Our allies at the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee continue to organize events related to anti war history from the Vietnam Era as an antidote to the re-writing of the history.
Coming up in the Washington DC area November 11-15:
George Washington University
Waging Peace in Vietnam, November 11-15
Peter Yarrow Joins Friday Program
- An imaginative multi-dimensional program begins on Veterans Day at the Elliott School of International Affairs. The full program is here. Registration required here. (No fee; donations on site welcome.)
- November 11 Opening of the Waging Peace exhibit, launching of the companion book on U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War.
- November 12 “Sir! No Sir!” documentary screening with filmmaker David Zeiger
- November 13 The War Comes Home: Moratorium and Mobilization, 1969, a VPCC panel (speakers here); peace poetry workshop and open mic
- November 14 Screening of fine cut of “The Boys Who Said No” with filmmaker Bill Prince, Re-enactment of the Cortright v Resor court court case,Screening of “The Whistleblower of My Lai” with filmmaker Connie Field
- November 15 Full day symposium “The American War in Vietnam: Then and Now” with panels on The History of Diplomatic and Peace Movement Initiative to Bring About Peace in Vietnam, Teaching the American War in Vietnam, Mitigating the Legacies of War (Agent Orange, Unexploded Ordnance); Keynote addresses by Christian Appy and Cora Weiss; Songs with Peter Yarrow; Candlelight vigil with re-enactment of March Against Death from GWU to the White House with remarks by Rep. Jamie Raskin, (For information about the week and the walk to the White House, contact Terry Provance here.)
More information and events: http://www.vietnampeace.org
