National Civil Rights March & Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement

CIVIL RIGHTS
MARCH

Fri., November 7, 2003
12 Noon

U-Michigan, Ann Arbor
on the Diag

Defend Affirmative Action & Integration, Defend Grutter v. Bollinger

Realize the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education

No More Separate and Unequal – Fight for Full Integration and Equality

Part of the Seventh National Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement

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SEVENTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE
of the
NEW CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Friday-Sunday, November 7-9, 2003
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Why the Defense of Grutter v. Bollinger is Essential Now
in Order to Realize the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education:

How we can defeat the right-wing attack on civil rights
through building the new civil rights movement.

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The Seventh National Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement comes at a critical conjuncture in the fight for equality and integration in America. The new civil rights movement is awakening more and more people to the fact of the racist segregation and inequality permeating our society and its education system. At the same time our movement is teaching people through their own experience that when you organize and you fight, you can win. Progress comes through struggle–mass action is the key.

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We will be discussing and voting on a perspective for the defense of our US. Supreme Court victory in Grutter v. Bollinger. That defense is now the key to advancing the fight to realize the promise of Brown v. Board of Education–full integration and equality in American education.

We need organizers to step forward as leaders across the country. This conference will be a powerful opportunity to connect with other civil rights organizers and freedom riders from around the country.

We will begin planning for a mass civil rights march on Washington, DC to mark the 50-year anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education with the demand that the promise of Brown be realized–NOW.

Friday, November 7, 2003

8:30–9:30AM

Location:
Rackham
Auditorium

Registration and Welcome

9:30–11:20AM

Location:
Rackham
Auditorium

Plenary Session: Marching for Freedom – Building the New Civil Rights Movement to Realize the Promise of Brown, Student and youth speak out and vote on a plan of action for the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Q&A.

11:20–12:00PM

Lunch

12:00 - 2:00PM

Location:
The Diag

March and Rally – Assemble at the University of Michigan Diag

2:00–2:30PM

Break, Detroit and Other Area-Wide Buses Depart

2:30–4:15PM

Location: Mason Hall,
3rd Floor (Room numbers:
3409, 3410, 3415, 3439, 3447)

Workshop Sessions:

Sentries for Segregation in Education: How the SAT, MEAP and other standardized tests enforce separate and unequal. Lessons from the Grutter case.
The new University of Michigan Undergraduate Admissions Plan: A Hands-on Workshop for High School Students
Youth Uprising in East Los Angeles: How the Latino/Chicano Movement was Born. Video presentation of the documentary film “Chicano”
The Struggle for Sexual Freedom and Equality: The Tasks of the New Civil Rights Movement and Lesbian/Gay Liberation
Building the New Civil Rights Movement in an Election Year: Why We Can’t Subordinate Our Movement to the Democrats

4:15–4:30PM

Break

4:30–5:30PM

Location:
Rackham
Auditorium

Plenary Session and Discussion: Fighting for the Rights of Undocumented Students and Workers

5:30–7:30PM

Dinner Break and Accommodation Arrangements

7:30–9:30PM

Location:
South Quad,
basement -
"600 Club" room

Student & Youth Speakout - What it means to build a new civil rights movement; why we fight for integration; how to build a BAMN chapter

Saturday, November 8, 2003

8:30–9:30AM

Location:
Natural Sciences
Auditorium

Registration Welcome, and Introductions/Roll Call

9:30–11:30AM

Location:
Natural Sciences
Auditorium

Plenary Session: Report and Discussion - Defending Grutter v. Bollinger and Defeating the Right Wing Rollback of Civil Rights. Topics to be covered: Coors Boycott; Defeating Ward Connerly in Michigan and California - Our Tasks and Perspectives

11:30–12:30PM

Lunch Break

12:30–2:30PM

Plenary continued, discussion, Q&A

2:30–2:45PM

Break

2:45–4:15PM

Location: Mason Hall,
1st Floor (Room numbers:
1339, 1359, 1437, 1449, 1469)

Workshops:

Federal Reinforcement of Separate and Unequal Education: Fighting the Resegregationist Provisions of “No Child Left Behind” and the Victory against Charter Schools in Detroit
Defeating the Right-Wing Agenda for American Society: The Coors Project
How We Defeated Proposition 54 and What We Must Do to Defeat Ward Connerly Now
The U.S. Occupation of Iraq and the Tasks of the New Civil Rights Movement
Keeping Clark Atlanta University Open: Defending the Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU's)
Breaking Barriers: The Reproductive Health and Rights of
Women of Color and Low-Income Women - presented by MARAL

4:15–4:30PM

Break

4:30–6:00PM

Location:
Natural Sciences
Auditorium

Subcommittee Meetings I: Fiftieth Anniversary of Brown v Board of Education March on Washington Subcommittee Meetings, including Outreach and Publicity, Organizing and Fundraising

6:00–7:30PM

Dinner Break

7:30–9:00PM

Gathering at Michigan League;
returning to Michigan League

Coors Boycott March & Information Picket

9:00-11:00PM

Location:
Michigan League,
basement

Open Mic

Sunday, November 9, 2003
Location: Natural Sciences Auditorium (all day)

8:30–9:30AM

Registration and Welcome

9:30–11:00AM

Plenary Session: Plan of Action, Motivation of Resolutions

11:00–1:00PM

Discussion and Vote on Resolutions

1:00-2:00PM

Lunch

2:00-3:30PM

Subcommittee Meetings II

3:30-4:00PM

Closing

Hotel information

Conference attendees are encouraged to book hotel reservations at the
Red Roof Inn Ann Arbor South (3505 S. State St., Ann Arbor).

Call the hotel directly at 734-665-3500 and refer to group confirmation #B564BAMN to get the special rate of $53.99/night. Comes with free continental breakfast.

Reservations must be made by Oct. 30 to qualify for the special rate.

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Driving directions to Rackham Auditorium at U of M

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