Dear John,

One of the ways that you can give back this #GivingTuesday is to become a sponsor of #NoWar2020, our 5th annual global conference. We're converging on Ottawa this May 26-31 for #NoWar2020 to say no to CANSEC, Canada's biggest annual weapons expo.

We need your support to pull off this week-long series of events, which will include direct action trainings, an art build, film screenings, panels, discussion groups, organizing workshops, and nonviolent protests at CANSEC, the weapons expo. When you chip in as a #NoWar2020 sponsor, you help offset our costs for trainers, artists, venue space, sign-making supplies, and all of the other details for this week of education and action.

#NoWar2020 puts the focus front and center on the connections between the war economy and climate change. Highlighting the themes of "demilitarize to decarbonize" and "weapons to windmills," #NoWar2020 calls for divestment and disarmament, and the conversion to a peaceful, green, and just future. Featured speakers include CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin and World BEYOND War's own David Swanson, plus Kathy Kelly, Tamara Lorincz, and Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.

We'll explore the hidden side of the global arms trade and Canada's complicity in the war on Yemen, plus the military's "carbon bootprint," the growing concern about weapons in space, and the need to decolonize our communities. All of this in the context of CANSEC, Canada's biggest annual weapons expo. We're organizing our conference in Ottawa alongside the weapons expo, to bring international attention to Canada's role in the arms trade and to provide opportunities not just for education, but also for nonviolent direct action. And that's why we're pairing the conference with art-making workshops and nonviolence skills trainings to give participants the tools to put words into practice.

As you consider making a gift during this #GivingTuesday holiday season, I invite you to sign up as a #NoWar2020 sponsor - and when you do, your sponsorship entitles you a number of perks, including event tickets, an ad in the event program, recognition on the website, and a literature table at the event. Sponsor today!

Thank you for your support for a world beyond war,

Greta Zarro
Organizing Director
World BEYOND War
[email protected]

P.S. It is possible to shut down a weapons show permanently, and that's our goal with CANSEC. Watch this 3-minute video about how a coalition of groups including World BEYOND War just ended an arms fair in New Zealand.

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