* CAMP DEMOCRACY September 5 - 21, Washington D.C. *

Schedule

Camp Democracy happened in September 2006

Sept. 5 - 21: Camp Democracy is free and open to the public. We'll have as many chairs as possible, but please bring a cushion to sit on if you have one. A variety of activities will be provided every day, but some days will focus the main events on a particular issue, with events led by one or more sponsoring organizations. September 9, 10, and 11 will be a festival of trainings and workshops on a wide range of areas, with no single focus.

On each day, there will be a schedule for the main tent (which includes a stage and sound system) and for each of the issues tents, plus events happening outside the tents.

Map of Constitution Avenue Location (9/5 - 9/8, and 9/12 - 9/21):

Map of Mall Location (9/9 - 9/11):

Sept. 1 - 4
Setting up - volunteers appreciated.
Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Camp Democracy is located between 14th and 15th on Constitution Ave., at the foot of the Washington Monument on the Washington Mall.
2 blocks from both Federal Triangle metro stop and Smithsonian metro stop, both stops are on the Orange and Blue metro lines.
Buses to the location are #52, # 54, and #11Y on 14th, and #13 A,B,F,G on Constitution Ave.

Sept. 5
Opening Day with Veterans for Peace, Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out. Includes: Vigil symbols march around the Capitol (Tombstones, Crosses and Boots); Key Voices Focus on the war and occupation of Iraq: Representatives from IVAW, MFSO, GSFP, VFP; and concert featuring Anne Feeney and Emma’s Revolution.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 6
Organizing the Progressive Agenda, sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America. Includes events with Congressional Representatives and PDA Board Members Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee, co-chairs of the Progressive Caucus; Maxine Waters, chair of the Out of Iraq Caucus; Congressman Bob Filner; Congressman Jim McGovern; Aide to Rep. Conyers, Joel Segal; PDA Executive Director Tim Carpenter, discussions with Ron Zucker, Legislative Director of 2020 Vision, and Geov Parrish, longtime local and national political activist; Bill Blum; an event with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, who will have just returned from New Orleans, and panel discussions of single-payer health care and Iraq. Also, Congressman Jim McDermott will speak at Camp Dmeocracy, possibly on this day.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 7
Immigrants' Rights Day
Sponsored by National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Includes panels, parades, performances, debates, and a vigil. Also: film producer Robert Greenwald will speak.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 8
Labor Speaks Out Day
Includes: Leila McDowell, Communications Director with United Food & Commercial Workers’ national campaign to organize Smithfield workers; Buffy Wicks, Political Director, Wake Up Wal-Mart!; Bob Muehlenkamp, National Co-Convenor of U.S. Labor Against the War; Stewart Acuff, Director of Organizing, AFL-CIO; Kenneth Moffett, Labor Arbitrator-Mediator; Patrick Young, Strategic Campaign Dept. of United Steelworkers; Marla Benoist, Project Director, Info-Mission; Zein El-Amine, Mark Lance, and Noura Erakat with End the Occupation; and a concert of labor and peace musician, and screening of "MEETING FACE TO FACE."
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Veterans March Around Capitol Saturday Morning

Sept. 9
Festival of workshops, trainings, entertainment, funded by Democracy Rising.
Includes: Ray McGovern, Karen Kwiatowski, Antonia Juhasz, Stephen Zunes, Simin Royanian, Diane Perlman, Dick Bell, Swami Beyondananda, Bruce Gagnon, Brendan Smith, Jeremy Brecher, Bill Moyer, Glen Ford, Rob Kall, Mike Stark, Stirling Newberry, VotersForPeace, and many more.
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Location: On Mall between 3 and 7 Streets

Sept. 10
Festival of workshops, trainings, entertainment.
Includes: Ann Wright, Joel Bleifuss, Harvey Wasserman, Antonia Juhasz, Nancy Talanian, Linda Schade, Rahul Mahajan, Raed Jarrar, Simin Royanian, Dave Lippman, John Kim, Brendan Smith, Jeremy Brecher, Barbara O’Brien, Adam Roufberg, and many more.
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Location: On Mall between 3 and 7 Streets

