BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:520-434-9793 Email:celeps@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:'Student and Community Activism: Aspects of Labor\, Gender\, Ra ce\, and Power in Social Change Movements' Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020316T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University of Arizona\, Tucson\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:West USAS Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-jRuiv7XBPB@69.73.141.125 URL:www.sasua.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:413-559-5416 Email:clpp@hampshire.edu DESCRIPTION:Social justice conference for student and community activists. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020405T150000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for R eproductive F UID:20091107T000510EST-Xbu2e8luX4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~clpp/activism.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:413-559-5416 Email:clpp@hampshire.edu DESCRIPTION:Social justice conference for student and community activists Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020406T081500 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for R eproductive F UID:20091107T000510EST-PRNjnSCjuC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~clpp/activism.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:413-559-5416 Email:clpp@hampshire.edu DESCRIPTION:Social justice conference for student and community activists. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020407T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for R eproductive F UID:20091107T000510EST-wZ0lRb4eEk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~clpp/activism.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:2152224711 Email:impulse275@aol.com DESCRIPTION:This concert is a rabble-rousing benefit show for the Student E nvironmental Action Coalition (SEAC) Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020326T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:the North Star\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Anne Feeney\, David Rovics\, & the Kettle Rebellion UID:20091107T000510EST-uZUHcTKzMu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:mass protest and civil disobedience against the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank!! Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020420 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Protest the World Bank and IMF UID:20091107T000510EST-SHTdUxVeOB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalizethis.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:404-651-4633 Email:gsupow@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Power of Women bring filmmaker\, writer and director\, Maggie H adleigh-West\, to Georgia State University. Hadleigh-West will be discuss ing her controversial documentary\, War Zone\, a film about the stre Geog raphical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020319T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Speaker's Auditorium- Student Center- Georgia Stat\, Atlanta\, Geo rgia\, United States SUMMARY:War Zone- Film Screening and Lecture with Maggie Hadleigh West UID:20091107T000510EST-Ex50dMC8wv@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:319-466-9165 Email:laura-crossett@uiowa.edu DESCRIPTION:Former SDS staffers Helen Garvy and Robert Pardun will be in Io wa City to show their oral history documentary of Students for a Democrati c Society and to host a discussion of student activism past\, pr Geograph ical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020403T183000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Shambaugh Auditorium\, Iowa City\, Iowa\, United States SUMMARY:Rebels with a Cause: Student Activist History Film/Forum UID:20091107T000510EST-94SviUxVAn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.sdsrebels.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:727-9660 Email:thewhip46@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:This is a festival to allow students to educate each other\, ex press themselves freely\, and unite the students on our campus. Geographi cal Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020318 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Brandon\, Manitoba\, Canada SUMMARY:The Festival of Students UID:20091107T000510EST-UIN62Ftfv6@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:503.725.8777 Email:jocelynf@pdx.edu DESCRIPTION:Join students from across Oregon for the weekend to participate in campus organizing workshops and trainings on the Tree-free Campus/Stop Boise Cascade campaign. Trainings include: Campaign Strategy\, Geographi cal Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020323T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:rm 327 Smith Center\, SW Broadway and Montgomery\, Portland\, Oreg on\, United States SUMMARY:Regional Tree-free Campus Training and Organizing Meeting UID:20091107T000510EST-u3iUUXdwgH@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:National Week of Student Action to Abolish the Death Penalty in the USA UID:20091107T000510EST-wUjwVCnhr0@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202-242-0027 Email:gwpsu@gwu.edu DESCRIPTION:Sweatshop Fashion Show and Anti-Sweatshop Rally demanding GW af filiate with the Worker Rights Consortium Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020404T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:2121 I Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United Stat es SUMMARY:George Washington University Progressive Student Union UID:20091107T000510EST-4ulNxLz9UV@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:In memory of the assasination of MLK Jr. - a national day of ac tion organized by Jobs With Justice\, the Student Labor Action Project\, a nd United Students Against Sweatshops. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020404 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:National Student Labor Day of Action UID:20091107T000510EST-8Xvow5BteH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://jwj.org/SLAP/A4/2002.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Students at 700 schools will be silent to protest discriminatio n against gays\, lesbians\, bisexuals\, and transsexuals. Geographical Sc ope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020410 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:National Day of Silence -- lgbt rights UID:20091107T000510EST-pdAJHANzBH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dayofsilence.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:National mobilization against the war on 'terrorism.' Geograph ical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020420 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Stop the War - March on Washington UID:20091107T000510EST-zf3VG95vr1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.a20stopthewar.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Protest US military aid to Colombia. April 19-22.\nApril 21 - r ally\nApril 22 - civil disobedience Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020421 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Colombia Mobilization UID:20091107T000510EST-hgW5TTdUMn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.colombiamobilization.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:312-458-9920 Email:chicagosocialistconference2002@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:2002 MIDWEST REGIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE:\nA World of Poverty & War -- Socialism is the alternative\nSaturday -- April 6 -- University of Illinois--Chicago\n\nUNITE & FIGHT! -- Voices of opposition Geographic al Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020101T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University of Illinois--Circle Center\, Chicago\, United States SUMMARY:2002 MIDWEST REGIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE: A World of Poverty & Wa r UID:20091107T000510EST-HTFudaJXtD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.internationalsocialist.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:312-458-9920 Email:chicagosocialistconference2002@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:2002 MIDWEST REGIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE:\nA World of Poverty & War -- Socialism is the alternative\nSaturday -- April 6 -- University of Illinois--Chicago\n\nUNITE & FIGHT! -- Voices of opposition Geographic al Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020101T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University of Illinois--Circle Center\, Chicago\, United States SUMMARY:2002 MIDWEST REGIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE: A World of Poverty & Wa r UID:20091107T000510EST-ZDKhH4wuXw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.internationalsocialist.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: 312-458-9920 Email:contact@internationalsocialist.org DESCRIPTION:WAR & RESISTANCE: ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE\n7pm--Saturday -- A pril 6--Chicago--University of Illinois-Chicago-Circle Center\n\nThe Inter national Socialist Review is pleased to announce a national ant Geographi cal Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020101T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University of Chicago--Circle Center\, Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:ISR Antiwar Tour: WAR & RESISTANCE: ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE UID:20091107T000510EST-UNAiszJ9oa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.isreview.org/tour/tour.shtml END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: 312-458-9920 Email:contact@internationalsocialist.org DESCRIPTION:WAR & RESISTANCE: ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE\n7pm--Saturday -- A pril 6--Chicago--University of Illinois-Chicago-Circle Center\n\nThe Inter national Socialist Review is pleased to announce a national ant Geographi cal Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020101T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University of Chicago--Circle Center\, Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:ISR Antiwar Tour: WAR & RESISTANCE: ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE UID:20091107T000510EST-pUnN9Ci5Un@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.isreview.org/tour/tour.shtml END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:858-534-0474 Email:ucwomenofcolor@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:April 5-7\nBREAKING CHAINS AND MAKING LINKS: \nEliminating the Chains of Privilege and Oppression\, \nBuilding the Links of Community and Resistance \n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020405 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UC - San Diego\, San Diego\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Woman of Color Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-92T98PxxHK@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:festivaldelpueblo@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:A five day celebration of Community\, Resistance\, and Freedom. Includes: Demonstrations/direct action\, bookfair\, speakers\, cultural g athering\, art exhibit\, concerts\, soccer\, picnic\, plays\, and a commun Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020501 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Boston\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:Festival del Pueblo UID:20091107T000510EST-CB5dwu3G3M@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.festivaldelpueblo.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(732) 239-8030 Email:varc@vassar.edu DESCRIPTION:We will be holding a campout around the campus during Parents W eekend to protest a lack of written choice policy and overall animal exper imentation at Vassar. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020412T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Vassar College\, Poughkeepsie\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Campout Against Animal Experimentation UID:20091107T000510EST-bLR1FodcJH@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202-248-8023 Email:nick@georgetownsolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:A rally and media tour of the DC public School Without Walls\, as part of the National Student Labor Day of Action. \nRally speakers inc lude John Sweeney\, President\, AFL-CIO\; Jos Williams\, President\, Geog raphical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020404T133000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:2130 G St NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:DC Student Labor Action Project Rally UID:20091107T000510EST-rnTIrL5TEc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.georgetownsolidarity.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(219) 535-7049 Email:josiahag@goshen.edu DESCRIPTION:\nRepresentatives from School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) will meet with representatives from the U.S. Army to engage in a panel discuss ion over the role U.S. foreign policy plays in Latin America. A Geographi cal Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020413 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020413T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Goshen College\, Goshen\, Indiana\, United States SUMMARY:PANEL DISCUSSION BETWEEN SOAW AND U.S. ARMY APRIL 13\, GOSHEN\, IND IANA UID:20091107T000510EST-mTbrXEvk2b@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.goshen.edu/pax/a13event.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:330-701-1833 Email:ksawc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Join Us in Protest of the War Without End!\nMay 4\, 2002 - Kent State University\, Kent OH\n\nWe oppose the war in Afghanistan and its ex tension around the world. The Bush administration has asserted th Geograp hical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020504 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020504T143000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kent State University\, Kent\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:From Kent State to Afghanistan UID:20091107T000510EST-ZjNaIePCXJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ksawc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215-222-4711 Email:seac@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Four days of workshops and training for the next generation of\ nstudent environmental / environmental justice activists.\nSponsored by th e Student Environmental Action Coalition. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020803 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020731 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Knoxville\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC Summer Training Institute UID:20091107T000510EST-neuLEhpS81@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/sti/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215-222-4711 Email:seac@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Decision-making meeting to shape the future of the Student \nEn vironmental Action Coalition and the student environmental /\nenvironmenta l justice movement. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020807 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020805 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Knoxville\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC National Council Meeting UID:20091107T000510EST-xbVpxR5xBz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/ncmtg.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:773.769.2557 Email:directaction@onebox.com DESCRIPTION:CARNAVAL AGAINST CAPITALISM? BECAUSE ANOTHER MIDWEST IS POSSIBL E!! \n\n\n\nWe are calling for a Midwest regional convergence upon Chicago to reclaim Mayday in the year 2002. Mayday is the internationa Geographi cal Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020503 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020427 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chicago IL\, United States SUMMARY:May Day 2002: CARNIVAL AGAINST CAPITALISM! Another World is Possib le UID:20091107T000510EST-UrVuVpc71V@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.chicagodan.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:kcook@hampsire.edu DESCRIPTION:http://whiteprivilege.hampshire.edu\n\nOn April 27th and 28th\, 2002 students\, educators\, community leaders\, scholars\, and local acti vists will gather for a free conference called\, 'Understanding White Geo graphical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020427T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College- Franklin Patterson Hall\, Amherst\, Massachuset ts\, United States SUMMARY:Understanding whiteness\, Recognizing Privilege: A Conference Towar ds Racial Just UID:20091107T000510EST-Dw0Xg7PKRN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://whiteprivilege.hampshire.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020509 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020509 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Montreal\, United States SUMMARY:Conference Against War\, Imperialism and Racism UID:20091107T000510EST-aI52VRiNUS@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(514)848-7970 Email:antiwar_antiguerre@yahoo.ca DESCRIPTION:...please see website for all necessary details.... Geographic al Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020512 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020509 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:1455 de Maisonneuve W.\, Montreal\, Qu\, United States SUMMARY:Conference Against War\, Imperialism and Racism UID:20091107T000510EST-vFNTeNZUUe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.awag2002.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202-319-7596 x14 Email:summit@nyacyouth.org DESCRIPTION:Six hundred youth and adults representing dozens of communities nationwide will convene in Washington\, DC on Memorial Day Weekend 2002 ( May 24-27th) to consider the critical issues facing lesbian\, gay Geograp hical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020527 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020524T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill - 400 New Jersey Ave. N\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:NYAC 5th Annual National Youth Summit UID:20091107T000510EST-7VtBrFtKIS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyacyouth.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(715) 394-6660 Email:mnsocialist@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Students Against War\, the Green Party and Socialist Action are holding a rally demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel and self-determina tion for the Palestinians on May 7 in Duluth\, MN. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020507T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Federal Building\, Duluth\, Minnesota\, United States SUMMARY:Palestine Solidarity Rally UID:20091107T000510EST-FUXmp7uURV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/palestinerally END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(715) 394-6660 Email:mnsocialist@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Juneteenth in Duluth\, MN with a march and rally agai nst war & racism. Assemble at the Federal Building at 5:15pm. March will leave at 5:30pm for a 6pm rally at Lake & Superior. Sponsored Geographi cal Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020619T171500 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Federal Building\, Duluth\, Minnesota\, United States SUMMARY:March and Rally Against War & Racism UID:20091107T000510EST-R7Fb4KZF5J@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/northsaw END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:501-244-2439 Email:clearinghouse@tao.ca DESCRIPTION:The Campus Democracy Convention\, August 1-4 in Lawrence\, Kans as will challenge the corporate structure of education governance embodied in what are usually totally unaccountable school administrators\, regents \, and trustees. It will provide a forum to discuss campus campaigns and strategies. It will be a great chance to interact with people from across the US and North America. who are engaged in these kinds of campaigns and others:\n\n-access to education\n-right to organize (students and workers )\n-civil rights and diversity\n-research\, curriculum\, and technology\n- social responsibility\n-campus governance\n\nCome to Lawrence\, Kansas Aug . 1-4\, 2002 for:\n-Powerful speakers from across the country...\n-Rump-sh akin music...\n-Organization building...\n-Workshops/skill-sharing...\n-Sh ared strategies for democratizing your school...\n-Meeting students\, teac hers\, and workers from campuses across North America...\n-Building on a n ational movement for campus democracy!\n\n\nInvited Speakers Include:\nRob ert McChesney - author\, professor\, and media activist\nBreeze Lutke-Stah lman - student organizer with Delta Force (180/MDE) at the University of K ansas\nLawrence Soley - professor and author of ?Leasing the Ivory Tower?\ nKatie Sierra - student expelled from W. Virginia high school for wearing anti-war t-shirt\nBeth Huber - President of the UMKC Part Time Faculty Ass ociation\nStanley Aronowitz - Director\, Center for Cultural Studies CUNY\ nJane Anne Morris - author/researcher on the history of the power-grabbing corporations and strategies to reverse the trend\nPatricia Brodsky - facu lty organizer and a member of the AAUP chapter at UMKC\nRobert Miranda - M ilwaukee Green Party and anti-voucher activist \nRobert Jensen - professor and corporate media analyst at University of Texas\n\n\nRegister Today On line! - www.corporations.org/180mde/cdcreg.html Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020804 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020801 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kansas University\, Lawrence\, Kansas\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Democracy Convention UID:20091107T000510EST-9lhDk3NcXU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.corporations.org/180mde/confannounce.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:1-800-387-7177 Email:inquiries@canadians.org DESCRIPTION:The 6th International Grassroots Gathering on Genetic Engineeri ng\nJune 7-9 Toronto\, Canada\n\nPresented by The Polaris Institute\, Coun cil of Canadians\, BIOdevastation Toronto Coalition\, and Institute Geogr aphical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020609 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020607 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada SUMMARY:bioJUSTICE/bioDIVERSITY 2002 conference UID:20091107T000510EST-4uuxCD6w7u@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.biodev.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@turnyourbackonbush.com DESCRIPTION:President Bush will be giving the commencement address at the O hio State University's June graduation ceremonies.\n\nOSU students\, alumn i\, and community activists will Protest the Endless War\, Defend Democrac y\, and Stand Up for Civil Liberties by holding a sunrise ceremony\, a ral ly\, street theater\, and an alternative commencement. Graduates will deco rate their mortarboards with Peace Signs and other symbols to express oppo sitions to the Bush administration's foreign and domestic policy. Geograp hical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020614T060000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ohio State University\, stadium\, Columbus\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:Turn Your Back on Bush UID:20091107T000510EST-pCFi4SjPMD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.turnyourbackonbush.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:773.394.9720 Email:info@campusgreens.org DESCRIPTION:The Second Annual Campus Greens Convention will bring hundreds of student activists together to set policy\, share ideas\, and build a pr ogressive student movement across the country. Campus Greens is the faste st growing progressive student organization in the country--join us in Kan sas and become part of this vital organization! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020811 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020808 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University of Kansas\, Lawrence\, Kansas\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Greens Second Annual Convention UID:20091107T000510EST-WN2mFCLJco@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusgreens.org/get_involved/event/convention_2002.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:503.247.5995 Email:staffer@starcalliance.org DESCRIPTION:Join us this August at Middle Tennessee State University as we work to build the capacity of the multiracial youth resistance movement. S uzanne Pharr is our confirmed key note speaker!\n\nWorkshops include:\n-Mo vement History\n-Dismantling Racism\n-Grassroots Organizing\n\nStrategy Se ssions on:\n-Peaceful Justice: Our united efforts to end the war on commun ities of color in the US and abroad.\n-Community Investment: Students pres suring our universities to invest a portion of school profits into Communi ty Development Banks which prioritize loans to low income people.\n-Strong Communities Project: Youth and Students working with community groups to build economic and social power.\n\nREGISTER! WWW.STARCALLIANCE.ORG\n Geo graphical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020812 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020809 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Middle Tenn. State. U.\, Nashville\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:STARC National Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-EHc7FRdT3T@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.starcalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(866) 347-7866 Email:tabilock@afj.org DESCRIPTION:Calling all Students and Activists:\n\nOn Monday\, October 7\, thousands of students and activists will mobilize nationwide as part of Fi rst Monday 2002: Civil Liberties In A New America\, a national campaign of the Alliance for Justice. FIRST MONDAY unites law school\, college and g raduate students and community activists in education and action to stop t he erosion of civil liberties in the name of national security. FIRST MON DAY has over 100 co-sponsors including the American Civil Liberties Union\ , Amnesty International\, Rock the Vote and the National Education Associa tion. Already\, over 600 students and activists attended First Monday's K ick-Off event. Organizers nationwide continue to sign on daily to be part of this campaign. To get involved\, contact the FIRST MONDAY staff today at (866) 347-7866 and visit our website www.firstmonday2002.com. Geograp hical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021117 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020713 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:College Campuses Across The Nation\, United States SUMMARY:First Monday 2002: Civil Liberties in a New America UID:20091107T000510EST-2fAr7xJuXU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.firstmonday2002.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:bobc@adkg.com DESCRIPTION:Law enforcement agencies preparing for neo-Nazi rally \nBy J.R. Mendoza \nThe Capital-Journal \nLocal law enforcement agencies say they h ave been working diligently \npreparing for Saturday's 'White Unity Blvd R ally' outside the \nStatehouse.\n\n'We can't really quantify that\,' said Trooper Mark Engholm\, of the \nKansas Highway Patrol\, when asked how man y hours have gone into the \nplanning.\n\nThe National Socialist Movement\ , a neo-Nazi group\, will rally from 1 \nto 3 p.m. Law enforcement agencie s have been working with the group\, \nas well as with groups that will ha ve a counterprotest nearby.\n\nCounterprotest groups will have an alternat ive rally from 1 to 3 p.m. \nat the Charles Curtis State Office Building\, S.W. 10th and Jackson. \nIt is sponsored by the NAACP and supported by th e Topeka Center for \nPeace and Justice and Concerned Citizens of Topeka.\ n\nThe highway patrol\, Capitol Police\, Shawnee County Sheriff's Office \ nand Topeka Police Department are working together on security for the \nr ally. Engholm said there are meetings daily and commanders have \nconducte d weekly meetings for a month.\n\nThe agencies won't disclose how many off icers they will have \nproviding security at the rally.\n\n'We can't talk about the specific arrangements prior to the event\,' \nEngholm said. 'We' re working closely with other law enforcement \norganizations and groups a t the rally to make the rally safe.'\n\nEngholm didn't know how much the r ally would cost the agencies\, but \nhe said some officers might be workin g overtime.\n\n'It depends on how the rally goes\,' Engholm said.\n\nThe c ost depends on how many officers are at the rally and how long \nit lasts\ , said sheriff's Sgt. Curtis Wagers.\n\nHe said the agencies had been work ing well together -- 'to help each \nother out' -- to prepare for the rall y.\n\nTopeka police Lt. John Sidwell said his department also had no idea \nof the cost and wasn't keeping track. But he was certain overtime \ncost s would be incurred.\n\nSidwell said the agencies would be well-prepared.\ n\n'We've covered the possible scenarios that could come into play\,' \nSi dwell said. 'We've prepared for them as best as we can.'\n\nThe law enforc ement agencies have enacted several security measures \nfor Saturday. All state buildings in the Capitol complex will be \nclosed to the public that day. Those attending the rally will pass \nthrough metal detectors and ar e subject to search. Items such as \nfood\, firearms and backpacks will be prohibited.\n\nThose who don't want to enter the rally areas can watch fr om \nsurrounding sidewalks.\n\nSidwell agreed with Wagers that the agencie s were working well with \neach other.\n\n'We have a strong relationship\, ' Sidwell said. 'There's no problem.'\n\nRally plans\n\nLaw enforcement ag encies are prohibiting the following items at the \nCapitol complex:\n\n? Firearms\; knives\; edged\, pointed or impact weapons\; chemical \nirritan ts\; packages\, backpacks or coolers\; cans or bottles (glass or \nplastic )\; food\; signs or flags mounted on poles.\n\nThe following streets will be closed starting at 7:30 a.m. until the \nrally ends:\n\n? S.W. 9th Stre et from Topeka Boulevard to S. Kansas Ave.\n\n? S.W. 10th Street from Tope ka Boulevard to S. Kansas Ave.\n\n? S.W. Harrison Street from 8th to Hunto on\n\n? S.W. Jackson Street from 8th to 11th streets\n\n? No on-street par king will be allowed on closed streets from 5 p.m. \nFriday until the stre ets reopen Saturday.\n\n? Public parking available: State Parking Lot No. 1\, located south \nand west of the Kansas Judicial Center\, 301 W. 10th S t. The lot can \nbe accessed from Huntoon and Jackson streets.\n Geograph ical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020824T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Topeka State Capital Bldg\, Topeka\, Kansas\, United States SUMMARY:Law enforcement agencies preparing for neo-Nazi rally UID:20091107T000510EST-R71CCIEBPH@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:bobc@adkg.com DESCRIPTION:When:\nThis Saturday\, Aug 24th from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM\nWhe re:\nTopeka Kansas\, At the State Capital building at 10th and Jackson\, \ nalso at the Curtis State Office bldg the NAACP\, and other groups will \n hold a counter-protest. Other groups opposing the Nazi's will gather \nalo ng 10th street on the Statehouse grounds.\n\nWhy: Because Nazis are bad... .mmmmmkay?\n\nHow: See the Topeka Capital Journals artical at: \nhttp://cj online.com/stories/082202/com_rally.shtml\n\nTo see what the Law Enforceme nt Officials have planned\, and will not \nallow into the demonstration ar eas. I am suggesting that people bring \nFM radios (Battery powered) in or der to listen to 'breaking news' and \nother info (or sing-a-longs) during the rally. (Not the head-\nphone/walkman kind: the LOUD kind)\n\nThe easi est way to get there from Lawrence: Take the turnpike (I-70) \nwest to Top eka\, East Topeka exit\, take the 10th-street exit downtown\, \nturn left\ , start looking for a place to park. 10th street and other \narea streets will be closed to traffic (see article for details) but \nthere should be parking available either on Kansas Ave\, or in the \nState parking lot at 10th and Topeka Blvd.\n\nLaw Enforcement Officials\, and other city offici als have said that \nthere will be nearly 500 (yes\, FIVE-HUNDRED) Law Enf orcement Officers \nat the rally (Which side of the fence they will be on remains to be \nseen...hahaha) Therefore\, you should prepare yourselves a ppropriately \nfor what/how you plan to demonstrate.\n\nFeel free to copy this and pass it along to interested parties\, and \nencourage people to s how up in Topeka (Plan on getting there around \nnoon or 12:30) and demons trate our opposition to nazis\, Fascists\, \nRacists\, and Religious Right -Wing nut-cases.\n\nCheers\nbob cutler\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020824T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Topeka State Capital Bldg\, Topeka\, Kansas\, United States SUMMARY:SATURDAY AUG 24th: Nazi 'White Unity Blvd' Rally in Topeka/Counter- Demo UID:20091107T000510EST-bOx8hDW1uO@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Mobilize against the policies of the World Bank and Internation al Monetary Fund that are impoverishing the Third World and destroying our planet. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20020929 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020925 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Protest the World Bank and IMF UID:20091107T000510EST-whIK6J5Psh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://sept.globalizethis.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with protests against the IMF and World Bank\, a demonstration to shutdown DC by blockading intersections and metro statio ns on Friday morning during rush-hour. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020927 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:People's Strike UID:20091107T000510EST-UkPoF5PUbH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.abolishthebank.org/en/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Annual protest against the School of Americas that trains Latin American military officers who proceed to commit human rights abuses. A g eneral protest against US foreign policy in the Americas which is especial ly bad in countries like Colombia. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021117 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021115 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ft. Benning\, Georgia\, United States SUMMARY:School of Americas Protest UID:20091107T000510EST-VuUkXudXO5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.soaw.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:352-271-6941 Email:johnnypcusa@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:This teach-in will occur as part of the protests and education efforts during the World Bank/IMF meetings in DC. Two campaigns will be r epresented\, Jubilee USA and the World Bank Bonds Boycott. Primary focus will be getting students and young adults involved in these campaigns. Al so there will be a presentation and discussion on spirituality and globali zation. This event is hosted the by Pax Christi USA Young Adult Forum. G eographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020927T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:St. Aloysisus Catholic Church\, Washington\, District of Columbia\ , United States SUMMARY:Teach-in for Catholic Activists: Toward a Globalization of Solidari ty UID:20091107T000510EST-2uCVgVUucU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.paxchristiusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:Joel Duff Email:joelduff@cfsontario.ca DESCRIPTION:Students in North America\, Latin America and the Caribbean wil l be protesting the rising cost of our education and the threat of interna tional trade liberalisation on public education. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021031 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Hemispheric Student Day of Action Against the FTAA UID:20091107T000510EST-2mbakeBNH9@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202-349-6460 Email:jkafoury@democracyrising.org DESCRIPTION:*********FORWARD WIDELY********** \n \nRALPH NADER\, along with numerous national entertainers and speakers\, is ?TAKING IT TO THE STEET? to demand a ?CRACKDOWN ON CORPORATE CRIME.?\n \nIT?S TIME FOR WORKERS\, I NVESTORS AND PENSIONERS TO UNITE! \n\nWHO: Ralph Nader\, internationally a cclaimed singer/songwriter Patti Smith\, Author and Professor Francis Fox Piven\, Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow\, and other national performers and speake rs. The ink isn't finished drying on the flyers yet! \n\nWHERE: Steps of Federal Hall\, Facing the New York Stock Exchange On the Corner of Wall S t. and Broad St.\n\nWHEN: Friday\, October 4th\, at Noon.\n\nCALL (212)349 -6460 or visit www.DemocracyRising.org to Volunteer or get more Event info rmation.\n\nThe plundering of retirement accounts\, the job and investment losses flowing from the looting by executives\, the fraudulent accounting \, and the brazen criminality that we see paraded across the headlines hav e given us a unique moment\, the opportunity of a lifetime to rescue our g overnment from corporate control. \n\nNow\, as some of the vastly overpa id and crooked bosses of the Corporate State face the prospect of going to jail\, our political ?leaders? are suddenly embracing our language. \n\n This Wall Street weekend will launch a series of events nationwide to chan nel the peoples? sense of anger and proper indignation into a focused and disciplined movement to break the grip of over-reaching corporate power.\n \nOur task is to have them embrace not just our words\, but our agenda.\n \nNOW IS THE TIME TO:\n\nØ Jail Corporate Crooks\nØ Protect W orker?s Pensions\nØ Promote Socially Responsible Business\nØ S top Corporate Tax Dodgers\nØ Protect Main Street from Wall St.\n \nF or more details on the ?Corporate Reform Agenda\,? go to www.citizenworks. org or dowload the document attached to this e-mail! \n\nWE NEED YOUR HEL P! \n\nTo make this rally a huge success\, we need hundreds of volunteers to lend their time & energy to this project. \n\nOnly with your support ca n we pack tens of thousands of people in front of the New York Stock Excha nge and send a clear message to our Nation?s leaders. \n\nVOLUNTEER OPPORT UNITIES: This operation is going full swing until October 4th. WE NEED VOL UNTEERS ALL DAY\, EVERY DAY. \n\nIMPORTANT VOLUNTEER TASKS: \n\n§ Flyering /Postering communities and campuses \n§ Phone Banking supporters from 6pm ? 9pm\, Sunday - Thursday \n§ Media Work \n§ Community/Regional Outreach \ n§ Volunteer Coordinating \n§ Creative Art Design for Spectacles at the R ally\n§ And plenty of other important work?.\n\nYOU ARE NEEDED! \n\nTHIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC \n\nThis rally will unify the plight s of workers\, shareholders\, and pensioners in a common cause for a crack down on corporate crime and basic corporate reform. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021004T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:In Front Of Wall Street - Corner Of Wall Street An\, New York\, Ne w York\, United States SUMMARY:Ralph Nader Takes it to the Street - Wall Street UID:20091107T000510EST-hGKWtl5Rcz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.democracyrising.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:641-269-3645 Email:nagamats@grinnell.edu DESCRIPTION:**Foward Widely**\n\nThe Green Planet Damn It! Festival is happ ening in less than a month!!!\n\nWhen: Oct. 4th- 6th\n\nWhere: Grinnell Co llege\, Grinnell\, IA\n\nWhat: Activists from around the country celebrati ng wilderness and wildness\nand fighting to protect the rights of the Eart h and Humaity. The event\nconsists of workshops\, trainings\, panels\, a r adical film festival\, live music\nby bands like Bonfire Madigan\, Echo 3 and 8 Miles Out\, speakers like Lou Gold and\nJulia Butterfly Hill\, over 10 national groups like Greenpeace\, Earth First!\,\nThe Rainforest Action Network\, and the Organic Consumers Association and of\ncoarse a FNB Vega n cookout.\n\n\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021006 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021004T163000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Grinnell College\, Grinnell\, Iowa\, United States SUMMARY:Green Planet Damn It! Festival 2002 UID:20091107T000510EST-ovR2Tdo9hw@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(715) 394-6660 Email:mnsocialist@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Students Against War and Youth for Socialist Action are calling for a regional anti-war rally to be held in Duluth\, MN on October 26. T he rally is to oppose any U.S. military action against Iraq. People and g roups are encouraged to form contingents and bring their own banner. Ther e will be caravans coming from Superior and Ashland\, WI. Geographical Sc ope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021026T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Lake Ave. & Superior St.\, Duluth\, Minnesota\, United States SUMMARY:'Hands Off Iraq!' march and rally UID:20091107T000510EST-eCNCVUrdeU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/northsaw END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:309-341-8542 Email:tsatterf@knox.edu DESCRIPTION:Carol J. Adams will present her slideshow\, 'The Sexual Politic s of Meat.' In this she discusses the images of women and animals in con temporary popular culture. Adams utilizes the concept of absent referent through autobiography to explain the animalizing of women and sexualizing of animals. Within the slideshow she also provides connections between di fferent oppressions such as sexism\, racism\, and speciesism. Geographic al Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021001T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kresge Auditorium\, Knox College\, Galesburg\, Illinois\, United S tates SUMMARY:Carol J. Adams 'The Sexual Politics of Meat' UID:20091107T000510EST-ClUfWpAmo5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.knox.edu/seta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(503) 236-3065 Email: DESCRIPTION:MARCH AND RALLY FOR PEACE: \nNO NEW WAR ON IRAQ!\n(and end the war on Afghanistan!) Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021005T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:SW 9th Ave/SW Salmon St\, Portland\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Anti-war rally UID:20091107T000510EST-AeekPavzFU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.rdrop.com/~pjw/Iraq.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(503) 221-1156 Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021107 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20020926T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Guild Theater\, Portland\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Human Rights Watch Film Festival UID:20091107T000510EST-djhLoZMBDc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nwfilm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:510 594 4076 Email:digitalmarc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Massive protests will occur around the country on October 6th t o protest an invasion of Iraq. Students from around the Bay Area are mobi lizing contingents and caravans to the mass convergence at Union Square in San Francisco. Contact Marc at the email provided for info on the UC Ber kely coningent. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021006T140000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Union Square\, San Francisco\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Not in Our Name SF Anti-War Rally - UC Berkeley Contingent UID:20091107T000510EST-u7dUPnCOuk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.berkeleystopthewar.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:212-969-8058 Email:info@notinourname.net DESCRIPTION:Mass gathering in Central Park to resist the war on the world a nd on people here in America being waged in our name. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021006T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Central Park At 96th Street & 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, U nited States SUMMARY:War on the World? Not In Our Name UID:20091107T000510EST-x15c9jeNjZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.notinourname.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:512-929-5658 Email:summit@queerut.org DESCRIPTION:Pride Week is a full week of GLBT community events at UT-Austin including a Pride Rally\, GLBT Resource Fair\, Coming Out for Women\, GLB T Politics and Religion workshops\, guest speakers\, poetry and performanc e art. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021012 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021006 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:UT-Austin Pride Week UID:20091107T000510EST-zxBXrr4vjo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.queerut.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:785-865-3956 Email:wtcsoutreach@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:LESBIAN\, GAY\, BISEXUAL\, TRANS COMMUNITY ISSUES PANEL PRESENT ATION IN HONOR OF DOMETIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND COMING OUT DAY.\n\n \nOn Thursday\, October 10th\, Women?s Transitional Care Services (WTCS)\, a Lawrence-based agency that provides services to survivors of domestic v iolence and education to the community\, is sponsoring OUT OF THE CLOSET\, OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES: THE CONCEALED ISSUES OF THE LESBIAN\, GAY\, BISEX UAL\, TRANS\, QUEER COMMUNITIES. The panel presentation is being co-spons ored by KU Queers and Allies (Q&A)\, a KU campus-based group that provides support\, social networks\, and activism to the LGBTQ community. The pan el presentation and discussion\, which will be held at the Lawrence Art Ce nter\, will address a range of topics that affect the LGBTQ communities. Topics discussed include: rural life and child raising\, domestic and sex ual violence in LGBTQ relationships\, transphobia\, racism\, HIV/AIDS\, ho mophobia and biphobia. \n\nThis event will give the community a chance to come out to learn about\, discuss\, and begin to change the less-talked-a bout issues within the LGBTQ communities. By looking at some of the more ?closeted? issues within the community\, we can begin to see the interconn ectedness of all oppressions. The evening will include presentations from six panelists throughout the community\; after the presentations there wi ll be roundtable discussions for people to begin to look at these issues m ore in-depth. \n\nPlease join us to begin to end all violence\, all hate\, and all oppressions in our communities. \n\nWHAT: Panel Presentation an d Discussion in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Coming Out Day.\n\nWHERE: Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire.\n\nWHEN: 7-9 p. m. Thursday\, October 10th. \n\nThis event is completely free and open to the LGBTQ and Ally communities.\n\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021010T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, Lawrence\, Kansas\, United States SUMMARY:Out of the Closet\, Out in Our Communities UID:20091107T000510EST-AIclSuFMsM@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617-782-2313 Email:organizeboston@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Thousands of students around the nation will participate in thi s national day of protest against war in Iraq. Campuses are planning spea k outs\, performances\, peace memorials\, street theatre\, die-ins\, stude nt strikes\, etc. Let your voices be heard. Visit the website www.nowarn oway.org to receive info\, contacts\, press releases\, and details about a ctions. Join the growing network of students and student groups that oppo se this horrible war. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021007 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Campuses And High Schools\, ALL SUMMARY:NO WAR NO WAY NATIONAL STUDENT DAY OF ACTION UID:20091107T000510EST-evrRBKM22L@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nowarnoway.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617-782-2313 Email:organizeboston@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:On October 20th students\, community members and activists will converge at Boston University. At 12:30 the Walk for Peace will travel f rom weapons development sites at BU to MIT then to the State House\, Park Street T stop\, Government Center\, and end in Faneuil Hall. Along the wa y speakers will be calling attention to the devasting consequences of war in Iraq. Let your voices be heard. Join with hundreds to protest the war in Iraq. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021020T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Starts AtBoston University Marsh Plaza\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:NO WAR NO WAY Walk For Peace in Iraq UID:20091107T000510EST-efXVvOBjxb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nowarnoway.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:616-552-8766 Email:william.mcmullin@wmich.edu DESCRIPTION:We are doing a demonstration outside Staples in Battle Creek to try to get the company to carry recycled products. We are deciding on th e 15th\, 16th\, or 17th of November to have it. Let me know if you are in terested in joining us. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021117 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021115 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Staples\, Battle Creek\, Battle Creek\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:Staples Demonstration UID:20091107T000510EST-JegbCmVfrS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://wmu-sse.tripod.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:March against domestic violence. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021018T200000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Baton Rouge High School\, Baton Rouge\, Louisiana\, United States SUMMARY:Take Back the Night March UID:20091107T000510EST-UprZu5EK1V@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:There will be a candlelight vigil for the survivors of sexual a nd domestic violence. It will be followed by a reception at the Women's Ce nter. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021024T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:LSU Clocktower\, Baton Rouge\, Louisiana\, United States SUMMARY:Vigil for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence UID:20091107T000510EST-9IUUtfl806@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A rally to draw attention to the issue of untested rape kits in Louisiana. The rally is held to raise public awareness and lobby our legi slators to: \n \n1) get Louisiana into the national DNA database - we are one of only 8 states who are not members\; \n2) apply for federal CODIS fu nding available to test rape kits\;\n3) allocate more monies to the testin g of rape kits.\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021007T083000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:LSU Parade Grounds\, Baton Rouge\, Louisiana\, United States SUMMARY:Rally for Rape Kit Testing Awareness UID:20091107T000510EST-ujLnPKLamk@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:573-445-3793 Email:andyh81@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 3rd we are having a benefit show at the Musi c \nCafé. Everything is pretty much taken care of for that. What we \nre ally need is for people to spread the word about this show. If you \nbelo ng to any other organizations\, please post this to their \nannouncment li st or tell them to come. If you know of anyone looking \nfor something to do on a Thursday night\, please encourage them to \nhead over to the Musi c Café. Alcohol will be served at the bar and \nit's a top notch facility . This show will be a little different than \nthe last one. I can't guar entee it\, but I don't think this show will \nhave guys in monkey suits or cross dressers or goth-ish bands or blue-\ngrass hillbilly music like the last show did. This show will be \ndecidedly less weird. Which is kind of too bad\, I like a good \nhealthy dose of weird\, but this show should be good too. Most of the \nmusic you'll hear is pretty listener friendly \, none of it is overly \nloud or hard. Here's what we have planned.\n\n7 :30 Come on in\, start talking to the many different Green-friendly \norg anizations that will be tabling the event: Mizzou Greens\, \nStudents for a Sensible Drug Policy\, MU NORML\, Students for Ethical \nAnimal Treatme nt\, Amnesty International\, Students for a Free Tibet\, \nStudent Sierra Club. The tables will be there as long as each \norganization decides to stay. They should have information about \nwhat their organization is doi ng and people to answer questions.\n\n7:45 Mark Robertson opens things up by telling us more about the \nGreen Party and his campaign for the State House of Representatives \nfrom Columbia.\n\n8:00 The Highway 50 Band\, from Columbia\, a band that could be \ndescribed as 'groove\,' don't be fo oled that because this band is the \nopener that they aren't talented. Th ese bands are in sort of a \nrandom order\, and our first band is as good as any\, so for those who \nwant to show up early\, you're in for a good s how.\n\n8:45 Fran Pope speaks about Mizzou's Tigers for Tigers program th at \nis working to help save Tigers in the wild.\n\n9:00 Green Means Go! is a good old college rock band from Kansas \nCity. They're pretty popula r where they come from so maybe you've \nheard of them. To find out more or listen to their music or even buy \none of their t-shirts go to www.gre en-means-go.com\n\n9:45 Silas Allard\, President of Amnesty International at MU\, will \nspeak on some Human Rights issues\, although I'm not sure which ones.\n\n10:00 Supraluxx is a band that's coming here all the way f rom \nLawrence\, Kansas to play in this show. Their music is pretty cool\ , \nyou can listen to some of it at \nhttp://artists.mp3s.com/artists/348/ supraluxx.html\n\n10:45 Dan Vietts is a local lawyer and host of the radi o show Sex\, \nDrugs\, and Rock'n Roll. He will speak on your legal right s and how \nto deal with cops and other such useful info.\n\n11:00 One Ju ne Oracle is a very snazzy group\, I'm not sure how to \ndescribe them\, t hey've got a cool\, flowing electric sound\, very \ncatchy. They're from here in Columbia and I wouldn't be surprised if \nthey ended up being one of the major acts in this area. Their \nwebsite is www.onejuneoracle.com so give them a listen.\n\n11:45 Keith Brekhus who\, for those of you who haven't heard by now\, \nis playing David to U.S. Congressman Kenny Hulsho f`s Goliath. This \nis a very worthwhile fight\, as Kenny is a junior Joh n Ashcroft\, the \nDemocrats are scarcely endorsing their candidate and he 's scarcely \ncampaigning\, and Keith's putting up yard signs all over tow n\, giving \nspeeches\, doing interviews\, and trying to make a race of it . We need \nto support this guy\, he stands for all the right things. He 'll give \nthe last speech of the night.\n\n12:00 We'll close the night o ut with Lola's Ruin\, an acoustic group \nwith female vocals. Very pretty music to close the night out with. \nI've given them the go ahead to pla y until they throw us out if they \nwant to.\n\nAndy\nmizzougreenparty.org \n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021003T073000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Music Cafe On 9th Street\, Columbia\, Missouri\, United States SUMMARY:Mizzou Greens Benefit Show UID:20091107T000510EST-7SA2uuprUj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://mizzougreenparty.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Peace Activists from throughout the Coulee Region will gather t o voice opposition to the proposed war on Iraq.\n\nOpen mic\, speakers\, m usic\, and maybe even a few Greens! What could be better?! Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021006T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Riverside Park\, La Crosse\, Wisconsin\, United States SUMMARY:Not In Our Name Rally UID:20091107T000510EST-9VARNkLjRs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.notinourname.net/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the students in VCU's Amnesty chapter\, this discussi on circle serves to inform interested students in human rights and current human abuses as well as allow everyone to participate in a discussion abo ut international human rights. This event will be held on the VCU campus\ , in the upstairs Commons (Capital Ballroom D)\, from 3:30-4:30pm this Wed nesday (2 October 2002). Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021002T153000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:VCU Campus - Commons\, Richmond\, Virginia\, United States SUMMARY:VCU's Amnesty International Chapter - Discussion Circle UID:20091107T000510EST-Rhif9oKflg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://amnesty.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:217-352-8721 Email:prc@prairienet.org DESCRIPTION:The Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC) is holding an Anti-Columbus and Anti-'Chief Illiniwek' rally and march. 'Chief Illiniw ek' is the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's mascot and symbol. T he PRC will be protesting the genocide of Native American people that bega n with Christopher Columbus\, and that continues today with the appropriat ion of Native culture. The rally will begin at 6:00pm on the south side o f the Illini Union. It will be followed by a march to the Alma Mater to l et the community know that the tradition of 'Chief Illiniwek' founded on a ppropriation and genocide must end at once! Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021014T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Illini Union 1401 W. Green St.\, Urbana\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Anti-Columbus/Anti-'Chief' Rally UID:20091107T000510EST-n4NWpMvvxP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.prairienet.org/prc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215.895.0446 Email:ssj@drexel.edu DESCRIPTION:Hear a discusssion on Independent Politics in PA and the rest o f \nthe Nation. Come hear the following speakers talk about the state of Independent Politics today: Omar Ali\, Committe for a Unified Independent Party-cuip.org\; George Dolph\, Green Party Philadelphia\; Eric Lucas\, CA mpaign Manager for Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Krawchuk.\nThe event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted however not required.\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021009T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Living Arts Lounge\, 33 And Chestnut\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania \, United States SUMMARY:Independent Politics Now! UID:20091107T000510EST-kufpDm8CeK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://polywog.philtered.net/sociology/ssj END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(814)393-2720 Email:dburghardt@clarion.edu DESCRIPTION:'Flame to Fire'is a night in which we honor those victims and s urvivors of domestic violence. Everyone is welcome to attend. Geographica l Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021024T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Clarion University- In Front Of Harvey Hall\, Clairon\, Pennsylvan ia\, United States SUMMARY:Flame to Fire Rally UID:20091107T000510EST-bwjwRh9Adr@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@againstpatriarchy.org DESCRIPTION:The aim of this conference is to focus directly upon patriarchy and our roles within it. Through presentation\, dialogue\, and performanc e\, we hope to broach these questions seriously and playfully\, with intel lect and emotion. The goal is an increased understanding of our society an d how we might change it and ourselves for the better. Geographical Scope : DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030126 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030124 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:U Of O\, Eugene\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Against Patriarchy Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-SV10AzfNai@69.73.141.125 URL:http://againstpatriarchy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:letters@bamn.com DESCRIPTION:Save Brown v. Board of Education ? \nBuild the New Civil Rights Movement\nOrganize the March to the US Supreme Court\n\n----------------- -----\n\nOn May 14\, 2002 the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ci ncinnati\, Ohio ruled to uphold the affirmative action program at the Univ ersity of Michigan Law School. This stunning victory for affirmative actio n in Grutter v. Bollinger marks a turning point in the fight for integrati on and equality in America. \n\nThis victory proves that through mass mobi lization it was possible to do what most civil rights leaders\, political pundits and court-watchers said was impossible. We organized\, we fought a nd WE WON!! \n\nAll of our collective effort so far has paid off. Thousand s of people across the country have participated in the new civil rights m ovement in various ways\, from signing a petition\, to making a financial contribution\, to attending the district court trial in Detroit to marchin g in a cold\, drenching rain through the gray streets of Cincinnati at the appeals hearing on December 6\, 2001. \n\nThe fact of our victory must ga lvanize our collective determination and the narrow margin of our victory (a 5-4 decision) must serve as an alarm. We must summon new energy and new forces to the fight!\n\nNow the CRITICAL BATTLE lies ahead. The future of this nation hangs in the balance ? its progress\, democracy\, integration \, all civil rights and civil liberties will be determined by the outcome of this historic fight. The outcome of the Grutter case will either open u p a new fight for integration and equality in American education?the simpl e promise of Brown v. Board of Education?or it will kill Brown for all pra ctical purposes.\n\nNow affirmative action must be defended before the US SUPREME COURT in Washington DC. It is a very conservative body. We cannot win at the U.S. Supreme Court unless we mobilize tens of thousands of peop le to march on Washington when Grutter v. Bollinger is heard. No defender of affirmative action can have any illusions that this elite\, conservativ e organization will act for integration and equality unless they feel comp elled to do so. (There is no hearing date set at this point. The court may make the announcement this winter for a hearing date possibly as early as the winter or spring 2003.)