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Free Democracy Summit (April 13-15)

This weekend (April 13-15) is the 4th annual Free Democracy Summit - a weekend of art, education, and inspiration. It has been put on by students from the MPIRG (Minnesota Public Interest Research Group) chapter of UMD for the past four years, focusing on homelessness and housing, environmental issues, trade policies, discrimination, and much more through panel discussions, music, workshops, activities, and community gathering! I posted a schedule of what will be happening during the course of the weekend. It is a really great way to connect with people on the issues that really do affect all of us. The whole weekend is free, Becky Lourey will be speaking, and we have some great Native American music and art events happening Friday night. Check it out!

www.freedemocracysummit.org

Friday, April 13th

American Indian Arts and Music Festival-Mitchell Auditorium College of St. Scholastica Mitchell Auditorium

• 3:00pm-9:00pm Art showing and tabling-Mitchell Foyer
• 3:30pm Anishinaabe Youth Chorus-Mitchell Auditorium
• 5:00pm-6:00pm Feast-Mitchell Foyer
• 6:00pm-Stage Show-Mitchell Auditorium
1. Women’s Hand Drum Group
2. Indian Electric featuring Pat Vegas from Redbone
3. John Trudell and Quiltman

RT Quinlan’s Show-10:00pm
Crew Jones
Freak the Lick
Sacred Soil
White or wheat

Saturday, April 14th

Free Democracy Summit Panel Discussions-Harbor City International School

• 9:30am-11:00am-Panel Session 1
Global Warming Solutions
Exporting Capitalism: Understanding the WTO, IMF, World Bank and NAFTA
Housing, Healthcare and Moving your Way out of Poverty

• 11:15am-12:45pm-Panel Session 2
Global Labor Movement
Student Housing in Duluth
The Bottom Line of the Meat Industry
Capitalism and the Commons

•12:45-1:30pm-Lunch

•1:30pm-3:00pm-Panel Session 3
The Fair Trade Movement
Discrimination, Gentrification and Housing
Media in America
The Proposed Polymet Mine
The Department of Peace

•Open Mic Stage, April 14, 2nd Floor Harbor City International School
Organized by Harbor City High School students & Art of Peace.
There will be a sign up sheet on the day for those who'd like to perform

•Art Exhibit, April 14, Harbor City School, displayed throughout building
Organized by Free Democracy Summit. Contact

•Community footprints banner, April 14, on-going, Skywalk at Harbor City
School, 2nd Fl.
Add your footprint and/or a word or phrase which represents the way in which
you make small or big steps on the path to peace to a large community
banner. Be inspired by messages passed down through the generations, and be
entertained by the antics of a band of "peace clowns." Contact: Art of Peace

•Community labrynth, April 14, on-going, location TBA.
Find a rock you can easily hold and carry, not too small, not to big. Paint
it on your own sometime before the event or bring it on Saturday to paint.
Paint a word/s, symbol/s, or image/s that you see as a "stepping stone" to
peace. The rocks will be arranged on Saturday to create a labrynth. Contact:
Art of Peace.

•Evening performance, April 14, 7pm, location TBA
Organized by Art of Peace and Harbor City International School students.
Planning still underway. Contact: Art of Peace

Trampled By Turtles-10:00pm Pizza Luce

Sunday, April 15th

Harbor City International School

• 10:00am-11:00am-Interfaith Service-Interfaith Church
• 11:00am-11:30am-Sarah Thomsen Sing Along
• 11:30am-1:00pm- the People’s Brunch with Becky Lourey
• 1:00pm-2:00pm
Non-Violent Direct Action
Worm Composting
Arguments for Activists
An effective Letter Writing Campaign
Organic Cooking on a low income budget

Comments

In honor of the 4th annual free democracy summit (or peace) I am, in addition to attending the festivities, petitioning the city council for the immediate and unreserved erasure of all contributing factors to human behavior. I figure, fuck it, let's just nip this thing in the bud, shall we? The promise of a pristine future shouldn't have to wait on something as trivial as evolution, or reason.


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