People Powered Democracy Confronts Corporate Rule
The 5th annual Lane Peace Symposium, Lane Community College, Main Campus
APRIL 20-22, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012 (Longhouse, Building 31)
10:00 – 10:15 am Welcome & Introductions (Stan Taylor)
10:15 – 11:00 am “Walking on the Bones of Our Ancestors: Military & Industrial Impacts upon Indigenous Lands” (David West)
11:15 – 12:15 pm “Our Task: Building a Democracy Movement in an Age of Corporate Rule”
(Ben Manski)
12:15 – 1:00 pm LUNCH - Lane cafeteria in Center Bldg & Cafe in Bldg 30
1:00 – 1:15 pm Alice DiMicele performs
1:15 – 2:30 pm “Building Community & Movements—Do Your Work!” (Ms. George Friday)
2:30 – 3:30 pm “Corporations & the Constitution” (David Cobb)
6:00 – 6:20 pm Welcome & Introductions (Stan Taylor & Sonya Christian)
6:20 – 6:40 pm Alice DiMicele performs
6:40 – 8:00 pm Plenary Panel: “The State of the Global & U.S. Democracy Movement” (George Friday, Ben Manski, Max Rameau & David Barsamian)
8:00 – 9:00 pm KEYNOTE: DAVID BARSAMIAN: “Uprisings: Kashmir to Cairo to Wall Street”
Saturday, April 21, 2012: Keynote Speakers & Move to Amend (MTA) Sessions
9:00 AM– 10:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
LONGHOUSE KEYNOTE: David West, “When a Mother Cries: Living with Sacred Places”
BUILDING 10, ROOM 103: MTA: “Getting Involved with Move to Amend: Starting a MTA Group – Introductory” (David Cobb, Daniel Lee & Margaret Koster)
BUILDING 10, ROOM 105: MTA: “Running a Move to Amend Community Campaign – Advanced” (George Friday, Ben Manski & Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknapp)
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
LONGHOUSE KEYNOTE: David Barsamian: “Fantasies of Capitalism”
BUILDING 10, ROOM 103: MTA: “Engaging Your Community on Corporate Constitutional Rights & the MTA Campaign – Introductory” (Abraham Entin, George Friday & Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknapp)
BUILDING 10, ROOM 105: MTA: “Imagining a New Democratic Framework for Corporations & Artificial Entities – Advanced” (David Cobb, Ben Manski & Stan Taylor)
12:15 – 1:15 PM LUNCH – food vendors outside Lane cafeteria & Longhouse
1:15 – 3:15 PM LONGHOUSE SESSION
LONGHOUSE: MTA: “Building a Multi-Racial Movement for Democracy” (George Friday, David Cobb, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknapp)
3:30 – 5:00 PM LONGHOUSE KEYNOTE
LONGHOUSE “Take Back the Land” (Max Rameau)
Sunday Morning, 9:30 – 11:30 AM - for Move to Amend Organizers
MTA: “Building Capacity for the Work to Come,” Theo's Coffee Shop, 199 W. 8th Ave, Eugene, OR
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