radman says:
presenters familiar to the list include Dolores Huerta, Medea Benjamin
among others...
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>From: "Wheaton, Sue" <Sue.Wheaton@juno.com>
>Subject: AfD Convention Program; Early-Bird Extention to June 30
>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:40:11 -0400
>
>Early-bird Alliance convention registration deadline extended to June 30 B
>register now and save
>
>To all Alliance members, chapter contacts and friends of the Alliance:
>
>The Alliance for Democracy's Fourth National Convention, the Power to the
>People Convention at the University of California at Davis on July 12-16,
>promises to be a milestone in bringing together people and organizations on
>the forefront of the growing populist movement, which is gaining strength
>all over the country. Take a look at the planned program B you won't want to
>miss what promises to be an historic meeting.
>
>We have just extended the early-bird registration deadline to June 30. Use
>the registraton form posted earlier on e-mail (also on the Alliance web
>site: <thealliancefordemocracy.org> and come to Davis B you'll be glad you
>did. For a registration form by fax or e-mail, call or e-mail Stephanie at
>the AfD office: 781-894-1179; <peoplesall@aol.com>.
>
>The Convention Planning Committee
>
>Alliance for Democracy Convention 2000
>Power to the People
>University of California at Davis, July 12-16, 2000
>
>Preliminary Schedule
>
>Wednesday, July 12 (pm)
>1 pm National AfD Council Meeting B Tercero West in Tercero Main
>Building
>5 pm Dinner B Tercero Dining Room
>7 pm Registration, socializing, videos (Seattle and other)
>
>Thursday, July 13
>9 am Opening Plenary - Social Science 1100
> Introductions, welcome from Davis Mayor Ken Wagstaff and
>Warren Roberts, Director, University Arboretum, chapter/state roll call,
>introductions, convention overview, adoption of rules and agenda, National
>Coordinator' report, Nominating Committee report, Co-Chairs' report
>11:30 am Lunch and free time; committee, group meetings
>1 pm Campaign Finance Reform - Social Science 1100
> Moderator: Jo Seidita, Co-Chair AFD Campaign and California
>Clean Money Campaign
> Introduction of Doris (Granny D) Haddock
> Randy Kehler, Peace Activist
> Ellen Miller, President, Public Campaign
> Rick Reinert, Small Business Victim of Campaign Corruption
>2:45 pm Workshops
> Survey of Nationwide Local Initiatives - Paul Cienfuegos,
> Director, Citizens Concerned About Corporations, Arcata, CA, AfD member,
>and others (runs to 5:00 pm)
> CFR - Democracy Brigades/The Role of CD B Randy Kehler; Nick
> Penniman, AfD National Ronnie Dugger, AfD Founder
> CFR - Clean Money/Clean Elections - Jo Seidita, Ellen
> Miller, Ronnie Dugger
> Fair Trade/Sustainable City - Nancy Price, AfD Co
> Vice-Chair, Davis, CA Alliance
> Media - "In the Can": Making Videos for Community TV@ - Suzi
> Aufderheide, TV Producer; Wes Brain, Alliance for Sustainable Jobs
>and the Economy (ASJE)
> Media - "On the Air": Community Radio, Jim Tarbell and Tom
> Wodetzki, AfD members
> Voting Reform Now - Caleb Kleppner, Center for Voting and
> Democracy
>3:45 pm - Break
>4 pm Above-listed CFR, Fair Trade, Media and Voting Reform workshops
>repeated
>5 B 7 pm Dinner and free time/committee meetings
>7 pm Public Forum B Chemistry 194
> Moderator: Garret Whitney, AfD Co-Vice Chair
> Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange: APeople's Globalization vs.
> Elite Globalization"
> Doris AGranny D@ Haddock AReclaiming Our Democracy@
> Gene Nichol, Dean, University of North Carolina Law School ,
> AA People's Constitution: A Constitution Worthy of the Human
> Race"
>
> Reception following B Entertainment by singer Diane
> Patterson
>
>Friday, July 14
>8:30 am Transforming the Corporation B Social Science 1100
> Moderator: Ronnie Dugger, Campaign Chair
> Bob Benson, Loyola University and National Lawyers Guild:
> Productive Forms in Society Without Giant Corporations"
> Ralph Estes, Founder, Stakeholders' Alliance, Washington, DC
> "Corporate Accountability: An Indispensable Tool for Economic Democracy"
> Steve Russell, Professor Political Science, University of
> Texas, San Antonio and Chair, Texas Native American Bar
> Association
> "An Agenda for Taming the Transnational Corporation"
>10:15 Break
>10:30 Workshops
> Transforming the Corporation: Corporate Personhood and What
> Should We Do About Giant Corporations? David Cobb, Secretary,Texas
>Green Party
> Transforming the Corporation: Corporate Personhood and the
> Point Arena, CA Local Initiative, AfD member Jan Edwards and others
> Transforming the Corporation:Taming the Transnational
> Corporation, Steve Russell
> Transforming the Corporation: Corporate Accountability: An
> Indispensable Tool for Economic Democracy, Ralph Estes
>
>Note: Karen Coulter, Program on Corporations, Law and
>Democracy Collective (POCLAD), will conduct another Transforming the
>Corporation workshop on Saturday.
