Saturday, May 15, 2010

12:00–5:00 pm

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn For Peace presents

WelcomeWelcome to the Sixth Brooklyn Peace Fair!

This Peace Fair is dedicated to the memory of Evelyn Abelson and NePortia (Portia) Waldon, Board members of Brooklyn For Peace, both of whom were with us for our first Peace Fair in 2003 and for every one since. Evelyn passed away in November 2008, and Portia in August 2009. Both were visionary as well as practical, bringing many new ideas and new people into our movement.

Our keynote speaker this year is Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the School of the Americas Watch and nominee for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. We are honored that he will be spending the entire day with us. He will share the story of his development as a peace activist and human rights advocate as well as the committed and inspiring leader of the campaign to end U.S. military training of Latin American security personnel.

Both Evelyn and Portia would be as proud as we are of our collaboration this year with the Brooklyn College Community Partnership and the Brooklyn College Student Center. With their leadership, we are able to hold the Fair on this beautiful campus and to join with students in our efforts to create a just and sustainable society.

Brooklyn For Peace celebrated our 25th Anniversary year in 2009. Although we are proud of how far we have come, we still have a long way to go in achieving our goal: a world free of militarism, in which resources are directed to human needs and to eliminating the social and economic injustices that are the causes of war.

We hope everyone who comes today will join us, in whatever way is possible for you, to go forward in building a world free of war. Let’s wage peace together!!

Edward McWilliams Program Coordinator

Charlotte Phillips, M.D. Chairperson Brooklyn For Peace

Featured SpeakerFather Roy Bourgeois2:00 pm Gold Room

BUILDING THE MOVEMENT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICASFather Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of the Americas (SOA) Watch, former prisoner of conscience, and 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, was born in Louisiana in 1938. He was awarded the Purple Heart for service as a Navy officer in Vietnam. In 1972 he became a Catholic priest with the Maryknoll order and worked with the poor in Bolivia for five years. When he spoke out against the repressive dictatorship of SOA graduate Hugo Banzar, he was imprisoned and expelled from the country.

In 1980, Fr. Roy became involved in the issue of U.S. policy toward Latin America when four U.S. churchwomen, two of them his friends, were raped and killed by members of the U.S.-trained Salvadoran Army. When the School of the Americas, the U.S. Army’s main institution that trained Latin American soldiers, moved to Fort Benning, Georgia, Fr. Roy decided to shine a spotlight on its role in supporting repression. In 1990, he snuck onto the base at night and from a boombox broadcast the final sermon of Archbishop Oscar Romero, who had been assassinated by SOA graduates in 1980, and called on the Salvadoran soldiers then in training at the SOA to “Stop the repression!”

Fr. Roy served over four years in federal prison for this and subsequent acts of civil disobedience and sparked a mass movement, represented by SOA Watch, that confronted U.S. militarism and demanded the closing of the SOA, which has trained over 70,000 Latin American soldiers and produced hundreds of known human rights violators and dictators.

He speaks to church and community groups around the country. Since 2006, as part of the Partnership America Latina (PAL), an initiative to build a cooperative relationship between U.S. and Latin American social justice movements, he has met with numerous government leaders throughout Latin America, influencing five countries to withdraw their military personnel from the SOA (now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). In 2009, he was nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

Fr. Roy will join other SOA-related events throughout the afternoon. Check the schedule at 12:00, 1:00, 3:00, and 4:00.

Thanks to Evelyn Ableson and Portia Waldon for all of your contributions. Your spirits are with us today.

With love and respect,

The Brooklyn For Peace Board of Directors”

Workshops12:00 pmGreeting from Fr. Roy BourgeoisNYC SOA WatchFr. Roy Bourgeois will draw on his life work as founder of SOA Watch and a human rights activist willing to go to jail for justice. He will speak with young people to inspire them to become activists for social justice.

Brooklyn Haiti Solidarity InitiativesLatin America Committee of Brooklyn For PeaceActivists sprang into action to work on people-to-people projects that would help alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people during this terrible disaster. During this hour we will hear about achievements and plans, looking to help coordinate these efforts and increase their efficiency and effectiveness. A member of the Latin America Committee will facilitate an open dialogue.

1:00 pmForging Connections with Youth in DarfurGlobal KidsThis workshop is designed and led by Global Kids youth leaders involved in mobilizing for change in solidarity with young people in Sudan, who have discovered the importance of mobilizing people while taking guidance from youth affected by the ongoing injustices and violence in Darfur. Through the Global Kids Human Rights Activism Program (HRAP) young people at Long Island City High School in Queens have been leading a solidarity campaign in support of three popular education, youth, theater, and music groups in Darfur. They directly connected to youth in Nyala, Darfur, raising funds to support their work and enabling Darfurian youth’s voices and perspectives to be heard at conferences and on the radio. They will share their experiences through pictures and film and engage participants in interactive activities aimed at promoting youth-led international solidarity activism in other communities. Using the Darfur campaign as an example, the workshop will offer specific ways to directly engage in solidarity work with young people in other countries. Global Kids Inc. is a youth development organization that coordinates after-school leadership programs and daytime classroom residencies on global citizenship and a wide range of social justice issues in 10 different public high schools around New York City.

