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Green Party of Michigan
http://www.migreens.org
Media Advisory & News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2003
For more information:
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>Ted Glick, National Coördinator/IPPN
Marc Reichardt, Chair/GPMI
> 973-338-5398
734-668-9628
> indpol@igc.org
chair@migreens.org
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>
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> >>> Progressives from Around the
Country Gather July 11-13 <<<
> >>> for 6th IPPN National Summit
at University of Michigan <<<
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> >> Conference Theme
"Building Unity During Urgent Times" <<
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> > Agenda, Speakers'
List Finalized; Available On Line <
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> Representatives of scores of groups from
across the country
>will be coming to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor next
>weekend to discuss the role of the progressive third-party movement
>over the next year and a half leading up to the 2004 elections.
>
> The Sixth National Summit of the
Independent Progressive Politics
>Network (IPPN), a national organization with 50 affiliated groups,
>will be hosted by the Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) and its U of M
>Student Greens and Huron Valley Greens locals.
>
> Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney will
deliver the keynote
>address Saturday afternoon on "Racism, War, and the
Economy".
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> Another highlight will be Friday evening's
plenary session
>"2004: What Are Our Options?" The interactive
discussion will
>be initiated by Anita Rios -- member of the Coördinating Committee
>of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) -- and Baldemar
>Velasquez, founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing
>Committee (FLOC) and national co-chair of the Labor Party.
>
> There will be a concert Saturday evening
with Matt Jones,
>founder of the SNCC Freedom Singers of the 1960s civil-rights
>movement; David Rovics, internationally-known folksinger; and the
>inspiring duo of Pat Humphries and Sandy O., just returned from a
>trip to South Korea.
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> All events will take place at the Michigan
Union, 530 South
>State Street -- except the Saturday evening concert at East Quad
>Auditorium, 701 East University Avenue.
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> Questions to be addressed at the summit
include:
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> * Is getting rid of the Bush administration
the only thing
> we should be
concerned with?
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> * What do people think about Green Party
plans for a
> Presidential
campaign next year?
>
> * How do we address issues like racism and
sexism while
> effectively
building a popular movement for fundamental
> change?
>
> * How can we end the dominance of large
corporate interests
> over our political
system?
>
> The full detailed conference agenda can be
found on line at
>
> http://www.ippn.org/article.php?ID=currentA.html
>
>Short biographical introductions of some of the IPPN-related
speakers
>at the conference are available at:
>
> http://www.ippn.org/article.php?ID=speakers.html
>
>To get in contact with any of the speakers, please call or e-mail
>IPPN National Coördinator Ted Glick:
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> phone
973-338-5398 or 973-460-1458
> e-mail
indpol@igc.org
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