DATE: September 15, 2006
Electoral Reform Day sponsored by
Focus on Democracy
Location: Between Mall and
Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.
Electoral Reform - Special focus on the National Initiative for Democracy. Empowering citizens to Take Back America and to Keep It. Remaining focus on multiplicity of reforms, and developing electoral reform as a Dem. Platform and “Wedge” issue.
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TENT #1 Electoral Reform - |
OUTDOOR
AREAS Bagpiping |
Domed
Meditation Tent |
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12 – 1 p.m. |
12-1 pm. Sen Mike Gravel gives explanation of the National
Initiative for Democracy with highly interactive Q&A Showing a way not only to take back 30 years ago Sen. Gravel read the Pentagon Papers into the national record, successfully filibustered alone to end the draft, and helped bring the Nuclear Freeze movement to the US. |
Bagpiping |
open, silent meditation |
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1 – 3 p.m. |
highly interactive discussion about Electoral Reform platform development and citizen empowerment with Rob Richie, Kevin Zeese, Robert Fitrakis and Jonathan Simon. |
Bagpiping |
spiritual chanting from 10 to 11 a.m. |
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3 – 4 p.m. |
Sen Mike Gravel repeats highly interactive discussion and Q&A about the National Initiative for Democracy and codifying the means by which the citizens become empowered. (see above) |
Bagpiping |
11:00 to 2:00 open, silent meditation. On some days, there will be speakers scheduled during part of this time, talking about combining spirituality with activism. |
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4 – 6 p.m. |
Repeat of highly interactive discussion about Electoral Reform platform development and citizen empowerment with Rob Richie, Kevin Zeese, Robert Fitrakis and Jonathan Simon. |
Bagpiping |
2:00 to 3:00 group healing / rejuvenation 3:00 to 4:00 open, silent meditation |
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6 – 7 p.m. |
Sen Mike Gravel repeats highly interactive discussion and Q&A about the National Initiative for Democracy and codifying the means by which the citizens become empowered. |
Bagpiping |
4:00 to 5:00 spiritual chanting |
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7 – 8 p.m. |
Minstrels and poets on stage under the twinkle lights |
Bagpiping |
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8 – 9 p.m. |
Movie -- pre-premier showing of the new movie finished
just this week by award wining producer Dorothy Fadiman, “Stealing America,
Vote by Vote”
Introduced by panelists Rob Fitrakis and Jonathan Simon. Make this your Friday night movie
date….under the stars at |
Bagpiping |
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