[Peace-discuss] Fwd: FCNL (09/26/03): National Conference on Civil Liberties

[Jay Mittenthal]

>Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:52:39 -0400 (EDT)
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>FCNL INFO LINE
>9/26/03
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>FCNL's Senior Analyst on Civil Liberties, Jeanne Herrick-Stare, is a
>member of the steering committee for an exciting national conference.
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>GRASSROOTS AMERICA DEFENDS THE BILL OF RIGHTS
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>October 18-19, 2003
>Silver Spring, MD (outside Washington, DC)
>www.grassroots-america.org
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>Jeanne is *very* enthusiastic about the program, reporting that it
>promises to be an enriching experience for its participants.  You are
>welcome to participate!
>
>Across the country, local grassroots committees have organized passage
>of over 170 community and three state resolutions to protect civil
>liberties in the United States.  Local Bill of Rights Defense Committees
>have grown into an energetic national movement and the Grassroots
>America Defends the Bill of Rights National Conference has been arranged
>to serve that national movement.  The conference's goals include
>broadening and expanding the movement, building on its success, and
>developing strategies and goals for the future.  This conference will be
>interactive, with not only substantive panel presentations, but also
>participatory brainstorming and mutual teaching and problem-solving.
>Please visit www.grassroots-america.org for more details about the
>conference program and to register.
>
>Confirmed speakers and panelists include Laura Murphy, Damon Moglen, and
>Tim Edgar (ACLU), Ralph Neas (People for the American Way), Nancy Chang
>(Center for Constitutional Rights), Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax
>Reform), Mahdi Bray (Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation), Kit
>Gage (National Coalition for Political Freedom), Hilary Shelton (NAACP),
>Wade Henderson (Leadership Conference on Civil Rights), Chellie Pingree
>(Common Cause), Jeanne Herrick-Stare and Joe Volk (Friends Committee on
>National Legislation), Actor Alec Baldwin, Lynne Bradley and Patrice
>McDermott (American Library Association), James X. Dempsey (Center for
>Democracy and Technology), David Sobel (Electronic Privacy Information
>Center), Nancy Talanian, Martha Nathan, and Irvine Sobelman (BORDC),
>David Meserve (Arcata, CA, City Councilor), Hope Marston (Lane County
>BORDC) and many, many grassroots activists who have made this a
>movement!
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>To make this conference as affordable as possible, its planners have
>relied on volunteer organizers, unpaid speakers, and endorsements.
>Registration of $150 covers attendance, the conference book, one
>breakfast and two lunches.
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>Following the conference's two days of tactical and strategic policy
>workshops, there will be a people's advocacy day (Monday, Oct. 20) on
>Capitol Hill, during which conferees may arrange to meet with their
>congressional delegations.
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