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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)
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; Monet Cooper, Program Associate, Jubilee USA; Rita Jankowska-Bradley, Jubilee Montana
- China, Venezula, and the Rise of New Leaders: Patricia Davila, 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 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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