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HIP-HOP YOUTH TRACK (small gym in A.M.)
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SPIRITUALITY & POLITICS TRACK (room 203)
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MEDIA & DEMOCRACY TRACK (library)
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ECONOMIC JUSTICE TRACK (room 205)
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Environmental Sustainability Track (room 204)
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| Registration and Coffee (lobby) |
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| 9 |
Welcome |
| (auditorium) From Self Interest to the Common Good - Richard Healey and Sandra Hinson of the Grassroots Policy Project, and keynote speaker former Nashville mayor Bill Purcell |
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| 9:05 |
| Overview of Hip-Hop - Damien Durr |
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| 9:50 |
| Black Community and STD - Nashville Cares |
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| 10:00 |
| DJing and Politics - Bob Johnson |
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| 10:20 |
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| 10:30 |
What Spirituality Means Politically, Economically and Morally for All of Us
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Father Charlie Strobel (Room in the Inn) |
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Yassar Arafat (Islamic Center of Nashville) |
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Martin Sir (The Temple) |
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Rev. Davie Tucker (Beech Creek Church) |
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Rev. Dennis Hughes, moderator (Doing Justly) |
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Government As An Agent for the Common Good
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Jerry Maynard (Nashville Council At Large) |
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Bruce Barry (Professor of Management & Sociology, Vanderbilt University) |
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Brady Banks (Metro Office of Neighborhoods) |
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Jim Grinstead. moderator (Democracy for Tennessee) |
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Systemic Barriers to Living Wage Jobs: How the economic big picture affects workers at the Federal, State, and Local Level
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Rebekah Jordan (Midsouth Interfaith Network for Economic Justice) |
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Susan McKay (Tennessee Health Care Campaign) |
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Brian Miller (Tennesseans for Fair Taxation) |
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moderator TBA |
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World in Crisis
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Rita Harris (Sierra Club, Memphis, Environmental Justice Organizer) |
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Joe Johnston (author of Jesus Would Recycle) |
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Cassi Johnson (Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee) |
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Jamie Qualk (Smith Seckman Reid Facilities Commissioning, Nashville) |
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Dan Joranko, moderator (Tennessee Alliance for Progress) |
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| 10:50 |
break |
| 11:00 |
| Holler If You Hear Me: The Emcee and Politics - Lee Turner |
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| 11:55 |
break |
| noon |
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| 12:30 |
| (Senior Center) Film - Books Not Bars - Discussion with Lissa McLeod of Children's Defense Fund |
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| 1:30 |
| Caution about joining the military - Veterans for Peace (in Senior Center) |
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| 1:40 |
Faith in Action
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Tara Lenz (Strangers No Longer, Vanderbilt Divinity School) |
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Rev. Jim Deming (Electric Power and Light) |
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Tamara Ambar Losel (Nashville Conflict Resolution Center) |
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Rev. Kelvin Sauls (General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church) |
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Ted Parks, moderator (Doing Justly) |
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Crafting Your Message and Making It Heard
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Bernie Ellis (Gathering to Save Our Democracy) |
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Paige LaGrone Babcock (Mothers Acting Up) |
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Mary Mancini (Liberadio) |
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Catalino Nieto (Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition) |
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Andy Spears (Stand for Children) |
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Jim Grinstead,moderator (Democracy for Tennessee) |
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Case Studies: Organizing for worker rights
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Garrett Stark & Leaders (Nashville Homeless Power Project) |
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Ahmed Dahir, Abdirahman Hussein (Metro Nashville Taxi Drivers Alliance) |
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Megan Macaraeg, moderator (Jobs With Justice) |
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Solutions to the Environmental Crisis
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Monette Rebecca (Richland Creek Watershed Alliance) |
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Chris Ford (Tennessee Conservation Voters) |
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Dodd Galbreath (Lipscomb University Sustainability Institute) |
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Dave Pelton (Trust for the Future) |
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Susan Shann, moderator (New Vision & Earth Revolution on Channel 19) |
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| 2:00 |
| Graffiti & Politics - Case Bloom (begins in Senior Center) |
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| 3:00 |
break |
| 3:05 |
break |
| 3:15 |
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Hip Hop Performances (auditorium) - Eric Brown, facilitator |
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♦ Tiffany Gray- Spoken Word |
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♦ Marcus Johnson- Break Dance |
| ♦ Gray Hemphill- Rapping |
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♦ Justin London- Spoken Word |
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♦ Darius Teasley- Rapping |
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♦ Dreycon Howse- Rapping |
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| 4:00 |
| Hip-Hop As A Force for Community Empowerment (auditorium) - keynote speaker Rev. Andre Johnson (University of Memphis) |
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| 4:30 |