Nuclear Zero - No Bombs: A Conversation Nuclear Zero Committee of Brooklyn for PeaceThis discussion will cover worldwide and regional nonproliferation and disarmament of nuclear weapons, focusing especially on the current United Nations Review Conference, proposals for a Middle East nuclear-weapon-free zone, and the implications of the new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review. Background materials will be provided. For everyone from high schoolers to seniors who remember when the U.S. A-bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Nuclear Zero Committee is a new committee of Brooklyn for Peace, meeting since March 2009. Its current priority issues are: proposals for

a Middle East nuclear-weapon-free zone; dangers of “peaceful use”; and implications of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review.

HIV 101Lutheran Family Health Centers: Project SAFEThrough brainstorming, games and interactive discussions, our Peer Educators will present an overview of basic facts about transmission and prevention of the HIV virus and facilitate a multi-layered conversation about personal and community health, focusing on personal experiences and thoughts of audience members. All are welcome, but particularly youth ages 12-19. Presented by Rhea Griffith and Calvin Roberts, who use their extensive knowledge and their experiences growing up in Brooklyn, to lead participants on a transformative journey through personal and community health. Project SAFE seeks to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by empowering young people to protect themselves and others with the knowledge and resources necessary to make healthy decisions. Project SAFE is a space for teenagers to learn, grow, express themselves, and extend the embrace of safety into their own communities.

Youth Voices from Palestine (film screening)Israel-Palestine Committee of Brooklyn for PeaceThis 13-minute film was made by Palestinian youth in the West Bank in response to the question, “What would you like to tell people in the United States about Palestinian young people and your life here in Palestine?” Responses range from describing their culture and everyday experiences to honest accounts of what it is like to live under occupation. The film uses video as a form of peacebuilding, highlighting voices often lost in today’s mainstream media and providing a glimpse into the lives of these youth. A Q&A with Heidi and Nora will follow. All welcome, especially teens. Nora Gordon, who has an M.A. in International Affairs, has been studying and practicing conflict resolution and prevention for nearly a decade. She has worked on peacebuilding projects in East Timor, Rwanda, Brazil, the West Bank, Syria, Liberia and New York. Heidi Rosbe is pursuing an M.A. in International Affairs. She was Associate Director of the Arab American Association of NY, and has many years experience designing and facilitating youth and adult programs in Montreal, Ann Arbor, Brooklyn, and the West Bank, aiming to create social change through interpersonal dialogue and the arts.

Guns and Greed (film showing)NYC SOA WatchWe will show this 20-minute introduction to the SOA and the movement to close it down, followed by a presentation about the local movement by NYC SOA Watch group activist and Nassau County Community College professor Joe Dowling. The School of the Americas (now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) is the U.S. Army training school at Fort Benning, Georgia. Since 1946, it has trained over 70,000 Latin American soldiers in counter-insurgency, as an arm of the U.S. imperial system. Hundreds of graduates are known to have engaged in human rights violations and to have become military and political leaders, including several dictators. In 1990, Fr. Roy Bourgeois founded SOA Watch to challenge U.S.-sponsored repression. In 1995, SOA Watch exposed training manuals used at the school to teach torture and assassination. Hundreds of people have been sentenced to prison for acts of civil disobedience, by crossing onto the base. Thousands protest at the base every November. SOA Watch pursues various strategies, including legislation,

media exposure and protest, to confront U.S. militarism and close the SOA.

Food Justice in BrooklynProject Peace Media Collective, Brooklyn College Community PartnershipThe Project Peace Media Collective of Bushwick High School will present a workshop demonstrating the importance of food justice in Brooklyn through research, mapping, photography and video. There will also be a sneak preview of their video, Food Justice in Brooklyn. Project Peace is the flagship program for Brooklyn College Community Partnership, which serves over 1500 Brooklyn youth each year through networks of educational innovation connecting underserved youth, local middle and high schools, high-need communities, and Brooklyn College. In Project Peace, Brooklyn teenagers do writing and media projects in community-building, conflict resolution, and race, gender and sexual identity. Project Peace is funded by the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development.

Unheard Voices: Letters from Immigrant DetaineesBrooklyn College Community Partnership (BCCP)Students from BCCP will read from letters written by New York immigrants detained at the notorious Monmouth and Passaic County Jails in New Jersey from 2003 to 2006. These letters starkly depict the American “justice” system, which has created penal colonies designed to deprive detainees accused but not convicted of any offense of liberty, dignity, the basics of life we take for granted, and even of life itself. Each day ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) incarcerates some 36,000 persons in a patchwork system of county jails, prisons, and detention centers spread out across the nation. An estimated 442,000 immigrants per year are in detention, double those held in 2003.

Who Cares About Afghanistan? Challenges to Peace ActivismIraq/Afghanistan Committee of Brooklyn for Peace Facilitated discussion geared to students and teachers of all ages. Today’s students are pressed by many responsibilities and concerns. Should peace be on the list? Do events occurring in faraway Afghanistan matter enough to merit action? How does that situation relate to other important life issues? Led by Carolyn Eisenberg, writer, teacher, and activist.