\n\n\nOur victory in Cincinnati teaches us how to win\n\nBeyond its own intrinsic importance\, the victory in the UM Law School case provides a very important lesson in how to win the coming bat tle at the US Supreme Court. We must organize and mobilize the people of t his country who stand for integration and equality. A strong litigation st rategy is necessary but not sufficient of itself. Mass social struggle is the key. Just as litigation alone could not have dismantled Jim Crow and w on affirmative action in the 1960s\, litigation alone now cannot successfu lly defend affirmative action from the rightwing attack. \n\nWe have a pat tern and a framework for victory. The only question is\, can we together m obilize the sentiment and the forces in action that can move our society f orward and keep it from crashing backward. Our collective task now is to p repare the new civil rights movement for this next step. \n\nAll of us who have played a role so far should feel deep pride at our accomplishment. W e banded together and our determined effort won the day. History is callin g on all of us again\, this time louder and more insistently. Our first vi ctory must not have been in vain.\n\n\nWe are fighting to save Brown v. Bo ard of Education\n\nBy this case the fate of affirmative action will be de termined\, and with it\, every integration program of any kind\, every pol icy aimed at offsetting the institutional inequalities that shape and defo rm life and opportunity in America. Whether Brown v. Board of Education it self is to be overturned for practical purposes?all this hangs in the bala nce.\n\nThe first year after affirmative action was banned by the Fifth Ci rcuit Court in the Hopwood case\, black enrollment dropped more than 90% a nd Mexican-American enrollment dropped just short of 60% at the University of Texas School of Law. Now\, despite one of the most ambitious outreach and recruitment programs ever launched for minority students in higher edu cation\, the incoming class for the fall 2002 is only 7.5% Mexican-America n and 3% black. This is in the state of Texas which now has a 42% minority population!\n\nOver the last few years a concerted\, largely successful a nd overwhelmingly unopposed assault has taken place on integration plans i n K-12 education across the country. From Charlotte to Boston to Seattle\, voluntary K-12 desegregation plans have been eliminated by the judiciary despite broad public support by people of all races. Court-ordered desegre gation plans have been eliminated despite clear and undisputed evidence of ongoing segregation. \n\nThe outcome of this case will determine whether any desegregation program of any kind is banned by law. It will determine whether any positive measure of any kind that attempts to offset the funda mental social inequalities of race and sex will be legal?but it will also do much more than that. The outcome of Grutter will set the context for th e social and political development of our whole society just as each key U S Supreme Court decision concerning race\, racism and segregation has in t he past. For example\, Dred Scott in 1857\, Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896\, a nd Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.\n\nThe outcome of this case will b e the scale in which questions of social policy and justice are weighed fo r the foreseeable future. In form\, the decision of the court will be lega l but the content of the decision will be political and social. If we lose \, it will be a setback of historic proportions. Contrarily\, if we succee d in defending affirmative action at the US Supreme Court\, we will have a n opportunity to align our society with its aspiration and self-image of b eing a society that holds integration and equality of opportunity in high esteem. This will be no small task\, but if we win at the US Supreme Court \, it will open up avenues for progress that we can see only vaguely now.\ n\n\nWe have a plan and we need your help\n\nBAMN\, and United for Equalit y and Affirmative Action (UEAA is the umbrella organization of student int ervenors in Grutter v. Bollinger) are determined to win this fight. We see its ramifications and our consciousness of the magnitude of those ramific ations makes us utterly determined to organize the march to the US Supreme Court. Many thousands of people of all races around the country share thi s determination. Together\, we will build this march. We will do so irresp ective of what any other organization decides. However\, to succeed at the US Supreme Court we will almost certainly need to mobilize more forces th an any one or two organizations can mobilize on their own. \n\nAll civil r ights organizations must be united in this fight. Most civil rights organi zations have done too little to defend affirmative action. It is going to take a new\, grassroots\, independent\, mass civil rights movement to unit e all the existing civil rights organizations in a single effective strugg le to defend the gains of Brown v. Board of Education in American history. \n \n\n* Get involved in the movement *\n\nSign and Circulate the PLEDGE & CALL(http://www.bamn.com/pledge.htm) to be present when the US Supreme Co urt hears the University of Michigan Law School affirmative action case. J oin the campaign for the March to the US Supreme Court.\n\nSign and Circul ate the PETITION \n(http://www.bamn.com/supreme-court.htm)to the US Suprem e Court. Get it at bamn.com. We are aiming to have 1\,000\,000 petition si gnatures to present to the court when the case gets heard. We want the cou rt to feel the vast support that exists for affirmative action\, integrati on and equality around the country.\n\nParticipate in the march & rally fo r the National Day of Action on October 30\, 2002 at the University of Mic higan.\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021030T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Michigan - Diag\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, United Stat es SUMMARY:National Day of Action to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration UID:20091107T000510EST-VnGFJz4wHf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bamn.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:919-843- 6548 Email:surgenc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:The 4th annual SURGE Conference entitled 'Education into Action : Action into Education' October 25-27\, 2002 on UNC-Chapel Hill Campus! E veryone is invited\, students and non-students alike.\nFeaturing over thir ty workshops\, speakers\, a concert and more. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021027 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021025 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UNC\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, United States SUMMARY:SURGE Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-iObv3sW5Ww@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unc.edu/surge/conference/2002/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:s04.kslezak@wittenberg.edu DESCRIPTION:Student Environmental Action Coalition's regional conference fo r student environmentalists and other activists. Workshops\, speakers\, ve getarian food\, good fun! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021103 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021101 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Wittenberg University\, Springfield\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC Midwest Fall Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-Wj5l8zH1Xa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/events/midwestregional.shtml END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:631-878-1337 Email:buckl@sunysuffolk.edu DESCRIPTION:Let it not be said that the people in the United States did not hing when their government declared a war without limit and instituted sta rk new measures of repression.\n\nPEACE VIGIL\nOCTOBER 23\nCOMMON HOUR\nRE D SQUARE\nBRING A DRUM\nBRING A SMILE\nBRING A FRIEND\n\nLet us not allow the watching world today to despair of our silence and our failure to act. Instead let the world hear our pledge: we will resist the machinery of w ar and repression and rally others to do everything possible to stop it. ? www.nion.us\n\nCONSCIOUS CONNECTION\nSCCC\, OFFICE OF CAMPUS ACTIVITES\, AMMERMAN CAMPUS\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021023T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Suffolk Community College\, Selden\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Peace Vigil UID:20091107T000510EST-HFLUpKzvoK@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:631-878-1337 Email:buckl@sunysuffolk.edu DESCRIPTION:Long Island School of Americas Watch\nSTOP TERRORISM BY THE U.S . SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS\n\nAn informative conference on the military trai ning school for Latin American soldiers located in Fort Benning\, Georgia that has trained death squad leaders and military dictators with U.S. tax dollars. \n \nSATURDAY\, OCTOBER 26\n10:30 AM to 1 PM\n\nCONSCIOUS CONNECT ION will carpool from the gym parking lot at 9:30 AM to the Unitarian Univ ersalist Congregation in Manhasset to hear Bishop Gumbleton\, Teresa Gutie rrez\, and Bill McNulty speak. \n\nPLEASE JOIN US!\n\nRSVP Professor Buck at 631-451-4765\n\nCONSCIOUS CONNECTION\nSCCC\, OFFICE OF CAMPUS ACTIVITE S\, AMMERMAN CAMPUS\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021026T103000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Universalist Unitarian Church\, Manhasset\, New York\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Conference on the U.S. SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS\, Fort Benning\, Geor gia UID:20091107T000510EST-JfOCBroCu7@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(269) 373-5467 Email:cullenschwarz@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:A great time to meet all the AMAZING United Students Against Sw eatshops (USAS) activists from around the midwest\, learn important activi sm skills\, learn about globalization\, union structure\, etc.\, hear from great speakers\, and learn about the great new campaigns USAS will be run ning soon and much more! During the weekend we will also have an action wi th a local union that has been locked out for months! Whether you are a ve teran Usasita or just want to become familiar with the group\, this confer ence will be a great experience. And most importantly\, it will be fun! Fr ee food and lodging\, if you email us\, we might even be able to help you with travel expenses! \nCome learn and have fun with the coolest kids ever in the coolest town ever\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, November 8th-10. \nFor more i nfo\, please visit the USAS website and call or email Cullen Schwarz at th e above info.\nHope to see you there! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021110 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021108T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Western Michigan University Peace Center\, Kalamazoo\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Annual Midwest Regional Conferen ce UID:20091107T000510EST-9Vxe1aGUMx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usasnet.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:swac98@mizzou.edu DESCRIPTION:We will be demonstrating at the corner of Stadium and Providenc e to encourage ExxonMobil to stop funding PetroChina's construction of a n atural gas pipeline through Turkmenistan. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021019T160000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Intersection Of Stadium And Providence\, Columbia\, Missouri\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:Stop ExxonMobil Demonstration UID:20091107T000510EST-cus463Uj0K@69.73.141.125 URL:http://students.missouri.edu/~sft END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The average North American consumes five times more than a Mexi can\, ten times more than a Chinese person\, and thirty times more than a person from India.\n\nWe are the most voracious consumers in the world... a world that could die because of the way we North Americans live.\nGive i t a rest!\nNovember 29th is Buy Nothing Day.\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021129 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Everywhere SUMMARY:Buy Nothing Day UID:20091107T000510EST-djOp2lXgWU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.adbusters.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617-821-1949 Email:bostonslap@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:On strike since September 30\, the 10\,000 janitors in Boston n eed your solidarity now more than ever. Almost all of them are immigrants\ , forced from their home countries by corporate globalization only to clea n the offices and bathrooms of the same corporate cronies who enforce the policies of neoliberalism. Janitors in our community are paid slave wages\ , denied full-time work opportunities and have no health care. Most are fo rced to work 2 or 3 jobs\, and still barely live paycheck to paycheck\, wi th no hope for working themselves out of poverty. \n\nTHE DAY'S FESTIVITIE S START AT 6 AM WITH A WAKE UP CALL FOR SOME OF THE CEOS OF THE CLEANING C ONTRACTING COMPANIES. THROUGHOUT THE DAY THERE WILL BE FLYING SQUADS AND ROAMING DIRECT ACTIONS\, CULMINATING IN A MASSIVE RALLY AT 6:00 PM. \n\nT here will be a Spokescouncil\, location TBA\, on Wednesday Night at 9 pm. Please try to get there before then. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021024 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:The STREETS\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:Justice for Janitors DAY OF CHAOS UID:20091107T000510EST-C38fhlVXEk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bostonslap.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215-222-4711 Email:ncc@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Twice a year SEAC holds a national council meeting to make orga nizational decisions. Anyone involved in the student/youth environmental m ovement is welcome to attend. SEAC groups can elect two voting representat ives. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030106 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030104 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Cincinnati\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC National Council Meeting UID:20091107T000510EST-WKBZw4fvBs@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/events/ncmtg2003.shtml END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:909-228-9325 Email:cilla4757@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:On Nov. 8th AFSCME 3299 will be hosting a workers forum. This w ill give workers a chance to come and speak before elected officials\, com munity leaders\, students\, and other labor unions to tell their stories a bout harassment and discrimination from their managers. It is located at t he UCI Medical Center. If there are any questions please feel free to use the contact number to reach me.\n\nPriscilla Ramirez\nAFSCME 3299\nStudent Organizer Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021108T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of California\, Irvine\, Orange\, California\, United S tates SUMMARY:Workers Forum UID:20091107T000510EST-Cs6TJDiUOz@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:liberationlover@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Youth Bloc is a coalition organized by and for New York City hi gh school students for peace\, justice and empowerment. Geographical Scop e: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021105T163000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:At Judson Memorial Church\, 55 Washington Square So\, New York\, N ew York\, United States SUMMARY:Youth Bloc Meeting UID:20091107T000510EST-GvaVU0DCfF@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(217)206-6665 Email:uisglobaldiversity@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Jason Stuart Presents\; \n'Coming Out In Hollywood: Making It T o the Middle'\n\nJason speaks on his experiences\, about coming out in the entertainment industry and what it was like to grow up gay within a Jewis h family. \n\nJason has appeared in such comedies as 'Will & Grace\,' 'My Wife and Kids\,' and 'The Drew Carey Show' to name only a few. He has al so starred in and co-produced the independent film '10 Attitudes' and has released a full-length comedy CD titled\; 'Gay Comedy Without A Dress.' H e is a comedian that has performed at The Comedy Store\, The Laugh Factory \, Funny Bone and other comedy nightclubs around the nation. For more inf ormaiton go to www.jasonstuart.com or GLOBAL Diversity's website. \n\n G eographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021118T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Public Affairs Center\, University Of Illinois At S\, Springfield\ , Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Jason Stuart Lecture UID:20091107T000510EST-JbBXBmUnhE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://students.uis.edu/globaldiversity END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:352-271-6941 Email:johnnypcusa@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Whether we like it or not\, most of us are enrolled in a class called 'Violence 101.' This class is not confined to a particular setting or time of day. Nobody asks if we want to attend. We don't need letters of reference or a high grade point average. It is taught everywhere\, open t o all. Our teachers are the media\, with their flow of violent images and messages\, and our society's values of consumerism\, rugged individualism and superiority. Consciously or not\, we are continually being schooled in the logic and practice of emotional\, verbal\, physical or structural vio lence. \n\nFrom Violence To Wholeness is a study and action program offere d by the Franciscan Pace e Bene organization that explores nonviolence as a creative\, powerful\, and effective process for addressing and resolving the conflicts in our lives and in the life of the world. Drawing on the v ision of Jesus\, Gandhi\, Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Shelley Douglass\, Fa nny Lou Hamer and many others\, this program offers resources to deepen th e journey from fear to freedom\, from despair to hope\, from violence to w holeness. Pace e Bene is convinced that one of the most important solution s to the growing crisis of violence lies in furnishing people from all wal ks of life with the tools\, and ongoing support\, to engage in powerful an d sustained nonviolent transformation of violence and conflict. \n\nRetrea t Facilitators:\nPresenters Cindy Preston-Pile and Ken Preston-Pile will a dapt the From Violence to Wholeness program to a retreat format and the wo rk being taken on by members of the Pax Christi USA Young Adult Forum. Cin dy is the Education and Advocacy Coordinator for St. Mary?s Senior Center and a core team trainer for From Violence to Wholeness. Ken is the Trainin g Coordinator for From Violence to Wholeness\, organizes speaking events f or Global Exchange and serves on the board of Peace Brigades International . They both received their Master degrees from the Jesuit School of Theolo gy at Berkeley. \n\nRetreat Cost: \n$50.00 to $100.00 (sliding scale) \nTo try and make the retreat as accessible to as many college students and yo ung adults as possible\, the PCUSA Young Adult Forum uses a sliding scale for the retreat. Please pay whatever you can afford. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030202 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030131T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Holy Redeemer Retreat Center\, Oakland\, California\, United State s SUMMARY:Pax Christi USA Young Adult Forum Winter 2003 Retreat UID:20091107T000510EST-vI9t68Hh6P@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.paxchristiusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:631-878-1337 Email:buckl@sunysuffolk.edu DESCRIPTION:The Students United in CONSCIOUS CONNECTION present:\n\nBILL Mc NULTY - A peace activist and prisoner of conscience\n\nNOVEMBER 13\, 11 - 12:15 PM\, LIBRARY 111\nBill will speak about the newly formed L.I. chapte r of SOAW (School Of the Americas Watch)and the upcoming trip to Fort Benn ing\, Saturday\, November 16. Please join us!\n\nSCCC\, OFFICE OF CAMPUS ACTIVITES\, AMMERMAN CAMPUS\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021113T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Suffolk Community College\, Selden\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Long Island SOAW lecture UID:20091107T000510EST-FJfSOUV3Ds@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:631-878-1337 Email:buckl@sunysuffolk.edu DESCRIPTION:The Students United in CONSCIOUS CONNECTION present:\n\nHEATHER COTTIN - A peace activist and representative of ANSWER (Act Now to Stop W ar and End Racism)\n\nDECEMBER 11\, 11-12:15 PM\, LIBRARY 111\n\nThere are alternative viewpoints beyond that of our mainstream media on the propose d war against Iraq. Come hear and discuss them.\n\nSCCC\, OFFICE OF CAMPU S ACTIVITES\, AMMERMAN CAMPUS\nProfessor Leslie Buck\n Geographical Scope : DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021211T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Suffolk Community College\, Selden\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Heather Cottin Anti-War lecture UID:20091107T000510EST-GfvvTpZRtE@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:631-451-4171 Email:melendl@sunysuffolk.edu DESCRIPTION:FUND RAISER BANQUET FOR THE AUTONOMOUS HOSPITAL AT\n SAN JOSE DEL RIO\n CHIAPAS\, MEXICO\n\nNOVEMBE R 21\, 2002 at 7:00 PM\nSUNY STONY BROOK / SAC BALLROOM B\n\nSUGGESTED DON ATION\n$15.00 NON-STUDENTS $5.00 STUDENTS\n\nINFO: Lisa Melendez (631) 45 1-4171 / \nAdelaide Pangemanan (631) 689-7965 / \nSiamak Malek (631) 988-2 137\n\nThis event is organized by Physicians for Human Rights\, Musicians Alliance for Peace\, Students for Peace & Humanity\, SCCC?s Latino Student Club ?Primos\,? and SCCC Office of Student Activities\n\n\n\n\n Geograph ical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021121T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:SUNY Stony Brook / SAC Ballroom B\, Stony Brook\, New York\, Unite d States SUMMARY:Chiapas Hospital Fundraiser UID:20091107T000510EST-GWIfSEDS4H@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:redxochi3@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:The Not In Our Name Project is calling for a National Day of Yo uth & Student Action against the juggernaut of war and repression the US g overnment has unleashed on the world. On Wednesday\, November 20th\, thous ands of us must take history into our hands and do all we can to resist th e unjust\, immoral\, and illegitimate war that the U.S. government is plan ning to unleash on the people of Iraq. \nTo go up against all this we need a powerful movement of millions\, refusing to let this war be waged in ou r names\, and determined to stop it from being waged at all. Students have a special role to play in all this - throughout history it is the youth w ho have always been the first to step out there and build determined resis tance\, inspiring and making room for others to resist. \nNot in Our Name Bay Area Youth/Student Resources and Organizing Kit: \nStudents and youth \, contact Not in Our Name youth/student organizer Xochitl to get involved : e\;d\;x\;o\;c\;h\;i\;3\;@\;y\;a\ ;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n \n- let her know which school your from. \n\nEvents and schools participating in the Nov. 20th N ot In Our Name National Day of Student Youth Resistance\nSouthern Cal scho ols and organizations involved\nCSUN\, LACC\, ELAC\, PCC\, SMC\, Moorpark College\, Pitzer College\, UCLA\, USC\, Glendale CC\, Venice High\, Santa Monica High\, Cal Arts\, College of the Canyons\, PHAT Net\, Wise Up!\, R& R! Youth Network\, Occidental College\, El Camino College\, LACC\, YSN of October 22nd Coalition... \nEast Coast schools involved\nHunter\, the New School\, SVA (I think)\, Columbia\, Hunter High School\, LaGuardia\, Stuy\ , and a bunch of other schools with Youthbloc which I am not sure of. Not all of these schools are doing the walkout\, but they all have seperate ev ents planned. The New School is doing a die-in\, Hunter is having a teach- in\, stuff like that. Then students are probably coming later on to Union Square.\n\nOther cities and internationally\n\nAs far as other cities\, we have been getting e-mails from all over the place\; Northern CA\, Hartfor d\, Oklahoma. We have even gotten e-mails from Germany\, France and Pakist an from students who are trying to organize something for the 20th. And of course\, at the meeting this weekend\, their were people from Philly\, LA \, S.F. Bay Area\, Seattle\, Hampshire College all of whom are organizing some sort of event\n\nLocal Campus Organizing \nUSF\, Mills\, UC Berkeley \, Stanford\, Chico\,City College\, Sf State\, UC Santa Cruz\, UC Davis\nA ctivities include teach-ins\, banner drops\, Guerrilla Theater\, Polls\, R allies and more.\n\nHere are some ideas from Osage in New York for how to create a buzz on campus for events.\nHere were some of my ideas: In the da ys leading up to NOV 20 -- \n1. Take a poll on how the students are feelin g about the war (the person who posted about Mills madae me think of that) .\n2. Hand out fact sheets and maybe have something at the bottom that say s like\, 'This is the serious shit the Asses of Evil are planning. What ca n WE do to stop them? How can we show them we're SERIOUS? That standing wi th the people of the world and opposing our government's injustices are th e MAIN priorities in our lives?' 'We will not be lied to' or 'our futures depend on THIS\, not whether we skip math' (something sharper than that la st point\, but I think you know what I'm getting at) :-)\n3. Stage (formal /informal) debates between students and/or teach-ins with someone (like Mi les Solay out here) representing NION.\n4. Wear the NION t-shirts and take the pledge. In class\, at lunch\, etc. Ask teachers to lead students in t aking the pledge.\n5. The globe flag. Hang them in classrooms\, on the fla g pole\, etc.\n6. Then\, on NOV 19\, SATURATE the schools with flyers\, et c.\nThis way you kinda create a buzz and people get a sense of the serious ness of the situation\nPLEASE FORWARD...\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021120 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Berkeley\, California\, United States SUMMARY:The Not In Our Name National Day of Youth & Student Action UID:20091107T000510EST-AfsT7sIxNN@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617-821-1949 Email:fragola@fas.harvard.edu DESCRIPTION:Spend two days training\, strategizing\, and networking with st udent labor activists from the around the northeast region. Meet seasoned activists from New York to Maine\, fill your head with useful information and learn the skills you need to organize and win!\n\n Geographical Scope : DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021124 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021122T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College\, Franklin Pierce Hall\, Amherst\, Massachusetts \, United States SUMMARY:USAS NE Region Student Labor Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-9v2rhxVkMl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usasnet.org/nesas END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617.782.2313 Email:nowarnowaynational@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Activist\, community\, and student groups across the nation are all in support of the December 10th NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION against war in Iraq! Boston Mobilization\, in coalition with many groups\, calls for th is action. Visit our websites http://www.bostonmobilization.org and http: //www.nowarnoway.org for more information and tons of resources! Geograph ical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021209 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Across The United States! SUMMARY:National Day of Action Against War on Iraq UID:20091107T000510EST-OtBHkefwUv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nowarnoway.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: 415-422-8373 Email:redxochi@yahoo.com or ajstepnitz@usfca.ed u DESCRIPTION:Meeting of the Minds -- Northern California schools and anti wa r student groups coming together to plan next coordinated MASS ACTION\nWal k-outs/Actions at Army recuiters and ROTC's/MASS Student-Youth Convergence \nBring Ideas and THINK BIG. THE POTENTIAL IS GREAT!\n\nWHEN: Dec 5th at 6 :30pm\nWHERE: University of San Francisco (USF) See below for directions\n Contact: Abby 415-422-8373 email: a\;j\;s\;t\;e\;p\ ;n\;i\;t\;z\;@\;u\;s\;f\;c\;a\;.\; e\;d\;u\;\n or Xochitl 510 847-6140 e\;d\;x\; 1\;c\;h\;i\;3\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\ ;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\n\nTHE Nov 20th NOT IN OUR NAME National Day of Student Youth Resistance was a tremendous success. Reports are still pouri ng in from Chico\, Los Angeles\, New York(Please see hella cool pictures a t http://nyc.indymedia.org/)\, Santa Cruz\, Sonoma\, Miami\, Hawaii and be yond. Big shout out to the Northern California heads who came out to reall y show the potential and power of a generation determined to not let Georg e Bush\, Dick Cheney and Colin Powell decide the future of humanity. A gen eration has made it's stand clear. USF has agreed to host a meeting to sum up the different actions--walk-outs\, army recruiter take-overs\, rallies \, stickering and more. AND MORE TO MAKE plans for coordinated actions on the Dec 10th actions called by Global Exchange and the 'Day of' actions if and when the US starts its war with Iraq. \n\nIf we want to coordinate No rthern California wide walk-outs or even STATEWIDE WALKOUTS and MASS Stude nt-Youth Convergences like they did in New York then we gotta start planni ng now! And in the spirit of the High School youth from Santa Rosa who org anized their walk-out in a week and a half we gotta be unleashed and deter mined. The NY walkouts and the actions at SF City College and in Sonoma an d Santa Cruz and all over are all over the media. We've been getting calls from The Nation Magazine and the Chronical and Newsweek. They all want to know what is next for the student movement.\nThe whole world is watching and depending on us!!! Let us come together and plot to make our resistanc e real!!!\n\nHere are directions\n\nUSF\n2130 Fulton St.\nSan Francisco\, Ca 94118\n\nCrossroads Cafe\, the basement of the University Center\nnext to Jamba Juice\n\nFrom the North:\nUS-101 S toward SAN FRANCISCO. \nMerge onto CA-1 S toward 19TH AVE/GOLDEN GATE PARK. \nRIGHT onto CLEMENT ST. \nLEFT onto 14TH AVE. \nLEFT onto GEARY BLVD. \nRIGHT onto STANYAN ST. \nLEFT onto FULTON ST. \n\nFrom the S/E:\n\n580 West\n80 West\nStraight to Fell St. Exit\nFell to Masonic\nRight on Masonic\nLeft on Fulton\n\nBA RT\nSan Francisco Bound Train\nGet off at Powell St. or Civic Center\nTake the Fulton 5\, get off at Fulton and Clayton\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021205T183000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of San Francisco\, SF\, California\, United States SUMMARY: Mass Mtg of Bay Area and Northern California Anti War Students De c 5th! UID:20091107T000510EST-DNpKFFaoeG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nionbayarea.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:401-792-8603 Email:urissc@mips4.com DESCRIPTION:Who:\n\nUniversity of Rhode Island Students for Social Change ( URISSC)\, URI Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (URI SSDP) and URI Clean Water Action.\n\nWhat:\n\nIn conjunction with several campus organization s\, URISSC is leading a DIE-IN on the University of Rhode Island Quadrangl e at the Kingston campus. Participants at the event will apply fake blood - provided - to their clothing and quietly lie down on the quadrangle for two hours. The event is designed to be a serious and solemn reminder that war must be avoided at all costs. Participants are asked to remain silent for the two hour period and to only bring clothing they will be comfortabl e possibly ruining. Interested in attending? Contact Jim Ridolfo at u\ ;r\;i\;s\;s\;c\;@\;m\;i\;p\;s\;4\ ;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\nWhen:\n\nNovember 25\, University of Rhod e Island Quadrangle at 12:00 PM\n\nAlso on the same day at URI\, URISSC ha s invited guest speaker Martin Lepkowski from Witness for Peace to give a speech about how the US government's intervention in COlombia is fueling t heir ongoing civil war.\n\nThe talk will be held at 7:00pm in the URI Memo rial Union\, room 318.\n\nContact e\;p\;e\;l\;1\;0\; 6\;9\;5\;@\;p\;o\;s\;t\;o\;f\;f\;& #105\;c\;e\;.\;u\;r\;i\;.\;e\;d\;u\;\ n for more information about this event. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021125 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kingston\, Rhode Island\, United States SUMMARY:University of Rhode Island DIE-IN UID:20091107T000510EST-viX7iZN6ov@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uri.edu/student_organizations/urissc/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:866-444-3652 Email:campusteam@feminist.org. DESCRIPTION:------------------------------\nURGENT CALL TO ACTION: DEC 7TH\ nNATIONAL EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION OVER-THE-COUNTER ACTION DAY!\n---------- --------------------\nThe Feminist Majority Foundation is launching a nati onal day of action for Leadership Alliances and feminist activists to step up our efforts of collecting petition signatures of support for Emergency Contraception Over the Counter campaign.\n\nThe Food and Drug Administrat ion (FDA) will soon make a decision on the prescription status of Emergenc y Contraception (also referred to as the ?morning after pill?) and the Fem inist Majority Foundation is collecting thousands of signatures of support to show that women want Emergency Contraception (EC)available over-the-co unter (OTC).\n\nOn December 7th\, 2002\, thousands of feminist activists a cross the country will collect petition signatures and educate our communi ties about emergency contraception. FMF staff\, interns\, and volunteers w ill also be doing local petitioning events in the Washington\, DC area to collect even MORE signatures!\n\nThere are many\, many reasons why this da y\, and this petition drive is so important\n\n* EC could cut in half t he number of unintended pregnancies in this country each year\n\n* EC c ould reduce the number of abortions by 800\,000 each year in the U.S. alon e\n\n* Only 1 in 5 women knows about EC (Kaiser Family Foundation surve y)\n\n* Doctors and pharmacists are allowed to 'opt out' of prescribing and dispensing EC if they choose\, making access difficult and even impos sible for many women. Wal-Mart\, increasingly the only pharmacy in rural areas\, does not dispense EC as a matter of corporate policy\n\n* EC is 95% effective if taken within the first 24 hours and yet is statistically safer than aspirin.\n\nWe need this important drug to be made available o ver the counter NOW to be able to fully control our reproductive lives. Y ou can continue to promote women?s reproductive health access by joining u s in this special critical effort. You can table with the ECOTC petitions\ , attend events like concerts\, plays\, and sporting events on your campus with ECOTC petitions\, and make announcements in your classes on Friday 6 th. We will\nbe awarding feminist prizes to the groups who collect the mo st petitions\, both on the EC Action Day and throughout this semester\, so get your petitions signed and back to us as soon as possible!\n\nRemember \, if you need help thinking of ways to maximize your petition drive\, ple ase contact a member of the Campus Team\,\n&\;#\;1\;0\;1\;& #59\;&\;#\;1\;1\;2\;;\;&\;#\;1\;0\;1\; 9\;&\;#\;1\;0\;8\;;\;&\;#\;4\;9\;;\;&\ ;#\;4\;8\;;\;&\;#\;5\;4\;;\;&\;#\;5\;& #55\;;\;&\;#\;5\;3\;;\;&\;#\;6\;4\;;\; 8\;#\;1\;1\;2\;;\;&\;#\;1\;1\;1\;;\;&\ ;#\;1\;1\;5\;;\;&\;#\;1\;1\;6\;;\;&\;& #35\;1\;1\;1\;;\;&\;#\;1\;0\;2\;;\;&\; 5\;1\;0\;2\;;\;&\;#\;1\;0\;5\;;\;&\;#\ ;9\;9\;;\;&\;#\;1\;0\;1\;;\;&\;#\;4\;& #54\;;\;&\;#\;1\;1\;7\;;\;&\;#\;1\;1\; 2\;;\;&\;#\;1\;0\;5\;;\;&\;#\;4\;6\;;\ ;&\;#\;1\;0\;1\;;\;&\;#\;1\;0\;0\;;\;& #38\;#\;1\;1\;7\;;\; \; \;\n. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:National Action\, United States SUMMARY:NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION OVER-THE-COUNTER ACTION DAY UID:20091107T000510EST-UMmiwzeb55@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.feministcampus.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:866-444-3652 Email:campusteam@feminist.org. DESCRIPTION:------------------------------\nURGENT CALL TO ACTION: DEC 7TH\ nNATIONAL EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION OVER-THE-COUNTER ACTION DAY!\n---------- --------------------\nThe Feminist Majority Foundation is launching a nati onal day of action for Leadership Alliances and feminist activists to step up our efforts of collecting petition signatures of support for Emergency Contraception Over the Counter campaign.\n\nThe Food and Drug Administrat ion (FDA) will soon make a decision on the prescription status of Emergenc y Contraception (also referred to as the ?morning after pill?) and the Fem inist Majority Foundation is collecting thousands of signatures of support to show that women want Emergency Contraception (EC)available over-the-co unter (OTC).\n\nOn December 7th\, 2002\, thousands of feminist activists a cross the country will collect petition signatures and educate our communi ties about emergency contraception. FMF staff\, interns\, and volunteers w ill also be doing local petitioning events in the Washington\, DC area to collect even MORE signatures!\n\nThere are many\, many reasons why this da y\, and this petition drive is so important\n\n* EC could cut in half t he number of unintended pregnancies in this country each year\n\n* EC c ould reduce the number of abortions by 800\,000 each year in the U.S. alon e\n\n* Only 1 in 5 women knows about EC (Kaiser Family Foundation surve y)\n\n* Doctors and pharmacists are allowed to 'opt out' of prescribing and dispensing EC if they choose\, making access difficult and even impos sible for many women. Wal-Mart\, increasingly the only pharmacy in rural areas\, does not dispense EC as a matter of corporate policy\n\n* EC is 95% effective if taken within the first 24 hours and yet is statistically safer than aspirin.\n\nWe need this important drug to be made available o ver the counter NOW to be able to fully control our reproductive lives. Y ou can continue to promote women?s reproductive health access by joining u s in this special critical effort. You can table with the ECOTC petitions\ , attend events like concerts\, plays\, and sporting events on your campus with ECOTC petitions\, and make announcements in your classes on Friday 6 th. We will\nbe awarding feminist prizes to the groups who collect the mo st petitions\, both on the EC Action Day and throughout this semester\, so get your petitions signed and back to us as soon as possible!\n\nRemember \, if you need help thinking of ways to maximize your petition drive\, ple ase contact a member of the Campus Team\,\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:National Action\, Nationally\, United States SUMMARY:Dec 7th National Emergency Contraception Action Day UID:20091107T000510EST-ZHtJaXMuMH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.feministcampus.org/prescribechoice/calltoaction.asp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:libnow@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:\nCALLING ALL STUDENT ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES!!!\n\nLiberation Now! - The National Student Animal Rights Conference\nUniversity of Califo rnia - Berkeley\nFebruary 21 to 23\, 2003\nwww.LiberationNow.com \n\n'Libe ration Now!' is the animal rights movement's biggest national event dedica ted to bringing together students and youth in the struggle for animal rig hts.\n\nJoin hundreds of other young animal advocates and dozens of the le ading authors\, speakers\, and organizers of the animal rights movement fo r the second national student animal rights conference! \n\n$10 early regi stration fee. Free and low-cost meals and lodging available. APPLY NOW for travel grants. \n\nFOR MORE INFO and to REGISTER\, visit www.LiberationNo w.com\n\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nPO Box 932\nNew York\, NY 10013-0 864\n212-696-7911\nwww.defendanimals.org\n\nOther Sponsors of Liberation N ow!\n\nAnimal Protection Institute\nAnimalVoice.com\nBerkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy\nIn Defense of Animals\nPeople for the Ethical Treatm ent of Animals\nSaving Our Resources Today\nVegNews\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030223 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030221 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of California - Berkeley\, Berkeley\, California\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:Liberation Now! - The National Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-nHcvPProlB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.LiberationNow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:703-522-2214 Email:aboone@feminist.org DESCRIPTION:******************************************************\nEmergen cy Contraception Over-the-Counter Day of Action\nSaturday\, December 7\n12 :30-3:00 PM\nEastern Market & Union Station\nRSVP: Aimee Boone\,\n******** **********************************************\n\nJoin us for the Emergenc y Contraception Over the Counter (EC OTC) Day of Action on Saturday\, Dece mber 7th! Our campus groups across the country will be working together t o collect petition signatures on this day to increase the impact of our ca mpaign\; reach their campus goals for signatures\; and\, of course\, educa te women and girls about emergency contraception. We'll also be doing loc al petitioning events with our interns and volunteers to collect even MORE signatures!\n\nThere are many\, many reasons why this day\, and this peti tion drive is so important:\n> EC could cut in half the number of unint ended pregnancies in this country each year.\n> EC could reduce the num ber of abortions by 800\,000 each year in the U.S. alone.\n> Only 1 in 5 women know about EC\, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation sur vey.\n> Doctors and pharmacists are allowed to 'opt out' of prescribing and dispensing EC if they choose\, making access difficult and even impos sible for many women. Wal-Mart\, increasingly the only pharmacy in rural areas\, does not dispense EC as a matter of corporate policy. \n> EC i s 95% effective if taken within the first 24 hours and is statistically sa fer than aspirin.\n \nWe need this important drug to be made available ove r the counter NOW to be able to fully control our reproductive lives. You can attend our local petitioning events here in the DC area from 12:30 to 3:00 at the Eastern Market and at a holiday bazaar in Union Station. We will provide petitions\, fact sheets\, stickers\, and talking points on EC ! If you can attend\, please e-mail Aimee Boone at and let her know whi ch event you'd like to attend. We will meet in front of the Amtrak ticket counter at Union Station and at the top of the Metro stop at Eastern Mark et.\n\nYou can also help by making a special and concerted effort to table with the EC OTC petitions\, attend events like concerts\, plays\, and spo rting events with EC OTC petitions.\n\nWe will be awarding fabulous femini st prizes to the groups who collect the most petitions\, both on the EC Ac tion Day and throughout the semester\, so get your petitions signed and ba ck to us as soon as possible! Hope to see you there!\n\nTo sign the petit ion online and for more information about EC OTC please visit http://www.f eministcampus.org/prescribechoice/ecotc.asp. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021207T003000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Emergency Contraception Over the Counter National Day of Action UID:20091107T000510EST-71XcS1WCv7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.feminist.org/volunteer/ECOTC_Action_Day.asp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:703-522-2214 Email:campusteam@feminist.org DESCRIPTION:Calling all pro-choice students! On January 22-23\, 2003\, hun dreds of students from across the country will gather in Washington\, DC t o show their support for abortion rights on the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade\, the Supreme Court decision that gave all American women the right to safe\, legal abortion. At the Never Go Back Student Leadership Confere nce: Mobilizing Youth to Save Abortion Rights\, pro-choice students from a cross the country will strategize together new ways to protect reproductiv e rights for future generations. Major leaders of the women's rights movem ent today will address the conference\, including: Gloria Feldt - Planned Parenthood\, Kate Michelman - NARAL\, Kim Gandy - NOW\, Dr. Jane Smith - B usiness and Professional Women USA\, and many more!\n\nThe conference will be a once in a lifetime opportunity. Don't let the only voice in Washing ton on January 22nd be the anti-abortion minority. Help show Washington th at pro-choice feminists ARE the majority!\n\nPlease share the information about this conference with the pro-choice college students that you know. To learn more about the conference or register online\, visit . Geograph ical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030123 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030122 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:'Never Go Back' Student Leadership Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-T6MEDFo0Js@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nevergoback.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(352) 337-9274 Email:globalnet@mindspring.com DESCRIPTION:NASA and the Bush administration intend to spend over $1 billio n in the next five years to expand its space nuclear propulsion program. Join the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space as we aga in protest the funding of research and development on nuclear reactors for space-based weapons\, the nuclear rocket\, and nuclear power for NASA's s pace missions. Hundreds of school students will be brought to this annual space nukes symposium for indoctrination by the Air Force\, DoD\, aerospa ce corporations and nuclear academia. Join with us as we reach out to the se students and scientists with our message opposing space nukes. Protect the planet\, no nukes in space! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030204 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030203T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:330 Tijeras NW\, Albuquerque\, New Mexico\, United States SUMMARY:No Nukes in Space Protest Vigil at Space Nuclear Power Symposium UID:20091107T000510EST-HWvNnvgiX0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.space4peace.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:iraqconference@umich.edu DESCRIPTION:As the US government moves steadily towards a military confront ation with Iraq\, resistance to US foreign policy in the Gulf has been gro wing constantly. With this situation in mind\, student activists at the Un iversity of Michigan have organized the STOP THE WAR Conference\, which wi ll be a productive space both for activists to build connections to increa se the effectiveness of the antiwar movement\, and for those who want to l earn more about the multitude of issues involved in the US war on Iraq. Th is conference will be an amazing opportunity to meet and network with othe r activists and educate yourself on this pressing issue. Conference organi zers have gathered a group of experienced activists and world-reknowned in tellectuals to give lectures and lead workshops on a wide range of issues. \n\nRegistration is required to attend. Please visit the website IraqConf erence.com to register.\n\nThe current list of guest speakers includes:\nA s'ad Abukhalil\nMichael Albert\nHatem Bazian\nKarima Bennoune\nPhyllis Ben nis (tentative)\nMahdi Bray\nCongressman David Bonior\nAndrea Buffa\nCongr essman John Conyers\nKevin Danaher (tentative)\nRiva Enteen\nRobert Jensen \nRamzi Kysia\nRania Masri\nReverend Edwin Rowe\nRudy Simons\nSusan Wright \nStephen Zunes\n\nplus...\nDavid Roviks playing us some rad ass political folk tunes. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030112 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030111T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:STOP THE WAR: Understanding and Confronting America's Conflict with Iraq UID:20091107T000510EST-ediKsu91fb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.iraqconference.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:440-776-3022 Email:ocaw@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:We have called for a Regional Anti-War Conference to be held at Oberlin College on the weekend of December 7th and 8th. The explicit pur pose of the conference is to organize students and youth who oppose war on Iraq\, but people of all ages are welcome. We seek to create a diverse network of regional anti-war activists so that we may be an integral part of the larger anti-war movement. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021208 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20021207T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Wilder Hall 135 West Lorain St.\, Oberlin\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:Regional Anti-War Conference - Oberlin Coalition Against the War UID:20091107T000510EST-HksU9gJhBZ@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:604 874 9048 Email:youth@cubatours.ca DESCRIPTION:Youth and students from the U.S. and other countries will meet with their peers in seven Cuban provinces for two weeks to discuss peace\, ecology\, human rights and democracy\, and explore ways to end corporate globalization\, poverty\, racism\, sexism and homophobia. Geographical Sc ope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030324 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030310 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Havana\, CU SUMMARY:Real Cuba Youth Tour UID:20091107T000510EST-OWRVa5sZnU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cubasolidarity.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:416.533.6026 Email:saswi2003@yahoo.ca DESCRIPTION:Students Against Sanctions & War in Iraq (SASWI) would like to invite students from American campuses (and elsewhere) to participate in t he Pan-Canadian Student Anti-War Conference. The more American students t hat participate\, the more likely it is that we could call a North America n-wide student day of action against war in Iraq--rather than just a pan-C anadian one--and the more likely it is that we can build a stronger\, more connected student anti-war network. Please join us as we take the first steps to building a truly international movement of students against the w ar!\n\n~Le texte en français suit.~ \n\n********************************** ****************************\n\nStudents Against Sanctions and War in Iraq (SASWI)\n\nOpen call to all students across Canada and Québec\n\nPan-Cana dian Student Anti-War Conference\nJanuary 30 to February 2\, 2003\nUnivers ity of Toronto\,\nToronto\, Ontario\n\nOpposition to a new war on Iraq is growing worldwide. In Britain\, over 400\,000 people marched against war a t the end of September\, including thousands of students from all over Bri tain. The mobilization on October 26 of 100\,000 in Washington\, D.C. and 60\,000 in San Francisco brought many thousands of students onto the stree ts to oppose the war against Iraq. And in Britain on October 31\, dozens o f protests took place at universities and colleges\, including occupations at Cambridge University\, Liverpool\, Manchester\, Brighton\, and Leeds. In Sheffield\, 500 students occupied a\nfaculty building sponsored by Boei ng. In London there were occupations at Goldsmith?s\, King?s College\, the London School of Economics\, and many others.\n\nIn Canada and Québec\, a nti-war coalitions are springing up on almost every campus with students b uilding both their own campus anti-war actions and the January 18 North Am erican day of action against war on Iraq. More recently\, thousands of stu dents just participated in the pan-Canadian day of action against war in I raq on November 16-17 which mobilised 35\,000 people in Canada and Québec. \n\nAt a recent teach-in at the University of Toronto\, students from fift een different universities\, colleges\, and high schools took part in a di scussion called 'Students against war: Building an anti-war movement on th e campuses'. A consensus emerged that it is not only possible but also nec essary to begin building an anti-war movement among students all across th e country.\n\nWith the threat of war looming larger every day\, we feel it is now time for students across Canada and Québec to pull together in a u nified network that can build a massive student movement against war in Ir aq. Students Against War and Sanctions in Iraq (SASWI) would like to make an open call to all students to participate in a pan-Canadian student anti -war conference at the University of Toronto from Thursday\, January 30 to Sunday\, February 2\, 2003. The conference will be accessible both to Eng lish- and French-speaking students.\n\nAlready a number of student anti-wa r coalitions have expressed interest in supporting\, participating in\, an d endorsing the conference. We welcome any anti-war\ncoalition\, peace org anisation\, student union\, cultural organisation\, faith group\, or stude nt club that would like to get involved to send your endorsement to us by email.\n\nIn the coming weeks\, we will be circulating a tentative confere nce programme\, including a timetable. We look forward to your feedback an d hope to post final details as soon as they are ready on our website: www .project3media.com/iraq/.\n\nWe will also be organising committees of stud ent volunteers to organise registration\, housing\, food\, transportation\ , fundraising\, and social events. All students in the Toronto area who ar e interested in working on one of the committees should contact\ns\;&# 97\;s\;w\;i\;_\;l\;o\;g\;i\;s\;t\;& #105\;c\;s\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\; 7\;\n.\n\nThe possibilities are huge of building a broad\,inclusive studen t movement against war right across the country. We think that a pan-Canad ian student anti-war co-ordination can play a role in helping to reach dee per into every school\, every classroom\, and every campus with the messag e that we can and must stop this war!\n\nTo endorse the conference or for more information: \ne-mail us or phone 416.533.6026. \n\nTo get involved i n one of the student committees (for students in the Toronto area): \ne-ma il s\;a\;s\;w\;i\;_\;l\;o\;g\;i\; 15\;t\;i\;c\;s\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\; 6\;c\;a\;\n or phone 416.533.6026.\n\nSASWI online: www.project3medi a.com/iraq/.\n\nTo join the pan-Canadian student anti-war listserve:\ne-ma il us\n\nThe following is a list of some of the organisations that have so far endorsed the Pan-Canadian Student Anti-War Conference: University of British Columbia Coalition Against War on the People of Iraq (CAWOPI)\, Un iversity of British Columbia Medical Students for Global Survival\, Univer sity of Victoria Muslim Students? Association (MSA)\, Simon Fraser Univers ity Coalition to Stop the War on Iraq\, Simon Fraser University Muslim Stu dents? Association (MSA)\, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI)\, York University Now End War and Sanctions (NE WS) on Iraq\, University of Toronto Students? Administrative Council (SAC) \, University of Toronto Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI)\, University of Toronto Arab Students? Association (ASA)\, Ryerson University Arab Stu dents? Association (RASA)\, Ryerson University Christian Arab Students? As sociation (CASA)\, Toronto Committee Against Sanctions & War on Iraq (TCAS WI)\, Toronto Trade Unionists Against the War (TUAW)\, Carleton University Middle Eastern Discussion Group\, Carleton University Solidarity with Ira qi & Palestinian Children (SIPC)\, University of Ottawa Global Peace Coali tion\, Brock University Anti-War League (BAWL)\, Niagara Palestine Associa tion (NPA)\, McGill University Coalition Against War & Racism (CAWR)\, Mon tréal Muslim News\, Fredericton Residents for Education on the Economicall y-Motivated Deployment of the Military (FREEDOM)\, Dalhousie University Pe ace and Justice Coalition\, St. Mary?s University Activist Coalition (SMAC )\, Arab Palestine Association of Canada (APA)\, the Canadian Federation o f Students (CFS)\, and many more! We hope we'll soon be able to add your n ame to the list too!\n\n************************************************** ************\n\nStudents Against Sanctions and War in Iraq (SASWI)\n\nUn a ppel à toute la population étudiante à travers le Canada et le Québec\n\nC onférence pan-canadienne des étudiantEs contre la guerre\nDu 30 janvier au 2 février 2003\nUniversité de Toronto\nToronto\, Ontario\n\nLe mouvement d?opposition à la menace d?une nouvelle guerre contre l?Irak se multiplie à travers le monde. En Angleterre\, plus de 400 000 personnes ont manifest é contre la guerre à la fin septembre. Les manifestations de 100 000 perso nnes à Washington et de 60 000 à San Francisco le 26 octobre ont attiré de s\nmilliers d?étudiantEs en opposition à la guerre contre l?Irak. Et le 31 octobre en Angleterre\, des douzaines de manifestations ont eu lieu sur l es campus des\nuniversités et des collèges\, y compris des occupations à C ambridge\, Liverpool\, Manchester\, Brighton\, et Leeds. À Sheffield\, 500 étudiantEs ont occupé un édifice portant le nom de la compagnie Boeing. À Londres\, des occupations ont eu lieu à Goldsmith?s\, King?s College\, Lo ndon School of Economics\, et bien d?autres.\n\nAu Canada et au Québec\, d es coalitions contre la guerre ont été formées sur pratiquement chaque cam pus\, et les étudiantEs se mobilisent pour leurs propres\nactions et pour la mobilisation nord-américaine contre la guerre le 18 janvier. Plus récem ment\, des milliers d?étudiantEs ont participé à la journée d'action\npan- canadienne contre la guerre contre l'Irak les 16-17 novembre\, une mobilis ation de 35 000 personnes au Canada et au Québec.\n\nRécemment\, lors d?un e conférence à l?Université de Toronto\, des étudiantEs de quinze universi tés\, collèges\, et écoles secondaires ont participé à une discussion inti tulée >. Un consensus s?est dégagé de la conférence: il est non-seulement possible\, mais aussi nécessaire\, de construire un mouvement contre la gu erre au sein de la population étudiante à travers le pays.\n\nAvec la mena ce d?une guerre qui grandit à chaque jour\, nous pensons que le moment est venu pour les étudiantEs de créer un réseau unifié qui pourra construire un énorme mouvement étudiant contre la guerre en Irak. Les étudiantEs oppo séEs à la guerre et aux sanctions contre l?Irak (Students Against Sanction s and War on Iraq) lancent un appel à toute la population étudiante pour p articiper à une Conférence pan-canadienne des étudiantEs contre la guerre à l?Université de Toronto du jeudi 30 janvier au dimanche 2 février 2003. La conférence sera accessible\naux francophones et aux anglophones.\n\nDéj à plusiers coalitions étudiantes contre la guerre ont exprimé leur désir d e participer à cette conférence. Nous invitons toutes les coalitions contr e la guerre\, les organismes pour la paix\, les associations étudiantes\, les organisations culturelles\, les groupes religieux\, ou les clubs étudi ants qui veulent participer d?offrir leur appui par courriel à saswi2003@y ahoo.ca.\n\nAu cours des prochaines semaines\, nous ferons circuler une éb auche de programme pour la conférence\, y compris un horaire. Vers la fin novembre nous espérons afficher sur notre site internet www.project3media. com/iraq/ l?information pertinente lorsque les détails de la conférence se ront confirmés.\n\nNous organiserons aussi des comités pour organiser l?in scription\, l?hébergement\, la nourriture\, le transport\, les levées de f onds\, et les activités sociales. Toutes les étudiantes et tous les étudia nts de la région de Toronto qui sont intéressés à\nparticiper à un des com ités peuvent contacter saswi_logistics@yahoo.ca.\n\nLa possibilité de cons tuire un mouvement étudiant contre la guerre existe partout à travers le p ays. Nous pensons qu?une coordination étudiante pan-canadienne contre la g uerre pourra jouer un rôle pour assurer que nous rejoignons chaque école\, chaque classe\, et chaque campus avec le message que nous pouvons et devo ns prévenir cette guerre!\n\nPour appuyer la conférence ou pour plus ample s renseignements:\ncourriel saswi2003@yahoo.ca ou téléphonez au 416.533.60 26.\n\nPour participer à un des comités étudiants (pour les étudiantes et étudiants de la région de Toronto):\ncourriel saswi_logistics@yahoo.ca ou téléphonez au 416.533.6026.\n\nSASWI sur l?internet: www.project3media.com /iraq/.\n\nPour devinir membre du serveur de listes pan-canadien des étudi antEs contre la guerre:\ncourriel saswi@yahoogroups.ca.\n\nVoici une liste partielle des organisations qui ont déjà donné leur appui à la Conférence pan-canadienne des étudiantEs contre la guerre: University of British Col umbia Coalition Against War on the People of Iraq (CAWOPI)\, University of British Columbia Medical Students for Global Survival\, University of Vic toria Muslim Students? Association (MSA)\, Simon Fraser University Coaliti on to Stop the War on Iraq\, Simon Fraser University Muslim Students? Asso ciation (MSA)\, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI)\, York University Now End War and Sanctions (NEWS) on Iraq \, University of Toronto Students? Administrative Council (SAC)\, Universi ty of Toronto Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI)\, University of Toronto Arab Students? Association (ASA)\, Ryerson University Arab Students? Asso ciation (RASA)\, Ryerson University Christian Arab Students? Association ( CASA)\, Toronto Committee Against Sanctions & War on Iraq (TCASWI)\, Toron to Trade Unionists Against the War (TUAW)\, Carleton University Middle Eas tern Discussion Group\, Carleton University Solidarity with Iraqi & Palest inian Children (SIPC)\, University of Ottawa Global Peace Coalition\, Broc k University Anti-War League (BAWL)\, Niagara Palestine Association (NPA)\ , McGill University Coalition Against War & Racism (CAWR)\, Montréal Musli m News\, Fredericton Residents for Education on the Economically-Motivated Deployment of the Military (FREEDOM)\, Dalhousie University Peace and Jus tice Coalition\, St. Mary?s University Activist Coalition (SMAC)\, Arab Pa lestine Association of Canada (APA)\, la Fédération canadienne des étudian tes et étudiants (FCEE) \, et plus d'autres! Nous espérons que nous pourro ns ajouter votre nom à la liste aussi!\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030202 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030130T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada SUMMARY:Pan-Canadian Student Anti-War Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-biXgliZ1eM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.project3media.com/iraq END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops Natoinal Conference. Geogra phical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030202 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030131 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Los Angeles\, California\, United States SUMMARY:USAS National Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-AXVlkCHmMv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://usasnet.org/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Radical workshops\, protests\, panels and skillshares. Geograp hical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030126 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030124 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:American University\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United S tates SUMMARY:National Conference on Organized Resistance UID:20091107T000510EST-DM3p2xRRan@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.organizedresistance.