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MLK CONFERENCE - January 2003
For information about previous conferences
please view: MLK 2001 and MLK 2002
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center has
an extensive gallery of photos from
the 2003 conference.
please click here to jump to their site.

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

Pramila JayapalKeynote Speaker
Pramila Jayapal

Director of Hate Free Zone of Washington

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

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Author of: Pilgrimage to India: A Woman revisits her Homeland.
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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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Free parking at the Center
Free on site childcare - please call to register

Whatcom Human Rights Task Force at (360)733-2233

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

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updated - February 3, 2003