FREE TO THE PUBLIC
The Peoples’ Summit An educational dialogue about the problems facing the world – and what to do about them
Pittsburgh 2009
SATURDAY September 19 – 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – “Globalization and the G-20” 20th CENTURY CLUB (Oakland) 4201 Bigelow Blvd. 1 block from Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning (behind Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall) State Senator Jim Ferlo, Leo Gerard (President, United Steel Workers), Walden Bello (Focus on the Global South), James Quilligan (international development analyst), Anna Pinto (feminist/environmentalist–India), Robert Enholm (Citizens for Global Solutions), Howard Zinn (People’s History of the United States), Anthony Arnove (Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal), Panel of Student & Youth Activists, PLUS Interactive Workshops CHAIRS: Molly Rush & Tim Stevens
7:00 p.m. – CULTURAL EVENT: music & performance group Abafasi; spoken-word artist Brian Francis; African dance troupe; hip-hop artist Son of Nun; Howard Zinn’s one-act play “Marx in Soho” with Brian Jones
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, McConomy Auditorium, University Center <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
MONDAY September 21 – 7:00 p.m.
“Ending Poverty, Reversing Economic Decline in Our Communities” NEW HAZLETT THEATER (North Side) Allegheny Square East Between Ridge St. and East Ohio St., below Federal St. in East Park Privilege Haangandu (Jubilee Zambia/Jubilee USA), Carl Redwood (One Hill), John Canning (North Side United), Tim Stevens (Black Political Empowerment Project), Maria Somma (United Steel Workers), Molly Rush (Thomas Merton Center)
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TUESDAY September 22 – 7:00 p.m. – “Another World is Possible”
20th CENTURY CLUB (Oakland) 4201 Bigelow Blvd.
1 block from Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning (behind Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall) John Tarka, President, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, Jihan Gearon, Diné (Navajo)/African-American organizer, Jeremy Scahill, award-winning author and investigative journalist, and others
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FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE www.peoplessummit.com