For immediate release December 5, 2002
"War in Iraq: Why Now and at What Cost?"
Teach-in at Portland State University
Saturday, December 7, 2002, 1 PM-5 PM
There will be a teach-in titled "War in Iraq: Why Now and at What Cost?" to be held at Portland State University's Shattuck Hall on Saturday, December 7. It will begin with a panel discussion at 1 PM to be followed by break-out sessions at 2:45 (see schedule, below). The event is currently being co-sponsored by the PSU Middle East Studies Center and the Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group. The forum will be in Shattuck Hall, Room 212 at SW Broadway and Hall St.Tentatively scheduled for the panel discussion are the topics: Middle East context--how will the war affect the region?; How the United Nations fits in; What are the U.S. interests in going to war; an Iraqi perspective, and Environmental/health effects of war.
Breakout sessions will include a presentation by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility on The Health Effects of War, analysis of U.S. foreign policy, and issues of stereotyping and civil liberties in times of war.
Endorsers of this event include: Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, Women in Black, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Peace and Social Concerns Committee of the Multnomah Monthly Meeting (Quakers), Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, War Resisters League/Portland, Oregon PeaceWorks, the Rearguard, and PSU Progressive Student Union.
For more information or to get involved call Peace and Justice Works at 503-236-3065 or the Middle East Studies Center at 503-725-4074.
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"War in Iraq: Why Now and at What Cost?"
a teach-in
with a panel discussion and break-out sessions co-sponsored by the PSU Middle East Studies Center and the Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group
endorsers include: Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, Women in Black, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Peace and Social Concerns Committee of the Multnomah Monthly Meeting (Quakers), Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, War Resisters League/Portland, Oregon PeaceWorks, and PSU's Catholic, Lutheran and Episcopal and Covenant 5 Campus Ministries. and PSU Progressive Student Union.
Shattuck Hall 212, break-out rooms in Shattuck hall, SW Broadway at Hall St. Wheelchair access on the west side of Shattuck.
Panel discussion (1:00-2:30 PM):
Moderator--Jon Mandaville, Middle East Studies Center
1) Middle East context--how will war affect the region?
John Damis, PSU Political Science
2) United Nations--how it fits in
Jan Abu-Shakrah, PCC Sylvania
3) U.S. interests at stake and why war may be necessary
Speaker to be announced
4) Iraqi-American perspective --how a war will affect the people of Iraq
Aseel Dyck, librarian and activist
5) Environmental/health effects of war in Iraq
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Q&A Period
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Breakout sessions (2:45-3:45 and 4:00-5:00):
2:45 PM
A1. The Health Effects of War--powerpoint presentation (Shattuck 212)
Catherine Thomasson, Physicians for Social Responsibility
A2. Manifest Destiny and U.S. foreign policy (Shattuck 225)
Elliott Young, Lewis and Clark History Department
A3. Civil Liberties in Wartime (Shattuck 249)
Barbara Dudley, PSU and Laurie Mercier, Washington State University
4:00 PM
B1. Stereotypes in times of conflict (Shattuck 225)
Jean Campbell, PSU Middle East Studies Center and Sara Farrokahzadian, PSU student
B2. How will a war on Iraq affect Iran and other neighboring countries? (Shattuck 249)
Goudarz Eghtedari, PSU
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PARALLEL WORKSHOPS ON IRAQ AND WAR
Peace and Justice Works would also like to announce the following workshops, which are being co-sponsored by PSU Progressive Student Union and PSU's Catholic, Lutheran and Episcopal and Covenant 5 Campus Ministries. They are also endorsed by Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, Women in Black, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Peace and Social Concerns Committee of the Multnomah Monthly Meeting (Quakers), Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, War Resisters League/Portland, the Rearguard and Oregon PeaceWorks.
Parallel workshops to be offered at Koinonia House, 633 SW Montgomery at Broadway:
2:45 PM:
1A. Information for those involved in or considering military service (Meeting room)
John Grueschow, Military and Draft Counseling Project
1B. Organizing in Faith Communities on Iraq issues (Lounge)
Christian, Muslim, and possibly other faith perspectives
4:00 PM
2A. Student Organizing around Iraq issues (Lounge)
Student network for peace--U of P, PSU, Reed, L&C, PCC
2B. What's at stake/who stands to gain/what might happen next--and media analysis (Meeting room)
Theresa Mitchell, host of KBOO's "Presswatch"
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