AIM Support Group of Ohio & N. KentuckyUpdates and Announcements
Saturday, April 05, 2003COMMITTEE OF 500 YEARS OF DIGNITY AND RESISTANCE P O BOX 110815, CLEVELAND, OH 44111, http://www.geocities.com/comm500yrs/ **CALL TO CONFERENCE*** Fifth Annual Conference on Racist Imagery in the Popular Culture "REFLECTIONS ON COLONIALISM" This is the Official Call to Conference and Conference Agenda from the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance and the Racial Justice Team of the Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ. Please call the Cleveland Airport Marriott Hotel (216-252-5333) for reservations as soon as possible. Ferne can also provide you with directions to the Church for our pre-conference registration and our traditional community meal, since we are starting the conference there and not at the hotel. Directions on getting to the protest will be provided at the conference registration table. CONFERENCE AGENDA - April 5, 6, 7, 2003 SATURDAY, April 5 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Viewing of Charlene's Teters art at Notre Dame College, Performing Arts Center, Ground Floor Administration Building,Notre Dame College, 4545 College Road, South Euclid, OH 5.00 p.m. Conference and Housing Registration at Pilgrim UCC, 2592 West 14th St., Cleveland, OH Lecture by Bruce Kafer, RN, BSN, AD, Oglala Lakota - Cleveland Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, American Indian/Latino outreach Coordinator 6:00 p.m. Dinner, hosted by Cleveland Native American Community, Pilgrim UCC Featured Guest: Nellie Boyd, Hidatsa/Assiniboine - singer and storyteller, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana SUNDAY, April 6 8:00 a. m. Registration at Cleveland Airport Marriott, 4277 W. 150th Street, Cleveland OH 9:00 a.m. Official Welcome - Chris Begay, Dineh, Chair, 500 Years Committee 9:15 a.m. Spiritual Ceremony - Clyde Bellecourt, Pipe Carrier, Sundancer and Founder, AIM, member, Midewin Lodge, and Nellie Boyd, Hidatsa/Assiniboine, singer and storyteller 10:00 a.m. Environmental - Wendsler Nosie, Chiracahua Tribe, founder Apaches for Cultural Survival, San Carlos Apache Reservation - "Saving Mt. Graham" The Sacred Site of the Apaches Noon Lunch 1:15 p.m. "Colonialism, Racism, Survival" - Richard Grounds, Ph.D. Yuchi/Seminole, Project Director Euchee Language Project, Tulsa, OK 3:30 p.m. Richard Grounds, continues Question and Answer time 5:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Time for Exchange of information, updates and concerns, Vernon Bellecourt, Charlene Teters, and members of National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media 9:00 p.m. Closing , prayer song, Nellie Boyd MONDAY, April 7 9:00 a.m. Gather for March and Protest, 25th and Detroit Avenue 10:00 a.m. Demonstration at Jacobs Field - NW Quadrant of Ontario Street For more information contact Ferne at 216-736-3725; e-mail: clementf@ucc.org posted by Webmaster@ AIM Support 8:00 AM Last updated:
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