Schedule of Events

Banning Landmines: Everyone's Responsibility

Saturday, October 3, 1998
Oakes College, Room 105, UC Santa Cruz

10-10:30 a.m.
Registration and introduction by UCSC Executive Vice Chancellor John Simpson

10:30-11 a.m.
David Arnold, director of external policy relations for the International Services Division of the American Red Cross

11-11:30 a.m.
Patsy Daniels, past president of Soroptimist International

11:30 a.m.-noon
Ed Miles, associate director of Vietnam Veterans of America

noon-12:30 p.m.
Entertainment by Peace Child Ensemble

12:30-1 p.m.
Lunch and reading of two prizewinning essays written by high school and college students as part of a contest sponsored by the local chapter of the Red Cross; the essay theme was "Banning Landmines: Obstacles and Paths to Achieving this Goal."

1-1:30 p.m.
Marianne Holtz, registered nurse and volunteer with Landmine Survivors Network

1:30-2 p.m.
Lt. General (Ret.) Robert Gard, military adviser to the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and president emeritus of the Monterey Institute of International Studies

2-2:30 p.m.
Isebill Gruhn, UCSC professor of politics 

2:30-3 p.m.
Entertainment by Spontaneous Combustion

3-3:30 p.m.
Steve Azevedo, scientist with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

3:30-5 p.m.
Panel presentation moderated by David Anthony, UCSC associate professor of history; questions and answers, wrap-up discussion

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