Sept. 11
Gandhi Day of Nonviolence
Festival of workshops, trainings, entertainment, funded by The Best War Ever.
Includes: Arun Gandhi, Larry Johnson, Sheldon Rampton, Gene Bolles, Diane Wilson, Lester Brown, Kevin Zeese, Gareth Porter, Ellen Ratner, and many more.
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Location: On Mall between 3 and 7 Streets

Sept. 12
Climate Crisis Day sponsored by Rainforest Action Network
Evening presentation by Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher of Buzzflash.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 13
Verdict Day, Sponsored by the Bush Crimes Commission and World Can't Wait. Press Conference, followed by march to the White House and the Justice Department to deliver the verdict. Ann Wright, Ray McGovern, and others will participate.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 14
Greens for Peace Half Day and Election Defense Half Day sponsored by the Green Party of the United States and the Election Defense Alliance.
Evening talk by Danny Schechter, producer of "WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception," and screening of that film.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 15
Electoral Reform Day sponsored by Focus on Democracy. Senator Mike Gravel speaks at noon, at 3p.m., and at 6p.m. about "How" the people exercise democratic power and what we must do to "Take Back America & Keep It" from the military/industrial cabal. At 1p.m. and 4p.m. electoral reform experts Rob Richie, Robert Fitrakis, Jonathan Simon and Kevin Zeese will talk about uniting the electoral reform issue groups and what every citizen can do to help fix our broken democracy. All discussions will be highly interactive. At 8p.m. we will premier the new movie "Stealing America, Vote by Vote". Please come talk and learn about what we must do about our democracy and while you're out make the movie your perfect Friday night movie date at camp under the stars and twinkle lights, on the mall.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 16
Peace Day, Half Day Sponsored by Consumers for Peace. Includes: Kevin Zeese, Nick Mottern, J.E. McNeil, Pat Elder, Nadine Bloch, Gordon Clark, Allison Hantschel,
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 17
Accountability Day and Impeachment Encampment sponsored by Democrats.com.
Includes: David Green; John Nichols, author of "The Genius of Impeachment"; Marcus Raskin, member of the special staff of the National Security Council in President Kennedy’s Administration, and author of "Liberalism," and co-editor of "In Democracy's Shadow"; Elizabeth de la Vega, former federal prosecutor; Dave Lindorff, author of "The Case for Impeachment"; David Swanson, cofounder of AfterDowningStreet.org; Elizabeth Holtzman, former congresswoman and co-author of "The Impeachment of George W. Bush"; Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst; Jennifer Van Bergen, author and professor; Geoff King, President of Constitution Summer; Michael Avery, president of the National Lawyers Guild; David Waldman, Dan DeWalt, Steve Cobble, and many more.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.
Nearby, at Washington Monument: a Prayer Vigil for the Earth.

Sept. 18
Lobbying Training Day for Rep. McGovern's End the War in Iraq Act
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 19
Lobbying Day for Rep. Jim McGovern's End the War in Iraq Act /
Take on the Media Day at Camp Democracy with Jeff Cohen, Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, plus screening of the film "Rush to War" and talk by the filmmaker Robert Taicher.
NOTE: Bush at UN today: After Powell's Humiliation, No One Else Would Go; Bush Forced to Tell His Own Lies....
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 20
Women for Peace Day sponsored by CODE PINK and the National Organization for Women, including history workshop led by Howard Zinn. Ending of the Troops Home FAST at Camp Democracy.
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Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Sept. 21
International Day of Peace - Declaration of Peace

We will encourage Camp Democracy participants on this day to engage in activities organized by the Declaration of Peace, including a press conference at 10:30 a.m. or 11 a.m. followed by an action at the White House.

Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

Declaration of Peace
Sept. 21 - 28

Protest in Manchester, England
Sept. 23

Day of Mass Resistance
Oct. 5

Voters for Peace
Nov. 7