Events Archive Fall 2009

Health Care Reform: Why Should Students Care? at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre, One Grand Ave.,
San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407
Health Care reform is an important issue, but why should students care? This panel will examine how health care reform will affect young people and the ways that reform will benefit young Americans.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, AMSA, the Women and Gender Studies Department, Psychology and Child Development Department, Biological Sciences Department, Cal Poly Multicultural Center, and the Political Science Department.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Saturday, November 21, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Randell 121, Main Building, Drexel University, 3121 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
This forum is an opportunity for the community to engage with PA State Representative Tony Payton; Emily Schiller, Associate Director, Sustainability and Leadership at The Wharton School and a representative from Physicians for Social Responsibility on clean energy issues and the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Drexel Sierra Student Coalition and Focus the Nation.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Friday, November 20, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Room 110, January Hall, Danforth Campus, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130
Join the Association of Black Students for a panel discussion about socio-economic and racial disparities in health care.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Association of Black Students at Washington University in St. Louis.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Engineering V Building, Room 2101, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Al-Talib, a Campus Progress sponsored publication, is celebrating the release of its Fall 2009 Issue and the launch of its activism project, Al-Talib in Action. Writers from the Fall 2009 Issue will make a short presentation about the issues they wrote about, and how people can get involved and get active on those issues. This event occurs in conjunction with the UMMA Volunteer Project Info Session and Social. Dinner will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Al-Talib Newsmagazine, and the UMMA Volunteer Project.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Rose Hills Theater, Pomona College, 333 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711
Campus Progress and members of Studio 47/Social Action for Justice and Education from Pomona College are screening “2009 Media that Matters Film Festival,” which showcases short films on the most important topics of the day. Local and global, online and in communities around the world, Media That Matters engages diverse audiences and inspires them to take action.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Studio 47/Social Action for Justice and Education.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009- Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Multiple locations: Please see event details
Campus Progress is hosting S. Bear Bergman at Colorado State University for three discussions on gender identity.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Powell Library Rotunda 2nd Floor, 46 Powell Library Bldg, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Pacific Ties, a Campus Progress sponsored publication, is celebrating its 31st anniversary and its award for Best Overall Publication at the Campus Progress National Conference. The event features short remarks from two former editors: Mark Pulido (1989-1990) and Julie Ha (1991-1993). This event occurs in conjunction with the opening of a new exhibit covering the politics, activism, academic scholarship and art of students, scholars, and community leaders who helped build Asian American Studies at UCLA.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Pacific Ties, Asian Pacific Coalition, Asian American and Pacific Island Studies Undergraduate Association, and the Asian American Studies Department.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Center for American Progress, 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Pissed off about the Stupak amendment? Confused about what it means for women’s health and how it affects health care reform? Join Campus Progress for a conversation bout the amendment and what we can do to ensure that the final health care bill provides real, comprehensive health care to all Americans and doesn’t infringe on the rights of women.
This event is free and open to the public. You must RSVP to attend.
Pizza will be served, and complimentary beer and wine will be available for those over 21.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
MacFarlane Auditorium, Utica College, 1600 Burrstone Road
Utica, NY 13502
Campus Progress and members of STAND at Utica College are screening God Grew Tired of Us, a film that explores the indomitable spirit of three “Lost Boys” from the Sudan who leave their homeland, triumph over seemingly insurmountable adversities, and move to America.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and STAND at Utica College.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Monday, November 16, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Stamp Student Union, Benjamin Banneker B Room, College Park, MD 20742
Campus Progress joins Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) for a media training session. SSDP is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society. Campus Progress associate Vincent Villano will lead the training on how to leverage the power of media for your goals.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Monday, November 16, 2009, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The City View Room, 7th Floor, George Washington University, 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Join Campus Progress for two panels moderated by Ana Marie Cox, founder of Wonkette and national correspondent for Air America. The evening’s discussion will focus on journalists who worked as embedded reporters during the campaign, and the staff who dealt with them on a daily basis. Panelists include:
· Adam Aigner, Colbert Report, McCain embed
· Bret Hovell, ABC, McCain embed
· Nick Summers, Newsweek, Hillary embed
· Mike Memoli, Real Clear Politics, Biden embed
· Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent
· Jamie Smith, Communications Director for Senator Rockefeller and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Hillary staffer
· Justin Germany, Outlaw Media, McCain staffer
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Refreshments will be served following the event.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University, and the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Friday, November 13, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Danforth University Center Commons, 6475 Forsyth Blvd., Washington University in St. Louis, Clayton, MO 63105.
