Friday, Sept. 22-Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023
World BEYOND War
A Global 3-day Conference on
Nonviolent Resistance
To Invasions, Occupations, and Military Violence
(September 2023) — You say you’re against war, but what’s the alternative?
Managing conflict nonviolently is one of the three core strategies of World BEYOND War’s alternative global security system. But when the rule of law and diplomacy are failing and violence is underway, both seasoned activists and newcomers alike often question whether unarmed resistance can be effective against military invasion, occupation, and war.
Throughout three days of virtual panels, training, and discussion sessions, #NoWar2023 will make the case for the efficacy of nonviolent resistance as a tool for conflict resolution, highlighting case studies from around the world of unarmed civilian based defense against invasions, occupations, and dictatorships.
Hosted virtually on the Zoom Events platform, World BEYOND War’s #NoWar2023 annual global conference brings together peace and anti-war individuals and organizations from around the world to share, reflect, strategize, and organize towards the abolition of war.
Watch our conference trailer:
Blue Scarves for International Peace Day
Following the lead of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, World BEYOND War encourages everyone to wear sky blue scarves on the International Day of Peace (September 21) to represent our collective wish to live in peace under the same blue sky.
#NoWar2023 Standard and Peace Hero tickets include a complimentary blue scarf!
Host a #NoWar 2023 Watch Party
Host a #NoWar2023 in-person watch party at your home, library, place of worship, local peace & justice center, or other venue! Use the watch party as a conversation starter about peace/anti-war organizing in your community. Ideally this event can become a springboard for starting a local World BEYOND War chapter together!
How to host a gathering: When you register for the conference, check the box to indicate your interest in hosting an in-person watch party. We will follow up to send you a toolkit with instructions for how to organize the watch party, flyers to print, and suggested group activities. We’ll help you maximize the watch party gathering as a launching point for starting a WBW chapter in your area.
#NoWar2023 Schedule:
NOTE: For details on the many fabulous speakers and associated events, go to the WBW website and click on separate items in the schedule of events below.
Friday, September 22, 2023
(All times are in Eastern Daylight Time – GMT-04:00)
Find the time in your local time zone.
Estas sesiones serán bilingües con interpretación español-inglés.
4:00pm-4:30pm ET: Meet & Greet and Test Out Your Technology, Explore the Zoom Platform, Networking, & Booths
4:30pm-5:30pm ET: Welcome Address featuring WBW Executive Director David Swanson & WBW Chapters Around the World
5:30pm-6:15pm ET: Keynote Speech: The Potential of Nonviolent Resistance to Occupation and Militarism featuring Jørgen Johansen
6:15pm-6:45pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
6:45pm-8:00pm ET: Panel: Unarmed Civilian Protection and Accompaniment / Protección y acompañamiento a civiles desarmados
8:00pm-8:30pm ET: Virtual Peace Concert
8:30pm-9:00pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
Saturday, September 23, 2023
(All times are in Eastern Daylight Time – GMT-04:00)
12:00pm-12:30pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
12:30pm-1:45pm ET: Panel: Nonviolent Resistance to Overthrow Dictatorships & Occupations
1:45pm-2:00pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
2:00pm-3:15pm ET: Training: Halting War With Nonviolent Struggle
3:15pm-3:30pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
3:30pm-4:30pm ET: Panel: Nonviolent Resistance to War in Ukraine
4:30pm-5:00pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
Sunday, September 24, 2023
(All times are in Eastern Daylight Time – GMT-04:00)
Estas sesiones serán bilingües con interpretación español-inglés.
2:00pm-2:30pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
2:30pm-3:45pm ET: Panel: Community & Land-Based Nonviolent Resistance Against Colonial Occupation & State-Sanctioned Violence / Resistencia no violenta comunitaria y territorial contra la ocupación colonial y la violencia ejercida por el Estado
3:45pm-4:00pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
4:00pm-5:30pm ET: Debate: Is War in Ukraine Justified?
5:30pm-5:45pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
5:45pm-6:45pm ET: Breakout Rooms: Reflect, Strategize, Organize / Salas de trabajo: reflexionar, elaborar estrategias, organizar
6:45pm-7:00pm ET: Closing Words by World BEYOND War Board President Kathy Kelly
7:00pm-7:30pm ET: Virtual Expo Booths & Networking
World BEYOND War’s Annual Conference!
ACTION: Get Your Ticket Here!
A complimentary blue scarf for the International Day of Peace is included with Standard and Peace Hero tickets. The sooner you register, the sooner the postal services are likely to get you your scarves — which we will quickly put in the mail.
The conference will be hosted on Zoom Events, an expanded version of Zoom that is similar to a Zoom meeting or webinar, plus with bonus features such as networking and virtual expo booths for an enhanced virtual conference experience.
Ticket purchases are limited to 1 ticket per email address.
All ticket prices are in USD.
