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[Santoyo & Associates <santoyo@earthflow.com>]

Title: Practicing Democracy Workshop (california)

Practicing Democracy In Time of War:

Knowing and Using Our Civil Rights

with Joanna Macy and Friends

February 21-23, 2003

Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School
San Luis Obispo, CA

Sliding Scale: $100/ $125/ $150  Some scholarships will be provided.

Includes workshops, lodging, and meals.

As the United States seems to be marching ahead with plans for a pre-emptive war against Iraq, everyone in the US is subject to new laws, including the Homeland Security Act and the USA Patriot Act. How do these laws affect our rights as citizens and activists? What can we do to preserve and use our constitutional rights?

We invite you to a weekend retreat to explore these questions and their implications for our country and our lives, facilitated by three seasoned activists, with local resource people from law enforcement and legal advocacy.

- We will learn about the new laws, how they affect our constitutional rights, and how local agencies intend to enforce them.

- We will strategize ways of exercising and protecting our civil rights, as we work for peace and justice in these times.

- We will build strong "rough weather networks" to overcome isolation, stay informed, and watch out for each other.

Joanna Macy, internationally-known peace activist, teacher of Buddhism and deep ecologist

Fran Macy, director of the Center for Safe Energy, deep ecologist, and recipient of the Nuclear Free Future Award for Lifetime Achievement

Pamella Meidell, director of the Atomic Mirror, peace activist, and anti-nuclear activist

We will also be joined by attorney Jeff Stein, Sgt. Ian Parkinson of the San Luis Obispo Police Department, and a representative from the Southern California ACLU.  They will give us information and guidance regarding our rights as activists.

Sponsored by Terra Foundation, EarthFlow Design Works, Mothers for Peace. Nuclear Guardians, ECOSLO, ACLU, UU Social Justice Committee, PSA, Passion for Peace, CCPEC.

For more information and registration, email

Linda Seeley, CEO, Terra Foundation at <lseeley@pacbell.net> or

Larry Santoyo, Director, Terra Foundation at <democracy@earthflow.com>

Or call Terra Foundation at 805.544.8112

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