Building a Peace Economy Part One
Channel: peaceedcenter
Date: 2019-10-07

“Building a Peace Economy – Shrink the Pentagon for People and Planet”
Saturday, September 21, 2019
East Lansing, MI 
 
This event brings together leaders who understand why and how we might redirect our tax dollars away from endless war and militarism towards sustainable community development here and abroad. Where is the waste we can cut? How can we spend less on machines of war and feel more secure? How do we counter the deep coffers of the arms lobby and shift investments to local communities for good jobs and for a healthy planet for all?
 
These are some of the questions to be explored over a few hours with some of our nation’s leading thinkers and doers. 
 
Dr. Lloyd “Jeff” Dumas, economist and author of “The Peacekeeping Economy: Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful, Prosperous, and Secure World” will keynote the event. Others presenting insights on a series of panels include William Hartung, director of  the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy; Elizabeth Beavers, coordinator of the People Over Pentagon coalition; Lindsay Koshgarian, director of the National Priorities Project at the Institute of Policy Studies; Johanna Bozuwa, research associate with the Next System Project at the Democracy Collaborative; Valerie Blakely, Michigan organizer for the Poor Peoples Campaign; Lea Dyga,  The Sunrise Movement.

This conference is brought to you by the Peace Education Center, Edgewood United Church, Citizens for Peace, Greater Lansing United Nations Association, and has been generously supported by Steve Esquith and Chris Worland, Richard Peterson, and Joan Tirak.
 
We welcome other sponsors and supporters for next year’s Conference. For more information or questions contact:
 
Terry Link, co-chair
Peace Education Center
www.peaceedcenter.org
link@msu.edu