ACLU Membership Conference 2008: Stand Up for Freedom
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2008
10:23 AM
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ACLU Membership Conference 2008: Stand Up for Freedom
Media Opportunities Available With Experts, Elected Officials and Celebrities
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NEW YORK - May 28 - American Civil Liberties Union members from Alaska to New York and every state in between will converge on the nation’s capital from June 8 through 10 to meet with and hear from some of the nation's top political leaders and policymakers at the 2008 ACLU Membership Conference, “Stand Up For Freedom.” Members of the media are invited to attend and take advantage of opportunities including one-on-one interviews with ACLU leaders, experts, bloggers, celebrities and others.
Confirmed speakers include:
* Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
* Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice of South Africa
* Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean-American author who Time called a “literary grandmaster”
* Alex Gibney, Oscar-winning director of “Taxi to the Dark Side”
* John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the Navy
* Kal Penn, actor and producer who starred in the “Harold & Kumar” movies and “The Namesake”
The conference will open with a panel on the political realities of a post-Bush America with Arianna Huffington, Glenn Greenwald, Rachel Maddow, Jan Crawford-Greenburg and moderated by Adaora Udoji.
During the intensive three-day conference, ACLU members will attend workshops on ACLU priorities with ACLU legislative and legal staff; lobby members of Congress to support ACLU efforts; and question top federal officials and other Washington insiders about where they stand on civil liberties issues.
George Soros will be honored at the Monday evening gala where the band Ozomatli, famous for fusing hip hop with Latin rhythms and funk, will perform.
At the closing session, Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David H. Souter will attend a celebratory luncheon for Nadine Strossen, who, after almost 18 years of distinguished service as ACLU President, has announced that she is stepping down this year. Music legend John Hiatt is scheduled to perform, and several special guests will be present to honor Strossen’s remarkable work and tireless devotion to the defense of civil liberties.
WHO:
ACLU members and leaders, elected officials, celebrities and some of the ACLU’s most inspiring clients
WHAT:
“Stand Up for Freedom,” the ACLU Membership Conference, featuring three days of advocacy, discussions, Capitol Hill meetings and hands-on activist training
WHEN:
The conference begins Sunday, June 8 at 2:00 p.m. EDT and concludes Tuesday, June 10 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, followed by visits to Capitol Hill
WHERE:
Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C.
A conference agenda and complete list of confirmed speakers to date is available online at:
www.aclu.org/conference/2008
Media can registration online at:
http://action.aclu.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=103281
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