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The People Make the Peace:
Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement
Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement
Featuring Rennie Davis, Judy Gumbo and Frank Joyce
Forty years after the Vietnam War ended many in the United States still struggle to come to terms with this tumultuous period of U.S. history. The domestic antiwar movement, with cooperation from their Vietnamese counterparts, played a significant role in ending the War, but few have examined its impact until now. In The People Make the Peace, nine U.S. activists discuss the parts they played in opposing the War at home and their risky travels to Vietnam in the midst of the conflict to engage in people-to-people diplomacy.
Join us to hear the stories of three of these distinguished activists, Rennie Davis, one of the Chicago 7, Judy Gumbo, an antiwar activist and Yippie and Frank Joyce, a labor and peace activist from Detroit. They returned together to Vietnam in 2013 and contributed essays to this outstanding new book. Their successes in antiwar organizing will challenge the myths that still linger from that era, and inspire a new generation seeking peaceful solutions to war and conflict today
Time will be allotted for Q&A, discussion and announcements.
Wheelchair accessible, ride shares announced.
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