Coming soon… what happened at Occupy the Truth: Whistleblowers Conference!
Saturday Agenda
11:15am Sessions:
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C CLAUDETTE BEGIN Taxing the rich; millionaires tax
D DAVID P. Solutions – we know the problems
E KEN Student activism via Shock Media
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G TOM DRAKE/JESSELYN RADACK War on whistleblowers
H PETER SAMUELSON Secrecy in foster care protects inept gorwn ups and hurts kids
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12:15pm-1:15 Sessions:
A COLIN SULLIVAN Technology to protect whistleblowers
B JIM REID How do we build housing for all? Ideas of future housing
C JEF A govt suit isn’t fun; it’s lame
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F KATHY New list of domestic terrorists online, CIA involvement in 9/11
G CINDY SHEEHAN/JESUS Whistleblowing: what works and what doesn’t?
H MIKKO ALANNE Reopen RFK
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1:15-2:15 LUNCH BREAK
2:15pm Sessions:
A BARBARA Should the USA consider forgiveness as a way to heal?
B CYNTHIA BAGE Using organizational development tools & tactics to step corporate takeover of our lives
C CELIA ALARIO How can “we support the people” support whistleblowers waiting to come forward
D JANET Challenge of whistleblowing on people from within our own ranks
E ANDY STEPANIAN Communication management units and specialized prison programs
F CAROL LEIGH/SCARLOT HARLOT Collateral Damage: Sex workers and anti-trafficking
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3:15pm Sessions:
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D NAOMI PITCAIRN Diversity of Tactics
E KIM Dismantle the economic solution; transition to a different social order
F DR. URMI ASHAR (via Skype) Corporate transparency
G ZACHARY RUNNING WOLF Native American issues- Hopi prophesy
H ANDY STEPANIAN Mass subversion of culture, capital and activism
I PETER SAMUELSON Should W.H.O. release pandemic research?
4:15pm Sessions:
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B JOHN LUMIER-WINS What does it mean to awaken?
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D DR. FRANK LUCIDO Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012 (RCPA)
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H KEVIN GOZSTOLA (via Skype) Firedoglake The Dissenter on Wikileaks/Bradley Manning
I JESUS Class actions & other legal strategies
5:15pm to 6:15pm Closing Circle
Sunday Agenda
9:00am Registration and Breakfast
10:00am Opening Circle
11:00am Discussion Session 1
A DAVID SCHILLER Heart Meditation
B MICHAEL Health Care access
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D JIM The role of direct action
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F ALEXA O’BRIEN Reading Wikileaks into Congressional Record a la Pentagon Papers
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H JOEY SKAGGS/ LARRY BOGAD/PACKARD JENNINGS Art & activism
I MURIEL Living in ways very different than we were evolved to live
Noon to 1:00pm Working Lunch/Discussion Session 2
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C VINCENT VIBBERT Transparency in Occupy Movement
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F TOM DRAKE/JESSELYN RADACK Occupy the Future
G NAOMI PITCAIRN How do older people who don’t camp help the Occupy movement?
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1:00pm Discussion Session 3
A DR. FRANK LUCIDO Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012
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C KEN How do we bring a worldwide demonstration for Bradley Manning?
D NAVID/ IAN Occupy Cal history and future
E RAY MCGOVERN What will happen when NYPD orchestrates a terrorist events?
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H MOON Juice Media
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2:00pm to 3:00pm Closing Circle
February 17-19, 2012
UC Berkeley International House
Location and Transportation Information
& learn more about this event below:
“There is no truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.” - Thomas Jefferson
Transparency needs your brain. Whistleblowers need your protection. Fresh Juice Party invites you to bring your ideas.
Please join our co-sponsors KPFA Pacifica Radio 94.1FM, journalists, former military personnel, academics, activists, policy makers, media experts, filmmakers and whistleblowers for an open discussion designed to encourage unexpected interdisciplinary alliances and action.
Join us Friday night, Feb. 17 for a mixer at 6pm, 7:00 – 8:30 panel discussion about Bradley Manning featuring Daniel Ellsberg, Ann Wright and Ray McGovern, followed by an entertaining and thought provoking “sermon” by the legendary Reverend Billy.
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18-19 will be a first of its kind activist/expert un-conference mix so expect to be surprised. This will be a unique participant driven environment where we will co-create the agenda for the day. Sharing, networking and creating new alliances will be central to providing strategies and support for whistleblowers. While attendees physically gather in Berkeley, there will be opportunities for contemporaneous online participation via Twitter #TruthCon, live streaming, chats, and possibly Skype for those who must attend remotely due to distance or desire to remain Anonymous. Please email us at info@freshjuiceparty.com to receive updates for online participation.
Come and enjoy the freedom of discussion and mobility of an unconference where serious discussion interplays with an open space atmosphere of creativity and play.
Everyone who attends will receive a book of the proceedings shortly afterwards. Sensitive materials will be treated as such.
