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Peace, Justice & Media Conference Empowering the Movement for Fair, Accurate and Diverse Media National Speakers, Free Workshops, Film Festival, Slam Poets, and a Peace Forum October 9-12, LCC, University of Oregon A N O VERVIEW OF THE C ONFERENCE The role of the media will be the focus of the Peace, Justice and Media Conference in Eugene and hosted by the Justice Not War Coalition. Most of the conference will take place on the University of Oregon campus. The purpose of the conference is to educate and empower the general public as well as advocates and activists to question, work with and even become the media. Most conference events are free and include visual arts exhibits, peace poetry, political comedy, a film festival, a children’s program, a free speech soap box, music, national and local speakers on panels, and a multitude of workshops. There is a charge for evening programs, and pre-registration is required for extended workshops such as the “Crash Course on Media Literacy” which provides critical thinking tools to challenge existing perceptions of media and is ideal for teachers, parents, students, community leaders, and religious educators. To get more information, volunteer, pre-register for workshops or to get tickets, contact Justice Not War at 454 Willamette, #205, ph. (541) 343-8548, or go to www.justicenotwarcoalition.org. N ATIONAL S PEAKERS AND P ERFORMANCES www.justicenotwarcoalition.org H IGHLIGHTS Thursday, October 9 Jim Hightower with Slam Poet Piece 6:30 Doors open with information tables, premiere showing of “Independent Media in a Time of War” featuring Amy Goodman of Democracy Now 7:30 p.m. Lane Community College, Bldg. 19 Jim Hightower Friday, October 10 Populist radio commentator and best selling author Jim Hightower will open the conference on October 9. Hightower is touring Oregon with his new book Thieves in High Places: They’ve Stolen Our Country and It’s Time to Take It Back. Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true spectrum is not right to left, but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 80 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top. Noon Rally with Slam Poet Piece, Urgent Carnival and more (Fir Room) Conference preview with speakers Kelly Campbell, Paul Richards and Andrea Bufa and music by Chico Schwall. 7:00 Doors open for San Francisco Mime Troupe (EMU Ballroom) 9:30 Reception for the San Francisco Mime Troupe with music by Piece, Chico Schwall and Party Booby Trap (Agate Hall, 18th and Agate). Tickets at the door: $5 Saturday, October 11 Others Andrea Buffa is an anti-war activist for the Global Exchange Peace Campaign and is on the steering committee of the national anti-war coalition United for Peace and Justice. She is the former executive director of Media Alliance, a San Francisco Bay Area media accountability group. During her time at Media Alliance, Andrea became a nationally recognized activist on media issues. She was a Bay Area leader in the fight to save Pacifica Radio and recently led a national mobilization of protest against Clear Channel Communications and the FCC’s proposed rule-change on media ownership. Kelly Campbell is the sister-in-law of Craig Amundson, who died in the Pentagon on September 11th and a founding member of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. She has been organizing an expanding group of family members of 9/11 victims working for peace. Her efforts to build opposition to the war in Iraq included lobbying Congress by day and speaking at vigils and rallies by night and resulted in her leading a high profile campaign of civil disobedience at the US Capitol the week before the war began. Kelly’s essay about the bombing of Afghanistan is featured in the new book, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: Turning our Grief into Action for Peace. Michael Moore describes the book as “a powerful reminder that the cycle of violence and retaliation can and must be broken.” Noon, Gathering with Kelly Campbell of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomor- rows, Singers for Peace, Chico Schwall, and Siobhan VanLanen (EMU Plaza) 4:30 p.m., Keynote panel: Media Coverage of War since 9/11 (Fir Room) 7:00 p.m., San Francisco Mime Troupe (EMU Ballroom) Set in the near future, Veronique of the Mounties, finds the US government deeply engaged in its imperialistic quest to save the people of the world from themselves. After bring- ing “democracy” to Iraq, Syria, and France, the U.S. turns its gaze to the terrorist threat on its northern border, CANADA. Fiction follows fiction until only one thing can protect America. Come see the San Francisco Mime Troupe October 10 or 11 to find out what. San Francisco Mime Troupe The nationally acclaimed political theatre group, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, will perform a hilarious new satire titled Veronique of the Mounties in Operation Frozen Freedom in the Erb Ballroom. Amid laughter and music, the play addresses issues of militarism and empire while answering burning questions like: Why would America turn away from its own economic and social problems and attack the peace-loving hockey fans in the north? Can a country with a maple leaf as a flag truly be a terrorist threat? Sunday, October 12 11:00 Bagels, tea and coffee with Andrea Buffa (Fir Room) and more workshops 1:00 - 4:30 Eugene Forum for Peace Education (Fir Room) 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Oregon Poets for Peace Publishing Party (EMU Fountain Patio), Both events are free Hightower Tickets: $5 advance, $8 at the door. Available at: Foolscap, Bookmine (Cottage Grove), Tsunami Books, Black Sun Books, UO Ticket office or the Justice Not War Coalition office, 454 Willamette, #205, Eugene, OR, phone # (541)-343-8548. A limited number of free student tickets required for admission are available from ASLCC Office or the UO Ticket Office. San Francisco Mime Troupe Tickets: Advance tickets $19 ($24 at door, $15 for students) on sale only at the UO Ticket Office at (541)-346-4363. Visual arts exhibit in Fir Room by New Zone Collective
