[CIMC-work] [Imc-chicago] Chicagoland Free Speech Exchange (fwd)

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

Forward.

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_ Z  Mitchell Szczepanczyk
  /  http://home.uchicago.edu/~msszczep http://www.chicagomediaaction.org
     http://www.geocities.com/szczepanczyk http://chicago.indymedia.org

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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:29:15 -0600
From: Estelle Carol and Bob Simpson <art-design at carolsim.com>
To: IMC-Chicago at lists.indymedia.org
Subject: [Imc-chicago] Chicagoland Free Speech Exchange

Hi

Chicago Indy Media is invited to participate in the planning of a new 
campaign to get progressive media and speakers to new audiences 
around Chicagoland. We don't even have an official name yet.

This initiative is a collaborative project of three local 
organizations, United for Peace Faithful Citizenship, Oak Park 
Committee for Truth and Justice, and the Chicago Office of the 
American Friends Service Committee.

Too often, the many compelling local speakers and independent media 
shows don't get the wide audience they deserve.  We intend to foster 
relationships with pre-established community organizations ranging 
from religious groups to civic organizations. We will offer them 
local speakers, performers, films and information about media outside 
the mainstream.

However, we do not wish to only passively educate; we also seek to 
mobilize.  Accordingly, in addition to educating people about a wide 
range of issues impacting their lives, we will provide them with 
tools and information that they can use to bring progressive changes 
to their communities, with the larger goal of cultivating peace and 
justice in society.  As an example of this type of empowerment, we 
will register voters and distribute non-partisan voter information 
guides at all speaker and film events.  We will also work with 
community partners to offer deputy voter register training to 
interested groups so they can register others in their community.

We need your input and resources to  make this idea a reality. If you 
need more background information please call or email Carolyn 
Danckert at AFSC.
312-427-2533  OR  cdanck at afsc.org

Can you send a representative to our next planning meeting on 
Wednesday, Nov 12th at 7:00 pm. in the Loop? Location is probably the 
AFSC office at 637 S. Dearborn


Estelle Carol
708-386-7197
day or evening







Graphic design and illustration
for print and the web
http://www.estellegraphics.com
Members: Graphic Artists Guild and National Writers Union
(UAW AFL-CIO)

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