What Now? Activism in Post-Election America
Saturday, November 22nd Conference
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300 Pompton Road, Wayne NJ 07040 Free, Open to the public

8:30am – Registration with light breakfast – Atrium lobby

10:00am – Panel I- Leftist critique of the Republican and Democratic parties – Shea Auditorium

Dr. Joseph Schwartz, Chair of the Department of Political Science at Temple University, author of
The Future of Democratic Equality.
Dr. Michael Thompson, professor of political science at William Paterson University, author of Confronting the New
Conservatism: The Rise of the Right in America and The Politics of Inequality: A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America, and Founder and Editor of Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture

11:45am – workshops – Hunkiker Hall

Racial Issues (rm 109), Feminist Rights (rm 110), LGBT Issues (rm 201), Environmental Sustainability (rm 202)
Lunch – 12:30pm – Multi-Purpose Room (Student Center) -
Includes short talks by several speakers including Stuart Hutchison of Impeach Them and a representative
from Rutgers Tent State/SDS

2:30pm – Panel II - US foreign military and economic policy – Shea Auditorium

Greg Palast, investigative journalist who broke the story of how Jeb Bush purged thousands of Black Florida citizens from
voter roles before the 2000 election and New York Times bestselling author of Armed Madhouse
and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

John Perkins, author of the New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which has been published in 25 languages. His new New York Times bestseller, The Secret History of the American Empire, details the clandestine operations that created the world’s first truly global empire and provides a compassionate plan for crafting a world that future generations will be proud to inherit.

4:00pm – book signing with John Perkins and Greg Palast – Shea Auditorium lobby

4:45pm – workshops – Hunkizer Hall

Immigration (rm 109), Education (rm 110), Militarism and Foreign Policy (rm 201), Democratic Socialism (rm 202),
Human Trafficking (rm 209)

5:45pm – Closing – Multipurpose Room (Student Center)

Dr. Christine Kelly, professor of Political Science at William Paterson University and serves on the Editorial Boards of two
peer-reviewed journals — New Political Science: A journal of politics and culture and Labor and Social Policy. She is an Editorial Board member of the book series Contemporary Issues and American Political Theory with the University Press of Kentucky.
*Moderators for the workshops include: Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director of New Jersey Peace Action; Dave Watson-Hallowell, President of Sustainable West Milford; President Stafford X; Professor Carole Sheffield; Professor Karie Gubbins; Professor John Mason

For any questions email: wpu-yds@hotmail.com
To RSVP go to http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Event/108866-167
For directions visit http://ww2.wpunj.edu/aboutus/directions.cfm
*NJ Transit Available to Campus
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Sponsored by:
*Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) *Brothers For Awareness (BFA)
*Feminist Collective *Organization of Lat in American Students (OLAS)