Schedule of Events

Reclaim the Commons, 8-11 April, 2006

Check reclaimthecommons.net during the week for updates!

Thursday, April 6, 2006:

Screening of The Future of Food (directed by Deborah Koons Garcia).

7:00 at Acme Art Works (1741 N. Western Ave), followed by a discussion. $5 suggested donation goes to the Acme Art Works cafe project.

Saturday, April 8, 2006:

Joint International GM Opposition Day in 30 Countries! altercampagne.free.fr

FESTIVAL! 2-5 pm at Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn)

Music, speakers, art making, food, kids' activities, circus performers, tabling & Really Really Free Market (bring something to give away or just come and get free stuff).

PANEL on Genetic Engineering and Human Rights in North and South.

6:30 at DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, Schmidt Academic Ctr. 2320 N. Kenmore.

With Anuradha Mittal, writer and international speaker on human rights, trade and agriculture; Puerto Rican author and environmental educator Carmelo Ruiz; Sarah Alexander of White Earth Land Recovery Project; and John Kinsman, Wisconsin farmer and president of Family Farm Defenders. Moderated by Jeffrey Smith, author of Seeds of Deception.

Sunday, April 9, 2006:

HANDS-ON AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

9am - 5pm at Acme Art Works (1741 N. Western) Seed Saving, Food Sovereignty, Bioremediation and Urban Sustainability, Making Shoes from Recycled Materials, Bike Fixing, GMOs and Indigenous Rights, Tapestry of the Commons, Huntington Life Sciences, Intentional Community & more.

CONCERT

7:30 at Acme Art Works: Broadcast Live (Hip Hop from Albany NY), Adhamh Roland of Riot Folk Collective & presentation by the Beehive Collective (beehivecollective.org).

Monday, April 10, 2006:

MARCH in solidarity with immigrants in the National Immigrants' Rights March

Tuesday April 11, 2006:

GARDENING PROJECT

9am-3pm at Nelson St. & N. Califorina Ave.

PARADE! 4:30 pm

Meet at the Merchandise Mart (N. Franklin at the river), home of Monsanto's Chicago office. Head for the Biotech Industry Organization (BIO) Gala at the Field Museum for a "Mutant Ball!"

INFORMATION ON BIOETHICS 2006 events in response to the BIO Convention: www.bioethics2006.org.