The panel will engage youth and community leaders in candid, compelling conversations about the ways that race and democracy are being redefined in our national culture. Targeting the hip-hop generation that helped build early support for America’s first Black president, this panel will debate the extent to which young Americans have opened a new chapter in American race relations.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Rap Sessions.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Aldersgate Conference Center, 7790 Marion Rd SE, Turner, OR, 97392-9812
Campus Progress and Oregon Campus Compact will bring together Oregon’s student leaders to share ideas and learn new skills for teaching their peers to engage in service in their communities. Campus Progress Events Associate Paula-Raye O’Sullivan will present workshops on “Planning Green Events” and “Volunteer Retention”.
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Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress and Oregon Campus Compact.
You must register to attend this event. There is a registration fee of $75.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Friday, November 13th, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Halliehurst Hall, Davis & Elkins College, 100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241
Join Campus Progress and the Davis & Elkins’ Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness for a panel on spirituality, art, and social justice. Leading the panel will be renowned cellist Professor Jonathan Kramer who lectures on global issues in music and aesthetics. He is currently consulting with the Tibetan Endangered Music Project and will be doing fieldwork in Eastern Tibet this summer.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Friday, November 13, 2009 – Saturday, November 14, 2009
Center for American Progress, 1333 H St, NW, Washington, DC 20005
The Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress and Campus Progress are pleased to announce the creation of a new Young Leaders retreat, a weekend seminar series for college undergraduates focusing on the history, ideas, and values of progressivism. Our goal is to help students engage the rich intellectual tradition of progressivism and to better understand how these ideas apply to contemporary public policy debates. We hope students will leave the retreat with greater awareness of their own intellectual tradition and the practical knowledge necessary to become effective voices for progressivism on their campuses and in their communities.
This event is free and open to the public. APPLY TODAY!
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Progressive Studies Program.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Monday, November 9, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Progressivism on Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism. This event features Mark Schmitt, editor of the American Prospect. He will discuss the transformation of liberalism in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Progressive Studies Program.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Sunday, November 8, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20003
The Banyamulenge people are a small Congolese tribe hailing from the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Told to leave Congo and return to “where they come from,” the Banyamulenge have found themselves persecuted throughout Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi. The Banyamulenge Cultural Presentation will introduce the beautiful and unknown culture of the Banyamulenge to the world. Presented by the tribe itself, this special event will include traditional Banyamulenge songs, dances and folk stories from life back in Africa. The group leaders will also invite audience members to participate and join them in celebrating their culture.
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There will be a reception with light refreshments following the event. Sponsored by Campus Progress and STAND.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
University of Connecticut, Student Union Green, 2110 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 06269
As part of Y.I. (Still) Want Change Day—a nationwide day of action to demand real change in our health care system—students at the University of Connecticut are hosting a rally for health care reform.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Planned Parenthood, UConn Idealists United, UConn College Democrats, ConnPIRG, UConn Women’s Center Reproductive Rights Committee, UConn American Civil Liberties Union, Triota Women’s Studies Honor Society, and the Creative Community Building Department.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Marvin Center, George Washington University
800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
As part of Y.I. (Still) Want Change Day, Campus Progress and the George Washington Health Policy Student Association will be collecting photo petitions for health care reform. Click here for more information about Y.I. (Still) Want Change Day.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the George Washington Health Policy Student Association.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., 3195 Haley Center, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849.
Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of Islam discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Filmed over 5 1/2 years, in 12 countries and 9 languages, “A Jihad for Love” comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, this film seeks to reclaim the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, which can mean “an inner struggle” or “to strive in the path of God.” In doing so the film and its remarkable subjects move beyond the narrow concept of “Jihad’ as holy war. A discussion with Parvez Sharma will follow the screening.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Auburn University Spectrum Alliance.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Monday, November 2, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Progressivism on Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism. This event features Anna Burger, Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU and Chair of Change to Win. She will discuss the historical and contemporary role of labor in the progressive movement.