2:00 pmSamba Drumming & Dance for Peace: Perfor-mance/Workshop Samba School for Social Justice ProjectThis workshop features a brief presentation of the power of samba drum and dance as tools to promote peace and justice while having fun and working out. Presented by Carlos de Oliveira, founder of the Samba School, who became involved in music and social activism from an early age in Brazil. Samba School for Social Justice exists to increase awareness of and address educational, economic, and social issues affecting low- and moderate-income Latino, Caribbean, and African-American youth in New York City.

3:00 pmConscious Social Documentary PhotographyAlliance of Conscious Documentarians (ACD)Vanissa Chan will discuss her experience as a social documentary photographer, combining photojournalism and activism. She will discuss strategies and focuses to help other visual artists link their art with activism in a progressive and effective way. She will also discuss camera and editing techniques. Vanessa, who has nearly 15 years experience, has worked closely with ANSWER Coalition and Party for Socialism and Liberation and has been published in various progressive papers including the Indypendent, the Liberation, and the Socialist Worker. The Alliance of Conscious Documentarians is a collective of documentarians (photographers, videographers, and other visual artists) who are actively engaged in bringing visibility to the perspectives of the oppressed and workers around the world. In particular its members stand against racism and colonization with respect to the continued occupation of Palestine and the Middle East.

Darfur Crisis: VideoDarfur People’s Association of New YorkA 30-minute video about the situation in Darfur, presented by Ahmet Noor, President, Darfur People’s Association of New York. The Association is an organization of Darfurian refugees that works to help newly arrived Darfuris adjust to American society, unify Darfuris throughout the USA so they can become a powerful voice for advocacy, raise public awareness about the critical situation in Darfur, and advocate for Darfur at all levels of the United Nations and the US government.

Dialogue Not Debate – How New York Palestin-ians, Israelis, Muslims and Jews Engage over Right of Return, Security and The WallThe Dialogue ProjectWe will explore a transformative dialogue process that engages New York’s Palestinian and Jewish communities in monthly dialogue circles. We will examine “hot words” like “fundamentalism,” “terrorism,” and “security” and discuss the tools of active/generous listening and reflection. We will engage in specific exercises that support unpacking assumptions and generalities about others. We will explore how transformative dialogue creates opportunities for risk-taking and invites participants to gain clarity about their own perspective while becoming open to the experience and perspective of “the other.” Presented by Marcia Kannry, founder of The Dialogue Project, and dialogue participants Irene Friedman and Sammer Abolela. The Dialogue Project creates the opportunity for Palestinians, Israelis, Jews, Muslims, new immigrants, long-time citizens, and others of many ethnicities and cultures to come together to explore differences and commonalities, build mutual trust, and establish partnerships across inter-group divisions.

Closing the SOA: Panel DiscussionFr. Roy BourgeoisFr. Roy Bourgeois will join a panel discussion with local activists about building the movement to close the SOA and building solidarity with struggles for peace and justice throughout Latin America.

A Taste of Playback Susan MetzPlayback is an improvisational theater form that uses personal stories volunteered by audience members as raw material. A group of trained performers turns each story into a performance piece. Companies in more than 50 countries use this method for conflict resolution, community building, and enhancing empathy. This workshop, for everyone 14 and up, will introduce the theory and practice of Playback through cooperative games, dancing, singing, and sharing our stories. Presented by Susan Metz, who joined the Playback movement 30 years ago to enhance her spontaneity while teaching public high school. She graduated from the School of Playback Theatre in 2006 and taught it throughout Latin America and in the US. Susan established the Brooklyn Playback Collaborative in 2007.

The Health Care Professions and Torture - The Case of the PsychologistsMarianne JacksonAfter 9/11, Cheney declared, “The gloves are off.” Psychologists, along with other healthcare professionals, participated in torture and abuse interrogations in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. The American Psychological Association actively worked to use psychological research to develop “enhanced interrogation techniques” and place psychologists at the center of the system of abuse and torture employed by the CIA and the military. A determined group of psychologists organized the membership to fight the organization’s collusion with torture, a struggle that continues. In New York the Gottfried Bill, which forbids licensed healthcare professionals to participate in torture and abuse, is part of this struggle. Presented by Marianne Jackson, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist in private practice in Brooklyn. She is an active member of the New York State Psychological Association and a founding member of New York Coalition Against Torture (NYCAT).

Poems against WarAnti-Militarism Committee of Brooklyn for PeaceDayl Wise (Vietnam vet, author of Poems and Other stuff, Post Traumatic Press), Connie Norgren (teacher, author of Same Boat, 5 Spice Press), and Joan Pleune (activist and teacher) will present a poetry workshop with an emphasis on writing poems against war. We will share a varied selection of poems by writers including Denise Levertov, e.e. cummings, Wilfred Owen and other veterans, and spend some time focusing on craft, and write....

4:00 pmWe Are Not Your Soldiers: Video and DiscussionWorld Can’t WaitIn this video presentation and discussion, for all ages but especially middle and high school students and teachers, we will show a clip from the Collateral Murder video of the July 2007 US military atrocity in Iraq. We will present the material we offer high school classes and explain how we get into classrooms and how we work with students to follow up on their interest. Presented by Elaine Brower, military mother, and Matthis Chiroux, Iraq war resister. In the “We Are Not Your Soldiers” tour, World Can’t Wait activists team up with Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam veterans, using videos and personal stories to show the horror that the US military inflicts on people in other

countries. We dispel the myths behind military recruitment and the glory recruiters describe by going deeply into the truth of what recruits are asked to do once in the military and empowering youth to resist the recruiters. These presentations motivate youth and students to resist military recruiters, based on a solid foundation of moral opposition to war crimes.

