7/12th, 2014, the 12th Annual Peacestock: Red Wing,MN: Bill Wizner, legal Counsel for Edward Snowden

Peacestock is a mixture of music, speakers, and community for peace in two idylic locations near the Mississippi, just one hour’s drive from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul in Minnesota.

On July 12th, 2014, the 12th Annual Peacestock: A Gathering for Peace will take place at Red Wing’s Colvill Park Courtyard, with camping at Windbeam Farm in Hager City, WI.

Peacestock is sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Chapter 115, in Red Wing and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27, in Minneapolis, and has a peace-themed agenda.

2014 Keynote speaker: Ben Wizner, ACLU lawyer and legal counsel to Edward Snowdon

BEN WIZNER is director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, which is dedicated to protecting and expanding the First Amendment freedoms of expression, association, and inquiry; expanding the right to privacy and increasing the control that individuals have over their personal information; and ensuring that civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by new advances in science and technology. He has litigated numerous cases involving post-9/11 civil liberties abuses, including challenges to airport security policies, government watchlists, extraordinary rendition, and torture. He has appeared regularly in the media, testified before Congress, and traveled several times to Guantánamo Bay to monitor military commission proceedings. Ben is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University School of Law and was a law clerk to the Hon. Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Other Peacestock 2014 Speakers

JEFF NYGAARD • CHANTE WOLF • MELISSA HILL

http://www.peacestockvfp.org/about-peacestock/2014-speakers