My college is having a regional Civil Rights Conference and Frank Serpico is the guest speaker!
"Opening reception with Frank Serpico,
Friday, July 25, 7 PM
+ full day of workshops Saturday, July 26, 8:30 to 4:30
Guests' comments, workshop topics & panel discussions to include:
Total Information Awareness - Have we Got Something on You?!
Toward a more Intelligent Anti-Terror Policy
Provisions of the Patriot Acts I & II
Confronting Fear - A History of Public Solutions
Watching the INS (BICE) - Speaking up for International Neighbors
Libraries and Democracy - Will they Endure?
Town by Town Resolution for Constitutional Rights
Confronting Racism - Institutional and Personal
Speaking Up for Civil Liberties - Smart Skills for Dialogue
Theater Improv for Human Rights
Writers' Workshop for Human Rights
Featuring guest speakers and presenters:
Frank Serpico, former NYC detective and whistle blower, advocate for high principles in law enforcement;
Atty. C. William Michaels, Baltimore, author of the definitive text on the Patriot Act, "No Greater Threat, America After September 11 and the Rise of the National Security State;
Atty. Bill Newman, ACLU, Director of the Western Mass Regional Office of the American Civil Liberties Union--Bill is a great speaker who deftly uses wit and humor while addressing these pressing issues;
Atty. Mahsa Khanbabai, Springfield, MA, advocate for the rights of immigrants and international neighbors visiting or residing in the US;
Prof. Christopher H. Pyle, Mount Holyoke College, formerly with US Army Intelligence, the working for reforms with Senator Church's Committee, advocates for more intelligent anti-terror policies;
Sandra Boston, Greenfield, MA, founder of the Conscious Communications Institute, teaching smart skills for dialogues that address fears and conflicts;
Leo Hwang-Carlos, MFA U-Mass Amherst, GCC Instructor of English, leads a workshop in creative writing for Human Rights;
Louis Battalen, Director of the Arms Library, Shelburne Falls, and member of the Mass Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee convenes a working group.
CONCLUDING WITH A PLENARY FOCUSED ON ACTION PLANNING. JOIN THIS REGIONAL COMMUNITY DIALOGUE."
http://www.gcc.mass.edu/response/clc.html I'm sooo excited!!!! Nothing this cool ever happens in my town! :bounce: