The Bus For Progress: Lawrence Lessig

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The Influence of Money in Politics:  Join our bus trip to hear a very important speech by renown Prof. Lawrence Lessig, sponsored by North Jersey Public Policy Network.

 

Do you believe that money in our political system is driving almost every policy issue and affecting almost every elected office?  Do you believe that this is one of the most significant issues of our time?  Then this speech is one you don't want to miss!

 

Prof. Lessig will be speaking on October 17, 2012 at 7:30pm at Ramapo High school in Franklin Lakes, NJ.  He will continue the discussion of money influencing and corrupting our democracy, the solutions and citizen role and responsibility.

No need to worry about traffic, directions, tolls, etc.  Ride in comfort on the "Bus for Progress", and meet new like minded friends along the way!  The Bus for Progress is owned by a non-profit group that works to promote progressive issues - www.BusForProgress.org.  The bus has a full restroom, couches, chairs, tables, coffee maker and microwave.  It's a very fun way to travel.

The bus will be making stops in Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex and Union Counties.  Please arrive at each stop 10 minutes early, so that you can hop on the bus when it arrives.  See below:

4:40 - Shoprite Shopping Center on 1700 Madison Avenue in Lakewood (just north of County Line Road).  Park near Route 9.

5:00 - Garden State Parkway (GSP) Mile 100 Rest Area in Wall.  Park at the southern commuter lot which slopes down the hill.  Meet the bus at the top of the lot.

5:20 - Commuter Parking Lot at GSP Exit 109 in Red Bank.  Located on Schultz Drive, just off Newman Springs Road.  Meet the bus at the parking lot entrance.

5:50 - GSP Cheesequake Rest Area, mile 123.  Park at the northern commuter lot.  Meet the bus behind the rest area building.

6:15 - GSP Exit 135 in Clarke.  Park at the Marshalls on 77 Central Avenue.  Park near Central Ave.

7:10 - Arrive at event.

Seats on the bus are $25 per person.  Please mail your check (payable to "Bus for Progress") to:

 Bobbie Schneider:

12 Cherry Hill Road

Holmdel, NJ 07733 

 

 

Seats will be filled on a first come- first pay basis.  We need 18 passengers to make this trip happen - see our cancellation policy -  http://www.busforprogress.org/events/cancellation-policy Proceeds from the trip support the bus and its non-profit organization.

 

Prof. Lessig will attract a capacity audience, so we need to receive all checks and payments no later than Saturday, Oct 13th. 

Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and founder of Rootstrikers, an activist network opposed to corruption in government. Lessig has authored numerous books, including Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Our Congress -- and Plan to Stop It and One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic. 

 

Lessig holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania , an MA in philosophy from Cambridge , and a JD from Yale. Prior to rejoining the Harvard faculty, Lessig was a professor at Stanford Law School , where he founded the school's Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago . He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.

We hope you'll join us!  Please contact Bobbie Schneider at TisB...@aol.com with any questions.

 

Please forward this to anyone you think would be interested, and please feel free to make an announcement at any group meetings you attend.