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Though National Security is a buzzword on the 2008 campaign trail, there has been virtually no discussion of what it means for everyday Americans to feel secure.

Join us, less then two weeks before the election, as we move beyond lipstick and hockey pucks to investigate what real national security looks like. Hosted by Laura Flanders (GritTV), Live From Main Street: Seattle will convene an all-women panel to examine how issues of national security impact our daily lives and ask the tough questions about how we can build a better future. Does the solution lie in our military or social policies? What are women doing to ensure security in their communities and in the world at large? And how does the militarization of our budget affect security in other areas of our lives?

We will bring together the voices of women who have served in the military, foreign policy experts and more to explore how national security policy might change if a broader cross-section of society was at the decision-making table.

Speakers include:

• Martha Burk, Author, Your Money and Your Life: The High Stakes for Women Voters in '08 and Beyond. Martha Burk is a political psychologist and women's issues expert who is co-founder of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy, a research and policy analysis organization in Washington, D.C.
• Rosalinda Guillen, Community to Community Development, a women-led place based, grassroots organization working for a just society and healthy communities.
• Carol Kessler, Director of the Center for Global Security for Pacific Northwest National Lab. The Center’s mission is to address the full range of global security issues by probing the impact of economic, social, institutional energy and environmental conditions that affect it.
• Sarah Rich, mother of Suzanne Swift—the Army Specialist who spoke out on rape and sexual harassment by her commanders in Iraq. She went AWOL, was court marshalled and served 30 days in prison. She is back in the army again and will be out in January 2009.
• Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is an author, freelance journalist, and consultant in the field of environmental policy and political strategy. She is the Executive Director of MomsRising.org.
• Erin Solaro, Author, Women in the Line of Fire: What you should know about Women in the Military.
• Sarah van Gelder is co-founder and executive editor of YES! Sarah has edited issues of YES!, written, and spoken on leading-edge innovations that show that another world is not only possible, it is being created.
• and more…

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Live From Main Street is a tour of the U.S. in Election Year 2008, hosted by popular journalist and radio personality Laura Flanders and produced by The Media Consortium – a member-based organization committed to strengthening the independent media landscape. The Media Consortium is comprised of 45 of the nation’s leading independent journalism outlets with a collective reach to over 5 million people a month. Live From Main Street features five town hall events, each focusing on a key national issue through a local lens.