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Ending The Corporate Century And Launching The People's Millennium

Food-Agriculture Day

April 29, 1999

MORNING SESSION: 8:45-9:00 am: Welcome

9:00-10:20 am: "Ending the Corporate Century"

Panel Moderator: A.V. Krebs, At-Large Member, AfD National Council

PANELISTS:

* John Hansen - Family Farmers

President, Nebraska Farmers Union, Lincoln, Nebraska

* Nelson Carrasquillo - Farm Workers

Member, USDA National Commission on Small Farms; Board Member, Rural Coalition Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas, Glassboro, New Jersey

* Joshua Karliner, - Environmental Issues

Corporate Watch Editorial Coordinator, TRAC Executive Director, Author of "The Corporate Planet: Ecology and Politics in the Age of Globalization," (Sierra Club Books), San Francisco, California

* Clara Oleson - Food Workers & Rural Communities

Program Coordinator, Labor Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

10:20-10:30 am: Break

10:30-12:30 am: "Launching the People's Millennium"

Panel Moderator: A.V. Krebs, At-Large Member, AfD National Council

PANELISTS:

* Kathleen Sullivan Kelley - Family Farming

Cattle Rancher, Vice Co-Chair, USDA National Commission on Small Farms, Meeker, Colorado

* Dr. Vandana Shiva - Biosafety & Biotechnology (invited)

Author "Biopiracy" and "Seeds of Suicide: The Ecological & Human Costs of Globalisation of Agriculture"; Theoretical Physicist and Philosopher of Science; Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, New Delhi, India

* Dolores Huerta - Women, Labor & Agriculture (invited)

Vice-President, United Farm Workers (UFW), Keene, California

* Mark Ritchie - Trade

President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30-2:50 pm: "Food Circles - Challenging the Global Food System"

Moderator: Nancy Price, Vice Co-Chair, AfD

PANELISTS:

* Ben Kjelshus - Alternative Food Systems

Kansas City Food Circles, Kansas City, Missouri

* William Heffernan, Professor of Rural Sociology

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

* Mary Hendrickson

Sustainable Agriculture for a Sustainable Future, Columbia, Missouri

2:50 - 3:00 pm: BREAK

3:00 - 5:00 pm: WORKSHOPS

EVENING SESSION

6:30 pm: DINNER

7:30-9:30 pm: OPENING NIGHT DINNER

THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 29

7:30 pm: OPENING PLENARY

Speakers:

* Mark Ritchie, Executive Director, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

* Dr. Vandana Shiva - Biosafety & Biotechnology

Author "Biopiracy" and "Seeds of Suicide: The Ecological & Human Costs of Globalisation of Agriculture"; Theoretical Physicist and Philosopher of Science; Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, New Delhi, India

FRIDAY, APRIL 30 - FOCUS ON ENDING THE CORPORATE CENTURY

8:30-9:30 am: PLENARY FOR BUSINESS

* Chairs' Report

* Report from National Coordinator

* Summary Reports: National Action Campaigns

* Adoption of Rules/Elect Chair of Convention

9:30-11 am: PLENARY ON ENDING THE CORPORATE CENTURY

Speakers:

* Charles Derber, author of Corporation Nation and Boston College sociology professor

* Peter Montague, Executive Director, Environmental Research Foundation and

Editor of "Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly"

11:15 am-12:30 pm: BREAKOUTS WITH SPECIALIZED PANELS AND DISCUSSION

2:00-3:30 pm: ISSUE/CAMPAIGN WORKSHOPS

3:45-5:15 pm: SKILLS WORKSHOPS

7:30-9:30 pm: PUBLIC FORUM in Glenn Miller Ballroom (1100 capacity)

Speakers:

* Ellen Miller, Executive Director, Public Campaign

* Dolores Huerta, Vice-President, United Farm Workers (UFW), Keene, California (invited)

* Special Award for Heroism in Journalism to Tampa Fox TV reporters Jane Akre & Steve Wilson for standing up to Fox TV and Monsanto

SATURDAY, MAY 1 - FOCUS ON LAUNCHING THE PEOPLE'S MILLENNIUM

8:30-9:30 am: BUSINESS PLENARY - Presentation of National Council Nominees

9:30-11 am: PLENARY PANEL - VISIONS FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM

