Wednesday, January 15, 2025
6:30 PM

Annual MLK Birthday Observance 
"Sick of War: Discussing Health Impacts of US Militarism"
Pay What You Can Tickets $5-25 | General admission chair seating 
Book Sales, Signing & Reception follow the program
 
We joined for a timely conversation on the adverse health impacts of war and the US military-industrial complex. Keynote speaker David Vine shared a historical narrative of the relationships between the US economy and military imperialism, including the ways this history had impacted our community health, followed by a panel discussion with a doctor, veteran, chaplain, and medicine historian.

David Vine is a writer, collaborator, and political anthropologist. David's newest book, The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State (University of California Press) was a finalist for the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prize in History. David is a board member of the Costs of War Project and co-founder of the Network to Dismantle the Military Industrial Complex and the Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition. David is a contributor to TomDispatch.com and Foreign Policy in Focus.

Additional panelists included Pratik Chakrabarti, PhD, Chair in History and Medicine, University of Houston, founder of “Health is Politics” initiative; Dr. Seema Jilani, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital, former Senior Technical Advisory, Emergency Health with International Rescue Committee; and Rev. Dr. Kelly Wadsworth, Veterans for Peace Board Member and pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Salem, OR.