UWM Union2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin53211
Event time: 7pm
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Join the End the Wars Committee, Peace Action-WI, the Milwaukee Coalition against Trump and many others to celebrate September 21, the UN's International Day of Peace with a discussion on the importance of linking the struggles against injustice, poverty and racism at home with those against war, militarism and exploitation abroad.
A multi-racial, multi-national panel will lead off, addressing the issues raised by Dr. Martin Luther King and the New Poor People's Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/ & https://www.facebook.com/anewppc/), targeting: racism, poverty, militarism (the war economy) and environmental destruction.
Fidel Verdin, founder of Summer of Peace, will chair the program, and the panelists will include: Harry Targ, Chair of Purdue Univ. Peace Studies, who writes Heartlandradical.blogspot.com; Lisa Jones, a leader in UBLAC & RidRacism-MKE; Maricela Aguilar of the Young Peoples Resistance Committee (YPRC), and Samir Moukaddam, a progressive advocate for Palestinian rights.
Time: 7pm on Thurs., Sept. 21, 2017 (UN International Day of Peace)