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(202) 544-3389 Email:petalindsay_dc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Come to a youth & student meeting to discuss the January 19th a ctions and future actions against war and racism.\nSaturday\, January 18\, 2003 6 pm\n@ the Church of the Brethren\n4th St. and North Carolina Ave. SE\n*walking distance from the demonstration*\n(snacks will be provided)\n \nAs you know tens of thousands of people will be converging in Washington D.C. for the weekend of January 18th to take a stand against War and Raci sm. On the buses traveling from all over the country will be anti-war acti vists\, labor unionists\, members of various religious communities\, long time fighters for civil rights and women?s rights as well as those who hav e never before been to a demonstration. Undoubtedly the majority of these diverse participants will be students and young people. In addition to pla ying a vital role in the anti-war movement\, the January 18-19 weekend pre sents an opportunity for us to take action and develop plans for future ac tion.\n\nBe a part of Youth and Student ANSWER\, while you work to stop a war against Iraq\, build a movement that upholds the right of self-determi nation for the people of the world and stands in solidarity with the strug gles across the Middle East\, Africa\, Asia and Latin America against U.S. intervention and neo-colonial domination. Help build a student movement t hat fights racism\, police brutality\, attacks on education\, and all mani festations of oppression and exploitation. We are fighting for a different society\, one that values human needs over profit. \n\n\n\nWhat you shoul d do if you?re interested:\n\n1) Spread the word! Forward this email to ev eryone you know\, and tell them to post it widely. A downloadable PDF of a flyer will be available soon.\n\n2) Contact us if you have questions. Ema il y\;o\;u\;t\;h\;@\;i\;n\;t\;e\;&# 114\;n\;a\;t\;i\;o\;n\;a\;l\;a\;n\;&# 115\;w\;e\;r\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n or call 202-544-33 89.\n\n3) Fill out the Student Organizing Form. \n\n\n\nSponsored by:\nYou th and Student A.N.S.W.E.R.\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030118T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Church Of The Brethren (4th St. And North Carolina\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Youth & Student ANSWER Planning Meeting for J19 and Future Actions Against War! UID:20091107T000510EST-hUac9VU1HJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/students.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(202) 544-3389 Email:petalindsay_dc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Sunday January 19th\nYouth and Student Rally & March\nGather at 11 am\nat the Dept of In-Justice\n(Pennsylvania Ave. between 9th and 10th NW)\n\nMarch to the Presidential Palace (White House)\nfor a Youth & Stud ent Weapons Inspection\n\nGather at 11am at the Department of In-Justice ( Pennsylvania Ave. between 9th and 10th NW) to protest the attacks against the Arab and Muslim communities ? including the recent mass arrests in Cal ifornia. Many of these violations are taking place within our own school a s more and more universities are complying with FBI and INS efforts to gat her information\, interrogate\, detain and deport thousands of people.\n\n March to the Presidential Palace (White House) for a Youth and Student Wea pons Inspection. If George Bush believes that the UN weapons inspectors ha ve the right to look into every building in Iraq\, then we should have a r ight to check out his ?Presidential Palace.? It?s our schools that have go ne without funding and it?s our social programs that have been cut to pay for the U.S. government?s weapons of mass destruction. A new war in Iraq i s estimated to cost almost $2\,000\,000\,000\,000 ($2 trillion\, according to a recent American Academy of Arts and Sciences study). Let?s see if Bu sh provides full and complete disclosure!\n\nJOIN US TO SAY:\nNo War on Ir aq!\nDisarm the Pentagon! \nStop the attacks on the Muslim and Arab commun ities!\nSMASH War & Racism!\n\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030119T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Pennsylvania Ave. Btwn 9th & 10th NW\, Washington\, District of Co lumbia\, United States SUMMARY:ANSWER Youth & Student ACTION Against War & Racsim! UID:20091107T000510EST-UV2SOnBTv7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/students.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(202) 544-3389 Email:dc@internationalanswer.org DESCRIPTION:Jan. 18 NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON to demand:\nNO WAR AGAINST IRAQ\nELIMINATE U.S. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION\n\nRally at 11 am on the West Side of the Capitol Building\nMarch on the Washington DC Navy Yard\n \nWhen Congress rejects the will of the people\, the people must act thems elves. Congress has rubber-stamped Bush's crimi-nal war that seeks to conq uer the oil\, land and resources of the Middle East. Bush and Congress hav e shown that they represent the interests of Corporate America rather than the people of the United States.\n\nA people's movement is growing to sto p them. Tens of thousands of people will participate in mass protest activ ities on the Martin Luther King Jr. anniversary weekend.Dr. King publicly condemned the U.S. war in Vietnam\, provid-ing a powerful connection betwe en the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement. In his ?Beyond Vie tnam? speech at Riverside Church in 1967\, he stated\, ?The greatest purve yor of violence in the world today [is] my own government. ...[F]or the sa ke of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence\, I cannot be silent.?\n\nDr. King believed that it was impossible to successfully wage a war on poverty at home while waging a war of aggression in Vietnam. The same can be said today about George W. Bush's global war drive. Social pr ograms and services are being looted as Bush and Congress provide record-b reaking sums for weapons of mass destruction and war.\n\nThis week Bush si gned into law Congress's new defense budget that transfers a billion dolla rs a day from the people into the hands of the military-industrial complex .\n\nThe thousands of people who are coming to Washington\, D.C.\, honor D r. King and his legacy by opposing another criminal war--this time in the Middle East--and by demanding instead that these hundreds of billions of d ollars be spent on jobs\, education\, housing\, healthcare and to meet hum an needs.\n\nJoin with others around the country by bringing a diverse del egation from your school/community to participate in the January 18th mass march in DC or SF Please contact (202) 544-3389\, d\;c\;@\; \;i\;n\;t\;e\;r\;n\;a\;t\;i\;o\; 10\;a\;l\;A\;N\;S\;W\;E\;R\;.\;o\;r\;& #103\;\n.\n\n\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030118T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:The Capitol Building (3rd & Constitution Ave. NW)\, Washington\, D istrict of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:January 18 NO WAR ON IRAQ Nat'l March on Washington D.C. UID:20091107T000510EST-fJ4UEfDc34@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:visionsinfeminism@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:As we move forward into the third year of the Visions in Femini sm Conference\, we keep in mind the words of Emma Goldman\, writing in 193 4: 'I have always striven to remain in a state of flux and continued growt h\, and not to petrify in a niche of self-satisfaction.' That said\, our t heme this year is 'Redefining Global Boundaries and Responsibilities'.\n\n We hope not just to challenge the ossified social structures which allow f or discrimination\, stratification\, and other injustices\, but to challen ge ourselves as activists and\, even more importantly\, as global and loca l citizens.\n\nIn a world of rapid technological and political upheaval\, we wish to come together in dialogue regarding the roles and definitions o f feminist activism in global and local communities\, as well as our respo nsibilities to one another on all levels -- and our responsibilities to th e planet.\n\nWe believe that questions of sustainable living and cooperati ve ecology are important to envisioning an equitable future. We also wish to challenge the very structures of personal relationships\, not just in t heory\, but in practice.\n\nAll are welcome. Raise your voice and share yo ur ideas and experiences!\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030419T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Maryland\, College Park\, (near)Washington\, D.\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Visions in Feminism Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-mkdABhOweF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://visionsinfeminism.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Explore the connections between art\, activism\, and spirituali ty.\nLearn tangible skills in organizing for peace.\nEquip participants wi th specific skills in nonviolence.\nNurture gathered community of students and church members. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030316 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030313 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Richmond\, Indiana\, United States SUMMARY:Conference on Organizing for Peace: Arts\, Activism\, and Spiritual ity UID:20091107T000510EST-uRFkUlbVcA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.brethren.org/oepa/seekingpeace/ofp2003.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A delegated student organizing conference to stop the war befor e it starts. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030117 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:George Washington University\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:East Coast Student Anti-War Organizing Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-V6OsFtuAeS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://studentorgs.gwu.edu/sawi/index.gw/Site_ID/59/Page_ID/776/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:letters@bamn.com DESCRIPTION:Defend affirmative action.\nJoin the youth and student activist s of the new civil rights movement\, labor leaders and trade union activis ts\, civil rights leaders\, and leading progressive and integrationist int ellectuals as we converge at the Summit and Conference. We will learn\, t each\, network and most importantly plan and organize for the Civil Rights March to the Supreme Court on the day the two Michigan affirmative action cases are heard.\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030126 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030120 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:National Civil Rights Summit and Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-uTchHaWTSG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bamn.com/summit.asp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:clevelandwas@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:This conference will focus on activist communities and the deva stating impact of sexual violence to ourselves\, our loved ones\, our comm unities\, and our movements. We ask everyone--male\, female\, trans\, quee r\, straight\, white\, black\, brown--to look into yourselves about issues of sexual violence and how this relates to all of our lives. We strongly encourage you to prioritize this. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030202 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030201 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Cleveland\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:Confronting Sexual Violence in Ourselves and Our Communities Confer ence UID:20091107T000510EST-nnwZExpzK1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.clevelandmas.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:828-771-4055 Email:sgc2003@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:The Southern Girls Convention is an annual grassroots meeting o f pro-woman activists devoted to empowering women and girls in the South\, and discussing Southern culture\, views and stereotypes of the South\, an d the struggle for social justice. Each year's convention is hosted by a d ifferent Southern community and facilitated by local organizers who manage fundraising\, facilities\, entertainment\, the website\, and more. The pa rticipants themselves facilitate workshops and discussions\, and share ide as\, learn new skills\, and have fun as a community Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030316 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030314T160000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Warren Wilson College\, Asheville\, North Carolina\, United States SUMMARY:Southern girls convention 2003 UID:20091107T000510EST-0HAwVv7Vxz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.southerngirlsconvention.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Major convergence featuring a large permitted rally\, numerous teach-ins\, forums\, and other educational events\, marches of all kinds\, direct action\, street threatre\, 15+ hours of concerts\, a vigil\, a par ade procession\, radical cheering and signing\, dancing\, various bloc's\, and many other to be determined activities. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030126 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030124 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Pittsburgh Regional Convergence Against War UID:20091107T000510EST-Crnv674CVB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.organizepittsburgh.org/war.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:203-887-5945 (cell) Email:linda.shi@yale.edu DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this summit is to build a coalition of Northeast student environmental groups that can take on national issues that each s chool or existing network on its own could not address. We see a particula r need right now for such an organized student movement to respond to the Bush Administration?s efforts to rollback decades of environmental policy. This is intended to be a relatively informal gathering with only 2-3 of t he most active student leaders representing each school. We hope this form at will encourage as much inter-school conversation and networking as poss ible. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030216 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030215T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:205 Prospect Street\, New Haven\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast Student Environmental Leadership Summit UID:20091107T000510EST-7PSRAtpVuJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.yale.edu/ysec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:415-398-4404 Email:ssmith@ran.org DESCRIPTION:For years Rainforest Action Network has been at the forefront o f the radical ecology and environmental movement\, using strategic non-vio lent direct action to win protection for the world?s endangered forests an d the cultures and creatures that call these places home. Our highly effe ctive activist network has used a variety of tactics such as hanging banne rs\, blockades of buildings and meetings\, street theater\, protests\, and stopping logging trucks and ships. These actions not only call attention to the plight of the world?s forests but also help to stop the machine of destruction in its tracks. Over the years our activists have consistentl y been on the front lines of the battle for the Earth\, from the streets o f Seattle to the aisles of Home Depot and beyond. And we want you to join the network!\n\nRAN is committed to giving activists the tools they need to work effectively and safely on the most pressing issues of our time. O ur network of activists work not only on RAN campaigns\, such as stopping Citigroup?s destructive fossil fuel investments or Boise?s old growth logg ing\, but also use direct action to get results on issues of concern in th eir own communities.\n\nThe Strategic Action Training is offered in key re gions throughout the U.S. and is a weekend long intensive. Our program fe atures the best local trainers available coupled with skilled RAN trainers . In addition\, RAN trainers are available to assist you with your specif ic needs for individual campaigns and projects. \n\nWhat you can expect f rom the Strategic Action Training:\n\nWhile each weekend intensive is diff erent based on the needs and resources of the local communities\, here are some topics that are generally covered in our trainings:\n\n· Non-violent direct action\n· Working with the media\n· Campaign strategy\n· Street th eater\n· Direct action planning and design\n· Legal issues for activists\n · Blockades\n· Fundraising\n· Recruitment\n· Grassroots organizing\n\nOur program works to give you the hands-on training you need to feel comfortab le with a variety of scenarios and tactics. We use discussions\, role-pla ys\, and taking the training out into the streets to make our weekends int eractive\, fun\, and applicable.\n---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------\nREGISTRATION\n\nYES! I a m interested in attending RAN?s Strategic Action Training. RAN works to k eep the cost of our trainings to a minimum. Most of our programs cost abo ut $20.00 for the weekend. Scholarships are available\, and no one will b e turned away for lack of funds.\n\nSign up online:\nhttp://www.ran.org/ac tion/action_training.html\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030216 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030214T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:NYC - TBA\, NYC\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Rainforest Action Network Strategic Action Training UID:20091107T000510EST-UEIpsuSXWU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ran.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:631-878-1337 Email:buckl@sunysuffolk.edu DESCRIPTION:The Students United in CONSCIOUS CONNECTION in conjunction with PRIMOS & the NEWMAN CLUB proudly present:\n\nFATHER ROY BOURGEOIS\nHumani tarian\, missionary\, prisoner of conscience\, and founder of the SOAW (Sc hool Of the Americas Watch). Father Roy has recently returned from Iraq a nd will likely discuss his experiences there as well as non-violence\, lov e and justice. \n\nFEBRUARY 5TH\, 11:15-12:15 pm in the MAIN LOUNGE of th e Babylon Student Center. ALL ARE WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n Geographical S cope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030205T111500 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Suffolk Community College\, Selden\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Father Roy Bourgeois UID:20091107T000510EST-IrEHF19Gaf@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202-862-9740\, ext. 3 Email:span@peace-action.org DESCRIPTION:Travel scholarships are available for this three-day event\, wh ich runs Friday\, February 28 through Sunday\, March 2. Friday (an optiona l day) will be a day of sessions to plan out a national student peace camp aign and elect a Student Peace Action Network council. Saturday and Sunday will feature workshops (including nonviolence\, anti-racism\, media\, and creative fundraising training)\, panel discussions\, and speakers\, with a keynote address and concert of protest music Saturday night and an antiw ar action on Sunday. Looking back\, sweeping forward--As the new generatio n of peace activists\, we are pulling together insights from the struggles that came before\, creating fresh tools to become effective activists tod ay\, and staying true to the principles of nonviolence to build a powerful youth movement for peace. Come away from this fantastic weekend with new skills\, new contacts\, and fresh enthusiasm to carry into your peace and justice work\, spring semester and beyond!\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030302 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030228 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:North Carolina State University\, Raleigh\, North Carolina\, Unite d States SUMMARY:SPAN National Student Peace Summit UID:20091107T000510EST-dPXZlP0kIm@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentpeaceaction.org/summit.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:'We'd rather go Hungry than Eat Sweatshop Tacos.' Join the far mworkers\, students\, and other allies in Hunger Striking outside of Taco Bell Headquarters in Irvine\, CA\, beginning Feb 24. Or come down for the week or however long you can. Let's bring the Global Justice movement to gether to send a message to all of corporate America and support this work er-led struggle Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030224 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Irvine\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Hunger Strike at Taco Bell Headquarters UID:20091107T000510EST-vuGwdEGHHe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ciw-online.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Building on the Hunger Strike that will begin Feb 24th\, on Fri Feb 28th tons of workers\, students\, people or faith\, and other allies will converge on Taco Bell Headquarters in a giant Rally to demand justice and tons more will do solidarity actions in their hometowns. Last year 2 \,000 people marched on Taco Bell HQ. \nIf you do a solidarity action\, b e sure to let the workers know. Thanks!\nwww.ciw-online.org Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030228 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Taco Bell HQ\, Irvine\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Convergence at Taco Bell Headquarters UID:20091107T000510EST-wjZsPS7FEL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ciw-online.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(740) 376-3806 Email:simsb@marietta.edu DESCRIPTION:There will be a short rally followed by a march through the cit y. It will include stops at several different federal buildings. It is b eing hosted by the Marietta College Coalition for Social Change. Please c ontact for directions and specific address. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030208T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Herman Fine Arts Building\, Marietta College\, Butle\, Marietta\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:No War on Iraq. UID:20091107T000510EST-UawRt1w9Zs@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:540 438 8383 Email:jmuequal@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:The purpose of the Conference is to come together through femin ism to fight for women's rights and to celebrate and educate ourselves and one another. All open-minded individuals are welcome!\nThe cost is $10 w hich will cover all Conference events\, including\, but not limited to\, l ots of workshops\, Saturday lunch\, and Friday and Saturday night entertai nment. Workshops are many and varied. To give some examples: Feminism 10 1\, Being Queer and Christian\, Men in Feminism\, The Female Sex Revolutio n\, The Contemporary Feminist as a Spiritual Warrior\, The ERA\, and many many more!\nConfirmed headlinging speakers so far are Inga Muscio\, Dr. Gr eer Wilson\, and Dr. Dorie Rothman. For more information and to register\ , please see our website http://orgs.jmu.edu/equal or e-mail us at j\; m\;u\;e\;q\;u\;a\;l\;@\;y\;a\;h\; o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\nWe invite you to join us as we speak up and speak out! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030330 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030328T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:James Madison University\, Harrisonburg\, Virginia\, United States SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Women's Rights and Empowerment Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-Cl7R6V1vUA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://orgs.jmu.edu/equal/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(401)521-3584 Email:sene@afsc.org DESCRIPTION:NO WAR - A Gathering for Peace and Justice\nSunday\, February 2 \n3:00-4:30pm\n\nBeneficent Congregational Church\n300 Weybosset Street\, Providence\n(Up the street from the Providence Performing Arts Center)\n\n There will also be a sundown-to-sundown Vigil and Fast for peace with Iraq from Sat.\, Feb. 1-Sun.\, Feb 2\n\nSponsored by (partial list): American Friends Service Committee of Southeastern New England\; Brown University F aculty\, Alumni\, and Staff Against War\; Direct Action for Rights and Equ ality\; Green Party of Rhode Island\; Ministers Alliance\; Pax Christi Rho de Island\; Providence ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)\; Rhode Island Peace Action\; Rhode Island Peace and Justice Education Fund\; Rho de Island Peace Mission\; Rhode Island Project Plowshares\; Rhode Island S tate Council of Churches\; URISSC (URI Students for Social Change).\n\nThe re will be speakers\, entertainment\, and fellowship. For more information about the gathering and 24-hour vigil\, or to add your organization to th e list of sponsors\, contact: (401) 521-3584\; s\;e\;n\;e\ ;@\;a\;f\;s\;c\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n Geographic al Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030202T150000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Beneficent Congregational Church\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:NO WAR - A Gathering for Peace and Justice UID:20091107T000510EST-7nk8slM77V@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.afsc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215/222/4711 Email:ncc@seac.org DESCRIPTION:The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) \n& the Stud ent Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) present: \n\nSTOP THE BOMBS \nST UDENT ORGANIZING CONFERENCE \nKNOXVILLE\, TN \nMARCH 31-April 1\, 2003 \n\ nAt a time when ordinary people across the country are opposing the contin uing assault against the people of Iraq\, in a new war with open talk of ' usable nukes\,' it is essential that we draw public attention to the weapo ns of mass destruction being produced here in the US and the tragic conseq uences that the use of these weapons would have on innocent civilians in t he Middle East and elsewhere. The production center for the US nuclear ars enal\, the Y12 'National Security Complex\,' is in Oak Ridge\, Tennessee\; we must organize to shut it down.\n\nJust after OREPA's spring action at the Y12 nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge (March 29-30)\, we are hostin g an organizing conference to bring together youth and students who are ac tive in the Stop the Bombs campaign and other anti-nuke organizing. The g athering will work toward the long-term goal of developing a sustained you th movement across the country for an end to nuclear weapons production. P articipating youth and student organizations will build a relationship wit h OREPA in which they will work to build the Stop the Bombs campaign on th eir campuses and in their communities\, while OREPA will provide informati onal\, strategic\, media\, legal\, and/or financial support\, depending on available resources.\n-----------------WHAT THE GATHERING WILL LOOK LIKE- ---------------\nThe conference will be co-hosted by OREPA and SEAC. We hi ghly encourage other groups to participate in the planning and implementat ion of the gathering- it is meant to be a cooperative process! OREPA will share decision-making over the workshops\, action\, and future campaign st rategy with participating organizations. The following outline contains so me possibilities for workshops\, but we want participants' input as to whi ch trainings would be most useful! \n\nInformational Presentations \nThrou gh informational presentations and workshops\, learn about: \n- The histor y of nuclear weapons and global proliferation \n- The anti-nuclear movemen t of the 80's: Success stories and lessons for combating the new Nuclear R evival \n- The US Nuclear Weapons Complex today and the role of Y12 \n- Wh o writes US policy? Washington's 'revolving door' and the role of weapons contractors and corporate think-tanks \n- Militarism and Environmental Jus tice \n\nSkills development \nDevelop your organizing skills in workshops led by experienced trainers. \nSome suggestions are: \n- Campus organizing skill share and discussion \n- Media skills (press releases\, interviews\ , building relationships with reporters) \n- Anti-racist organizing (addre ssing all forms of oppression within our organizations and in how we organ ize as we work for social change) \n- Making links between your University and the Military Industrial Complex \n- Puppet-making \n- Independent med ia \n- Legislation: lobbying and other tools for grassroots activists \n- Consensus decision-making \n- Direct Action: civil disobedience\, blockade s\, banner hangs\, lock-downs\, dealing with tear gas\, pepper spray\, and police repression \n\nPlanning and Strategizing \nLots of time will be re served for breakout sessions in which students can get together by organiz ation\, by region\, or however else makes sense. This is a time for you to network across campuses and across regions\, using these new connections to further your local organizing efforts and help build a national moveme nt to end nuclear weapons production. We will hear from student groups abo ut their campaigns\, discuss strategy ideas\, brainstorm actions\, and dev elop a plan for how to work together in the future and bring the Stop the Bombs campaign back to our campuses and communities. This gathering and t he action at Y-12 are not ends in themselves\; rather\, these events will be a kick-off to what will hopefully be a lasting relationship between ORE PA and youth organizations working for peace\, nuclear disarmament\, envir onmental justice\, and a sane U.S. foreign policy. At this conference we w ill lay the groundwork for this exciting and necessary coalition. Come to Knoxville in March and be a part of it! You can register on our website -- http://www.stopthebombs.org/calendar/conference.html \n\nIf you have any questions\, comments\, or ideas\, please respond to a\;b\;i\; 03\;a\;i\;l\;@\;s\;t\;o\;p\;t\;h\;&# 101\;b\;o\;m\;b\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n or  10\;c\;c\;@\;s\;e\;a\;c\;.\;o\;r\;g\ ;\n\, or call the Peace House at (865)483-8202. Note: Some financial assis tance for transportation will be available\, depending on need and availab le resources (so apply early!) \n-- Abigail Singer A\;b\;i\; 3\;a\;i\;l\;@\;s\;t\;o\;p\;t\;h\; 01\;b\;o\;m\;b\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n Oak Rid ge Environmental Peace Alliance 865-483-8202 Web site http://www.stoptheb ombs.org \n-- Jason Fults n\;c\;c\;@\;s\;e\;a\; 9\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n Student Environmental Action Coalition (S EAC) 215/222/4711 \nWeb site http://www.seac.org/campaigns/militarism.sht ml Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030401 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030331 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Knoxville\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:Stop the Bombs: Student Organizing Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-XAlp5HUUal@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.stopthebombs.org/calendar/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The purpose of the W.A.R.P. Conference is to facilitate interca mpus relationships between varied organizations gathered to discuss and pr omote educational and responsible activism on a coordinated level against the U.S.- led war against Iraq. Furthermore\, the W.A.R.P. Conference will actively seek resolution(s) encouraging coordinated campaigns across the Midwest in the interest of peace and justice around the world. The confere nce will pay special attention to the possibility if adopting a resolution forming a Regional Intercampus Anti-War Coordinating Committee and will a lso attempt to establish permanent connections between the campuses involv ed. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030209 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030208 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, United States SUMMARY:War Ain't Right People!: Conference and Concert UID:20091107T000510EST-bbpBSLbuuR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wiscpunk.org/warpcon/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:glbtss@osu.edu DESCRIPTION:A massive conference with over 1000 lgbt youth expected to atte nd. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030216 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030214 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ohio State University\, Columbus\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest BLGTA College Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-p0RrutGFlo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://multiculturalcenter.osu.edu/glbtss/mblgtacc.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:United for Peace's massive mobilization against the war. There are simultaneous protests in San Francisco\, Philadelphia\, and around the world. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030215T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:NYC Massive Anti-War Demonstration UID:20091107T000510EST-2uMHcHNHAc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=sub&sub=30 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:501-244-2439 Email:clearinghouse@tao.ca DESCRIPTION:STUDENT STRIKE FOR BOOKS NOT BOMBS!\n\n\nJOIN US IN A STUDENT S TRIKE MARCH 5TH TO DEMAND:\n\nUS Government:\n- End the drive for military action and sanctions that target the people of Iraq\n- Fund education to ensure that everyone in the US has access to higher education\n- Re-alloca te military funds to eliminating poverty and building peace and home and a broad\n\nCampus Administrators:\n- Declare opposition to the war\n- Disclo se and eliminate military research contracts\n- Freeze or lower tuition an d fees\n\n\n\n\nThe Bush administration is intent on plunging America into an illegitimate and pre-emptive war that will only increase danger for Am ericans and the world. At the same time education\, healthcare\, the envi ronment\, and the economy are being neglected. Its time for youth and stu dents to take a stand for America?s future!\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030305 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:National\, United States SUMMARY:National Student Strike for Books Not Bombs UID:20091107T000510EST-180Uo0PVdu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyspc.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617 695-2665 Email:tmose@cool2serve.org DESCRIPTION:19th Annual National COOL Conference on Student Community Servi ce\n'Students Leading Change'\nMarch 13-15\, 2003\nCleveland State Univers ity\nCleveland\, OH\nwww.cool2serve.org\n\nJoin the largest and only confe rence of its kind as we bring together over 2\,000 college student leaders from across the country involved in community service\, service learning\ , advocacy and activism work.\n\nHIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:\n\n* Keynote speaker s Adam Taylor\, Executive Director of Global Justice\, and Paul Loeb\, not ed author of Soul of a Citizen\n\n* 150 student-led workshops and 15 day- long forums on topics like global aids\, hunger and homelessness\, careers in the common good\, globalization and organizing for social change\n\n* Opportunities Fair with more than 50 organizations offering programs\, jo bs and/or internships\n\n* Oxfam hunger banquet\n\n* Service Plunge to m ake a difference for kids and families in Cleveland \n\n* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\n\nDISCOUNT registration deadline: Friday\, Febrary 14\, 2003 Register now at www.cool2serve.org\n\nGET INVOLVED!! Go on-line at www.c ool2serve.org to:\n\n* Submit a workshop proposal\n* Apply to be a stude nt keynote speaker\n* Nominate your program for recognition with a COOL a ward\n* Enter your artwork in the student competition to be on the cover of the\n Conference Program. \n\nHope to see you in Cleveland!! Geograp hical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030315 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030313 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Cleveland\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:19th Annual COOL Conference on Student Community Service UID:20091107T000510EST-DZcsMn9ZSt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cool2serve.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Overview\nMark your calendar for the first annual Campus Earth Summit\, which will take place on Saturday\, March 22\, at the University of Texas at Austin. It's a free conference on how to run campus environmen tal projects. \n\nWe'll learn new techniques for addressing important envi ronmental issues on campus\, including assessing each school's environment al impact\, reducing energy use\, and implementing more environmentally fr iendly purchasing policies. We'll study what other schools are doing to ad dress these concerns and what has succeeded and failed on other campuses. Suzanne Savanick\, the Coordinator of the Sustainable Campus Initiative Co mmittee at the University of Minnesota\, will lead the conference. \n\nThe Campus Earth Summit is hosted by the UT Environmental Center and co-spons ored by the Student Events Center\, Center for Sustainable Development\, a nd Environmental Science Institute. \n\nOur Speaker: Suzanne Savanick\nSuz anne Savanick coordinates the Sustainable Campus Initiative Committee at t he University of Minnesota. She also is pursuing a Ph.D. in conservation b iology and is writing a dissertation on urban ecology and college campuses .\n\nShe earned a Master of Environmental Management in environmental econ omics and policy from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in geology f rom Carleton College. She also serves as an elected Supervisor of the Dako ta County Soil and Water Conservation District and serves on the education committee for the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Di stricts.\n\nSchedule \n9:00 - 9:50 Overview of Campus Environmental Projec ts \n10:00 - 10:50 Environmental Assessments of Campus \n11:00 - 11:5 0 Energy Use and Efficiency \n12:00 - 1:00 Lunch \n1:00 - 1:50 Environment ally Preferable Purchasing \n2:00 - 4:00 Collaborative Breakout Sessions\n - Implementing Energy Projects\n - Starting an Environmental Assessment \n - Changing Purchasing Policies\n - Improving Campus Recycling\n - La unching an Environmental Center \n4:00 - 5:00 Closing \n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030322 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:UT Campus Earth Summit: Enabling Environmental Change on Campus UID:20091107T000510EST-EHHUARvbsE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.utenvironment.org/campusgreen.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:715 343-1670 Email:lmcgr565@uwsp.edu DESCRIPTION:The focus of this conference is global climate change\, our dep endency on fossil fuels and its impact on the war on terrorism. This conf erence was held at Michigan State University last year in conjunction with 'Kyoto Now!' www.kyoto-now.org. This year the conference will be held at UW-SP and will include a variety of workshops (renewable energy 101\, no war in Iraq\, art and revolution)\, speakers\, and panel discussions. Als o the conference is FREE! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030427 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030425 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point\, Stevens Point\, Wisconsin\ , United States SUMMARY:Turn Down the Heat Conference 2003! UID:20091107T000510EST-AkROz1lihf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/sga/Sustainability/Sustain.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(847) 912-2450 Email:sfg3@georgetown.edu DESCRIPTION:USFT's kickoff event will take place on the 28th from 4-6.30 on University of Washington's campus. This event is to introduce USFT to th e world as the positive student Fair Trade umbrella organization. The even t will feature a folk singer\, a fair trade coffee farmer\, a student who has lead a successful campaign\, USFT co-founders\, and an Equal Exchange representative.\n\nAfter the speaches there will be an hour of networking. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030228T160000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Washington\, Ammes- Walker Conference\, Seattle\, Wa shington\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade Kickoff Event UID:20091107T000510EST-VjFVC40FL7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Themes include:\n? Environmental Racism\n? Women of Color Issue s\n? Labor Justice\n? Prison Industrial Complex\n? International Student I ssues\n? Reproductive Rights\n? Queer Communities of Color Issues \n \n G eographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030209 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Portland\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Oregon Students of Color Coalition Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-hCEwrsVjOd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.orstudents.org/oscc/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:773-227-7873 Email:csawn@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Invitation to National Conference of the Campus Anti-War Networ k (CAN)\nFebruary 22-23\, Chicago\, IL\n\nAs global opposition grows to a war on Iraq\, the Bush Administration seems to be more determined than eve r to carry out another desert slaughter. Protests around the world are es calating and right here in the US on January 18th well over 500\,000 march ed against the war. Fifty percent of Americans polled say they oppose the war\, which means we CAN stop Bush before he kills again. Students playe d a crucial role in forcing the US to get out of Vietnam 30 years ago. To day\, people around the world are looking for our generation to do its dut y and stand up against this war. We also know that the tens of billions t hat will be spent on bombing and occupying Iraq means cuts in education he re at home. An estimated 400\,000 students will not be able to attend col lege next year because of the attacks on education spending. Tens of thou sands of us have marched\, organized speak-outs and vigils\, attended teac h-ins and made our voices heard. But as the war gets closer\, it?s time f or us to get seriously organized on a national scale to make sure we have the greatest\, most united impact possible. The people of Iraq are counti ng on us. \n\nOn January 17\, regional conferences at George Washington U niversity and San Francisco State University brought together representati ves from over 70 colleges and universities to discuss strengthening the em erging anti-war movement. Delegates founded the Campus Anti-War Network ( CAN) and voted to oppose the war on Iraq and educate and activate our clas smates and campus communities. We also decided to call for emergency camp us actions on the day after the US invades Iraq or escalates the bombing\, as well as to endorse the mass protests in San Francisco and New York Cit y on February 15 and 16. \n\nIn order to help achieve these goals\, CAN i s organizing a national conference in Chicago on February 22-23 of campus- based\, student anti-war committees. We believe that the best way to buil d an independent student voice within the anti-war movement as a whole is for the hundreds of schools with anti-war groups to get together\, face to face\, and democratically decide how we can all work together to stop thi s war. \n\nAll student anti-war activists are encouraged to attend the co nference\, but each school will be limited to two voting delegates to take part in decision making at the conference so that schools are not geograp hically under or over represented. All national anti-war groups are invit ed to send non-voting observers in order to build unity and coordination\, but decisions will be up to student delegates.\n\nREGISTRATION: As soon a s your school decides to attend the conference\, please forward the names of the delegates and all other attendees from your school to the following : c\;s\;a\;w\;n\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\ ;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n. For questions regarding the c onference\, phone contact can be made at 773-227-7873.\n\nLOCATION: The CA N conference will be held at Loyola University?s Lakeshore Campus in the R oger?s Park neighborhood of Chicago. The red line train Loyola stop is onl y steps from our meeting room. Maps and directions are available on reques t and more information will be sent out prior to the conference regarding exact meeting rooms\, welcoming party locations\, etc.\n\nHOUSING: Student s in Chicago will try to arrange free housing for all conference attendees who need it. Given the big number of participating campuses\, we request that if you can make arrangements on your own\, that would be a big help. A list of cheap hostels and motels will be forwarded to anyone who request s it. Those who need housing arranged should email with the names and any special considerations (allergies\, late arrivals\, handicapped accessible \, etc.) of all those who need a place to stay for either Friday and/or Sa turday nights.\n\nFOOD: Students in Chicago are trying to arrange food don ations in order to provide light breakfasts and lunches for both Saturday and Sunday of the conference. Dinner on Saturday will not be provided but many cheap restaurants are within walking distance of the conference locat ion. Vegetarian meals will be available but vegans or others with dietary restrictions should email c\;s\;a\;w\;n\;@\;h\;&# 111\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\; so we kn ow how many to accommodate.\n\nHere is a preliminary list of campuses part icipating in the national conference:\nSan Francisco State University\, Br own University\, University of West Virginia\, University of Chicago\, Geo rge Mason University\, University of California-Berkeley\, University of C alifornia-Davis\, University of California-Santa Cruz\, Chico State\, DePa ul University\, Loyola University\, Northeastern Illinois University\, Lan e Tech High School\, Notre Dame University\, University of Southern Califo rnia\, University of Michigan\, George Washington University\, University of California-San Diego\, Mills College\, Washington State University\, Un iversity of Oregon-Eugene\, University of Illinois-Chicago\, University of Vermont-Burlington\, Columbia University\, California State Humboldt\, Sa n Diego State University\, University of Maryland\, University of Texas\, University of North Carolina-Greensboro\, Ithica College\, University of M ichigan\, Portland State University\, College of DuPage\, Lewis and Clark College\, University of Wisconsin-Madison\, University of Wisconsin-Eau Cl aire\, Susquehanna University\, Earlham College\, Swarthmore College\, Not re Dame de Namur University\, Rutgers University\, University of Northern Colorado\, Marshall University\, Academy of Art-SF\, University of Iowa ? Many more to come!\n\nA Proposed Agenda and Conference Procedural Informa tion below.\n\nFriday\, Feb. 21\n8pm-midnight\n--WELCOMING PARTY for housi ng assignments\, meeting each other (location to be announced)\n\nSaturday \, Feb. 22\n9am-10am\n--REGISTRATION\, distribution of conference material s\, bagels\, info fair \n10am-11am\n--KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM GUEST SPEAKERS \n10:45-11:15\n--WELCOME FROM CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS\, explanation of proce dure\, approval of agenda\n11:15-12:30\n--PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF P ROPOSALS on points of unity and structure issues (non voting)\n12:30-1:30\ n--LUNCH BREAK with informal regional networking (lunch will be provided o n site)\n1:30-3:00\n--BREAKOUT SESSIONS to discuss and brainstorm action p roposals and CAN organizing (specific topics tba\, but likely to CAN day o f action\, national or regional CAN protests\, CAN website and newsletter\ , CAN outreach\, March 5 actions\, etc.)\n3:00-4:30\n--PRESENTATION AND DI SCUSSION OF PROPOSALS action/organizational proposals from breakout sessio ns (non voting)\n4:30-5:00\n--REST BREAK\n5:00-6:30\n--EDUCATIONAL/STRATEG Y WORKSHOPS (speakers on topics related to war\, organizing strategies\, e tc.)\n6:30-7:30\n--DINNER ON YOUR OWN\n7:30-9:00 (optional)\n--BREAKOUT SE SSION for chairs and proposal makers to help organize Sunday's voting sess ion \n8:00-midnight\nPARTY with entertainment (location to be announced)\n \nSunday\, Feb. 23\n10am-10:30\n--PRESENTATION from previous night's propo sal organizing breakout session\n10:30-12:00\n--DISCUSSION AND VOTES on po ints of unity and structure\n12-12:30\n--LUNCH BREAK (lunch provided)\n12: 30-2:00\n--DISCUSSION AND VOTES on action proposals\n2:00-3:00\n--BREAKOUT S FOR WORKING GROUPS on passed proposals\n\n\n\nHere's How the CAN Nationa l Conference Works\n\nSCHOOL ANTI-WAR OR PEACE COMMITTEES: Two delegates will be recognized from every college or high school campus anti-war or pe ace group. Only one antiwar or peace group per campus please (where more t han one exists\, please meet to elect two delegates to represent the antiw ar from your school.) These delegates will have to register at the confere nce in order to get their voting cards. Each school can bring as many stud ents as they like and non-delegate students will have the chance to caucus with their delegates for decision making purposes before votes are taken. Delegates and non-delegate students will have full rights to participate (speaking\, making proposals\, working on CAN committees\, chairing or fac ilitating\, etc.) in all aspects of the conference\, although delegates ma y be given priority to speak on certain items if time is running short. \n \nGUESTS: CAN wants to build the greatest possible unity amongst \nanti-wa r forces across the country. Therefore\, we are extending an open \ninvita tion to all anti-war groups (student or otherwise) to attend and \npartici pate in the National Conference open sessions on Saturday\, February \n22. There will be space for information tabling for a fee on both Saturday a nd Sunday. We welcome input about how to coordinate anti-war work within t he student movement as well as between the student movement and other sect ors (labor\, religious groups\, civil rights organizations\, etc.) CAN's S unday\, February 23 decision making sessions will be limited to student de legates and non-delegate students from participating campus antiwar or pea ce committees. If you or your organization would like to attend the CAN Na tional Conference\, please email the Planning Committee at c\;s\;&# 97\;w\;n\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;&# 46\;c\;o\;m\;\n. \n \nVOTING PROCEDURE: The National Conferenc e Planning Committee voted to adopt a simple majority voting procedure for all conference questions. That is\, \nall questions will be decided by a simple majority vote of the delegates. \n(For reference\, there is a goo d basic Robert's Rules up on the \nwww.antiwarconference.org website that was used for the January 17\, San \nFrancisco State University CAN confere nce.)\n\nFACILITATING AND CHAIRING: The conference will operate on a simp lified Roberts Rules of Order process\, which will be distributed to all p articipants in \nadvance of the conference\, as well as included in the co nference packet \nitself. Different chairs will be chosen for different se ssions based on \ngeographic representation. Antiwar committees are asked to send a list of possible chairs toc\;s\;a\;w\;n\;@\ ;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\ ;. Chairing/facilitating a national conference can be challenging\, so all attendees are asked to respect the \nchairs/facilitators and remember tha t they are only students trying to do \ntheir best\, just like the rest of us.\n\nPROPOSALS ON STRUCTURE OR PROCESS: Proposals regarding CAN struct ure and process must be submitted in writing to the Conference Planning Co mmittee at c\;s\;a\;w\;n\;@\;h\;o\;t\; 09\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n no later than 6pm on Friday\, February 21 in order to be considered on the floor of the confere nce. \n\nPROPOSALS ON POINTS OF UNITY: Proposals regarding CAN's points of unity should be submitted in writing to the Conference Planning Committ ee at \nc\;s\;a\;w\;n\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\ ;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n no later than Friday\, F ebruary 21 at 6pm in order to be \nconsidered on the floor of the conferen ce.\n\nPROPOSALS ON ACTIONS and other things\, such as committees\, web si tes\, etc: These proposals should be submitted in writing to the Conferenc e Planning \nCommittee at c\;s\;a\;w\;n\;@\;h\;&# 111\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n no lat er than Friday\, February 21 at 6pm in \norder to be considered on the flo or of the conference.\n\nProposals NOT submitted in writing on time can st ill be brought to the \nconference. However\, experience at the regional c onference shows that there \nwill be dozens of proposals on lots of differ ent questions. The \npoint of submitting them early\, in writing\, is so t hat they can be organized\, \ngrouped and presented in a coherent way to t he conference in order to \nmaximize our time. Proposals not submitted on time in writing will NOT be \ngiven priority over proposals submitted on t ime in writing. Of course\, we \nwill all have to be a little flexible on this point\, but all schools should \nSTRIVE to think about what they want to propose BEFORE they arrive and send \nthose proposals to the Conferenc e Planning Committee. \n\nAll these proposals will then be discussed on S aturday in non-voting\, \ndiscussion sessions. Based on the written propos als and the Saturday \ndiscussions\, a working group will prepare a presen tation of emerging \nproposals to be considered on structure\, points of u nity\, actions and other \nproposals on Sunday. Thus\, the final proposals to be discussed on Sunday \nwill be a combination of the written proposal s that arrive in advance of the \nconference and the full day of discussio n about those proposals on Saturday. \n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030223 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030222 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Loyola University\, Lakeshore Campus\, Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Antiwar Network National Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-uCOhnSVOsM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.antiwarnetwork.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(315) 478-9702 Email:abhaley@syr.edu DESCRIPTION:Northeast SEAC needs to be revitalized!!! We are calling all SE AC'ers of the Northeast\, and any other youth activist that wants to make a difference to come to our conference for the weekend. 21+ workshops\, ca ucuses\, action.... what more could you ask for! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030302 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030228T040000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Syracuse University & SUNY ESF\, Syracuse\, New York\, United Stat es SUMMARY:SEAC Northeast Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-V0vnm04L9v@69.73.141.125 URL:http://students.syr.edu/seac/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@lgbtqsummit.org DESCRIPTION:Our conference theme serves to recoginize the many and varied f acets of each individual. Developing the whole leader is crucial to the ef fectiveness of our communities. This year we will address the physical\, spiritual\, emotional\, intellectual\, social\, and political dimensions o f leadership. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030215 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030214 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Denver\, Colorado\, United States SUMMARY:Rocky Mountain LGBTQ Leadership Summit UID:20091107T000510EST-uggLhvbxgK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lgbtqsummit.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:National Association for Ethnic Studies 31st Annual National Co nference. April 3-5\, 2003. Borderlands and Beyond:\nExamining Intersectio ns of Race\, Ethnicity\, Class\, Gender\, Sexuality\, and Nation Geograph ical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030405 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030403 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Phoenix\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:National Conference on Ethnic Studies UID:20091107T000510EST-8Ou1sg1auu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://faculty.washington.edu/davidgs/naes2003.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Locating Common Ground: Rethinking and Strengthening Our Collec tivities.\n\nAs STUDENTS OF COLOR\, we often feel marginalized in our scho larship particularly when we appear alone in our critical perspectives on traditional research in our fields. Despite these experiences of isolation \, we draw strength from our interactions with one another.\n\nToday\, we face new political\, economic\, and social realities that compel us to rec onsider the ties that bind us\, and the imperatives behind these bonds. Ho w can we LOCATE COMMON GROUND upon which to face the future?\n\nWe cannot simply rely on what were once 'safe' assumptions and 'proven' practices. W e must be cognizant of the 'real word' implications and 'global' impact of our work. Therefore\, we aspire to discover and enact new ways for us to perform our work while we open up social networks and strengthen our colle ctives.\n\nThe purpose of the SCOR 13th annual graduate and professional s tudent conference is to explore\, from each discipline\, the recent challe nges we face as students of color. We encourage submissions from all gradu ate and professional student Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030215 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030213 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:Students of Color of Rackham Conference: Locating Common Ground UID:20091107T000510EST-Si6PeMpAMl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.umich.edu/~scorweb/conf2003/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Empowering all people to move towards global justice by creatin g dialogues on culture\, power structures\, and health. Geographical Scop e: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030217 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030216 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Eugene\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Women of Color Coalition Building Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-fv5OOJNv9i@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uoregon.edu/~women/wocprogram.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Sixty workshops\, queer coffee house\, film festival\, forty ca mpuses\, speakers\, etc. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030223 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030221 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Riverside\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Coming Home Queer: UC Riverside Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-XfsRSXGmEi@69.73.141.125 URL:http://cominghomequeer.ucr.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Queer youth conference. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030322 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030321 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hartford\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:Our True Colors Conference (Queer) UID:20091107T000510EST-bBNnvZBeEM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ourtruecolors.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Building upon two previous ASU women of color conferences\, GAT HERING AT THE RIVER seeks to gather faculty\, staff and students from ASU\ , NAU and UofA to share our experiences in the Arizona academy\, to learn more about our research and activism on behalf of women of color\, and to further coalition building and networking across the state. Tentatively we have scheduled a plenary panel on campus climate issues\, breakout sessio ns\, a luncheon\, 3 concurrent sessions\, and a reception/ performance. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030222 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030221 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Tempe\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:Gathering at the River: Women of Color Conference at Arizona State UID:20091107T000510EST-f0Ztfao4vi@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.public.asu.edu/~dejesus/gathering2.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030301 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030228 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Socorro\, New Mexico\, United States SUMMARY:Transforming Tradition: New Mexico Women Studies Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-RVS56BmPpw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nmt.edu/~women/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:aslove@bulldog.unca.edu DESCRIPTION:This is the fourth annual GLBT/Q Studies Conference at UNCA\, a nd this year's theme is 'Citizen Queer: Outsider Status\, Dissent\, and Re sistance.'\n\nThe keynote is gay performance artist Tim Miller\, who will perform his show 'Glory Box' and offer a workshop on performance and agenc y. Numerous other paper presentations\, workshops\, readings\, etc. will take place during the conference\, including performances by the Bold Maid s and Kt Kilborn ('Underground TRANSit.') Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030322 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030321 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UNC Asheville\, Asheville\, North Carolina\, United States SUMMARY:GLBT/Q Studies Conference - UNC Asheville UID:20091107T000510EST-MxkaUawN37@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unca.edu/glsc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:publiclands@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:One of the largest public lands conferences to take place this year in the US will be held 2/28-3/2 in Houston\, TX. we are bringing in speakers such as darryl cherney\, co-organizer with judy bari of the Redwo od Summer\, John Talberth\, author of the economic analysis that exposed t he economic loss incurred by logging on our national forests\, Andy Kerr\, activist guru from OR\, and others from groups such as the National Fores t Protection Alliance\, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign\, and Miner al Policy Center. attendees are already registered from states around the country.