Annc; Global Teach-In, this Wed, April 25th & Forum on Privatization & Public Banking, May 2nd next Wed

[Lora Chamberlain]

We are the ones we have been waiting for! The time is now for us to come together around what kind of City, Country and World we really want to live in. We all know that we want human needs to be prioritized, we want peace, fairness, sustainability and democracy but what exactly is our vision? The Global Teach In on Wed, April 25th, 11am-3pm will present new ideas about financial, societal and governmental systems by authors and visionaries from around the World, come on out and see what catches your imagination. We will follow this Global Teach In with a more Focused Teach In on the problem of Privatization and the solution of Public Banks, Wednesday, May 2nd, 6:30-9:30pm (More info below). _______________________________________________________________________ Global Teach In Date and Time: Next Wed, April 25, 2012, Time: 11a-3p Location: Columbia College Chicago, 600 S Michigan, RM. 101, Ferguson Lecture Hall, Sponsored by: Critical Encounters, Occupy Columbia College Chicago, Cultural Studies Students Society, Chicago Political Economy Group, American Monetary Institute and Illinois Citizens for Public Banking. Facebook Page for Chicago Chapter: http://illinoispublicbanking.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=e3e0442477f6768aa56eb0a32&id=1f05dce1eb&e=a90c5f419f GlobalTeachInChicago Chicago Flyer to download and print : http://illinoispublicbanking.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e3e0442477f6768aa56eb0a32&id=744bb8453f&e=a90c5f419f Seven Nations and More than 15 Cities in 4 Continents Organize Global Teach-In to answer the question: What’s Next for the Occupy Movement? On April 25th, 2012, activists, policy makers, and scholars from around the world will assemble for a global teach-in, From 11a-3p CST it will be broadcast free in Chicago, at Columbia College On April 25th, cities around the world will address concrete solutions to the economic, environmental and energy crises. Seven months ago, on September 17, 2011 the Occupy Movement was launched in Zuccotti Park in Wall Street. Now Occupy, environmental, labor, peace and other activists around the world will address the question: “What’s next for the Occupy Movement?”  They will do this through a live, interactive broadcast involving lectures, face-to-face discussion groups and action plans showcasing how to promote democracy movements, green jobs and planning, and an alternative financial system. This event will showcase the alternative policies needed globally, nationally and locally to constitute a concrete plan of action. Speakers will address the need for not only new tax and budgetary policies, but also the necessity to build new economic institutions from the ground up.  These include: alternative banks, utilities, cooperatives and other new economic forms to promote needed economic and ecological changes. The world’s leading thinkers and activists will be involved in this event, including: Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org (US); Gar Alperovitz, founding Principal of The Democracy Collaborative (US); Colin Hines, Convenor of the Green new Deal (UK); Bruce Nixon, environmental author and activist (UK); Ellen Hodgson Brown, Chairman and President, Public Banking Institute (US); Alice Slater, noted peace and anti-nuclear activist (US); Robert Pollin, a leading economist on green economic transformations (US); Pamela Brown, a leader of the movement against student debt (US); Joel Rogers, a leading green activist (US); Oscar Kejllberg, Former President of Sweden’s leading cooperative bank (Sweden); and Dada Maheshvarananda, a leader of the PROUT movement for economic democracy (Venezuela). Jonathan M. Feldman (Sweden), principal convenor, organized the televised national Green New Deal Conference in Sweden in March 2009 and was a principal organizer of the May 2, 1990 National Town Meeting on the Peace Dividend held in Washington, D.C. Webpage and Live Stream:  http://illinoispublicbanking.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e3e0442477f6768aa56eb0a32&id=249e9caec3&e=a90c5f419f Info on speakers; http://illinoispublicbanking.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e3e0442477f6768aa56eb0a32&id=2418bdafc5&e=a90c5f419f http://illinoispublicbanking.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e3e0442477f6768aa56eb0a32&id=e9665e80b9&e=a90c5f419f Promotional video: http://illinoispublicbanking.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e3e0442477f6768aa56eb0a32&id=d59d1f0db4&e=a90c5f419f _______________________________________________________________________ This event will be followed by a Teach In on; The Problem: Privatization The Solution: Public Banks-How We Fund our Future! Wed, May 2nd, 6:30-9:30pm Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn, main floor Featured speakers will include Emily Carroll of Food and Water Watch Robert Kelly of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 308 Dr. Lora Chamberlain of the Illinois Citizens for Public Banking this event is sponsored by IL Citizens for Public Banking www.illinoispublicbanking.org in...@illinoispublicbanking.org 773-486-7660 Donations for room charge will be accepted, but no one turned away. Face book: http://illinoispublicbanking.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=e3e0442477f6768aa56eb0a32&id=0c24292350&e=a90c5f419f