Creating a Politics of Hope & Possibility
April 26, 2008
, 2008
House Bill HR808, currently before the U.S. House of Representatives (with 69 co-sponsors, including U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas) would establish a United States Department of Peace and Nonviolence to expand options and provide practical, proactive solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict.
The weekend conference is drawing attendance from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico to focus on growing public support for a Cabinet-level Department in the Federal government to research, develop and implement interventions and solutions to conflict before it erupts into violence – both internationally and here in the U.S.
University Scholars Debate: The need for a U.S. Department of Peace. With faculty & student teams from SMU, UNT, Southwestern University and University of Oregon. Friday, April 25, 7:00 pm. $30. Hughes-Trigg Student Center Ballroom, SMU. Hor'dourves buffet. Music by Kerri Arista. Reserved Parking, this event only: Bishop Blvd.
Marianne Williamson: “The Politics of Possibility”. Talk by the noted author, lecturer and Peace Alliance co-founder. $40. Book signing follows. Music by The Dreamsicles. Saturday, April 26, 7:00 pm, Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theater, SMU.
$5 Self-parking in Moody or Airline garages.Conference sessions with national leaders from The Peace Alliance and Texas Campaign for a U.S. Department of Peace state coordinators. $45.
Saturday, April 26, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, April 27, 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Hughes-Trigg Student Center Ballroom, SMU
$5 Self-parking in Moody or Airline garages.
All 3 Events: $95 (save $10)
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Places to eat:
Drink Specials:
- Trader Vic's: 5 pm - 7 pm: $5 mai tai's, zombies and bahias
- The Green Elephant: 8 pm - 11 pm: $2.50 you call its
- Regal Beagle: 2 pm - 9 pm : $1 off beers and wells
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