\n\nTHIS LAND IS YOUR LAND:\nPublic Lands? History\, Philosophy\, and Controversy \nA Three Day Public Lands Conference\nSponsored by:\n Ri ce University\, Houston Earth First!\, and Live Oak Alliance\n\nDay One\, Friday February 28th: 6pm-10pm\nHistory & Ideology of Public Lands\nRice U niversity\, TBA\n\nDay Two\, Saturday March 1st: 10am-6pm\nAnalyzing and A ddressing Public Lands Issues\nRice University\, Ley Student Center\n\nDay Three\, Sunday March 2nd: 10am-5pm\nBuilding a Local Movement and Nature Walk\nBrazos Bend State Park\n\nThis conference will be one of the largest public lands conferences in the United States\, with speakers being flown in from around the nation to teach on special topics including: public la nds history and valuation\, resource extraction\, the trend towards privat ization\, recreation\, environmental law\, the Bush Administration?s rollb acks on protection of our public lands\, Texas public lands\, and urban pu blic spaces. The conference will consist of panels\, guest speakers\, int eractive workshops\, teach-ins\, skill-shares and film showings. The conf erence is open to the public. come learn from the foremost environmental activists on public lands issues about the problems we need to address\, b ut more importantly come network and train yourself how to confront these problems through legislation\, direct action\, grassroots organizing\, and coalition building.\n \n\nFor more information see the website at http ://www.ruf.rice.edu/~enviclub/conference/conferencehome.html \nor contact us at p\;u\;b\;l\;i\;c\;l\;a\;n\;d\;& #115\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n \n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030302 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030228 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Rice University\, 6100 Main St.\, Houston\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:This Land is Your Land: Public Lands History\, Philosophy\, and Con troversy UID:20091107T000510EST-m7dA9lu27G@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~enviclub/conference/conferencehome.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:(805)893-8849 Email:bekah2121@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Conference will focus on the repercussions the war on terrorism has for students and communities of color in the United States. These is sues include budget cuts for education\, military recruitment of student o f color\, rape as a tool of war\, the militarization of US borders\, the d etainment of immigrants\, and an increase in racialized hate crimes. The conference will also include other topics concerning the challenges faced by students of color in their pursuit of higher education\, such as the Ra cial Privacy Initiative\, campus environment for queer students\, and outr each and retention. This conference will be an exciting opportunity for s chools to unite and dialogue in workshops and caucuses in order to decide realistic actions that can be taken to create change and secure justice. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030302 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030228 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UC Santa Barbara\, Santa Barbara\, California\, United States SUMMARY:War on Education/Militarization of Our Community- UC Student of Col or Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-2ovGZ0Rvo4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ucsa.org/scc.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:503.235-0760 Email:starcsummerschool@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:See:http://www.starcalliance.org/summer/index.html\nAPPLICATION DEADLINE: 2/19/03!\nApply now for this 2 month intensive organizing insti tute designed by students\, youth\, and experienced organizers. Live\, tra in\, and intern with 10 other student activists from around the country. P articipants are matched with a racial/economic justice community organizat ion for a hands on organizing experience. \n \nNew Deadline: Feb. 19 Geo graphical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030219 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030214 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:San Francisco\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Apply for the STARC Summer Organizing Institute UID:20091107T000510EST-DgjkNnsFJv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.starcalliance.org/summer/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:303-898-7121 Email:youthactivistproject@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:KERPOW: Youth* Activist Conference\nApril 12th and 13th\, 2003\ nTivoli\, Auraria Campus\n\nSpeak up! Speak out! Organize!\nA fabulous opp ortunity for youth activists and want-to-be activists!\n\nKERPOW will incl ude two days (from 8:30am to 5:00pm) of activist skills trainings such as organizing\, fundraising\, networking\, dealing with the press\, avoiding burnout/balancing schedules etc. There will also be specialized sessions t hat cover the legal rights of protestors\, puppet/banner-making\, addressi ng -isms in activist communities (ie. racism\, sexism\, ageism\, classism\ , heterosexism)\, legal observer training\, health and safety\, as well as many more trainings for useful activist skills.\n\nThere is _NO COST_ to attend the conference. To register\, please send your name\, address\, pho ne number\, and school/organization affiliation (if applicable) to y\; o\;u\;t\;h\;a\;c\;t\;i\;v\;i\;s\ ;t\;p\;r\;o\;j\;e\;c\;t\;@\;y\;a\ ;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n with 'REGISTER' in the subject line. Also include any accomodations that you would need- such as babysitting\, interpreting\, etc. People will still be admitted to the con ference on the days of the event\, but we would like to get a general coun t of people that will be attending to make arrangements for food\, supplie s\, etc.\n\nFor any other information\, please call 303-898-7121\, email & #121\;o\;u\;t\;h\;a\;c\;t\;i\;v\;i\; s\;t\;p\;r\;o\;j\;e\;c\;t\;@\;y\ ;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\, or visit the Yo uth Activist Project website at http://www.geocities.com/youthactivistproj ect.\n\n*The conference will be organized for high school and college-aged people\, but anyone under the age of thirty is welcome to attend.\n\n Ge ographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030413 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030412 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Tivoli\, Auraria Campus\, Denver\, Colorado\, United States SUMMARY:KERPOW: Youth Activist Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-mKJsSZ3m2a@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/youthactivistproject END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:270-762-6232 Email:ctk2003@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Come Together Kentucky (CTK) is an annual collegiate conference for GLBTS student in Kentucky and surrounding areas. Check out our websi te for more information! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030406 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030404 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Murray State University\, Murray\, Kentucky\, United States SUMMARY:Come Together Kentucky: 'We are the Revolution UID:20091107T000510EST-8RgcnhBOCW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wearetherevolution.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:315-440-0434 Email:zoarfan@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Phat conference on a variety of topics and caucuses. Syracuse rocks. Be there! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030302 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030301T100000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Syracuse University\, Syracuse\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC North East Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-GwvgVzSbTC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://students.syr.edu/seac/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:As The U.S. government and powerful international financial ins titutions are accelerating corporate globalization in Latin America and th e Caribbean and the U.S asserts its regional domination by providing milit ary aid and training to repressive governments\, we must stand in solidari ty with our sisters and brothers throughout the Americas.\n\nThe Latin Ame rica Solidarity Coalition (LASC)\, has initiated a Call to Action for the Mobilization against the Military and Economic Intervention in Latin Ameri ca and the Caribbean from April-10-15\, 2003 in Washington\, DC.\n\nThe Ap ril Mobilization will include a massive protest rally on Sunday\, April 13 \, followed by a march to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fu nd (IMF) buildings\, where their annual spring meetings are taking place. We are coordinating with movements throughout Latin America and the Caribb ean to make this an International Day of Action. The Mobilization will als o include the Latin America Solidarity Conference III with direct action t rainings\, educational workshops and strategy sessions\, a lobby day to cl ose the School of the Americas\, street theatre\, film screenings and more .\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030415 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030410 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Mobilization Against Military and Economic Intervention in Latin Am erica UID:20091107T000510EST-3k3XxB67fe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lasolidarity.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:631-878-1337 Email:buckl@sunysuffolk.edu DESCRIPTION:WAKE UP AMERICA!!! \nWhat You Don't Know CAN Hurt You!! \n\nCom e to a Teach-In about how \nThe War against Saddam Hussein and \nthe growi ng influence of the Pentagon on our lives \nis inexorably leading to the l oss of Civil Liberties that \nhas only begun with the brutal Detentions an d Round-Ups of thousands of immigrants and \nan unrevealed number of legal American residents with brown faces or Islamic names \n\nwith Attorney Ly nne Stewart\, Michael Klare\, Asli Bali\, and Rutgers Law Prof Karima Benn oune. Moderator: Democracy Now's award-winning Amy Goodman \n\nSuggested donation $10 for adults and $5 for students. No one turned away! \nDATE: S aturday\, March 15 \nWHERE: Community Church of New York\, 40 E. 35th St ( bet Park & Madison) \nTIME: 5-9pm (Doors open at 4:30) \n\nadvance registr ation: t\;e\;a\;c\;h\;r\;e\;g\;@\;h\; o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n \nww w.notinourname.net\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030315T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Community Church Of New York\, 40 E. 35th St\, New York\, United S tates SUMMARY:Wake Up America - What you don't know CAN hurt you! UID:20091107T000510EST-WWIeWjZtDu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.notinourname.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617 948 4273 Email:vvalencia@uua.org DESCRIPTION:DRUUMM (Diverse & Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries) wa s established in 1999. We provide support and advocacy for UU (Unitarian U niversalists) People of Color and work to build a People of Color communit y in Unitarian Universalism. We welcome people who identify personally and /or collectively with a community of color\, and with the principles of DR UUMM.\n\nOur conference will feature great food\, late-night activities\, new & old friends from around North America\, and workshops and worships f or you. The Conference begins Thursday evening at 8pm and ends Sunday mo rning at 9 am in time for worship at All Souls UU Church which we will be helping out with. We welcome newcomers and friends of DRUUMM\, for more i nformation visit www.druumm.org.\n\nDRUUMM activities are multidimensional \, mindful of the diverse identities we bring to the community\, and focus ed on empowering and supporting People of\nColor within Unitarian Universa lism. You'll have the opportunity to share your story\, show off at the t alent show\, and engage in critical and creative\nconversations about reli gion\, identity and life.\n\nC*UUYAN and YRUU (the continental Young adult & Youth movements) are hosting the 2nd White Anti-Racist Allies Conferenc e paralell to our DRUUMM Youth & Young Adults Conference. For more inform ation contact Paula Nett at p\;a\;u\;l\;a\;n\;e\ ;t\;t\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\ ;c\;o\;m\;\n.\n\nYou can register online at www.druumm.org\nOr for more info phone Victoria Valencia at 1-617-948-4273 v\;v\;a \;l\;e\;n\;c\;i\;a\;@\;u\;u\;a\;.\; o\;r\;g\;\n or Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030330 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030327 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:All Souls Uu\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:DRUUMM youth and young adult of color conf. UID:20091107T000510EST-V2Oj6uLHUf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.druumm.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:KEYNOTE EVENTS: \nA Production of Joan Holden's Dramatization o f Barbara Ehrenreich's 'Nickel and Dimed'\,\nWorkshops by Peggy McIntosh\, \nAva Leavell Haymon\, Victoria Steinberg\, \nCatherine Schaeffer and the VSU Dancers\,\nA Celebration of the First Amendment.\n\n\n Geographical S cope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030315 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030313 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Valdosta\, Georgia\, United States SUMMARY:Valdosta State Feminist Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-FplmcnpAiv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.valdosta.edu/women/sewsa2003/pages/index.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:nationals2003@berkeleymecha.org DESCRIPTION:Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) National Confe rence. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030330 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030327 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Berkeley\, California\, United States SUMMARY:MEChA National Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-8n6l2hdurk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.berkeleymecha.org/nationals/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:859.258.9928 Email:dave_hn@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:\nA Speak-Out in the UK Free Speech area against a possible war in Iraq. Speakers from 12 to 1pm will . Speakers will include represent atives from the academic community\, as well as the religious community. From 10am to 2pm\, there will be a 'Peace Fair' with information tables se t up by the sponsoring organizations. \n\nSponsored by the UK Leftist Stu dent Union\, as well as the Central Kentucky Coalition for Peace and Justi ce\, Lexington PEACE\, UK Catholic Newman Center\, UK Feminist Alliance\, UK Green Thumb Environmental Club\, UK Students for the Green Party\, and others to be added in the coming days. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030305T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Kentucky Free Speech Area\, Lexington\, Kentucky\, U nited States SUMMARY:UK Speakout Against a War in Iraq UID:20091107T000510EST-ACS4ns8mST@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:480-593-4403 Email:swan@phoenixanarchist.org DESCRIPTION:The SWANC will be an event to continue to cultivate the connect ions of anarchists in the southwest of the US and the northwest of Mexico. We intend to create an anarchist network and further develop strategies s pecific for our specific region. Hope to see you there! Geographical Scop e: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030413 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030411T000000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Phoenix\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:SouthWest Anarchist Network Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-taLjhi1gPC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.phoenixanarchist.org/swan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202.546.5074 Email:frankie@ecopledge.com DESCRIPTION:Student activism conference! Focus on skills workshops\, traine rs/ activists working on campaigns with corporate targets. Issues like glo bal warming\, recycling\, toxics\, clean water\, genetic engineering\, end angered forests. Targets like Dell\, Ford\, Exxon\, Office Depot\, Kraft\, BP\, Pepsi. Trainings like *Getting Media *Running a Corporate Campaign * Recruiting *Organizing an Event *Shareholder Activism *Getting your school to invest ethically. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030302 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030301 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Georgetown University\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:CORPORATE? Cooperate! student activism conference UID:20091107T000510EST-5UWvLZdwom@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:703-438-6220 Email:campus@nwf.org DESCRIPTION:This event\, co-sponsored by the University of Maryland - Colle ge Park and National Wildlife Federation\, will provide students\, faculty \, staff\, administrators\, and community representatives with engaging wo rkshops and discussions\, covering topics ranging from LEED certification of campus buildings to renewable power alternatives and stormwater managem ent to transportation planning. David Orr\, Director of Environmental Stud ies at Oberlin College\, will provide the keynote presentation. The confer ence will provide a forum to share experiences and tools needed to strengt hen sustainability programs on campuses and in communities. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030413 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030411T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Maryland\, College Park\, Maryland\, United States SUMMARY:BEYOND COMPLIANCE - Campus Greening Through Stewardship Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-UKPx4p46Wu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.umd.edu/des/general/greening/day.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:Courtney: 859-985-36 Email:toni_brock@berea.edu DESCRIPTION:Berea College's Women Uniting for P.E.A.C.E. (Prevention\, Educ ation\, Awareness\, Community and Equality) \nFirst Annual Women's Confere nce\, 'Redefining Womanhood.' \nWhen: March 7th\, and March 8th\, Intern ational Women's Day.\nFriday\, March 7th at 6pm is the kickoff\, which inc ludes an art show\, poetry reading\, spoken word\, music and food. \nSatur day\, March 8th at 8am the conference begins. \nSession Topics include: Wo men's Health\, Ecofeminism\, Violence against women\, Women's Activism\, S exuality\, Self-Esteem and Black Women and Feminism. \nKeynote speaker is Aminata Baruti\nCost: 20$ (includes food\, housing\, and childcare)\nFINAN CIAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE\nFor More Information Contact Courtney Hamm at 859-985-4450 or C\;o\;u\;r\;t\;n\;e\;y\; _\;H\;a\;m\;m\;@\;B\;e\;r\;e\;a\; 6\;E\;d\;u\;\n\nor Toni Brock at 859-985-6606 or T\;o\;& #110\;i\;_\;B\;r\;o\;c\;k\;@\;B\;e\; 14\;e\;a\;.\;E\;d\;u\;\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030308 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030307T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Berea College CPO 215\, Berea\, Kentucky\, United States SUMMARY:Redefining Womanhood-Women Uniting for P.E.A.C.E. UID:20091107T000510EST-8o6BGXNDfZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://none END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:413-559-5416 Email:clpp@hampshire.edu DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the seventeenth annual conference for studen t and community activists\, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Build ing the Movement for Reproductive Freedom on April 4-6\, 2003 at Hampshire College in Amherst\, MA. This conference has a broad understanding of re productive rights\, encompassing the struggle for racial equality\, econom ic justice\, civil liberties\, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender rights\, e nvironmental justice\, peace\, freedom from violence\, access to education \, healthcare and childcare\, welfare rights\, and support for immigrants. Our aim is to make the connection between reproductive rights and other social justice movements in order to enliven our mutual efforts for justic e and equality for everyone.\n\nThe conference weekend will include time f or learning\, listening\, speaking\, networking\, and connecting. The con ference will begin at 4pm on Friday\, April 4th and will end at noon on Su nday\, April 6th. The weekend will include an abortion speak out\, perfor mances\, a networking reception\, and over 25 workshops on topics such as abortion access\, human rights\, population control\, international women? s health\, immigration\, art and activism\, welfare\, globalization\, spir ituality\, sex education\, and caring for ourselves as activists. \n\nThe conference is open to everyone. It is intended as a forum for learning an d networking for all ages\, experiences and background knowledge. If you?v e been an activist for the past twenty years\, or if you are just curious and have never been to a conference before\, you are equally welcome to at tend. The conference is free\, wheelchair accessible\, and housing\, chil dcare and sign language interpretation are available with advance registra tion.\n\nThe conference is sponsored by the Civil Liberties and Public Pol icy Program and the Population and Development Program at Hampshire Colleg e. For more info\, call us at 413-559-5416 or e-mail at c\;l\; 2\;p\;@\;h\;a\;m\;p\;s\;h\;i\;r\; 01\;.\;e\;d\;u\;\n or check out our website at http://hamp. hampshire.edu/~clpp.\n\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030406 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030404 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for R epro. Freedom UID:20091107T000510EST-lzLAzerMI1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~clpp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:Voice mail: (604) 68 Email:ism-vancouver@palsolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:The Douglas Students' Union (DSU) &\nThe International Solidari ty Movement (ISM) present:\n\nAn ALL DAY ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE:\n'The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace'\n\nMar 1: 11am - 6:30(ish)pm\nand benefit u ntil late!\nCost: If you are flat broke\, you'll still get in. Otherwise\, \nunless you are a student from Douglas College\, it will cost you at\n$5- 15 sliding scale.\n\nRegistration starts at 10:30am and seating is limited . Come early\nto guarantee your spot. Douglas Students with ID in free.\n\ nNew Westminster Campus of Douglas College\, 700 Royal Avenue.\nIn room 22 01\, 'lecture theatre' (near the library). If all you\ncare about is the l ist of speakers\, scroll downwards.\n\nThe Middle East is currently living under war and the threat of\nfull-scale invasion. However\, more and more people are questioning\nthe motives of the war plans. There was a demonst ration of over\nTEN MILLION people worldwide last Saturday!\n\nWhy?\nWhat has brought this curent situation about?\nWhat is going on inside Iraq and Palestine today?\n\nThe DSU and the ISM are hosting a conference to help people across\nVancouver figure all of these things out\, what's going on\ , and\nwhat we can do.\n\nAfter the days conference there is a music\, art and poetry benefit\nwith raffles\, beer\, food and even Palestinian Folk Dancing! Plus a\nGarlic flavoured streetpoet...[?]\n\nA chance to relax an d talk among friends afterwards with all of\nthe proceeds going towards th e ISM-Vancouver:\n(http://www.ism-vancouver.org).\n\nSpeakers and Presente rs include:\n\nJen Ziemann & Linda Morgan\n(recently returned from the Ira q Peace Team)\n\nJaggi Singh\n(ISM delegate recently returned from Palesti ne\, No one is Illegal\,\nCLAC)\n\nDr Adel Samara\n(world renowned Palesti nian economist\, on a tour of North America)\n\nTanya Suvendrini Lena\n(Pa lestine Solidarity Group\, recently returned from Palestine\nwhere she vol unteered at a hospital)\n\nMordecai Briemberg (CanPalNet)\n\nHanna Kawas ( Canada Palestine Association)\n\nRiadh Muslih (Adala-- Canadian Arab Justi ce Committee)\n\nThere will also be a final panel including many of the an ti-war\ngroups from across Vancouver and beyond. This panel will not be\np resentations but instead will focus on the question:\n 'Where do we go fro m here?' and it will involve one-on-one\nbetween already active groups and audience members to help us\ndetermine how to beat the scourges of war\, racism and military\noccupation.\n\nGroups that have already endorsed this confernce include:\n\nTrade Union Committee for Justice in the Middle Eas t\nCanPalNet\nCampaign to End Sanctions Against the People of Iraq\nIraq P eace Team\nJews For a Just Peace\nNovember 17th Peace Coaliton\nCanada Pal estine Association\nAdala-- Canadian Arab Justice Committee\nNo One Is Ill egal coalition\nPalestine Solidarity Group\n\nothers to be added\, check l ist at:\nhttp://www.douglasstudentsunion.ca/peace.htm\n\n\n--\nInternation al Solidarity Movement\nVancouver Chapter: www.ism-vancouver.org\nInternat ional: www.palsolidarity.org\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030301T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Douglas College\, New Westminster\, British Columbia\, Canada SUMMARY:March 1st - An ALL DAY ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE -The Roots of War and Pa ths to Peace UID:20091107T000510EST-3K0F4bbmNA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ism-vancouver.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:715-232-1282 Email:polanskyj@uwstout.edu DESCRIPTION:This 28th Annual Conference of Wisconsin and regional women's s tudes faaculty\, students\, and community activists focuses on how women h ave transformed traditional spheres and crossesd boundaries\, especially i n popular culture and between generations. Proposals for panels and sessi ons are welcome\, deadline extended to April 15. Low-income and student c onference rate availabale. Speakers are Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richa rds (MANIFESTA)\, Lynn Peril\, (PINK THINK)\, and Sherrie Inness (DINNER R OLES) Geographical Scope: State DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031025 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20031024T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UW-Stout Student Center\, Menomonie\, Wisconsin\, United States SUMMARY:UW-System Women's Studies Conference: Women's Sphere Reconfigured Traditions: UID:20091107T000510EST-45dd36JT6d@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/womens/2003con.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The University of Notre Dame's annual Student Peace Conference is scheduled to take place on March 28-29\, 2003. The conference is offici ally sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies\, and is planned and directed entirely by the Undergraduate Peace Studies stude nts of the University. \n\nGiven the current political scenario\, the them e for this year's Conference will focus on issues of war and peace - 'Shad ows of War\, Visions of Peace'. We expect to host participants from all ov er the United States and the world. The two-day conference will feature se minars\, lectures\, artistic performances and exhibits\, and keynote speak ers.\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030329 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030328 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Notre Dame\, Indiana\, United States SUMMARY:2003 Notre Dame Annual Student Peace Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-9aKul53He1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nd.edu/~krocinst/events/Shadowsofwar.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:From March 31 - April 4\, 2003\, students and workers will cele brate the lives of Cesar Estrada Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. b y joining together to demand justice for workers on their campuses and in their communities. \n\nIn 2002\, students and workers came together for ov er 100 actions on April 4th\, the Student Labor Action Project?s (SLAP) th ird annual National Student Labor Day of Action. Addressing a range of iss ues from sweatshops to living wages to the right to organize for campus wo rkers\, students and labor came together on April 4th to win concrete vict ories a build a more powerful movement. \n\nThis year\, SLAP has decided t o extend the National Student Labor Day of Action to a National Student La bor Week of Action starting on March 31st\, which is Cesar E. Chavez Day i n California\, and culminating on April 4th\, 2003\, the 35-year anniversa ry of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?s assasination.\n\nSLAP is a joint project of Jobs with Justice and the United States Students Association. Partneri ng organizations for the Student Labor Day of Action are: United Students Against Sweatshops\, National Movimiento Estudantil Chicana/o de Aztlan\, TransAfrica\, Student Action with Farmworkers\, and Not with Our Money.\n\ n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030404 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030331 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:2003 National Student Labor Week of Action UID:20091107T000510EST-kxpbsR1jiw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.jwj.org/SLAP/A4/2003.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 5\, 2003\, M.E.Ch.A. de SDCC aims to encour age and inspire young minds with stimulating workshops and a number of pas sionate speakers. Workshops\, interactive caucuses\, inspirational speaker s\, cultura and\, most importantly\, the youth will unite in one exciting educational experience through our Chican@ Youth Conference (CYC).\n\nThe CYC is an opportunity for high school students to unite\, learn\, interact and establish a sense of solidarity. M.E.Ch.A. believes educating the you th is one of the most powerful tools in creating change in society. It is our greatest hope that students come away from the CYC not only more infor med but with a greater sense of hope for the future and their active role in it.\n\nThe CYC will take place on the SDCC campus from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. For the itinerary\, click here. If you are interested in learning more ab out the CYC please contact us at C\;Y\;C\;2\;0\;0\;3\ ;@\;m\;e\;c\;h\;a\;d\;e\;s\;d\;c\; c\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n.\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030405 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:San Diego\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Chican@ Youth Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-mG5uuNmVJB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://mechadesdcc.org/cyc.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215/222/4711 Email:ncc@seac.org DESCRIPTION:The Institute has three main components:\n\nEducation and Issue Based Workshops - To build an effective coalition we must be committed to learning from one another how all of our struggles are interrelated. \n\n Skill Training - Where we will learn and teach the basic elements and stra tegic planning skills necessary to build a mass-based\, diverse\, multi-is sue movement for social change. \n\nMovement Building - We cannot become g ood agents of social change until we have learned to deal with issues of o pression within our own groups. \n\nAlongside the STI is SEAC's National C ouncil Meeting . The NC meeting is where all the decisions for the nationa l organization are made. SEAC is a student and youth run and led organizat ion\, so come to the NC meeting and be a part of organizing SEAC NATIONALL Y! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030731 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030724 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Detroit\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC Summer Training Institute & National Council Meeting UID:20091107T000510EST-cGLv46muDu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/sti/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202-319-7596 ext 13 Email:ksescoe@nyacyouth.org DESCRIPTION:Join hundreds of youth and adults represnting dozens of communt ities nationwide in Washington DC for NYAC's 6th Annual National Youth Sum mit. Participants will disucss the critical issues facing lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. The Summit will f eature more than 50 workshops\, panel discussions\, ans plenary sessions f ocusing on issues including: identity politics\; social justice organizing \; class issues\, school policies\; body image\, HIV/AIDS/STIs\; mentoring \; substance use and many others. There will be political action\, film sc reening\, poetry slam and youth dance and much\, much more! REGISTER ONLI NE at www.nyacyouth.org Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030601 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030530 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington Court Hotel\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, Unite d States SUMMARY:NYAC's 6th Annual National Youth Summit UID:20091107T000510EST-DpvvCO2F7d@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyacyouth.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:edouglass@wesleyan.edu\, keshaffe@mtholyoke.edu DESCRIPTION:Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) Conference.\nThe purpose of this conference is to gather SEACers from across New England so that we can build our regional organizations and collective strength. Joi n us for two and half days of planning\, hiking\, workshops\, strategizing \, yummy vegan food and fun!! There will be a lot of time devoted to worki ng on regional projects and campaigns so that we accomplish collectively w hat we couldn?t do separately. We hope to come out of this conference with new friends and new ideas about how we can combine our strength to take o n the world outside of the campus. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030413 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030411 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Greenfield\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC New England Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-tDouOBIuZl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/newenglandconference.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:organize@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops Southeast Conference\nTentat ive conference agenda:\n\nFriday \nnoon on - registration\n6pm - welcome\, introductions\, dinner\n8pm - check-in about the agenda/plans - \nmake su re everyone is ok with it\, no one has anything to add\, etc.\n9pm - fun t imes in Hotlanta\n\nSaturday \n9am - breakfast\n10am - worskshop 1\n12pm - lunch\n1pm - anti-oppression discussion\n3pm - workshop 2\n5pm - guest sp eaker\n6:30 - dinner\n8pm - talk about our campaigns: unique challenge to labor justice \norganizing in the southeast\n9pm - more fun time in atlant a\n\nSunday\n9am - breakfast\n10am - strategy session\n12pm - lunch\n1pm - workshop 3\n3pm - ending stuff\n\npossible workshops include:\nFood issue s in the southeast\nFTAA\nWRC\nliving wage campaigns\nAnti-war work and la bor justice\nFarmworker Solidarity\nMigrant workers' issues\n\n*********** **** \nREGISTER: E-MAIL us WITH your name\, your year of graduation\, your school\, your e-mail\, your phone\, your address\, and your most recent c ampaign!\n*****************************\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030330 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030328 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Agnes Scott College\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, United States SUMMARY:Southeast USAS Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-naLtU7r05I@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:608-251-6584 Email:blutenegger@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:This will be a gathering of Campus Greens from across the midwe st (and beyond) to discuss our chapters' happenings\, hear from speakers\, and discuss recent occurrences with Campus Greens at the national level.\ n\nHousing will probably be available. If your chapter can make it\, plea se contact Brian Lutenegger at the email address/phone number included in this listing with an estimate of how many will be there. Geographical Sc ope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030330 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030328 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UW-Madison Campus\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Campus Greens Gathering UID:20091107T000510EST-LZ36sFsbPc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.midwestcampusgreens.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:716-885-6848 Email:cecmike@choiceoneonline.com DESCRIPTION:NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR CLEAN AIR AT KODAK - APRIL 23rd\n\nO RGANIZE A LOCAL EVENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF A DRUGSTORE CHAIN\n\nSt udents and community members from across the country are gearing up to\nta ke part in the first ever National Day of Action for Clean Air at Kodak on \nApril 23rd. We need YOUR help to make this a success by organizing an e vent\nin your local community outside of a drugstore chain that sells Koda k film.\n\nWARNING: KODAK'S TOXIC EMISSIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEAL TH\n\nKodak is not only New York State's number one manufacturing polluter \, but\nalso one of the nation's top polluters of cancer-causing chemicals \,\nincluding dioxin and methylene chloride. A recent report published by the\nUS Public Interest Research Group found that Rochester\, NY\, home t o Kodak\nexperienced the greatest overall releases of cancer-causing chemi cals\nbetween 1987-2000 due to Kodak's pollution. Kodak has a long history of\nenvironmental violations\, contamination of the Rochester community\, dumping\nof hazardous wastes in Kodak Park\, and advocacy for the weakeni ng of\nenvironmental regulations.\n\nPLAN AN EVENT AT A DRUGSTORE CHAIN TH AT SELLS KODAK FILM\n\nConcerned citizens around the country will be organ izing events inside and\noutside of drug store chains that sell Kodak film \, such as Rite-Aid\,\nWalgreens\, CVS\, Eckerds\, Kinney Drugs\, etc. Th ere are a variety of ways to\nget involved from standing outside a store\, delivering flyers\, to staging\nstreet theater actions. You don't need a big group of people to pull an\nevent off\, just a few people will do the job! Below is a list of possible\nactivities around the Kodak day of ac tion that you can participate in\, or be\ncreative and come up with your o wn action or demonstration. The main goal\nis to be visible at stores thr oughout the country.\n\nIDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR EVENTS:\n\n· Find a few friends to help you distribute flyers inside and outside\n of the s tore.\n· Stage a small street theater event outside\, dressed up as a nurse\nor doctor and hand out 'prescriptions for a clean Kodak' to peop le entering the drug store chain.\n· Fill shopping carts with Kodak products and purchase them. Leave\nthe store and after receiving a flyer from\n someone outside\, approach the store manager to let him/he r know\nthat consumers reject them. Have the\n manager fax headqu arters.\n· Buy Kodak products and send them back to headquarters.\n · Stage a small protest\, in costume\, in front of the stores.\n\nW E WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH MATERIALS TO MAKE YOUR EVENT SUCCESSFUL:\n\n· Flyers\, postcards\, and prescriptions to hand out to customers\nenteri ng and leaving the stores.\n· Sample media advisories and press rel eases to distribute to local\nmedia.\n· Talking Points\n· In formational reports about Kodak's pollution.\n\nGET IN TOUCH WITH US\n\nCo ntact Citizens' Environmental Coalition if you are interested in planning\ na event at 716-885-6848 or c\;e\;c\;m\;i\;k\;e\ ;@\;c\;h\;o\;i\;c\;e\;o\;n\;e\;m\ ;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n so we can provide\nsupp ort for the great work you are doing on your campus or in your\ncommunity! We will send you an organizing packet to help you along in\nplanning you r event. Other action materials that may be of help on the day\nof your a ction may also be available upon request.\n\nWANT MORE INFORMATION?\n\nChe ck out the Kodak campaign website at www.kodakstoxiccolors.org\n Geograph ical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030423 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Your city\, United States SUMMARY:National Day of Action for Clean Air at Kodak - April 23rd UID:20091107T000510EST-eJ03jzAnbV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.kodakstoxiccolors.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215-222-4711 Email:activation2003@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:************************************************\n ACTIVATION 2003\n April 5th\n 11am-6:30pm\n Philadelphia\, PA\n\n Youth Philadelphia An ti-War Resistance\n************************************************\n\nJoi n students and youth from around the Philadelphia area for a day of netwo rking\, learning from experienced activists\, and developing new ideas for the student movement. Activation 2003 will bring together young activists from a variety of progressive movements organizing for social change. Ple ase join us!\n\nCheckout the website: http://www.why-war.com/pawr/\n\n\nPl anned workshops\nThinking past the media\, radical empathy in the Middle E ast\, poverty and student activism\, sustainable peace and the environment \, solidarity with the labor movement\, legal training for direct actions\ , effects of sanctions on Iraq\, and more!\n\nParticipating groups\n-Inter national Solidarity Movement\n-Minority eXperience Network\n-Kensington We lfare Rights Union\n-United Students Against Sweatshops\n-Up Against the L aw\n-End the Sanctions \n-Sponsoring organizations\n-One World\n-Penn for Peace\n-Radical Action Collective\n-Student Environmental Action Coalition \n-Young Communist Leage\n-why-war.com\n-Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.\n\nThe war on Iraq will cost three times what the feder al government spends on K-12 education and will devastate the children and people of Iraq. Youth and students must speak out against this war! \n\n\ nRegister for Activation 2003\nRegister by e-mailing a\;c\;t\;&# 105\;v\;a\;t\;i\;o\;n\;2\;0\;0\;3\;@ \;r\;i\;s\;e\;u\;p\;.\;n\;e\;t\;\n or calling 215.222.4711 with your name\, e-mail address\, phone number and school (if any). Advance registration is requested so that we may have an idea of attendance\, but no one will be turned \naway.\n\nAbout Youth PAW R \nWe're a coalition of youth from the Philadelphia area organizing again st war in Iraq. \nOur planning meetings are every Tuesday at 6:30 at the F riends Center (15th and Cherry Streets [map] in Center City Philadelphia\, just a few blocks north of 15th Street/Suburban Station). All youth activ ists are invited to attend. More information: \ny\;o\;u\;t \;h\;_\;p\;a\;w\;r\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\ ;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n or 215.222.4711. See our previous eve nts: Day X (March 20)\, March 5 and February 15.\n\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030405 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Philadelphia Youth Anti-War Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-Kdxxppig3W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.why-war.com/pawr/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:503 517 5389 Email:gmeronek@hotmail DESCRIPTION:The Drepung Loseling Tibetan Monks Tour\, 'The Mystical Arts of Tibet\,' will bring a music and dance performance\, a sand mandala painti ng event\, and a lecture to Reed College from April 14 to 18 (see below fo r details and admission prices). The events\, sponsored by the Reed studen t Amnesty International group\, are open to the public. For more informati on visit http://web.reed.edu/publicevents or call 503/777-7755.\n\nSacred Music Sacred Dance Performance\nMonday\, April 14\n8 p.m.\, Kaul Auditoriu m\, $10 general admission\nTen pieces believed to generate energies conduc ive to world healing.\n\nSand mandala painting\nTuesday\, April 15\, to Fr iday\, April 18\nGray lounge\, free\nBuddhist mandala sand painting is cre ated grain by grain to generate energies for global healing. An opening ce remony on Tuesday morning will begin the mandala construction\, and a clos ing ceremony will end it on Friday afternoon.\n\nLecture: 'Tibet Today'\nT hursday\, April 17\n7 p.m.\, Eliot Hall chapel\, $5 general admission\nA l ecture focusing on the contemporary Tibet situation: the invasion by Commu nist China in the 1950s\, the efforts of refugees in exile to preserve the ir civilization\, the situation in occupied Tibet\, and current human righ ts violations.\n\nThe Drepung Loseling Monastery was established near Lhas a in 1416. After the Chinese Communist invasion of Tibet in 1959 and the f orced closure and destruction of its monasteries\, monks from Loseling esc aped and rebuilt their institution in Karnataka State\, South India. Many more young spiritual aspirants have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet and come t o the monastery to help preserve their traditional culture. The monastery established its American seat in 1989 as a result of its first world tour. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030418 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030414T200000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Reed College\, Portland\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Drepung Loseling Tibetan monks tour UID:20091107T000510EST-STs9USLVfw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://administration.reed.edu/news/news.taf?ID=33287 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A reunion for everyone who has been involved in the Student Env ironmental Action Coalition during the past fifteen years. For details on what everyone is up to\, who is coming\, and events checkout the website. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030901 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030829 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, United States SUMMARY:Student Environmental Action Coalition Reunion UID:20091107T000510EST-nizoSXx66l@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seacreunion.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:845-437-7126 Email:asa@vassar.edu DESCRIPTION:Vassar's Asian Students' Alliance is concerned about the Asian American community. Asians and Asian Americans are in the special predica ment of being viewed as minorities\, while also being categorized as havin g 'made it.' Dubbed 'the other white meat\,' we as Asian Americans are st ill discriminated against. Yet\, we are often denied the benefit of progr ams aimed at people of color. Where do we fit in\, if anywhere?\n\nThis A pril\, we are proud to host our 2003 conference themed the ASIAN PACIFIC A MERICAN AWARENESS CONFERENCE (APAAC): AFFIRMING IDENTITY\, and we hope tha t you will be inspired to come out. The aims of this conference are two-f old. We wish to educate our community about important issues that pertain to us currently. We also wish build true relations amongst Asian and Asi an-American college student organizations. There are many of us who have no contact with each other-- coalition building is valuable for all involv ed and can only help us and the generations that follow us. \n\n Geograp hical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030427 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030425T150000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Vassar College\, Poughkeepsie\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference: Affirming Identity - S peaking Out UID:20091107T000510EST-VArfB4aV32@69.73.141.125 URL:http://vsa.vassar.edu/~asa/APAAC.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Let's Get It On!\n\nFeminist Theory and Action\na conference pr esented by the Radigals\, the Feminist Collective of Rutgers University\, the Rutgers University Women's Center\, The Women's and Gender Studies Dep artment\, and Gender and Humanities\nApril 11 and 12\, 2003\n\nFriday\, Ap ril 11th SHOW STARTS AT 7:30PM - Fabulous\nPerformers include...\n\nGINA Y OUNG\, VERBAL MAYHEM\, MICHELLE CITRIN\, ANTARA\,\nTHE 303s\, THE CLAP\, P ERFORMERS FROM THE VAGINA\nMONOLOGUES\n\nSaturday\, April 12th:\nUnlearnin g Racism Workshop With AWARE\nSex workshops by Toys in Babeland\nLysistrad a - performed by Gaia\nPoetry as Activism Workshop with Cheryl Clarke\nFil m screening of - Feminists in the Punk Scene - a\ndocumentary by Lucy MacK innon\nDIY Craft Room - Open All Day\nProposal/Grant Writing Workshop\nInt ernational Feminist Organizing\nStitch & Bitch - Learn to Crochet and Knit \nChallenging Sexism within the Activist Community\n\nand more... more... MORE!!! Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030412 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030411 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Rutgers\, New Jersey\, United States SUMMARY:Rutgers Feminist Activist Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-H1M8CUgLxj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://get_it_on.pathbot.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:509-527-5426 Email:howellsg@whitman.edu DESCRIPTION:The International Day of Action is intended to further express the dismay felt towards the American government for its invasion of Iraq a nd insistence to engage in an unjust war. Events will be in every major c ity around the globe and many smaller towns (like Walla Walla\, WA). Look for one in your local area by contacting NYSPC\, Not In Our Name\, or ano ther peace group in your area. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030413 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030412 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Walla Walla\, Washington\, United States SUMMARY:International Day of Action UID:20091107T000510EST-lF2Jkb2mv0@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:organize@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION: .-..-..-..-..---.\n > / | || || |-'\n `-' `----'`-'\ , the Mid-Atlantic USAS conference is coming up!\n April 25\, 26\, & 27 in Morgantown\, West Virginia\nhosted by Students for Economic Justc e of West Virginia University\n\nFeaturing DAVID REES\, author of _Get You r War On_\n(if you haven't yet\, check out http://www.mnftiu.cc/)\n\n (oh\, and don't worry\, crash housing will be available)\n\n*********** **** REGISTER: E-MAIL o\;r\;g\;a\;n\;i\;z\; 1\;@\;u\;s\;a\;s\;n\;e\;t\;.\;o\; 4\;g\;\n WITH your name\, your year of graduation\, your school\, your e-mail\, your phone\, your address\, and your most recent campaign! ***** ************************\n\n\ntentative conference agenda:\n\nFriday Night : Registration: Movies/settling in/dinner on your own \n\n\nSaturday:\n9a m breakfast\n\n10am Welcome and USAS/EJC 101\n10:30am Victory Panel\n11:30 am Workshop Block 1 \n1pm lunch\n2pm David Rees presentation\, discussion\ n3:30pm Strategy sessions \n5pm Workshops Block 2\n6pm dinner with speaker on sweatshops\n7pm Culture Sharing \n9pm Kegger/Major Rager\n\nSunday\n9a m Final strategy sessions/discussions\n10am brunch \n11am Goal Setting for Region (Each workshop/presentation/strategy\nsession posts its goals to the group and we discuss possible actions\, I think?)\n12:30pm Wrap up\, thank yous\, settle registration issues if necessary\n\nyay\, go outside a nd play\, no more conference\, yay.\n\nworkshops include:\n- Quaker Peace Monitoring Training\n- the Workers Rights Consortium\n- Campus Living Wage Campaigns\n- Global Water Crises \n- Adelphia/Verizon \n- high school act ivism\n- Fair Trade Coffee/Chocolate\n- NAFTA/CAFTA/FTAA\n- Anti-Racist Or ganizing\n\n*************** REGISTER: E-MAIL o\;r\;g\;a\;&# 110\;i\;z\;e\;@\;u\;s\;a\;s\;n\;e\;& #116\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n WITH your name\, your year of graduati on\, your school\, your e-mail\, your phone\, your address\, and your most recent campaign! *****************************\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030427 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030425 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Morgantown\, West Virginia\, United States SUMMARY:USAS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-gjfcVZPOC4@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Calling all activists!\nStudents Eliminating Environmental Dest ruction (SEED) cordially invites you to join us for a weekend of workshops \, protests\, music\, and fun at Kent State University in Ohio. We are hos ting a regional conference of the Student Environmental Action Coalition ( SEAC) from Friday\, April 18-Sunday April 20 (the weekend before Earth Day ). \n\nThis weekend is a great opportunity for you or your group to sharpe n your activist skills and network with dynamic people from various parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley regions. Here are some logistical details for the event:\n\nREGISTRATION: We encourage everyone to register in advance\, as it makes things run more smoothly. However\, there will a lso be opportunities to register at the door. Registration forms are avail able online at our website (see bottom of email). Registration fees are de signed to cover meals and other expenses. We are asking for $15.00 on a sl iding scale. Those who can afford to pay more than $15.00 are encouraged t o do so\, but no-one will be turned away from the conference for lack of m oney.\n\nHOUSING: Floor space and parking is available in several differen t locations. We are still working out the final details on this. Please ca ll us for housing information or send us an advance registration form and we?ll call you.\n\nDIRECTIONS\nDirections are available online at http://i magine.kent.edu/directions/ If you need help with directions\, please call us.\n\nSCHEDULE: Here is a basic outline of what?s going to happen during the conference. This is all subject to change\, but we expect things to p an out more or less as planned.\n\nFriday\, April 18: 6:00 PM Begin regist ration (Kent State University Student Center\, Summit St.\, Kent\, OH\n8:0 0 PM Live old-time folk music (Student Center\, Room 310)\n9:00 PM Keynote speaker\, Larry Gibson\, anti-mountaintop removal activist (Student Cente r)\n\nSaturday\, April 19th: Morning and Early Afternoon: Workshops\, meet ings\, and caucuses on forest issues\, fair trade coffee\, hemp-weaving\, oppression\, and much more.\nMid-Afternoon: Protest against forest-destroy er Boise Cascade and interpretive tour of site of May 4\, 1970 Kent State shootings\nEvening: Music\, arts\, games\, and party (various locations)\n \nSunday\, April 20th: Networking meeting\, other exciting stuff TBA (Stud ent Center)(Conference ends at noon) Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030420 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030418 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kent\, Ohio\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC Midwest Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-PrfDDpgeII@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.kentseed.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: If ?you?\, like many others\; are upset with the current world crisis\, wish to empower yourself\, and feel you have no voice. This is the answer. \n \nWHO? The Progressive Student Union (Chico State Unive rsity) in cooperation with Campus Antiwar Network\, are organizing a confe rence in Chico. This conference will train\, educate\, and give direction to all participants for the future of activism on the west coast. All camp us organizations large and small in colleges and high schools are welcome. \n\nWHAT? C.A.N. or campus antiwar network is a national organization fou nded in Chicago. It is a network of student antiwar groups formed to direc t action in response to the crisis of WAR\, and the all issues surrounding this. Planning a massive movement in solidarity with every campus antiwar group across the nation and some international is the greatest path towar d action\, and change. Our goal is to create sustainable world peace and s tability.\n \nWHEN? April 25th ? April 27th 2003\n \nWHERE? At Chico State University\, Chico California. Chico is approximately two hours drive nor th of Sacramento on Interstate Highway 5. Those flying can take the train from the Sacramento Airport.\n \nWHY? To form a newer stronger network\, t rain\, educate and coordinate for the future of activism on the west coast . To vote on proposals for regional days of action\, vote on points of uni ty. You will also\, attend forums on various current political topics\, fo rm working groups\, and train in various forms of effective non-violent ac tivism.\n \nHOW? Each organization no matter how small or large should pic k two articulate intelligent leaders to become voting delegates who will r epresent their organization. The delegates must sign-up to let us know wh o and how many people and cars are coming. Also\, delegates\, in coordinat ion with your organization\, must present any proposals for days of action \, points of unity\, or endorsements in advance. Sign-up and proposals can be e-mailed to t\;e\;l\;d\;e\;r\;h\;o\;&# 116\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\; 11\;m\;\n . E-mail the number of people and cars to k\;a\;r \;i\;n\;a\;r\;o\;s\;e\;8\;3\;@\;h\ ;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n . M ore information will be sent to you once you sign-up. Leave all important e-mail addresses. Join the CanWestConference group at http//:www.yahoogr oups.com. Join yahoogroups\, and then search CanWestConference. Once you have found the group\, sign up. It is a list serve made to quickly answer any questions or inquires you post on the list serve. You will want to be on this\, because we will be posting updates and info regularly. Change c omes only from action! \nProposed agenda below.\n\nAgenda For the C.A.N. W est Coast Regional Conference Spring 2003\n? This schedule is subje ct to change & there is more to come. You will be updated soon. Sign up no w! \n? Check us out at antiwarnetwork.org or\n? Register yo ur schools at t\;e\;l\;d\;e\;r\;h\;o\; 6\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o \;m\;\n\n? Sign up for housing at k\;a\;r\;i\;&# 110\;a\;r\;o\;s\;e\;8\;3\;@\;h\;o\; 16\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n? Ques tions about speakers\, workshops\, or facilities \n\nAnyone is invited to attend the conference\, but only two delegates per school can vote in comm ittee. All schools are encouraged to attend whether it is high school\, co mmunity college\, or university. Unite for Peace. \nHosted by the Progress ive Student Union at California State University Chico \n \nFriday ? check in social at the Palms. 7pm \nMeet housing hosts\, and conference organiz ers. \n \nSaturday- Registration 8- 9:00 check in at Tahoe Conference Room in front of Craig Hall\nDistribution of conference material\, breakfast\n \nOpening Session \nKeynote Address 9:00-10:15am \nDr. Beau Grosscup- pro fessor at Chico State- U.S. foreign policy +terrorism specialist \n\nLaur a C. Wells Educator\, and activist from Voices in the Wilderness \n\nConfe rence Organizers Rhonda Pearson\, Travis Elder\, and Katrina Yeaw etc?\n \ nIntro to proposals and agenda 10:15- 11:30\n\nBreakout Sessions 11:30-12 :45 B.M.U.\n*Cover proposals and plans of action\n \nLunch 12:45-1:45\n(Lu nch will be provided at B.M.U.) \n\nPeace Vigil- 12:30- 1:30 \n The vigil will take place at the corner of 3rd and Main- a tradition every Sat. that has taken place for the last 35 years. \n\n\n2:00- 3:15 ? Educational/ St rategy Workshops\n1.Politics of Terrorism ?\n * Dr. Beau Gros scup- author\, professor whose specialty is foreign policy and terrorism \ n· How the mainstream western world has influenced others to view t errorism. How U.S. foreign policy has affected terrorism. Room 210 BMU \ n\n2.Iraq: a look at Iraq after 12 years of sanctions and what they face n ow.\n*Paul O?Rourke Babb ? Room 312 BMU ? A visit to the hospital\nPaul\, a nurse practitioner\, has been to Iraq with Voices in the Wilderness and has a story to tell of the people who have lived over a decade in warfare\ , and poverty. \n \n3.A forum on the Patriot Act- room 314\n*Ann Fagan Gi nger\n*Professor David Marcus & Chris Fosen\n\n4.Iraq ? Leah C. Wells from Voices in the Wilderness- A campaign to end economic sanctions against th e people of Iraq. Room- BMU first floor \n\nLeah C. Wells is an activist that has visited Iraq three times and has just returned from her latest tr ip. She will do a slide show with recent pictures and will also talk about her experience with non-violent direct action. \n\n5. Sustainability Foru m- how can we be the change we wish to see in the world? How can we become less dependent off of corporations? Learn how to boycott oil by making yo ur own fuel at home for .35 a gallon. Learn about the benefits of being ve getarian/veganism. Get recipes\, solutions\, and alternatives. Solar\, Hem p\, Organic Action\, and also learn how the Patriot Act affects all activi sts. \nDevin O?Keane ? Biodiesel\nHarjit Gill - Veganism\nRhonda Pearson ? Learn how to vote with your dollar. Consciences Consumerism. \n\n5. Forum on Consciences Objection? ? Room 204\n\n6. Films- The War on Ignorance ? a student documentary with clips from students\, as well as people from Ira q. Chico State students were asked\, ?Can you tell me who the leader of I raq is?? Some student answered Osama Bin Laden. The first casualty of war is truth. This film will make you laugh and cry. \n \n3:15- 4:45- Presenta tion and Discussion of Proposals \n Tahoe Conference room at Craig Hall\n\ nEvening Keynote Speakers 4:45-6:30\nRichard Becker- A.N.S.W.E.R. \nKevin Donaher- Global Exchange \n \nBenefit Party- at The Palms 7-1am ? Indoor O utdoor Solar stage\nMusic\, Poets\, Speakers\, Performers \n \nSunday \nRe gistration 9:00-9:30 (optional) \n9:30 ? 11:30- Presentation of Proposals\ , Discussion and Votes \n11:30-12:00 ? Lunch will be provided on site\n12: 00-2:00 Non ?Violence Training-\n· Berkley Direct Action group\n· Chico Direct Action Team\n· Stop the War direct action from San Francisco \n· Voices in the Wilderness- non violence across borders\ n\n2:00- 4:00 Votes \n\n4:00-4:20 ? Working groups for passed proposals\n\ nOptional direct action (if we get our voting done) \n \nWhat is a proposa l?\nA proposal is a call for a day of action\, a protest\, or a civil diso bedience. It could also be and endorsement or any ideas that would support the growth or message of our peace movement.\n\nHow do I make one? \nWrit e it down get it approved by your campus antiwar group and send it to 6\;e\;l\;d\;e\;r\;h\;o\;t\;@\;h\;&# 111\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n \n \nW e have room for as many wish to attend\, so please come and help us save l ives. Housing at k\;a\;r\;i\;n\;a\;r\;o\; 15\;e\;8\;3\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\; 8\;.