[Peace-discuss] performers for Zinn's "The People Speak" / who will you be? / flier attached

[Karen Medina]

We need performers for Zinn’s "The People Speak" 

Who Will You Be? 

On March 11, 2008 a group from Champaign Urbana will video record Howard Zinn’s book "The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known"  to be played on UPTV, Urbana’s public access television channel 6. 

The readings are relatively short and can be read in 2-4 minutes.

We are looking for volunteers who are free and interested in reading the excerpts on the evening of March 11th.  We have the Urbana City Council Chambers reserved from 6:00-9:00 pm. We tentatively are thinking of having a quick practice read through followed by the actual reading and recording.   

Google Zinn's book to see which historical figures are included. The chapters are:   
Columbus and Las Casas 
Shay's Rebellion 
Lowell Mill Girl 
Indian Removal 
Women's Declaration of Rights 
Frederick Douglass 
John Brown and Frederick Douglass 
Henry Turner 
Mark Twain 
IWW and Lawrence Strike 
Mother Jones 
Emma Goldman 
Helen Keller 
Eugene Debs 
The Harlem Renaissance 
Sit-Down Strike at Flint 
Catch-22 
HUAC Interrogation 
Fannie Lou Hamer 
Malcolm X 
Vietnam 
The Women's Movement 
Chicanos and Vietnam 
Gulf War Resister 
Poverty in Our Time 
Post-September 11: Families for Peaceful Tomorrows 

We need a number of people willing to do a reading.  To be successful and provide a variety of voices we would like to have at least 8-10 different people assist with the readings. 

If you are interested in helping by doing a reading, please email Durl Kruse jandurl at insightbb.com ASAP.  If you have a particular historical figure in Zinn's book you would like to read, please list that also.  It should be a fun, entertaining and educational evening.
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