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Still We Rise: Midwest Conference For Racial Justice
July 10th-11th, 2004
@ Malcolm X College
1900 W Van Buren
Chicago, IL

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Still We Rise: Midwest Conference
For Racial Justice

July 10th-11th, 2004 @ Malcolm X College
1900 W Van Buren, Chicago, IL

REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!*
Its FREE & it takes just a moment! Do it NOW:
http://www.racialjustice911.org/mwnet/registration.html

*Please note that the conference is intended for People of Color-
White-allies may visit our website or call us for related activities.

SAVE THE DATE - JULY 10th-11th
Still We Rise: Midwest Conference For Racial Justice


@ Malcolm X College, 1900 W Van Buren, Chicago IL

Dear fellow activist, organizer, community leader:

Racial Justice 911 (RJ911) Midwest Network is composed of
people of color organizations, organizers, activists and community
leaders from around the Midwest working for peace and justice and
against war at home and abroad.

Still We Rise: Midwest Conference for Racial Justice, on July
10th-11th, is our first regional conference in the Midwest, and we invite
 all people of color in the Midwest working for peace and justice to
participate.

We are part of the RJ911 National Network, which has already
organized a successful Still We Rise: Peoples Assembly & March
in New York on May 22nd, as the New York regional gathering.

Still We Rise: Midwest Conference for Racial Justice will provide
 a space for people of color activists, organizers and community
leaders to build a movement in the Midwest. Here is our Program
Schedule for July 10th:

9:00-10:00
Breakfast/Check-in/Opening Session 
Arrive at 9:00 for Breakfast, Late Registration & Check-In!
At 9:30, we will be having some opening speakers &
presentations...

10:00-12:00
Action-Education Workshops/Each One Teach One
Build organizing skills and gain tools to empower your
community to take action-

 
10:00-10:45
Working with News Media--Prudence Browne, RJ911Chicago
Supporting Prisoners--Yvette Cruz, Comite Exigimos Justicia
Peer Juries & Teacher Report Cards--Charity Tolliver,
Generation Y
11:00-12:00
Countering Military Recruitment--Martine Caverl, Anti-
Authoritarian People Of Color-Chicago
Cop Watch-Holding Police Accountable--Rev. Pinckney,
Black Autonomy Network Community Organization
Divestment- Fighting the funding of Racial Injustice--
Suzanne Adely, Arab Amer. Action Network, Eric Ward,
Center for New Community

12:00-1:00 LUNCH (Free!) 

1:00-2:00
Know Your Rights! 
Learn about your legal rights, and gain materials to help
educate others in your community about them-

 
1:00-1:25
When Stopped by Police-- Darron Bowden, First Defense
Dealing with Airport Security-- Farheen Hakeem,
Minneapolis Anti War Coalition- POC Committee
Access to Reproductive Health--SOUL

1:30-2:00
Hate Crimes -Rights of Victim & Community--
Eric Ward, Center for New Community
When INS/BCIS come knocking...--Centro Sin Fronteras
Workers Rights/Immigrant Rights--Ramiro Zacarias,
AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
Teen Dating Violence-101--Sabrina Hampton & Trinidad
Birrueta, Chicago Abused Women Network

2:15-4:00
Connecting Global Perspectives 
Panelists from diverse perspectives representing common
struggles, share with us their views on the issues of genocide,
 apartheid & segregation, globalization, and confronting
empire from within Bush's Axis of Evil.
 
2:15-3:00
Genocide/Civil Conflict--
Moderator: Nilofer Ahsan, Incite!
Olegario Velasquez - Guatemala/Mayan Genocide
Duhirwe Rushemeze - Friends Of Rwanda - Rwandan Genocide
Chrispino Onam, "Lost Boys" - Southern Sudanese Genocide

Apartheid & Segregation--
Moderator: Hatem Abudayyeh, AAAN
Suzanne Adely, AAAN, Palestinian Apartheid
Prexy Nesbit - South African Apartheid
Rev. Pinkney, BANCO - Segregation in Michigan

3:15-4:00
Confronting Bush's "Axis Of Evil"--
Moderator: Saket Soni
Kent Chaegu Lee, KRCC - North Korea
Nina Farnia, AAAN - Iran
Ahn Pham, MAWC-POC - Iraq
Globalization & Struggles For Land/Resources--
Moderator: Pepe Lozano, YCL
Ramiro Zacarias, AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
Cynthia Diaz, Mexico Solidarity Network
Malcolm X College

4:15-6:00
Cross Community Dialogue - Local Issues 
Groups working on local issues will present their campaigns,
and lead a moderated & open-ended discussion to share
strategies and build connections across existing divides.