\;c\;o\;m\; \;\n \n \nOur points of Unity and info fo r our organization can be found at\nwww.antiwarnetwork.org \n\n Further questions?\nu\;n\;i\;t\;e\;f\;o\; 4\;p\;e\;a\;c\;e\;@\;r\;i\;s\;e\; 7\;p\;.\;n\;e\;t\;\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030427 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030425 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chico\, California\, United States SUMMARY:CAN West Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-ZUznHnjNbf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.antiwarnetwork.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:847-736-0551 Email:sd_swenson@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Campus Anti-war Network Midwest Regional conference at Northwes tern.\n\nContact Samuel Swenson: s\;d\;_\;s\;w\;e\; n\;s\;o\;n\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\; c\;o\;m\;\n 847-736-0551 Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030504 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030503 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:CAN Midwest Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-KIUWJL1sei@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.antiwarnetwork.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:401-867-6384 Email:can_conference_east@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:INVITATION TO THE CAMPUS ANTIWAR NETWORK (CAN) EAST COAST REGIO NAL CONFERENCE\nApril 26-27\, 2003 * Brown University\, Providence\, RI\n\ nWith the Bush administration declaring victory in Iraq?a ?victory? of cha os\, dehydration\, death\, and amputation?its war on Iraq moves on to a ne w phase\, and the antiwar movement is faced with stark new challenges. Th e occupation of Iraq is now the order of the day\, with its viceroy and co lonial governors already preparing their indefinite rule. And\, to the sho ck of the whole world\, the US has put Syria in the crosshairs\, threateni ng economic sanctions and dropping broad hints of military action.\n\nYet among the horrors of this war\, there is substantial hope. The war is more unpopular in world opinion than ever\; remarkably\, thousands of people i n Iraq have courageously begun to demonstrate against the American militar y presence. The millions of people who demonstrated on February 15 cannot and will not be silenced. The 400\,000 students who will be denied a colle ge education next year due to attacks on education spending?at a time when billions are found to bomb schools in Iraq?will experience the war's twis ted priorities first hand. Campuses remain important centers of antiwar ac tivity\, but we need organization to make our voices heard on the national stage.\n\nOn February 22-23\, delegates from over 100 [number???] schools gathered in Chicago for the first national conference of the Campus Antiw ar Network (CAN) to build an independent\, grassroots\, and democratic org anization of the student antiwar movement. At that conference it was decid ed to convene regional conferences before the end of the school year to as sess our work and decide how to move forward. CAN has had some great succe sses since then\, particularly in the CAN-initiated April 5 demonstrations across the country. Now it's time to figure out where we go from here. \n \nIn order to help achieve these goals\, the East Coast Region of CAN\, in league with the other CAN regions\, is organizing a regional conference i n Providence\, RI on April 26-27. We believe that the best way to build an independent student voice within the anti-war movement as a whole is for the many East Coast schools with anti-war groups to get together\, face to face\, and democratically decide how we can all work together to stop thi s war.\n\nAll student anti-war activists are encouraged to attend the conf erence\, but each school will be limited to two voting delegates to take p art in decision making at the conference so that schools are not geographi cally under or over represented. All national anti-war groups are invited to send non-voting observers in order to build unity and coordination\, bu t decisions will be up to student delegates.\n\nTIME/AGENDA: Conference wi ll open at 9AM on April 26 and close in the afternoon of April 27. Exact s chedule is still being determined. Likely we will follow the pattern from the national conference: speakers\, workshops\, proposal presentations on Saturday\; voting and breakout sessions on Sunday.\n\nREGISTRATION: AS SOO N AS YOU KNOW YOUR DELEGATION\, REGISTER! This will really help out the or ganizers. Email c\;a\;n\;_\;c\;o\;n\;f\;e\ ;r\;e\;n\;c\;e\;_\;e\;a\;s\;t\;@\; y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n with your i nformation\, or call 401-867-6384. There will be a modest\, sliding-scale registration fee per person to offset our costs\, which will be announced ASAP.\n\nLOCATION: Salomon Hall at Brown University\, and possibly other b uildings nearby as space demands. Providence is easily reached by train\, bus\, car\, or plane. For directions and campus maps\, see http://www.brow n.edu.\n\nHOUSING: Free housing of the stay-on-someone's-floor variety wil l be provided. There are cheap hotels in Providence\, but not really in wa lking distance of Brown. Email C\;a\;t\;h\;e\;r\; 05\;n\;e\;_\;S\;t\;r\;a\;u\;s\;s\; 4\;b\;r\;o\;w\;n\;.\;e\;d\;u\;\n or call 401-867-6283 to request housing. Please note any special needs (allergies \, handicap-accessible\, etc).\n\nFOOD: You'll get food! Probably! People with special dietary restrictions (vegan\, allergies\, etc) should contact p\;h\;i\;l\;i\;p\;p\;e\;b\;i\; 1\;r\;n\;y\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c \;o\;m\;\n now to help us plan.\n\nPROPOSALS: Proposals submitted ahead of time can be included in the conference packet and scheduled for d iscussion. A delegate must be willing to present the proposal to the confe rence in order for it to be considered. Submit proposals in writing to  3\;h\;a\;u\;n\;_\;J\;o\;s\;e\;p\; 4\;@\;b\;r\;o\;w\;n\;.\;e\;d\;u\;\n.\ n\nWEBSITE: Get the most up-to-date information at http://antiwarnetwork.o rg.\n\nGET INVOLVED: This is YOUR conference! Send an email to EastCoastCA N-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to get organizing updates. Planning chats are held quite frequently\, and your campus should be represented. Check the e mail list or the website for chat times and instructions.\n\nGENERAL INQUI RIES: c\;a\;n\;_\;c\;o\;n\;f\;e\;r\;&# 101\;n\;c\;e\;_\;e\;a\;s\;t\;@\;y\; 7\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n or 401-867-6384.\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030427 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030426 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Providence\, Rhode Island\, United States SUMMARY:CAN Eastern Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-wpun0rGV8G@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.antiwarnetwork.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:hungry4change@outgun.com DESCRIPTION:Hungry for Change - Youth Action Conference 2003\nStir It Up\, Youth Action Network (YAN) and Toronto Environmental\nAlliance?s Youth Cau cus (TEA) are planning a two-day youth action\nconference proposed for May 3-4. This conference will include one day of workshops on issues of socia l justice\, peace\, environmentalism\, anti- oppression and more. The seco nd day will focus on ways that youth can organize to address these issues\ , culminating in the proposed formation of a Toronto High-School Political and Social Action Coalition. This day will be devoted to workshops on a v ariety of topics pertaining to youth action\;\npuppet making\, letter writ ing\, culture jamming\, protesting\, group\norganizing\, anti-oppression\, radical cheerleading\, zines\, civic\njournalism\, street theater and mor e.\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030504 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030503 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada SUMMARY:Toronto Youth Action Conference 2003 UID:20091107T000510EST-A6mnSKWFZt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.hungry4change.ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Over 350 youth (ages 13-19) and adult allies from every region of the country who are involved in efforts for social\, economic\, & envir onmental justice.\nParticipants are mainly youth of color\, low income you th\, LGBTQ youth\, immigrant youth\, & other young people facing social or political oppressions.\nFun & interactive workshops that build skills for taking action in your community & for developing campaigns.\nSessions on issues important to young people (including education\, juvenile justice\, homophobia\, violence\, sexual health\, envrionmental racism\, labor inju stices\, immigrant rights\, etc...).\nOpportunities and resources that can help organizations grow\, including fundraising\, technology\, and resear ch skills.\nArt\, music\, poetry\, dance through open mics and other eveni ng events\nChicago! Need we say more? Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030608 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030605 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:National Gathering for Youth Organizing UID:20091107T000510EST-DzTFBTEA6g@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.youthaction.net/Events/National%20Gathering%202003.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:kc3@umbc.edu DESCRIPTION:I am writing to inform you about the Lorax Conference being hos ted at UMBC the weekend of May 3rd and 4th. The Conference will be on bot h environmental and social issues of our times\, and a stream clean-up act ion event. In addition to that the campus's Ecofest! will be going on all day Saturday. The Conference's planners have coordinated with the Ecofes t celebration so that the conference goers may take part in the Ecofest ac tivities that will include\nbands\, speakers\, games\, and free giveaways. The Conference will begin at 10am on Saturday (breakfast will be at 9)\, although 9:30 is encouraged for registration. I have included the worksh op topics and schedule\, however the workshop topics are not limited to th at\, more are currently being added. I encourage everyone to sign up toda y\, the registration fee is only $10 ($5 for UMBC students)\, and there wi ll be group rates for groups attending with over 5 people! For anyone who is interested in additional information or housing please email k\;&# 99\;3\;@\;u\;m\;b\;c\;.\;e\;d\;u\;\n. Please forward this to anyone who would be interested!\n\nThanks ~Kristen Cevoli~\n\nWorkshop Topics\n(1) Environmental Conservation History\n(2) En vironmental Rollbacks\n(3) Environmental Leaders\n(4) Making Trade Fair\n( 5) Hunger and Homelessness Issues\n(6) Keys to Campaign Success\n(7) Power mapping\n(8) Working with School Governments ad Administrations\n(9) Runni ng Effective meetings\n(10) Your Rights to Protest?Effectively\n(11) Clean Energy Resources of the World\n(12) Understanding the Kyoto Protocol\n(13 ) The World Bank\n(14) ?Evil? Corporate Axis\n(15) America?s Environment a t Risk\n(16) Environmental Law\n\n\nSpeaker Topics\n(1) Importance of the Environmental Movement in this decade\n(2) Little Things that Make a Diffe rence \n(3) ???\n\n\nSaturday: \nBreakfast: 9am-10am\nOpening Address: 1 0am\nWorkshop Set #1: 11am-12:30\nLunch: 12:30-2pm\nEco-fest Speaker: 2pm \nWorkshop Set #2: 3-4:15/30\nWorkshop Set #3: 4:30-6pm\nDinner 6pm (at E cofest)\n\nSunday\nBreakfast: 9am-10am\nOpen Forum 10-11:30am\nSpeaker 11:30\nClean Up 12-2:00/30pm\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030504 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030503 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Baltimore\, Maryland\, United States SUMMARY:Lorax Conference\, UMBC UID:20091107T000510EST-jNwmkos1Ih@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Ball State University?s first four Greening of the Campus confe rences in 1996\, 1997\, 1999\, and 2001 each attracted 200 participants fr om about 30 states and a few foreign countries for a dynamic international exchange of ideas on environmental concerns. Greening of the Campus V pro vides a new opportunity to further explore the critical issues\, problems\ , and solutions we still face on our campuses and in our world. We invite and encourage your participation in\nthis global gathering September 18?20 \, 2003.\n\n Overview\nThis interdisciplinary conference allows people rep resenting diverse areas in university communities to share information on environmental issues. These areas range from the practical day-to-day mana gement of the physical plant to ?green? curriculum development and ?green? utilization of campus resources. The areas are bound by common concerns f or achieving environmental soundness through safe and sane management of r esources. The campus community can become a ?green? model for society as a whole by gathering and sharing this information. Top of Page\n\n Why Part icipate?\nParticipation in the conference can help you and your institutio n\, company\, or organization:\nUnderstand the potential for university an d college campuses to influence the environmental impact of campus resourc es.\n\nBegin a strategy for viewing college and university campuses in a s ystems context.\n\nLearn about emerging environmental curricula in a varie ty of disciplines.\n\nHear the latest developments in environmentally soun d physical plant management techniques.\n\nIdentify ways to connect the ca mpus to the community.\n\n\n?This is one of the best conferences I have at tended.?\n?2001 Participant\n?I learned that other universities are making good progress toward sustainability\, which is inspiring even if my own u niversity has a long way to go.?\n?2001 Participant\n?The conference is gr eat. I am always looking for ways and ideas on how to\nimprove the environ mental stewardship of the campus.?\n?2001 Participant\n\n Vital Link\nOur society needs ideas and actions that enhance the environmental health and integrity of the places where we live and work. Educational institutions a re complex human communities that pose unique opportunities to explore\, u nderstand\, and respond to the interrelationship of environmental issues. College and university campuses can be a vital link bridging current commu nity needs and understandings with future visions.\n?Greening? directly in fluences every aspect of human culture. It impacts economic\, political\, technical\, philosophical\, and cognitive practices in a complex interwea ving of ideas and actions.\nManagement of environmental resources on colle ge and university campuses can have long-term effects on the institutions themselves and on society as a whole. This is a unique opportunity to shar e effective ideas on environmental issues. \n\nPaper Sessions: Papers sele cted from abstracts submitted as a result of this call for papers will be presented in moderated sessions.\nPoster Sessions: Posters selected from s ubmitted abstracts will be presented at the conference.\nPlenary Sessions: Prominent professionals will be invited to speak in their area of experti se at these sessions for all conference attendees.\nWorkshops: Selected wo rkshops will offer more detailed treatment of specific topics than is poss ible in shorter sessions.\nForums: Less formal panel discussions and forum s will be organized in response to issues of current interest.\nExhibit Ha ll: Information about environment-related organizations\, product supplier s\, school curricula\, and degree programs will be available.\nSpecial Act ivities: Field station tours\, bike trail riding\, tree planting\, and sit e visits will be offered on Saturday. \n\n Location\nBall State University is located in Muncie\, Indiana\, 55 miles northeast of Indianapolis in th e heart of the Midwest. The campus is accessible by car and from Cincinnat i\, Dayton\, and Indianapolis airports. \n\n More Information\nFor more in formation please call\, write or e-mail:\nBecky Amato\nUniversity College NQ 323\nBall State University\nMuncie\, IN 47306-0220\nE-mail: b\;a\ ;m\;a\;t\;o\;@\;b\;s\;u\;.\;e\;d\; u\;\n\nPhone: (765) 285-2385\nFax: (765) 285-2384 Top of Page\n\n\n \ nConference Information and Registration \n\n Presentation Categories\nTec hnical Facilities Planning\n-Physical Plant Management\n-Energy Conservati on Strategies\n-Campus Transportation Systems\n\nEducational\n-Campus Sett ing: An Environmental Teaching Tool\n-Curriculum Transformation\n-Environm ental Education and University\n-Outreach Programs\n-Campus-Based Research Programs\n\nSocial\, Political\, Spiritual\n-Reduce/Reuse/Recycle/Reject\ n-Cultural Values and Environmental Ethics\n-Campus Beautification\n-Model Environmental Policies and Practices\n-Special Programs\n-Student Group O pportunities\n-Grassroots Organizations\n\n\n\n\n\n Scheduled Keynote Spea kers\n\nDavid Orr is a pioneer in environmental literacy\, campus ecology\ , and ecological design. He chairs Oberlin College?s environmental studies program\, housed in the internationally renowned Adam Joseph Lewis Center . He has received the National Wildlife Federation?s National Conservation Achievement Award and is the education editor for Conservation Biology. \ n\nChristine Ervin is president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council \, a national coalition that promotes environmentally responsible\, profit able\, and healthy buildings. She also is a board officer for the Energy T rust of Oregon and was assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Ener gy?s $1 billion portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy progra ms.\n\nPliny Fisk III is co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential B uilding Systems\, whose leadership in life-cycle sustainable design and de velopment has earned national and international awards. He also has served on the President?s Task Force on Sustainable Communities and received the Passive Solar Pioneer Award from the American Solar Energy Society in 200 0.\n\nMichael Ogden is one of the most experienced engineers in the design and project management of onsite natural treatment systems for wastewater \, sewage\, and stormwater. He is a founding director of Natural Systems I nternational and has completed more than 500 treatment systems and constru cted wetlands projects in the United States\, Canada\, Mexico\, and China. \n\nDavid Quammen is a renowned nature writer whose books include the awar d-winning Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction. H e is a two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for his science essa ys and his columns in Outside magazine\, and he received an Academy Award in Literature. He edited The Best American Science and Nature Writing in 2 000.\n\nJane Shaw is a senior associate of the Political Economy Research Center (PERC) and an advocate of market approaches to environmental issues . A former Business Week editor\, she directs PERC?s editorial outreach pr ogram and has written or edited more than 100 published articles on enviro nmental issues. She also helped develop PERC?s Environmental Education Pro gram.\n\nMathis Wackernagel developed the widely used sustainability measu re\, the ?Ecological Footprint\,? and is director of the Indicators Progra m at Redefining Progress\, a San Francisco-based activist think tank that promotes tools for building a sustainable future. He also coordinates the Centre for Sustainability Studies at Anahuac University of Xalapa\, Mexico . Top of Page\n\n\n Conference Schedule\n\nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 17\, 2003 \n3:00 P.M. Registration\n6:00 P.M. Welcome Reception (Alumni Center\nTHUR SDAY\, SEPTEMBER 18\, 2003\n7:30 A.M. Registration\n8:00 A.M. Breakfast\n8 :30 A.M. Welcome/Introductions\n9:00 A.M. Plenary Session: David Orr\n10:0 0 A.M. Break\n10:15 A.M. Paper Sessions\nNoon Lunch\n1:00 P.M. Plenary Ses sion: Jane Shaw\n2:00 P.M. Break\n2:15 P.M. Paper Sessions\n3:45 P.M. Inte raction/Poster Sessions\n5:00 P.M. Dinner on Your Own\n7:00 P.M. Evening P rogram: David Quammen\n\nFRIDAY\, SEPTEMBER 19\, 2003\n7:30 A.M. Registra tion\n8:00 A.M. Breakfast\n8:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Christine Ervin\n9:3 0 A.M. Discussion\n10:00 A.M. Break\n10:15 A.M. Paper Sessions\nNoon Lunch \n1:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Mathis Wackernagel\n2:00 P.M. Break\n2:15 P.M . Paper Sessions\n3:45 P.M. Interaction/Poster Sessions\n6:00 P.M. Dinner\ n7:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Pliny Fisk III\n8:00 P.M. Reception (E. B. Bal l Center)\n\nSATURDAY\, SEPTEMBER 20\, 2003\n7:30 A.M. Registration\n8:00 A.M. Breakfast\n8:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Michael Ogden\n9:30 A.M. Break\ n9:45 A.M. Workshops\n11:00 A.M. Break\n11:15 A.M. Workshops\n12:30 P.M. L unch/Reflection Forum\n1:30 P.M. Connecting to Place Activities\n3:30 P.M. Connecting to Place Activities\n5:30 P.M. Adjournm\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030920 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030918 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Muncie\, Indiana\, United States SUMMARY:Greening of the Campus Conference: Ball State UID:20091107T000510EST-wuHlA6OdgG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.bsu.edu/provost/ceres/greening/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Is your grassroots peace organization wondering what to do next ?\n \nThe US invasion of Iraq is almost over\, and now many questions aris e. What?s the humanitarian situation in Iraq after 12 years of sanctions and another war? What should be on the agenda for the peace movement with regard to Iraq? Is the US planning to invade Iran or Syria next? How ca n the peace movement build upon the extraordinary grassroots mobilization that came together to oppose the invasion?\n \nCome to Maryland in May to seek answers to these questions and more. Hear from trainers\, experts an d observers back from Iraq. Meet other grassroots peace activists to shar e ideas and work out a common strategy for the coming year. This will be the first opportunity since the invasion for so many activists and organiz ations to come together\, set new objectives\, and build the foundations f or the next phase of our struggle.\n \n Join us for:\n \nthe Fourth National Grassroots Organizing Conference on Iraq \nIraq Invaded ? Implic ations and Strategies for the Peace Movement\n \nMay 1-4\, 2003: Universi ty of Maryland\, College Park\, MD\n \nSponsored by the National Network t o End the War Against Iraq\nHosted by Peace Forum\, a student group of the University of Maryland\n \nThere will be THREE COMPONENTS to this confe rence*: May 1st & 2nd: Workshops and Seminars\; May 3rd & 4th: Grassroots activists meeting to plan effective actions for the coming year\; and a pr otest action. Students are welcome! We will have student planning sessio ns and a Student Teach-In is in the works as part of the Thrs/Fri Worskhop s!\n \nRegister early! On line registration is now available\, from the conference home page: www.endthewar.org/conference.htm\, click on ?Registe r On Line?. Whether you can or cannot attend\, you may submit proposals f or the conference on line\, just click on the ?Submit a Proposal? link and fill out the form.\n \n Here is a list of the speakers we have so far wh o will be speaking on Thursday or Friday\, May 1-2:\n \nBob Edgar\, Genera l Secretary\, National Council of Churches \nThomas Nagy\, GWU Professor ? topic: Self-Implicating DoD Documents\nSamih Farsoun\, American Univ ? to pic: Palestine and Iraq\nMike Amate\, Washington Kurdish Institute ? topi c: the Kurdish perspective in Iraq\nSam Husseini\, Institute for Public Ac curacy ? topic: America as Empire\nChris Toensing\, MERIP ? topic: Overvie w of the Invasion\nNancy Lessing\, Military Families Speak Out\nVoices in the Wilderness\, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows\, and Blac k Voices for Peace all plan to send representatives to speak. \nErik Gusta fson of EPIC\, Patrick McCann of VVAW\, and Charles Sheehan-Miles of Veter ans for Common Sense are all willing to speak on Vets? issues. Erik will also talk about Congress and the pressing for the US to make and keep comm itments regarding humanitarian aid\, reconstruction and democratization.\n Paul George\, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center\, topic: ?Orwell was an O ptimist?\nSimin Royanian\, Iranian activists ? topic: Is Iran Next? / Wome n in the Middle East\nAnita Daunch\, National Priorities Project ? worksho p: ?the economics of war?\nJessica Bell Markham\, Ballot.org ? workshop: ? How to organize local Initiatives?\nJohn Judge\, Washington Peace Center ? workshop: ?Resisting Military Recruiting in High Schools?\n \nMany more s peakers have been invited!\n \n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030504 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030501 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:College Park\, Maryland\, United States SUMMARY:Fourth National Grassroots Organizing Conference on Iraq UID:20091107T000510EST-wLDLKllmVS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.endthewar.org/conference.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Despite stong worldwide opposition\, the Bush\nadministration h as invaded Iraq and imposed a military\noccupation over the country. A hum anitarian crisis has\ngripped Iraq and as Bush speaks of 'liberation\,' mo st\nordinary Iraqi are suffering. Now senior\nadministration figures are t alking openly about taking\ntheir war onto Syria\, Iran\, and elsewhere. M enawhile\nat home\, the police have stepped up their repressive\ntactics - assualting peaceful protesters\, harrassing\nand detaining immigrants\, a nd denying march permits\nfor antiwar activists.\n\nIn light of these deve lopments\, the Campus Antiwar\nNetwork (CAN) - a democratic grassroots net work of\ncampus-based antiwar and peace groups from hundreds of\nschools a cross the nation - has called for regional\nconferences this Spring so tha t the student antiwar\nmovement can come together and collectively discuss \nthe war forward for our movement.\n\nIn the South\, CAN will holding a c onference at the\nUniversity of Texas in Austin on April 26th\, 2003. The\ nconference will be open to the public and we are\nasking all antiwar stud ents in the region to attend.\nWe hope this conference will be truly repre sentive of\nthe entire student antiwar movement in the region and\nwe are therefore asking schools to send two delegates\neach. While are attendees are welcome to particpate\,\nonly delagetes will be able to vote.\n\nSCHED ULE FOR THE CONFERENCE:\n\nSaturday April 26th - UT STUDENT UNION:\n\n9:00 - 10:00 - registration in the UT Student Union\,\nEastwoods Room 2.102\n1 0:00 - 10:15 - welcome\, annoucements\, and vote on\nagenda\n10:15 - 11:00 - campus updates (a representative from\neach school present will give a brief update on local\norganizing at his/her school)\n11:00 - 12:15 - disc ussion: the occupation of Iraq\n12:15 - 1:15 - lunch break\n1:15 - 2:00 - keynote address: Robert Jensen\n2:00 - 3:15 - discussion: the future of CA N\n3:15 - 3:30 - break\n3:30 - 5:00 - discuss/vote on proposals\n5:00 - 6: 00 - break (with smoothies!)\n6:00 - 8:00 - Educational workshops (The His tory of\nU.S. Military Interventions\, The Human Cost of the War\non Iraq\ , How to Build CAN - speakers tab)\n\nLOCATION: UT Student Union\, Eastwoo ds Room 2.102.\nEducational workshops will be held in rooms tba in the\nUn ion. For directions\, please see the map below:\nhttp://www.utexas.edu/map s/main/buildings/unb.html\n\nKEYNOTE SPEAKER: Robert Jensen - a founding m ember of\nthe Nowar Collective\, a journalism professor at the\nUniversity of Texas at Austin\, and author of ?Writing\nDissent: Taking Radical Idea s from the Margins to the\nMainstream.? \n\nREGISTRATION: So that we can m ake accomidations\,\nplease let us know ASAP the names of those from your\ nschool that will be coming. If transportation\nassistance is needed\, ple ase let us know.\n\nHOUSING: Free housing will be available to all who\nne ed it. Please let us know ASAP if anyone from school\nwill need housing\, and on which nights.\n\nENTERTAINMENT: We are presently working on providi ng\nentertainment for all particpants on Saturday night. \n\nPROPOSALS: We recommend that all proposals to be\nconsidered at the conference be pre-s ubmitted BEFORE\nthe conference begins. We will however accept\nproposals during the conference. If you would like to\nsubmitt a proposal\, please e mail it to\nw\;a\;r\;r\;e\;n\;c\;3\;6\; 4\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\nCONTA CT: For any information please contact:\nWarren Craig - 512-659-6915 w \;a\;r\;r\;e\;n\;c\;3\;6\;@\;y\;a\;& #104\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\nYebuny Johnson - 512-804 -2895 y\;e\;b\;u\;n\;y\;r\;e\;b\;e\; c\;c\;a\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\; 1\;m\;\n\n\nFor more on CAN\, visit us on the web at\nhttp://www.antiw arnetwork.org\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030426 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:CAN Southern Regional Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-ZWf3hpv8n8@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:National gathering of United Students Against Sweatshops. Geog raphical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030810 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030808 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:USAS National Convergence UID:20091107T000510EST-EpUHggjPuU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usasnet.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:National annual convention for the Campus Greens. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030810 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030807 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Greens Convention UID:20091107T000510EST-AxiRv0d1LG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusgreens.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:215-241-7176 Email:youthmil@afsc.org DESCRIPTION:Stopping War Where It Begins:\nOrganizing Against Militarism in Our Schools\n\nJune 27-29\, Philadelphia\n\nFor students\, parents\, teac hers\, community organizers and all those who believe that schools should be about education\, opportunity\, building social justice and teaching pe ace.\n\nWorkshop and panel topics will include:\n\n· Youth/peer organizing and ally support work.\n· Countering JROTC proliferation.\n· No Child Lef t Unrecruited (Behind) Act.\n· The poverty draft.\n· Presenting alternativ es to military enlistment.\n· Strategies/approaches to counter-recruitment work.\n· Recruitment and ROTC on college campuses.\n· Legal issues: know your rights\, equal access to schools.\n· Military recruiting and race\, g ender and ethnicity.\n· Conscientious objection and draft registration.\n\ nFor more information contact: AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) Y outh & Militarism Program\, 215-241-7176\;\ny\;o\;u\;t\;&# 104\;m\;i\;l\;@\;a\;f\;s\;c\;.\;o\; 14\;g\;\n.\n\nCo-sponsors: AFSC Youth & Militarism Program\, CCCO\, RO OTS/War Resisters League\, Project YANO\, Teen Peace Project\, Center on C onscience and War\, STARC\, COMD\, CHOICES\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030629 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030627 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:National Counter Military Recruitment Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-JhNuZCk13u@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.youthandthemilitary.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:wweikart@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:The Antiwar Movement: Where Do We Go from Here?\nteach-in (am t rainings/workshops and pm panels/analysis)\n \nit's TOMORROW fri may 16\n@ cuny grad ctr!!!\n_______________________________________________________ ___________\nWHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? \n\nFRI May 16 @ CUNY GRAD CTR \n\n Join us for morning skills trainings and afternoon/evening discussion\npan els! \nWe will come together to share problems\, ideas\, strategies and ta ctics\,\nand to promote mobilization against the war abroad and at home. Come\nand publicize your group\, your planned events and ongoing activitie s!\nNetwork with other NYC students and activists! Help build the larger\ nagenda for how we move forward together!\n\nMorning: Trainings/skills wor kshops: 10-11: 30 / 12-1:30 \n(8th floor cafeteria - adjoining side-rooms) \n====Advanced affinity group tactics (consensus decision-making process) \n====Legal aspects of street protest / know your rights \n==-= Dealing wi th media \n===Nuts-n-bolts of direct action / civil disobedience / blockad es etc.\n\n\nAfternoon: Panels and speak-out 2:30-6:30 (Proshansky Aud itorium\,\nlevel C) \n===Domestic Repression\, Erosion of Civil Rights\, Immigrant Detentions\nRegistrations \n===NYC Budget Cuts and the war on CU NY \n===Where do we go from here? Strategies and tactics for the movement \n===Analysis against permanent war\, at home and abroad \n \nTheatre by Under the Table Productions: Fever Pitch and other surpr ise\nguests (6: 30 room TBA) \n \nConfirmed panelists: Stanley Aro nowitz\, Seth Dellinger\, Frances\nFox-Piven\, Miguel Malo (Hostos\, CUNY) \, Ron McGuire\, Stevphen Shukaitis\,\nIda Susser\,Eddie Yuen and many mor e.\n\nRepresentatives from: No Blood For Oil\, National Lawyer Guild\,\nPr ofessional Staff Congress\, CUNY\, Jews Against the Occupation\,\nPalestin e Action Forum/SUSTAIN\, Doctoral Students?Council (CUNY GC\nstudent gov)\ , Operation: Homeland Resistance\, WBAI\, Jobs with Justice\,\nPink Bloc\, Roger Colero Defense Fund and others.\n\nSponsored by GC No War Coalition and FREECUNY. for more info please\ncontact w\;w\;e\;i\; k\;a\;r\;t\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;& #99\;o\;m\;\n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030516T103000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Cuny Graduate Center\, Ny\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:The anti war movement and the war at home: where do we go from here ? UID:20091107T000510EST-Rv127aW7Ws@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:yds_man@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:*Agenda*\n\nThursday\, June 12th:\n6pm: Reception at the Debs C enter (hosted by SP/DSA Louisville)\n7pm: Keynote Speaker: Anne Braden\n\n Friday\, June 13th:\n9am: Call to Order\, Opening Business\, The Socialist Internationale\n10am: Activist Agenda\nNoon: Lunch and Speaker: Pem David son Buck\n1pm: Workshops A\, B\, C\n2pm: Workshops A\, B\, C\n3pm: Worksho ps A\, B\, C\n4pm: Presidential Primaries Debate\n6pm: Dinner\n7pm: Speake r: Carol Kramer\n8pm: Entertainment: Zapat (free jazz) and Anarchist Fire Show\n\nSaturday\, June 14th:\n9am: Resolutions and Amendments\nNoon: Lunc h and Speaker: Chris Sanders\n1pm: Workshops D\, E\, F\n2pm: Workshops D\, E\, F\n3pm: Workshops D\, E\, F\n4:30pm: Panel: Working in Coalitions\n6p m: Dinner\nPublic Events:\n7pm: Doug Johnson\n8pm: Entertainment: David Ro vics!\n\nSunday\, June 15th:\n9am: Workshops F\, G\n10am: Workshops F\, G\ n11am: Panel: Race\, Class and Gender\nNoon: Elections\n1pm: Lunch and Spe aker: Bob Cunningham\n2pm: Close of Conference followed by first meeting o f newly elected C.C.\n\n*Workshops*\n- Afghanistan: U.S. Occupation Examin ed [Presented by C.C. Member\, Peter Frase]\n- Globalization [Presented by Lucas Shapiro\, Ithaca YDS]\n- Chapter Organizing [Presented by Katrina I ce and Michael Key\, Co-Chairs of YDS]\n- Campus and Community Organizing [Presented by Kevin Pranis\, Grassroots Leadership Alliance]\n- Event Orga nizing [Presented by Mateo Bernal and Jennifer Olliges\, Citizens Standing Against War]\n- Propaganda [Presented by Jerome Neukirch and Nick Braden\ , Louisville YDS/C-SAW]\n- The Political Framework of Democratic Socialism (Presented by Geoff Kurtz\, Rutgers YDS]\n- Media and Art [Presented by K atrina Ice\, YDS Co-Chair]\n\n*Panels*\n- Building and Working In Coalitio ns\nKirk Owen\, Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression\ nCarol Kramer\, FAIRNESS\nLaura McSpedon\, Jobs With Justice\nBill Allison \, Former Louisville Alderman\n\n- White Supremacy\, Capitalism and Patria rchy: the three pillars of ruling-class hegemony\nDr. Ricky Jones\, Profes sor of Pan-African Studies at UofL\, Ricky Jones is a columnist for the LE O\, member of the BRC and active in the peace and justice movements.\nEliy anna Kaiser\, YDS National Organizer\n\nSpeakers:\n- Anne Braden: Probably the most famous white civil rights activist / leader in the South\, Anne Braden is the co-founder of the Alliance Against Racist and Political Repr ession. She\, and her late husband\, Karl\, were targeted and persecuted b y HUAC for their civil rights organizing. She is the author of The Wall Be tween.\n- Pem Davidson Buck: Anthropology and Sociology professor from Eli zabethtown Community College\, Pem Buck is the author of Worked to the Bon e: Race\, Class\, Power and Privilege in Kentucky\n- Carol Kramer: Carol i s on the board of Kentucky Jobs With Justice and an activist for FAIRNESS\ , a regional GLBTQ civil rights organization responsible for the Fairness Ordinances in Louisville and other cities guaranteeing civil rights protec tions for sexual minorities.\n- Chris Sanders: Secretary-Treasurer of the Kentucky AFL-CIO\, Chris is also an active member of Jobs With Justice and the CLC.\n- Doug Johnson: Doug went to Iraq with Voices in the Wilderness as a Peace Team member (not a 'human shield']. He is active in the Louisv ille peace movement.\n- Bob Cunningham: Member of the Kentucky Alliance\, Bob is the organizer of West End for Peace and is active in the Justice mo vement.\n\nEntertainment\n- Zapat\, a local free jazz band\n- David Rovics \, radical folk singer (www.davidrovics.com)\n- Anarchist Fire show\, just what it sounds like! It's really cool.\n\nHousing and Meals provided with registration. Fee $20 - $50 sliding scale (no one will be turned away if you cannot pay\, but please do if you can! We have to pay for all of this stuff!) Some travel subsidies available upon request (y\;d\;s\ ;_\;m\;a\;n\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;& #99\;o\;m\;\n). \n\nPlease send checks to: DSA Fund at 180 Varick St.\, 12th floor New York\, NY 10014. Register Today! \n\nAny questions? P lease email y\;d\;s\;_\;m\;a\;n\;@\;y\;&# 97\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n \n\n\n\n Geographic al Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030615 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030612 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Louisville\, Kentucky\, United States SUMMARY:Young Democratic Socialists National Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-ItRZHXbuBw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ydsusa.org/conference03.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:989-855-2606 Email:mbiber@leaven.org DESCRIPTION:?Uprising for Change: A Gathering of Young Activists?\n\nThis e vent is created by and for young people between the ages of 20 and 30 who have a passionate commitment to social change. Whether you have been an ac tivist for several years or are a relative newcomer\, this is a gathering where your energy\, vision\, experience\, and dreams will be welcomed and encouraged. \n\nOur hope is to draw together a diverse and rich mixture o f young activists who are engaged in a wide range of social change movemen ts such as disability rights\, anti-racism\, LGBTQ rights\, feminism\, as well as economic and environmental justice.\n\nThe term ?activist? invokes a wide range of images and expectations some of which are\, too often\, u sed to judge ourselves and others. There will be facilitated discussion a nd activities directed toward breaking down stereotypes and creating a bro ader understanding of activism that meets many of the needs\, challenges\, and visions of young people today. Young people crave the work of justic e and organizations and movements depend on these young visionaries? wisdo m and commitment to action. \n\nTogether\, we will explore:\n¨ The m any and varied ways we can be engaged in activism\;\n¨ how to build and sustain community\;\n¨ ways to generate awareness and develop co nnections among young activists involved in different movements for change \; \n¨ how we can be mentors to and with one another\;\n¨ ways to link different issues of justice into your personal activism\;\n\nThes e issues will be addressed through sharing personal stories\, individuals providing information about their involvement with justice issues and pers onal reflection. There will also be time to enjoy the beauty of the land o utside. This long weekend promises to be both fun and inspiring through t he experience of hearing the eclectic voices of young people into action.\ n\nThis event is created and will be facilitated by a small diverse group of young individuals to ensure that a variety of ideas and perspectives ar e represented. A planning team is actively engaged in dialogue with the t wo coordinators\, Miriam Biber and Sarah Cleaver\, and will help lead smal l group activities. Joe Reilly of the music group\, Long Hairz Collective \, Deana Rabiah of ACCESS\, Alex Wilson who is doing construction work\, a nd Neftara Clark who is a law student are all participating in the plannin g team. Claudia Horwitz\, who is the executive director of stone circles\ , a non-profit finding unique ways to integrate spirituality into social j ustice work will lead a portion of this retreat. \n\nGender inclusive for people around 20-30 years old\nTime: Thursday\, 7pm- Sunday\, 1pm\nCost: $150 ($50 deposit + $100 balance due)\n\nMiriam Biber\n989-855-2606\n 09\;b\;i\;b\;e\;r\;@\;l\;e\;a\;v\; 1\;n\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\nwww.leaven.org Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030622 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030619 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Lyons\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:Uprising for Change: A Gathering of Young Activists UID:20091107T000510EST-6WUIWwksDg@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:888.543.4772 Email:stephanie@goodschoolspa.org DESCRIPTION:In the days remaining between now and June 30\, the fate of pub lic education in Pennsylvania will be decided by the General Assembly a nd Governor Rendell. Now\, more than ever\, the children of Pennsylvani a need your help in making educational justice a reality. Make your suppor t visible by joining with thousands from around the state in rallying in H arrisburg. Buses will depart from places around the state. For information about transportation or other rally details\, call Good Schools Pennsylva nia at (888) 543-4772. Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030626T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:State Capitol\, Harrisburg\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Rally for Educational Justice UID:20091107T000510EST-WKzicvXz5G@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.goodschoolspa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Weapons: Science and Policy\n\n2003 Student Pugwash USA Educational Seminar\nJuly 13-17\, 2003\nAmerican University\nWashington\, DC\n\nAPPLY NOW at http://www.spusa.org/events/index.html\nApplication de adline: June 6\, 2003*\n\nWould you like to-\n learn more ab out nuclear weapons?\n find out the views of policy makers?\ n talk with the leading professionals in\nthe field?\n\nAre you concerned about the future role of nuclear\nweapons?\n\nJoin students from around the country for an\nintroduction to the historical and future implications\nof nuclear weapons by prominent experts in the field.\nThis year's Educational Seminar on nuclear weapons will\nprovide high school an d lower-level undergraduate\nstudents a unique opportunity to examine\, in -depth\, the\nimplications of this cutting-edge issue.\n\nLectures\, Panel s\, and Group Discussion Topics:\n\n\n* History and Science of Nuclear Wea pons \n* Nuclear Weapons and Security \n* Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in Developing\nCountries \n* Nuclear Weapons and Political Power in the U N \n* The US Nuclear Policy\n\nKeynote Speaker: Sir Joseph Rotblat\, 1995 Nobel Peace\nlaureate and co-founder of the Pugwash Conferences on\nScienc e and World Affairs\, will speak on post-Hiroshima\ncampaigns by scientist s to prevent the future use of\nnuclear weapons.\n\nVisit http://www.spusa .org/events/index.html for a\ntentative agenda and more details.\n\nAPPLY NOW at\nhttp://www.spusa.org/events/edcon_application.html !\nApplication deadline: June 6\, 2003*\n\nStudent Pugwash USA will provide FREE housing and\nmeals. Participants must secure travel funding on their\nown. A $40 a pplication fee is due by June 13\, 2003.\n\n*Depending on space\, late app licants may also be\nconsidered. Call 1-800-WOW-A-PUG for details.\n\nFor more information\, visit\nhttp://www.spusa.org/events/index.html or contac t the\nnational office at 202-429-8900 or s\;p\;u\;s\;a \;@\;s\;p\;u\;s\;a\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n G eographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030717 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030713 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons: Science and Policy Seminar UID:20091107T000510EST-dc2zsuXXfn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:732-261-1289 Email:xagent37x@aol.com DESCRIPTION:This is an excellent networking event for volunteers/Activist t hroughout the North East Region. In addition to a human rights focus\, org anizations from all over the East Coast will be making presentations of th eir work and success. Lots of speakers\, \, musicians\,campaigns\, and a s pecial tribute to Chinese dissident Yang Jianli. This event is forAny acti vist\, non-profit affiliate\, volunteer\, Staff or organization who is int erested in networking with other people in the same field in a fun and exc iting setting. All are welcome to attend! \n(Sponsored by Amnesty Internat ional NJ SAC's ) EMAIL FOR DIRECTIONS \n Geographical Scope: DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030628T140000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:300 Kennedy Drive\, Middlesex\, New Jersey\, United States SUMMARY:Activist Picnic 2003 UID:20091107T000510EST-IT9Uutv3Xr@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Progressive Council and Campus Peace Action of UCF are excited to announce \nthe first Florida College Activist Conference\, to be held i n\nOrlando August 1-3\, 2003.\n\nThe three day event will include speakers \, workshops\, and plenty of discussion and exchange of ideas\, struggles\ , and solutions. Whether you are involved in an active organization or loo king to start one\, this conference is for you. ANY STUDENT ACTIVIST GROUP IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE!\n\nPURPOSE: The objective of the Florida Colle ge Activist Conference is to provide an opportunity for activist training and networking for all student activists in the state of Florida. In addit ion to training and coalition building\, this conference will mark the fou nding of the Florida College Activist Coalition\, a network of students ac ross the state that\, through a website\, will be able to share resources\ , events\, ideas\, and continue to work on joint campaigns. Our hope is th at this conference will become an annual event\, with regional and local g atherings during the year. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030803 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030801 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Orlando\, Florida\, United States SUMMARY:Florida College Activist Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-ULZwVCa6Bz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.miamistudents.org/fcac.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:stefwray@io.com DESCRIPTION:Join others from the South for a weekend workshop on the weapon s industry. Learn about new plans to assemble nuclear weapons and new type s of nuclear and biological weapons in development. Focus on weapons syste ms manufactured by leading Pentagon contractors. Understand the university ?s role in the military economy. Discuss how activists in the South can be tter share and use information about the weapons industry and military in the region.\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030803 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030801 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:The Peace Farm\, 188 Highway 60\, Panhandle\, TX\, Amarillo\, Texa s\, United States SUMMARY:Southern Military-Industrial Complex Workshop UID:20091107T000510EST-hiU6D50RVO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://utwatch.org/events/view.php?id=92 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:202-347-8772 Email: DESCRIPTION:USSA's 56th National Student Congress\nJuly 29-August 4\, 2003\ nUniversity of California-Riverside\n\n*********************************** **********************************\n\nDear Student Leader:\n\nFrom July 29 - August 4\, students from across the country will descend \non the Univer sity of California-Riverside campus for the United \nStates Student Associ ation's 56th National Student Congress. This \nconference is the annual g athering of USSA's membership where student \ndelegates will debate issues \, create proposals\, and ultimately decide \nUSSA's organizing agenda.\n\ nAt the conference\, you can expect:\n\n* Dynamic speakers who will addres s educational access issues as well \nas students' role in the movement fo r social and economic justice\n* Workshops on a variety of issues and skil ls.\n* Caucus sessions to address the needs of particular communities in \ nour movement.\n* Plenty of fun and exciting networking opportunities with active \nstudents from all over the nation.\n* A culminating plenary wher e delegates will decide the national \nstudent agenda for the upcoming yea r.\n\nDon't miss out on this great opportunity to get plugged in to studen t\norganizing at the national level. You can call USSA at (202) 347-8772. \n\nIn solidarity\,\n\nUSSA\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030804 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030729 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Riverside\, California\, United States SUMMARY:USSA National Student Congress UID:20091107T000510EST-aP5uDkTU6F@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usstudents.org/ussaadmin/files/USSACongress2003Brochure.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:You'll want to be in West Burke\, Vermont because that's where the SSC's National Grassroots Conference will be! Details below - Regist er TODAY!\n\n***Invited Keynote Speakers***\n- Dave Foreman (Founder\, The Wildlands Project)\n- Bill McKibben (Author\, The End of Nature)\n\nJoin the Sierra Student Coalition and college and high school environmental act ivists from across the nation this August for a weekend of excitement\, in spiration\, learning and planning for another year of protecting the plane t. From its first day in office\, the Bush Administration has declared a p reemptive strike on our environment. We must come together to fight for th e things we care about ? clean air and water\, wilderness protection\, env ironmental justice\, a global economy based on fairness and environmental protection\, and more. \n\nTake a weekend this summer away from your job\, internship\, or vacation\, and spend it in Vermont - for our forests faci ng chainsaws\, for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge facing oil drills\, for communities faced with pollution and urban sprawl. Come to the SSC Na tional Grassroots Conference to meet fellow activists from across the coun try\, learn about environmental issues of national and local importance\, refresh your spirit in the Green Mountains of Vermont\, and help the SSC p lan for another year of holding the line against polluters and the Bush ad ministration! \n\nThe weekend will feature: \nþ Great speakers and inspir ation from fellow young people who are as passionate as you are about prot ecting the Earth. \nþ Workshops on the SSC?s national campaigns\, includin g Fair Trade\, Arctic Wilderness\, and the new Clean Energy Program \nþ Op portunities to meet student environmental leaders from across the country\ , and to plan activities for the coming year with SSCers from your area (e specially New England) \nþ The chance to discuss issues and opportunities for the student environmental movement like environmental justice and the 2004 Presidential election\, and how you can play a role. \nþ A face-to-fa ce meeting of the SSC National Grassroots Council (made up of representati ves from SSC campus groups) and the newly-elected SSC Executive Committee\ , which creates the policies and budget for the organization. \nþ Setting the direction for the SSC for the 2003-2004 school year\, and creating a v ision for how we can build the SSC and the entire student environmental mo vement \nþ Hanging out and enjoying the forests and mountains of Vermont.. . and as much more fun as you can pack into one weekend!!! \nYou can also stick around until Wednesday\, August 13 to join in trainings from the SSC ?s Trainings Department and from outside professionals that will teach ski lls to national leaders and also grassroots campus leaders. Trainings will include: Advanced Media\, Fundraising\, Building a strong campus group\, and more. \n\nARE YOU EXCITED YET? \nYou - yes you! - are invited (along w ith fellow environmental leaders from your school) to join the national le aders and campus groups of the Sierra Student Coalition at the SSC?s 2003 National Grassroots Conference. It?ll be the kick off for another year wit h the nation?s largest\, most effective\, student-run environmental organi zation. You'll have the option to stay until August 13 to join in extra ac tivist trainings. All Sierra Student Coalition campus groups are encourage d to send one or more representatives to the National Conference. Individu al activists are also strongly encouraged to come! You?ll get to participa te in the SSC?s National Grassroots Council\, which brings together grassr oots activists to help guide the SSC\, share ideas\, and more. \n\nTHE DET AILS \n1. The SSC National Grassroots Conference will be held Friday\, Aug ust 8 ? Sunday\, August 10\, 2003 at the Cheney House State Park\, near We st Burke\, Vermont. It is FREE for all participants\, although we ask for a donation of up to $20 to cover the cost of the site and food. All meals will be provided from Friday through Sunday\, and if you stick around\, un til Wednesday. Vegetarian and vegan food will be available and plentiful! \n\n2. Lodging at the Cheney House will be rustic. Plan on bringing a sl eeping bag\, pad\, and pillow\, and other appropriate personal items. We w ill provide group tents but participants are encouraged to bring a persona l tent. \n\n3. The Cheney House State Park is in northeast Vermont\, abou t 1 hour from Montpelier. It is accessible by car. Transportation to the s ite can be provided from the nearest bus stop\, train station\, or airport s (Burlington\, VT and Manchester\, NH)\, provided participants arrive by 7pm on Friday and leave no earlier than 3pm on Sunday. If you stay for th e trainings until August 13\, plan on leaving no earlier than noon on Wedn esday\, August 13. Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030811 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030808 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:West Burke\, Vermont\, United States SUMMARY:Student Sierra Coalition National Grassroots Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-5ej5xbPukX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/ngc2003.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:libnow@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:Liberation Now! - The National Student Animal Rights Conference \nAmerican University - Washington\, DC\nNovember 7th to 9th\, 2003\nhttp: //www.LiberationNow.com\n\nThe upcoming third national student animal righ ts conference will be taking place this Fall in November at American Unive rsity in Washington\, DC.\n\n'Liberation Now!' is the animal rights moveme nt's biggest event dedicated to bringing together students and youth in th e struggle for animal rights.\n\nPlease join hundreds of other young activ ists and dozens of the leading organizers and speakers of the animal right s movement this Fall for this exciting event.\n\nThe early registration fe e is only $10\, and free and low-cost food and lodging are available. APPL Y NOW for travel grants!\n\nFOR MORE INFO and to REGISTER\, visit http://w ww.LiberationNow.com\, or contact:\n\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nP.O. Box 932\nNew York\, NY 10013-0864\n212-696-7911\nhttp://www.defendanimals .org\n\nOther Sponsors of 'Liberation Now!'\n\nAmerican University Animal Rights Effort\nAnimal Protection Institute\nAnimalsVoice.com\nIn Defense o f Animals\nPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals\nSaving Our Resourc es Today\nVegNews\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031107 GEO:38.938300;-77.091100 LOCATION:American University\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20016\, United States SUMMARY:Liberation Now! - The National Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-MNogdWCbZu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.LiberationNow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:kwru@kwru.org DESCRIPTION:--Join up for the march - Join up with poor people\, homeless p eople\, and other students (..affiliates with Empty The Shelters\, as well as the Student Farmworker's Alliance) on this march -- learn about the is sues people are facing\, learn how students can help out (and have helped out)\, and join in on the campaign.\n\nhttp://www.kwru.org/march/index.htm l\nEmail: k\;w\;r\;u\;@\;k\;w\;r\;u\;&# 46\;o\;r\;g\;\n Phone: 215 203 1945\n\n This August 2nd to t he 29th\, the Poor People?s Economic Human Rights Campaign will be marchin g from Marks\, Ms to Washington D\,C. in order to raise awareness about th e economic human rights violations occurring in this country and to work t owards building a broad-based movement to end poverty at its roots.\n\n A CALL TO ACTION\n??There are millions of poor people in this co untry who have very little\, or even nothing\, to lose. If they can be he lped to take action together\, they will do so with a freedom and a power that will be a new and unsettling force in our complacent national life??\ n -- Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\n\n\n\nThe Poor People?s Economic Huma n Rights Campaign calls for a national Poor People?s March for Economic Hu man Rights.\n\nThis year marks the 35th Anniversary of Martin Luther King? s historic Poor People?s Campaign\, for which he gave his life. As our ec onomic human rights continue to be violated\, we know that the work of Mar tin Luther King is not finished. Through this summer?s march\, the Poor P eople?s Economic Human Rights Campaign is continuing the struggle to make King?s vision of true equality and peace a reality in this nation and arou nd the world. Today\, 35 years later\, the situation of poor Americans ha s only deteriorated and it is time to march on Washington again.\n\nWe are marching now because more and more American families are being forced int o poverty everyday. We are marching because the growing healthcare crisis has left 71 million Americans without healthcare this year. We are march ing because the majority of the 80 million poor people in America are our children. We are marching because\, after decades of downsizing and free trade agreements\, millions of Americans have lost their jobs\, homes\, fa rms and livelihoods. We are marching because we live in the richest count ry in the world\, yet our people die poor in the streets everyday.\n\nOur government and corporations have denied everyday Americans the rights to t he most basic necessities of life ? food\, clothing\, housing\, healthcare \, living wage jobs and education. These rights were guaranteed to all of us by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights over 50 years ago\, yet w e still suffer without them. We have been left out of the electoral proce ss and left behind by our elected leaders. And now\, we all suffer from t he terror of economic human rights violations ? the fear and pain of livin g with no health coverage\, of living in indecent housing\, of being unabl e to find employment.\n\nThe Poor People?s March will bring together poor whites\, blacks\, latinos and those of all races to demand an end to pover ty and economic human rights violations. As we march\, we will strengthen our relationships\, develop new leaders and share our strategies\, strugg les and stories. We will educate those we meet and those we march with ab out the legacy of Martin Luther King\, about economic human rights\, about democracy and voting\, about the FTAA and about the vision\, strategies a nd tactics of building a movement\, led by the poor\, to end poverty. As we are determined to create a broad-based movement for economic human righ ts we will work in coordination with labor unions\, social workers\, educa tors\, students\, musicians\, artists\, congregations and all those who ar e concerned with economic justice.\n\nAll we have left is our voice. Plea se join us this August in making it heard. We will kickoff the Poor Peopl e?s March for Economic Human Rights on August 2\, 2003 in Marks Mississipp i. From there\, we will march and caravan through the region until we arr ive in Washington DC on August 23rd\, when we hold a historic march on our nation?s capital\; afterwards we will raise a week-long tent city. The p oor of the United States have been ?disappeared? for too long. All we hav e left is our voice and we can no longer afford to suffer in silence. Ple ase join us this August in making our call for economic human rights heard ! \n\nRegister here to join (for all or part): http://www.kwru.org/march/f orm.html\n\n---The Poor People?s Economic Human Rights Campaign will be ma rching through: Marks\, MS (August 2nd and 3rd)\; Nashville\, TN (August 5 th\, 6th)\; Louisville\, KY (7th\, 8th\, 9th)\; Northern GA (10th ?locatio n TBA)\; Knoxville\, TN (11th\, 12th)\; Clinchco\, VA (13th\,14th)\; Charl eston\, VA (15th\, 16th)\; Durham\, NC (17th\, 18th)\; Williamsburg\, VA ( 19th\, 20th)\; (21st\, 22nd ? travel to DC)\; Washington\, D.C. (22nd\, Au gust 23rd ? international day of action\, 24th-29th tent city ? with event s planned for each day). Check the march homepage at http://www.kwru.org/ march/index.html for updates and more information.\n\n--If you live in one of the cities the march is going through\, we need your help! Please regi ster to assist us in any way you can.