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Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Progressive Studies Program.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Student Activities Center Basement, 105 Student Activities Center, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Campus Progress sponsored publication NOMMO Magazine and the UCLA Afrikan Men’s Collective invite you the launch of The Budget Issue. Writers from the issue will discuss the California budget crisis and what young people need to do to stay informed and take action.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress, NOMMO Magazine and Afrikan Men’s Collective.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Carnegie 110, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335.
Campus Progress and members of the Allegheny Progressive are screening “The End of America,” a film based on The New York Times best seller by the same name. Following the film, members from the Allegheny Progressive will lead a discussion about the film and the topic’s broader implications.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Allegheny Progressive.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Kelley Lounge RMC, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892
Campus Progress, in partnership with Open Magazine of Rice University, will host a screening of “The Education of Shelby Knox.” In a town filled with religious fervor, sexual ferment, abstinence-only agitators and teenage pregnancy, Shelby Knox struggles with her conflicting values and comes to terms with her own sexuality. Unafraid to tackle pressing, complex questions, the film is supercharged with religion, politics, sex and the cultural warriors and ordinary people who battle over these hot-button issues.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Open Magazine.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:00 p.m.- 9 :00 p.m.
The Gargoyle, Washington University in St. Louis
Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130
Campus Progress and members of the Association of Black Students at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the S.E.L.L.O.U.T comedy tour to campus to address racial and cultural stereotypes.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, the Association for Black Students, Congress of the South 40, the Northside Association, African and African American Studies Program, Black Alumni Council, Office of Student Activities, Office for Diversity Initiatives, and Sophomore Class Council at Washington University in St. Louis.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Vanderslice Hall, 70 St. Thomas More Rd, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Campus Progress-sponsored publication The Gavel at Boston College invites you to the launch of its new web site and first-ever print edition.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress and the BC Gavel.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org
Progressivism on Tap with Sam Fulwood III

Monday, October 26, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
Progressivism on Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism. This event features Sam Fulwood III, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and former national correspondent and race-relations reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He will discuss civil rights in the Obama era.
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Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Progressive Studies Program.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Friday October 23, 2009 – Sunday October 25, 2009
UCF Arena, University of Central Florida, 50 North Gemini Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816
Join Campus Progress and the Energy Action Coalition for Power Shift 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Florida will play host to a gathering of young activists and environmentalists from all over the sunshine state! Campus Progress Associates Paula-Raye O’Sullivan and Tommaso Boggia will lead the workshops “Planning a Progressive Event” and “Making Your Campus Energy Efficient”.
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Energy Action Coalition.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Sunday, October 25, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Florida State University, 600 W College Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1096
Campus Progress journalism staff will run a critique and training session with members of The Yeti, a Campus Progress-funded online publication in Tallahassee, FL.
The event is free of charge and open to all staffers of The Yeti.
Sponsored by Campus Progress.
For more information, please email publications@campusprogress.org.

Friday, October 23, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Marriot-Cornhusker, 333 South 13th Street, Lincoln, NE, 68508.
Campus Progress, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of LGBTQA Programs and Services, and the Committee on GLBT Concerns is proud to sponsor the 7th annual LGBTQA History Month dinner. This dinner is an opportunity to celebrate our history, community, and accomplishments. Nathaniel Frank, author of Unfriendly Fire: How the gay ban undermines the military and weakens America will keynote the event.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln LGBTQA Programs and Services Office, and the Committee on GLBT Concerns.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Friday, October 23, 2009, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32601
Campus Progress journalism staff will run a critique and training session with members of The Fine Print, a Campus Progress-funded alternative newspaper in Gainesville, FL.
The event is free of charge and open to all staffers of The Fine Print.
Sponsored by Campus Progress.
For more information, please email publications@campusprogress.org.

Monday, October 19, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Progressivism on Tap is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism. This event features William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former domestic policy advisor to President Clinton. He will discuss the role of philosophy in shaping public policy and politics in the White House.
