By Daily Press staff
New Roads High School, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, is hosting a student organized workshop day on the realities of war today.
At 8:45 a.m., Mark Skully, a Vietnam veteran, and Michael Shore, a conscientious objector from the Vietnam era, will be speaking.
At 11 a.m., Tom Hayden will be speaking to the student body about his views on war in general and Iraq specifically.
At 2 a.m., Kathy Eldon will be speaking about her son, Dan, who was killed during the U.S. involvement in Somalia.
The workshop is designed to heighten awareness as well as humanize and demystify the intricacies of the possible war with Iraq. It is not an anti-war day, but it is pro-peace. The students will be listening to a series of speakers and having discussions to help them formulate their own opinions about the appropriate course of action and become more engaged in the domestic and foreign policies that affect them.
New Roads promotes personal, social, political and moral understanding and it seeks to instill in young people a respect for humanity and ecology of the earth.
For more information call (310) 231- 7442, or (310) 663-1881.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 13, 2002. Read the original PDF.