DATE:  September 9, 2006

Festival of workshops, trainings, entertainment, funded by Democracy Rising.
Location: On Mall between 3 and 7 Streets.

AREA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time:

MAIN TENT

#1

TENT # 2

End War: Peace,violence, accountability, and impeachment

TENT #3

Human Rights: Civil Rights, Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights, Women's Rights, Voting Rights, Katrina

TENT #4

End Corporate Welfare, Meet Human Needs: Healthcare/ Energy/ Education/ Environment

Tent #5

Communications and Creativity: Hands-on Media and Arts Training

OUTDOOR AREAS

Domed Meditation Tent

FIRST LOOK

8-10 am—

INFORMAL

PARTICIPATORY

WARMUP ACTIVITIES

  Marylee Hardenbergh: Preparation for Movement Choir

 

 

 

SET UP SOUND

 

open, silent meditation

10:30-noon

 

MORNING WORKSHOPS

Workshop by Antonia Juhasz, author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time."

 Stephen Zunes:

* The United States and Iran:  How We Can Stop the Next War

 

Simin Royanian

 Carlos

Arredondo

Gold Star Father

Dad On Fire

Recruitment and

Immigrants

 

Mike Stark

Giving it to the RightWing

Blog Research

Op-ed research

 

Dick Bell and others

Banner-making workshop by the Backbone Campaign.

 

spiritual chanting from 10 to 11 a.m.

LUNCH

 HOUR

ACTIVITIES

Noon-1:30—

MAY INVOLVE

 FOOD AND

TALK

 

Swami

Beyondananda

 

Comedy for Lunch

 Rob Kall:  Tapping the Power of Stories

 

  Bruce K. Gagnon
  
 "The Necessity of Converting the Military Industrial Complex"

 

Noon – 3 p.m.
Political songwriting workshop
; how songs get inspired by events, and how they hone their songs for effective communication. Moderators: Graham and Barbara Dean, performers themselves, and hosts of Common Sense Songs on WBCR, Berkshire Public Radio; participants:
Graham and Barbara Dean (moderators) http://www.commonsensesongs.com

Wishing Chair http://www.wishingchair.com

Greg Greenway http://www.greggreenway.com

Nick Annis http://www.nickannis.com

Janet Bates http://www.janetbates.com

Mike Boyd

http://www.singboy.com

 

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.

SIESTA (Quiet)

1:30-3:00

Contemplative

small group or

 individual time

 

2-4 Ray

McGovern:

Karen Kwiatowski

Whistleblowing 101

Stephen Zunes 

• How Anti-Jewish and Anti-Arab Bigotry in the West Undermine Middle East Peace

Diane Perlman 

"Conflcit transfromation and reducing terrorism"

 Halliburton Watch

And others

war profiteers

 

 

 

2:00 to 3:00 group healing / rejuvenation

 

3:00 to 4:00 open, silent meditation

AFTERNOON

 ACTION

3-5

Restoring the Rule of Law

Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher

www.warcrimeswatch.org

Bill Moyer

"From Opposition to Proposition: Crystallizing a Progressive Movement for 2008 and Beyond"

 Glen Ford.

TheBlack

Commentator.com

 Stirling Newberry
 
 

PODCASTING,

VIDEOCASTING MisoTunks, Moab Utah

Gillian Farrell:

 making videos,

Shorts

and multi-camera hour length shows

 

 

4:00 to 5:00 spiritual chanting

FREESTYLE—

GO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO

5-7

 

Larry Beinhart

New Politics: Liberal & Conservativism are Dead

 

 

 

 Robert Kall:  THE ACTIVIST’S HEROES JOURNEY

 

 

EVENING

AT THE

CIRCLE OR STAGE

7-10 pm

VotersForPeace.org will show the excellent film “Why We Fight” on the military industrial complex and discuss ways to come together as a bloc of peace voters to effectively challenge our pro-war Congress