update: VFP has set up a special registration page for MFSO members and is offering a special discount for any spouses interested in attending! Click here to register
Join us in Portland, Oregon August 3rd through 7th for the 2011 National Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War Convention. The staff of MFSO will be attending along with our many members who are also members of Veterans for Peace. If you are in the region, we encourage you to attend this weekend to connect with MFSO and our sister organizations, attend workshops, and participate in discussions about what our movement should be doing to bring these wars to an end and take care of returning service members.
We will be hosting a Military Family Meet-Up from 11:30am-1:30pm on Saturday, August 6th at PSU, Lincoln Hall, Room 121
Questions? Email samantha@mfso.org
MFSO Schedule @ the VFP Convention
Wednesday August 3rd
5-7pm Opening Reception – Poolside @ University Place Hotel
8pm Poetry Reading/Open Mic – University Place Hotel
Thursday August 4th
10:30am-12:30pm Opening Ceremony & Plenary – Lincoln Hall Auditorium
12:30-1:45pm Lunch on Your Own
1:45-3:15pm Workshop Block 1
3:45-5:15pm Workshop Block 2
5:15-7:30pm Dinner on Your Own
7:30-10pm The Moral Revolution (public event) – First Congregational Church
Friday August 5th
9-10:15am Plenary on PTSD, MST, TBI and other Veterans’ Health Issues with featured guests: Ed Tick, David Philipps, Darcela Craven, Barry Jones and Jessica Goodell
10:30am-12pm Workshop Block 3
12-1pm Pick up boxed lunch
12:15-2pm Lunch Caucus Meetings
2:15-3:45pm Workshop Block 4
4-6pm Plenary: “Resilience & Resistance” and Discussion: “Future of the Veterans Peace Movement, or, How DO we end war?”
7-10pm Buffet Dinner & Speak Out – open mic starts at 8pm
Saturday August 6th
11:30am-1:30pm Military Family Meet-Up hosted by MFSO – Lincoln Hall Room 121
1:30-2:45pm Lunch at Iranian Summer Festival on Park Blocks, PSU
3-5pm Plenary: “The Silent Truth”
6:30-10pm Banquet
Sunday August 7th
12:30pm Hiroshima Nagasaki Anniversary – No More Nukes Rally and March with VFP – Peace Memorial Park