Security Without Empire - National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases | PANA Institute for Leadership Development

February 27 to March 2, 2009

American University, Washington, D.C.

Featured Conference Speakers:

Walden Bello – Focus on Global South
Cynthia Enloe – Clark University
Bruce Gagnon – Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Joseph Gerson – American Friends Service Committee
Jana Glivicka – Czech Republic, No Bases Initiative
Raed Jarrar – Iraq &
American Friends Service Committee
John Lindsay-Poland –Fellowship of Reconciliation
Zia Mian – Princeton University
Lisa Natividad -Guam
Dr. Wafula Okumu - Pretoria, South Africa
Miriam Pemberton - Institute for Policy Studies
Suzuyo Takazato –Okinawa
Wilbert van der Zeijden –International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
Ann Wright – Retired Army Reserve Colonel and Diplomat

Join Us at the Security Without Empire Conference

There is a sense of relief that many here in the U.S. feel after the presidential election, but we understand this is a time to step up our organizing for peace and economic justice — including the growing movement to close and withdraw the nearly 1,000 U.S. military bases located in foreign nations.

From Okinawa and Guam to Honduras, Germany, Iraq, and beyond people who have suffered from the abuses inherent to foreign military bases have been calling for their withdrawal. People in the U.S. have joined this call, outraged by the damage done by U.S. bases abroad and by their expense, which
diverts $138 billion a year from addressing human needs and revitalizing our economy. Representatives of 13 organizations have come together to organize a national conference or the closing and withdrawal of military bases. The goals of the conference are:

Share information about U.S. foreign mlitary bases and resistance;
Develop new strategies and expand the U.S. anti-bases movement;
Integrate anti-bases organizing into a more coherent movement;
Raise the visibility of the U.S. and international anti-bases
movements;
Apply pressure on Congress;
Close and reduce the number of foreign bases.

The conference will feature base opponents from many “host”
nations and will include leading activists as keynote speakers, panelists and
workshop facilitators.

Monday, March 2, will be a lobbying day on Capitol Hill, in which we encourage as many conference attendees as possible to participate. We’ll provide talking points and group leaders.

For more information, contact:

Genevie Gold
GGold at afsc.org
(617)
661-6130
National Project on U.S. Military Bases

www.projectonmilitarybases.org