In Celebration of International Conscientious Objectors' Day

May 11-16 2006

New York City and Washington DC

Conference

Operation Refuse War: An International Conference of Resisters to Global War

Conference Timetable

Friday May 12th

7:00 - 9:00pm Opening Session

• Welcome and Intro from Organizing Committee
• Sneak Preview Screening of Sir, No Sir!
  
  Introduced by Dave Kline, President of Veterans for Peace

Saturday May 13th

10:00 - 11:00 Opening Plenary

From the Front Lines: Personal Stories of Conscientious Objection and Draft Resistance

Idan Halili (New Profile Israel), Joshua Casteel (Iraq war veteran) Matt Meyer (WRL), Moderator

11:00 - 2:00 Eyes Wide Open March & Lunch

• 11:00am Depart for March (www.afsc.org/eyes)
• 1:00pm Return to Conference for Lunch
• 1:00pm Lunch

2:00 - 3:20 Workshop Block 1

1. Conscientious Objection as a Movement-Building Tool
   
   Sam Diener (AFSC/WRL) Mark Liggin (CCCO)
2. Connecting Resistance within the Coalition of the Willing
   
   Andreas Speck (WRI) (moderator) + TBA

3:30- 4:50 Workshop Block 2

1. All wars or "this war"? Conscientious Objection as a political or moral choice
   
   Ellen Barfield(VfP/WRL) (moderator) + TBA
2. Mobilizing Against a Draft
   
   Edward Hasbrouck (objector.ing/WRL) & Bill Galvin (CCW/GI Rights Hotline)

5:00 - 6:20 Workshop Block 3

1. International support for CO's and war resisters from the USA
   
   Dave Stutsman (MCN Germany), War Resisters Support Campaign (Canada)
2. What is CO without a draft? Resisting the selective service, War Tax Resistance, and other ways to resist the military.
   
   Patrick Sheehan-Gaumer (WRL/WRI) & Paul Frazier (WRL)
3. Militarism and Gender
   
   Young-eun (South Korea), Tali Lerner (New Profile, Israel,) Joanne Sheehan (WRL/WRI)

6:30 - 7:30 Dinner and time to socialize

Sunday May 14th

10:00 -11:30pm CODEPINK Interfaith Vigil and Service

11:40 - 1:00pm Workshop Block 4

1. Resistance Movements within the Military and to Compulsory Service
   
   Steve Morse (CCCO), Boro Kitanoski (Macedonia)
2. Building support for COs from the outside.
   

Mark Liggin (CCCO), Clare Bayard (WRL)

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch

2:00 - 3:20pm Workshop Block 5

1. Working for CO Rights in Congress and the U.N.
   
   Theo Sitther (Center on Conscience & War) Andreas Speck (WRI)
2. GI Rights Overview
   
   Jim Klimaski (Military Law Taskforce), J.E. McNeil (Center on Conscience & War), Steve Morse (CCCO)

3:30 - 4:50pm Plenary

Building Bridges with Military Families and Veterans

Monica Benderman, Laura Costas (MFSO), Tia Steele (GSFP)

5:00 - 6:00 Closing Session

What's Next? Developing Long-Term Strategy for an International CO Movement.

Presented by War Resisters' International

Monday May 15th

4:00pm-6:00pm

Demonstration at Downtown DC Recruiting Station

(part of Operation Refuse War)

Location: The Armed Forces Recruiting Center is in the 1300 block of L St NW, mid-block, south side.

Eyes Wide Open Exhibit

organized by American Friends Service Committee

Advisory Council Meeting

Center on Conscience & War

Location: Church of the Brethren

Tuesday May 16th

Conscientious Lobby Day

at US Congress, organized by the Center on Conscience & War

Congressional Hearing

organized by the Fellowship of Reconciliation

Registration

Please register online or contact register@centeronconscience.org. You can also download a PDF form and mail it to Center on Conscience and War. Conference registration fee is US$30, which includes lunch on Saturday, May 13th.