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JULY 2008 EVENTS * July 17-20. Austin, TX. Netroots Nation
Inspiring social justice and environmental activist (and YES! contributing editor) Van Jones is scheduled to give the Sunday morning keynote on eco-equality at this annual gathering, now in its third year. The weekend conference will include panels led by national and international experts; identity-, issue- and regional-based caucuses; prominent issue- and policy-oriented speakers; and a progressive film screening series. Come exchange ideas, hear other progressive voices, and learn how to effectively influence the public debate, strengthen community, inspire action, and affect change.
www.netrootsnation.org
* July 17-23. Oakland, CA. Sophia Summer Institute & Retreat
This year's summer retreat, "A Gathering to Celebrate Thomas Berry's Work," offers an ideal introduction to the curriculum and work of the Sophia Center. At each Summer Institute distinguished spiritual teachers gather to explore the reclaiming of spirituality. This year, join Brian Swimme, Jim Conlon, Drew Delllinger, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Bernadette Bostwick, among others.
www.hnu.edu/sophia
* July 18-20. Washington, DC. Peace Action 50th Anniversary National Congress
A weekend of workshops, action days, and networking opportunities aimed toward building the power of the peace movement, organizing to end the war in Iraq, stopping a war on Iran, and promoting nuclear disarmament. Through skill building, action-oriented workshops, learn how to work with unlikely allies, how to take non-violent direct action, or how to run a successful media campaign. Additional workshops will address the Iraq war, the militarization of schools, US-Iran relations, voter mobilization, and ways to move the candidates with hard facts and logic in order to affect government policy in 2008. With scheduled speakers Jeremy Scahill, Raed Jarrar, Trita Parsi, Antonia Juhasz, and Max Kempelman.
www.peace-action.org
* July 28-31. Las Vegas, NV. The State of Hip Hop. The pre-convention for the National Hip Hop Political Convention happening August 1-3. Don't miss out on: a Hip Hop Academics Symposium; a day long B-Boy B-Girl summit; a dance battle exhibiting locking, popping, krumping, and hyphy style; discussions, panels, and workshops around achieving independence from corporate monopolization and exploitation of hip hop culture; an exploration of the difference between vandalism and graffiti art; and much more! Featuring two film festivals: the “International Hip Hop” Film Festival, and the “Shame on America” Film Festival. Daily celebrations of art, music, and culture with DJs, magicians, and live graffiti art, all in downtown Las Vegas. www.nhhpc.org/08/highlights.html
AUGUST 2008 EVENTS
* August 1-3. Las Vegas, NV. 2008 National Hip Hop Political Convention: Seizing the Time for a Better Tomorrow.
Thousands of activists, organizers, students, journalists, scholars, artists, concerned citizens, and leaders young and old will caucus, propose direction, and debate the implementation of a National Political Agenda. NHHPC celebrates and energizes the national work of the Hip Hop political community, bringing people together to share, support, and develop successful leadership strategies for community empowerment, while also raising funds and awareness to support a local and national infrastructure, coordinating the interaction of the diverse and powerful groups and individuals doing critical work across the country. With myriad discussion topics including “The Prison Industrial Complex,” “Human Rights vs. Civil Rights,” “Universal Healthcare,” “Media Justice vs. Corporate Consolidation,” “Racial Justice and Urban Rebellions,” “Gentrification and the Changing Demographics in Our Communities,” and more. Confirmed Guests and Speakers include Byron Hurt, Asheru, Rev. Lenox Yearwood, Haiku D’Tat, The Welfare Poets, and more TBA.
www.nhhpc.org/convention.html
* August 1-3. Portland, OR. Community Strategic Training Initiative
CSTI is three full days of intensive training and networking for those organizing for justice in the West. Topics include community organizing, organizational management, immigrant rights, racial justice, voter organizing, reproductive justice, and gender justice.
www.westernstatescenter.org
* August 29-September 1. San Francisco, CA. Slow Food Nation
Bringing individuals and grassroots organizations into a new, united activism that changes the way America produces food. And the way Americans eat. Through national and international speakers, a marketplace of the best sustainable foods, taste workshops, a film festival, special installations on salmon, honey and corn, a sustainable fish barge, a demonstration school garden and world food stands, this event will illuminate the relationship of food to the environment, public health, social justice and culture.