Speakers:

* Ronnie Dugger, Co-chair, Alliance for Democracy

* Nancy Neamtan, Chantier de l'economie sociale, Montreal

* David Korten, author The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism

* Ignacio Peon, ESPACIOS - Pacto de Grupos Ecologistas Mexico

11:15 am-12:30 pm: BREAKOUTS WITH SPECIALIZED PANELS AND DISCUSSION

2:00-3:30 pm: ISSUE/CAMPAIGN WORKSHOPS

3:45-5:15 pm: SKILLS WORKSHOPS

5:30-6:30 pm: REGIONAL CAUCUSES

7:30-9:30 pm: CELEBRATING OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Feast, entertainment

SUNDAY, MAY 2 - GETTING DOWN TO BRASS TACKS

8:30-9:30 am: PLENARY FOR BUSINESS

9:30-11 am: PANEL: POWER AND POLITICAL REALITIES - How We Get From Here To There.

Speakers:

* Victoria Gibb-Carsley, Council of Canadiens

* Cheri Honkala, Director, Kensington Welfare Rights Union

* Ben Manski, U. of Wisconsin campus organizer

* Dan Swinney, Director, Midwest Center for Labor Research

11:15 am-12:30 pm: SMALL GROUPS - discussion of issues raised and how they will impact our program for1999 and beyond.

2:00- 3:30 pm: PLENARY ON ACTIONS - Presentation of final campaign proposals

3:45-5:30 pm: PLENARY DECISIONS on Council Nominees, Action Campaigns and Resolutions

7:30 -10 pm: - BUSINESS AND FUN

* Complete afternoon business if needed

* Reports from Chapters

* Announce results of plenary decisions

MONDAY, MAY 3 - ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES

9-11 am: PLENARY SESSION

Discussion of how to launch campaigns and actions, continue issue networks

Other guidance from convention on directions for organization

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Call To Early Birds and Cost-Saving Delegates:

The Third Alliance for Democracy National Convention

Ending The Corporate Century -

Launching The Peoples' Millennium

April 29 - May 3, 1998

College Inn Conference Center

University of Colorado at Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

See January 1999 Alliance Reports for speakers and conference schedule, including the pre-conference Food/Ag Day on April 29, as well as e-mail posting by Ruth Caplan. Food and lodging expenses are payable at the conference; information will be sent by the AfD office upon receipt of the registration form and payment. Rooms with private bath are available at the center for the first 150 registrants: 50 double rooms (100 people) @ $31 per person per night; 25 rooms (25 couples) with double bed @ $56 per night. Meals at the center for the first 170 registrants are $6 breakfast, $6.75 lunch, $12 dinner. Motels and restaurants are within easy walking distance for those who prefer to stay or eat off-site and for late registrants.

Schedule:

Pre-convention Food and Ag Day: Thursday, April 29, 9 am-5 pm

Convention: Thursday, April 29, 7:30 pm; Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1, 8:30 am-9:30 pm; Sunday, May 2, 8:30 am-10 pm; Monday, May 3, 9 am-11 am.

Yes, count me in! Here is my registration and payment.

_______________________(Clip Here) _____________________________

Convention Registration Form

Name (print clearly) _____________________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________

City _____________________________________State_____ Zip ________

Home Tel ____________________ Work Tel _____________________

Fax _________________________

E-mail ________________________________________

Alliance chapter, if any ________________________________________

Issue area(s) of special interest

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Registration fee, per person:

__________ Early bird, postmarked by April 1 - $160

__________ After April 1 - $190

__________ On-site $210

__________ Daily rate for local participants - $55 x____day(s)

__________ Pre-conference Food/Ag Day - $40 (not included in registration fee)

__________ AfD membership dues/contribution

__________ Convention scholarship fund contribution

__________ Total enclosed

Make check payable to the Alliance for Democracy and send it with this form to the Alliance for Democracy, Convention Registration, PO Box 683, Lincoln, MA 01773.

Please call the AfD office, 781-259-9395, if you have questions or need additional information. Note: Room and board information will be mailed to those who register.