Cindy Sheehan will speak in Farmington

TEACH-IN AT UMF
Attached and below you'll find a schedule for the March 22nd TEACH-IN on WAR planned by SEA-Change students and advisors. We envision a day-long educational experience. Please join our students, faculty, and community members. The speakers are well-informed and committed to speaking frankly about their experiences and whatever insights have arisen from those experiences. The films are excellent and will be complemented by opportunities to engage in some meaningful discussions. Our sole entertainer - Ruth Hill - is well known in the Farmington area for her musicianship and her engaging presence on the stage. About the speakers:



Ø Major Michael Backus is an Iraq War veteran and the Maine State National Guard Director of Public Relations

Ø Dud Hendrick is an Annapolis graduate, a Vietnam War veteran, and a founding member of Service Academy Graduates Against the War

Ø Lee Sharkey is a poet, a long-time member of Women in Black, and a committed peace activist

Ø Allison Hepler's classes in Maine History and Women's History will present posters and displays about the history of Peace and War

Ø Lynn Ellis is the state coordinator for the Maine Campaign for a National Cabinet-Level Department of Peace and Nonviolence

Ø Roy Van Til is an ex-associate professor of Economics at UMF and the founder of Campus Economic Impact Services LLP

Ø Stephan Desrochers is an Assistant Professor of Psychology who is currently teaching a course on Men and Violence

Ø Pat Wheeler is a painter and multi-media artist who is a committed peace activist

Ø Peggy Akers is a Vietnam Veteran and nurse; Kristina Wolff is an army veteran and an Assistant Professor of Sociology; and Rita Clement is a member of Military Families Speak Out and the mother of an Iraq War veteran

Ø Eileen Kreutz is a long-time peace activist and a member of the Western Maine Peace Action Workshop

Ø Tyler Backus is an Iraq War veteran and a student at UMF

Ø Scott Erb is an Associate Professor of Political Science; Mellisa Clawson is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education

Ø Shenna Bellows is the Executive Director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union; Linda Beck is an Assistant Professor of Political Science

Ø Rob Shetterly is an artist and peace activist best known for his "Americans Who Speak the Truth" portraits and book

Ø Cindy Sheehan is a founding member of Gold Star Mothers for Peace and an internationally recognized peace activist

9:00AM - 10:00AM
Major Michael Backus: "Perspectives of Maine National Guard serving in Iraq"
Dud Hendrick: "Service Academy Graduates Against the War" and Showing of "Vietnam: Long Time Coming" (1998 Bike Trip through Vietnam with American and Vietnamese veterans)
Lee Sharkey: "Women in Black" Resisting War

10:15AM - 11:15 AM
Maine History and Women's History Classes Offer Perspectives on Peace and War
Lynn Ellis: "Beyond Outrage: Building a Culture of Peace"
Roy Van Til: "The Economic Costs to America of the Iraq War"

LUNCH
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Stephan Desrochers: Showing and Discussion of film "Why We Fight" (this workshop will extend to 2:40pm)
Pat Wheeler: "Artists in Time of War"
Peggy Akers, Kristina Wolfe, and Rita Clement: "Women and War"

2:15PM - 3:15PM
The Film "Ground Truth?" will be shown at 3:00pm. Discussion to follow led by Eileen Kreutz
Tyler Backus: "The Medical Treatment of Soldiers in Iraq"
Scott Erb and Melissa Clawson: "Children and War"

3:30PM - 4:30PM
Film and Discussion: "Ground Truth"
Shenna Bellows and Linda Beck: "Civil Liberties in Wartime"
Rob Shetterly: "A Proposed Iraq War Memorial"

5:00PM - 6:00PM
SUPPER

LINCOLN AUDITORIUM

6:00PM - 6:45PM
Ruth Hill: Singing Songs of War and Peace

7:00PM - 8:30PM
Cindy Sheehan: "Gold Star Mothers for Peace"


All daytime workshops will be held in the North Dining Hall in the Olsen Student Center. The evening events will be held in Lincoln Auditorium (C-131) in Roberts Learning Center . Please join us. If you have any questions, please contact Doug Rawlings at 778-7292.