[Peace] Re: [Sdas] Rolling Thunder: Democracy Festival in Chicago June 15

[parenti susan rose]

I'll be there(and maybe Mark Enslin, too) working with Patch Adams, and
will probably go up the day before.

It should be lots of fun(that's the idea)---an old-fashionned tent
meeting, with barbecue and bands and inspiring politics and lots of time
to chat and find out what's happening, in order to make what's happening.

Anyone else coming? IMC, are you there???

On Thu, 30 May 2002, Peter Miller wrote:

> Patch Adams, UNITE, the Ruckus Society, Jim Hightower--sounds like a great
> event to me!
>
> I'll probably head up after my program.  Does anybody want a ride?
>
> -Peter
>
> >Chicago, Illinois - June 15, 2002
> >The event will take place at Union Park at Randolph and Ashland
> >
> >more info at web site http://www.rollingthundertour.org/events/chicago.cfm
> >
> >Yo unionizers and wage earners, hipsters and farmers, activists and artists,
> >stargazers and soccer moms, high-schoolers and life scholars, welders and
> >body-builders, and all the rest of you. mark your calendars now for a
> >festival of democracy coming to Chicago June 15th that you won't wanna miss.
> >
> >The Chicago Rolling Thunder Festival featuring heroes of word, deed and
> >music such as Erykah Badu, Jesse Jackson Jr., Jim Hightower, Patch Adams,
> >spoken word performance impresarios Kuumba Lynx, the soon-to-be-famous Union
> >of Needle Trades, Industrial & Textile Employees (UNITE) gospel choir and
> >many many others, is coming to Chicago to raise the rafters and some hell
> >and we think you should join us.
> >
> >The day-long festival will not only showcase the considerable talents noted
> >above, but will have hard-hitting workshops on issues ranging from
> >genetically modified food to youth decriminalization along with hands-on
> >trainings about how to mobilize a grassroots campaign, how to access and use
> >the media and many other power-building activities.
> >
> >There'll be free organic pepper jack grilled cheese sandwiches from the
> >Organic Valley Magic Farm Friends bus, carnival games like Dunk-A-Lobbyist,
> >free Ben and Jerry's ice cream, the Mother Jones Magazine Hellraiser's Tent
> >for writing to elected officials and corporate schmucks, a vision quest by
> >Patch Adams, a solar-powered sound stage supplied by Greenpeace, and more.
> >
> >This is no froo froo festival, we're serious about our fun and we're serious
> >about making a difference in the world.
> >
> >SOO, get your behinds to Union Park, Saturday June 15th and be ready to
> >agitate your booty and your mind.
> >
> >See you on the 15th!!
> >
> >Do you want to be a volunteer?
> >We're serious about needing your help to make this event a success - we need
> >all y'all to volunteer some time to help create and post flyers, call media
> >contacts, alert your lists, phone bank, do graphic design, submit a proposal
> >to do a workshop, sell tickets, etc. (check the volunteer listing of
> >subcommittees for more details on ways in which you can lend a hand!)
> >
> >If you'd like to volunteer or want to help from out of town, please contact
> >Lily Jimenez, 312-738-6143, education16 at juno.com
> >
> >For more information
> >Contact:
> >Darci Andresen
> >312-738-6123
> >darci at rollingthundertour.org
> >
> >A few of the Organizers:
> >United Food and Commercial Workers
> >Communications Workers of America
> >Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO
> >Farm Labor Organizing Committee
> >Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
> >National Coalition for the Homeless
> >Ruckus Society
> >Alliance for Democracy
> >Center for Voting and Democracy
>
>
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