\n\nLinks List:\n--March home page: h ttp://www.kwru.org/march/index.html\n--Register to join the march or tent city: http://www.kwru.org/march/form.html\n--Can?t come on the march but s till want to help out? You can always donate ? click to see a list of nee ds\, and for more information about donating: http://www.kwru.org/march/ba r.html#make_a_donation\n--More background information: http://www.kwru.org /march/bar.html#economic_human_rights\nhttp://www.kwru.org/march/bar.html# the_campaign\nhttp://www.kwru.org/march/bar.html#kwru\ngeneral information : http://www.universityofthepoor.org/library/library.html\n--Contact infor mation: Email: k\;w\;r\;u\;@\;k\;w\;r\; 7\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n \; \nPhone: 215 203 1945 Fax: 215 203 19 50 \; \nMail: PO box 50678\, Philadelphia\, PA 19132\n\nKWRU info for stud ents: \nhttp://www.kwru.org/ehrc/students.html\n\n Geographical Scope: DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030829 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030802 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Marks\, MS - Washington DC\, United States SUMMARY:Poor People's March for Economic Human Rights UID:20091107T000510EST-2CAmlSLEGJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.kwru.org/march/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:National Conference Announcement and Call to Action \nAll Out F or Milwaukee: October 10 ? 12\, 2003 \n\nThe 180/Movement for Democracy an d Education\, in conjunction with Education for the People! in Milwaukee w ill host the: \n\nDemocracy and Education Conference \nOctober 10th-12th\, 2003 \nUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \nMilwaukee\, Wisconsin\, U.$.A. \n\nNational March on the Bradley Foundation's Headquarters! \n---Buildi ng Local Democracy and Dignified Public Education For All \n---Against the Corporate Agenda for Education! \nSaturday\, October 11th @ the Lynde and Bradley Foundation Headquarters \nMilwaukee\, Wisconsin\, U.$.A. \n\nE-ma il our national office or call 501-244-2439 for more info. \n\n'WHAT'S THI S ALL ABOUT?' \nAs students\, workers\, teachers\, and community folks who need and are affected by a flourishing system of education\, we must be u nited in common struggle to make that system more democratic and accessibl e. Standing in our way\, corporations are moving steadily and strategical ly to colonize our schools\, colleges\, and universities using their econo mic and political influence to pull strings within campus administrations\ , state legislatures\, the federal government and other chambers of local and global power. Education\, a potential well of democracy\, is becoming instead a source of conformity\, profits\, discrimination\, and corporate control as schools are increasingly used as tools for the consolidation o f corporate domination instead of civic engagement and human progression. \n\nThe Democracy and Education Conference\, October 10-12 in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin will challenge the corporate agenda for education. It will pro vide a forum to discuss campus campaigns and strategies and gain strength from our common struggle. It will be a great chance to interact with peop le from across the US and North America who are engaged in the movement fo r democracy and education. \n\nIf you are fighting for universal access to education\, the right to organize\, civil rights and diversity\, public-w elfare research/technology\, democratic curriculum\, institutional social responsibility\, and/or democratic and progressive campus governance then you need to be in Milwaukee October 10-12! \n\nAN INTERCONNECTED\, 'K-16' MOVEMENT \nOur organizing is bringing us closer to the realization that th e push for the corporate takeover of colleges and universities is being dr iven by the same clique of corporate tycoons and right-wing ideologues as in primary and secondary schools. \nHigher education corporatization\, ex emplified by: collegiate ventures with large corporations\, the creation o f research parks\, increased corporate and political control over research \, use of temporary and contingent labor\, and university administrators a s paid corporate board members\; aligns perfectly with plans for K-12 priv atization such as: school choice plans (voucher systems\, charter schools) \, comprehensive school designs based on business principles (such as econ omies of scale\, standardization\, cost efficiency\, production line strat egies)\, back to basics curricula\, teacher pay based on test scores\, and strong systems of 'accountability.' \n\nEach of these schemes was dreame d up by and benefit the corporate sector by taking control and function of education away from its direct beneficiaries (students\, teachers\, worke rs\, and the community around it) and moves it into the hands of the busin ess elite who can fund it and benefit for a more sorted and streamlined po ol of graduates to enter into their workforces. One of the biggest movers behind this drive for corporatization is the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foun dation. \n\nRise Up! As we move forward with our local struggles\, we hav e made a call for a national march on the Bradley Foundation (Oct. 10-12). Throughout the country the response has resonated with local struggles f or racial\, social\, and economic justice. We will expose and challenge t he neo-conservative and neo-liberal agenda wherever it is working to maint ain and benefit from the oppression of our communities. October 10 - 12 i s around the corner and your participation is crucial in these efforts. \n \nIt is imperative that we move forward\, united in creating a K-16 respon se to the corporate threat to all of education. \n\nMORE ON THE BRADLEY FO UNDATION: \nSince 1985 Milwaukee has been taken under siege by the wealthi est and most influential right-wing think tank in the country. Currently\ , there is a coalition to oppose the racist and economically destructive a genda of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (LHBF). And no\, we don't need the Allen-Bradley clock tower to know what time it is. \n\nAs we co ntinue the campaign to stop institutional racism and promote economic deve lopment in our city\, we will expose the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundatio n's economic agenda in Milwaukee and provide an alternative to Bradley's r ight wing social and educational experiments that are carried out in our c ity. \nTo the city\, the Bradley Foundation has left us with the poverty enhancement program known as W-2\, a gutted public educational system thro ugh school vouchers and privatization schemes\, and public silence and com plicity through massive buyouts to many political figures\, non-profit and faith-based organizations. The LHBF\, acting in the best interests of Wh ite Supremacy and Corporate Greed\, has achieved for itself top advisory s pots to the Bush Administration's education and work agenda and is central to creating and implementing policies that are direct attacks on communit ies of color. \n\nTo its corporate criminal allies\, the LHBF has given t housands of low wage workers and in many cases free labor. These private interests profit off of the racist sanctions\, limited educational access\ , and lack of rights on the job. Through Bradley's attack on public educa tion\, Bradley can reassure the private sector that they will have a const ant supply of low-skilled Black and Latino laborers. \n\nTo the city\, th e LHBF tried to create the political reality of Charles Murray's book The Bell Curve\, to which the foundation paid Murray 160\,000 a year to write. The book and the foundation espouse the idea that Blacks and Latinos are by nature\, inferior\, and therefore will 'congregate to the lower-classe s of society.' According to the LHBF mentality\, they (we) are 'meant' to work in low-wage jobs and attend inferior public schools. This is unaccep table. \n\nThe time has come to say enough to the further deterioration o f the City at the hands of the Bradley foundation. To stand for justice a nd participation in our local democracy. To fight for economic Justice an d stand against the racist agenda of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundatio n. \n\nSee you in Milwaukee\, October 10-12! Geographical Scope: Nation al DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031012 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031010 GEO:43.037200;-87.933500 LOCATION:Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53233\, United States SUMMARY:180/Movement for Democracy and Eduation National Conference UID:20091107T000510EST-Z67DEOF2Cb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusdemocracy.org/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:860-834-1312 Email:neseac@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Mission:\n\nAcross the country youth and students are standing up and fighting back for their planet and their communities. This gatheri ng seeks to empower grassroots organizersby supplying the tools to create lasting social change. We need to equip ourselves with the gear to disman tle systems of oppression and construct a world rooted in justice.\n\nThe Agenda:\n\nWorkshops will focus on skills for creating change and campaign s that you can run on your campus.\n\nThere will also be trainings focusin g on how we can combat racism\, sexism\, heterosexism\, and classism. \n\ nFinally\, there'll be lots of time for building connections with other ac tivists from around the Northeast\, making new friends\, sharing experienc es\, and strategizing about how we can build a strong regional network tha t can effect lasting change.\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031107 GEO:41.556500;-72.658200 LOCATION:Wesleyan University\, Middletown\, Connecticut\, 06459\, United St ates SUMMARY:Northeast SEAC Regional Activist Training UID:20091107T000510EST-DVAJjtS1s0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/ne/nerat.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:info@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:Get On The Hill\nNational Training & Student Lobby Day\nNovembe r 9 & 10\, 2003\nhttp://www.defendanimals.org/lobby\nSponsored by the Stud ent Animal Rights Alliance\, Animal Protection Institute\, Fund for Animal s\, and Humane Society of the United States\nJoin students from across the nation in Washington\, DC to learn the nuts & bolts of lobbying and voice your support for animal protection legislations on Capitol Hill.\nHelp ma ke an impact on the federal laws that affect the lives of animals everywhe re by speaking up for animals to your Members of Congress and their staffe rs! \nJOIN US TO SPEAK UP \nFOR ANIMALS ON CAPITOL HILL!\nFor more informa tion and to register\, visit: \nhttp://www.defendanimals.org/lobby Geogra phical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031110 DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031109 GEO:38.893300;-77.014600 LOCATION:Capitol Hill\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20515\, United States SUMMARY:Get On The Hill - National Training and Student Lobby Day for Anima ls UID:20091107T000510EST-0NmzikL2Ga@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.defendanimals.org/lobby END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:336-272-2155 Email:triadbtn@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Coble Demonstration 9/18\, Greensboro\, NC: 'Apologize or Resig n!'\nOn Sept. 18th\, 2003 at 4:30 pm\, the Triad Blue Triangle Network wil l join with the 'Apologize or Resign!' Coalition in a protest outside the offices of Rep. Howard Coble in Greensboro. This will be the third demonst ration of local residents at Coble's offices for comments he made in Febru ary of this year regarding the internment of Japanese Americans durring WW II. Responding to a caller to a talk radio program on WKZL who suggested t hat US authorities round up Arab-Americans like Americans of Japanese desc ent were rounded up during WWII\, Coble resonded that the mass detentions of Japanese Americans was for their own protection. \n'They [Japanese Amer icans] were an endangered species\,' Coble stated. While he disagreed that Arab Americans should be detained en mass today\, he left the door open t o future round-ups by saying\, 'There were Japanese-Americans who wanted t o do us harm then\, just as there are Arab-Americans who wish to do us har m now.' \nCoble's comments have been widely denounced all across the count ry. The California State legislature passed a resolution stating that Cobl e should be censured for his comments. Civil rights organizations like the NAACP\, the Anti-Defamation League\, the Arab American Anti-Discriminatio n Committee\, the Japanese American Citizens League\, and the national lab or organization the AFL-CIO have called for either an apology from Coble o r for him to step down from his post as the chairperson of House Subcommit tee on Homeland Security. \nThe Triad Blue Triangle Network was formed to respond to the increasing attacks since Sept. 11th 2001 on Arab\, Muslim\, and South Asian immigrants living in the US. We find Coble's comments to be an insult to the historical pain and loss suffered by Japanese-American internees and their families\, and a threat to the security of Arab\, Mus lim\, and South Asian people in the US today. There are currently 13\,000 Muslim\, Arab\, and South Asian immigrants in the US today who are awaitin g deportation\, none of whom have been connected in any way to terrorism. The Blue Triangle Network feels that only a mass outpouring of protest aga inst the policies attacking immigrants solely on the basis of their ethnic ity\, religion\, or national origin can stop these repressive attacks. It is in this spirit that we will join with the 'Apologize or Resign' Coaliti on on Sept. 18th. \nThe protests have had an effect so far\; in May\, Cobl e stepped aside as commencement speaker at the graduation excercises of Gu ilford College rather than face large protests by students and others. How ever\, in July\, after agreeing to meet with the Japanese American Citizen s League\, Coble reneged on the agreement\, most likely because the heat s urrounding the issue has died down. Let's not let this important issue dis appear!\nThe 'Apologize or Resign' Coalition includes members of the Green sboro Peace Coalition\, the Islamic Center of the Triad\, the Blue Triangl e Network\, the International Socialist Organization\, and others with no organizational affiliations. Please join us in opposing Coble's comments a nd calling on him to 'Apologize or Resign!'\nTime: 4:30 pm Thursday\, Sept ember 18th.\nPlace: Rep. Howard Coble's Greensboro office at 2102 North El m Street\, near the Golden Gate shopping center at the intersection of Cor nwallis and Elm.\nFor more info\, please call Scott at 336.272.2155 Geog raphical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050510Z DTSTART:20030918T163000 GEO:36.106700;-79.791900 LOCATION:Rep. Howard Coble's Greensboro Office At 2102 Nort\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27402\, United States SUMMARY:Rep. Howard Coble\, 'Apologize or Resign!' UID:20091107T000511EST-GI6ns1EMKg@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:309-452-2006 Email:jkwilso2@ilstu.edu DESCRIPTION:A half-day conference on propoganda\, the media\, and US foreig n policy. Featuring Noam Chomsky and other important speakers. Geographic al Scope: State DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20031007T150000 GEO:40.510300;-88.998000 LOCATION:Bone Student Center\, Illinois State University\, Normal\, Illinoi s\, 61790\, United States SUMMARY:Chomsky and Propaganda UID:20091107T000511EST-PLiNwcxIVZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pabn.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617-352-9235 Email:bugreens@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Campus Greens from across the Northeast will converge at Boston University on Saturday\, October 4th and Sunday\, October 5th for two day s of workshops\, speakers\, parties\, and strategy sessions. \n\n\n\nCONFI RMED: Maine State Representative John Eder will give a seminar on how to r un for office and win! \n\n\n\nCONFIRMED: Boston City Councilor Felix Arro yo will give the Saturday keynote! \n\n\n\nHousing and transportation opti ons available. \n\n\n\nFor more information on the conference\, contact Ka rlo Silbiger at 617.352.9235 o\;r\;k\;s\;i\;l\; 8\;i\;g\;e\;r\;@\;j\;u\;n\;o\;.\; 9\;o\;m\;\n or Brian Sandberg at 413.582.1271 or b\;r\; 5\;a\;n\;@\;c\;a\;m\;p\;u\;s\;g\;r \;e\;e\;n\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n. Geographica l Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031005 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20031004T090000 GEO:42.345100;-71.107700 LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215\, United States SUMMARY:2003 Campus Greens Northeast Regional Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-AmRXNDkXr3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/bugreens END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:330-672-2068 Email:pride@kent.edu DESCRIPTION:Activist meeting to take action and get domestic partner benefi ts for all Kent State faculty and also oppose The Federal Marriage Amendme nt. Courses of action will be discussed. Surveys and petitions will be con ducted throughout the day to prevent more faculty from turning down jobs a t the University because we don't offer domestic partner benefits! Geogra phical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031021 GEO:41.205700;-81.313300 LOCATION:Box 17 Office Of Campus Life\, Kent\, Ohio\, 44240\, United States SUMMARY:PRIDE! Kent Activist Meeting for Domestic Partner Benefits for KSU Faculty UID:20091107T000511EST-X9eJKjgGku@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pridekent.tk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:812-339-8710 Email:coordinators@getupconference.org DESCRIPTION:Grassroots Educational Training (GET UP!) is holding its second weekend long conference November 8th and 9th\, concentrating on the skill s of organizing for progressive social change. The purpose of GET UP! is to help share the immense amount of knowledge about grassroots organizing that exists in all of our communities\, introduce individuals with less ex perience with grassroots organizing to many of the different aspects and s kills involved\, and help groups and individuals network. \n\nThe weekend will include about twenty-eight workshops on topics such as consensus\, fu ndraising\, power-mapping\, research\, and more intensive courses for thos e with more organizing experience or those that attended the first confere nce.\n\nPlease visit our website at http://www.getupconference for more in formation or email us at c\;o\;o\;r\;d\;i\;n\;& #97\;t\;o\;r\;s\;@\;g\;e\;t\;u\;p\; c\;o\;n\;f\;e\;r\;e\;n\;c\;e\;.\; o\;r\;g\;\n with any questions. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031108 GEO:39.078800;-86.435100 LOCATION:909 E. 2nd St.\, Bloomington\, Indiana\, 47401\, United States SUMMARY:GET UP!: Grassroots Educational Training Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-KsPLtUftW6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.getupconference.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:413-585-1533 Email:conference@mediareform.net DESCRIPTION:Moving beyond critique to action\, the National Conference on M edia Reform is a groundbreaking forum to democratize the debate over media policymaking. A broad range of media reform activists will join members o f Congress\, the FCC\, and leaders of major groups working for civil right s\, women's rights\, rural renewal\, the environment\, labor\, community d evelopment and other issues to: \nMobilize new constituencies\; \nStrength en coalitions working in Washington and at the grassroots\; \nDevelop unif ied action plans for immediate and long-term reforms\; and Generate polici es and strategies that will structurally improve the media system. \n\nTak e part in workshops\, panels\, and concerts addressing: \n\nPublic broadca sting \nFCC media ownership rules \nMedia and antitrust claims \nLow-power radio & TV \nInternet governance \nCopyright issues \nChildren's media re gulation \nRegulation of advertising \nCable/satellite and public access \ nBillboard advertising \nAdvertising in schools \nPolitical advertising/ca mpaign finance \nIndyMedia Centers as a policy issue \nCommunity media wat ches\n\n...and many other issues.\n\n'If we are serious about democracy\, we will need to reform the media system structurally. This reform will hav e to be part of a broad movement to democratize all the core institutions of society.'\n- Robert McChesney\n \n\nSome of the strongest voices in the media reform community are already scheduled to appear (see list at right )\, as well as representatives from a broad range of media reform\, civil rights\, labor\, and activist organizations including: \n\nAlliance for Ju stice \nAlternet \nAmerican Federation of Musicians \nAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists \nCenter for Digital Democracy \nCenter fo r Media Education \nConsumer Federation of America \nConsumers Union \nFai rness & Accuracy in Reporting \nFree Press \nFuture of Music Coalition \nI nternational Music Managers Forum \nJobs with Justice \nMedia Access Proje ct \nThe Newspaper Guild \nPraxis Project \nPublic Knowledge \nReclaim the Media \nRecording Artists' Coalition\n\n...with dozens of others to join! \n\n \nWhy you should join us:\nOver the event's two days\, conference participants will enjoy: access to all panels\, plenaries\, keynote speech es & workshops\; performances by internationally famous artists\; and an o pportunity to meet with other activists to build a stronger and more effec tive grassroots network.\n\nYou can register on-line\, and there are disco unted rates available for students.\n\nPlease see the web site for more in formation:\nwww.mediareform.net/conference.php Geographical Scope: Nation al DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031107 GEO:43.077800;-89.413300 LOCATION:University Of Wisconsin\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53706\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:National Conference on Media Reform UID:20091107T000511EST-IOCZ64I4Mf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mediareform.net/conference.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:ssc.southeast@eudoramail.com DESCRIPTION:Learn about important things coming up\, such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas ministerial in Miami and what you can do to prepare for the 2004 elections. The conference will be held in Uwharrie National Forest in North Carolina\, and we will spend time hiking and enjoying autu mn. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031019 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031017 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Sierra Student Coalition Southeastern Regional Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-5aAwopnvER@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/networks/southeast/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:608-256-8662 Email:ktprosen@wisc.edu\,jess_mari@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:University of Wisconsin-Madison\, in conjunction with student g roup Stop the War!\, is hosting a Midwest Youth Activist Conference from O ct. 3rd to Oct. 5th. Free housing will be provided. The conference will address a variety of progressive concerns including\, but not limited to c ivil liberties violations\, corporate media\, the war and occupation of Ir aq\, history of activism (personal experiences and lessons from 60s activi sts)\, activism 101\, Palestinian-Israeli conflict\, the war on drugs\, th e military-industrial complex\, a history of U.S. imperialism\, a history of U.S. occupations\, popular progressive pedagogy\, veterans' stories\, t he prison-industrial complex\, environmental assaults by corporate America \, affirmative action\, gay rights and issues of globalization. What can we as students do to affect these issues?\n\nThis conference would be a gr eat opportunity to network and for a progressive alliance/structure among midwest schools. The conference will be followed on Sunday by a call for a demonstration against the occupation of Iraq.\n\nThe tentative schedule is as follows (this is tentative\, but just to give everyone a rough outli ne):\n\nFriday\, October 3rd: 5-7 pm: registration and housing assignmen ts\n\n7:30 p.m.: keynote speaker (t.b.a.)\n\n9:00 p.m. - whenever: party \, opportunity for students from different universities to meet and network\n\nSaturday\, October 4t h: 10-11:30 a.m.: 1st workshop (there will be between 3 and 5 workshops that participants can choose from)\n\n11:30-12:30: lunch\n1:00-2:30: 2nd workshop\n3:00-4:30: 3rd workshop\n4:30-6:00: dinne r\n6:00-7:30: 4th workshop\n8:00: panel discussion\n9: 30: movies\, live music and party\n\nSunday\, Oct. 5th:\n10: 00 - 11:30: 1st workshop\n12:00: rally against the occupation!\n\nCurre ntly\, we do not plan on charging a registration fee\, however it is the j ob of each campus to organize transportation and any other needs that aris e. If someone has a disability which needs to be accomodated for\, please e-mail.\n\nPlease respond with the number of people that may be intereste d and a contact phone number and e-mail. Also respond with other topics t hat you would like to see addressed or other general ideas about the confe rence. If you or someone you know are particularly knowledgeable about on e of the topics\, please email us.\n\nThanks\n\nMembers of UW-Madison grou p Stop the War! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031005 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031003 GEO:43.118700;-89.312600 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53714\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Youth Activist Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-vD0rV0u1sK@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:merrittj@ufl.edu DESCRIPTION:Local students of the Environmental Action Group at the Univers ity of Florida\, in conjunction with concerned citizens and environmental groups nation-wide will be demonstrating at Office Depot stores nationwide to inform the public and urge Office Depot to stop selling paper products made from endangered forests. Students will also be presenting the store manager with an award for Outstanding Achievement in Endangered Forest Des truction.\n\nAs part of the National Paper Campaign (www.thepapercampaign. com) against Office Depot\, students are protesting Office Depot's continu ed sale of paper products made from endangered forests despite pressure fr om nationalenvironmental organizations to cease this destructive practice. Originally aimed at Staples\, Inc.\, the Paper Campaign succeeded last No vember when Staples announced an unprecedented company-wide environmental policy calling for the phasing out of products made from endangered forest s. The Paper Campaign is urging Office Depot to keep up with the environme ntally sound practices of its competitor and stop destroying endangered fo rests. More info at http://forestethics.org \, http://dogwoodalliance.or g \, and http://www.thepapercampaign.com . Geographical Scope: Nation al DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20031008T164500 GEO:29.680400;-82.345700 LOCATION:1015 NW 13th St.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States SUMMARY:National Day of Protest Against Office Depot UID:20091107T000511EST-lmUjMUGE3e@69.73.141.125 URL:http://grove.ufl.edu/~eag/index.php?page=campaigns END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:541-343-8548 Email:kokomojo@castleisp.com\, DESCRIPTION:OCT 9 - 12\, at University of Oregon Campus in Eugene\, Oregon\ ; \n\n3rd Annunal PEACE\, JUSTICE AND MEDIA CONFERENCE\, National Speakers \; Workshops\; San Francisco Mime Troupe\; Poets for Peace and Peace Forum \; Free Weekend Children's Program\, opening keynote speaker is populist j ournalist Jim Hightower\, info Justice Not War Coalition 541-343-8548 or w ww.justicenotwarcoalition.org \nor Jen Knowlton at 541-484-6671\, or Micha el Carrigan at 541-342-1953 or David Zupan at 541 484-9167.\n Geographica l Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031012 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031009 GEO:44.117900;-123.074000 LOCATION:Eugene\, Oregon\, 97401\, United States SUMMARY:Peace\, Justice\, and Media Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-GhVVTGkwoM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.efn.org/~jnotwar/mediaconference.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:312-738-6209 Email:slap_chicago@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Grassroots Organizing Weekend. A training on learning how to be an effective organizer. Organized by the Chicago Student Labor Action Pro ject. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031019 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031017 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Chicago: Grassroots Organizing Weekend UID:20091107T000511EST-6mBUHiId8S@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:301-589-2355 Email:pledgecoordinator@starpower.net DESCRIPTION:Do you believe in the nonviolent strategies pioneered by Gandhi and King? Were you one of the thousands of Americans who risked arrest to prevent war in Iraq? Are you looking for the most powerful methods of res istance possible to confront our government's policies? If the answer to a ny of these questions is yes\, then please join usDo you believe in the no nviolent strategies pioneered by Gandhi and King? Were you one of the thou sands of Americans who risked arrest to prevent war in Iraq? Are you looki ng for the most powerful methods of resistance possible to confront our go vernment's policies? If the answer to any of these questions is yes\, then please join us. The Iraq Pledge of Resistance\, a campaign of nonviolent resistance which inspired and coordinated many of those actions\, is spons oring the National Conference on Nonviolence to consolidate the nonviolent network which grew out of the anti-war work\, and to broaden our campaign of active nonviolence to oppose the policies of the Bush Administration. The Iraq Pledge of Resistance is sponsored by the following national organ izations: American Friends Service Committee\, Fellowship of Reconciliatio n\, Pax Christi USA\, Peace Action\, Veterans for Peace\, Voices in the Wi lderness\, War Resisters League and Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)\; Registration Fee sliding scale\, $10 - $25 Geograp hical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031025 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031024 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:International Conference Center\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60640\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:National Conference on Nonviolence UID:20091107T000511EST-ux4uZci1sw@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-242-3002 Email:scale_ny@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Join hundreds of students and teachers from throughout the regi on and beyond\nfor organizing trainings\, issue-based workshops\, speakers \, networking\, and\nmore! Newcomers to the issue and experienced organiz ers all welcome.\nTravel scholarships\, housing\, and fundraising assistan ce available--call or\nemail for details. \n\n(Sponsors include SCALE\, C AUSE\, CLEA\, WNYSAP\, USAS\, Broad Meadows Middle\nSchool\, and the NLC)\ n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031025 GEO:40.727700;-73.980400 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, 10009\, United States SUMMARY:2nd Annual Northeast Regional High School Anti-Sweatshop Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-WAMHm8t1C6@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:260-982-5026 Email:jlgarber@manchester.edu DESCRIPTION:'We Are the Eyes of the World”\nMedia: Seeking the Truth\n\nThe first annual Plowshares Peace & Justice Student Conference will be held i n North Manchester\, Indiana\, at Manchester College. The conference will examine the role of the media in world affairs with a focus on peace and j ustice. Students will make connections with journalists and media critics\ , and will be inspired by artists and political performers. Workshops held on Saturday morning and afternoon will address topics relating to media a nd peace on a national and international level. Students will come away fr om the weekend more critical of mainstream media\, empowered to seek the t ruth and inspired to create positive change.\nPlease feel free to contact us by phone at (260) 982-5026\, or e-mail \n\nSchedule\nFriday\, Oct. 17\n Registration 4 – 6 p.m.\nCookout 5 – 7 p.m. \nPlenary Session 7:30 – 9 p.m .\nThe Daily Bridge Club 10 p.m. – 1 a.m.\n\nSaturday\, Oct. 18\nBreakfast 8 – 9 a.m.\nWorkshops 10 – 11:30 a.m.\nLunch 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.\nWorksho ps 1:30 – 3 p.m.\nSpeaker: Raghida Dergham 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.\nPanel discuss ion – 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.\nBanquet 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.\nSpeaker: Mo Rocca 8 – 9 :30 p.m.\nBonfire 10 p.m. – 1 a.m.\n\nSunday\, Oct. 19\nBreakfast 8 – 9:30 a.m.\nChris Hedges 10 – 11:30 a.m.\n\nWorkshops\nPolitical Cartoons\nViol ence and the Media\nElections and the Media\nPeace Journalism\nMedia Liter acy\nComparison of Broadcast Media\nInternational Journalism\nRacism in th e Media\nFree Press\nGender and the Media\n\nSpeakers\nDaily Bridge Club – Friday\, Oct. 17\, 10 p.m.\nThe Daily Bridge Club is a seven-piece ensemb le from Chicago that regularly turns heads with its unique hip-hop recipe\ , one that blends elements of old and new school\, jazz\, spoken word and poetry. Originally from Champaign\, Ill.\, the band regularly headlined at the High Dive and Canopy Club and opened for DJ Logic\, Carlos Washington \, Jazz Mandolin Project and Liquid Soul among others.\n\nRaghida Dergham – Saturday\, Oct. 18\, 3:30 p.m.\nRaghida Dergham is a senior diplomatic c orrespondent for Al-Hayat\, the leading independent Arabic newspaper. As a former president of the United Nations Correspondents Association\, she a ddressed the UN General Assembly on the occasion of World Press Freedom Da y. She has interviewed numerous foreign ministers and heads of state and h as broken major news stories\, including the secret talks in Oslo.\n\nDavi d Horsey - Saturday\, Oct. 18\, afternoon workshop\nDavid Horsey\, the Pos t-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist\, has won two Pulitzer Prizes. He rec eived the The Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for editorial cartooning for a portfolio of his work in 1998. Editorial cartoons are opinions expressed i n art. A good cartoonist can move effectively through topics that are horr ific\, and horrifically sad\, and subjects that are simple and just ask fo r delicious satire. \n\nMo Rocca – Saturday\, Oct. 18\, 8 p.m.\nMo Rocca i s a senior correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stua rt.” He is former president and writers of Harvard University’s Hasty Pudd ing Theatricals. He is also a contributor to NBC’s “Today Show\,” a regula r panelist on National Public Radio’s “Wait\, Wait\, Don’t Tell Me” and a frequent commentator on CNN and the Fox News Channel.\n\nChris Hedges – Su nday\, Oct. 19\, 10 a.m.\nChris Hedges is a correspondent for the New York Times and has covered conflicts from Central America to the Balkans to th e Middle East and Persian Gulf. He formerly worked for the Dallas Morning News\, Christian Science Monitor and National Public Radio. He received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting after the September 11 attacks.\n \nShowcase\nSubmit non-print media shorts (no longer than 15 minutes) on a peace and justice topic in the form of a DVD\, CD or videotape. An award of $100 will be given to the most creative and insightful piece. The creat or of the short must be present to win. Due date for submissions is Oct. 1 \, 2003.\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031019 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031017 GEO:40.859900;-85.794100 LOCATION:Manchester College\, North Manchester\, Indiana\, 46962\, United S tates SUMMARY:Plowshares National Student Peace and Justice Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-sGb6MWUV7X@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.plowsharesproject.org/php/featured.mediaconference.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:mika_nagasaki@brown.edu DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 24\n6pm – 8pm\n\nArrivals and Registration\nDi nner\nRoom Assignments\nSaturday\, October 25\n9am – 9.45am\n\nBreakfast a nd Welcome\n10am – 11.15am\n\nWorkshop 1\n11.30am – 12.45pm\n\nWorkshop 2\ n1pm - 2pm\n\nLunch\n2.15pm – 5.30pm\n\nWorkshop 3 / Hiking / TBA\n6pm\n\n Dinner\n7.30pm\n\nKeynote address by\nRoss Gelbspan\, author of The Heat I s On\n9pm\n\nParty\nSunday\, October 26\n9.30am\n\nBreakfast and Thank You 's\n10am\n\nGoodbye for non-ILEC schools\nILEC annual planning meeting\nNo on\n\nGoodbye Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031024 GEO:41.826700;-71.397700 LOCATION:Brown University\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02912\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Northeast Environmental Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-vh8o8MUu31@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC/nec2003.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@cryjustice.org DESCRIPTION:Never before have we as Americans faced such a serious challeng e to our liberties. The USA PATRIOT Act was passed on October 26\, 2001 in direct response to the events of September 11. The provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act directly attack the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Now t he Justice Department is presenting PATRIOT Act II (the Domestic Security Enhancement Act) that will even further erode our rights.No matter what is sues you advocate for\, no matter what your cause\, we face in common a th reat to our right to advocate\, to organize\, and to exercise our civil li berties.\nDemand Democracy! is the theme of the National Lawyers Guild nat ional convention to be held in Minneapolis on October 22-26\, 2003. The Cr y Justice! All People's Activist Conference will be held in Minneapolis co ncurrent with Demand Democracy!\nWe invite you to submit workshop proposal s\, and take part in planning this event - by activists\, for activists\, to support activism in these difficult times. Geographical Scope: Nation al DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031024 GEO:45.038400;-93.298400 LOCATION:University Of Minnesota Law School\, West Bank\, Minneapolis\, Min nesota\, 55455\, United States SUMMARY:Cry Justice: Activism\, Organizing\, and Civil Liberties after Sept 11 UID:20091107T000511EST-9efDuJAt7X@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cryjustice.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:415-405-2246 Email:gd@sfsu.edu DESCRIPTION:Campus Greens from across California will converge at San Franc isco State University on October 25th and 26th for two days of workshops\, keynote speakers\, music\, and action!\n\nLikely workshops include: \nDir ect Action Training \nInstant Run Off Voting \nCampaign Trainings \nOrgani zing 101 \nThe growth of the Green Party \nHousing and Transportation Opti ons Available... Geographical Scope: State DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031025 GEO:37.722600;-122.482000 LOCATION:San Francisco State University\, San Francisco\, California\, 9413 2\, United States SUMMARY:California Campus Greens conference UID:20091107T000511EST-fI6EUEBVlF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusgreens.org/calcon.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:517-282-9561 Email:dmitch@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:NO WAY FTAA!\nEducation and Mobilization Against the FTAA\n\nTh e conference is just days away\, have you regisered? If not please do so. For further information about workshops\, directions\, housing\,\nschedu les\, to register or anything relating to the conference\, check out\nthe conference website.\n\nWorkshops include:\n- FTAA 101-Global Exchange\n-In troduction to Global Economy-United for a Fair Economy\n-Whats up on the g round in Miami- Miami Southwestern Alliance\n-NAFTA and its effects on lab or-AFL-CIO\n-Womyn\, Globalization and the FTAA\n-Intellectual Property Ri ghts\n-Indigenous Peoples and the FTAA\n-'Artistic Resistance' of the FTAA \n-Anarchism and the Anti-Capitalist Movement-Night-Vision Anarchist\nColl ective\n-Street Health\n- NAFTA times 10-Labor Notes\n-Activist Self Defen se\n-Surviving Radical Demos\n-Connecting the FTAA\, CAFTA\, NAFTA\, IMF a nd World Bank\n-Padded Bloc-Pittsburgh Organizing Group\n-Direct Action\n- Environment and the FTAA\n-Non Violent Civil Disobedience\n-Indymedia and Corporate Globalization- Michigan IMC\n-Chapter 11 of NAFTA\n-CAFTA\n\nCon ference is being hosted by:\nStudents for Economic Justice www.msu.edu/~se j\nDirect Action! www.direct-action.net\nStudents for Peace and Justice\nT he Real Food Group\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031024 GEO:42.728300;-84.488200 LOCATION:Michigan State University\, East Lansing\, Michigan\, 48824\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:No to FTAA Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-tBKlGmRHiF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.msu.edu/~sej/ftaa.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:301-565-4050 x322 Email:span@peace-action.org DESCRIPTION:The Student Peace Action Network will launch its new campaign\, Flunk the War Machine\, with a coordinated Week of Action on October 26-3 1\, 2003. We invite students and youth nationwide to take part in our camp aign\, which focuses on the military's infiltration of high schools and un iversities by exposing and challenging:\n\n· The USA PATRIOT Act's assault on students' civil liberties \n· Pentagon programs and weapons contractor s' ties to college campuses\n· The No Child Left Behind Act's military rec ruitment provision\n\nThe Week of Action will raise awareness about these critical issues through education and action. We encourage students to pre sent letters to their school's administration demanding that they:\n\n· De velop policies to protect their students\, staff and faculty against the P ATRIOT Act.\n· Break ties with weapons manufactures and Pentagon programs on their campus.\n· Defend student's privacy against aggressive military r ecruiters by adopting an opt-in notification system for the release of s tudent's personal information.\n\nIf your group is working to demilitarize your school\, we invite you to join SPAN's Flunk the War Machine campaign and October Week of Action. Help us contribute to the growing momentum of the student peace movement! Please contact SPAN at s\;p\;a\;&# 110\;@\;p\;e\;a\;c\;e\;-\;a\;c\;t\;i \;o\;n\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n for more information. \n\nSP AN is also calling for your support of the October 30th National 'Take Aff irmative Action' Day\, which is sponsored by the NAACP Youth & College Div ision and the United States Student Association. As student and youth peac e activists\, we realize that the fight against violence and militarism is inextricably linked to the struggle for racial\, gender and economic just ice. Racist and sexist policies in our schools restrict entry for women an d people of color\, yet the political Right is targeting affirmative actio n programs for rollback and destruction. Now\, more than ever\, we must ca ll on our college administrators and lawmakers to support and advance affi rmative action policies in higher education. Tell our schools to promote j ustice and education\, not war and discrimination!\n\nThe following excerp t is from the October 30th Call to Action\, available at www.lawyerscommit tee.org/features/justiceaffirmed.html :\n'National Take Affirmative Action Day is a national day of solidarity and action for students fighting for racial justice in higher education. Building off of the recent Supreme Cou rt decision\, we will demand that our college administrators and public se rvants take affirmative action to recruit\, retain\, and admit women stude nts and students of color to institutions of higher education!'\nFor more information\, call 202-347-8772 or e-mail c\;d\;p\;@\;u\ ;s\;s\;t\;u\;d\;e\;n\;t\;s\;.\; 1\;r\;g\;\n\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031031 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031026 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:High Schools And Colleges Across The Country\, Everywhere\, United States SUMMARY:Flunk the War Machine! SPAN National Student Week of Action UID:20091107T000511EST-T62aVb8MWG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.StudentPeaceAction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:**NATIONAL YOUTH & STUDENT PEACE COALITION (NYSPC): CALL TO ACT ION!!! **\n\n \n\nYOUTH & STUDENTS: Take Action Nationwide November 2nd to 4TH !!\n(NOV 4th is ELECTION DAY 2003)\n\nThe current path that this coun try is headed in makes no sense for:\n\n OUR WALLETS—\; The tens of b illions of dollars that are being used to build empires for a few rich men could be better spent on education\, health care\, housing\, and job crea tion.\n OUR SAFETY—\; Pissing off the rest of the world is NOT going to make us safe! How many young people have to die in Iraq & Afghanistan defending an unjust US foreign policy?\n OUR PLANET—\; The US militar y machine is the single largest polluter on the planet. ALL nations must rid themselves of weapons of mass destruction\, not just a select few.\n O UR FREEDOM—\; The rights of all Americans are threatened by the so-ca lled “\;Patriot ACT”\; and other similar pieces of legislation.\ n\nThe war in Iraq is directly linked to the militarization of our campuse s & communities and the budget crisis that is causing cutbacks on social s pending across the U.S. Young people have an important role to play in ta king back our democracy—\;on our campuses\, out in the streets\, and at the ballot box. The 2004 elections are incredibly important\, and we&# 8217\;ve got one year & counting to ensure that progressive youth make a s trong showing on Election Day. Help us to build a national\, non partisan movement of young people who are concerned about issues of peace & justic e and work to get out the vote in your community. Connect this movement w ith the issues that you are facing locally. Let’\;s elect people who represent our issues!\n\nReclaim Democracy! Take Action in Your Community : November 2nd to 4th!! \n\nFor a list of sample events and resources\, contact us at i\;n\;f\;o\;@\;n\;y\;s\;p \;c\;.\;n\;e\;t\;\n or check out the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition website: www.nyspc.net \n Geographical Scope: Nat ional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031104 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031102 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Countdown to Kick-out! UID:20091107T000511EST-ZuUR309fGS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyspc.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:212-807-6222 x 17 Email:sgriest@ncac.org DESCRIPTION:The Patriot Act is turning 2 and we are going to un-celebrate. Please join us 4-7 for an early evening of activism & art. \n\nWorkshops:\ n\n'Civil Liberties post-9/11'\n- with Udi Ofer\, New York Civil Liberties Union & Bill of Rights Defense Campaign\n\n'The Impact of the PATRIOT Act on Immigrants'\n- with Bryan Pu-Folkes & Partha Banerjee\, New Immigrant Community Empowerment\n\n'Post-9-11 Censorship in the Arts'\n- Betty Shami eh\, Palestinian playwright \n\nSpoken Word Performances by Urban Word NYC & Black Out Arts Collective\n\nActivist Hall\n\nLearn how to get involved with: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee\, \nNational Coalition Against Censorship\, New York City Bill of Rights Defense Campaign\, New Y ork Civil Liberties Union\, New Immigrant Community Empowerment\, Not In O ur Name\, Refuse & Resist\, the Youth Free Expression Network\, and many m ore!\n\nFor more information\, contact Stephanie Elizondo Griest at 212-80 7-6222 x 17.\n Geographical Scope: Metro DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031024 GEO:40.729100;-73.991600 LOCATION:Judson Memorial Church\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Patriot Act Un-Birthday Bash UID:20091107T000511EST-Z9lo6VbGVO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.yfen.org/pages/events/upcomingevents.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:215-222-4711 Email:ncc@seac.org DESCRIPTION:The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) is a national network of young people working collectively towards environmental and so cial justice. Fifteen years of organizing and activism has taught us that it takes sustained coordination and planning on a national level to win co ncrete victories and build a strong youth movement. \n\nThe National Counc il is an open group that meets twice a year to make important decisions ab out SEAC's national priorities. We don't tell local groups what to do - we are the local groups\, coming together\, learning\, teaching\, and strate gizing. \n\nThe National Council (NC) consists of National Council Represe ntatives. NC reps are an elected position from within your local grassroot s group. Each member group has the opportunity to elect up to two represen tatives from their group to sit on SEAC's National Council. \n Geographic al Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040111 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040108 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:SEAC's National Council Meeting UID:20091107T000511EST-NHOmSSVkNg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/ncmtg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:alliance4sj@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Six qualified panelists will debate whether or not they support vouchers and why and the future of education. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20031120T180000 GEO:37.662600;-122.051000 LOCATION:CSU Hayward\, Hayward\, California\, 94542\, United States SUMMARY:Debate on School Choice UID:20091107T000511EST-vsKmJ6T4dX@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:508-752-1952 Email:cconnor@clark.edu DESCRIPTION:*Report Back from Miami and Columbus\, GA (FTAA and SOA protest s) \n*Discuss Repression\, especially targeted repression towards people o f color \n*Continued oppression in our movement\, how do we deal with it? \n*Strategy discussion: what are some next steps? \n\nSponsored by the Wor cester Global Action Network Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Jefferson Building\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast FTAA/SOA Report Back and Strategy Session UID:20091107T000511EST-ZjG9ftmgZ5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wogan.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:919-843-6548 Email:surgenc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:SURGE Conference\nFeb 6-8\, 2004\nUnited for Justice\n'It takes a lot of little people to make big things happen...'\n\nA weekend full of workshops and fellowship\, on the beautiful campus of UNC-CH.\n\nkeep an eye on our website for more info... Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040208 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040206 GEO:36.004600;-79.054500 LOCATION:UNC-CH\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27514\, United States SUMMARY:SURGE Conference 2004 UID:20091107T000511EST-EPTD2CMgE2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.surgenetwork.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:301-565-4050 x322 Email:span@peace-action.org DESCRIPTION:From November 10-18\, 2003\, the Student Peace Action Network ( SPAN)\nSpeaking Tour\, 'The Real Face of War'\, will be visiting high scho ols and colleges in New Jersey\, New York\, Pennsylvania\, Maryland\, Dela ware\, and Washington\, DC. The SPAN tour will feature Nagasaki survivor M s. Kazuko Yamashina\, Veterans for Peace\, and 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows.\nThis is the second annual SPAN speaking tour of its kind\, and this year we aim to reach thousands of youth in the Mid-Atlantic region o f the country with our message of peace. We invite all students\, youth\, parents\, teachers\, veterans\, peace activists and community members to a ttend this special event.\n\nHere’\;s the schedule:\n\nTuesday\, Nove mber 11\, 4:00pm-6:30pm\nAmerican Friends Service Committee National Offic e\nRufus Jones Room\n1501 Cherry Street\nPhiladelphia\, PA 19102\n\nWednes day\, November 12\, 6:30pm-8:00pm\nLong Island University\n4th floor loung e-Humanities Bldg\n1 University Plaza\nBrooklyn\, NY\n\nThursday\, Novembe r 13\, 5pm-7:30pm\nTowson University\n8000 York Road\nTowson\, MD 21252\n\ nMonday\, November 17 \, 7pm\nCaesar Rodney High School Auditorium\n239 Ol d North Road\nCamden\, DE 19934\n\nTuesday\, November 18\, 4pm-6pm\nGeorge town University\n37th and O Streets\, NW\nWashington\, DC 20057\n\nFor mor e information\, please contact 301-565-4050 x322 or\ns\;p\;a\;& #110\;@\;p\;e\;a\;c\;e\;-\;a\;c\;t\; 5\;o\;n\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\n Geographical Scope: Regi onal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031118 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031110 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:SPAN's The Real Face of War Speaking Tour UID:20091107T000511EST-baONsCUFvD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentpeaceaction.org/act.html#SPEAKINGTOUR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:866-444-3652 Email:campusteam@feminist.org DESCRIPTION:In 1992\, the US Supreme Court almost overturned Roe v. Wade! J ustice Kennedy initially voted to overturn Roe but changed his vote just a s Chief Justice Rehquist was circulating the opinion that would have gutte d abortion rights in this country. Roe still hangs by a slim 5-4 majority on the US Supreme Court. The addition of even one more anti-choice Justice could result in either overturning Roe v. Wade or so burdening this right that many women will effectively be forced to the back alleys. At the sta te level\, restriction after restriction is being passed to limit access t o family planning and abortion\, especially for poor women and young women . The cut-off of international family planning funding and the imposition of the Global Gag Rule are causing needless deaths and suffering for women around the world.\n\nJoin us along with the other principal organizers\, NARAL Pro-Choice America\, National Organization for Women\, Planned Paren thood Federation of America\, Black Women's Health Imperative\, National L atina Institute for Reproductive Health\, and the American Civil Liberties Union at the most significant and massive abortion rights march in over a decade. We must sound the alarm and rouse the pro-choice majority to acti on as never before!\n Geographical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040425 GEO:38.914600;-77.075600 LOCATION:Lincoln Memorial\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20007\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:March for Women's Lives UID:20091107T000511EST-KouAZ0OUf0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://march.feminist.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Feminist author Carol Adams will be showing her 'Sexual Politic s of Meat' slideshow\, based on her book by the same name. The show will discuss the connections between animal exploitation and the oppression of women\, drawing on images from various sources to exemplify this idea. Ve gan food will be served\, and there will be a book signing by Carol (books will be sold). Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20031105T203000 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:Trayes Hall A\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:The Sexual Politics of Meat Slideshow UID:20091107T000511EST-muzCCA7wuU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/rutgers_sea/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Campus Anti-War Network's 2003 National Conference. Geographic al Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031102 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031101 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Anti-War Network National Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-XzOxKxdX9W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.antiwarnetwork.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:emy643@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops Midwest Regional conference featuring workshops\, anti-oppression\, campaign strategy\, speakers\, and more! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031107 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Purdue University\, Purdue\, Indiana\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest USAS Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-LJZmvRa5Sc@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-223-1960 x140 Email:sn@transafricaforum.org DESCRIPTION:Coming together to learn\, strategize & build RESISTANCE!\n\nNo vember 8th-9th\, 2003\nHoward University’s Blackburn Center\, Washington\, DC\n\nSponsored by: TransAfrica’s Youth & Student Network\n\nWORKSHOPS & PANELS:\n• The Prison Industrial Complex: the business of locking up our p eople\n• The Poverty Draft: Black & Brown youth in the military\n• Hip Hop & Organizing\n• Organizing & Build Strong Organizations\n• Africa\, AIDs & the DEBT connection\n• REPARATIONS\n• One Standard for Haitian Refugees\ n\nA registration fee of $15 covers all workshops\, lunch for Saturday & S unday and housing for Saturday night for those coming from out of the area .\n\n**Scholarships for travel are available**\n*No one will be turned awa y for lack of funds*\n\nThe mission of TransAfrica’s Youth & Student Netwo rk is to develop young activists and organizers of\nAfrican descent and to encourage organizing on issues facing the African World. Geographical Sc ope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031108 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Howard University\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Rebuilding Resistance: DC Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-90mKNOrsEj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.transafricaforum.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:United for Peace and Justice and International ANSWER have cosp onsored a march on DC and San Francisco to end the US occupation of Iraq. It'll be big.\n\nwww.unitedforpeace.org\nwww.internationalanswer.org Geog raphical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031025 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:DC March for an End to the Occupation of Iraq UID:20091107T000511EST-jbEuC6gxAD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.internationalanswer.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The FTAA is coming to Miami where ministers will be meeting fro m November 20-21. \n\nSTART NOW TO STOP THE FTAA! Come down to Florida for the week to Fight for Fair Trade. \nFour years ago in February of 1999 in Seattle\, a motley network of 80 activists first came together to plan fo r the civil society mobilization against the WTO. Similarly historic meeti ngs are regularly taking place in Miami\, throughout Florida and around th e country to begin planning the civil society welcome for the FTAA with ev ents scheduled for November 17th – 21st in downtown Miami. \n\nBe a part o f this mobilization against corporate-controlled globalization – and help Stop the FTAA! \n\nThere are already plans for: Teach-ins and seminars\, r eality tours\, concerts and forums\, rallies and marches\, and many more w ays to get our Fair Trade message out! \n\nFolks from Florida and around t he country will be joined by activists from around the world linking the l ocal issues to the global fights\, while building solidarity and alternati ves. \n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031122 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031118 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Miami\, Florida\, United States SUMMARY:Moblization Against the FTAA in Miami UID:20091107T000511EST-rD9APXupZt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.stopftaa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:cross the Americas from November 21-23\, 2003 at the gates of t he U.S. military base Fort Benning in Georgia - home of the notorious Scho ol of the Americas (renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Coop eration) - to stand in Solidarity with the victims of the School of Assass ins and to speak out against terror and violence. Cross the line - engage in nonviolent direct action to make your voice heard\, to close the SOA/WH ISC\, and to change oppressive U.S. foreign policy. Geographical Scope: N ational DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031123 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031121 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ft. Benning\, Georgia\, United States SUMMARY:School of Americas Protest 2003 UID:20091107T000511EST-KICtt6hXNd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.soaw.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:215-222-4711 Email:youthpowershift@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Youth Power Shift proudly presents…\;\nOur First Ever̷ 0\; National Day of Action! November 13: Take action on your campus or i n your community to Shift the Energy Systems and build collective power wi th other students and youth in the Clean Energy Revolution!\nIt doesn̵ 7\;t matter what you do or how you do it\, the important thing is that we all communicate to our institutions and communities that a problem exists with our current energy systems and that we\, the youth and students of th e nation\, are working for a new and just energy paradigm. The possibilit ies are endless. Here are a few ideas:\n· Hold a teach-in or forum\n· Pre sent or pass a student referendum for clean energy\n· Kick-off a dorm comp etition to reduce energy consumption \n· Meet with the school president or administrators\n· Publicize the need for clean energy in your local and s chool papers. \n· Set up an exhibit of facts and fancy alternatives to dir ty energy \n· Street theater\n· Set up a table and hand out fact sheets to students in a popular area\n· Have a blitz petitioning session on that da y\nContact y\;o\;u\;t\;h\;p\;o\;w\;e\; r\;s\;h\;i\;f\;t\;@\;s\;e\;a\;c\; .\;o\;r\;g\;\n and let us know what you are doing on Novemb er 13 in the fight for Energy Justice. www.youthpowershift.org\n Geogra phical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031113 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Youth Power Shift National Day of Action UID:20091107T000511EST-sDwPZfIcv5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.youthpowershift.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:mblgtacc@iastate.edu DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040215 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040213 GEO:42.036000;-93.465200 LOCATION:Iowa State University\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50011\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-0KfmoS8XXl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mblgtacc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:nhautonomists@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Register now for New Haven FTAA Consulta. See below for exact\nschedule times. Website now includes ride board and directions.\nR egistration deadline of Tue\, Oct 28 approaching soon\, so register now. I f you pre-register\, you get free entry to the Saturday night music show\, which features radical artists such as Dead Prez!\n\nNEXT STOP\, MIAMI!