From: Kyle Browning (hooligan@ku.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 13:01:33 EDT
Register online now for the
CAMPUS GREENS 2002 ANNUAL CONVENTION & SUPER RALLY!
August 8-11, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Be a part of the fastest growing progressive student organization in the country! The second annual Campus Greens Convention will be held August 8-11 at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Students, educators and concerned citizens from all over the nation are coming together to organize and build a movement for radical democracy and social justice. We invite you to join us for what promises to be an important and inspirational weekend.
The convention will consist of a main plenary meeting, educational workshops, panel discussions, massive Super Rally and lots more!
The many skills and issues workshops that the convention will feature include sessions on electoral organizing, media strategies, fundraising, peace/anti-war organizing, sustainable agriculture, corporatization of education, the global justice movement, Greens and Labor, challenging oppression, art and activism and much more. Confirmed speakers for workshops and panel discussions include:
* ACORN
* Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange
* Devin Burghart, Center for New Community
* The Coalition of Immokalee Workers
* Becky Crooker, National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
* Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange
* Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco City Council
* Jon "maddog" Hall, Linux International
* Ira Harritt, American Friends Service Committee
* Wes Jackson, The Land Institute
* Dan Johnson-Weinberger, Center for Voting and Democracy
* Rahul Mahajan, author, peace activist, Green Party candidate for Governor of Texas
* Danny Muller, Voices in the Wilderness
* Mike Oxford, ADAPT/Access Living
* Rainforest Action Network
* Jason Schreiner, Kansas Rural Center
* Melissa Schweisguth, Global Exchange
* Julia Stewart & Michael Menifee, AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
* Dan Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University
** check out the full agenda on-line at www.campusgreens.org **
The Campus Greens 2002 Super Rally will be held on the evening of Friday, August 9. This year's rally is themed "Justice Across Generations" and will bring together experienced leaders of important social justice movements with those who are carrying their work into a new generation. Confirmed speakers for this year's rally include:
* Dr. C.T. Vivian, Legendary Civil Rights Leader & member of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Executive Staff
* Vernon Bellecourt, Co-Founder of the American Indian Movement
* Michael Bronski, Author and Leader of the Gay Liberation Movement
* Iris Dement, Celebrated Country-Folk Musician
Invited speakers/performers include Ralph Nader, Winona LaDuke, Ani DiFranco, Jeff Tweedy and Blackalicious!
More rally performers and speakers are being confirmed daily! Watch the Campus Greens website at www.campusgreens.org for details.
IT SOUNDS GREAT! HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Don't miss the activist event of the summer! Register on-line now at http://www.campusgreens.org
Free Housing is also currently available, but it's going fast on a first come-first serve basis so register today!
HOW DO I LEARN MORE?
Check out our convention site at http://www.campusgreens.org or please call
(785) 864-2487 or email convention@campusgreens.org
WHAT IS CAMPUS GREENS?
Campus Greens is a national student-based, non-profit organization
dedicated to building a broad-based movement for radical democracy on
America's high school and college campuses. We work in solidarity with the
Ten Key Values of the Green Party and have membership from all sectors of
the campus community and all levels of education. We provide our members
with the support and resources they need to become effective agents of
social change, empowering them to overcome our world's gravest problems and
build a society based on grassroots democracy, ecological wisdom, social
justice, and non-violence.
Campus Greens has emerged as the nation's fastest growing progressive
organization skyrocketing from 15-150 chapters in only a year! To learn
how to start a Campus Greens chapter at your school, go to
http://www.campusgreens.org
WHERE IS LAWRENCE, KANSAS?
Lawrence is located on the Kaw (Kansas) River, about 40 miles west of
Kansas City, near the geographical center of the country. Two universities
are located within the city - the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian
Nations University. The Campus Greens Convention will take place on the
University of Kansas campus, within easy walking distance of Lawrence's
exciting and diverse downtown. For more information on the city of
Lawrence visit: http://www.larryville.com or http://www.lawrence.com. For
more information on the KU Greens visit: http://www.ku.edu/~kugreens.
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