FRIDAY

7 p.m. Public Event Opening Night, Holy Name Cathedral
North State Street at Superior Street, downtown Chicago
• Amy Goodman of Pacifica Radio’s Democracy Now!
• Hip-Hop Performance Ensemble Kuumba Lynx
• Neil Watkins, National Coordinator, Jubilee USA Network
• Gado Mwampembwa, Tanzanian political cartoonist (invited)

• Hand out the Friday Night Flyer (especially in the Chicago area)

SATURDAY

Loyola University, Chicago Illinois
Water Tower Campus
Law School Building
25 E. Pearson St.

9:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Opening Reflection
Led by Chris Inserra, music coordinator, School of the Americas (SOA) Watch


9:15 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Welcome
Neil Watkins, National Coordinator, Jubilee USA Network

10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Opening Plenary
• Carol Welch, United Nations Millenium Campaign
• Louis Dorvilier, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Global Missions
• Pat Rumer, Jubilee USA Network Co-Chair

11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m.-1:55 p.m.  Workshop Sessions

• Understanding the IMF, the World Bank, and Conditionality: Rick Rowden, policy analyst, Action Aid International; Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern; Marie Dennis, Maryknoll
• Debt 101: Alex Baumgarten, Episcopal Church-Washington Office
• Meeting your MOC: Grassroots Lobbying and Advocacy: Gary Cosette, Chicago Religious Leadership Network; Kim Stietz, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Washington Office (invited)
• Art and Resistance: Julio Montaño Montenegro and Martha Arboleda Ortiz, Colombia; Gado Mwampembwa, Kenya; Rita Jankowska-Bradley, Jubilee Montana
• The Inside Story on Doing Effective Media Work: Beth Poteet, Witness for Peace; Andy Szatkowski, Jubilee Oregon
• Global Apartheid-Anti-Oppression Training: Evelyn Salah, Africa Action; Pat Rumer, Jubilee Oregon; Nunu Kidane, Priority Africa Network
• Country Case Study: The Democratic Republic of Congo-A Clear Case of Odious Debt: Claude Bambi, Democratic Republic of Congo; Karen Joyner, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator, Jubilee USA

1:55 p.m.-2:10 p.m. Break

2:10 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Plenary: Legislative Strategies On Debt
• State Senator Don Trotter, Chicago
• U.S. Representative Danny Davis, (D-Ill.) (invited)
• Nicole Austin, Office of U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) (invited)
• U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) (invited)
• U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, (D-Ill.)
• U.S. Representative Bobby Rush, (D-Ill.)

3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Break

3:45 p.m. –4:55 p.m. Workshop Sessions

• Millenium Development Goals 101: Carol Welch, UN Millennium Campaign; Kim Stietz, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Washington Office; Louis Dorvilier, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Global Missions
• Open Mic! Poetry & Protest: Nathan Fishman, Outreach and Congregations Fellow, Jubilee USA; monét cooper, Program Associate, Jubilee USA; Rita Jankowska-Bradley, Jubilee Montana
• China, Venezula, and the Rise of New Leaders: Patricia Dávila, Ecuador Ministry of Finance; Imani Countess, American Friends Service Committee, Africa Life Over Debt Program; Rev. Bill Harman, Jubilee San Diego (invited);  Rick Rowden, policy analyst, ActionAid International
• Debt 101: Alex Baumgarten, Episcopal Church-Washington Office
• Steeples, Synagogues, and Temples: Organizing Within Faith Communities: Kristin Sundell, Outreach and Congregations Coordinator, Jubilee USA; Jacob Feinspan, American Jewish World Service; Edie Rasell, United Church of Christ National Office (invited)
  
• Getting Ready for Campaign ’08: Bird Dogging, Candidate Forums and More Global Justice
• At What Cost Debt Relief? Reflections on the Jubilee Delegation to Zambia: Pat Rumer, Jubilee Oregon; Cara and Dustin Pattison, Jubilee Oregon; Robin Lloyd, Burlington, Vermont

4:55 p.m.-6:45 p.m.  Dinner
Food Life Chicago
835 N. Michigan Ave., 5 blocks from the conference site

6:45 p.m.–8:45 p.m. Afro-Columbian Dance Performance & Screening of Bamako

• Julio Montaño y Martha Arboleda, Artistic Dance Corporation Ecos del Pacifico
• Screening Bamako, which is executive produced by actor Danny Glover | Watch the film trailer

9 p.m.–9:15 p.m. Closing Reflection
Sharing reflections on Bamako and the day, led by Imani Countess, American Friends Service Committee

9:15 p.m. Explore Chicago Nightlife!

SUNDAY

Loyola University, Chicago Illinois
Water Tower Campus
Law School Building
25 E. Pearson St.

9:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Opening Reflection

9:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Plenary Sabbath Economics/The Sabbath Year Campaign for Debt Cancellation

• Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
• Kristin Sundell, Jubilee USA

10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m.–Noon  Workshop Sessions

• More ‘Inconvenient Truths’: Debt, Oil, and Global Warming: Jen Kalafut, Oil Change International
  
• Making the Connections-International Debt and Global AIDS: Dupage Glocal Aids Action Network; Evelyn Sallah, Africa Action; Jacob Feinspan, American Jewish World Service; Sr. Sheila Kinsey, DGAAN; Global Justice
• Train the Trainer: Organizing a Sabbath Economics Study Group in Your Community:Cara and Dustin Pattison, Jubilee Oregon
• Meeting your MOC: Grassroots Lobbying and Advocacy: Gary Cosette, Chicago Religious Leadership Network; Kim Stietz, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Washington Office (invited)
• Talking Jubilee: Educating your Community about Debt and Economic Justice: Alessandra Harris, Jubilee South Bay Coalition; Abbey Fisher, Jubilee York Pennsylvania
• Debt of the Dictators: Film Screening & Discussion
• Answering the Hard Questions: Educating your Community on Debt & Global Poverty: Neil Watkins, National Coordinator, Jubilee USA

Noon-1 p.m.  Lunch

1 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Plenary: Envisioning Alternatives: Building a North and South Movement

• Patricia Davila, formerly of Jubilee Ecuador, currently of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Finance
• Nunu Kidane, Priority Africa Network
• Mhizha Chifamba, Executive Director, Washington Office on Africa

2:15 p.m.–2:25 p.m. BREAK

2:25 p.m.–3:35 p.m. Workshop Sessions
 

• Unjust, Unfair, and Still Legal!: On Vulture Funds and Other Threats to Debt Cancellation: Karen Joyner, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator, Jubilee USA; Imani Countess, American Friends Service Committee Africa Life Over Debt Program
• Border Crossings: The Push and Pull of Debt, Trade, and Immigration: Oscar Chacón, National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities; Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies
• Economic Justice for Haiti!: Tom Ricker, Quixote Center; Wadner Pierre, Haiti
• The Second Invasion: The IMF and World Bank in Iraq: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence; Iraqi labor leaders
• Debt Cancellation Works! Making Sure Debt Relief Reaches the Poor: Neil Watkins, National Coordinator, Jubilee USA; Alex Baumgarten, Episcopal Church Washington Office
  
• Steeples, Synagogues, and Temples: Organizing Within Faith Communities: Kristin Sundell, Outreach and Congregations Coordinator, Jubilee USA; Jacob Feinspan, American Jewish World Service
• The Inside Story on Doing Effective Media Work: Beth Poteet, Witness for Peace; Andy Szatkowski, Jubilee Oregon

3:35 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Gather in Main Space

3:45 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Closing Reflection
Led by Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Non-Violence (invited)

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