VFP National Convention, August 5 - 9, 2009 University of Maryland, College Park Campus

The following is a tentative program for the 2009 convention. As more details are confirmed, they will be added.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

8am - Board Meeting
5:30pm - Social- Hors doeuvres + Cash Bar

Thursday, August 6, 2009

8 - 10am - Board Meeting
10 - 11:30am - Opening Ceremony featuring Raed Jarrar, American Friends Service Committee and Camilo Mejia, IVAW
11:30am - 1pm - Lunch
1 - 2:30pm - "Statement of Purpose" Breakout Sessions
3 - 4:30pm - Regional Breakouts
7 - 10pm - Entertainment

Friday, August 7, 2009

8:30 - 10am - Workshops
10:30am - 12pm - Workshops
12pm - 1pm - Lunch
1pm - 2:30pm - Workshops
3pm - 4:30pm - Workshops
6pm - Buses to Plymouth Congregational Church, Washington, D.C.
7:00 - 9:30pm - Community Event
9:30pm - Buses to MdU, College Park

Saturday, August 8, 2009

9am - 12pm - Business Meeting
12 - 1pm - Lunch
1 - 4pm - Business Meeting
6 - 7pm - Social Hour- Cash Bar
7 - 10pm - Banquet featuring Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Bill Fletcher, Jr., blackcommentator.com, and Chris Toensing, Middle East Research Information Project (MERIP)

Sunday, August 9, 2009

9am - Closing Ceremony
11am - Hiroshima / Nagasaki Event, Washington D.C.
1pm - Deadline for On-Campus Checkout

Convention Contacts

The 2009 VFP Convention is being co-hosted by:
VFP 016 - Delwin Anderson Memorial Chapter, Washington D.C.
VFP 105 - Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter, Baltimore, MD

For more information contact
Ellen Barfield at ellene4pj@yahoo.com
Patrick McCann at unityact2@aol.com

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