Closing the SOA: Breakout SessionsNYC SOA WatchAfter the panel at 3:00, small group breakout sessions will develop ideas about building grassroots solidarity and strategize about closing the SOA. Then the larger group will come together for discussion.

Keeping Up With the News on Afghanistan and IraqCarolyn EisenbergFacilitated discussion for anyone trying to stay informed about the still-unfoldin g “war on terrorism.” What are the important questions that we need to answer about the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan? Do the details matter? How can we speak knowledgeably to others about the need for a more peaceful approach? And how can we keep up with the news when the situation in both places is so complicated? Led by Carolyn Eisenberg, professor of U.S. foreign policy at Hofstra University, co-founder of Brooklyn For Peace.

Nuclear Zero—No Plants: A Conversation Nuclear Zero Committee of Brooklyn For PeaceWe will discuss the problems of nuclear power, both worldwide and in our own backyard. We’ll focus particularly on international regulation, proposed U.S. legislation on energy and climate change, and the status of the Indian Point Energy Center, 24 miles north of New York City. Background materials will be provided. For everyone from high schoolers to seniors who remember when the U.S. A-bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Nuclear Zero Committee is a new committee of Brooklyn for Peace, meeting since March 2009. Its current priority issues are: proposals for a Middle East nuclear-weapon-free zone; dangers of “peaceful use”; and implications of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review.

Ongoing activitiesConflict Resolution BoothProject Peace, Brooklyn College Art Lab (BCAL)Project Peace students from Brooklyn College Art Lab will create a Conflict Resolution Booth. Attendees can come into the booth and discuss an issue or problem that they need to resolve with high school conflict-resolution specialists. BCAL is a dedicated afterschool teen center on the Brooklyn College campus, serving nearly 1000 Brooklyn teenagers each school year. Generously funded by the Brooklyn Community Foundation, BCAL hosts a Macintosh lab, fashion studio, recording studio, college education room, and multiple breakout rooms for students to pursue their dreams.

Video DocumentationProject Peace, Brooklyn College Community PartnershipStudents from Paul Robeson and Erasmus High Schools will provide video documentation of the Peace Fair. Other students will be showcasing social themed issues/messages on banners.

Kids ActivitiesBrooklyn For Peace will be facilitating activities for younger children including button-making and poster making. It’s fun and easy for kids of all ages and the young at heart!

PERFORMERSill-LiteracyEnter the world of digitiLL funk—an ever-expanding sonic universe piecemealed together by the ever-shrinking attention span of Oakland trio iLL-Literacy. Members Dahlak, Drizzletron, and N.I.C have known each other since birth, and since then have been playing with words and sounds, invading concert halls, off-Broadway stages, and college arenas throughout North America and Europe, and infiltrating networks from HBO to MTV and beyond. Toggling between daydream and full-blown hallucination, the result is iLL-Literacy’s first record, iB4the1. Colliding influences from Afrobeat and hip-hop as much as Plato and X-Men, their freshman effort plays more like the soundtrack for a never-ending shroomtrip than a standard rap album. It pays homage to a wide range of inspirations, while constantly reaching for the new. From a record that is political in scope but never heavy-handed to an intersecting live show that boasts life-size Lego-men, iLL-Literacy is both a product of its time and a defining feature.

The Last InternationaleThe Last Internationale is both a folk duo (Edgey and Delila) and a 4-piece rock-and-roll/blues/punk band from NY. Rejecting the belief that musicians should be mere entertainers or controversial only for the sake of healthy political discourse, the group prefers to mix music with (dis)organized resistance. Their intent isn’t simply to change your mind, but to inspire acts of rebellion that will bring down empires.

Dave LippmanSatirical songster Dave Lippman presents “Bard of the Bankers Wild Bill Bailout,” assuring a fair and balanced Peace Fair. “Bailout” presents the pro-financial collapse, anti–health care point of view.

GioSafariIn May 2008, Gio Andollo was struck by a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle in downtown Orlando. Suffering from deep bouts of depression and existential frustration, he began busking as a solo artist that November, and GioSafari was born. Over the following year he wrote, recorded, and released his debut album Life Is A Bike Wreck (Better Wear Your Helmet), booked a nationwide tour, and moved to NYC to continue his work a musician, artist, and activist.

MetroSonicsPaul Josephs: Leader of the band, NY street kid, son of a tough Jewish mother, guitarist, MC, college graduate, educator, martial artist, public art school product, captain of the team, oversensitive street brawler, blues junkie, jazz lover, classic- rock-listening early 90’s skater boy, foodie, autocrat of my own kitchen, producer, entrepreneur, session musician, activist ready to take to the streets, world traveler, Cuban soul, wine lover, millionaire, broke artist, health nut, stone-cold-sober businessman, hemp lover, beat-boxer, free style whiz, comedian, rock star, came up with the name MetroSonics while heading downtown on the 2 train to a gig.

