{"id":9471,"date":"2011-09-17T01:23:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T09:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2011-09-17T01:23:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T09:53:19","slug":"peace-in-the-asia-pacific-conference-october-21-22-2011-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=9471","title":{"rendered":"Peace in the Asia Pacific Conference, October 21-22, 2011, Washington D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

There will be an important conference about Peace in the Asia Pacific region, featuring leaders from Chinese government and civil society, peace movement leaders from Japan, Korea, Guam, Hawai\u02bbi and many leading scholars and activists.<\/p>\n

Ikaika Hussey from Hawai \u02bbi Peace and Justice and DMZ-Hawai\u02bbi \/ Aloha \u02bb\u0100ina will be representing Hawai\u02bbi and speaking about militarization and resistance in Hawai\u02bbi. Julian Aguon from Guahan\/Guam will also be speaking about the struggle against U.S. bases in Guam.<\/p>\n

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From the Peace In Asia Pacific Conference<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Friends,<\/p>\n

When was the last time you had the opportunity to meet and learn from leading political figures from China, a key leader of the Japanese nuclear disarmament movement, or a leading Korean spokesperson for the movement to prevent construction of a new naval base on Jeju Island that was featured in the New York Times?<\/p>\n

When was the last time you had the chance to get together and share experiences and challenges with U.S. organizers and activists working to Move the Money from the Pentagon to our communities, to end the Central Asian wars, and for nuclear weapons abolition?<\/p>\n

I am writing because I am excited about the Peace in Asia and the Pacific<\/strong> conference that the American Friends Service Committee and a host of U.S. and Asia-Pacific peace organizations have planned for October 21 & 22 at American University in Washington, D.C.<\/strong> The conference will be an absolutely unique opportunity to develop a strategy to make peace in the Asia Pacific region a reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For registration & discounted hotel reservations*: <\/strong>http:\/\/afsc.org\/PeaceInAsiaPacific<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Who will be there? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Jean Athey\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Peace Action National Board & leading figure in the campaign to cut Pentagon spending to meet human needs<\/p>\n

Shen Dingli\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director of Center American Studies Executive Vice Dean of the Institute of International Affairs, Fudan University (often quoted in the New York Times)<\/p>\n

Herbert Docena\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Filipino researcher for Focus on the Global South working with NGOs and social movements<\/p>\n

John Feffer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies<\/p>\n

Bruce Gagnon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons andNuclear Power in Space<\/p>\n

Joseph Gerson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Disarmament Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee<\/p>\n

Takakusaki Hiroshi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Co-Convener, World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Hiroshima & Nagasaki)<\/p>\n

Kayashige Junko\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hiroshima A-Bomb Survivor, artist and abolition campaigner<\/p>\n

Zia Mian\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scientist, scholar and extraordinary scholar at Princeton University<\/p>\n

Madame Yan Junqi \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vice President of the Chinese People\u2019s Association for Peace and Disarmament and Vice President of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People\u2019s Congress<\/p>\n

Yanae Pak\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A leading figure in the courageous and militant nonviolent resistance to building a new military base on Jeju Island in Korea<\/p>\n

Why discuss peace in Asia and the Pacific the U.S. is still at war in Afghanistan and Iraq?<\/strong><\/p>\n