Human Rights Day Schedule of Events

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.     Opening Reception, Introductions                           Dede I
Analysa Noe, ISU Student, Mistress of Ceremonies
Lloyd Benjamin III, President, Indiana State University
Duke Bennett, Mayor of Terre Haute
Mick Newport, Principal, Terre Haute North Vigo High School
Indiana National Treasure Video Presentation

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.   Plenary Session -    Frances Moore Lappé             Dede I
Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet, co-author of Food First:  Beyond the Myth of Scarcity (with Joseph Collins), and Hope's Edge:  The Next Diet for a Small Planet (with Anna Lappé).  Co-founder of the Institute for Food and Development Policy and the Center for Living Democracy.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Workshop Sessions

Sister Kathleen Desautels, Sisters of Providence                                        HMSU 320
Eight Day Center for Peace and Justice       
Beyond Voting:  The Many Faces of Democracy

Living Voices (Multi-Media Performance)                                                        Dede I
Hear My Voice:  Win the Vote
The Final Battle for Women's Voting Rights

Brent McMillan, National Director, Green Party of the United States        HMSU 321
Ballot Access for All

Women's Study Panel                                                                                          HMSU 307
Remembering our (Grand)Mothers:  Celebrating 88 Years of Women's Suffrage
An interactive discussion of the history, impact, and current status of women's suffrage.  Sheron J. Dailey, emerita Professor of Communication will share the story of her grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Owens Dailey.  The Women's Studies Program faculty will also celebrate the first scholarship in Women's Studies, "the Bessie," created by Dr. Dailey in honor of her grandmother.

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.   Workshop Sessions

Ken Falk, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union - Indiana           HMSU 307
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
(The Voter ID Case - currently before the Supreme Court of the United States)

N.A.A.C.P. - Terre Haute Youth Group Panel                                                    Dede III
Mind Your Own Business ... -- Use Your Voice and Your Vote

Jenny Howard, Sisters of Providence                                                              HMSU 321
Anti-Racism Team                         
Confronting Racism Through Community Organizing

Brent McMillan, National Director, Green Party of the United States       Dede II
Grassroots Organizing

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.   Workshop Sessions

Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project                          Dede II
Is This Justice?  Prison, Race, and Voting Rights

Living Voices (Multi-Media Performance)                                                       Dede I
Hear My Voice:  Win the Vote
The Final Battle for Women's Voting Rights

American Democracy Project Panel Discussion                                          HMSU 307
America's Democracy Depends on America's Youth
Faculty and students involved with the American Democracy Project will discuss the role of the "Youth Vote (ages 18-24) in the 2008 presidential campaign and in electoral politics.  Students (of all ages) are encouraged to participate in this discussion as we identify strategies designed to increase the already remarkable gains in political participation by younger citizens.

Brian Morton, Philosophy Professor                                                                 HMSU 321   
Voting Theory:  Logic of Voting Systems                                                           

On-Going Events:

8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.   VOTER REGISTRATION                                                Dede Lobby
League of Women Voters of Vigo County
Should I Vote Where I Live?

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.   Speakers' Corner                                                       The Fountain
Open microphone - speak your piece!
Managment by:  Great Ideas Philosophy Club - ISU

11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.   POVERTY - It's NOT a Game                                     HMSU 4th Floor
An interactive experiential activity designed to simulate what life is like for people with low or no income.  PRIZES!!
Sponsor:  ISU Social Work Department

ALL DAY!!  Ruby Bridges and Charles D. Burks                                            HMSU Gallery
Presentation of materials focusing on the tumultuous 1960's with special emphasis on the integration of America's public schools.  Items include The Story of Ruby Bridges (book by Robert Coles and George Ford); The Problem We All Live With (lithograph by Norman Rockwell published in 1964 Look Magazine; excerpt from John Steinbeck's Travel with Charley (first hand account of Ruby Bridges integrating her New Orleans school); and a film of the presentation of the Indiana National Treasure Award to Charles D. Burks.

4:00 p.m.   March Against Hate
Led by ISU Affirmative Action/Diversity Office
Participants will march from the Center for Performing and Fine Arts, around the campus and back to Dede Plaza (the Fountain) to demonstrate commitment to act against hatred, discrimination, and intolerance.  There will be pizza at the Fountain for those who march.

Events at Ryves Youth Center at Etling Hall
Location:  14th and Locust Streets

4:00 p.m.   Living Voices (Multi-Media Performance)     
Island of Hope:  Immigrant Family Experience                                 

5:00 p.m.   Free Neighborhood Dinner 

6:30 p.m.   Off the Streets Theater - Homeless Simulation                        
Vignettes of and by the Homeless                                                                      
Off the Streets is a national theater group comprised of homeless men and women.