www.slowfoodnation.org
SEPTEMBER 2008 EVENTS
* September 22-24. Raleigh, NC. Politics of Food Conference
How can we
promote a food system that is environmentally sustainable, socially
just, and economically viable? This national conference will engage
participants in a challenging exploration of the American food system,
drawing on perspectives from farmers, businesses, academics, activists,
government officials and artists. Workshops, plenary sessions and open
dialogue will focus on financing sustainable food systems, the impact
of organic agriculture, domestic fair trade, climate change, industrial
pollution, public health risks, the global food crisis, and more.
www.elpnet.org * September 26-28. Charlotte, NC. Saving Our Kids, Healing Our Planet
Learn how to raise healthy children in a toxic world at an event designed for parents, teachers, pediatricians, therapists and kids. 150 exhibits will showcase healthy household products, green builders and landscapers, organic foods and clothing, safer vitamins and vaccine schedules, and natural approaches to boosting the immune system. Yoga for kids, plus demonstrations on recycling, composting, and juicing. For families: practical ways to green an existing home, and how to grow and prepare organic foods.
www.sokhop.com
OCTOBER 2008 EVENTS
* October 3-5. Austin, TX. National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation.
Highly participatory, high-energy plenary sessions and quality workshops at this vital bi-annual conference encourage dialogue and deliberation on the key issues and challenges of initiating successful Dialogue & Deliberation. How can we have an impact on the discussions taking place around us? How can we motivate ourselves and others to engage regularly in lively, thoughtful, and challenging conversations about the things that matter most? In plenary sessions David Campt, Bill Isaacs, Frances Moore Lappé, and Carolyn Lukensmeyer will engage in dialogue about the most challenging issues facing the field; Jim Fishkin will present a documentary about Tomorrow’s Europe; Hans-Peter Meister will discuss the differences between European and American strategies. Spoken word performances Saturday night will provide one of the many examples of how the arts can enhance dialogue. With pre-conference workshops on Racism and White Privilege, Deliberative Democracy and Higher Education, and Managing Difficult Conversations.
www.thataway.org * October 3-5. State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN. Natural Living Festival
The festival will provide a marketplace for natural, sustainable, local, and more earth-friendly products, services and businesses. Learn how to be a more thoughtful consumer. The marketplace will include sections devoted to organic, sustainable and local foods; health, fitness and vitality; natural, healthy kids; recycling; eco-transportation and bio-fuels, natural pet products, natural home and green garden, agri-tourism, and sustainable living.
www.NaturalLivingFestival.com
* October 4-8. Philadelphia, PA and Cherry Hill, NJ. Community Food Security Coalition: Re/Storing our Urban and Rural Communities with Healthy
Food
www.foodsecurity.org * October 17-19. San Rafael, CA. Bioneers
Connect with people and ideas on the forefront of positive change in this three-day networking extravaganza. Discover new opportunities and strategies for creating positive change in your work, life and community. Also featuring organic community dinners, Moving Image Festival screenings, receptions, performances and a Saturday night dance hosted by the Bioneers Youth.
www.bioneers.org
NOVEMBER 2008 EVENTS
* November 8-9. Washington, DC. Green Festival
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op
America, this festival features remarkable speakers, workshops, and the
best in green business and fair trade goods. Past and future speakers
include Medea Benjamin, Deepak Chopra, Amy Goodman, Van Jones, Frances
Moore Lappé, Alice Walker, David Korten, and Dennis Kucinich. Inside
the exhibition you’ll also find an organic food dining area, a fair
trade tea garden, an organic beer and wine garden, live music, and
green films.
www.greenfestivals.org
* November 13-15. Oakland, CA. Facing Race: A National Conference
The presidential election has created a space for dialogue on racial justice in government and the media that has been absent too often on these issues. Cutting across color lines, this conference will gather people from across the country to discuss current issues in the American racial justice movement, from the Jena Six, to the upsurge in hate crimes and fatal police shootings, to the fight for immigrants’ rights. This critical moment in American political culture requires critical mass to provoke change. Explore the innovative strategies and successful models of past racial justice movements that transformed societies. Work to change the rules so that privileges and punishments are not determined by the color of our skin. Prolific novelist, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie will deliver the keynote speech.
www.arc.org * November 14-16. San Francisco, CA. Green Festival
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, this festival features remarkable speakers, workshops, and the best in green business and fair trade goods. Past and future speakers include Medea Benjamin, Deepak Chopra, Amy Goodman, Van Jones, Frances Moore Lappé, Alice Walker, David Korten, and Dennis Kucinich. Inside the exhibition you’ll also find an organic food dining area, a fair trade tea garden, an organic beer and wine garden, live music, and green films.
www.greenfestivals.org
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