The New York Metro Raging Grannies and Their DaughtersWe are a group of 12 to 16 women aged 48–95. We sing satirical song lyrics set to familiar melodies to express our feelings on environmental, economic, and political issues, emphasizing antiwar positions. We give out song sheets so the audience can join in. We receive enthusiastic responses from audiences at political rallies, fairs, vigils, picnics, etc. (Short sample: “There’s no business like war business, the worst business I know….”) The Raging Grannies began in Canada in 1989, and now there are “gaggles” all over the U.S., Canada Great Britain, Israel, Australia, Greece, and Germany. Our gaggle was formed by Molly Klopot, director of women’s International League for Peace and freedom (WILPF), about 9 years ago.

Veronica NunnVeronica grew up in Harlem, New York, with musicians who were around when jazz music was first getting started—Big Nick Nicholas (John Coltrane’s teacher), Eddie Harris, Red Norvo, and others. She has been a member of the Michael Franks band for the last 16 years and has performed extensively in the U.S., Europe, Japan, Turkey, Korea, Russia, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Far East.

Rude Mechanical OrchestraThe Brooklyn-based radical marching band plays protest marches, picket lines, and benefits for good causes, striving to support organizations working for social justice through music and dance.

Stephanie RookerStephanie Rooker’s soul-shaking sounds range from saucy R&B to innovatively revived funk to jazz-infused ballads. Her unique, alluring music—influenced by her native Virginia, ethnomusicology studies, and world travels—is fueled by an almost tangible passion, creating a force for empowerment and social change. Rooker has been performing in NYC and beyond for the past 4 years, including high-profile venues such as NYC’s Blue Note, Bitter End, and D.C.’s Blues Alley. In 2008 she released her debut CD, Tellin You Right Now, to a packed house at NYC’s Cutting Room and has since been climbing the music-scene ladder quickly. Rooker and her band, the Search Engine, are currently completing their second album, The Only Way Out is In, due for release in 2010.

SpiritchildSpiritchild is a freedom singer who uses the arts to cultivate a cultural revolution. He integrates activism and hip hop music production as the founder of the Movement In Motion Artist & Activist Collective. As the Rhythmic Poet of the hip hop fusion band Mental Notes, he uses his music to awaken his audience to the injustices facing the poor and oppressed, inspiring action on environmental and social justice in New York City and around the world. He is a songwriting instructor and artist at several public schools in New York and facilitates that process internationally in seasonal tours in Germany, India, and elsewhere. Currently organizing a regional conference on climate change, he is highlighting disaster relief and environmental justice with black, brown, and other oppressed people. He keeps it all down to earth by balancing his art with work at a home for intellectually disabled and psychologically diagnosed adults in the Bronx.

Henry and Jaki FlorsheimMolly NolanEric ShtobN.Y. State Assemblymember

Joan MillmanMet Foods at 632 VanderbiltCentral Brooklyn Independent DemocratsCharlotte Phillips and Oliver FeinTom Keogh and Connie NorgrenN.Y. State Assemblymember Jim BrennanPeace Action New York StateIsrael Palestine Committee,

Brooklyn For PeaceLatin America Committee,

Brooklyn For PeaceStephen Chinlund

Iraq Afghanistan Committee, Brooklyn For Peace

Darfur/Africa Committee, Brooklyn For Peace

Frances MinichielloSOA WatchCon EdisonThe Brooklyn College Community

ParntershipThe Student Center at Brooklyn CollegeAmorinaThe Waldon & Williams FamilyAll Souls Bethlehem ChurchPhysicians for a National Healthcare PlanSavemor Digital PrintingSelect Mail

Healthy NibbleThe Indypendent News PaperRobert ProvenzanoForager’s MarketAllan and Carolyn EisenbergAnti-Militarism Committee,

Brooklyn For PeaceNY City Council Member Letitia JamesVeronica NunnCongresswoman Yvette ClarkeHenry’s End RestaurantMary RussellEd PowersDewey’s Candy Store (DUMBO)Journey (DUMBO)Superfine Restaurant (DUMBO)

Naomi Allen*Bob AlpernMukti Banerjee*Bob CookTara CurrieOliver FeinGeorge Fiala and Select MailFort Greene PeaceStephanie GoldenNora GordonSusan Metz*NY State Assemblymember

Joan MillmanVeronica Nunn*Charlotte Phillips*Eleanor Preiss*Stephanie Rooker

Heidi Rosbe*Sarah SillsLoren WeybrightSpiritchild*Matt Weinstein*Ed GoldmanCarolyn “Rusti” Eisenberg*David Tykulsker*Ken Diamondstone*Betta Broad*Mel Grizer*Major Owens*Norhan Basuni*Allison Boehm*Damien Jackson*Tom Martinez*Lincoln Restler*

Edward McWilliamsJeremy KarafinRichard GreveJaki Florsheim*Henry Florsheim*Molly Nolan*Eric Shtob*Annie YanLaura LimuliBarrett RogersHasin AhmedTyiesha EllisUdai MalhotraSteve AusburyRyan BuckRoy BeckerAhmet Noor

Elaine BrowerMarcia KannryNisrin ElaminDaniel Silber-BakerVanissa ChanDenise PageCynthia BernadineNixon MercidieuJessica WeisKrista HundRich GreveNancy RomerBenjamin RojasCece CarpioDahlak BrathwaiteFrances Minichiello* Board of Directors, Brooklyn For Peace

AND all members of the Brooklyn College Student Center and Brooklyn College Community: We couldn’t have done it without you!!!