\n Autonomous Festival For Humanity and Against the FTAA Northeast FTAA Consu lta\n\nWhen: Oct 31 - Nov 2\, 2003\n\nWhere: New Haven\, CT\n\nWhy: Becaus e we are everywhere. There is a new left on the rise\, a left that seeks t o change the world without taking power\, a left that is almost invisible to the gaze of the corporate media and that has been pushed to the periphe ry of events such as the World Social Forum: the autonomous left. We seek to make the invisible visible. We are part of a network of solidarity arou nd a caravan of representatives from autonomous social movements in Brazil and Argentina. We are here to build connections and solidarity between lo cal and global movements for justice\, and to learn from their examples. C ome learn about the consequences of the neoliberal\nagenda (the new coloni alism)\, the positive alternatives that have emerged to challenge corporat e globalization (the most inspiring popular movement since the Zapatistas) \, and network\, train\, plan\, and strategize for the\nFree Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial in Miami (Nov 17 to 21).\n\nWe can shut i t down!\n\nHow: Food and housing will be provided. All housing will be wit h students and community members\, and all food will be vegan/vegetarian. We are requesting a sliding scale $5 to $10 donation to cover food costs. Please send registration form (at very end) to the listed email address\n\ nLogistics\nlike ride board and directions are up on the website: http://w ww.gpjo.org/yale.htm\n\nSchedule:\nFri\, Oct 31\n5 - 9 pm Registration\, D wight Hall Chapel\, 67 High St\n7 - 8 pm Dinner\, Dwight Hall Chapel\, 67 High St\n9 midnight Radical films / Party at 189 Mansfield St\n\nSat\, No v 1\nAll day events at Dwight hall\, 67 High St\nAll day screening of inde pendent films: Mardi Gras: Made in China\,\nKilometer Zero: WTO in Cancun\ , and Women and Prisons in Ecuador\nAll day tabling with publications such as Hemisphere Unbound by\nhttp://www.ftaaresistance.org \, We are Everywh ere by\nhttp://www.weareeverywhere.org \, medic street guides\, and UFPJ l iterature\nby http://www.unitedforpeace.org\n9 - 10 am Breakfast / Registr ation\, Dwight Hall Chapel\, 67 High St\n10 - 11:20 am Introduction to Glo balization\; Biotechnology and\nGlobalization\; Theater of the Oppressed W orkshop\; Medic Training\n11:30 12:50 pm Alternative Economics Panel\; arg entina autonomistaprojects que se vayan tod@s\, a cardboard piece\; Critic al Resistance\nInteractive Workshop\; Organizing 101\n1 2 pm Lunch / Gend er Caucus\n2 3:20 pm Autonomous Social Movements Caravan from Brazil and Argentina\n3:30 - 4:50 pm Prison Industrial Complex Panel\; Labor and Glo balization\;\nWorld War III Illustrated Interactive Workshop\; How to Buil d a Collective\nWorkshop\n5 -6:20 pm Indymedia Panel\; The Radical Spoken Word\; Planetary\nAlternatives Network Discussion\; Direct action trainin g\n6:30 - 7:30 pm Dinner / People of Color Caucus\n8 pm - late Music featu ring: Cipher (http://www.afropunk.com\, http://\nwww.cipheronline.com)\; R icanstruction (http://www.ricanstruction.net)\;\nDarren Deicide Kramer (ht tp://www.everreviledrecords.com)\; Lenelle Moise\n(http://www.lenellemoise .com)\; Hashim Allah of the Blackout Arts Collective(http://blackoutartsco llective.com)\; LO\; Totus Cru\; Dead Prez (http://\nwww.deadprez.com)\; a nd more\n\nSun\, Nov 2\nAll events at Dwight Hall\, 67 High St\n9 -10 am B reakfast\n10 - 11:20 am Affinity Group and Consensus Training\; Training o n 'effective\nmegaphone communication strategies in the defence of free as sembly'\;\nConsulta Agenda Working Group\n11:30 - 12:50 pm Consulta Agenda (open to change): Update on what to expect\nin Miami\; Update on previous consultas and virtual spokescouncils\n1 - 2 pm Lunch / Informal Music wit h Brad Will and others\n2 - 5 pm Consulta Agenda (open to change): Mass ac tion framework\; Support:\nlegal\, food\, medic\; Regional transportation coordination\; [Local Solidarity\nAction Planning]\n\nParticipants include :\n-Abe Walker\, Labor Notes (http://www.labornotes.org)\n-Alessandro Camp os\, psychologist\, in the struggle antimanicomial\, and\nwith Acao Local por Justica Global (Local Action for Global Justice)\,\nBrazil\n-Barbara F air\, People Against Injustice\n-Brad Will\, contributor to We are Everywh ere\n-Carlos Aramayo\, Bolivian labor activist\n-Dan Firger\, Rainforest A ction Network and Global Exchange Stop the FTAA\nRoadshow\n-David Graeber and Stevphen Shukaitis\, Planetary Alternatives Network\n-David Redmon\, f ilmmaker\n-Dyan Neary\, filmmaker\n-Doyle Canning\, Institute for Social E cology\n-Graciela Monteagudo\, argentina autonomista project (http://\nwww .autonomista.org)\n-Hipa Dzutsi'wa Top'Tiro\, of the Xavante\, and co-foun der of the self-\nsufficient and autonomous village Udzo'Uhu (http://www.w ara.org.br)\n-Immanuel Wallerstein\, founder of World Systems Theory\n-Jen nifer Bair\, Professor of globalization and gender studies\n-John Farris\, Poet with Bullet Space\n-Jonathan Wilson\, Critical Resistance\n-Justin R uben\, activist and skills trainer\n-Kaitlin Nichols\, Genetic Engineering Action Network (http://\nwww.geaction.org\, http://www.seac.org)\n-Mark W eisbrot\, Center for Economic and Policy Research\n-Matt McLaughlin\, Hart ford Independent Media Center\n-Moose\, How to Build a Collective workshop \n-Neka Jara\, Solano Unemployed Workers Movement\, Argentina (http://\nww w.solano.mtd.org.ar)\n-Rafael Mutis and Kat Lo\, Theater of the Oppressed\ n-Robert Krause\, activist and skills trainer\n-Sandro Mezzadra\, editor o f Italian autonomous magazine Derive Approdi\n-Seth Tobocman\, Artist of W orld War III Illustrated\n-Vermin Love\, Street Protest Trainer\n-and more \n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031102 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031031 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New Haven\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:Stop the FTAA Conference - New Haven UID:20091107T000511EST-gEx5KxacTf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.gpjo.org/yale.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:rbodanyi@umich.edu DESCRIPTION:You've probably heard about the world's worst industrial traged y\, the Bhopal disaster\; 20\,000 people died and more than 150\,000 were injured by a chemical gas leak at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal\, India\ , in 1984. The people of Bhopal have been left to suffer for the past twen ty years by Union Carbide and its new owner\, Dow Chemical\, which have re fused to stop the ongoing contamination of their water supply. 15-30 peopl e continue to die each day in what can only be classified as a massive hum anitarian disaster and a heinous corporate crime.\n\n**THANKFULLY\, THERE' S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO!!!** Join with students from over 20 colleges and universities across the nation in the first National Bhopal Day of Act ion\, scheduled for this Halloween. 'Dow is Death' is the theme (no surpri se!)\, and several ideas for creative actions are included below. Although there's plenty to be morbid about\, make sure that you're having FUN as y ou plan your actions! Please check our website\, www.studentsforbhopal.org \, for regular updates and background information about the disaster and t he campaign.\n\nPeace and Justice\,\nRyan Bodanyi\nStudent Coordinator\,\n International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal\nr\;b\;o\;d\;& #97\;n\;y\;i\;@\;u\;m\;i\;c\;h\;.\;&# 101\;d\;u\;\n\n(401) 829-6192\nwww.studentsforbhopal.org\n\n\n**** ***************************\n BHOPAL DAY OF ACTION IDEAS:\n************** *****************\n\n**Dress up as the Grim Reaper and paint Dow's symbol on your back. Sneak around campus and 'collect' students throughout the da y. \n\n**Sketch chalk outlines around campus and write the names of Bhopal victims inside. Or pile 'body bags' around your Dow building or your coll ege green.\n\n**Build a Dow 'piñata' out of wire mesh and paper mache and invite the campus to break it open. Build the piñata in the shape of a fac tory or a stack of bills\, and paint the Dow logo on its sides. Then have everyone take a swing at it with a broom (an Indian jhadoo\, if possible-- in India\, to be hit with a jhadoo is a great insult). Design the piñata t o break open at the bottom\, and fill it with chemical slime\, blood and b ones\, or stink bombs. Be sure to have plenty of candy for those who take a swing\, so that no one goes away disappointed.\n\n**Dress up as Dow exec utives and 'seize' a nearby cemetery. Claim that the dead are your 'intell ectual property\,' as demonstrated by Agent Orange\, DDT\, Napalm and Bhop al. Invite the media--they'll love the spectacle!\n\n**Build a Dow Haunted House for Halloween. Make the Haunted House educational\, but scary too-- perhaps this is another venue for the Dow Grim Reaper to stalk his victims . \n\n**Borrow a projector and design a skull and crossbones slide. Then p roject it onto your campus Dow building (if you have one). \n\n**Dramatize the gas leak with toxic waste barrels and foaming dry ice. We did this tw ice at the University of Michigan\, and it captured a lot of attention. Fo r photos\, see www.umich.edu/~bhopal/DiagReenact.htm.\n\n**Stage a die-in or a funeral procession on your campus green. Ask the marching band to par ticipate.\n\n**Create a 'Bhopal Brigade' and dress up in biohazard suits. Stand guard outside the Dow Building to protect Dow's chemicals from terro rist attack. Or act as a 'chemical bodyguard' for Dow Board member. Contac t Ryan to request the biohazard suits.\n Geographical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031031 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Bhopal Day of Action UID:20091107T000511EST-c7diX1doRA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsforbhopal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4591 Email:meighan.davis@sierraclub.org DESCRIPTION:Mission Iowa: For our jobs\, for our health\, for our future 230\;.\nSomething new is about to take off.\n\nEvery four years\, the nati on’\;s most ambitious politicians and media elite head to the Heartla nd to campout in Iowa\, home of the nation’\;s first presidential con test. Since this year’\;s election is the closest in over a decade\, it looks like these folks will be spending most January in the Hawkeye st ate.\n\nBut why let them have all the fun?\n\nThis year a coalition of eco nomic justice and environmental student organizations are going to shine t he bright Iowa spotlight on an issue that’\;s been largely neglected: clean healthy made in America energy. \n\nWHEN: January 10th (arrive) -2 0th (depart) (the Iowa Caucuses are Jan. 19)\n\nWHERE: We’\;ll be ba sed in Des Moines but travel all over the state\n\nWHO: Anyone that is in terested in changing the national dialogue.\n\nHOW: Fill out the pasted a pplication form below and email it to m\;e\;i\;g\;h\;& #97\;n\;.\;d\;a\;v\;i\;s\;@\;s\;i\;&# 101\;r\;r\;a\;c\;l\;u\;b\;.\;o\;r\; 03\;\n ASAP (Deadline Dec. 22nd to ensure housing) For more information ca ll 202-548-4591\n\nWHY:\nWe know that we can create millions of new good j obs and protect our health through a large investment in clean energy and energy efficiency. We know that we can end our addiction to oil and free ourselves from the grasp unstable undemocratic nations with a bold visiona ry clean energy agenda. \n\nBut nation’\;s leaders aren’\;t qui te there yet. So\, like always\, we need students to lead the way and enc ourage these men (and woman!) to stop talking about baby steps and start p roposing bold leaps that will take us to a clean energy future.\n\nAnd the re’\;s no better place to do this than Iowa. And no better time than this January.\n\nSo come join the AFL-CIO\, the Apollo Alliance\, the Cen ter for Environmental Citizenship\, Jobs with Justice and the Sierra Stud ent Coalition as we launch this unprecedented coalition project.\n\nOTHER FAQs\n\nWhat’\;ll it cost me? Not much. We’\;ll take care of h ousing and most of the food. You just need to get yourself to Des Moines (and we’\;ve even got travel vouchers if that’\;s a problem).\n\ nWhat are we going to do? Build a buzz. We’\;re going to show up at candidate events\, devise creative visibility tactics and just about anyt hing else you can help us think of.\n\nAre we going to endorsing any candi date? Nope. Our job is to move the debate forward\n\nHow cool is this? V ery\n\nName: \nAddress: \nPhone: \nSchool: \nMajor: \nYear in School: \nHo me Address: \nHome Phone:\nCell Phone:\n\nBriefly\, what issues concern yo u the most and why?\n\n\nDescribe your leadership experience.\n\n\nOn a sc ale from 1 to 5\, with 5 being very much and 1 being very little\, which t actic interests you the most\nMedia –\; \nPetitioning–\;\nCandid ate Interactions/bird-dogging –\;\nStreet Theatre –\;\n\n\nAre y ou available for the entire Mission (Jan. 10-20th)?\n\n\nCan you cover tra vel costs or will you need a travel scholarship?\n\n\nHow will you be arri ving to Des Moines?\n\n\nDo you have a laptop?\n\n\nDo you have a car?\n\n \nDo you have any special needs we should know about? Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040120 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040110 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Des Moines\, Iowa\, United States SUMMARY:Mission Iowa UID:20091107T000511EST-3bspl1JHUt@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:203-773-4991 Email:conference@climatecampaign.org DESCRIPTION:The major student energy/climate conference of the year! We aim to have 400+ students from the Northeastern U.S. and Southeastern Canada. \n\nCome to:\n-Meet and exchange ideas with hundreds of other students doi ng climate/energy work.\n-Strengthen the student climate networks in your state with state strategy break-out sessions.\n-Become involved with the 8 student networks working on climate issues\n-Get Trained in: basic organi zing skills\, campus sustainability\, legislative climate advocacy. \n-Hav e Fun! We will have time for music\, frisbee\, photo shows\, and lots more .\n\nThe Conference is sponsored by The Climate Campaign\, a coalition of 8 student networks: ECO-Northeast\, EnviroCitizen\, Free the Planet\, Gree npeace\, Sierra Student Coalition\, Student Environmental Action Coalition \, SustainUS\, The Student PIRGs\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040222 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:42.380400;-71.132900 LOCATION:Harvard University\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United State s SUMMARY:Northeast Climate Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-Uzp18c7SM2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climatecampaign.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A citizens conference for education and action on oil and its r elationship to politics and power\, the 'National Summit on PetroPolitics' will focus in turn on each of the elements of the PetroPolitics debate: w ar/terror\, poverty\, environmental degradation\, and corporate globalizat ion.\n\nThe conference will bring together representatives of labor\, the Global Justice movement\, peace activists\, environmental organizers\, stu dents and leaders from communities of color and faith to talk about the ma ny ways in which our nation's dependence on oil impacts our lives\, our ec onomy\, our foreign policy\, and the environment.\n\nTuesday Jan 6th\n\n8- 9:30am: \nRegistration\n\n9:30-10: \nOpening\n\n10-11:15\nBig Oil’s Role i n the Political Process\nChuck Lewis\, Center for Public Integrity\nCelia Wexler\, Common Cause \nSteve Kretzmann\, SEEN\n\n11:30-1 Concurrent Sessi ons\nA. Domestic Subsidies & the Energy Bill: Keith Ashdown\, Taxpayers fo r Common Sense\, Daniel Becker\, Sierra Club\, Jerry Taylor\, CATO*\, Fait h Gemmill\, Gwich’in Steering Committee\nB. Understanding the Oil Industry : Fareed Mohamedi\, PFC Energy\, Gopal Dayanenni\, Project Underground\, A nita Dancs\, National Priorities Project\n\n1-2 Lunch\n\n2-3:15\nBig Oil\, Globalization\, and Development\nCarol Ramirez Avellan (ADELA\, Costa Ric a)\nOronto Douglas\, Environmental Rights Action\, Nigeria\nKeith Slack\, Oxfam America\n\n3:30 – 5:00 Concurrent Sessions\nA. Countering the Resour ce Curse: Transparency & Revenue Management: Tom Palley\, Open Society Ins titute\, Ian Gary\, Catholic Relief Services\; David Ugolor\, African Netw ork for Environmental and Economic Justice\nB. Oil\, the Equator Principle s\, and Private Finance: Ilyse Hogue\, Rainforest Action Network\, Francis Grant-Suttie\, World Wildlife Fund*\nC. A Decade of Oil Campaigning – Has it Made a Difference? Andy Rowell\, author\, Green Backlash\; Kenny Bruno \, Earthrights International\; Bennett Freeman\, Burson Marsteller\nD. Oil in our Communities: Henry Clark (Richmond CA)*\, Susanna Almonzo (East Au stin\, TX)*\, Gwen Lachelt\, OGAP*\n\n5:30 – 6:30 hors d’oeuvres and cash bar\n\n6:30 – 7:30 Keynote: Vijay Vaitheeswaran\, Environment & Energy Rep orter\, The Economist\, author\, Power to the People\n\nWednesday Jan 7th\ n\n9:00-10:15\nOil and War\nGeneral Joseph Hoar\, USMC (ret.)* former Comm ander in Chief\, US Central Command\nMichael Klare\, chair of the Five Col leges Program in Peace and Security Studies\, FPIF board member and author \, Resource Wars and the forthcoming Petropolitics\nMedea Benjamin\, Globa l Exchange\nRania Masri\, Institute for Southern Studies\n\n10:30-12:00 Co ncurrent Sessions\nA. Oil & Human Rights: Folabi Olagbaju\, Amnesty Intern ational\, Arvind Ganesaan\, Human Rights Watch*\, Paulina Garzon\, CESR*\n B. Oil & National Security: Jim Paul\, Global Policy Forum\; Michael Renne r\, WorldWatch\nC. Oil\, Democracy\, and Islam: Noah Feldman\, New York Un iversity*\nD. Iraq Reconstruction: Charlie Cray\, Center for Corporate Pol icy\; Jim Vallette\, SEEN\, Svetlana Tsalik\, Iraq Revenue Watch*\n\n12:00 -1:00 Lunch\n\n1:00-2:30\nWorking for our Future: Labor’s Perspectives on the Coming Energy Transition\nJim Pannell\, Vice President\, Paper\, Allie d-Industrial\, Chemical\, and Energy Workers International Union\nDave Fos ter\, United Steelworkers of America\nGino Govender\, International\, Chem ical\, Energy & Mineworkers Union\n\n2:30-4:00\nOil and Climate Change\nCa rl Pope\, President\, Sierra Club*\nEileen Claussen\, Pew Center*\nAdam We rbach\, Apollo Alliance*\n\n4:30 – 6:00 Concurrent Sessions\nA. Local Acti on: Michael Tidwell\, Chesapeake Climate Action Network\; Jo Hamilton\, Ri sing Tide UK \nB. Kyoto and Beyond: \nC. Just Transitions for Labor and Af fected Communities: Jose Bravo\, Just Transition Alliance\,* Keith Romig\, PACE*\n\n\n6:00 – 7:00 Comedy in the Era of Bush\nBill Hartung\, author H ow Much Are You Making on the War\, Daddy? -- A Quick and Dirty Guide to W ar Profiteering in the Bush Administration\n\nThursday Jan 8th\n\n9:30-11: 00\nNext Steps for a New Energy Deal\nReid Detchon\, Energy Futures Coalit ion\nWinona LaDuke\, Honor the Earth\nRoss Gelbspan\, former Boston Globe reporter\, author\, The Heat Is On\n\n11:15-12:00\nFinal Keynote\, Bringin g it all Together\nGreg Palast\, author\, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy \n\n* = invited Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040108 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040106 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Petro Politics National Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-UTsTHHI9lR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.petropolitics.org/index.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:330-287-3000 x5822 Email:mreisland@wooster.edu DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040229 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040227 GEO:40.830700;-81.895400 LOCATION:College Of Wooster\, Wooster\, Ohio\, 44691\, United States SUMMARY:Region 9 SEAC Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-KGfrJJMiD3@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:309-454-1836 Email:info@nukereality.org DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Nuclear Reality Conference (NRC) is to promo te environmental justice and to protect public health and safety by educat ing citizens about the many dangers inherent to the nuclear power industry \, while simultaneously offering information about available clean energy solutions.\n\nFor additional information\, please visit our website: http: //www.nukereality.org\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040222 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:40.530400;-88.798900 LOCATION:Illinois State University\, Normal\, Illinois\, 61761\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Nuclear Reality Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-DMil1NvJeu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nukereality.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-727-8610 etx. 24 Email:yds@dsausa.org DESCRIPTION:Get involved in the dump Bush movement!\n\nA weekend long confe rence for young activists dedicated to social and economic justice.\n\n*Up date: plenary sessions\, workshops\, presentations\, election preparation track and 'Bands Against Bush' concert*\n\n\nBeating the Bush Agenda\nOpen ing plenary: 7-9pm Friday\, Feb. 20th\n -with-\nFrances Fox Piven \nDis tinguished Professor of Political Science\, the Graduate Center\, CUNY\; a uthor of Poor People's Movements and many other works\; Honorary Chair of Democratic Socialists of America\;\nLeslie Cagan\nNational Coordinator\, U nited for Peace and Justice\;\nJoseph Schwartz\nChair\, Dept. of Politica l Science\, Temple University\; Chair\, Steering Committee of the Democrat ic Socialists of America\n\n\nThe Future of Radical Democracy\nSaturday pl enary: 3-5pm Saturday\n -with-\nCornel West\nDepartment of Religion\, P rinceton University\; author of Race Matters and many other books\; Honora ry Chair of Democratic Socialists of America\;\nSteve Max\nDirector of Org anizing and Training\, Midwest Academy\;\nBertha Lewis\nExecutive Director \, New York ACORN\; Co-chair\, Working Families Party\n\n\nConfirmed works hops and presentations:\n\nBetween Iraq and a Hard Place: Towards a Democr atic US Foreign Policy\nIan Williams\, author of The UN for Beginners\; co rrespondent\, In These Times and The Nation\n\nLooking at the Global Justi ce Movement\nDoug Henwood\, editor\, Left Business Observer\; contributor\ , The Nation\n\nLGBT Activism: Student Organizing\, Civil Rights and the C ulture Wars\nJoseph Troung\, Resource Coordinator\, National Youth Advocac y Coalition\n\nStudent-Labor Solidarity\nLenore Palladino\, National Organ izer\, United Students Against Sweatshops\n\nWhat’\;s the Deal with t he Democrats?\nJoseph Schwartz\, Chair\, Dept. of Political Science\, Tem ple University\; Chair\, Steering Committee of the Democratic Socialists o f America\n\nABC's of Democratic Socialism\nSteven Bronner\, professor\, D ept. of Political Science\, Rutgers University\n\nMaking Media Work For Us : Breaking Down the Divide\nSelina Musuta\, DC based freelance journalist\ ; member DC Radio Co-op\n\nUnderstanding the Economy: Slideshow Presentati on\nSteve Max\, Director of Organizing and Training\, Midwest Academy\n\nH igh School Organizing\nMolly Jean\, New York Youth Bloc & author Mikki Hal pan\n\nBuilding the Student Movement: The March 4th ‘\;Books Not Bomb s’\; Day of Action and Beyond\nA panel discussion with representative s from National Youth & Student Peace Coalition member organizations\n\nRe flecting on Past Campus Anti-war Activism & What to do Now\nMembers of NYU Peace Coalition\n\nThe March for Women’\;s Lives: Organizing for the April 25th Pro-Choice Demonstration\nRepresentatives from Feminist Majori ty and NARAL Pro-Choice America\n\n\nElection Preparation Track: \nWhile electoral activism may not be for everyone\, for those of you committed to bringing change through the ballot box during this critical year\, we hav e put together an excellent series of workshops led by some of the best gr assroots organizers and election campaigners around. More details TBA!\n\ nWhy Electoral Politics? Racial Justice as a Case for Electoral Activism\n \nIssues Campaigns and Electoral Politics: Unemployment\, Living Wages and Gay Rights\n\nElected Officials: What they do after winning an election?\ n\nNuts and Bolts 1:The Campaign to Defeat Bush: The Players and the State s\n\nNuts and Bolts 2: Students and the Campaign Against Bush: As Voters a nd as Volunteers\n\nNuts and Bolts 3: Running a Campaign\n\nNuts and Bolts 4: The Tools (Fundraising\, Databases\, and More)\n\n\nAfter the conferen ce on Saturday...\nBands Against Bush and the 'LIFE AFTER BUSH' YDS Confer ence are co-organizing a show for Saturday\, February 21st. There will be four bands playing an all-ages venue in Brooklyn from 8pm to 1am. The spa ce is huge\, has a great sound system\, a concession stand\, a smoking roo m\, vintage pinball and snack machines\, friendly staff and a large dance studio where we will be screening radical documentaries and experimental v ideos throughout the night.\nhttp://www.officeops.org/directions.html\n\n\ nCost:\nFREE to students/low-income who pre-register by Feb. 14th (Valenti ne's Day!). 25$ for whole weekend\, or 15$ per day for all other conferenc e attendants. If you are coming as part of a registered campus organizatio n\, you may wish to request funding for the trip from your school.\n\nHous ing accommodations:\nFree housing accommodations will be available to a li mited number of registered participants on a first-come/first-serve basis. Conference goers are encouraged to stay with friends and/or family member s while in New York City\, and if possible\, to offer space for others to use.\n\nTravel arrangements:\nBook your transportation as soon as possible ! If you intend to come by plane\, make airline reservations now. Arrange carpools\, bus rides\, of train trips to New York City if you are coming f rom out of town. If you are coming as part of a registered campus organiza tion\, you may wish to request school vans for your journey. Some financia l assistance to cover travel expenses may be available to registered parti cipants. Preference is given to Young Democratic Socialist members and tho se interested in starting YDS chapters.\n\nHow to Register:\nOnline paymen t and registration forms will be available on this site shortly. In the in terim\, please call\, email or write to office indicating you would like t o register.\n\nYoung Democratic Socialists\nc/o DSA 180 Varick St. 12th Fl oor\nNew York\, NY\, 10014\noffice: (212) 727-8610 ext. 24\nfax: (212) 727 -8616\nwww.ydsusa.org\ny\;d\;s\;@\;d\;s\;a\; 7\;s\;a\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\n\nOrganized by the Young De mocratic Socialists and the Democratic Socialist Club at the Graduate Cent er\, CUNY. Co-sponsored by the Continuing Education Program at the CUNY Gr aduate Center and the Democratic Socialists of America Fund.\n\nDownload f lyers:\nPoster -------------->\nhttp://www.ydsusa.org/confs/nyc04.pdf\nQua rter-cards----->\nhttp://www.ydsusa.org/confs/nyc04_quarter.pdf\n\n\nCheck the website for regular updates:\nwww.ydsusa.org Geographical Scope: Na tional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040222 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040220T190000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:CUNY Grad. Center\, 365 5th Ave (at 34th St. In Manhattan)\, New Y ork\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:LIFE AFTER BUSH: Youth Activism & the Fight for Our Future UID:20091107T000511EST-3bjOT8RhbF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ydsusa.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:860-649-7386 Email:tc@ourtruecolors.org DESCRIPTION:This is a 2 day GLBTQIA (Gay\, Lesbian\, Bisexual\, Transgender \, Questioning\, Intersex and Ally) issues conference. True Colors Confer ence is the largest GLBTQIA conference of its kind in the nation. We proje ct that more than 2000 people will attend this year. The conference is fi lled with youth\, young adult\, and professional workshops. Its a lot of f un and an amazing experience. COME AND JOIN US and SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040327 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040326T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Central Connecticut State University\, New Britain\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:True Colors GLBTQIA Conference : Opening Doors\, Opening Minds UID:20091107T000511EST-lv9b4VcZOw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ourtruecolors.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-368-4516 Email:ncor@mutualaid.org DESCRIPTION:The 7th annual National Conference on Organized Resistance—a sp ace for radical discourse and collective empowerment—is scheduled for Janu ary 24-25\, 2004 on the campus of American University in Washington\, D.C. Last year's conference featured nearly 70 workshops\, panel discussions a nd skillshares\, as well as tabling space for dozens of radical groups. Du ring the weekend\, D.C. also hosted political demonstrations\, benefit con certs and radical parties. We hope that this year's conference will be big ger and better than last year! Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040125 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040124 GEO:38.938300;-77.091100 LOCATION:American University\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20016\, United States SUMMARY:National Conference on Organized Resistance 2004 UID:20091107T000511EST-23fFKnVoDa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.organizedresistance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:917-825-3562 Email:michael@revbilly.com DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release\npress contact: Michael O'Neil\n917 825 3 562 / m\;i\;c\;h\;a\;e\;l\;@\;r\;e\;& #118\;b\;i\;l\;l\;y\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\n'G EORGE BUSH DOES NOT RETURN TO GROUND ZERO' \nREVEREND BILLY AND THE STOP S HOPPING GOSPEL CHOIR\nSunday\, January 11TH\, 3:30 PM\nCommunity Church of New York\, 40 E 35th Street at Madison\nFree at the door\, We pass the pl ate for expenses\nTRAINS: 6 to 33rd\, BDFR to 34th\n\n\nThe anti-consumeri st Church of Stop Shopping kicks off the election year with a funeral for fear. Reverend Billy confronts the sentimental patriotism of the Bush thug s and reclaims Ground Zero as a locus of peace and possibility.\n\nThe Sto p Shopping Gospel Choir\, 25 voices strong\, joyously celebrates\nthe vict ory.\n\nReverend Billy is the creation of Obie award winner artist Bill Ta len. The Church of Stop Shopping is an interactive play directed by Savitr i Durkee\, musical director Benny Key\, conductor James Solomon Benn. Reve rend Billy and The Stop Shopping Gospel Choir were invited\nperformers at The Burning Man Festival and can be seen regularly at their home stage in New York\, St Mark's Church.\n\nThis show is the first installment in a na tional tour that will include the New Hampshire Primary\, Pennsylvania\, M ichigan\, Oregon\, and\nCalifornia\, and international appearances in Berl in\, London\, and\nBarcelona. Bill Talen's book 'What Should I do if Rever end Billy is in\nMy Store' was recently published by The New Press. Revere nd Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping have been the subject of numerous American and European documentaries. Tomato Records will release a CD of their work in Spring\, 2004.\n Geographical Scope: Metro DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040111T153000 GEO:40.745500;-73.978400 LOCATION:Community Church Of New York\, 40 E 35th Street At Madison\, New Y ork\, New York\, 10016\, United States SUMMARY:“\;George Bush Does Not Return to Ground Zero”\; - A Rev Billy Event UID:20091107T000511EST-vWvI3Xo6Ea@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.revbilly.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:510-723-7243 Email:apesc@msn.com DESCRIPTION:Video and Discussion on how the crook\, Dubya\, stole the Flori da elections with the help of Harris and Jeb Bush by disenfranchising thou sands of African America Voters.\nE-mail me for more information and for d riving directions etc. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040210T120000 GEO:37.635500;-122.092000 LOCATION:25555 Hesperian Blvd\, Hayward\, California\, 94545\, United State s SUMMARY:Unprecedented: How Bush Stole the Florida Elections UID:20091107T000511EST-BuVhcn3s2s@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:510-723-7243 Email:plal@chabotcollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Regionwide CalSACC organized rally for education (K-14).\nStude nt Speakers and Entertainment!\nA chance to network with schools from the Bay Area and develop a movement!\nCome out and show your support for educa tion! Say NO to cuts!\nE-mail me for more information. Geographical Scope : Metro DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040220T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Cesar Chavez Park\, Market And San Carlos St.\, San Jose\, Califor nia\, United States SUMMARY:Rally for Education K-14 UID:20091107T000511EST-4VbG98iVoc@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@peoplesprimary.org DESCRIPTION:Resisting Empire and Reclaiming the Future!\n\nGoals of the Peo ple's Primary:\n\n1. Build skills to act effectively for peace and justice .\n2. Raise awareness about issues of peace and justice. Provide training and support for activists doing nonviolent action at presidential campaign events leading up to the NH Primary on January 27.\n3. Strengthen activis t networks in the Northeast. Build towards nonviolent action for peace\, g lobal justice\, and democracy on March 20 and at the Democratic and Republ ican National Conventions.\n\n *************************\n\nYES to Democra cy!\n\nWe demand a hand in shaping the decisions that affect our lives. We are building community and grassroots movements to reclaim democracy. We want a global economy and a US foreign policy that is not unilateralist or based on military conquest. We do not want corporate agendas controlling the political debate and the media. We are concerned with fossil fuel addi ction and the resulting wars and environmental harm. We see the need for g rassroots action IN ADDITION to voting. We are telling America to take a u -turn for peace\, justice\, and an ecologically sustainable future.\n\nNO to Empire!\n\nWe stand united for peace and global justice\, and united ag ainst imperialism as exemplified by the Bush Administration's wars. We sta nd against racism\, the occupation of Iraq\, and the war on civil libertie s at home. We are concerned with corporate control of the food industry\, water\, healthcare and education\, all reinforced by anti-democratic trade agreements like the Free Trade Area of the Americas and US-Central Americ an Free Trade Agreement.\n\nMOBILIZE for the Future!\n\nWe are mobilizing in New Hampshire\, Boston\, New York\, and all across the country to recla im democracy in 2004. People from all walks of life - youth\, farmers\, tr ade unionists\, peacemakers\, professionals\, seniors - are casting their votes AND going beyond voting by building community and organizing to recl aim freedom and democracy.\n\n \n***********************\nWorkshops & Even ts\n***********************\n\nNew England College\, Henniker NH\n\n------ ------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n---- -----------\nFriday 1/16\n---------------\n\n4pm: Building the Student Mov ement - Organizer Training and Networking Meeting \n\n---------------\nSat urday 1/17\n---------------\n\n12-2 pm: The Presidential Debate and Us - H ow do we get candidates to address our concerns? \n\n2:30-6 pm: Nonviolenc e Training. \n\n7 pm: Film Screening. \n\nPosters and puppet making throu ghout the day \n\n---------------\nSunday 1/18\n---------------\n\n10 am: Speakers and Discussions on civil liberties\, agriculture\, peace\, econom ic justice\, and more. \n\n1:30-6 pm: Organizing for a Year of Action Marc h 20\, Democratic and Republican National Conventions\, town resolution ca mpaigns on genetically modified food... \n\n7-9pm: Dance for Democracy! \n \n\n********************************************************************** \n---------------------------------\nStatehouse\, Concord NH\n------------ ---------------------\n\n---------------------------------\nMonday 1/19 - MLK Day\n---------------------------------\n\n11am: Demonstration for Peac e and Justice and to announce our plans to organize beyond voting in 2004. \n\n\n\n***************************************************************** *****MLK Events around New Hampshire\n---------------------\n\nSt. George Cathedral Community Center\n\n(St. George Cathedral Community Center infor mation)\nMLK Day Community Celebration\n2pm: Potluck Meal \n3pm: Speakers and Music \nSponsored by Martin Luther King Coalition. \n\n*************** ******************\nStay in NH! Turn up the heat for peace and global just ice until the NH Primary Election on Tuesday Jan. 27.\n******************* **************\n\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040119 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040116 GEO:43.180100;-71.819600 LOCATION:New England College\, Henniker\, New Hampshire\, 03242\, United St ates SUMMARY:The People's Primary UID:20091107T000511EST-NGpOi6dUeU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://peoplesprimary.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:caer@gladstone.uoregon.edu DESCRIPTION:The Coalition Against Environmental Racism 9th Annual Conferenc e\n\n Environmental Racism is the exclusion of people of color in the dec ision-making process and the disproportionate impact of environmental haza rds\, including pollution\, resource depletion\, and waste disposal\, on t he health and wealth of people of color. Rising from the grassroots\, the environmental justice movement has responded by demanding that low-income and politically powerless communities not be subject to this unequal dist ribution of risks and burdens. The Coalition Against Environmental Racism is\, by its name\, necessarily a diverse coalition. CAER is a student-ba sed group dedicated to providing a forum for education and organization to promote environmental justice. CAER brings together the community and st udents from the Survival Center\, Multicultural Center\, ethnic student un ions\, and the Law School - organizations that have not all traditionally worked together.\n\n We believe that neither social inequities nor envi ronmental problems will be solved unless we begin to understand them as fu ndamentally linked. The goal is to educate people at the University and i n the community about the connections between environmental\, health\, and social inequities\, and to build community capacity to achieve justice. The primary vehicle towards this goal is the annual environmental justice conference\, which is held on the University of Oregon campus. The confer ence is an opportunity for students\, professors\, activists\, churches\, government\, and anyone else to learn about environmental justice and form new coalitions and networks.\n\n The conference is free and open to th e public\, in order to allow as many people to come as possible. Geograph ical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040125 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040123 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Eugene\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Environmental Justice Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-pjH0SL09G9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~caer/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:mbutterfield@wesleyan.edu\, DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 7th\, 2004 8:30 AM - 6 PM\nPublic Affairs C enter (PAC)\,Wesleyan University\, Middletown. CT\n\nThe Middle-East Crisi s Committee (http://TheStruggle.org)\nWesleyan Students For A Free Palesti ne\nand PRRC/Al-Awda Connecticut (http://Al-Awda.org/connecticut)\n\nInvit e you to Activism 102: A Day of Skills Workshops for Middle East activists \n\nTentative Program\n8\;30 AM Breakfast and registration\n9:00 AM Talk a bout International Solidarity Movement : Patrick Connors \n\n9:30- 10:45 W orkshops I (choose 1 of 2)\nA. Divestments and Boycotts\nB. Networking and Outreach\n\n11 AM to 12:15 PM Workshops II (choose 1 of 2)\nC. Protest Ar t (puppets\, murals\, poetry etc)\nD. Direct Action (Holding an event\, si gns\, dealing with authorities\,\nCivil disobedience etc)\n\n12:15-1:15 Lu nch\n1:15-2:30 PM Workshops III (choose 1 of 2)\nE. Media (Mainstream\, al ternative\, publicizing events\, getting good coverage\, counteracting dis tortions)\nF. Organizing (Fund Raising\, holding meetings\, motivation\, l iterature etc)\n\n2:45-4:00 PM Workshops IV (choose 1 of 2)\nG. Influencin g Government (lobbying\, getting involved in local and national elections) \nH. Student Activism (including discussion on setting up a Northeast stud ent activist network)\n\nClosing session and keyonote Invited speaker\nAli Abunimah Unconfirmed\n\nPartial (incomplete) list of Workshop Facilitator s (workshops in paranthesis):\n\nDr. Fatma Antar: Islamic Association of G reater Hartford and We Refuse to Be Enemies Coalition (B) Confirmed\nSaqib Bhatti: Yale SJP\, Yale Peace Coalition (H) Confirmed\nStanley Heller: Ch air of Middle East Crisis Committee (D) Confirmed\nDr. Justine McCabe: CT State Green Party Cochair (G) Confirmed\nFrank Panzarella: (D) Confirmed\n Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh: Media chair and co-founder\, Palestine Right to Return Coalition (E) Confirmed\nAngela Saad: Wesleyan SFP (H) Confirmed\nLabor Arts and Murals Projects (C) Confirmed\n\nRegistration: Send name\, addres s\, and phone number with fee ($10\nregular\,$5 students) to MECC\, PO Box 3626\, Woodbridge\, CT 06525.\nHousing will be available Friday night for those with a long commute\n\nDriving Directions\nhttp://www.wesleyan.edu/ about/traveltowes.ctt\nCampus Map\nhttp://www.wesleyan.edu/cgi/campusmap/m akemap.pl Geographical Scope: State DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Wesleyan University\, Middletown\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY: A Day of Skills Workshops for Middle East Activists UID:20091107T000511EST-DfOTZMIFdp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://al-awda.org/ctupcomingevents/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@campusaction.net DESCRIPTION:Students Together Against Racism Are Uniting to Challenge Racis m\nThis conference is for all students in the Capital District. Racism af fects everyone.\n\nWorkshops\nA collage of workshops that are geared at ed ucating and motivating your mind\, body and spirit to challenge issues inv olving racism.\n* Free Mumia Why are people all over the world working to free the political prisoner Mumia Abu-jamal \n* Drop the Rock Learn how w e can join people all over the state protesting the racist Rockefeller dru g laws.\n* Environmental Racism Learn of local examples of pollution in th e neighborhoods of people of color.\n* Privilege & Race Why is racism so p ersistent? What is white racism? What can we do as individuals to disman tle racism?\n\nLocation: Russell Sage College\, Upton Center\nDate: Saturday\, February 7\, 2004\nTime: 12:30pm –\; 5pm Lunch p rovided.\n\nFor directions and information: i\;n\;f\;o\;& #64\;c\;a\;m\;p\;u\;s\;a\;c\;t\;i\; 11\;n\;.\;n\;e\;t\;\n \, 463-5907\n\nSponsored by:\nThe Black and Latin Student Alliance\, Students Together Against Racism\, Cam pus Action\n Geographical Scope: Metro DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Albany\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Uniting to Challenge Racism Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-HDW9s5uiak@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:503-984-1196 Email:wou_mecha@yahoo.com\, rudysplash@hotmail.c om DESCRIPTION:FEB 6\, 7\, & 8\, at Western Oregon University\; REGIONAL MECHA CONFERENCE with the theme 'Our Culture\, Our Identity\, and Our Issues'. info Rodolfo 'Rudy' Rodriguez 503-984- 1196 or 503-838-8247 or w\; 1\;u\;_\;m\;e\;c\;h\;a\;@\;y\;a\;h\ ;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n or r\;u\;d\;y\ ;s\;p\;l\;a\;s\;h\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m \;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n Geographical Scope: R egional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040208 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Monmouth\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Northwest Regional MEChA Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-Ij1JrfuRVW@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:register@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops national convergence 2004. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040215 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040213 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Atlanta\, Georgia\, United States SUMMARY:USAS National Convergence 2004 UID:20091107T000511EST-5cH65OUzeA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://studentsagainstsweatshops.org/conference/register.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Ryan White National Youth Conference (RWNYC) is the only na tional conference dedicated to building the HIV prevention health services and advocacy skills of young AIDS activists\, youth peer educators\, HIV positive youth and those who work in support of young people. Over 600 you th and adults who work with youth from around the nation will attend to id entify and share effective resources for HIV prevention among young people \; present models of care\, leadership and support services for HIV positi ve young people\; present models of youth appropriate\, culturally compete nt services to those infected\, affected or at risk\; develop leadership a nd advocacy skills\; and strengthen youth leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040216 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040213 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Portland\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:National Youth Conference on HIV and AIDS UID:20091107T000511EST-693Fht3fjU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.rwnyc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:uclgbtia@ucsd.edu DESCRIPTION:University of California Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Inter sex Association (UCLGBTIA) 15th Annual conference. Geographical Scope: St ate DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040222 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UC San Diego\, San Diego\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Through the Looking Glass UCLGBTIA's 15th Annual Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-uli0ZI2kT7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~uclgbtia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:With the support of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Me dicine and Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine\, Physicians for H uman Rights (PHR) will be holding its national conference in Chicago\, Ill inois. \n\nAll health professional students interested in health and human rights are welcome and encouraged to attend this exciting conference!\n\n The PHR Conference is an opportunity to: \nLearn new skills\, such as lobb ying\, fundraising\, and media outreach.\nDeepen your understanding of hea lth and human rights issues like Global AIDS\, racial disparities in healt h care\, and the impact of war on health.\nBe inspired by amazing speakers \, including Paul Farmer\, MD\, PhD and Jack Geiger\, MD\nMeet outstanding activists from around the nation\nBuild connections that you will use thr oughout your health professional career\n\nThe theme of the 2004 National Conference is 'The Power of the Health Professional Voice: Human Rights at Home and Abroad.' This theme was chosen to span the broad range of topics that PHR student chapters work on throughout the year\, and to highlight the two main campaign issues of the conference –\; Global AIDS and Do mestic Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. \n\nParticipants will be invited to attend workshops on these issues and others including: Banning Landmines\; Protecting Women’\;s Health and Human Rights\; Influencin g Politicians 101\; Fundraising\; Organizing a Human Rights Rotation\; Med ia Outreach\; Promoting Health and Justice for Youth\; and Running a PHR S tudent Chapter. For a complete list of workshops\, click here.\n\nOne of t he major goals of the conference is to promote activism in the field of he alth and human rights. Recognizing a need for mentors in this field\, PHR is organizing a cross-generational panel of health and human rights activi sts from the fields of medicine\, public health\, and nursing who range fr om being current chapter leaders to health professionals who have advocate d for human rights for decades.\n\nKeynote Speakers\nRecently profiled by Pulitzer Prize winning author Tracy Kidder in Mountains Beyond Mountains\, Dr. Paul Farmer is well-known throughout the world for his devout commitm ent to bringing life-saving medicines to those who need them most. With hi s colleagues at Partners In Health\, Dr. Farmer has proven to the world th at we can successfully provide health care even in the most impoverished a reas of the world. In addition to his care of patients\, Dr. Farmer has be come an outspoken critic of the world’\;s apathy towards the poor and through his writing\, research\, and presentations has been calling the w orld to action. Dr. Farmer will describe his clinics in Haiti\, Russia\, P eru\, Mexico\, and Roxbury MA which have been used as the model for the Wo rld Health Organization’\;s new 3x5 campaign to scale up treatment ef forts around the world\, treating three million people infected with HIV b y the end of 2005. He will also discuss the role of health professional ac tivism in the fight against global HIV/AIDS.\n\nDr. H. Jack Geiger is one of the nation’\;s leading experts on civil rights\, human rights and health. As a health professional who has been honored with many prestigiou s awards over his five decades of pioneering leadership and activism\, Dr. Geiger will share his invaluable anecdotes and insights about the role fo r health professionals in combating racial discrimination within the US He althcare System. Dr. Geiger will provide the historical context for the ne w PHR student campaign on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and hig hlight some of the key ways students can be involved in reducing dispariti es and increasing provider accountability and engagement on this issue. \n \nClick here for additional information about both keynote speakers.\n\nSu nday Training\nOn Sunday\, February 22\, Physicians for Human Rights will be organizing a four hour leadership training/working group on each of the two major PHR student campaigns –\; Health Action AIDS and the new R acial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Campaign. All students\, particula rly first years\, are invited to attend one of these optional sessions. Th is will be a very unique and exciting opportunity to help plan the future of the campaigns! For more information\, please click here. \n\nSocial Act ivities\nThroughout the conference\, we encourage you to introduce yoursel f to others\, ask questions about their activities and interests\, and get to know each other. Those attending this conference are among the current and future leaders of the field of health and human rights. Some of these individuals will be your life-long colleagues\, so its great to start for ming acquaintances and friendships now!\n\nTo help facilitate meeting each other\, the conference coordinators from Loyola and U Chicago are organiz ing a couple fun social events that we hope you will consider attending! O n Friday night\, they will be hosting a human rights film screening and pi zza night. On Saturday night\, they will be coordinating a human rights so cial at a nearby bar. Proceeds from the social will benefit a health and h uman rights promoting service organization. If you have a suggestion for F riday night’\;s film\, or would like to be involved in organizing the Saturday fundraiser\, please email s\;t\;u\;d\;e\; 10\;t\;s\;@\;p\;h\;r\;u\;s\;a\;.\; 11\;r\;g\;\n with your suggestions.\n\nWe hope you will be able to join us for this exciting and historic conference!\n\nAbout Physicians fo r Human Rights\nPhysicians for Human Rights (PHR) is a member organization committed to promoting health by protecting human rights. Founded in 1986 \, PHR makes two unique contributions to the human rights movement. First\ , we bring the skills of science and medicine to human rights investigatio ns\, pioneering the use of anthropology\, pathology\, epidemiology and a h ost of other disciplines as tools for human rights investigations. Our pop ulation-based assessments of women’\;s health and violence against wo men\, tools for assessing landmines injuries\, and other scientific produc ts have illuminated human rights concerns that show their scope and breadt h. Our International Forensic Program serves the cause of international ju stice. \n\nSecond\, we engage and mobilize health professionals so that th ey become a powerful voice for human rights in their practices\, their cou ntries and internationally. In 1997\, PHR was one of the co-recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to create the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Traditionally\, health professionals have not been a strong constituency for equity in health\, but through training\, outreach\, and support\, PHR is creating such a constituency –\; and it is one that \, when mobilized\, speaks with great and compelling authority to policy-m akers. Whether advocacy is directed toward the release of imprisoned colle agues\, to end torture\, or to protect women’\;s rights\, or to seek a more just health system\, physicians\, nurses\, and public health profes sionals bring the prestige and credibility of the health professions to th e cause of human rights. \n\nAs part of this initiative\, we have develope d a sophisticated program to engage medical\, public health and nursing st udents in health and human rights advocacy as part of their professional t raining. PHR now supports more than 60 student chapters in schools of medi cine\, nursing and public health around the nation which organize a myriad of health and human rights related events\, activities and actions on cam pus each year. At the national level\, PHR provides support in event organ izing\, creates campaign materials and policy updates\, organizes leadersh ip trainings\, and coordinates activities for student leaders to participa te in –\; like national call-in days\, national weeks of action\, and national conferences. In general\, the PHR student program seeks to promo te health and human rights activism and social engagement as an ethic valu e in the students’\; health professional field. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040222 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Physicians for Human Rights National Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-I6JJcuRjtO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.phrusa.org/students/conference_2004/about.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:COOL and Action Without Borders – Idealist.org are excited to a nnounce that the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) will host the 2 004 COOL Idealist National Conference\, to be held March 12-14\, 2004. The COOL Idealist Conference is the largest gathering in the nation of colleg e students\, campus administrators\, and nonprofit organizations engaged i n making a positive impact through civic engagement. We expect to convene 2\,000 students and participants this March\, also marking the 20th annual event. With a dynamic focus on student leadership through service\, activ ism\, and politics and the intersections of student engagement with the br oader nonprofit community and avenues for making a lifelong contribution t o our world\, this conference will surely not be one to miss.\n\nThe Unive rsity of Pennsylvania (Penn) is a historic\, Ivy League campus located in downtown Philadelphia. Home to a diverse undergraduate student body of nea rly 10\,000 that hail from every state in the union and all around the glo be\, Penn also offers top-ranking academic programs\, consistently among t he top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. With a history of innovation in interdisciplinary education and scholarship\, Penn is also well known for the quality and innovation of its campus-commu nity partnerships. The Center for Community Partnerships sponsors a divers e array of local initiatives focused on West Philadelphia\, spanning every thing from tutoring to neighborhood economic development. One program\, th e Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHEN ND)\, involves more than forty institutions of higher education in the gre ater Philadelphia area in building the capacity of member institutions to develop mutually beneficial\, sustained\, and democratic community-based s ervice learning partnerships. Another institution called Civic House focus es on student training and leadership development\, promoting mutually ben eficial collaborations between the university and the West Philadelphia co mmunity and beyond. Students and staff in these and other Penn programs wi ll play key leadership roles in the conference\, sharing their models with the nation.\n\nThis conference also will formally celebrate both COOL’s 2 0th convening and the inauguration of the Idealist on Campus program\, a r esult of the recent merger between COOL and Idealist. Idealist on Campus c onnects\, educates\, and mobilizes students\, campuses\, and communities t o build a world where people can live free and dignified lives\, echoing C OOL’s legacy and the mission of Action Without Borders-Idealist.org on the campus level. In addition to the national conference\, this year’s offeri ngs will include a plethora of resources for civic engagement and socially responsible careers (to be delivered online at www.idealistoncampus.org). Among those resources will be a comprehensive civic engagement curriculum \, nonprofit career guides and resources\, and interactive resources that support local coalitions of students\, staff\, and others to build cross-c utting Alliances for civic engagement and socially responsible careers.\n\ nAs COOL celebrates its 20th conference\, we will also celebrate the emerg ing role of Idealist as it expands its resources for college students and campus service and activism. In addition to the campus programs\, Idealist offers an impressive array of resources including: a web-based community of more than 37\,000 nonprofits and 150\,000 individuals\, sites for Teach ers and for Kids and Teens\, and versions of Idealist in Spanish\, French\ , and Russian. This year\, Idealist was recognized by Time Magazine as the best web site for information on volunteering. Tapping into these expande d areas\, the COOL Idealist Conference will enhance the Opportunities Fair \, the range of workshops\, and the focus on post-graduate opportunities f or students.\n\nIn addition\, with an aim for making this year’s conferenc e one of the most fantastic\, program offerings will include:\n\n• A mini- conference of COOL’s Learning the Lessons from Social Movements Summit bui lt into the larger conference\, featuring a day-long Friday Forum and doze ns of workshops focusing on the civil rights movement\, women’s movement\, environmental movement\, and other areas.\n\n• An expanded track for Camp us Administrators\, including a day-long Friday Forum and workshops on top ics like building and running campus programs\, fundraising\, networking\, utilizing Federal Work Study and more.\n\n• Expanded tracks of workshops including Globalization (in partnership with Oxfam America)\, Politics (su re to be expanded in light of the election year)\, and Careers.\n\n• More than 120 student- and participant-led workshops on topics ranging from act ivism\, to community building\, to service learning\, and youth voice. Reg istration details and other information will soon follow. Save the Date fo r the 20th and best COOL Idealist National Conference. Geographical Scope : National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040314 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040312 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:20th Annual COOL Idealist National Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-Vk3rnEz9tk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cool2serve.org/events/conference/2004/Home.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:617-427-3598 Email:laura@envirocitizen.org DESCRIPTION:Road Trip with EnviroCitizen: Bird-dog the presidential candida tes!\n\nGive politicians a piece of your mind. This January\, join EnviroC itizen to travel to New Hampshire and move clean energy and climate justic e forward on the national agenda! In the days before the New Hampshire pri mary\, follow the candidates for president\, go to their events\, ask them questions\, and join us to get some serious media attention around clean energy and climate justice issues. New Hampshire will be the focal point o f the country this January -- let’\;s use this opportunity to pressur e politicians to commit to prioritizing these issues\, and let’\;s st art to see some change!\nFind out more and sign up online at: http://www.e nvirocitizen.org/bird-dogging/index.html\n\nWHEN: January 23rd-27th \nWHER E: New Hampshire -- Wherever the candidates are! -- We have Hotel rooms fo r you to stay at right near Concord. Yes- free housing!\n\nWHY: Move clean energy and climate justice issues forward on the national agenda and make some serious change.…\;and have a goooood time!\n\nHOW: Sign up onli ne at: http://www.envirocitizen.org/bird-dogging/index.html\nWe will have transportation for you leaving from the Boston area. We may be able to swi ng by other locations on the way up. If you are coming from somewhere else we will help you arrange carpools. So please let us know what your transp ortation needs are so we can plan!\n\nGET YOUR GROUP INVOLVED! The more pe ople\, the more fun\, and the larger the impact. Get your whole group to c ome along. Contact me (Laura) to come to your campus and give your group t he scoop in person. Make it a training tour stop and have me train on medi a\, messaging\, and bird dogging!\n\nQuestions or ideas? \nWant to volunte er?? \nJust contact Laura at l\;a\;u\;r\;a\;@\;e\ ;n\;v\;i\;r\;o\;c\;i\;t\;i\;z\; 1\;n\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n or 617-427-3598\nSign up online at : http://www.envirocitizen.org/bird-dogging/index.html\n\n\nlaura inkeles\ nnortheast organizer\nenvirocitizen\nwww.envirocitizen.org\n617-427-3598\n \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040127 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040123 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New Hampshire\, United States SUMMARY:EnviroCitizen Bird-Dogs the Pres Candidates: Clean Energy and Clima te Justice UID:20091107T000511EST-xIi06fpLhC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.envirocitizen.org/region/ne/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:860-826-5958 Email:gauvreau@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Central Connecticut State University\, Semesters Meeting Room\, \nStudent Center\n\nHear trade unionists and military family members deter mined to end the Occupation and to defend labor rights in Iraq and the U.S .. \nSpeakers List:\nDavid Bacon-Labor Journalist\nClarence Thomas-Longsho reman's Union \nBoth participated in an international labor fact-finding mission to Iraq in October on behalf of US Labor Against War. They will pr esent with a slideshow based on their experience.