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Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Progressive Studies Program.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 – Friday, October 16, 2009
Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Today’s young adults are the first generation in a century who are not likely to be better off than their parents. Compared to previous generations, young people in their 20s and 30s earn less, carry more debt and pay more for everything from health care to housing. But the Millennial Generation is mobilizing to build a new national movement to address today’s pocketbook concerns as well as to redress decades of declining economic opportunity and social mobility. Erica Williams, Deputy Director and Policy and Advocacy Manager at Campus Progress, will be speaking on the panel “A Generation in the Red: Will the New Credit Card Reforms and Student Loan Repayment Plans Make a Difference?” on Thursday, October 15 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
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This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Demos, and a dozen leading national youth organizations and other key voices.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Thursday, October 15, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Houston Room, University Center, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77004
Campus Progress, and University of Houston Students for Fair Trade are screening “Immokalee: From Slavery to Freedom,” a film about the conditions of tomato farmworkers in Florida and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW). After the screening, Lucas Benitez from CIW, and Marc Rodriguez from the Student Farmworkers Alliance (SFA), will speak about organizing against labor abuses and better wages.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and UH Students for Fair Trade.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 421 Seward Street SE
Washington, DC 20003.
Congress is about to decide whether Americans will have access to quality, affordable health care and it is important that young people have a voice in the debate. The time for action is now. Tell your representatives that half measures are not enough. It’s time to show Washington that young people care.
This event is free and open to the public. You must RSVP in order to attend.
Check out what’s on the schedule for Y.I. Care Day. You don’t want to miss it.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Young American’s Campaign for Health Care Reform.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Corbett Center Auditorium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003-8001
Campus Progress and the NMU Student Government for Campus Residents (SGCR) are hosting a screening of the 2009 Media That Matters film festival, a premiere showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. Come join the SGCR for food and refreshments during the screening of 12 jury-selected films, after which there will be a discussion about what actions can be taken concerning the issues presented in the films.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Student Government for Campus Residents.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Friday October 9, 2009 – Sunday October 11, 2009
Fountains Banquet and Conference Center, 502 East Carmel Dr, Carmel, IN 46032
Join Campus Progress at the Energy Action Coalition Power Shift 2009 in Carmel, Indiana. Indiana will play host to a gathering of young activists and environmentalists from all corners of the Hoosier State! Campus Progress Associates Paula-Raye O’Sullivan and Tommaso Boggia will lead the workshops “Planning a Progressive Event” and “Making Your Campus Energy Efficient”.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Energy Action Coalition.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Friday, October 9, 2009, 5:40 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
David’s Place, 100 S Linn St., Iowa City, IA 52240
University of Iowa students are standing up for health care reform. Sign a petition saying that you support reform and join them at the Homecoming parade and afterwords at David’s Place for a rally to show your support for meaningful health care reform.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the University of Iowa Democrats.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, October 7, 2009 – Thursday, October 8, 2009
Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
A college degree is more important than ever, but students have to assume too much debt to pay for it. Increasing federal Pell grant aid will help students rely less on federal loans to pay for college. Both President Obama and the House proposed a massive $40 billion dollar increase in student Pell grants. Now it is up to the Senate to invest in students. Big lenders have spent millions fighting this proposal, which cuts wasteful lender subsidies from the federal government, and uses the $87 billion in savings to make college more affordable. To ensure that the Senate prioritizes students over banks, we need to Raise Some Pell!
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, US PIRG, and the Penn College Democrats.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Afro-American Cultural Center Game Room, Yale University, 211 Park St., New Haven, CT 06511
Campus Progress, and the Yale chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., are proud to sponsor the film screening of “Before They Die,” which documents the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots. A discussion of the film will follow with Damario Solomon-Simmons, an attorney who represented survivors of the Race Riots, and Reggie Turner, the film director.
Refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Thursday, October 1, 2009, 11:45 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
EUC Lawn (507 Stirling St. in front of the Walker Parking Deck), UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412
Campus Progress and Greensboro students will participate in a public “flash mob” as a way to raise awareness about the Ignite Greensboro [got two?] Project, a grassroots campaign to refurbish the International Civil Rights Museum. The “flash mob” will consist of students from different universities in the area coming together, freezing in place, and creating a living work of art.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Ignite Greensboro [got two?] Project.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Monday, September 28, 2009, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
American University Amphitheater, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016
This evening of local music, poetry, spoken word, art, and activism is meant to raise awareness about the war on drugs and opportunities for reform. Participating artists include Ra Ra Rasputin, Carolyn Malachi, The Pravhrb and Neill Franklin.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Women’s Initiative, CASJ, Black Student Alliance, NAACP, and Eco-Sense.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Saturday, September 26, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Graham Center Ballroom, Florida International University, E Campus Circle, Miami, FL, 33125
Join the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc. Gamma Pi Chapter as they host their 4th annual charity fund-raiser “The Art of Surviving Banquet” at Florida International University. They will be showcasing artists as a tribute, while they raise money for a local battered women’s shelter. Reception will follow on the dance floor with local DJ. This is a ticketed event.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc. Gamma Pi Chapter.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Thursday, September 24, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
American Way of Life (AWOL), American University, Washington, DC
Campus Progress journalism staff will run a critique and training session with members of American Way of Life, a Campus Progress-funded alternative magazine at American University.
The event is free of charge and open to all staffers of AWOL.
Sponsored by Campus Progress.
For more information, please email publications@campusprogress.org.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Coulter Science Center, Westminster College, 501 Westminster Ave., Fulton, MO 65251
The panel will explore the best and most cost effective way to provide health care to all Americans. The panel features Missouri State Representative Rob Schaaf, the Chairman of the Health Care Transformation Committee, Missouri State Representative Paul Levota, Missouri House Minority Leader, and Westminster Students Eric Hunt and Gregory Rockson
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Westminster College Debate Society.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 7:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Gallagher Theater, Student Union Memorial Center
University of Arizona, 1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721
“Why We Refuse” is a national tour of two Israeli conscientious objectors, Maya Wind and Netta Mishly, who have come to the United States to speak about their experiences as women who refuse Israel’s forcible enlistment of youth into the army.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress, Amnesty International, ASUA Women’s Resource Center, and Students for Justice in Palestine.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Graham Building, Room 402, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
The interest meeting and training will highlight the origins and goals of the project, go over the significance of the International Civil Rights Museum, and will explain how students from all over Greensboro can get involved. Also to be discussed are tips for canvassing and the Ignite Greensboro [got two?] exhibition and day of action that will take place the following week.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Graham Building, Room 313, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402
The interest meeting and training will highlight the origins and goals of the project, go over the significance of the International Civil Rights Museum, and will explain how students from all over Greensboro can get involved. Also to be discussed are tips for canvassing and the Ignite Greensboro [got two?] exhibition and day of action that will take place the following week.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Center for American Progress, 1333 H Street NW 10th Floor Washington, DC 20009
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Free Pizza will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Thursday, September 10, 2009, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Stewart Center-Fowler Hall, W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47906.
The panel will engage youth and community leaders in candid, compelling conversations about the ways that race and democracy are being redefined in our national culture. The panel will feature Lisa Fager Bediako, founder of Industry Ears, Inc.; Joan Morgan, an award winning author and journalist; Jabari Asim, editor, The Crisis; and MC Serch, host of The White Rapper Show.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Rap Sessions.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Saturday, September 5, 2009, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Willey Hall, Room 125, University of Minnesota
225 19th Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN 55455
The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will be showing the film The Devil Came on Horseback, about the genocide in Darfur, to freshman students for their orientation.
Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.

Monday, August 24, 2009, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Theatre Room 2222, New Student Union, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849.
The panel will engage youth and community leaders in candid, compelling conversations about the ways that race and democracy are being redefined in our national culture. The panel will feature Lisa Fager Bediako, founder of Industry Ears, Inc.; Joan Morgan, an award winning author and journalist; Adams Mansbach, author of Angry Black White Boy; and Oliver Wang, an Asian American Hip Hop scholar.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Campus Progress and Rap Sessions.
For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.