Have you registered for the Peltier Organizing Conference?
Dear Peltier supporters,
Below is a list of the confirmed panelists and participants for the Peltier Organizing Conference. Also included is a registration form. We hope you are able to attend the conference and we look forward to meeting you in person. If you are planning on coming it is very important that you register by June 1st. If you plan to stay in a dorm room (2 beds per room) then you should register now because there are only about 50 beds left! If you register at the conference we will be unable to provide food or shelter for you because we have to order rooms and food before hand. For those that are able, we are still in urgent need of funding to make the conference a success. Please continue to spread the word and encourage others to attend. Thank you.
The LPDC staff collective
LIST OF CONFIRMED PANELISTS AND PARTICIPANTS FOR THE LEONARD PELTIER ORGANIZING CONFERENCE JUNE 25, 26, 27:
HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SPIRITUAL ADVISOR
David Chief
LEONARD’S GRANDCHILDREN
Cyrus Peltier
Alex Peltier
OGLALA SURVIVORS
Jean Day
Edgar Bear Runner
Jean Bordeaux Roach
LEGAL TEAM
Carl Nadler
Eric Seitz
Jennifer Harbury
James Harrington
Jim Leonard (tentative)
PRISON ISSUES
Ida Robinson (former political prisoner and prisoner advocate)
Helen Felix Baca (former maximum security federal prisoner-Peltier advocate)
Bobby Castillo (former Marion Control Unit prisoner-Peltier advocate)
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Lennox Hinds (Lawyer for Mandela)
Sharon Venne (legal counsel for treaty 6) (tentative)
Amnesty International representavive
Sylvain Duez-Alesandrini (LPSG France coordinator)
Dennis Brutus (Former South African political prisoner, professor and poet)
LOBBYING
Jennifer Harbury (Human Rights Advocate, author of "Searching For
Everado")
Keith Jennings (President of the African American Human Rights Foundation)
Ernie Stevens Jr. (National Congress of American Indians-vice president)
POLITICAL PRISONER PANEL
Jaime Gutierrez (advocate for Ramsey Muniz)
Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt (Recently released Black Panther)
Pam Africa (Advocate for Mumia Abu Jamal and MOVE member) Marcos Vilar (Advocat for Puerto
Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners)
Safiaya Bukari (Jericho spokeswoman)
Jamila Levi (Advocate for Ray Luc Lavasseur, Tom Manning, and Jaan Laaman) Bear Lincoln
(Former First Nations political prisoner from the Round Valley Nation) (tentative)
GRASS ROOTS PANEL
Debra Peebles (journalist)
David Dillenger (Defendent of Chicago 8 Conspiracy Trial-Life long activist)
Arthur Miller (North West LPSG Regional Coordinator and IWW member)
CT Butler (Co-founder of Food Not Bombs)
Gloria Yellow Horse (Center For Third World Organizing)
LEONARD PELTIER ORGANIZING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
Name___________________________________________________________________
Phone______________________________email________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE PER PERSON
$25.00
LODGING
Dorm rooms, camping, and hotel rooms are available. If you would like to reserve
a hotel room you can call the LPDC to find out what is available. Camping will cost 5.00 a
night and dorm rooms will cost 15.00 a night. Fill in the blanks below with the
appropriate amounts and nights you will need lodging.
____Friday night
____Saturday night
____Sunday night
____Total
FOOD
All food will be provided by the Haskell Cafeteria and Food Not Bombs. If you
choose to have your food provided, the cost will be 5.00 for Friday night, 15.00 for
Saturday, and 15.00 for Sunday.
____Friday night
____Saturday night
____Sunday
____Total
ORGANIZING KIT
Organizing kits will be sold at cost during the conference. They will include a
lobbying packet, a Leonard Peltier organizing hand book, one copy of the documentary,
"Incident at Oglala," 20 news letters, The FBI files, 10 buttons, 10 bumper
stickers, and a Leonard Peltier Support Group Banner. This will cost 50.00. If you will be
purchasing a kit let us know so we can order appropriately.
____ Yes I would like to purchase an organizing kit at the conference ____ I would like
to pre-pay for an organizing kit and will include 50.00 now.
____ I will not be purchasing a kit.
TOTAL COST
25.00 Registration fee
_____ lodging
_____ food
_____ pre-paid organizing kit
_____ TOTAL-I have enclosed this amount with my registration form.
I am most interested in participating in a working group that will focus on:
____direct action/demonstrations
____lobbying and letter writing
____fund-raising
____media, writing, speaking and public outreach
____on-campus organizing
____legal research
Thank you! Make checks and $ orders payable to LPDC. Send to PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044 You will receive verification of your registration for the conference by mail.
June 25, 26 and 27, 1999 HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY - Lawrence, Kansas Haskell Indian Nations University is off 23rd Street three blocks east of Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas ( 23rd Street is also Kansas Route 10 which intersects I-35 and I-435 west of Kansas City, MO ) LEONARD PELTIER DEFENSE COMMITTEE, PO Box 583 - Lawrence, KS 66044 - 785-842-5774 FAX 785-842-5796 lpdc@idir.net
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-842-5774
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