Check for updates on Facebook and Twitter @FreshJuiceParty #TruthCon
Location and Transportation Information
Who is the Conference for? Anyone who really cares about truth and transparency. (Practitioners and academics in the information, communication, media, computer, and library domains, members of NGOs working on civil society and good governance issues, and all who are interested in ethical, legal and regulatory aspects of information and communication.)
Participants:
Mikko Alanne, Filmmaker
Celia Alario, Strategist, Former Press Secretary at Arianna for Gov
Christine Assange, WikiLeaks Advocate, Julian Assange’s Mother (Pre-recorded interview by phone)
Larry Bogad, Performance Artist
Thomas Drake, NSA Whistleblower
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Jodie Evans, Co-founder of Code Pink
Mike German, ACLU Policy Council, Former FBI Special Agent
Kevin Gosztola, Civil liberties writer, Covered Manning pre-trial hearing (via Skype)
Birgitta Jonsdottir, Member of Icelandic Parliament, Nominated Bradley Manning for Nobel Peace Prize (via Skype)
Johanna Lawrenson, Organizer and widow of the late great Abbie Hoffman
Carol Leigh, Filmmaker and Sex Workers Rights Activist
Dr. Frank Lucido, Longtime Medical Marijuana and Anti-nuclear Activist
Ray McGovern, Ex-CIA Analyst and Writer
Occupy Oakland, Oakland Community Members
Alexa O’Brien, WikiLeaks Central Writer, Co-Founder of US Day of Rage (by Skype)
Alexandra Paul, Actress and Activist
Jesselyn Radack, Government Accountability Project Attorney and DOJ Whistleblower
Peter Samuelson, Social Entrepreneur
Cindy Sheehan, Peace activist
Joey Skaggs, Artist and Media Hoaxer
Annie Sprinkle Ph, Former Porn Star, Artist and Activist
Andy Stepanian, Social justice activist, Artist, Co-founder of The Sparrow Project
Elizabeth Stephens PhD, Professor, Filmmaker and Activist
Adam Sterling, Writer and Former Executive Director of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, Appeared in Darfur Now
Reverend Billy Talen, Activist and Performance Artist
Ann Wright, Retired Army Colonel and Activist
*We invite voices from Anonymous to join anonymously via Twitter #TruthCon throughout the conference. Their contributions will be displayed on a projection screen in the room.
Wikipedia Info on Open Space Technology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology
International House’s Website:
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This is costing me much, car rental, Bart, lodging, donation. I want to collect autographs from Ellsberg, McGivern, Wright, the NSA whistleblower, the former FBI, etc. Further, to make cnx w/ OO rep’s. and others.
I am unclear about when it starts and ends on Saturday and Sunday.
Starts 9am both days. Ends 6pm Saturday, 3pm Sunday.
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We <3 Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, the founders of Sexecology! Keep an eye out for their movie on Mountain Top Removal!
It May not be to late. Someone should invite Darryl Cherney and have him show his new documentary, Who Bombed Judy Bari.
We did. He sent us a nice reply. He’s booked, though, this weekend. Thanks for the recommendation, Andy! See you this weekend.
Just to clarify, is the time zone pacific time?
Yep PST!
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SWEDEN – a competent study on Swedens leading position in war, weapons and corruption
recommended:
read more about this study here
http://www.wikileaks-forum.com/index.php/topic,8313.0.html
or:
read the study itself here http://dspace.mah.se/bitstream/handle/2043/4925/tillpdf.pdf?sequence=1
Sweden is one our our most corrupted states at current ,the population is as ignorant to this as the rest of the world and in measures beyond Berlusconis Italy and Italians
please read and also keep digging – it is scarily insane how they paint their war-business with our worlds own peace-prize under a name of Nobel
Will anyone need overnight accommodations for this conference? We would love to set up a percentage off discount or a room block if needed.
For pictures and more details, please visit our website: http://www.hotelshattuckplaza.com.
Thank you!!
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If there’s a way to attend remotely via some sort of web-meeting software I’m all over this… sadly I’m too far away to attend in person.
Solidarity from Kansas.
Hey, we love @PopFreeRadio! Yes, we will have live streaming, chats and Twitter feeds under the hashtag #TRUTHCON. We’re hoping that tons of people will want to participate online who cannot be there in person. In fact, we’re hoping Anonymous shows up anonymously in this very manner.
Thanks for your question. Cheers & Solidarity! ~FJP
awesome. I’ll try to be on the stream/chat.
Could you give us more details about the livestream participation?
Thanks, this looks epic <3
We’ll be livestreaming through our site, but there will be a list of Occupy Oakland streamers who will cover the event. We’ll post a list of channels tomorrow! Thanks, OpManning!
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are you guys accepting volunteers for setup/cleanup for this event? I’d love to attend but am not in the financial position to donate money…but I have all the time in the world
The event is free! Donations at any level would be fantastic, but NO ONE will be turned away, ESPECIALLY if you want to volunteer. THANKS SO MUCH, Jessi! We’ll be in touch this week to talk about how you can help out.
Cheers! ~FJP (& Tony’s Circus!)