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"colloquium"  2013 06 07 friday evening 6-ish to ha'pas'8-ish pacific daylight time

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proposed syllabus
the Sopranos, the Borgias and the Good Wife
and the pop quiz promises to be brutal

"colloquy"  2013 06 07 friday evening 8-ish to whenever pacific daylight time

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if you are not buying suds, at least please tip the help

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• Saturday, May 25, 2013
  
  Program:
  
  11:00 am - Portland Raging Grannies Perform http://portlandraginggrannies.com/
  
  11:15 am - Welcome, Tiffany Ayers, PDX MAM lead organizer
  
  11: 20 am - Paul Cienfuegos, Community Rights Activist will discuss Benton and Lane County (Oregon) food bill of rights, locally enforceable law making banning GMOs assuming a win at the ballot box. http://paulcienfuegos.com/
  
  11:35 am - Scott Bates, Director GMO Free Oregon, will discuss action citizens can take regarding current Oregon State legislation: SB 633 - Having already passed through the Senate, SB 633 makes legislative finding and declaration that regulation of agricultural seed, flower seed, nursery seed and vegetable seed and products of agricultural seed, flower seed, nursery seed and vegetable seed be reserved to state. Citizens can contact their representatives to demand that they vote against this bill and take a stand for county rights to ban GMOs. http://www.gmofreeoregon.org/
  
  11:45 am - Julia Degraw, Northwest Organizer of Food and Water Watch, will discuss the Monsanto's detrimental impact on the environment. Julia DeGraw is the Northwest Organizer for Food & Water Watch. Julia is an Oregon native passionate about protecting the Northwest’s essential food and water resources. Prior to joining Food & Water Watch, Julia worked with the Gifford Pinchot Task Force where she launched a campaign to protect rivers in Southwest Washington state. She also completed Green Corps’ one-year program to train the next generation of organizers. While with Green Corps, Julia took part in many campaigns including an international campaign against Coca Cola’s illegal water bottling practices in India. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies and Sociology from Northland College   gathering past  in Ashland, Wisconsin.http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/
  
  12 pm - Love Bomb Go-Go will lead the March! (insert map?)
  http://lovebombgogo.com/
  
  1pm - Bloco Alegria band will welcome demonstrators back to the Holladay Park. https://www.facebook.com/BlocoAlegria
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  1:20pm - Andy Westlund, Board Member of Organically Grown Co.
  Logistics and Supply Chain Consulting, Organic Farming and Compost Products, will offer his perspective on Monsanto and their business practices as an active member of the agricultural community and founding farmer of Harmony Jack "colloquium" 2013 05 03 friday 18h00-20h00 pacific daylight time

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  if you are not buying suds, at least please tip the helpFarms. "colloquium" 2013 05 03 friday 18h00-20h00 pacific daylight time

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  if you are not buying suds, at least please tip the helphttp://harmonyjackfarms.com/
  
  1:30pm - Andrew Still - Seed Producer and Farmer will discuss seed diversity and Monsanto's growing monopoly on the world's seed supply. http://www.adaptiveseeds.com/
  
  1:45pm - Elizabeth Swagger, Director of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign will discuss Monsanto's role in the controversial Trans-Pacific   gathering past  Partnershiphttps://www.eff.org/issues/tpp. Oregon Fair Trade Campaign:http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/oregon/.  gathering past  

  "colloquium" 2013 05 03 friday 18h00-20h00 pacific daylight time

  luicky labrador brew pub 915 se hawthorne blvd portland oregon usaFEMAten 97214

  if you are not buying suds, at least please tip the help

  1:50pm - Rebecca Lerner - Author/Urban Forager, will discuss the toxicity of Monsanto's Round Up, the use of class warfare to promote its use by homeowners (homeowners use 10x as much as farmers do!) and government agencies (METRO uses Round Up on and in their facilities supported by our tax dollars!) http://firstways.com/
  
  1:55 - Mary Nichols - Director, GMO Free Portland will discuss the ways in which individuals can act against Monsanto through their personal choices. Mary Nichols is a Biology (Botany) graduate of Portland State University, and cofounder of GMO-Free Portland, a website and community of non-GMO eaters and food providers. She and her husband Ernie have lived GMO-Free for four years, and volunteer to help individuals do the same. http://www.gmofreeportland.com/index.html
  
  2pm - Tiffany Ayers, PDXMAM Lead Organizer - Conclusion and Thanks
  
  Portland's March Against Monsanto will be streaming live! (provided the gear works) Check the twitter feed (@mampdx) for a link to the live stream on the day of the event Saturday, May 25th.

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"colloquium" 2013 05 03 friday 18h00-20h00 pacific daylight time

lucky labrador brew pub 915 se hawthorne blvd portland oregon usaFEMAten 97214
if you are not buying suds, at least please tip the help