 
4:15-5:00
Police Brutality--
Nina Farnia, Generation Y
Confronting "No Child Left Behind"--Cesar
Casamayor, MXC-SGA
Incarceration & Criminalization--
Ranjit Bhagwat, Breaking The Chains!
Yvette Cruz, Comite Exigimos Justicia
Aaron Patterson, Vote & POCC
5:15-6:00
Low Wage Workers
Michael Menifee, AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
Luz Quinonez, Mexico Solidarity Network

 Youth Of Color Unity
Cesar Casamayor, MXC-SGA
Pepe Lozano, YCL
Black Student Association, UW-Madison
Spoken Word, Music, and Art will be performed and 
presented through the day, and during the cultural event
in the evening also to be held at Malcolm X College.

6:15-7:00 Closing Session 

7:00-9:00 - Cultural Program
Nilofer Ahsan, Poetry
Farheen Hakeem, Comedian
Beserk, HipHop
Dyeverstyles, HipHop/Rap
+MORE!

Lunch and a light dinner will be provided on July 10th. All activities 
on July 10th will be wheelchair accessible, and childcare will be provided
if requested at registration.

Housing for Friday, July 9th and Saturday, July 10th 
will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis to those who
request it at registration.

Please note that the conference is intended for People of Color-
White-allies may visit our website or call us for activities they may
participate in during July 10th as well as ways in which they may
volunteer and contribute.

We encourage you to visit our website at
http://www.racialjustice911.org/mwnet/ and join our email list for
detailed information about all of the workshops, a downloadable
conference booklet, and up to date announcements regarding Still
We Rise: Midwest Conference for Racial Justice.

Feel free to call us at (773) 476-3534 x34 or email us at
rj911chicago@hotmail.com for any questions, comments, further
 information, or if you would like to help out.

Peace,

Prateek Sampat, Midwest Regional Coordinator
Racial Justice 911 Chicago
6400 S. Kedzie Ave.
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 476-3534 x 34

Still We Rise: Midwest Conference For
Racial Justice - Register Today!

Our online registration form is available at
http://www.racialjustice911.org/mwnet/registration.html
A printable version on the registration form is also available at
http://www.racialjustice911.org/mwnet/SWRRegForm.pdf

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Still We Rise: Midwest Conference For Racial Justice

July 10th-11th, 2004

Malcolm X College, 1900 W Van Buren

Chicago, IL

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SAVE THE DATE – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th
1st Midwest Regional Racial Justice 911 Meeting in Chicago

Dear fellow activist, organizer…

Racial Justice 911 (RJ 911) Chicago, a coalition of people of color organizations and organizers, is dedicated to developing a regional network of racial justice organizations in order to build a broad-based resistance to the U.S.’ dangerous foreign and domestic policies, known as the "War on Terrorism," among communities of color.

We are calling upon people of color activists, organizers, and community leaders from across the Midwest region to join together to build a common "people's vision" and help us to:

Create a space for a diverse range of people of color activists, organizers, intellectuals, workers, faith-based leaders, youth, and community residents to come together and share their struggles and strategies in the movement for peace and justice at home and abroad.

Examine the forms of the peoples' resistance to the effects of war policies on local education, health, economic policies and the backlash against civil liberties and POC and immigrant communities

Discuss a ongoing vision and strategy for the future in which we can highlight the links between our diverse struggles, support each others' campaigns, and create a common agenda for collective action in the region

Build towards a regional gathering of people of color in the late Spring/Summer of 2004 as we strengthen our struggles in this critical election year.

RJ 911 Chicago is a part of Racial Justice 911, a national effort launched in February 2002 to develop a national network of racial justice organizations. RJ 911 Chicago began by coordinating 2 days of workshops, cultural activity and a press conference on May 17 and 19, 2003 (in honor of the birthdays of Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh and Yuri Kochiyama).

We will be following up by phone in the coming weeks to talk to you more about your work and how we may work together to build a Midwest peoples' movement.

Peace and Solidarity,

Racial Justice 911 Chicago