Friday, November 6, 2020

Join peace event "Reclaim Armistice Day" on Wed., 11/11

Feel free to pass this along. Here is a link to the Zoom registration.

Join us for our 14th annual Armistice Day program, a  Zoom webinar. 

It's a great lineup of speakers and musicians to help us reclaim Armistice Day as a day to celebrate peace, not war.  Details are below.  It's on Wednesday, Nov. 11,  but you can register now and we will email a reminder when it gets close.

Here is the link to register. 
  Please forward this email to others who may be interested.  Thanks

Speakers: David Swanson, left, and Fred Royal, Jr.

David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is co-founder and executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org  and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. His topic: ""The Pro-War Candidate Has Defeated the Pro-War Candidate: Now What?"

Fred Royal, Jr. has been active in community advocacy throughout his career. Currently, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Milwaukee Branch, Royal has also served on a range of boards from Milwaukee Area Technical College to the Social Development Commission. In 2011, he was elected to the American Civil Liberties Union and the Social Development Commission. His speech topic: "The Cost of Peace." 
Jesse Frewerd, left, and Jason Moon, two talented singer-songwriters, both veterans of the Iraq war, will perform original songs.  

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