Fair Development Conference Schedule

Baltimore MD
Friday October 28 — Sunday October 30, 2011

Friday and Saturday’s conference events will take place at the 2640 space at 2640 St. Paul Street, and nearby locations. Sunday’s action in the inner harbor.

Friday, October 28

2640 St Paul

6pm

Doors open, registration

6:30pm – 9:30pm

Opening ceremony, banquet dinner, and keynote presentations from:

Marian Kramer has been an organizer and leader in poor people’s movements, including the welfare rights movement since 1966. She is the former chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization. She lives in Detroit, Michigan, where she continues to fight for human rights and an end to poverty.
Janaina Stronzake is a leader of Movimento Sem Terra (MST), or the Brazilian Landless Rural Workers‘ Movement. The MST has led more than 2,500 occupations of large estates in Brazil, leading to the settlement of around 370,000 families on the land. Janaina’s work focuses on the struggle of landless women.
Jan Rehmann teaches philosophy and social theories at Union Theological Seminary and at the Free University in Berlin. He is co-editor of the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism (HKWM), and his most recent books are Theories of Ideology and Critique of Postmodernist Nietzscheanism.

Saturday, October 29

2640 St Paul, with some workshops in a nearby location. Workshop Listing

9am	Doors open — ‘continental’ light breakfast buffet (included in registration)
9:30am	Welcome
10am – 11am	Workshop block 1
11:15am – 12:45pm	Workshop block 2
12:45 pm – 1:45pm	Lunch (2640). There will be lunch options available for purchase from several vendors. (Lunch not included).
1:45pm – 3:15pm	Workshop block 3
3:30pm – 5:00pm	Workshop block 4
5:30pm – 7:30pm	Dinner and film screening, hosted by NESRI. Screening, and discussion of the NESRI-produced film “More Than A Roof — The Human Right to Housing“, with panel discussion of: M. Adams -Take Back the Land Madison, a member of Freedom Inc. Max Rameau-Co-founder of the Take Back the Land Movement Frank Sinadco-Northeast Pennsylvania Organizing Center and a member of the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights Kendall Jackman-Housing Campaign leader; Picture the Homeless and a member of the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights
7:30pm – 10pm	Costume Dance Party

Sunday, October 30

11am – 2pm

Action event
The Haunted Harbor March!
A Terrifying Tale of Poverty Zone Development

Sun October 30th 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet at Charles St. & Lombard St. (map).

For decades, the Inner Harbor has been haunted by labor and human rights abuses including: poverty wages, disrespect, sexual harassment, lack of healthcare, denying education opportunities, wage theft, unsafe work environments, and general exploitation for the sake of profit.

Workers and allies have had enough. On Sunday, October 30th, United Workers will lead a march from the Baltimore Development Corporation down to the Inner Harbor featuring “Poverty Busters” lighting up their proton packs and blasting these abuses out of this dimension, replacing them with our shared fair development principles of Human Rights, Sustainability, and maximizing public benefits. During the march, harbor workers and community leaders from throughout the country will share how our struggles are connected and demonstrate that we have the strength and community power to save our Harbor from these monstrous abuses!

The march will feature participants from the Fair Development Conference, Harbor Workers, and allies from throughout the city and will feature Baltimore’s own Barrage Band Orchestra!

Join Us Sunday Oct 30th 11 a.m, on Charles & Lombard.

Bus Options:

North Central Baltimore – 3, 11, 61
West Baltimore – 20, 10, 30
East Baltimore – 10, 30, 7