>Noon Lunch and free time/committee meetings
> FOOD SAFETY/FOOD SECURITY, Working Lunch - Tercero West
> Ben Kjelshus and William Heffernan
>1:30 pm Business plenary B Social Science 1100
> Nominations for council and candidate speeches
> Resolutions, including proposed actions
>3 pm Break
>3:15 pm The University Student Movement B Where is it now? How can we
> support it?
> Margareta Lelea, University of Californiai at Davis, and
> other student (to be determined)
>4 pm Resolutions, proposed actions, continued
>5:30 pm Dinner and free time/committee meetings
>7 pm Public Forum: Bringing the Peoples' Movement
> Jim Wallis, Sojourners Community: AWhat Does A Faith
>Perspective Bring To the Movement?@
> Dolores Huerta, United Farmworkers
> Medea Benjamin, Founder, Global Exchange (Ms. Benjamin's
> presentation does not represent AfD endorsement of her candidacy
>for the
> U.S. Senate.)
>
>SATURDAY, JULY 15
> 8:30 am Corporate Globalization Campaign - Social Science 1100
> Corporate Globalization/Gutting GATS
> Overview of General Agreement on Trades and Services (GATS)
> and Privatization
> Ruth Caplan, Campaign Co-Chair, Moderator
> Kim Diehl, Institute for Southern Studies
> Marie McLean, Water Researcher
> Bill Rukeyser, Center for Commercial Free Education
> Sally Soriano, Washington State Campaign for Single Payer
> Healthcare
>10:30 am Positive Visions: Alternatives To Corporation Globalization:
> Common Agreement on Investment & Society (CAIS) - Dave Lewit,
> Campaign Co-Chair
> (Corporate Globalization Campaign workshops will be held in
>the afternoon, with others)
>
>11:45 am Lunch and free time/committee meetings/recreation
>
> Health Care Action Group, Working Lunch with Dr. Quentin
> Young - Tercero West
>1 pm Plenary: Health Care Action Social Science 1100
> Dr. Quentin Young, National Director, Physicians for a
> National Health Plan
>2 pm Break
>2:15 pm Concurrent Workshops
> Independent Allies in Education and Action: Diversity in
>Coalition Building -- The Sacramento Valley Progressive Coalition as Model
>(runs to 4:30)
> Arline Prigoff, Sacramento Alliance, Moderator
> Alaina Fasano - student activist and community
> organizer, Del Paso Heights
> Emanuel Gale - Professor of Gerontology and Social
> Work at California State University, Sacramento, health activist
>and founder of the Sacramento Valley Progressive Agenda
> Ruth Holbrook - Sacramento Central Labor Council and
> Living Wage Campaign
> Faye Kennedy - Child Care and Peace Action advocate and activist
> Carl Pinkston - Sacramento leader, Black Radical
> Congress and "Campaign vs.
> Police Racial Profiling: Driving While Black and Brown"
> Eric Vega - Faculty, Ethnic Studies Dept, California State
> University,
> organizer of Sacramento Activist Summer School
> and "Campaign vs. Police Racial Profiling: Driving While Black
> and Brown"
> Representative- Zapatista Solidarity Coalition of Sacramento
> Representative- Committee for Education & Outreach
> on Economic Globalization,Sacramento Valley Progressive Agenda
>
> Transforming the Corporation: Concepts of Property and the
> Rise of Corporate Power, Karen Coulter, Program on Corporations,
>Law and Democracy Collective (POCLAD (runs to to 4:30)
>
> Time's Up - Can Democracy Survive Our Ecological
> Environment?, Garret Whitney and Kati Winchell, members of the
>Northbridge, MA Alliance (runs to 4:30)
>
> Corporate Globalization - Privatization of Prisons, Kim Diehl
> Corporate Globalization - Privatization of Water, Marie McLean
> Corporate Globalization - Privatization of Health, Sally Soriano
> Corporate Globalization - Privatization of Education, Bill Rukeyser
>3:15 Break
>3:30 pm - Workshops: two-hour workshops continue; workshops on
> Corporate Globalization repeated
>4:45 pm Regional Caucuses - Tercero Dorm Complex
>7:00 pm PARTY! Barbecue, Entertainment and Dancing - Putah Crk Lodge
>
>SUNDAY - July 16, 2000
>
>9:00 am Plenary Social Sciences 1100
> Ron Daniels, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional
> Rights, Bringing the Larger Movement Together
>
>10 am Other AfD business, announcements, next steps
>Noon Convention adjourns
>1 - 3 pm Council meeting
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