Below is the schedule for the PSU conference coming up this weekend. MFSO-Oregon members Sara Rich (mother of Suzanne Swift) and Adele Kubein will be speaking on Sunday. We will be tabling on Sunday in the hall between 10 and 5. Please join us.

Human Rights Abuses in the Military Conference
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9th and 10th
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway, Smith Memorial Union 101 (Parkway Commons North)
Sponsored by: Students United for Nonviolence & Veterans for Peace, Chapter 72
Read below for schedule:

Sunday, Dec. 9th:
11:30 to 1:30 p.m.

11:30 -12:00 p.m. - Registration

12:00 -12:45 p.m. - Opening - Grace Growing Medicine, Ph.D., Drama
Therapist and Certified Mediator, “Circle Ceremony”

12:45 -12:47 p.m. - Introduce Grant Remington

12:47 - 1:20 p.m. - Music by Grant Remington band, “Loose Change”

1:20 - 1:30 p.m. - Move to CH 71
1721 SW Broadway, Cramer Hall – Room 71

1:30 to 6:00 p.m.

1:30 - 2:00 p.m. – Lunch, bring your own Brown Bag

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. - Susan Dobkins, First UMC in Tacoma, Church
offering Sanctuary

2:30 - 2:32 p.m. – Introduce Felicity Artemis

2:32 - 3:02 p.m. - Felicity Artemis, Spoken Word Performance Art,
“Indecent Exposure”

3:02 - 3:05 p.m. - Introduce Grace Reed, “Mother Courage”

3:05 - 3:35 p.m. - Grace Reed aka Grace Growing Medicine, Theater of
the Oppressed piece, “Mother Courage”- Interactive with audience

3:35 - 3:45 p.m. - Ten-Minute Break

3:45 - 3:47 p.m. - Introduce Jae Yslas

3:47 - 4:10 p.m. - Jae Yslas, “Conditions at V.A. Hospital”

4:10 - 4:12 p.m. – Introduce Film

4:12 - 5:42 p.m. – Film: “Little Birds”

5:45 - 6:00 p.m. – Closing
1721 SW Broadway, Cramer Hall – Room 449,

Discussion Groups with Dorothy Mackey and Sara Rich

3:00 to 5:30 p.m.

3:15 to 4:15 p.m. – Professionals and community members who advocate
for and provide support to Veterans and Military Personnel
experiencing trauma from military abuses. Increase awareness about
the impact of these abuses on civilian and global society, including
domestic violence and sexual assault.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Meeting with Veterans and Military Personnel to
discuss and support their healing process from military abuses. Learn
about de-brainwashing techniques that are proving to be successful.
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Sunday, Dec. 10th: PSU, Speakers & Workshops

1825 SW Broadway, Multicultural Center PSU, SMU Room 228,

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.- Registration

10:15 - 10:25 a.m.- Introduction to conference and first speaker,
Dorothy Mackey

10:25 - 11:10 a.m.- Dorothy Mackey, Founder of STAAAMP (Survivors
Taking Action Against Abuses of Military Personnel)

11:10 - 11:20 a.m.- Ten-minute music break

11:20 - 11:22 a.m.- Introduce Sara Rich

11:22 - 12:05 p.m.- Sara Rich, Mother of Suzanne Swift

12:05 - 12:10 p.m.- Five-minute break

12:10 - 12:40 p.m.- Workshop: Attorney General packet (Dorothy Mackey)

12:40 - 12:42 p.m.- Introduce Tom Hastings

12:42 - 1:12 p.m.- Tom Hastings, Professor and Director of Peace and
Conflict Studies, Author and Activist, reading from his new book,
“Lessons in Nonviolence”

1:12 - 1:30 p.m. - Book signing with Tom Hastings - (50% of all
proceeds from sales of book and other authors of Nonviolence studies
will be donated to S.U.N.).

1:30 - 1:50 p.m. - Thirty-minute lunch; bring your own brown bag

1:50 - 1:52 p.m. - Introduce film

1:55 - 2:25 p.m. - Film, “Military Families Speak Out - Oregon”

2:25 - 2:27 p.m. - Introduce Adele Kubein

2:27 - 2:50 p.m. - Adele Kubein, Political Scientist and Peace
Activist, Daughter served in Iraq

2:50 - 3:00 p.m. - Ten-minute break

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Breakout session for Workshops

1. Letter Writing Campaign (Kubein) -or - 2) Mass
Mobilization

3:30 - 3:40 p.m. - Ten-minute break with music

3:40 - 3:50 p.m. - Raffle

3:50 - 3:52 p.m. - Introduce Mike Hastie

3:52 - 4:25 p.m. - Mike Hastie, Member of Veterans for Peace, Chapter 72

4:30 - 4:45 p.m. - Closing

4:45 - 5:00 p.m. - Cleanup