Darfur Genocide: What You Can Do
Thursday, June 21, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Ballroom 203
As genocide devastates Darfur, we must be relentless in our efforts to stop it. Omer Ismail, a Sudanese activist who has spent more than 20 years working on relief efforts and raising awareness about the crisis, will talk about practical steps you can take to make a difference.
 

Supporting Those Called by Conscience to Resist

Friday 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

OCC Portland Ballroom 252 [460]

UU Peace Fellowship Veterans representing UUSC, Veterans for

Peace, Iraq Veterans against the War, and UU Peace Fellowship will describe their own journeys of conscience and explore how congregations can support military service members and their families facing such decisions today. Camilo Mejia, convicted for refusing further duty in Iraq, will be honored.

Charlie Clements

Ellen Barfield

Rev. Dr. Dennis Davidson

How to Build Spirituality into Social Justice Work
Friday, June 22, 2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Ballroom 203
What gives our social justice work the strength and resilience we need in these troubled times? Only a deep spiritual grounding, say Kate Lore and Rev. Marilyn Sewell of First Church in Portland. Come hear about the power of what they call engaged spirituality.

Transforming Despair into Action for Darfur
Saturday, June 23, 2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center, Portland Ballroom 255
Join Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet, to explore how to transform feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness into action. Lappé’s discussion will focus on the genocide devastating Darfur, Sudan. As she says, “Hope is not what we seek in evidence, it’s what we become in action.”

New this year at GA: Drumbeat for Darfur activists’ training .