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Here is the
information on our student conference that Noam Chomsky will
address.
Please confirm if you are coming to this
conference. The charge for the conference is $15 which includes, food,
housing, info. packets, etc.
If you
need housing, notify us of your housing needs on both Friday and Saturday.
Please bring a sleeping bag. We will try to arrange for beds but you might have
to sleep on a couch or even a floor.
The conference will start on Friday, October 18th, 7pm,
at the Texas AFL-CIO hall, 1106 Lavaca, which is two blocks west of the State
Capitol.
On Saturday, we will start with registration from 8 to
9am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Community Hall, 1206 E. 9th. The community
hall is on the same block as the church but caticorner from it at the corner
of 11th and Navasota, five blocks east of IH 35. The church and community
hall are directly east of downtown Austin, which is on the west side of IH
35.
On Sunday, we will hear Chomsky for the second time at
UT-Austin. We will finish at about 2:30pm.
Jere Locke
Texas Fair Trade
Coalition
(512) 472-1915
Texas Student Conference on
Alternatives to Corporate
Globalization
Texas
Fair Trade Coalition is holding a student conference on
October 18-20, 2002
in Austin, Texas. This will be an opportunity for
students from across
Texas to meet and discuss globalization issues and
learn how to organize on
campus. Distinguished academic and activist Noam
Chomsky will be the
featured speaker. Noam Chomsky will also speak for free
on Sunday, noon at
the UT-Austin. It is first come, first seated at
this
event.
Other speakers at the student conference
include Professor Robert
Jensen of the University of Texas, Lenore Palladino
of United Students
Against Sweatshops, Steve Rendall of Fairness and Accuracy
in
Reporting(FAIR), a panel of experienced activists and
others.
The tentative agenda for the
conference will be as follows:
Friday, October 18 Texas AFL-CIO Bldg, 1106
Lavaca, two blocks west of State Capitol.
7-10pm:
Dr. Robert Jensen, University of Texas - "How mainstream media work
and how
to work with them effectively" Site To Be Determined.
Saturday,
October 19, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Community Hall, 1206 E.
9th, Austin
8 - 9am: Registration
9 - 11am: Choice of
workshops
11am - 12pm: Noam Chomsky
12 - 1:30pm: lunch with
music by folk musician Steve Brooks
1:30 - 3:30pm: Choice of
workshops
3:30 - 4pm: break
4 - 6:30pm: Multiracial panel of
activists/organizers
7pm - Dinner and entertainment
Sunday,
October 20
12pm Noam Chomsky address at University of
Texas