Title:
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"Who Got Glitched?" - Teach-In and Symposium on El
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START DATE:
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2/27/2005
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START TIME:
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2:00 PM
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Duration:
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4 Hours
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Location:
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downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
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Location Details:
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The Church at Ocean Park, 2nd & Hill, Santa Monica
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Event Topic:
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election
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Event Type:
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presentation
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Contact Name:
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Sheri Myers
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Contact Email:
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sheri@citizensact.org
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Contact Phone:
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DESCRIPTION:
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*Sunday 2/27 "Who Got Glitched?" Teach-In 2:00 - 5:30 Teach-In and Symposium on Election Reform
Keynote Speaker: Rep. Maxine Waters
Program Moderator: Ian Masters -KPFK, "Background Briefing"
The Neo-Confederates: Voter Suppression in the US. Part One: "Who Got Glitched" THE EVIDENCE Bob Fitrakis, Attorney, Publisher of Columbus Free Press: "What REALLY happened in Ohio." Blair Bobier, Joan Quinn: The Ohio Recount Fraud Bev Harris - Crimes of Diebold
Part Two "How do we Fix it?" A SYMPOSIUM
Short Presentations: Brad Friedman: Divestiture for Democracy; taking the software companies down; Blogging; Be the Media
Mandeep Gill: An Overview of Election Reform legislation, grassroots actions and the organizations directly supporting those efforts.
Medea Benjamin: A National Drive for City Council Resolutions
Kevin Spidel, Building the Progressive Coalition
Susan Clark & Sheri Myers: Creating Citizen Lobbyists
Greg Akili for PUSH: A Rainbow Coalition for Rep. Jackson Jr's constitutional amendment guaranteeing the federally-protected right to vote.
(and ONE more guest... TBA)
5:00 - 5:30
Q & A & STRATEGIZING w/ the PANEL
Res. O, STUDENTS -- Reservations STRONGLY encouraged! tickets@citizensact.org
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