The War at Home
Channel: Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee
Date: 2020-12-19

A cross generational conversation about "The War at Home", the film that dramatically captured the evolution of the movement against the Vietnam War in Madison, Wisconsin.  Half a century later, what do we make of the history it portrays and how does it relate to contemporary protests for peace and social justice?

Speakers

Glenn Silber, co-Producer/Director: The War at Home
Heather Booth, President of the Midwest Academy, VPCC 2015 conference organizer
Eve Levenson, Policy & Government Affairs Manager. March for Our Lives
Jessica Pierce, cofounder, Piece by Piece Strategies;  former National Chair, Black Youth Project 100
John McAuliff, Coordinator, Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee (VPCC)
      
Special guests who comment based on their personal experience

Paul Soglin, former mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
Karl Armstrong, imprisoned for the bombing of the Army Math Research Center, paroled because of community pressure
Doug Bradley,  Vietnam Veteran in the film
Artesimio Romero y Carver,  environmental activist in Santa Fe, NM

Bios of speakers and links to view the film are here 
https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-war-at-home-zoom-discussion.html

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