The Past and Future of Armistice/Remembrance Day: A Global Webinar

Start: 2021-11-04 15:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)

End: 2021-11-04 16:30:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)

This is a virtual event

Leading Peace Activists from Around the World to Discuss the Origins of Remembrance/Armistice Day and Plans for This Year's

A World BEYOND War event, cosponsored by RootsAction.org

Background on Armistice/Remembrance Day here.

This online event will begin with the presentation of the 2021 US Peace Prize (be there to find out who receives it). The prize will be presented by Michael D. Knox, Founder and Chair of the US Peace Memorial Foundation.

The timing will be noon in Berkeley, 3 p.m. in Toronto, 7 p.m. in London, 8 p.m. in Stockholm, and 8 a.m. November 5th in Aukland.


Plan to wear a sky blue scarf and a white poppy.

The event will include presentations, followed by Q&A, from these presenters:

Leah Bolger, President of World BEYOND War, former President of Veterans For Peace, based in the United States.

Brad Oliver of Veterans For Peace UK in Scotland, Co-Founder and former Co-Chair of Aberdeen Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Sandy Greenberg, Steering Committee member for Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, and former National Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Board member.

Margaret Pestorius of Wage Peace, Disrupt Land Forces, and Make West Papua Safe, who was arrested for entering and protesting the U.S. Pine Gap base in Australia.

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