VETERANS FOR PEACE
CONVENTION
2025 Schedule
JULY 24
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4:15 PM
RECEPTION
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Welcome
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Drinks & Appetizers
6:00 PM
POETRY
JULY 25
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5:30 - 8:30 AM
SPECIAL OUTING
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10:00 AM
OPENING PLENARY
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Welcome
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Land Acknowledgement speaker: Melly Paluay
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VFP Historians: Doug Rawlings · Woody Powell ·
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American Military in Vietnam: Chuck Searcy
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Culinary Union Local Union Rep: Diana Valles
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Nellis Air Force Base Instructor: Major Harper Bettis
1:30 PM
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Moderators: Ellen Barfield
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Panelists: Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez · Ian Zabarte · Gerry Condon
3:00 PM
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Moderators: Gary Butterfield
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Panelists: Mike Prysner · Charlotte Dennett · Shirine Jurdi
6:00 PM
EVENING PROGRAM: LEARNING FROM THE PAST, LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE
Learning from the Past - Leon Cloder
Moving Into the Future: Military Conscientious Objectors - Joy Metzler · Juan Bettancourt · Phil Tottenham
JULY 26
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11:00 AM
​Moderator: Mike Tork
Panelists: Robert Vivar · Lulu Matute · Dora Rodriguez · Todd Miller
1:00 PM
Moderator: Arlys Herem
​Panelists: Suzanne Gordon · Paul Sullivan · Linda Ward-Smith ​
2:30 PM
Moderator: Greg Miller
​Panelists: Mark Dimondstein · Betsy Zucker · Diana Valles · Rose Roach · John Braxton · Jackson Potter
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6:30 PM
FILM SHOWING
Moderator: Susan Schnall
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​​* Film name: The Earth's Greatest Enemy - (2 hrs)
* Film name: Are You My Dad? (38 min)
* Film Name: Breaking the taboo now! (48 min)
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JULY 27
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8:30 AM
Moderator: Sam Coleman
Panelists: Kanako Matsuda · Mari Shintani · Ken'ichi Narikawa · Chie Miyagi
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
Checkin/Registration​
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4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
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6:30 PM - 9:00
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5:30 AM - 7:45 AM
Special Outing​
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tabling
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*:08:30 AM
Return to UNLV
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Checkin/Registration​
Breakfast
AA Meeting
10:00 AM
Opening Plenary
12:00 PM/Noon
Lunch
1:30 PM
Session #1: New Colonialism: First Nations and the Nuclear Weapons Industry
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3:00 PM
Session #2: Wars RAGE As the World BURNS
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4:30 PM
Dinner
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6:00 PM
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8:00 PM
Film: Palestine Exception
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7:00 AMaAA
Meditation
Breakfast
Yoga
AA Meeting
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8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tabling
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8:30 - 10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
Session #3: The Borderlands: Militarization, Deported Veterans, Refuge, and the Migrants' Journey
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12:30
Lunch
1:00 PM
Session #4: Resistance to Attacks on VA
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2:30 - 4 PM
Session #5 - Labor/Building Unity
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4:30 - 6 PM
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6:30 PM
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7:00 AM
Yoga
Breakfast
8:30 AM
Session 6 - Militarization of Japan under the "Pivot to China" strategy
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10:00 AM
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10:20 AM
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1:00 PM
Dorm Checkout
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2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Post convention event -
Sharing Stories for a Healthier World
Pearson Center
1625 W Casey Avenue
North Las Vegas, NV 89032​
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