Friday July 5, 2024
Welcome Event 6-8 p.m. at BUSBOYS & POETS restaurant, 450 K Street NW, Washington, DC. This will be a meet and greet with friends who have arrived from around the world, including the Veterans For Peace who have walked from Maine.
Saturday July 6, 2024
Summit with speakers from around the world.
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church Capitol Hill 301 A St SE, Washington, DC 20003.
PROGRAM, SPEAKERS, AND MUSICIANS:
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2024
9:30 KEYNOTE from Sevim Dagdelen
Moderator Sheen Kim introduces song and panel
10:00 – 10:05 MUSIC by Ben Grosscup: Uncle Sam Sees a Shrink
10:05 – 11:35 PANEL: What is Global NATO? Perspectives from Regions of the World
Reiner Braun,
Djibo Sobukwe,
KJ Noh,
Ju-Hyun Park,
Krys Cerisier.
11:35 – 11:55 coffee break
Moderator Sean Conner introduces song and panel
11:55 – 12:00 MUSIC by Ben Grosscup: We Say NATO’s Got To Go
12:00 – 1:30 Panel: NATO and Wars
David Swanson,
Alain Rouy,
Moataz Salim,
Francis Daehoon Lee (via Zoom).
1:30-2:30 1 HOUR LUNCH BREAK WITH LUNCH ON SITE
Moderator Joseph Gerson introduces song and panel
2:30 – 2:35 MUSIC by Ben Grosscup: No More Sacrifice Zones
2:35 – 4:05 Panel: The Threat of NATO War Rehearsals and Bases to Living Things
Ludo De Brabander,
Anthony Rodgers Wright,
Tamara Lorcinz,
Ann Wright.
4:05 – 4:25 – coffee break
Moderator Kristine Karch introduces song and session
4:25 – 4:30 MUSIC by Ben Grosscup: Love Me, I’m a Liberal
4:30 – 5:30 Discussion – Open Mic
VENUE:
The venue is on Capitol Hill, near Capitol South Metro stop:
RESERVE YOUR SPOT:
Sunday July 7, 2024
Rally with stage, sound, speakers, musicians.
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Lafayette Square Park, in front of White House.
PROGRAM, SPEAKERS, AND MUSICIANS:
Ann Wright
Sevim Dagdelen
Joshua Shurley
Anastasia Shakhidzhanova
David Swanson
Ben Grosscup and ONE DC Black Workers Center Chorus:
No More Sacrifice Zones
We Say NATO’s got to Go
Paz, Queremos Paz
Joe Lombardo
Ludo De Brabander
Jacqueline Luqman
Kevin Martin
Alain Rouy
Tore Naerland
Ben Grosscup and ONE DC Black Workers Center Chorus:
No Basta Rezar
Shut down the System Now!
Peace, Salaam, Shalom
Nathan Gibbs
John McGrath
Dianne Blais and Cherrill Spencer
Kristine Karch
Bernard Blumenthal
Sean Conner
Ben Grosscup and ONE DC Black Workers Center Chorus:
We Say NATO’s got to Go
GET MORE INFO BY LETTING US KNOW YOU’LL BE THERE
MORE EVENTS BEFORE AND AFTER JULY 5-7:
April – July 2024
Peace Walk from Maine to Washington, D.C.
June 9, 2024
The History of NATO Expansion: 75 Years of Aggression, Conquest and Peoples’ Resistance
June 15, 2024
June 16, 2024
Free public webinar on NATO in the Arctic.
June 22, 2024
July 8-9, 2024
Warheads to Windmills – Lobby Congress.
July 9-11, 2024
Plan to bring banners, signs, noisemakers, and nonviolent protest skills to NATO’s meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW Washington, DC 20001 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
July 9, 2024
Book Event with the three authors of two books: Medea Benjamin and David Swanson with their book NATO What You Need to Know, and Sevim Dagdelen with her book Die NATO: Eine Abrechnung mit dem Wertebündnis. Open to the public: 6-8 p.m. at BUSBOYS & POETS restaurant, 450 K Street NW, Washington, DC. RSVP Here.
July 10, 2024
8am German parliamentarian Sevim Dagdelen will be on Democracy NOw.
10am meet at the Marriott Marquis to the west of the Convention Center for protest.
Be at the following places by 7pm to sign wave, chant for delegates arriving for 8pm dinners
8pm A dinner for Heads of State and Government and their spouses/partners, hosted by the President of the United States and the First Lady, will be held at the White House.
8pm dinner for Ministers of Foreign Affairs hosted by the Secretary of State of the United States at the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building.
8pm dinner for Ministers of Defence hosted by the Secretary of Defense of the United States will take place at Fort McNair.
July 16, Online: NATO’s War Summit: How Do We Stop the Spread of War?
See details and sign up at Stop the War Coalition.
August 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2024
Book club with new book about NATO.
June 24-26, 2025
Plan to protest NATO and facilitate convenient arrests by the International Criminal Court during NATO’s meeting in The Hague.