PDX Peace Post-Election Discussion

Submitted by jmdietz on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 6:50pm.
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Dear PDX Peace Members and Friends,

The next meeting for PDX Peace will be Monday, November 17th at Multnomah Friends Meeting House on SE 43rd Ave & SE Stark St. The UFPJ Discussion will begin at 6:30pm and run until 7:30pm. The Post-Election Discussion will be from 7:30-9:00pm. If you are planning to attend the meeting (one or both parts) please read the information below. Due to time constraints, both sessions include some homework that will need to be done in advance, so please come prepared!! See you Monday!

PDX Peace Meeting

Monday, November 17th

Multnomah Friends Meeting House

SE 43rd Ave. and SE Stark St.

UFPJ Discussion

6:30pm-7:30pm

Facilitator: Kelly Campbell

I. Overview & Introductions (10)

II. Unity Statement & Strategic Framework (20)

III. Voting for Representatives for UFPJ Conference (10)

IV. Program Outline (20)

*Homework: Please review the UFPJ materials and discussion questions. There are three documents for your review: the Unity Statement, the Strategic Framework, and the 2009 Program Outline. You can follow the links on the page above to access these documents. Please review the documents carefully and then consider the discussion questions which are included on the page linked above. Since this meeting is only one hour, we will not have time to review the documents at the meeting. Please be sure to read the documents in advance and come with specific feedback related to the discussion questions in order to move the meeting along quickly. There are further instructions on the website. If you have any questions, please contact the Coordinating Committee at coordinatingcommittee@lists.pdxpeace.org.

Post-Election Discussion


7:30pm-9:00pm

Facilitator: Alex Cooper

I. Overview, Introductions, Ground Rules (10)

II. Brainstorm: How do the election results impact the work of the peace movement and PDX Peace? How will they impact the three major projects of PDX Peace: the Sanctuary City Campaign, the Keep the Guard Home Campaign, and a potential Spring 2009 mobilization?

a. What openings/opportunities have been created? (20)

b. What challenges might exist? (20)

c. What issues/topics should we take on in the coming year? (20)

d. What are the best strategies/tactics to use? (20)

III. Wrap-Up

*Homework: Please carefully consider the questions listed under agenda item II above. Please bring specific ideas and feedback related to these questions to share with the group. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to share feedback on these questions, please contact the Coordinating Committee at coordinatingcommittee@lists.pdxpeace.org.