{news} (First Annual) Democracy & Education Conference @ University of Connecticut, Storrs, April Fools Weekend, 2006

[Green Party-CT]

Sheila Herbert <sile.herbert at snet.net> wrote:  To: Sheila Herbert <sile.herbert at snet.net>
From: Sheila Herbert <sile.herbert at snet.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:01:51 -0500
Subject: [nlgreens] (First Annual) Democracy & Education Conference @ University of Connecticut, Storrs, April Fools Weekend, 2006

   ......from Len Krimerman
  

    The UCONN Free Press gang, aka Progressive Student Alliance, aka Sweatshop Free UCONN, etc. has planned an amazing April Fool’s Weekend Festival– to which EVERYONE is invited. There is no charge to attend, and some meals will be provided on both days. The very full, maybe overfull, schedule is provided below, and more details about the presenters, location, etc., are to be found on our web site:
   http:/democracy.uconn.edu/.
  

  (First Annual) Democracy & Education Conference @ University of Connecticut, Storrs, April Fools Weekend, 2006
  

  

  Democracy and Education is a two-day conference at the University of Connecticut.  The conference, located in the Arjona building, will begin at 9:30 AM on Saturday, April 1st and continue through Sunday evening. The event will consist of panel discussions, workshops, and talks on an array of diverse topics including the Myth of the Liberal Campus, Independent Media, Making Universities Democratic, Alternative Mental Health, Drawing Resistance, Free Schools, Study Circles, and more.  Attendees will also have an opportunity to participate in informal discussions and organizing sessions with student and community activists from the northeast. The event will be completely free.  
   
  Speakers include: award-winning author of “Democracy for the Few,” Michael Parenti; author and former leader of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown; political activist with extensive experience democratizing education, Ben Manski; and the Hip-Hop Caucus. Additional speakers include: Nicholas Lampert, an artist and writer of critical social commentary, artist and activist, Josh MacPhee of Drawing Resistance, community organizer and study circle specialist, Carolyn Abdullah of the Study Circle Resources Center, human rights and alternative mental health activists from the Freedom Center, Mary Bombardier and Kiara Nagel, of Hampshire’s Community Partnerships for Social Change, Rahula Today, the Hartford Indy-Media Center, and more.
   
  Saturday evening will feature a musical performance by the Dublin-based Ben Kritikos Band.  On Sunday night, attendees will enjoy a free performance by politically charged folk musician David Rovics and several members of Riot Folk.
   
  Democracy and Education is sponsored by the UConn Free Press, the Progressive Student Alliance, Bring Coca-Cola to Justice, SOULMASS, WHUS, Undergraduate Student Government, and others. 
   
  For more information please visit: http://democracy.uconn.edu
  

  Saturday, April 1

9:30 - 10:00
    €     Registration / Opening

10:00 - 11:00 WORKSHOPS
    €     "Resisting Corporate Psychiatry"
Presented by the Freedom Center
   €     "Know Your Rights for Activists"
Presented by the National Lawyers' Guild
   €     "Another Movement is Possible: Affinity Groups and Direct Action"
Presented by the CLASH collective
   €     "Power Analysis and Action Planning"
  Presented by the Rahula Today
     €     Title TBA
  Presented by the Nicholas Lampert and Josh MacPhee
     €     Title TBA
Presented by the Hip Hop Caucus
   €     Albany Free School DVD
Presented by the Albany Free School

11:15 - 12:45 FREE SCHOOLS PANEL
    €     Albany Free School
    €     Randolph School
    €     Others?

1:00 - 2:00 LUNCH

2:15-3:15 INDEPENDENT MEDIA PANEL
    €     Hartford Independent Media Center
     €     Miriam Kurland, Northeast Media Coalition
    €     UConn Free Press
  
3:30-4:30 WORKSHOPS
    €     "Resisting Corporate Psychiatry"
Presented by the Freedom Center
   €     "Know Your Rights for Activists"
Presented by the National Lawyers' Guild
   €     "Another Movement is Possible: Affinity Groups and Direct Action"
Presented by the CLASH collective
   €     "Power Analysis and Action Planning"
  Presented by the Rahula Today
     €     Radical Art Movements
  Presented by the Nicholas Lampert and Josh MacPhee
     €     Title TBA
Presented by the Hip Hop Caucus
   €     Albany Free School DVD
Presented by the Albany Free School

4:45 - 6:15 LECTURE
    €     "The Myth of the Liberal Campus"
  a talk by Michael Parenti
  
6:30 - 7:45 DINNER

8:00 - 9:00 DANCE
     €     Latin Dance Lesson, by Luci Fernandes
  

  9:00 - Midnight MUSIC
    €     Benjamin Kritikos Band
  
Sunday, April 2

9:30 - 10:30 WORKSHOPS
    €     "Reading Between the Lines: Critical Media Literacy in the Classroom"
Presented by the Hartford Independent Media Center
   €     "NLG Legal Observer Training"
Presented by the National Lawyers' Guild
   €     "Education Through Musical Activism"
  Presented by the Ben Kritikos Band
     €     "Diary of A Student Revolution"
  A film about a student uprising at UConn
     €     Title TBA
Presented by United Students Against Sweatshops
   €     "Resisting Corporate Psychiatry"
Presented by the Freedom Center

10:45 - 12:00 MAKING UNIVERSITIES DEMOCRATIC PANEL
     €     Len Krimerman
    €     Mary Bombardier and Kiara Nagel
  Hampshire Community Partnerships for Social Change
   €     Carolyn Abdullah
  Study Circle Resource Center 
  
12:15 - 1:00 LUNCH

1:15 - 2:30 LECTURE
     €     "Higher Education and the Democracy Movement The Public University in an Age of Corporatization"
a talk by Ben Manski
  
2:45 - 3:45 WORKSHOPS
    €     "Reading Between the Lines: Critical Media Literacy in the Classroom"
Presented by the Hartford Independent Media Center
   €     "Education Through Musical Activism"
  Presented by the Ben Kritikos Band
     €     "Diary of A Student Revolution"
  A film about a student uprising at UConn
     €     Title TBA
Presented by United Students Against Sweatshops
   €     "Resisting Corporate Psychiatry"
Presented by the Freedom Center

3:45 - 4:15 BREAK/SNACK

4:15 - 5:30 LECTURE
    €     Title TBA, a talk by Elaine Brown (former Black Panther leader)

5:45 - 6:45 DISCUSSIONS

7:00 - 8:00 DINNER

8:00 -  MUSIC
     €     David Rovics
     €     Riot Folk
  

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