Essay Competition and Day Conference

http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/essay-competition-2019.html

The MAW Day Conference "Save the Earth, Abolish War” is on Saturday 29th June 2019. 9:30 to 17:00
at Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD

The conference will examine the theme of militarism and the environment; in particular how military activities contribute to climate change, and how climate change causes conflict.

The speakers:
Molly Scott Cato (Green MEP for the South West of England and Gibraltar)
Dr Peter van den Dungen (International Network of Museums for Peace) and
Dr Stuart Parkinson (Scientists for Global Responsibility).

Details of the Conference are at http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/day-conference-2019.html¦nbsp; and a flyer can be downloaded at http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/uploads/1/6/6/2/16622106/save_the_earth_-_abolish_war_-v2.pdf

If you would be able to distribute the flyer, please let me know how many of the printed flyers you could distribute.

If you have contacts who would be interested in the Essay Competition, please pass on this information:
Fifty years after the moon landings, MAW invites school students in years 10-13 to take part in our essay competition, submitting from 500 to 1000 words on "Walking on the moon, still warring on earth". There are 3 prizes of £50 book tokens, and the prizes will be presented during the Day Conference on 29th June. The competition deadline is 29th May, and details are at: http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/essay-competition-2019.html

Gill Hurle
Membership Secretary
Movement for the Abolition of War
www.abolishwar.org.uk