North West Indiana Coalition Against the War

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Chicago Program

 

OAK & MICHIGAN at 12PM (if all goes well)

**Emcees**
- Andy Thayer, Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism and the Gay
Liberation Network (formerly CABN)
- Senn HS student (name TBA, will also co-emceee at Federal Plaza)

**Speakers**
- Bill Davis, Vietnam Veterans Against The War
- Someone from the National Lawyers Guild, Jim Fennerty is confirmed
as the backup
- Rev. Paul Jaykes (sp?), former Mayoral candidate and a leader in
the African American community
- Rev. Thomas Kim, formerly of 1st United Methodist Church
- Alderman Joe Moore, Chicago City Council


FEDERAL PLAZA at 2PM

**Emcees**

- Hatem Abudayyeh, Palestine Solidarity Group
- Senn HS student (same as above)

**Speakers**

- Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
- Juan Torres, son was killed in Afghanistan, will speak in Spanish
with translation by Christina Martinez of the Committee Against the
Militarization of Youth
- Maria Salgado, student at Senn High School
- Fari Harandi, Iranian born woman and a local attorney
- Suzanne Adely, Arab-American Action Network (awaiting final
confirmation)
- A speaker from Chicago ADAPT (name TBA)
- Sussan Navabi, student at UIC, member of Southsiders for Peace and
Students for Social Justice (confirmed but prefers to be the backup,
we're waiting to hear back from two other people)
- Ayinde and Aisha Jean-Baptiste, from Chicago's Haitian and Afro-
Caribbean community
- Fred Hampton Jr., Aaron Patterson Defense Committee
- Gustavio Vasquez, Venezuelan journalist/seminarian and a supporter
of the Bolivarian Revolution
- A Marine who refused to serve in Iraq and was forced to go AWOL
(name temporarily being withheld at the speakers request)
- A speaker from Chicago's Muslim community (name TBA)
- Chicagoland Anarchist Network (NOT CONFIRMED)


**Fundraising Pitch**
- Joleen Kirschman, Hyde Park Committee Against War and Racism


**Cultural Performers**

- All Natural, African American hip-hop group from the southside of
Chicago
- Synergy, Latina hip-hop, spoken word, and B-Girl group
- Lamajamal, world music ensemble
- Lin Boyle and her students, local folk singer and school teacher
- Drumming Divas, African drumming group (NOT CONFIRMED)

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