Hi all, Along with Roshani's addition to the agenda, I'd like to add the event that Mallika Dutt (From Breakthrough) wants to bring to Chicago in September. It would be a somewhat massive undertaking as it a whole day event geared at encouraging young people to vote. Below is some information on a similar event she is doing in NYC in April. I would like to spend some time on this topic as Mallika wants to set up a conference call with me and others who want to be on the planning committee.
BREAKTHROUGH and The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU School of Law invite you to Speak Up! Act Up! Forum for a New America A Day of Education, Action and Comedy for Arab, Muslim and South Asian Young People (16-25) -All others also welcome! April 10th, 2004 from 1-7pm New York University School of Law Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 What are all those politicians doing in Washington anyway? How are their actions and policies affecting your community? What can you do to make your voice heard and protect the human rights of your family, friends and communities? Speak Up! Act Up! will answer these questions and demystify the political process, especially around issues most pressing for Arab , Muslim and South Asian Youth, including: -Special registration � Detentions/deportations � The DREAM Act � Reproductive Rights � PATRIOT Acts I and II The Speak Up! Act Up! Forum will feature: -Dynamic speakers prominent in their fields of human rights, immigrant rights and politics -Workshops to plan how you can make a difference -Social space where you can meet organizations in the city taking action on these issues -Post-forum performance featuring local artists -Free food! .....All MC�d by the hilarious Indian/Japanese Comedian Daniel Nainen THE AGENDA: 1pm � 2pm Snacks and Gathering with Information booths 2pm � 3:30pm FRAMING THE ISSUES MC: Comedian, Daniel Nainen Out of Status (11 minute documentary) Opening remarks -- Mallika Dutt -- Breakthrough Shoba Sivaprasad -- National Immigration Forum Silvia Henriquez -- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Hussein Ibish -- American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (TBC) Gideon Yago -- MTV Choose or Lose (TBC) 3:30pm � 4pm Talk Back 4:15pm � 5:15pm TAKING ACTION Breakout sessions for smaller group discussion Prof. Gerald Lopez -- NYU School of Law (TBC) Silvia Henriquez -- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Shormin Hossain, Shoshi Doza, Sheila Mirza -Youth Organizers from DRUM 5:30pm � 6pm Reception, Information booths 6pm � 7pm Performances by Comedians/Spoken Word Artists and Open Mic >>> "Roshani Saraiya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/18/04 09:31AM >>> hi I wanted to see if it's OK if I add an item on the agenda - I met with this woman who works with the Int'l Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (where the industrial accident happend about 20 years ) ago. There will be a talk about this on April 23rd and she wants to see if we can help put it on and get people to the event here in chicago. Her group is grounded in wisconsin. It will probably ony take 10 minutes to talk about. roshani >From: Sapna Gupta >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: SAPAC General Meeting this Monday, March 22 at 6:00 PM >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:08:30 -0800 (PST) > >Please join us for the next SAPAC general meeting this coming Monday, March 22nd at 6 >PM. > >Agenda items include: VOR3 debrief, coalition building in the Chicago area, website >and listserv management, April 4's Ram Puniyani event with Building Bridges of >Understanding, as well as ongoing and future initiatives. Join us! > >The address is 853 W. Roscoe Street, #2 (middle buzzer), in Boys Town, between Clark >and Halsted, 4 blocks south of Addison, 4 blocks north of Belmont. > >Via public transportation, it's between the Belmont Red & Brown line and the Addison >Red line stations (and bus lines), between the #22 Clark, #8 Halsted, 2 blocks from >the #36 Broadway bus lines. > > > >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam Find a broadband plan that fits. Great local deals on high-speed Internet access. ------------------------------------------------ visit http://www.geocities.com/sapacchicago email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe sapac" in msg body to unsubscribe ------------------------------------------------ visit http://www.geocities.com/sapacchicago email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe sapac" in msg body to unsubscribe
