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The business portion of the meeting followed with each board nominee introducing themselves to the conference. The board, a very diverse group, was voted in by acclamation... Board nominees where were not able to attend the conference were included in the appointment by acclamation. The list included [[Elliott Adams]], [[Panama Vicente Alba]], [[Tariq Ali]], [[Stanley Aronowitz]], [[David Barsamian]], [[Rosalyn Baxandall]], [[John Bracey]], Jr., [[John Brittain]], [[Robb Burlage]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Jayne Cortez]], [[Carl Davidson]], [[Angela Davis]], [[Bernardine Dohrn]], [[Barbara Epstein]], [[Gustavo Esteva]], [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], [[Stephen Fleischman]], [[Bill Fletcher Jr]], [[Tom Hayden]], [[Gerald Horne]], [[Florence Howe]], [[Mike James]], [[Robin D G Kelley]], [[Alice Kessler Harris]], [[Rashid Khalidi]], [[Mike Klonsky]], [[Betita Martinez]], [[Ethelbert Miller]], [[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz]], [[Barbara Ransby]], [[Patricia Rose]], [[Michael Rossman]], [[Studs Terkel]], [[Charlene Teters]], [[Jerry Tucker]], [[Immanuel Wallerstein]], [[Cornel West]], [[Leonard Weinglass]] and [[Howard Zinn]].
 
The business portion of the meeting followed with each board nominee introducing themselves to the conference. The board, a very diverse group, was voted in by acclamation... Board nominees where were not able to attend the conference were included in the appointment by acclamation. The list included [[Elliott Adams]], [[Panama Vicente Alba]], [[Tariq Ali]], [[Stanley Aronowitz]], [[David Barsamian]], [[Rosalyn Baxandall]], [[John Bracey]], Jr., [[John Brittain]], [[Robb Burlage]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Jayne Cortez]], [[Carl Davidson]], [[Angela Davis]], [[Bernardine Dohrn]], [[Barbara Epstein]], [[Gustavo Esteva]], [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], [[Stephen Fleischman]], [[Bill Fletcher Jr]], [[Tom Hayden]], [[Gerald Horne]], [[Florence Howe]], [[Mike James]], [[Robin D G Kelley]], [[Alice Kessler Harris]], [[Rashid Khalidi]], [[Mike Klonsky]], [[Betita Martinez]], [[Ethelbert Miller]], [[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz]], [[Barbara Ransby]], [[Patricia Rose]], [[Michael Rossman]], [[Studs Terkel]], [[Charlene Teters]], [[Jerry Tucker]], [[Immanuel Wallerstein]], [[Cornel West]], [[Leonard Weinglass]] and [[Howard Zinn]].
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==Chicago Area Friends of SNCC==
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In 2005 [[Chicago Area Friends of SNCC]] organized the "Tell the Story: The Chicago SNCC History Project, 1960-1965" Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Chicago Civil Rights Movement, c. 1960-1965. The event was held October 21-22, 2005 Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.
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The Honorary Co Chairs consisted of:
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*Honorable [[Abner Mikva]]
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*Attorney [[James Montgomery]]
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*[[Diane Nash]]
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*[[Studs Terkel]]<ref>http://www.ben.edu/programs/cafsncc/</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
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[[Category: Manifestivity]]
 
[[Category: Manifestivity]]
 
[[Category:Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights]]
 
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[[Category:Chicago Area Friends of SNCC]]

Revision as of 22:11, 21 February 2010

Studs Terkel ....

IPS connection

Studs Terkel was a member of the Institute for Policy Studies 20th Anniversary celebrations committee which organized an April 5, 1983, reception at the National Building Museum attended by approximately 1,000 IPS staffers and former staff.[1]

Tribute to Golub and Montgomery

On November 16, 1989, Studs Terkel and Ida Terkal served on the Tribute Committee for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Tribute to Leon Golub and Lucy Montgomery, held at the Congress Hotel, Chicago.[2]

Communist "Manifestivity"

On October 30 and 31, 1998 the Brecht Forum presented the "Communist Manifestivity to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto" at Cooper Union's Great Hall, New York.

Individual endorsers of the event included Studs Terkel[3].

Rosenberg Fund for Children

In 2003 Studs Terkel was on the Advisory Board of the Rosenberg Fund for Children[4].

Honoring Frank Wilkinson

Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights organized a "Celebration of the The Dynamic Life of Frank Wilkinson (1914-2006)" on Sunday October 29, 2006. Wilkinson had been a leader of the Communist Party USA, the New American Movement and Democratic Socialists of America[5].

Honoring Committee members included Studs Terkel .

MDS Board member

On February 17, 2007, the Movement for a Democratic Society held a well attended conference[6]at New York City’s New School University.

The business portion of the meeting followed with each board nominee introducing themselves to the conference. The board, a very diverse group, was voted in by acclamation... Board nominees where were not able to attend the conference were included in the appointment by acclamation. The list included Elliott Adams, Panama Vicente Alba, Tariq Ali, Stanley Aronowitz, David Barsamian, Rosalyn Baxandall, John Bracey, Jr., John Brittain, Robb Burlage, Noam Chomsky, Jayne Cortez, Carl Davidson, Angela Davis, Bernardine Dohrn, Barbara Epstein, Gustavo Esteva, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Stephen Fleischman, Bill Fletcher Jr, Tom Hayden, Gerald Horne, Florence Howe, Mike James, Robin D G Kelley, Alice Kessler Harris, Rashid Khalidi, Mike Klonsky, Betita Martinez, Ethelbert Miller, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Barbara Ransby, Patricia Rose, Michael Rossman, Studs Terkel, Charlene Teters, Jerry Tucker, Immanuel Wallerstein, Cornel West, Leonard Weinglass and Howard Zinn.

Chicago Area Friends of SNCC

In 2005 Chicago Area Friends of SNCC organized the "Tell the Story: The Chicago SNCC History Project, 1960-1965" Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Chicago Civil Rights Movement, c. 1960-1965. The event was held October 21-22, 2005 Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.

The Honorary Co Chairs consisted of:

References

  1. Information Digest April l5, 1983 p77-79
  2. Tribute to Golub and Montgomery: Program, Nov. 16, 1989
  3. http://www.mail-archive.com/pen-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu/msg30144.html
  4. Rosenberg Fund for Children Letterhead June 19 2003
  5. http://www.ccdbr.org/events/wilkinson/Wilkinson_Committee.html
  6. http://antiauthoritarian.net/NLN/?p=179
  7. http://www.ben.edu/programs/cafsncc/