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A People’s Justice & Peace Convention

Friday, July 15, 2016 to Sunday, July 17, 2016

July 15-16, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, 8712 Quincy Ave., Cleveland
July 17, Masonic Auditorium, 3615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

Open to the public. Free (donations accepted). Registration required.
Register online at http://www.pjpc2016.org/register---contact-us.html  
Detailed information at http://www.pjpc2016.org

Currently, public policies benefit corporations, the wealthiest individuals, and support military expansion, while the concerns of the majority of people are ignored or manipulated for economic gain. Join us before the Republican National Convention (RNC) for the People’s Convention to hear a variety of voices and experiences which will lift up current issues in the U.S. while finding just, nonviolent, democratic, and sustainable solutions.

Speakers • Workshops • Edutainment • Participatory development of “People’s Justice & Peace Platform”
to be presented to both the RNC and Democratic National Convention (DNC)
 
Speakers:
• Michael Eric Dyson--academic, author, radio host and sociology professor at Georgetown
• Connie Burton--poet and poor people’s advocate from Tampa
• Rev. Lennox Yearwood—president of Hip Hop Caucus
• Medea Benjamin--co-founder of Code Pink

Workshops and Plank development in 5 areas: 
• Racial and Social justice
• Environmental justice
• International justice
• Economic Justice
• Political justice

Conveners of the People’s Justice and Peace Convention:
Black-on-Black Crime, CAIR-Cleveland, The Carl Stokes Brigade, CLEAN (Cleveland Environmental Action Network), Cleveland Human & Civil Rights Coalition, Cleveland Nonviolence Network, Cleveland Peace Action, Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future (FaCT), IRTF (InterReligious Task Force on Central America), NE Ohio American Friends Service Committee, NE Ohio Industrial Workers of the World, NE Ohio Sierra Club, Organize Ohio, Peace In The Hood, SpanOhio, STOP (Stop Targeting Ohio’s Poor), Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice, and others…


Additional events and programs:

Thursday, July 7

7pm- Living History: Hough Before and Beyond ‘66
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Hough neighborhood uprising, panelists include attorney James Hardiman, VP of the Cleveland NAACP
Info here.

Saturday, July 9
10am-1pm- Walk for Justice: Calling for Comprehensive, Compassionate Immigration Reform
Info here

Saturday, July 9
7-9pm- More than a Zip Code: A Justice & Solidarity Fashion Show
Info here

Friday, July 15 – at People’s Convention
evening cultural performances before the 8pm keynote by Michael Eric Dyson

Saturday, July 16 – at People’s Convention
afternoon educational workshops and continuous showing of “The Fixers," a collaborative film series about democratic process, public policy and who tells Cleveland's story during the 2016 RNC.

Sunday, July 17 – after the People’s Convention
evening performance by the PeacePoets from New York City at Masonic Auditorium, 3615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 44115. See http://thepeacepoets.com/

Monday, July 18
March to End Poverty Now!
2pm rally at E.45th and Superior Ave.
3pm march to Perk Plaza (E 12th, between Chester Ave and Walnut Ave)
This is a national march with groups coming in from all over the Midwest and East Coast . 
See more at http://endpovertynow2016.org/index.html