The social unrest roiling Quebec is colour-coded red. One cannot miss the hundreds of thousands of people with cloth of the colour pinned to their coats and satchels; the stickers pasted on street poles and storefront mannequins; and the sheets fluttering from balconies and windows. The red squares – punning visually on a French expression to be squarely in the red, or in debt – are a gesture of solidarity with university and college students on a massive general strike against government tuition fee hikes.
Iowa Democracy Doubleheader: Join Ben Manski to learn about Move to Amend -and- Home Rule
Date:
January 13, 2012 - 5:00pm - 9:30pm Location
Matyk Building
1029 3rd St. SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
See map: Google Maps
5-7pm - FREE PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY TRAINING & POT LUCK DINNER
Ben Manski, attorney, professor and experienced national organizer will bring Move To Amend's strategy to Iowa along with nuts and bolts training to launch a signature campaign to educate about and engage the public in support of a Constitutional Amendment to abolish corporate personhood and affirm that money is not speech. Bring some food to share, notes, friends, and your passion to create a Democracy that works for ALL of us.
7:30-9:30pm - TEACH-IN... HOME RULE & DEMOCRACY - Cedar Rapids, IA
Attorney and organizer Ben Manski of Madison, WI will explore the historic, legal and modern challenges of Home Rule and what benefits it could hold in creating a Democracy that works for ALL of us. An inspirational and thoughtful strategy for designing our communities, our schools, our neighborhoods, our local food systems and more.