\n\nCharles Richardson an d Nancy Lessin\, Co-founders of national Military Families Speak Out.\n\nA speaker from CT United for Peace\n\nGreetings from local unions and spons oring groups. \n\n*if your group would like to join the sponsors' list th en please call Chris at(860)826-5958 or email to g\;a\;u\;v \;r\;e\;a\;u\;@\;a\;o\;l\;.\;c\;o\; m\;\n\n\nGet ready for March 20\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040204T193000 GEO:41.666000;-72.778400 LOCATION:CCSU Student Center\, 1615 Stanley St.\, New Britain\, Connecticut \, 06050\, United States SUMMARY:Rally to Stop the War Against Working People at Home and Abroad UID:20091107T000511EST-SsHX7mDxuM@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:919-619-5964 Email:energy@unc.edu DESCRIPTION:Come together for three days of skills workshops\, and amazing speakers and panels. Network with other students organizing for clean ene rgy and get the skills you need to organize in your community\, share succ ess stories and have fun! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:168 Hamilton Rd.\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27517\, United S tates SUMMARY:Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-3ubjjmoLMF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.duke.edu/web/env_alliance/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:631-424-4972 Email:rainpeace87@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:A benefit show to raise money and awareness to further fight th e Patriot Act. Geographical Scope: Metro DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040123T190000 GEO:40.893200;-73.370500 LOCATION:The Congregational Church Of Huntington\, 30 Washington Drive\, Ce nterport\, New York\, 11721\, United States SUMMARY:Freedom's Beat UID:20091107T000511EST-fJfK3BSdGn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.theloyalnine.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:bowl with the Feminist League and support reproductive freedom in honor of the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Music by Dirty Soul Party . Suggested donation $5 Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040123 GEO:38.250300;-85.703400 LOCATION:Vernon Lanes\, 1575 Story Ave.\, Louisville\, Kentucky\, 40206\, U nited States SUMMARY:STRIKE! UID:20091107T000511EST-DS6wrNdGoc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.louisville.edu/rso/flor/current.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:215-222-4711 Email:info@nyspc.net DESCRIPTION:Build support for the Books Not Bombs Agenda:\n\n*Funding for E ducation\, Not Empire\nWe demand the immediate restoration of all funds fo r public schools and universities cut from local and federal budgets over the last three years\, and the reversal of all tuition hikes in the same p eriod. We demand dramatic increases in assistance to low-income youth thro ugh Pell Grants\, TRIO\, and all programs for students in need. We demand the repeal of the No Child Left Behind Act's high-stakes testing regime\, and of the Higher Education Act's denial of federal aid to drug offenders. And we demand that Congress pass legislation (like the DREAM Act) to exte nd educational opportunities to all immigrant youth.\n\n*No Military Recru itment in Our Schools\nCollege administrations should support the ongoing legal challenge to the Solomon Amendment\, and both colleges and high scho ols should make it campus policy to prominently advertise the rights of st udents and parents to opt out of having student information released to mi litary recruiters.\n\n*Respect our Civil Liberties\nProvisions that violat e youth and students rights in the Patriot Act must be revised\, and schoo l student unions and administrations should pass resolutions to oppose its implementation on campus.\n\n*Campuses for Peace\, Not War\nCampus admini strators must publicly disclose all military-related research and all fina ncial relationships with weapons manufacturers. Campus administrators mus t pledge to work towards severing these relationships and agree to a free ze on any new military research or additional dealings with weapons manufa cturers.\n\n*Schools not Jails\nCollege administrators must divulge all un iversity business relations--including contracts and investments--with com panies that profit from or finance prison \nconstruction or operations. C ollege administrations should set up recruitment and retention programs fo r communities adversely affected by incarceration\, specifically low-incom e youth and youth of color. Lastly\, state governments must invest more mo ney in education and rehabilitation programs instead of prioritizing incar ceration.\n\nFor the complete call to action\, outreach materials\, and fu rther information on each of these issues\, visit www.nyspc.net\n\nIf you' re going to be taking part in the day of action\, please register your sup port on Campus Activism by listing your group as a 'participating group\,' and drop us a note to let us know what you'll be up to at i\;n\;& #102\;o\;@\;n\;y\;s\;p\;c\;.\;n\;e\;& #116\;\n. Geographical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040304 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Nationwide\, All Cities\, United States SUMMARY:Books Not Bombs: National Day of Action UID:20091107T000511EST-nuDVGBr9dR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nyspc.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:919-660-3660 Email:farmworker_justice@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy a full day of marching and rallying with 100 members of the Coalition of Immokolee Workers and hundreds of other local and reg ional supporters. Then participate in workshops conducted by Coalition me mbers\, local and national farmworker organizations including SAF.\n\nDo y ou work for farmworker justice on your campus?\nAre you a new volunteer or staff person at a farmworker agency?\nAre you out of ideas\, or need a sp ace to brainstorm with others about how to raise awareness of farmworkers in your community?\nAre you tired of huge conferences and want to discuss current farmworker issues with a small intimate group of activists?\n\nThe n be one of 30 students and young people to participate in SAF’s Activist Leadership Training (SALT). At the two-day training\, you will march and rally with Florida farmworkers and learn about farmworker demographics\, a gricultural issues\, slavery in the fields\, the Taco Bell boycott\, curre nt legislation\, and environmental and health issues affecting farmworkers . You will also have time to do some strategic planning for raising aware ness about farmworkers on your campus and in your community. This is a gr eat networking opportunity for your campus group or community organization .\n\nRegister now for this exciting opportunity! Just $25 pays for lunch on Saturday\, workshops and training materials. Free housing may be avail able. Register by February 20\, 2004. \n\n For more information contact: Laxmi Haynes\, SAF National Student Organizer\, 919-660-3660 \n\nTentativ e Program Agenda\n\nFriday\, February 27\, 2004\n\nMorning Check-in/meet participants\n9:00-3:00pm Gather at PCUSA\, March with Coalition of Immo kalee Workers (CIW) through Louisville\n3:00-5:00pm CIW Rally at YUM! Hea dquarters\n6pm Dinner with CIW\n6:30-7:00pm Registration and Welcome\, SAF\n7:00-8:00pm Modern-Day Slavery in the Fields & Taco Bell Boycott\, C IW\n8:00-9:00pm Farmworkers and Family Farmers Discuss Corporate Control\, CIW\, Agricultural Missions\, Community Farm Alliance(CFA)\n\nSaturday\, February 28\, 2004\nLocation: \nFellowship Hall of Crescent Hill Presbyter ian Church\n142 Crescent Avenue\, Louisville\, KY 40206\n\n8:00-9:00am Br eakfast on your own\n9:00-9:45am Welcome/Intros\, Icebreaker\, SAF\n10: 00-11:00am Overview of Farmworker Issues \n11:15-11:45am Overview of SAF\n 12:00-1:00pm Effective Ways to Support Farmworkers: Participants Share Per sonal Experiences and Campaigns/Projects \n1:00-2:00pm Lunch provided by SAF\n2:00-3:00pm Farmworker Health Workshop\n3:15-4:15pm Immigration Work shop\, Ron Russell\, Immigration Attorney\n4:15-4:45pm Free Time\n4:45-5: 45pm Workshop TBA-Human Trafficking or Skills Building or Film and Discuss ion\n6:00-6:45pm Future Planning/Share Plans (Farmworker Awareness Week 20 04)\, SAF\n7:00-7:45pm Reflection/Evaluation\, SAF\n8:00pm Dinner on yo ur own/Fun Time\n\n\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040228 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040227 GEO:38.250300;-85.703400 LOCATION:Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church\, 142 Crescent Ave.\, Louisville \, Kentucky\, 40206\, United States SUMMARY:Student Action with Farmworkers Activist Leadership Training UID:20091107T000511EST-emoNCUvNh3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.saf-unite.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:mecha@runner.csub.edu DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040312 GEO:35.294400;-118.905000 LOCATION:9001 Stockdale Hwy.\, Bakersfield\, California\, 93311\, United St ates SUMMARY:Adelante Raza Youth Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-vGhUFl3eo6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.csub.edu/mecha END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Anti-War (or Peace) Protests in New York\, San Francisco\, Chic ago\, and around the world. Organized by United for Peace and Justice (htt p://www.unitedforpeace.org) and International ANSWER (http://www.internati onalanswer.org). Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040320 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Global Day of Protest Against War UID:20091107T000511EST-R7v2RpW2Ma@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2136 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:more_conference@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Mixed Race and Transracial Adoptee Student Community\,\n\nMORE (Multiracial Organization Redefining Ethnicity of the Claremont Colleges)\ , host of this year?s conference is excited to announce the 2004 National Student Conference on the Mixed Race Experience which will take place on A pril 2 through 4th in Claremont\, California.\n\nThis year's conference is completely student-focused and is open to undergraduate and graduate coll ege students. The Parent and Professional portion of the 2003 Conference will not be held in conjunction with this conference.\n\nThe Conference wi ll commence on Friday\, April 2nd\, at noon and end at 3pm on Sunday\, Apr il 4th. \n\n*****Getting Here*****\nIf you plan on flying to the Conferen ce\, the most convient airports are: \n\nOntario (8 mi)\, \nLos Angeles In ternational (35 mi) \nSanta Ana/Orange County (25 mi) \nBurbank (35 mi) \n Long Beach (35 mi) \nIf you wish to drive\, you can find directions drivin g directions to the Conference here.\n\n*****Where to Stay*****\nWe are in the process of negotiating a special rate with the semi-adequate Claremon t Inn\, which is within walking distance of the conference. If you have yo ur own car or a hefty budget to spend\, we'd recommend the Sheraton Fairpl ex. When contacting the hotels\, be sure to mention that you are attending the National Student Conference on the Mixed Race Experience\, as we are attempting to negociate discounted rates. \n\nClaremont Inn (909) 626-2411 \nSheraton Fairplex Suites (909) 622-2220 \n\n*****Further Inquiries****** \nWe have many exciting speakers\, workshops\, and entertainment offerings for the conference. These\, along with the registration process and fees \, will be announced at a later date. Please stay tuned to the official c onference website for more information\, which is at http://www.mixedstude nts.org/conference. To contact MORE about the conference\, please email & #109\;o\;r\;e\;_\;c\;o\;n\;f\;e\;r\; e\;n\;c\;e\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;& #99\;o\;m\;\n. \n\nI look forward to seeing many of you at the co nference\,\n\nJuan Michael Matute\n2004 NSCMRE Publicity Committee Chair\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:33.786600;-118.299000 LOCATION:Claremont Colleges\, Claremont\, California\, 91711\, United State s SUMMARY:2004 National Student Conference on the Mixed Race Experience UID:20091107T000511EST-vTj4NerunO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mixedstudents.org/conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:PETA2 & Student Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n \nDemand Lib eration\nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences http://www.Dema ndLiberation.com\n\nFeb. 14\, 2004 - New York City\nFeb. 22\, 2004 - Chica go\nMar. 6\, 2004 - Berkeley\n\nWant to meet and organize with other youn g activists in your region?\n\nThis Spring 2004 semester\, PETA2 and the S tudent Animal Rights Alliance are going cross-country in a series of regio nal action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite hundreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights movement.\n\nCome t o New York\, Chicago\, or Berkeley to join PETA2\, Student Animal Rights A lliance\, and hundreds of other young activists across the country to plan and organize in national and local campaigns to end animal exploitation!\ n\nRegistration is now open for all three of the 'Demand Liberation' regio nal student animal rights action conferences. The registration fee is just $5 with pre-registration –\; yummy vegan lunch and snacks are also i ncluded!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info.\n\n------ ------------------------------------\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nPO B ox 932\, New York\, NY 10013-0864\n212-696-7911 i\;n\;f\; 1\;@\;d\;e\;f\;e\;n\;d\;a\;n\;i\; 09\;a\;l\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\nwww.defendanimals.o rg\n\nEvery living\, feeling creature deserves\nthe right to live free fro m torture\,\nmutilation\, slaughter\, and exploitation.\n- Defend Animal R ights - \n------------------------------------------\n Geographical Scope : Regional DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040214 GEO:40.722100;-74.003500 LOCATION:Student Animal Rights Alliance\, P.O. Box 932\, New York\, New Yor k\, 10013\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation - NY Regional Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-4wMS1NwMvU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:PETA2 & Student Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n \nDemand Lib eration\nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences http://www.Dema ndLiberation.com\n\nFeb. 14\, 2004 - New York City\nFeb. 22\, 2004 - Chica go\nMar. 6\, 2004 - Berkeley\n\nWant to meet and organize with other youn g activists in your region?\n\nThis Spring 2004 semester\, PETA2 and the S tudent Animal Rights Alliance are going cross-country in a series of regio nal action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite hundreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights movement.\n\nCome t o New York\, Chicago\, or Berkeley to join PETA2\, Student Animal Rights A lliance\, and hundreds of other young activists across the country to plan and organize in national and local campaigns to end animal exploitation!\ n\nRegistration is now open for all three of the 'Demand Liberation' regio nal student animal rights action conferences. The registration fee is just $5 with pre-registration –\; yummy vegan lunch and snacks are also i ncluded!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info.\n\n------ ------------------------------------\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nPO B ox 932\, New York\, NY 10013-0864\n212-696-7911 i\;n\;f\;o \;@\;d\;e\;f\;e\;n\;d\;a\;n\;i\; 9\;a\;l\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\nwww.defendanimals.or g\n\nEvery living\, feeling creature deserves\nthe right to live free from torture\,\nmutilation\, slaughter\, and exploitation.\n- Defend Animal Ri ghts - \n------------------------------------------\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040222 GEO:40.722100;-74.003500 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation Chicago Regional Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-M1S2FF4b1U@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:785-841-2680 Email:ben@thedartcenter.org DESCRIPTION:The DART Organizers Institute is a paid\, four-month\, field sc hool for those seeking to launch a career in community organizing. Selecte d Organizer Trainees (OTs) will be paid to receive first-rate instruction from seasoned organizers\, and will be given the opportunity to work direc tly with local grassroots organizations on a multiple set of racial and ec onomic justice issues like police misconduct\, education reform\, environm ental justice\, affordable housing\,and others. OTs will learn skills rela ted to: Identifying and training community leaders\, Strategic planning an d issue cutting\, Researching and targeting decision makers\, One-on-One r elationship building\, Congregation-based coalition building\, Developing and training leaders to take successful Direct Action on issues of local c oncern\, Fund Raising for the long-haul\, and others. Upon completion from the DART Organizers Institute\, DART will work with graduates to secure p ermanent fulltime community organizing positions working for social change .\n\nWe will be accepting applications to participate in the DART Oraganiz ers Institute throughout the spring. To apply\, please contact Ben MacConn ell: (785) 841-2680 or b\;e\;n\;@\;t\;h\;e\; 0\;a\;r\;t\;c\;e\;n\;t\;e\;r\;.\; 1\;r\;g\;\n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040930 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040614 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:PO Box 370791\, Miami\, Florida\, 33137\, United States SUMMARY:DART Organizers Institute UID:20091107T000511EST-nzfvhD4wVv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.thedartcenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:\nPETA2 & Student Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n \nDemand L iberation\nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences http://www.De mandLiberation.com\n\nFeb. 14\, 2004 - New York City\nFeb. 22\, 2004 - Chi cago\nMar. 6\, 2004 - Berkeley\n\nWant to meet and organize with other yo ung activists in your region?\n\nThis Spring 2004 semester\, PETA2 and the Student Animal Rights Alliance are going cross-country in a series of reg ional action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite hundreds of you ng activists to take a leading role in the animal rights movement.\n\nCome to New York\, Chicago\, or Berkeley to join PETA2\, Student Animal Rights Alliance\, and hundreds of other young activists across the country to pl an and organize in national and local campaigns to end animal exploitation !\n\nRegistration is now open for all three of the 'Demand Liberation' reg ional student animal rights action conferences. The registration fee is ju st $5 with pre-registration –\; yummy vegan lunch and snacks are also included!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info.\n\n---- --------------------------------------\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nPO Box 932\, New York\, NY 10013-0864\n212-696-7911 i\;n\;f\;&# 111\;@\;d\;e\;f\;e\;n\;d\;a\;n\;i\;& #109\;a\;l\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\nwww.defendanimals .org\n\nEvery living\, feeling creature deserves\nthe right to live free f rom torture\,\nmutilation\, slaughter\, and exploitation.\n- Defend Animal Rights - \n------------------------------------------\n Geographical Sco pe: Regional DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040306 GEO:40.722100;-74.003500 LOCATION:Berkeley\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation CA Regional Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-nCLszgv1P7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:president@ufvox.org DESCRIPTION:In his speech entitled\, Gaining People\, Losing Ground\, he wi ll discuss the urgent need to achieve a more equitable balance between the world’s population\, environment\, and resources.\n\nCo-Sponsored with En vironmental Action Group Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040210 GEO:29.680400;-82.345700 LOCATION:Reitz Union Grand Ball Room\, University Of Florida\, Gainesville\ , Florida\, 32601\, United States SUMMARY:Werner Fornos\, President of Population Institute UID:20091107T000511EST-V2xF05PdMW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ufvox.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:503-725-8777 Email:starcconf@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:!!URGENT CALL OUT TO YOUTH AND STUDENTS!!\n\nSTARC National Con ference :: April 2-4 :: Portland State University\n\nStudents Transforming and Resisting Corporations (STARC).\n\nYou are invited to attend the STAR C National Conference and be a part of a convergence of youth and student organizers and activists from all across the nation this spring!\n\nBy att ending institutions of learning\, we have an enormous opportunity and resp onsibility to challenge a social and economic system that exploits resourc es and people while reinforcing privilege and oppression. The STARC Allia nce National Conference will be a unique opportunity for youth and student activists from all over the country to come together to build a youth and student movement!\n\n::Meet with rad people doing amazing organizing from all parts of the country!\n\n::Share resources and strategies for success ful grassroots projects and campaigns!\n\n::Build a movement of liberation and anti-oppression!\n\n::Raise your voice\, express your passion\, get i nspired! \n\nThe conference will include the following workshops: Strate gic Campaign Design\, Grassroots Organizing\, Consensus Facilitation\,\n F undraising\, Media\, Community Investment\, Counter-Military Recruitment\, Anti-oppresion Trainings\, Identity Caucuses\, and much more! \n \nRegist ration fee is $35. This gives you access to key players in the \nsocial ju stice movement\, housing\, transportation\, food\, and a political art sho w for the weekend. Travel scholarships are available so register NOW!(regi stration\nform is attached) No one turned away for lack of funds!\n\nFor m ore information about the conference\, on-line and printable \nregistratio n forms\, and to find out more about STARC check out the website at:\nwww. starcalliance.org.\n \nTo register yourself or your organization for the S TARC National \nConference \ncontact Lauren McCartney at:\nPortland State University\nc/o Students for Unity\nP.O. Box 751\nPortland\, OR 97207\n503 .887.2030 Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:45.543700;-122.643000 LOCATION:Portland State University\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97212\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:STARC National Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-RVGRBc3VCg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.starcalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:baselic@aol.com DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040225 GEO:42.377500;-72.548500 LOCATION:PO 704\, Ware\, Massachusetts\, 01082\, United States SUMMARY:Protect your Vote: National Day of Action UID:20091107T000511EST-NHVTBTUHNk@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:baselic@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Participate in democracy! \n\n Help guarantee your basic right as an American voter!! Hi\, my name is Lisa Dangutis. I am running a national student campaign for an organization called Verified Voting and we need your help!!!! One of Verified Voting’\;s urgent goals is to g et the federal legislation H.R.2239/S.1980 enacted. These are identical bi lls\, one in the House and one in the Senate\, which would do a lot to ens ure fair elections in November of this year –\; and the future. They require a voter-verifiable paper record on all voting equipment\, and they require voting machine vendors to open their source code to public scruti ny. \n\n Currently\, electronic voting machines are not required to pr oduce a paper record that the voter can verify\, so there is no way to kno w the votes were recorded correctly and no way to do a meaningful recount. This means that when you vote\, your vote might not count in the next ele ction –\; and you would never even know. Can you imagine an election in which your vote will not count? \n\n On February 25\, 2004\, Verifie dVoting is planning a national day of student action. We are asking studen t groups from major universities and colleges across the US to participate in stopping unverifiable voting. Here’\;s what you can do: \n\n1.) D ownload the petition from the VerifiedVoting website and print plenty of c opies. The petition is here: www.verifiedvoting.org/resources/documents/st udentpetition.pdf\n\n2.) Get as many students as possible to sign the peti tions by tabling on February 25\, 2004.\n\n3.)Attach a letter from your un iversity organization to congress with the petitions stating your opinion as well. This way Congress is aware of each university and organization pa rticipating. \n\n4. ) Mail the petitions and letters back to: \n Li sa Dangutis\n National Student Campaign \n Verified Voting \ n PO 704\n Ware\, Ma. 01082 \n\nPS-We will send all the petitions\, that we receive on the same day from all over the cou ntry to congress! Please\, feel free to forward this e-mail to any student groups at other universities who may be interested in participating.\n We need lots of signatures!!! \n Thank You!\nLet's Keep Making De mocracy Count!\n\nIf you have any other questions about this campaign or t he bill itself\, please contact:\nLisa Dangutis\nNational Student Campaign Coordinator\nb\;a\;s\;e\;l\;i\;c\;@\;a\;&# 111\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\nhttp://www.verifiedvoting.org\n Geographical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040225 GEO:42.377500;-72.548500 LOCATION:PO Box 704\, Ware\, Massachusetts\, 01082\, United States SUMMARY:Protect Democracy -- Make Your Vote Count -- National Day of Action UID:20091107T000511EST-IeL2fnBDmC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.verifiedvoting.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:sgac@listhost.uchicago.edu DESCRIPTION:These trainings are geared toward next year's leaders of SGAC\, SCCS\, and GJ chapters. They are based on the Midwest Academy School of O rganizing's week-long trainings and will cover the information and skills that chapters need to plan and carry out sustained advocacy campaigns spec ific to their chapter and their legislators. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:University Of Chicago\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Global Justice Training UID:20091107T000511EST-1oPDZ11c9p@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.fightglobalaids.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:510-444-0484 Email: DESCRIPTION:Community Forum to organize a response to Gov. Schwarzenegger' s proposed budget and the impacts on Oakland's school closures\, incarcera tion of youth and increased prison spending. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040131 GEO:37.808000;-122.299000 LOCATION:Laney College Student Center\, 900 Fallon St\, Oakland\, Californi a\, 94607\, United States SUMMARY:Education Not Incarceration Community Forum UID:20091107T000511EST-0gKtDEiNrd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.may8.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:cmeals1@swarthmore.edu\, pl57@georgetown.edu DESCRIPTION:Mid-Atlantic USAS conference! For affiliates and other schools in Pennsylvania\, New Jersey\, Delaware\, Maryland\, D.C.\, Virginia\, and West Virginia. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040321 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040319 GEO:39.897200;-75.344100 LOCATION:Swarthmore College\, 500 College Avenue\, Swarthmore\, Pennsylvani a\, 19081\, United States SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Regional USAS Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-XXXvHljATH@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:908-227-4587 Email:tana@the-human-race.com DESCRIPTION:THE HUMAN RACE will hold a free public screening of the multipl e award-winning documentary\, “LOLITA: Slave to Entertainment”\, on Wednes day\, February 4th\, at 8:00 p.m. at Zafra Vegetarian Restaurant\, 46 Pate rson Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ 08901 - 732.214.1005.\n \n'Animals whom w e have made our slaves\, we do not like to consider our equals.' ~ Charles Darwin - Metaphysics\, Materialism\, and the Evolution of Mind\n \n'In th is age of enlightenment\, we must begin to rethink our abuse and exploitat ion of nature\, of animals. We are evolving\, just as we have in the past to the horror of slavery\, the oppression of women\, the cruelty of genoci de. This is our chance to arm ourselves with truth\, to break free from th e corporate trance\, to think for ourselves and adopt honest\, ethical val ues\, and to acknowledge and eradicate the injustice of speciesism and ani mal exploitation for good.\n \nExperience the sad life of Lolita the kille r whale who has been caught in a net of lies for over 3 decades. Littered with Haunting Images and painful sound bites\, Lolita: Slave to Entertainm ent offers audiences an engaging peek behind closed doors\, exposing an en tire industry of injustices\, greed\, and lies. Make no mistakes\, this is no 'Free Willy\,' there is no Hollywood ending here.\n \nThis Provocative and Revealing must-see documentary uniquely addresses man's relationship with wildlife. It speaks not only to animal lovers and activists\, but to anyone at all who may have been duped by marine theme park propaganda. In fact\, this is the film that an entire industry would rather you not see.' ~ Valerie Silidker - Vice President\, Rattle the Cage Productions\n \n“LO LITA: Slave to Entertainment” is a Rattle the Cage Production\; Written\, directed\, and edited by Timothy Michael Gorski\, music by David Hughes\, narrated by Valerie Silidker\, featuring Tokitae (aka Lolita)\, Ric O'Barr y\, Howard Garrett\, Ken Balcomb\, Russ Rector\, Jerry Powers and John Cro we.\n \nFor more information about Rattle the Cage Productions\, visit:\nh ttp://www.rattlethecage.org\n \nFor more information about Lolita\, visit: \nhttp://www.slavetoentertainment.com \n \nTo learn more about Lolita’s ca ptors\, The Miami “Seaprison”\, visit:\nhttp://www.miamiseaprison.com \n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040204 GEO:40.486800;-74.444400 LOCATION:ZAFRA Vegetarian Restaurant\, 46 Paterson Street\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901\, United States SUMMARY:Free Screening of 'Lolita: Slave to Entertainment' UID:20091107T000511EST-gI9gXIaMxS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.the-human-race.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Foodraising Art Exhibit.\n\nMuestra de Arte. Precio de la entra da: un alimento no perecedero que será donado al barrio El Ceibo de Vicent e López. Geographical Scope: Local DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040207 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040205T070000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Maipú 5147\, Florida\, Vicente López\, BA\, Argentina SUMMARY:1º Muestra de Arte Solidario de Jóvenes ARI UID:20091107T000511EST-ArRUubtmR5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.encambio.tk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:702-228-8733 Email:michael.lloyd@cox.net DESCRIPTION: Join the Stonewall Democrats and State Assemblyman David Parks for a Pre-Caucus rally and presidential forum. First 100 GLBT voters will receive a LGBT VOTES T-Shirt to wear to the Feb 14th Caucus. Let the Demo cratic party know that the GLBT community votes and that they must stand f or equality! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040209T180000 GEO:35.989200;-115.405000 LOCATION:953 East Sahara Ave. Suite B25\, Gay & Lesbian Center\, Las Vegas\ , Nevada\, 89109\, United States SUMMARY:Pre- Caucus Rally UID:20091107T000511EST-1fvvbNVoRO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.stonewalllv.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:352-871-4335 Email:info@animalactivists.org DESCRIPTION:Tribe of Heart is a 501c(3) charitable not-for-profit organizat ion dedicated to producing media and art projects that encourage compassio nate living\, a way of life that entails cultivating an ever deeper unders tanding of the effects of our actions on other living beings and the plane t that supports us all. James LaVeck cofounder of Tribe of Heart\, will pr esent his latest production\, Peaceable Kingdom\, in the cinema of the Rei tz Union.\n\nA story told in the words of those who grew up on farms\, tho se who care daily for rescued farm animals\, and those who seek community and sanctuary from a world that often seems cruel\, Peaceable Kingdom weav es together themes of respect\, forgiveness\, commitment\, healing\, and a vision for peace that begins on one’s plate.\n\n'At a time when the publi c is more concerned than ever about the health and environmental problems associated with large-scale factory farming\, Peaceable Kingdom explores a nother angle of this unfolding story: the interconnected life journeys of farm animals\, former farmers\, and animal rescuers struggling against an out of control industrial system.\n\nBreaking generations of silence in th e farm community\, Peaceable Kingdom weaves together themes of respect\, f orgiveness\, commitment\, and healing\, offering a vision of a more peacef ul world that is well within our reach.' - Tribe of Heart Productions\n G eographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART:20040219T200000 GEO:29.681300;-82.353900 LOCATION:Grand Ballroom\, Reitz Union\, University Of Florida\, Gainesville \, Florida\, 32611\, United States SUMMARY:Screening of Peaceable Kingdom UID:20091107T000511EST-eCbpVfwb7c@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.animalactivists.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, February 4\, 2004\, university and college stude nts across Canada will demonstrate their support for accessible higher edu cation. With a new Prime Minister and a federal election looming in 2004\, Canada's students can send a strong and unified message: high tuition fee s and skyrocketing student debt are unacceptable. Geographical Scope: Nat ional DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040204 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Canada SUMMARY:Canadian Federation of Students National Day of Action UID:20091107T000511EST-95vuUiGSb0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cfs-fcee.ca/html/english/campaigns/dayofaction.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:SFT's 2004 national Convergence\, to be hosted in Santa Cruz\, California from February 13th-16th\, 2004\, will focus both on stimulating new\, effective organizing\, and better coordinating and reinforcing exis ting activism within the U.S. Fair Trade student movement.\n\nAs USFT ente rs its second year\, a regional structure will be introduced that lends to a more intimate and persistent relationship between member schools and th e national organization. The Convergence will act as a starting block for regional campaigns across North America\, facilitated by USFT representati ves that have built successful initiatives at their home universities.\n\n A primary objective will be to establish mechanisms that insure the sustai nability and development of student organizations that form around Fair Tr ade. While emphasis will be placed on raising demand for Fair Trade produc ts through increasing the number of campuses conducting active campaigns\, there will be a concerted effort to invite unusual suspects to the table— that is\, universities and individuals not traditionally inclined to engag e global justice issues. Fair Trade is a practical and powerful point of e ntry for many young activists\, and offers a valuable opportunity for shap ing the next generation of the Global Justice Movement.\n\nIn collaboratio n with experienced allies in the non-profit and for-profit sectors\, USFT will produce an interactive\, workshop-based conference that will serve as an important venue for sharing best practices and creative mediums for ra ising consciousness amongst students and consumers. Preliminary research a nd an extensive outreach effort will identify a diverse participant pool c apable of nurturing the vitality of the Fair Trade student movement Geogr aphical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040216 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040213 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, California\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade National Convergence UID:20091107T000511EST-6WuC80xbr6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/convergence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:443-062-12145 Email:suzannah@dailyrebellions.org DESCRIPTION:Organizing strategy session for students mobilizing for the Mar ch for Women's Lives on April 25th in Washington DC. Topics: Fundrasing\ , Coalition Building\, Action & Visibility Brainstorming\, and more! Spec ial Speaker: Olga Vives\, NOW Action Vice President. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:150 W. 28th Street\, New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:SLAMM: Student March Training UID:20091107T000511EST-lJUPoWV9BM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dailyrebellions.org/march.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:chaporg@now.org DESCRIPTION:Student Leaders Activated and Mobilized to March:\nStudents fro m all over New Jersey gather to discuss march organizing\, from fundraisin g to events and visibility\, coalition buiding\, action planning and more! Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040215 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Douglass College\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, United States SUMMARY:SLAMM: Student March Training NJ UID:20091107T000511EST-rmpGZKkSVz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dailyrebellions.org/march.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone: Email:lkshields@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Inga Muscio\, author of Cunt\, in conjunction with V Week will be speaking. Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040214 GEO:43.031400;-76.111000 LOCATION:Grant Auditorium\, Law Building\, Syracuse University\, Syracuse\, New York\, 13210\, United States SUMMARY:Inga Muscio UID:20091107T000511EST-8vUXxvTgUu@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:207-777-6781 Email:markie@takingitback.net DESCRIPTION:A weekend of network and fun! Weather Underground\, the Provid ence Puppet Posse\, Ethan Miller/Kate Boverman\, The Insurectionists\, Rad ical Cheerleader Convergence\, and tons of workshops and discussion!!! \n \nPlease check the website for more information! Geographical Scope: Regi onal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040306 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040305 GEO:44.086300;-70.169300 LOCATION:Bates College\, Lewiston\, Maine\, 04240\, United States SUMMARY:DIY Workshop Weekend UID:20091107T000511EST-VffZ1LaWO6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.takingitback.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:billyg@rica.net DESCRIPTION:Eastern Mennonite University will host the annual meeting of th e \nIntercollegiate Peace Fellowship (IPF)\, Feb. 20-21\, 2004. \n\n'IPF i s a rotating gathering of 150-200 students and faculty from\nMennonite\, B rethren\, and Quaker colleges across the U.S. and Canada to discuss peace issues\,' said organizer William (Bill) Goldberg of Harrisonburg. Last yea r's conference was held at Bluffton (Ohio) College. \n\n'This year's progr am theme will focus on 'stories of healing' in the wake of a trauma or con flict\,' Goldberg said. 'A variety of resource persons will provide theore tical and practical knowledge in developing healing skills both for person al use after a traumatic event and for accompanying others on the journey to recovery.' \n\nThe program will open 9 a.m. Feb. 20 with a welcome and meditation by EMU President Loren E. Swartzendruber and a keynote address by Peter Loge\, former director of the Campaign for Criminal Justice\, Was hington\, D.C. \n\nOther speakers will include Lynn Shiner\, director of P ennsylvania's Victims Compensation Program\; Dr.John Glick\, an acupunctur ist and board member of the Gesundheit Institute\; Cheryl Talley\, assista nt professor of psychology at James Madison University\; and Barry Hart\, professor of conflict studies at EMU. \n\nThe play\, 'A Body in Motion\,' written by Ingrid DeSanctis and based on the book\, 'Transcending: Reflect ions of Crime Victims' by Howard Zehr\, co-director of the Conflict Transf ormation Program at EMU\, will be presented Friday evening. \n\nSpecial mu sic will be provided by local groups 'Reuben's Potted Ferns' and 'Oscar's Mad' in the Common Grounds Coffeehouse on campus. \n\n'The practical natur e of the workshops\, along with the plenary addresses\, will encourage the blending of experiences of many persons\,' Goldberg said. 'Shared meals a nd informal gatherings throughout the conference will give participants nu merous chances to debrief and process each day's\nevents\,' he added. \n\n Registration is $35. A program brochure with more information is available by contacting Bill Goldberg atb\;i\;l\;l\;y\;g\;&# 64\;r\;i\;c\;a\;.\;n\;e\;t\;\n\n Geographica l Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040221 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Harrisonburg\, Virginia\, United States SUMMARY:Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship UID:20091107T000511EST-Vr8PDWaVWV@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:802-865-0415 Email:info@energyaction.net DESCRIPTION:This day of action is for students\, campaigns\, and non-\nstud ent organizations who are willing to apply their local work for clean\, su stainable\, and just energy together on April Fools' Day\, 2004. The Unite d States spends $20 billion a year to subsidize the coal and oil industrie s. Help us build a broad coalition of student and professional organizatio ns to expose the dangerous joke that our government is playing on the clim ate\, the environment\, and communities affected by mining\, burning\, and bad policy. Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040401 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:April 1st Student and Youth Day of Action for Clean Energy Solution s UID:20091107T000511EST-7FG3zGUvAe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.fossilfools.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A regional conference of lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transge nder\npan-Asian Pacific Americans to network\, organize\, agitate\, educat e\, and build capacity.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040307 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040305 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Queer Asian Pacific Legacy Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-behIultUTB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.queerasianpacificlegacy.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Freedom from Fear: The Freedom of Peace\n\n26-27 March 2004 \n\ n2004 Annual Student Peace Conference \nKroc Institute for International P eace Studies \nUniversity of Notre Dame \n\nIn the future days\, which we seek to make secure\, we look forward to a world founded upon four essenti al human freedoms…\;The fourth is freedom from fear…\;That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of worl d attainable in our own time and generation. \n\n~Franklin D. Roosevelt \n \nCall for Presentations \n\nThe University of Notre Dame's annual Student Peace Conference will take place on March 26-27\, 2004. The conference is officially sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studie s\, and is planned and directed entirely by undergraduate students of the University.\n\nAdapted from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Message to Congress in January 1941\, this year's conference theme is 'Freedom fro m Fear: The Freedom of Peace.' The conference will attract participants fr om all over the United States and abroad. The two-day conference will feat ure seminars\, lectures\, artistic performances and exhibits\, and a keyno te speaker. \n\nWe welcome undergraduate and graduate peace visionaries of all majors to submit proposals regarding potential presentations. We enco urage presentations of peace in all forms\, and from all disciplines and p erspectives.\n\nThe Peace Conference Committee invites papers\, panel prop osals\, performances\, audio-visual presentations\, interactive sessions o r workshops and other programs broadly exploring the envisioning of peace as liberation from fear. The presentations may be completed research\, res earch in-progress or case studies\, especially those reflecting innovative practice. You will have approximately 10 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.\n\nSubmission themes could focus on\, but are not limited to:\n\n*World Religions and Peace-building\n*Changing Scholarly an d Popular Conceptions of War and Peace *Peace in Contemporary Literature\n *War and the Politics of Memory\n*Strengths and Weaknesses of the Existing Peace Movement\n*The Role of International Organizations in Peace-buildin g\n*Role of Youth in War and Peace\n*Issues of War and Peace in Comparativ e Perspective\n*Effects of Propaganda\n*The Role of the Mediator\n*NGOs an d International Dialogue\n*Peace despite Economic Condition\n*Rebuilding a fter War \n\nSubmission Guidelines \n\nSubmissions may be made via e-mail to Nadia Stefko (n\;s\;t\;e\;f\;k\;o\;@\;&# 110\;d\;.\;e\;d\;u\;\n) marked 'Attn: Peace Conference. ' Submissions will be acknowledged within 3 days. Notification of acceptan ce of proposals will be sent as soon as the reviewing process is completed \, not later than March 6\, 2004. \n\nEach submission should include a sep arate title page\, contact information and a brief 250-300 word summary of the presentation. \n\nDeadline \n\nTHE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS Monday F ebruary 23\, 2004!!! \n\nRegistration \nRegistration forms are available o nline at http://www.nd.edu/~mmurph11/confreg2004.html. Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040327 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040326 GEO:41.596800;-86.293000 LOCATION:Notre Dame\, Indiana\, 46556\, United States SUMMARY:2004 Notre Dame Annual Student Peace Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-f5WG3P9Jkf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://kroc.nd.edu/events/freedomfromfear.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:ejccinfo@umich.edu DESCRIPTION:Global climate change is already affecting vulnerable communiti es around the world. Those most adversely affected are disadvantaged com munities who have contributed the least to global climate change but will bear the largest burden\, and lack resources to either prevent or adapt to climate change. Policies to address this situation are lacking at all lev els (local\, national\, regional\, and global)\, yet some efforts have bee n made to move towards climate justice. Of note are the Environmental Ju stice and Global Climate Change Initiative\, a coalition of non-government al organizations (NGOs) and activists that have organized international cl imate summits and developed the Principles of Climate Justice\, and the in clusion of local and indigenous communities and other stakeholders in the US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variabilit y and Change\, among other studies. On a global level\, however\, effor ts remain divided\, and scientists\, policy-makers\, businesses and commun ity representatives have not collectively embraced the climate justice iss ue. \n \n\nWe are pleased to announce the upcoming conference\, “\;J ust Climate? Pursuing Environmental Justice in the Face of Global Climate Change\,”\; to take place in Ann Arbor\, MI from March 26-28\, 2004\, co-funded by the Environmental Justice and Global Climate Change Student Group (EJCC)\, the Environmental Justice Initiative (EJI)\, the School o f Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE)\, the Department of Philosphy\, and the Marshall Weinberg Foundation. The goal of the conference is to f urther the dialogue among activists\, policy-makers\, and academics from d iverse communities about how global climate change will affect disadvantag ed areas and peoples around the world. We aim to identify barriers to and catalysts of climate justice as well as to envision and promote intersecto ral and multidisciplinary experiences that exemplify efforts to achieve cl imate justice. \n\n \nWe are inviting activists\, policy-makers and schol ars from communities and Universities around the world to submit paper abs tracts and case study summaries for the conference. The first day of the conference will be devoted to defining the issue of climate justice and i dentifying the main barriers to climate justice. The second day will fea ture case studies and panels from areas where action towards climate justi ce has been initiated. On the last day participants will identify opport unities for collaborative research and projects that promote climate justi ce. \n\n \nWithin this framework\, the conference will explore the follo wing broad questions: \n \n\n1) How do we define climate justice? What ar e the main barriers towards achieving climate justice? \n\n2) How will glo bal climate change affect disadvantaged communities and how does this vary across regions (locally\, nationally and globally)? \n\n3) What efforts a re currently being made by communities to either adapt to or mitigate clim ate change or work towards climate justice? How can other communities lear n from these efforts? \n\n4) What policies currently exist\, and what poli cies are needed to protect these communities (locally\, nationally and glo bally)? \n\n5) How can the various stakeholders cooperate in research and policy-making efforts? \n \n\nThe major outcome of the conference will be an edited collection of the presented papers\, case studies\, and transcr ibed presentations.\n \n\nPaper abstracts\, case study summaries\, and pr esentation proposals (no longer than 500 words) should be submitted by Dec ember 1st \, 2003 to e\;j\;c\;c\;p\;r\;o\;p\ ;o\;s\;a\;l\;s\;@\;u\;m\;i\;c\;h\ ;.\;e\;d\;u\;\n . Please indicate the format in your subm ission. A multidisciplinary committee will select papers and presentatio ns based on a competitive basis\, evaluating quality and relevance and ens uring a balance of diverse perspectives for each presentation type. Noti fication of selection will be no later than January 10. \n Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040328 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040326 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, United States SUMMARY:Just Climate? Pursuing Environmental Justice in the Face of Global Climate Chang UID:20091107T000511EST-uKv04kP850@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ejcc.org/UniversityofMichiganEJCCConferenceCallforPapers.htm l END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:As part of its ongoing efforts to further the study of human ri ghts at the University of Washington and to promote scholarly inquiry in t he interdisciplinary law and society tradition\, the Comparative Law and S ociety Studies Center plans to sponsor a human rights speaker series begin ning spring 2003 and culminating during spring\, 2004\, with an internatio nal conference on the series theme\, Human Rights “From the Bottom Up”. \n \nRecent years have seen burgeoning interest in human rights on US univers ity campuses and a growth in the scholarly literature relating to human ri ghts themes. At the same time\, however\, existing approaches to the subje ct are often dominated by a “top-down” political/institutional approach wh ich explores human rights issues through analyses of the functioning\, or lack thereof\, of elite-centered legal and political institutions in vario us contexts. This abundant literature has advanced our understanding of ma ny human rights quandaries\, and indeed has been very influential in polic y circles\, helping to lend support for international initiatives aimed at furthering the rule of law. However\, some scholars have begun to point to the need for a more contextualized\, “bottom up” understanding of human rights from the perspective of the individuals and communities in whom ri ghts are vested – and particularly of those in marginalized communities\, whose rights are most frequently violated.\n\n\nAs the leading center for law and society studies in the U.S. with a significant commitment to compa rative/international research\, featuring the only cluster of human rights scholars within in an interdisciplinary law and society program\, CLASS c onsiders itself uniquely poised to address these issues. Our scholarship p oses such questions as: What are the sources of violence that infuse cultu re in specific settings\, such as in post-colonial societies? How are rig hts and justice imagined by victims\, rather than defined by exogenous pol itical and legal elites? How important are factors of trust and legitimacy \, and how can these be constructed in societies with high levels of viole nce or ethnic exclusion? What is the working relationship between interna tional human rights groups and indigenous populations\, and how much does this matter struggles for change? How are global human rights directives a bsorbed and reconfigured in specific and localized communities? These are just some of the types of questions concerning human rights\, emphasizing culture and agency “on the ground\,” that we consider. Research and discus sion of these important issues may shed light on what remains a puzzling q uestion after the work of so many top-down theorists: how do we understand disjunctions between the formal adoption of liberal democratic legal norm s and the widespread continued violation of individuals’ most basic rights ? Are so many splendid Constitutions dead-letter promises?\n\n\nSponsored by: The Comparative Law and Society Studies (CLASS) Center\, Simpson Cente r for the Humanities at the University of Washington\, and the Bartley Dob b Endowment for the Study and Prevention of Violence. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040403 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:47.432300;-121.803000 LOCATION:University Of Washington\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98195\, United S tates SUMMARY:Human Rights from the Bottom Up Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-VEPBxHjGSH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://depts.washington.edu/class/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU) 2004 Spring C onference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 1st - 3rd. MAASU was created by students in 1990 as a support network to prov ide resources and unite the scattered populations of Asian Pacific Islande rs American (APIAs) across the Midwest. In the past thirteen years\, MAASU has grown to include many member schools and is continually developing ne w contacts. By exploring progressive issues\, such as APIA studies program s\, organizational development\, and APIA cultural centers\, MAASU has bec ome one of the primary advocacy resources for APIA students in the region. . \n\nThe goal of the MAASU Spring Conference is promote leadership\, assi st and encourage social change\, unite all communities against all forms o f oppression\, and address the educational needs among APIA students. Past MAASU Spring Conference boasts an average attendance between 500-700 stud ents from various colleges across the Midwest and is one of the oldest Pan -Asian conferences in the nation. This year's MAASU Spring Conferences is a FREE event (for students attending MAASU member schools) and paid for by the Asian Pacific American Council (APAC) and the University of Wisconsin -Madison. \n\nThe theme of this year's Spring Conference is 'Creative Dest ruction.' Creative Destruction was originally coined in Joseph Schumpeter' s 1942 work\, Capitalism\, Socialism\, and Democracy to explain a 'process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic struc ture from within\, incessantly destroying the old one\, incessantly creati ng a new one.' Although Schumpeter's idea of creative was meant to describ e and revolutionize economic\, the idea of Creative Destruction for the 20 03 MAASU Spring Conference is to create a forum for APIA to speak on socia l injustices and inequalities and to help encourage the fostering of activ ism. \n\nThe MAASU Spring Conference workshops seek to go beyond APIA 101 issues. Following under the theme Creative Destruction\, the workshop sess ions are designed to develop a new generation of APIA activists. The works hop sessions will help participants understand identity issues\, engage in the history of APIA culture and movements\, explore contemporary issues\, and finally find new ways to work towards social change. Each of the work shop sessions will focus on Pan-Asian coalition building\, identity\, hist ory\, contemporary issues\, expression\, and activism. We strongly encoura ge your participation in this exciting conference. \n\nSincerely\, \n\nMAA SU Committee Core \nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Geographical Scope: R egional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040403 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040401 GEO:43.077800;-89.413300 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53706\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Asian American Students Union 2004 Spring Conference UID:20091107T000511EST-u41duPLIEg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.maasu.org/spring.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:202-291-2258 Email: DESCRIPTION:Be the change you want to see in our world! \n\nCall to Action for April 2004 Mobilization\nApril 22 - 24 in Washington\, DC\n\nMass mobi lization April 22 - 24\, 2004:\nTake a public stand in Washington DC durin g the IMF/World Bank semi-annual meetings\n\n2004 is the 60th Anniversary of the World Bank & the International Monetary Fund (IMF) marking the begi nning of: \nThe institutions and structures that have designed neo-liberal economic programs for over 100 countries\n\nThe subordination of global e cology to corporate profits\n\nThe loss of public resources\, democracy an d national sovereignty to instruments of private profit\n\nThe institution alized domination of the wealthy over the impoverished -- the new form of colonialism!\n\nNext mobilization planning meeting Wednesday February 11th 7:00-9pm at St. Stephens Church. \n\n(Meetings are every other Wednesday) \n\nThe church is on the corner of 16th St and Newton St. NW Washington DC \, about 5 blocks from Columbia Heights metro station Green Line. Enter th rough the side door.\n\nIn the 60th anniversary year of the IMF and World Bank\, Mobilization for Global Justice demands the following:\nOpen all Wo rld Bank and IMF meetings to the media and the public\n\nCancel all impove rished country debt to the World Bank and IMF\, using the institutions' ow n resources. \n\nEnd all World Bank and IMF policies that hinder people's access to food\, clean water\, shelter\, health care\, education\, and rig ht to organize. (Such 'structural adjustment' policies include user fees\, privatization. and economic austerity programs).\n\nStop all World Bank s upport for socially and environmentally destructive projects such as oil\, gas\, and mining activities\, and all support for projects such as dams t hat include forced relocation of people. \n\nJoin the movements and campa igns challenging the IMF and World Bank's economic reign during their 60th anniversary years! Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040424 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040422 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:Spring 2004 Mobilization for Global Justice UID:20091107T000511EST-71acObMNax@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalizethis.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:This spring Brandeis University will host a conference on Globa lization\, Empire and Resistance. This will be a progressive conference em bracing a variety of critical\, and radical perspectives on globalization. \n\nYou are cordially invited to join a number of leading scholars from a ll over the world in exploring the many effects of globalization-as well a s alternative visions. There will be a number of plenary and panel session s. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040425 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040423 GEO:42.398600;-71.245000 LOCATION:Brandeis University\, Waltham\, Massachusetts\, 02451\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Globalization\, Empire and Resistance: Global Studies Association C onference UID:20091107T000511EST-g4vDuX0uo4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.net4dem.org/mayglobal/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:peacecollege@forusa.org DESCRIPTION:Open up and howl. Say no to violence\, injustice\, and fear. Co me to the first Peace College\, an intergenerational gathering of nonviole nt activists for social change to be held April 16\, 17\, and 18 in Salem\ , Massachusetts. Learn\, teach\, and network. Contact the Peace College at p\;e\;a\;c\;e\;c\;o\;l\;l\;e\;g\ ;e\;@\;f\;o\;r\;u\;s\;a\;.\;o\;r\ ;g\;\n or Box 547\, Durham\, NH 03824. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040418 DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040416 GEO:42.512900;-70.904200 LOCATION:Salem State College\, Salem\, Massachusetts\, 01970\, United State s SUMMARY:The Peace College UID:20091107T000511EST-kS4nWIGbRx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.salemstate.edu/peacecollege END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone: Email:jrs83@columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING \nfor protesting at the RNC and elsew here featuring lawyers from the Mass Defense Committee of the National Law yers Guild\n\nPrepare yourself for the upcoming protests.\n\nBefore coming to the training please review People's Law Collective's materials. http:/ /nycplc.mahost.org/KYR.htm\n Geographical Scope: Metro DTSTAMP:20091107T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040211 GEO:40.730200;-73.988600 LOCATION:600 Broadway FL 6 Psuedo Studios\, (SE Corner Of Broadway And Hous ton)\, New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:Know Your Rights training UID:20091107T000511EST-FVjMtvhcjI@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:860-349-6925 Email:katjecita@aol.com DESCRIPTION:IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON HONDURAS \nRights Action Speaking Tour \nThe Honduran struggle against privitization\, mega-dams\, deforesta tion and harmful mining\, in the context of the unjust global economic ord er.\n \nWHEN: March 21 - April 3\, 2004\nWHERE: New England / New York \ nWHO: Gilberto Flores\, a community development activist from Honduras\, \nand Kath Golub\, a Connec