[Mpls] Cry Justice Conference Jan. 8 and 9 (Updated Info)

[Caroline Palmer]

January 5, 2005					          ATTENTION =
NEWSROOM!
UPDATED INFORMATION
Cry Justice! Information, 651-221-1082 or www.cryjustice.org or=20
info at cryjustice.org

CRY JUSTICE!
DON=92T MOURN, ORGANIZE!
A Conference on Activism, Organizing and Civil Liberties
January 8-9, 2005
University of Minnesota Law School (U of M West Bank),
229 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis

Green Party Presidential Candidate David Cobb to open conference!

Cry Justice! is a hands-on activism conference organized to provide=20
tools and analysis for resistance under=A0four more years of the current=20=

neo-conservative administration. The first conference in October 2003=20
was well-received and featured nationally recognized speakers as well=20
as workshops covering a wide variety of activist issues.=A0This January=20=

2005 Cry Justice! returns to provide up-to-date information and=20
hands-on training in response to the new challenges we face both=20
nationally and locally. The two-day event will be filled with=20
educational opportunities, coalition building, fun, art, and=20
celebration of community.

Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb will open the conference=20=

at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 8. He will also participate in the=20
Election Fraud and Secure Elections panel discussion on Sunday, January=20=

9, 2005 from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Cobb and Libertarian presidential=20=

candidate Michael Badnarik are currently engaged in a legal battle in=20
Ohio to ensure a fair recount of the votes cast in that state on=20
November 2, 2004. For further information visit=20
http://www.votecobb.org/press/2004/dec/pr2004-12-30.php.

Planned workshops include: Legislative Organizing; Working Under Bush=20
(workers rights issues); Working With, Around and Against the Media;=20
Grassroots Organizing for Peace and Justice; Direct Action and Civil=20
Disobedience; U.S. Foreign Policy, Empire, and Peace and Justice=20
Organizing; Know Your Rights; Civil Liberties Under the Second Bush=20
Administration; Returning Politics to the People; Countering Spin =96=20
Taking Back Language and Agenda from the Far Right; Election Fraud and=20=

Fair Elections; and Legal Observing. A meeting of the We Do Not Concede=20=

Coalition will close the event. A complete schedule and list of=20
speakers is available at www.cryjustice.org. The conference=20
registration fee is $20 or $5 for students and persons with low income=20=

(under $10,000 a year). Registration information is available at=20
www.cryjustice.org, by calling 651-221-1082 or e-mailing=20
info at cryjustice.org.
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