[Announce-DAN] Urgent Call for Activists: Plug-Into the Colorado Calendar of April Activities

["dB" <doug@denverradio.org>]

To All Human Beings,

Below you will find a proposal for "16 Days of Peace, Love & 
Protest." This mega-event will cover over two weeks from A16 to M1.  
In order to achieve this huge task, I need as much input from our 
community and other potential groups, as possible.  Personally, I 
would love to see every group plug into the calendar.  There is no 
central organizing body.  We'll form an ad hoc group as needed.  This 
just came out of the fact that we have a lot of activities, 
anniversaries, holidays, historical events, etc. that fall into this 
period of time and I believe it would be a sorely missed opportunity 
for us not to promote the causality and relationships between them.

Every person plays a pivotal role.  Everyone has something to 
contribute.  Please get involved.
Please send me your feedback or feel free to copy it to discuss-
dan@yahoogroups.com for further conversation.
All interested people will be asked to consent on a series of 
planning meeting date(s).
All ideas will be added to the Proposal below, updating it as we go 
and posted to the discuss-dan list often.  (If you're not on that 
list and want to be let me know.)

As you may recall, last year we had 4 days of activities with the 
small, newly formed Denver-DAN.  There is no reason why this year it 
can't expand exponentially. 

To DAN activists: This proposal is currently on the agenda for the 
next spokes on Feb 12th, but it's important that I get a lot of 
feedback on this prior, in order to get the jump on promotion, PR, 
fundraising, etc. 

Thank you for all your help & support in being a part of this really 
incredible activist community!,
Doug (contact info at the end)

So here for your review is the first draft of the proposal…..
Proposal (version .15):
16 Days of Peace, Love & Protest
"From Columbus to Columbine" - When will the massacre End?

Purpose: 	Educate about the past, Motivate the Present, Build 
Community for the Future.

The Calendar & Events:
A16 Mo	Anniversary of IMF-World Bank protest in DC 
Colorado FTAA delegation send-off
Screening of Breaking the Bank
A17 Tu	
A18 We	
A19 Th	Anniversary of Waco & Oklahoma City Bombing - In Memorial (??)
A20 Fr	Summit of the Americas – FTAA
Anniversary of the Ludlow & Columbine Massacres
(Strange sidebar: Also Hitler's B-day & the founding of McDonald's! 
Is there a connection?)
A21 Sa Eve	"500 Years": Benefit for Columbus Parade Legal Aid
Organizations: La Escuela de Tlatelolco, American Indian Movement,
Newsed CDC, & the Denver Inner City Parish
Confirmed Speakers, Artists & Poets: Russell Means, Ramona Africa, 
Kathy Peltier, Glenn T. Morris, Nita Gonzales, Julian B., Carlos 
Fresquez, Nino, Sean Rozales, Amadeo Myera, Lalo Delgado, & Rudy 
Gonzales 
A22 Su
A23 Mo
A24 Tu
A25 We
A26 Th
A27 Fr Eve	Benefit Concert
A28 Sa Eve	Benefit Rave
A29 Su
A30 Mo	Pep Rally
M1 Tu		MayDay

Potential Activities:
Puppet/Prop Making Workshop
Maypole Making Party
"Hand out G.W. Bush Decoder Rings!"
Activist Art Auction
Activist Film, Video, Media Festival Screenings/Listenings
Benefit Shows (Hip-Hop, Punk, Dance, etc.)
Improve Comedy
Activist Open House/Potluck
"Download Napster"
Proportional Representation Benefits (where you decide how you want 
your money spent)
Street Theatre/Skits/Plays
Our Forgotten History
Intro to Activism 101: Where do you start?
Book Signings/Readings
"Making Punk a Threat Again"
Fair Trade Fair (No Money Required, Everything is Trade)
Panels, Teach-Ins, Summit Review (Follow-Up from People's Summit on 
Globalization)
Community Picnics/Outdoor Games (Red Rover, Kick Ball, Tether Ball, 
Badminton, etc.)
DJ/Rave w/ Theme
Anarchist Convention
Combo Art/Entertainment/Poetry Slams (Stimulation Overload)
The Thomas Friedman Pro-Globalization Parade
-	A "Lexus" pulled by people in "golden straightjackets" 
representing countries effected by IMF/WB policies
-	Dragging an "olive tree"
-	Big boat floats splashing water on people dressed as small 
boats. "A rising tide lifts all boats" 
-	An "electronic herd" of drones wired to Wall Street
-	(If they'd grant a permit for a Columbus Day Parade, they'd 
have to let something this creative through or maybe they're not that 
much into creativity.)
And More, More, More!!!

Screenings:
Skin on the Drum
Breaking the Bank
This is What Democracy Looks Like
Showdown in Seattle
DNC 2000
S26
Paying the Price
Pick-Axe
Breaking the Spell
AMP/IMC pieces
More, More More!!!

Possible Other Speakers (contacted, checking availability):
Winona LaDuke
Michael Franti
Thom Hartmann
Howard Zinn
Noam Chomsky
More, More More!!!

Possible Locations:
Mercury
The Spot
The Bug
Los Revoluciones
DCTV
Auraria/Tivoli
More, More More!!!

Douglas Bohm 303.525.2962 doug@denverradio.org
Denver Radio Coalition 303.832.8628 info@denverradio.org 303.832.1808 
fax
1155 Sherman St, Denver, CO 80203
http://denverradio.org




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