As some of you may remember, RAW was given $6,000 to host a national anti-war conference, and at the suggestion of another CAN member, we've decided to hold a conference for building and tying together the veterans' and student movements. The Marching Home conference will take place at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ from October 5th-7th, 2007. This is open to anyone who is capable to come, but directed towards people in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region who have easier access to Rutgers.

A TENTATIVE WEBSITE can be seen here at:

http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~pankajm/home.php

It is very basic and will be filled in with more info as speakers/workshops are confirmed.

**Our MISSION STATEMENT for the conference is as follows**:
Our mission statement for the conference is as follows:

"Marching Home will combine the veterans movement and the domestic support networks that exist outside of the government framework. Discussions on the war, benefits, and organizing opportunities will occur while encouraging the growth of politically conscious veterans and their allies."

To elaborate, we would like to draw in veterans who perhaps are not connected with any organization and are unsure about their stance in military and the Iraq War. We also strive to provide students with extensive discussions on the military and how to put their knowledge to action (e.g. counter-recruitment tactics). Often, many of these veterans and military personnel feel alienated by the anti-war movement, and we would like to take a new approach to raise political consciousness. We are working closely with several Iraq War veterans themselves who feel that this approach is necessary.

**CONTACTS**

PLEASE EMAIL marchinghome@yahoogroups.com IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in coming or bringing your school's group to the conference, or if you'd like to help with organizing the conference (bringing speakers and running workshops)!!! We will have housing available at Rutgers students' and other NJ activists' homes. WE NEED YOUR HELP!

We have been working on getting several keynote speakers along with people to lead workshops. We also have a Political Entertainment night on Saturday, Oct. 6th with two confirmed acts so far: Son of Nun and Remo Conscious.

**WORKSHOPS will cover such topics as**:

• GI Rights
• Understanding Military Benefits
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depleted Uranium
• Race in the Military
• Women in the Military
• Soldier Resistance
• Counter-recruitment in High Schools and College
• War Tax Resistance
• A Human Rights Viewpoint of the Iraq War

...amongst other workshops we hope to have.

PLEASE TELL ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED!!