Participating Organizations

Special Thanks

Supporters

Brooklyn For Peace*Brooklyn College Student CenterBrooklyn College Community

PartnershipThe Dialogue Project*Global Kids INCProject Reach YouthAlliance of Conscious DocumentariansThe Project Peace Media CollectiveSOA Watch*Brooklyn Samba School for Social

JusticeRaging GranniesNew York Coalition Against Torture*World Can’t Wait*Darfur People’s Association*IFCO/Pastors For Peace*Politics For A Human Community*Brooklyn Move On*

Peace Please*Code Pink: Women For Peace NYC*Parrots For Peace*World Without War and Violence*NY CISPES*WBAI*Answer Coalition*Veterans For Peace Chapter 34*Fellowship of Reconciliation*Brooklyn Non Violent Communication*Food & Water Watch*Breathtaking: Yoga & Embodied

Awareness Education*Kateryna Wellness*Social Action Committee of Park Slope

United Methodist ChurchMercy For Animals*The Center For Anti Violence Education*Revolution Books*

Interfaith Peace Coalition*Emergency USA*J Street*Madre*The Guatemala Solidarity Project*Military Resistance*Run For Congo Women*Sustainable Orphanages for Haitian

Youth*The Palestinian Club of Brooklyn

College*Parents For Climate Protection*Trust Your Struggle Collective*Womens’/Family Federation for World

Peace**Organizations with informational tables

With special thanks to everybody whose hard work helped to make the Sixth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair a great success, especially:

A special thanks to to the following for all your support:

Kids Activities

12:00 pm-3:00 pmButton Making and Poster Making with Brooklyn For Peace in Brooklyn College Arts Lab

Come make your own buttons and posters.It’s easy and fun, for kids of all ages, and the young at heart

Speakers and PresentersTIME SPEAKER/PRESENTER AFFILIATION ROOM

12:00 PM Greeting from Fr. Roy Bourgeois NYC SOA Watch BCAL

1:00 PM Guns and Greed (Film Showing) NYC SOA Watch Gold Room

2:00 PM Fr. Roy Bourgeois (Keynote) NYC SOA Watch Gold Room

3:00 PM Closing the SOA: Panel Discussion Fr. Roy Bourgeois Gold Room

4:00 PM Closing the SOA: Breakout Sessions NYC SOA Watch Gold Room

Workshops and ActivitiesTIME WORKSHOPS/ACTIVITIES AFFILIATION ROOM

12:00 PM Brooklyn Haiti Solidarity Initiatives Latin America Committee Brooklyn For Peace (BFP)

Glenwood

1:00 PM Unheard Voices: Letters from Immigrant Detainees

Brooklyn College Community Partnership (BCCP)

BCAL

1:00 PM Food Justice Brooklyn Project Peace Media Collective, BCCP BCAL

1:00 PM HIV 101 Lutheran Family Health Centers: Project Safe BCAL

1:00 PM Forging Connections with Youth in Darfur Global Kids Maroon Room

1:00 PM Youth Voices from Palestine (Film Screening) Israel-Palestine Committee BFP Glenwood

1:00 PM Who Cares About Afghanistan? Challenges to Peace Activism

Iraq/Afghanistsan Committee BFP Roosevelt 111RE

1:00 PM Nuclear Zero No Bombs: A Conversation Nuclear Zero Committee BFP Roosevelt 112RE

2:00 PM Samba Drumming & Dance for Peace: Performance/Workshop

Samba School for Social Justice Project BCAL

3:00 PM Conscious Social Documentary Photography Alliance of Conscious Documentarians (ACD) Glenwood

3:00 PM Darfur Crisis: Video Darfur People’s Association of New York Maroon Room

3:00 PM Poems Against War Anti-Militarism Committee BFP Roosevelt 113 RE

3:00 PM The Health Care Professions and Torture – The Case of the Psychologists

Marianne Jackson Roosevelt 114 RE

3:00 PM A Taste of Playback (2 hour workshop) Susan Metz Roosevelt 206 RE

4:00 PM We Are Not Your Soldiers: Video and Discussion World Can’t Wait Maroon Room

4:00 PM Keeping Up With the News on Afghanistan and Iraq Carolyn Eisenberg Roosevelt 111RE

4:00 PM Nuclear Zero – No Plants: A Conversation Nuclear Zero Committee BFP Roosevelt 112RE

4:00 PM Dialogue Not Debate – How New York Palestinians, Israelis, Muslims and Jews Engage over Right of Return, Security and the Wall

The Dialogue Project Glenwood

PerformancesTIME PERFORMERS ROOM

12:00 PM Rude Mechanical Orchestra Outside/BCAL

12:00 PM Raging Grannies BCAL

12:00 PM Dave Lippman BCAL

3:00 PM Stephanie Rooker BCAL

3:00 PM Metro Sonics BCAL

3:00 PM The Last Internationale BCAL

3:00 PM Ill-Literacy/PRY BCAL

3:00 PM Veronica Nunn BCAL

3:00 PM Spirit Child BCAL

3:00 PM Gio Safari BCAL

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In Loving Memory of

NePortia Elizabeth WaldonSeptember 20, 1925 – August 10, 2009

Served on the Board of Directors Brooklyn for Peace

She opened the door for me to walk through and on the other side was a new life for me.

