Midwest Conference- Schedule
“The Future of Activism: Resistance is Fertile”
at the University of Cincinnati
May 22nd- 24th
Conference Schedule:
Friday
9:00pm-2:00am
Housing and Registration Party
Fries Cafe
3247 Jefferson Ave
Saturday
8:30am-9:00
morning registration
McMicken 127
9:00-11:00
panel: “What’s Next for the Antiwar Movement: The Future of Activism”
McMicken 127
Student activists from Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Chicago will speak
on strategies such as campus divestment and student occupations
of University buildings.
11:15-12:30
workshops:
-Art in a Time of War: Cultural Resistance
-Surveillance and Security Culture
12:30-1:30
lunch break
1:30-2:30
panel: “The Iraq War in Context”
McMicken 127
Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War will share firsthand
accounts of U.S. imperialism.
2:45-4:00
workshops
-Divide to Conquer: The Government of Iraq
-Women and Antiwar Activism
-Create Change
4:15-5:30
workshops
-Afghanistan in Context
-Torture: At Home and Abroad
-Group Dynamics
5:45-7:00
workshops
-Israel/Palestine and the Antiwar Movement
-Stopping U.S. War and Intervention in Columbia
-Chapter Building
7:00-8:00
dinner break
8:00-9:30
panel: “The Costs of US Imperialism”
McMicken 127
Sunday
1:00-3:00
rally and march: “March Against War”
McMicken Commons
