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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a
href="http://www.afsc.org/newstrategies2009">New Strategies Conference</a><span
style='color:#009900'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a
href="http://www.afsc.org/newstrategies2009"><span style='color:#009900;
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1032"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01C9A623.E747D340"></span></a><span style='color:#009900'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Barack Obama’s election and the Democratic
Congressional majority signal new opportunities and new challenges in a period
when our nation and the world are suffering a series of disastrous wars, the
most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression, and potentially
catastrophic environmental degradation, including global warming.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>As President Obama’s election demonstrates, real
change comes from below, from our efforts for greater peace, justice and
environmental sustainability. In a new era, we need new movement strategies to
stop wars and violent conflicts and to guarantee ourselves and others
meaningful security. This requires peace, a dynamic economy, universal access
to health care, and a clean environment.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>This is a critical moment for peace, justice and
environmental movements; a time to organize and lead the Obama Administration
and Congress to deliver the changes that we and the world need.
Unfortunately, the composition of the Obama cabinet, other senior appointments,
and some of his policy commitments are sources of deep concern. President Obama
intends to escalate the war in Afghanistan and Central Asia, to increase the
size of the U.S. military, and to leave tens of thousands of “residual
forces” in Iraq. His economic stimulus package has been criticized as
inadequate, and there is much to do to protect the environment.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>The Obama Administration and Congress will deliver
some of changes that we and the world need, but powerful grassroots pressure on
the new Administration and Congress will be required if our hopes for change
are to be realized.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>To provide clear and profound visions, campaigns, and
movements for change, the American Friends Service Committee, Tufts
University’s Peace and Justice Studies Program, and a growing number of
co-sponsoring organizations have organized “New Strategies for the Obama
Era: Are You Ready?” This New England-wide, multi-generational
movement conference will be held the weekend of March 27-29. “New
Strategies” will provide strategies, information, analysis, campaigns,
resources and networking essential to build the movements needed to impact and
lead Washington. As the slogan has it, “When the people lead, the leaders
will follow.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>As our list of speakers and workshops indicate,
“New Strategies” will be an extraordinary and critically important
opportunity for our movements. Please join us if you can, and help us get the
word out and around. Please complete the registration form that can be found on
the conference flyer or web page, and please share this news about the
conference with others.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>*A youth caucus will be held on Sunday, March 29<sup>th</sup>
for young leaders of today. Participants in the caucus will have the
space to connect with one another, reflect on their power in the Obama
Administration, and strategize campaigns for the future.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>The conference will provide an opportunity for in-depth
exploration and campaign development for three priorities:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>US FOREIGN POLICY<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0
id="_x0000_i1026"
src="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/72819"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>ENERGY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0
id="_x0000_i1027"
src="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/72821"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>ECONOMIC CRISIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0
id="_x0000_i1028"
src="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/72823"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:#009900'>Featured speakers include:</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#009900'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:#009900'>Noam Chomsky</span></i></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#009900'>, renowned author and
linguist</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:#009900'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Bill Fletcher Jr.</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, radical trade unionist</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Zia Mian</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, of the Woodrow Wilson School of
Policy, Princeton University</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Joseph Gerson</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, author and veteran peace activist</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Raed Jarrar</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, half Iraqi and half Palestinian
architect and political analyst</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>William Moomaw</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, director of the Center for
International Environment and Resource Policy</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Anna Galland</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, of MoveOn.org</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Emily Kawano</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, of the Center for Popular Economics</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Phyllis Bennis</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, of the Institute for Policy Studies</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Arjun Makhijani</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, of the Institute for Energy and Environmental
Research</span></em><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Tom Hayden</span></strong><em><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, renowned peace activist and prolific
writer</span></em></span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Garamond","serif";color:#009900'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/76071"><span
style='color:#003399'>Download registration form</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/76336"><span
style='color:#003399'>Download agenda</span></a><a
href="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/73698"><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/75229"><span
style='color:#003399'>Download conference flier</span></a><a
href="http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/73702"><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:black'><br>
<u>Dates and times</u>: 5 pm on Friday, March 27th to 9 pm on Sunday, March
29th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:black'>Location</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>: Tufts University - Cabot
Intercultural Center; 170 Packard Ave, Medford MA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:black'>Prices</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Garamond","serif";color:black'>: Regular participants: $27<br>
Students: $5<br>
Tufts community: free<br>
Saturday lunch: $8<br>
*Additionally, there will be slots done on a sliding scale.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";
color:black'>Registration</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>: Download form using link
above.</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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