I am eternally grateful.

My mentor, my friend

All my love,Veronica

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In Loving Memory of

NePortia Elizabeth WaldonSeptember 20, 1925 • August 10, 2009

Served on the Board of Directors for Brooklyn For Peace

•Her diligent and untiring work toward peace, social justice and the sanctity of all life inspired and empowered

everyone she met.

Her light shined so that others could see the way.

She continues to shine in our hearts!

Thank you, Portia, we miss you!

With love,The Waldon Family

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working for a more peaceful

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Physicians for a National Health ProgramNew York Metro Chapter

Congratulates

BROOKLYN FOR PEACEFor its fearless commitment to the safetyand health of our children and future generations.Let’s celebrate: “Health care, not warfare”

PNHP-NY Metro Chapter

www.pnhpnymetro.orgMay 15, 2010

Brooklyn For PeaceIsrael/PalestIne CommIttee

For Peace with Justice in the Middle East

Everyone is welcome to our meetings, forums, vigils, reading groups, and other events.

Join us to inform yourself about the fundamental issues in this conflict.

Purchase Olive Branch Olive Oil to support the Palestinian economy!

E-mail is.pales@brooklynpeace.org Call 718-624-5921

ALL SOULS BETHLEHEM CHURCH566 E. 7th St., Brooklyn, NY Services are Sunday morning at 10:30

We are an inclusive community, welcoming and affirming all - without regard to race or ethnicity, differences in ability, gender or sexual orientation - all who seek a liberal church committed to justice and an open spiritual quest. In addition to being open to and celebrating the World religions as a major source of wisdom and inspiration, our congregation voted overwhelmingly to declare All Souls Bethlehem an Open and Affirming Church and to become affiliated with The Center for Progressive Christianity.

Learn more about us on our website, www.allsoulsbethlehem.org

With deep appreciation to Fr. Roy for years of inspiration.

Latin America Committee of Brooklyn For Peace

Jean-Marc, Cesar, Claudia, Michel, Robert, Susan, Tom

Robert Provenzano, DDS

private practice, by appointment only: (718) 788-5311

Brooklyn For Peace

Anti-Militarism CommitteeJoin us to do counter-recruiting in public high schools around Brooklyn!

Save the Date: Saturday, June 19

Be a Mermaid for Peace in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade!

nowar@brooklynpeace.org718-624-5921

“True peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of justice.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Many thanks to B.F.PDarfur/africa coMMittee

Brooklyn For Peace

Iraq/Afghanistan Committee

Eight years of War is too many! Join us as we work to end these wars and prevent new ones

iraq@brooklynpeace.org 718-624-5921

No new nukes...no old nukes...

Nuclear ZerO!Work with our nuclear zero committee for a nuclear free world.

nuclearzero@brooklynpeace.org718-624-5921

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Jaki & Henry FlorsheimProud board members of Brooklyn For Peace & Peace Action NYS

Congratulations on another great Peace Fair!

Thanks to everybody who helped BFP

celebrate our25th Anniversary Year!!

Charlotte Phillips & Oliver Fein

To Brooklyn Peace Fair 2010!I wish I could be there with you!

Beatrice Woyke age 96

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Brooklyn For Peace UNICEF CommitteeHelp children around the world!

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, makes it possible for children around the world to go to school, stay healthy, and have enough to eat.

Join us this October to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF!Help us build the campaign in our local schools!

unicef@brooklynpeace.org718-624-5921

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FREE FAHADSyed Fahad Hashmi is a US citizen who grew up in

Queens and graduated from

Brooklyn College. Accused of

providing material support

to Al Qaeda, Fahad has

been held for almost three

years in severe (no calls, no

letters, no radio, no sunlight,

constant video surveillance)

solitary confinement,

24/7 at the Metropolitan

Correctional Center in

Manhattan. The charges by

the government are that

for two weeks in 2004, he

allowed an acquaintance to

stay in his London apartment

and that this acquaintance

had a suitcase full of

waterproof socks and rain

ponchos that was allegedly

later delivered by this

acquaintance to a member of

Al Qaeda. He also allegedly

borrowed Fahad’s cell phone.

These are the stated

charges. It would seem

that Fahad’s beliefs and

associations are being

used against him and will

improperly interfere with

a fair trial. Because of

the Classified Information

Procedures Act but in direct

contradiction to basic due

process, the government

has not even allowed Fahad

to review all of the

evidence against him.

By the time this is

being read (his trial

is scheduled to begin

April 28) the US Justice

system may have made its

decision. Given the limited

nature of the charges and

the violent nature of his

incarceration, we pray that

Fahad has been/will be

released and that he is not

irrevocably harmed by what

has been done to him.

