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The 5th Annual Youth Conference on Political Activism

"Our Future Is Not For Sale: Youth Organize For Global Justice"

Conference Schedule

(subject to change)


Morning
8:00 am Registration begins
9:00 am Keynote Speaker: Jeff Cohen, founder FAIR
10:15 am Workshops on Child Labor (CLEA), and Outright Vermont
11:00 am Workshops on Counter-Recruitment and Writing Poetry on Politics (with David Budbill)
10:15-11:40 am Panels on: Race, our Society and our Schools; and Health, Food, and our Environment: Examples for Sustainable Development
11:45 am Poetry Reading with David Budbill on "Poetry and Politics"
12:15 pm Lunch featuring live music

Afternoon
1:00 pm Keynote Speaker: Greg Watson, on Sustainable Develoment and Renewable Energy.
2:10 pm Workshop on Writing Poetry on Politics (with David Budbill)
3:00 pm Workshop on Health Initiatives in Mali (by Caitlin Cohen)
2:10-3:45 pm Panels on: The War and Its Realities: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran; and Manufacturing Consent: Mass Media, Their Reality and Ours
4:00 pm Keynote Speaker: Nancy Snow, author of Propaganda, Inc.
5:00 pm Closing remarks by the Organizing Committee



For more information, contact:
youth_conference@putneyschool.org
Or call: 802.387.6220


The Putney School Youth Conference Home Speakers & Presenters Schedule Registration