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UUSC Schedule of Events at General Assembly 2008

 Wednesday, June 25

  • 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Activist Training, Hyatt Pier 66 -- Panorama Ballroom


    •  Thursday, June 26

  • 11:00 – 12:15: UUSC Speaker: Nguyen Weeks, “Bring the War Home”
  • 1:30 – 2:45: UUSC Speaker: Martha Thompson, “Crisis Planning”
  • 3:15 – 6:15: UUSC Speaker: Shelley Moskowitz, Super Session I – "Organizing: Advocacy and Voter Mobilization: Faithful Democracy 2008"

     Friday, June 27

  • 11:00 – 12:15: UUSC Workshop: Who Pays the Price for the Iraq War?

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    Learn how UUs can carry a message for peace into the ‘08 elections. Participate in a powerful discussion with the first combat veteran to publicly refuse to return to Iraq, the co-founder of Military Families Speak Out, and a leading Iraqi-American human-rights activist. Moderated by Tom Andrews, former U.S. congressman.

    Speakers: Tom Andrews, Nancy Lessin, Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, and Camilo Mejía
    Convention Center -- Grand Floridian B

  • 12:15 – 1:15: UUSC JustWorks Youth Pizza Party
  • 1:30 – 2:45: UUSC Speaker: Martha Thompson, “Gulf Coast Recovery and Advocacy”
  • 3:15 – 4:30: UUSC Workshop: Collateral Damage: Families Devastated by the Iraq War

    • UUs can honor families hurt by the Iraq war by working to end it. Hear from the spokesperson for military families, a physician who returned to Iraq to witness her family’s devastation, and a leading Iraqi-American human-rights advocate. Moderated by William Schulz, former UUA president.

    Speakers: Nancy Lessin, Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz, Andy Shallal, and Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
    Convention Center -- Grand Floridian A

  • 5:00 – 8:00: UUSC Annual Meeting


    • Tickets are $30 and available for purchase at the UUSC booth and at the door, subject to availability. Seating is limited. Fort Lauderdale Grande -- Grande Ballroom E

     Saturday, June 28

  • 8:30 – 2:30: UUSC JustWorks Service Project
  • 1:30 – 4:30: UUSC Speaker: Shelley Moskowitz, Super Session II: "Organizing, Advocacy, and Voter Mobilization: Faithful Democracy 2008”
  • 5:00 – 6:15: UUSC Workshop: Join Patriots and Veterans Saying "No to War!"


    • A Vietnam War combat medic and the first combat veteran to publicly refuse to return to Iraq explain why the war in Iraq is unjust. Learn from their first-hand accounts. Find out how you can host them in your congregation to continue the discussion.

    Speakers: Camilo Mejía, and Wayne Smith
    Convention Center -- Grand Floridian G

  • 6:00 – 10:00: UUSC Youth Coffee House

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