a working theme, more solid timeframe, and a clear set of considerations regarding our audience and program.

We are now loosely planning around the dates of October 17th-19th. The working theme that we agreed upon is “Dual Occupations: Sovereignty and Freedom from  Iraq to Palestne.”

At this time, we invite all those interested to join a Peace Works committee! Please let me know where your interest lies and your time constraints. Brief committee descriptions are below. Detailed task lists and committee materials from the 2006 conference are available for any who might want more information about specific committee responsibilities. Please feel welcome to participate regardless of prior experience.

Meeting frequency will vary with each committee, depending upon the points at which their work is concentrated. In 2006, meetings were supplemented with organization through email and on an internal website, and we plan for that this year, as well. While we hope for some committee members who can help for the duration of this project, there will be room for people to move in and out of committees and to help in small and large ways, as their time allows.

I am available to answer any questions, and further information can be found at our website, http://www.rachelcorriefoundation.org
Thank you,
Ashley Harrison

Peace Works Intern
360-754-3998
ashley@rachelcorriefoundation.org

http://www.rachelcorriefoundation.org/site/category/peaceworks/

Peace Works Committees

Steering Committee- consists of committee chairs; keeps overall schedule on track, and ensures tasks are carried out by respective committees. Oversight/coordination.

Program Committee- Define keynote speakers, panels, workshops, and facilitated discussion groups; develop master schedule; bring music and art into conference. Posts: Chairperson/s

Outreach Committee- Plan and create publicity, fliers, logos, banners, advertising, signage, announcements, local TV promotion, press releases, manage media at conference Posts: Chairperson/s

Logistics Committee- Communicate with and arrange travel and lodging for presenters; create and manage mailing lists; confirm food vendors; , recruit , schedule, and train volunteers. Posts: Chairperson/s, Travel/Lodging Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator

Finance and Fundraising Committee- establish budget, determine fees, draft fundraising letter, solicit potential cosponsors; prepare speaker, facility and food contracts, send thank you letters to donors. Accept registrations and fees, communicate with registrants, and communicate registration information to other committees. Posts: Chairperson/s

The Peace Works mission:
Peace Works will provide a forum for exploring the meaning and practice of justice and peace as they affect the social, economic, political, environmental, and spiritual aspects of people’s lives. It will proceed with the understanding that all people share not only human rights, aspirations, and needs, but also the foibles of fear, aggression and domination. With this in mind, we will explore our own hearts first as we work outward to the world community. Striving for fundamental social change and a just society, we will focus on individuals and groups who work on local, national, and global levels to resist oppression, inequality, and war. We will analyze war, racism, poverty, global economic inequality, oppression of women and other forms of injustice. But we will also strive to formulate and communicate a hopeful vision of a world community that responds constructively to its inhabitants’ rights, aspirations and needs.

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