Dear John,

We're excited to announce internationally acclaimed activist and author Harsha Walia as the keynote speaker for the #NoWar2022 Virtual Conference, our annual global conference coming up in 2 weeks, on July 8-10! Harsha’s keynote talk on “Radical Solidarity to Abolish Borders, Imperialism, and War” will examine global migration, borders, and the interconnections of state violence, capitalism, and nationalism.

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Harsha Walia is a South Asian activist and writer based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has been involved in community-based grassroots migrant justice, feminist, anti-racist, Indigenous solidarity, anti-capitalist, Palestinian liberation, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One is Illegal and Women’s Memorial March Committee. She is formally trained in law and works with women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. She is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (2021).

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Hosted virtually through the Zoom Events platform, #NoWar2022 will highlight unique stories of change-making, both big and small, around the world, that challenge the structural causes of war & militarism while, at the same time, concretely creating an alternative system based on a just and sustainable peace.

Through 3 days of online panels, workshops, and discussion sessions from July 8-10, we will explore the unique theme of both "resistance" and "regeneration":

How to shut down a military base and convert the site for peaceful means
How to demilitarize the police and implement alternative community-centered policing models
How to challenge mainstream media bias and promote a new narrative through peace journalism
How to demilitarize education and promote peace education curricula
How to divest from weapons and fossil fuels and push forward a reinvestment strategy that prioritizes community needs
And much more!

Additionally, interactive discussion sessions will offer a glimpse into what’s possible by exploring different alternative models and what’s needed for the just transition to a green & peaceful future, including public banking, solidarity cities, and unarmed, nonviolent peacekeeping.

#NoWar2022 is also being organized in partnership with the Save Sinjajevina campaign in Montenegro, which aims to block a NATO military training ground & preserve the Balkans’ biggest mountain grassland. Save Sinjajevina representatives will Zoom in to the virtual conference to provide a workshop about their campaign, and there will be opportunities to support the in-person actions happening in Montenegro throughout the week of the conference.

#NoWar2022 participants will leave both inspired by what is possible and equipped with the tools to reimagine a just and peaceful future in their own communities and worldwide.

Register to join the global World BEYOND War network for #NoWar2022 this July 8-10!