Attending a NWTRCC conference online allows for flexibility. Photo by Ed Hedemann.
NWTRCC’s November 2024 conference will be on Zoom the weekend after the election. (Click here register.) We often meet the first weekend in November, but we know that many of our members will be canvassing and doing other pre-election activities.
Friday Night Social
Mary Sprunger-Froese of Colorado Springs will gather us together with three songs having a war tax resistance / anti-war theme. Then, there will be two separate 25-minute breakout sessions. In each breakout session, participants will be randomly placed in groups of five people. Each group will be given a set of questions aimed toward folks getting a chance to know one another, share resistance stories, and share thoughts on future resistance based on the results of the November election. This session provides an opportunity for participants to chat with one another, something that is often missing in large online gatherings.
Saturday Sessions
Saturday morning will begin with a “Memorial & Future Meetings Discussion.” We will reserve the first half hour of this session to remember those war tax resisters who have recently passed away. During the last hour of the session, we will discuss different options for future NWTRCC gatherings. For most of NWTRCC’s history, local groups hosted meetings. Even though we have seen a recent resurgence in war tax resistance, this has not led to a resurgence of local groups. Some recent NWTRCC gatherings have been on Zoom simply because we could not find an in-person host.
Our second session will be “Creative Outreach,” and feature a panel who have incorporated creative forms of WTR and social justice outreach in their communities and on college campuses. Please bring your own stories of creative outreach to share.
After a short break, Paula Rogge will be leading a one-hour session on “Outreach to Peace Churches.” This session is geared toward members of Peace Churches to discuss garnering support (financial and otherwise) for war tax resistance.
We will then have our concurrent WTR 101 and 201 sessions. Lastly, we will close the day with “Organizing a War Tax Resistance 101 Session.” This session will be very helpful for those interested in hosting a WTR 101 in their area. If you are already comfortable hosting a WTR 101, you can share your town thoughts in addition to hearing those of others. The panel will feature our friends in New York City and Portland, Oregon, who regularly host WTR 101s.
Sunday Business Meeting
As always, we will hold our business meeting on Sunday morning (11-2p Eastern / 8-11a Pacific). At this meeting, NWTRCC will discuss and reach consensus on its objectives and budget for 2025. We will also discuss any proposals from the larger network. If you have a proposal that you would like to have considered at this meeting, please send it to the NWTRCC office before October 21st. This will give ample time for the proposal to be discussed online by people that may not be able to attend in person.
Logistics
Click here register. To help offset NWTRCC expenses, we are requesting a $10 registration fee, but no one will be turned away.
~Post by Lincoln Rice
