06/29/2026
FLEET WEEK
Open House
July 7, 2026
11 am–8 pm
Live Music • Videos
Refreshments
Speak with veterans and others about refusing
unlawful orders, conscientious objection, and the
history of active-duty resistance to illegal wars.
The People’s Forum
320 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018
(between 8th and 9th Avenues)
Open House Schedule
July 7, 2026, 11 am–8 pm
11 am–Noon
Music by Fred Nagel • Report from organizers and participants
in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza • Choosing Conscientious
Objection: slide show by Fellowship of Reconciliation’s
Susan Smith and conversation with Joy Metzler, Air Force
conscientious objector and Veterans For Peace member
Noon–1 pm
Music by Ben Grosscup • Refusing Illegal Orders and
Conscientious Objection: conversation led by Mike Prysner,
director of the Center on Conscience and War, and Joy Metzler
1–2 pm
Music by Ben Grosscup • Film: Disobeying Orders, introduced
by Susan Schnall, National President of Veterans For Peace
and military resister • Post-film conversation led by Susan
Schnall, filmmaker Pam Sporn, Mike Prysner, and Joy Metzler
2–3 pm
Presentation by VFP Climate Crisis and Militarism Project
3–4 pm
We Are Not Your Soldiers: presentation by World Can’t Wait on
veterans classroom witness • Peace Action NY presentation on
college outreach • War Resisters League presentation on tax
resistance
4–5 pm
Film: Sir! No Sir!, introduced by Susan Schall • Post-film
conversation with Joy Metzler
5–6 pm
Choosing Conscientious Objection: slide show by Susan Smith
and conversation with Joy Metzler
6–7 pm
Music by Nu Bossa Band • Light supper and conversation
7–8 pm
Film: Disobeying Orders, introduced by Susan Schnall • Post-
film conversation led by Susan Schnall, Pam Sporn, Mike
Prysner and Joy Metzler.
