Tired of Fighting Injustice Alone?
Attend the Second North
Carolina Event
'The Daniel Pennock DEMOCRACY SCHOOL'
Postponed until the fall of 2005
Located in the Scenic
Foothills of Western North Carolina
Conceived, Designed and Led by
The
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund -CELDF of Pennsylvania
and
Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy -POCLAD of Massachusetts
Sponsored by
The Concerned Citizens of
Rutherford County-CCRC of North Carolina
REGISTER NOW--Postponed--Please inquire!!!
Limited Space Available
Deadline for Registration: To be determined
"Why Democratic
Self-Government is Impossible When Corporations
Wield Constitutional Rights Against Communities to Deny The Rights of
People"
Feature of the School
Interfering with Democratic
Rights
A Community Confronts a Rock
Quarry Corporation
School Leader: Thomas Linzey, Attorney with CELDF
Leading the struggle
nationwide for citizens rights vs. corporations
Guest Lecturer: Mary Zepernick, Coordinator
of POCLAD
served as a member of the
national staff and board of the Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom and as WILPF president
Note:
All attendees will receive a 190 page background reading packet two
weeks prior to the Democracy School, which contains curriculum materials.
Arrival of Attendees
Introductions of Attendees
Discussion:
¨ "What is Our Concept of Democracy?"
¨ "What is Our History of Regulatory Activism?"
¨ "Does Our Work Vindicate Our Concept of Democracy?
How We Got Here: A Brief Overview of the
School and the Evolution of POCLAD/CELDF
A Case History: Traditional Organizing and Corporate Power -
Factory Farms
The Historical Role and
Nature of Corporations in the United States:
¨ The Role of Corporate Charters
¨ The Conferral of Corporate Constitutional Rights
¨ A History of Peoples' Movements in the United States
¨ The American Revolution
¨ The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
¨ The Anti-Federalists
¨ The Populists
¨ The Abolitionists and the Fourteenth Amendment
¨ Women's' Rights and the Nineteenth Amendment
¨ The Labor Movement
What Have We Learned from
These Movements?
¨ Common Theories, Strategies, and Actions
¨ Theory of the Constitution
¨ Theory of the Corporation
¨ Theory of Democracy
Building on the Lessons of
Prior Movements:
¨ Building New Models of Organizing (The Pennsylvania Model)
¨ The "Single Issue" Model: From Reframing to Winning
¨ Driving into Local Governing Arenas
¨ Challenging and Contesting Corporations
¨ Contesting Government Actions
¨ Empowering Corporations to Usurp Community Control
From Reframing To Drawing
the Corporate Response To Building New Constituencies To
Winning
Altering the Odds: Directly Challenging
Corporate Rights
¨ The Porter and Licking Township, Clarion County Experience: Using Law to Eliminate Legal Privileges Claimed by Corporations
¨ Building a Legal Framework to Support Elimination of Corporate Rights
¨ The Legal Defense Fund's Model Legal Brief to Eliminate Corporate Rights
Dinner and Social Time
Building the Connections
Amongst All Single Issues:
¨ Our History of Collaterally Challenging Illegitimate Corporate Authority
¨ Breakout: Reframing Single Issues by Rethinking Several Issues
¨ An Exploration of Jurisdictions and Arenas
¨ Other Constituencies
Critical Mass: Doing it Together and Building a Movement
This is the Work: Groups Across the United States Applying New
Models
Discussion: How Do We Make Real the Promises of Democracy?
School Logistics
Cost for
Tuition Fee, Materials, and Lunch on Saturday: $135.00
Lodging and all other Meals except Lunch on Saturday - on your own.
For Inns, Motels, B&B's and Campgrounds, visit
www.rutherfordtourism.com
Please make all checks payable to "CCRC" and mail to the following
address: CCRC, PO Box 623,
Rutherfordton, North Carolina 28139-0623.
Please direct all questions concerning the operation of the Democracy School to CCRC at
ccrc@rfci.net or 828- 247-0067 or 828-287-4429.
Visit www.ccrcnc.org to learn more about our group.
Deadline for
Registration is 'To Be Determined'.
Slots will fill up
fast so get your registration in early!