2012 Peace Symposium and
Democracy Convergence

April 20th - 22nd 2012

This Years Theme:

People Powered Democracy Confronts Corporate Rule

Featuring:

David Barsamian
Author and award-winning founder and director of Alternative Radio.
http://www.alternativeradio.org/

David Cobb
Spokesperson for Move To Amend
http://movetoamend.org/

Alice DiMicele
Based in the Pacific Northwest, DiMicele's music celebrates the natural world and the people in it. http://www.alicedimicele.com/

George Friday
Field organizer for the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and the National Coordinator for the Independent Progressive Politics Network
http://www.bordc.org/ 

Ben Manski
Executive Director of the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
http://libertytreefoundation.org/

Max Rameau
Take Back the Land
http://takebacktheland.org/

David West
Director of the Native American Studies Program at Southern Oregon University
http://www.sou.edu/natam/dwest.html

Visit the 2012 Peace Times Page for more information

or contact:

Stan Taylor
PeaceCenter@lanecc.edu
541-463-5820

To request disability-related accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in this event (such as Sign Language interpreting, Braille, electronic text, visual describer), please contact Disability Resources at least one week in advance: (541) 463-5150 (voice); 711 (relay); Building 1, 218; or disabilityresources@lanecc.edu (e-mail).

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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 

Visit the Lane Peace Center Archive where you can watch videos of many of the speakers featured  at our previous Peace Symposiums.

Click here to go the Lane Peace Center Video Archive