Peace with Iran Summit 2018 in DC
Start: Saturday, December 01, 2018• 9:00 AM
End: Saturday, December 01, 2018• 5:00 PM
What: A Day-Long Summit on Peace With Iran
When: 9am-5pm, Saturday, December 1, 2018
Where: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Cost: $10–$100 Sliding Scale
Why Do We Need a Summit on Iran?
The
purpose of the Iran Summit is to highlight the Trump administration’s
hawkish policies on Iran that could lead us into another war, and
examine how to reverse course. We will also have Iranian art,
calligraphy, music, photo booth and other cultural activities.
The
Summit comes at a time where tensions between U.S and Iran are
escalating. The reimposition of sanctions following the US withdrawal
from the Iran nuclear deal is causing tremendous hardship for the
Iranian people. The Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban is making
it difficult for Iranians to travel to the United States, separating
thousands of families.
Adding to this uncertainty are terrorist
attacks, human rights violations and a strengthening of conservative
forces inside Iran, proxy wars raging in the region, and an increased
threat of direct confrontation with the United States, Israel and/or
Saudi Arabia.
Here in the United States, the Trump administration
is building a case for war. We’ve seen it all before with Iraq—high
officials distorting information to push their own hawkish agenda that
only inflicts pain on the people, not the government. The Summit will
bring together experts and activists to examine ways we can support
Iranian civil society, push the US media to do a better job covering
this crisis, and pressure Congress for a “no sanctions, no war” agenda.
Organized
by CODEPINK, the cosponsors include: Aftab Committee, Black Alliance
for Peace, Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, FEMENA, Global Network
against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Institute for People’s
Engagement, Institute for Policy Studies, Just Foreign Policy, National
Iranian American Council, Nonviolence International, Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation, Peace Action, Peaceworkers, Progressive Democrats of
America, People Demanding Action, Popular Resistance, RootsAction,
United for Peace and Justice, US Labor Against the War, World Beyond
War, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Win Without War, and Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom.
For more information on speakers and payment: https://www.codepink.org/iransummit