Chatham County Democracy School

What if . . . ordinary people like us had the tools to confront governments & corporations?

People are learning how to do just that using a model pioneered in a growing number of communities by the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD)
& the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF).

Come learn from experts featured in the acclaimed documentary film,
THE CORPORATION
(or Google Richard Grossman)

Learn how to apply their proven model to our own problems –
problems resulting from corporate infringement on the rights & sovereignty of people –
problems such as hog waste, corporate/contract farming, toxic sludge, mining,
big box stores that deny benefits to workers & drive local merchants out of business,
& many other problems.

Bring your problem & learn methods for tackling it effectively at the
Chatham County Democracy School
Friday, October 6, 6pm, thru Sunday, October 8, 3pm,
at the Rural Advancement Foundation International's (RAFI-USA)
Dan Pollitt Conference Center in Pittsboro NC (http://rafiusa.org/).

Further details about the curriculum and presenters may be found at http://www.celdf.org/DemocracySchool/tabid/60/Default.aspx

$300 per person covers space rental, instructors' travel expenses, printed materials, and excellent meals made from locally produced foods.

Please distribute this to others who might be interested!

To reserve a space, please e-mail either:
Molly Beacham (mollybeacham@mindspring.com) or
Tana Hartman (tmhartman@nc.rr.com); 928-0748 ; 619-6546

The Daniel Pennock
Democracy School
Fri, October 6th
Sat, October 7th
Sun, October 8th
taught by the
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund’s
Thomas Linzey, Esq., Executive Director
Richard Grossman, Director of Education, Training & Development

If you take no other training this year, do the Democracy School. It is a superlative unfolding revelation of how corporations have hijacked democracy. It meticulously deconstructs the historical arc that brought us to this precipice. But most importantly, it then departs into the highly pragmatic and inspiring work now underway that is slowly turning the tide <. . . .> This Second American Revolution may be the most important political work going on anywhere in the country or the world.
Kenny Ausubel ‘05, Founder and Co-Executive Director, Bioneers

Democracy School was a mind-blowing experience. During the School, I was forced to come to grips with the understanding that I really knew very little about the true structure of law that controls our activism. Democracy School is a must for everyone who seeks to be liberated from our defensive, after-the-fact reactive organizing strategies.
Krishnaveni Gundu, ’05, Calhoun County (TX) Resource Watch

Dan Pollitt Conference Center at the
Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA
273 Pittsboro Elementary School Road
Pittsboro, North Carolina

Deadline for Registration is September 19th
Register Now
By contacting:

Tana Hartman Or Molly Beacham
Phone: 919.928.0748 or 919-619-6546 Phone: 919.968-9804
Email: thartman@med.unc.edu Email: mollybeacham@mindspring.com

I might try it next time it comes around. I'd also like to enroll in Citizens College, which is run by Chatham Citizens for Effective Communities. Have you heard of that?

Keep up the good fight!