RNC Welcoming
Committee
"The RNC Welcoming Committee is an anarchist / anti-authoritarian
organizing body preparing for the 2008 Republican National Convention
in St. Paul, Minnesota." (
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Peace
Island
Peace Island aims to be completely unlike the Washington regime:
nonpartisan, with a commitment to dialogue, green, future-looking,
thoughtful and affordable. No public official or candidate for office
is invited among the 25-plus speakers. The format for each session is a
keynote speech (35-minute limit), followed by several 10-minute
presentations by expert thinkers and doers who will head hour-long
breakout meetings.
Hope in a Time of Crisis—PEACE ISLAND—A
Solutions-Driven Conference is the name and philosophy of the
gathering. Concordia University, off I-94 in Saint Paul, is the place,
although the metaphoric Peace Island is a center, intended to broadcast
ideas about living in peace with the earth and each other.
For two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 2-3, we will focus on Energy
and the Environment, Global Peace and Nonviolence, and Justice and
Human Rights. People recognize the problems. It’s the solutions we want
to hear more about. Consider a 30-70-split—30 percent framing the
problem, 70 percent serving up answers.