Town Meeting for Jobs Not Wars – October 30, Philadelphia
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PA Council of Churches
S. Strauss
10/27/2010
Town Meeting for Jobs Not Wars
October 30, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Community College of Philadelphia
Bonnell Hall (BG-10)
17th St. between Spring Garden and Callowhill Sts.
Philadelphia, PA
For directions, http://www.ccp.edu/site/about/locations/
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Confirmed Panel Speakers:
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Rep. Chaka Fattah, U.S. Congressman, PA-2
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Jerry Mondesire, President, Philadelphia NAACP
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John Dodds, Director, Philadelphia Unemployment Project
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Gwen Snyder, Executive Director, Jobs With Justice
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Nijmie Dzurinko, Philadelphia Student Union
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Chris Hellman, National Priorities Project
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Pedro Rodriguez, Philadelphia Civil Service Commissioner
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Mike Prokosch, community organizer and co-author of The Global Activist's Manual: Local Ways to Change the World; and
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An Iraq combat veteran will speak firsthand on war and jobs
Speakers include labor leaders, historians, military veterans, social scientists, community leaders and journalists.
There will be Q&A opportunities and workshop reports.
Join us in addressing the need to end the policy of war so we can re-direct funds to critical needs at home.
For more information: Thomas Paine Cronin, (215) 353-1885, tompainecronin@comcast.net
or John Grant (610) 832-7028, grantphoto@comcast.net
Sponsored by the Coalition for Jobs not Wars, including Brandywine Peace Community, Coalition for Peace Action, U.S. Labor Against the War, Veterans for Peace (Chapter #31)
