For a list of all workshops and presenters with biographical information, click here.
IMPORTANT NOTES TO PRESENTERS:
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HANDOUTS: If you are planning to hand out hard copy materials or show a video or Power Point, please email us electronic copies of your documents (PDF, Word-compatible or Power Point files) and/or links to the video you plan to use. We can post a limited number of these on the NNOMY site so people can access them if they were not able to attend your workshop. Email documents and/or links to Project YANO, including your name and the workshop title: projyano(at)aol.com. PLEASE send us ONLY materials that are used in your workshop--not other materials or links.
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PHOTOCOPYING: If you are not able to photocopy handouts for workshops ahead of time, there are commercial copy shops in the vacinity of Roosevelt University. Ask for directions at the conference check-in table.
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EQUIPMENT: If you have special equipment needs for your workshop and have not already notified our host, Chicago AFSC, please do so immediately: 312-427-2533, DGramigna(at)afsc.org.
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LAPTOPS: If you are planning to bring your own laptop to connect to in-room projectors (good idea), please let AFSC know if it is a PC or Mac so the right connectors will be available.
On the weekend of July 17, over 250 activists from across the country converged on Roosevelt University in Chicago for the largest meeting ever of counter-recruitment and anti-militarism organizers. Retirees from Florida and California, concerned parents from Ohio and Massachusetts, veterans from New Mexico and Oregon, grandmothers from Texas and North Carolina joined with youth organizations such as New York’s Ya-Yas (Youth Activists-Youth Allies) and San Diego’s Education Not Arms to consolidate a movement intent on resisting the increased militarization of U.S. public schools.
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Though the 
David Swanson is the author of the new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union, by Seven Stories Press and of the introduction to The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush by Dennis Kucinich. In addition to cofounding AfterDowningStreet.org, he is the Washington director of Democrats.com and sits on the boards of a number of progressive organizations in Washington, DC.
Jorge Mariscal is the grandson of Mexican immigrants and the son of a U.S. Marine who fought in World War II. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and currently teaches at the University of California, San Diego.
Matt Guynn plays the dual role of program director and coordinator for congregational organizing for On Earth Peace, building peace and nonviolence leadership within the 1000+ congregations of the Church of the Brethren across the United States and Puerto Rico. He previously served a co-coordinator of training for Christian Peacemaker Teams, serving as an unarmed accompanier with political refugees in Chiapas, Mexico, and offering or supporting trainings in the US and Mexico.
Rick Jahnkow works for two San Diego-based anti-militarist organizations, the Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities and the Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft. He can be reached at: 
Pat Elder was a co-founder of the 
John Judge was a co-founder of the Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and Self-Improvement (CHOICES) in Washington DC, an organization engaged since 1985 in countering military recruitment in DC area high schools and educating young people about their options with regard to the military. Beginning with the war in Viet Nam, Judge was a life-long anti-war activist and tireless supporter of active-duty soldiers and veterans.