To help stop this torture in all such cases and for more information on this case, go to www.freefahad.com or www.educatorsforcivilliberties.org.

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We salute Brooklyn For Peace and proudly support the 6th annual Brooklyn Peace Fair.

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Good Work Brooklyn For Peace!

Lots more work to do together on behalf of our children and grandchildren.When we look at them, we can only hope for a peaceful world.

The Hanlon/Proudfoot family Judy & Wayne, Seth, Suzanne, Gregory, NIck, Tasha, William Harold

The Herman family Martha & Barry, Mark, Alicia, Soe-Lin, Luna, Solara

The Makki family May & Omar, Marwan, Elsa, Leila, Marciej

The Reynolds/Piotrkowski family Ken & Chaya, Noah, Kate, Ken Jr. Maureen, Tim, Tammy, Larry, Brad, Adam, Emily, Brian, Leah, Patrick, Shelby, Sean and Scott

The Shirazi family Ahmad & Ann, Nima, Jennifer, Arya, Roxanne, Diego

The Shtob family Eric & Sonia, Dan, Brittany, NIck, Florence, Hugo, Leo, Molly

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Their Legacy Lives On

In Honor of Evelyn Abelson

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Their Common Sense Message:

“Stop the waste of taxpayer dollars on wars

and bring the funds home for

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Nobel Peace Prize NomineeFather Roy Bourgeois

toNew York CityMay 15, 2010

Thank you for your out-spoken defense of

peace, justice and equality!

BROOKLYN NONVIOLENTC O M M U N I C A T I O N

CreatingPeace

One

at a

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Workshops & Classes

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Best Wishes to Brooklyn For Peace

Cut the military budget.

Spend our taxes on Jobs, Affordable Homes and schools!

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Letitia James35th Council District

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How You Can ParticipateOur members have many obligations to family, friends, schools and jobs. We encourage people to participate to whatever extent they are able. You can become a member, attend an educational forum, join a working committee, write letters, make phone calls, staff information tables, or join the Board of Directors. We are united by our concern for future generations.

Become a member of BFP today.

Brooklyn For PeaceBrooklyn For Peace is a diverse network of Brooklyn residents alarmed by the growing militarism of our society and its impact on our lives as well as the lives of people in other countries. After working together for 23 years as Brooklyn Parents for Peace, we were proud to announce our more inclusive new name, Brooklyn For Peace. Our concern for future generations continues to unite us. We celebrated our 25th anniversary year in 2009!

We organize community meetings and forums, set up information tables, participate in phone and advertising campaigns, meet with elected officials and participate in demonstrations. We disseminate solid and carefully researched analysis on international and domestic policies.

We are a democratically functioning group made up of committees which plan and carry out educational activities. Current committees include: Iraq/Afghanistan, Anti-militarism, Israel-Palestine, Darfur/Africa, Latin America, UNICEF, Nuclear Zero, Diversity/Outreach, Fundraising, and Peace Fair. We have a Board of Directors responsible for determining priorities and programs. Since our work is primarily educational, we are incorporated as a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation.

Brooklyn For Peace is committed to building a world free of war and the social injustices that are its causes. We seek to educate our community and ourselves on international and domestic issues so that we can be effective in securing a peaceful future. We believe, given the right tools, ordinary people can change the world.

Brooklyn College Student CenterFounded in 1962 by students, the Student Center has a rich history of community service and rich educational and social activities. Affectionately referred to as SUBO, the Brooklyn College Student Center continues to be the hub of student life on campus. Under the collaborative leadership of staff and students, the Center serves as the preferred venue for special events and meetings that are consonant with the College’s mission. Space at the Center gives students opportunity to demonstrate commitment to service, international and community programming, leadership development, model citizenship, community partnering, and professionalism. The Center is home to several functional art galleries, a student- operated coffee shop and game room, a community Small Business Center, and a Student Volunteer Center. The Brooklyn College Student Center’s Conference Center aspires to be a dynamic community partner and cornerstone of the community by providing multipurpose space and hosting various programs and events. As a nonprofit organization the Student Center offers affordable event space to the community. The funds help support student and community programming, give students jobs, and ensure that an essential part of the Brooklyn College experience lives on. Come by and check out your space in Brooklyn!

Brooklyn College Arts LabBrooklyn College Arts Lab (BCAL) is possibly the largest dedicated after school teen center on a college campus today. With 6900 sq ft. of space, BCAL seves nearly 1000 Brooklyn teenagers each school year. BCAL hosts a Macintosh lab, fashion studio, recording studio, college education room and multiple breakout rooms for students to pursue their dreams. BCAL is a safe creative space for teens to met and make music, works of art and media, cook meals and learn about nutrition and contemplate their dreams for a bright future. BCAL is generously funded by the Brooklyn Community Foundation.

Participation in the Brooklyn Peace Fair does not imply endorsement by Brooklyn For Peace. The opinions presented at the Brooklyn Peace Fair are of the individuals and organizations participating and do not necessarily reflect those of Brooklyn For Peace. The Brooklyn Peace Fair is an inclusive event that strives to create a broad-based movement for peace and justice.

“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”

salutes the 2010 Brooklyn Peace Fair.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”

salutes the 2010 Brooklyn Peace Fair.

— Martin Luther King Jr.