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Martin Luther King Jr.
Human Rights Conference
‘Continuing a Legacy of Nonviolence’

Sunday - January 19, 2003
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Bellingham Senior Center - 315 Halleck - Bellingham, WA

Keynote Speaker
Pramila Jayapal
Director of Hate Free Zone of Washington

[read interview] Guerrilla News Network interview with Ms. Jayapal

Author of: Pilgrimage to India: A Woman revisits her Homeland.
[read review]

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Conference is Free of Charge for everyone.
Sign Language Interpereters provided upon request for
keynote address and for Workshops
Free childcare - please call WHRTF to register for childcare.

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

10:00 - Invitation to join Bellingham Friends Meeting (Quakers) in silent worship/meditation
10:30 – Information Fair and snack table set-up

11:15 - Morning Workshops

• Let’s Talk About Anti-Semitism
  
  
• Stopping Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in Teen Relationships
  
  
• Policing Dissent: The State of Activism in Whatcom County
  

12:45 - 1 Hour Lunch

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1:45 - Afternoon Workshops

• Environmental Justice in the Northwest
  
  
• Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training
  
  
• HomeAlive Boundary/Self-Defense Training

3:30 - Keynote Speaker Pramila Jayapal
Director of Hate Free Zone of Washington [see above]
Ms. Jayapal is an activist and writer on international and domestic social justice issues, particularly immigrant rights.

5:00 - Cleanup

CONFERENCE IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

Sponsors:
• A.S. Peace Resource Center at WWU
• Whatcom Human Rights Task Force
• Whatcom Peace and Justice Center
• WWU Women's Studies Program
• WWU Center for Service Learning

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For information about previous conferences
please view: MLK 2001 and MLK 2002