We are slow to realize that democracy is a life; and involves continual struggle. It is only as those of every generation who love democracy resist with all their might the encroachments of its enemies that the ideals of representative government can even be nearly approximated.
Join us in Boston on Nov. 6th to kick-off "10,000 for Democracy"!
Can the Democracy Movement Save Our Planet?
An Evening with the Liberty Tree Foundation's Ben Manski
When:
Friday, November 6th at 7pm
Where:
9A Hamilton Place, Boston, MA
This event is generously hosted by our partners encuentro5 and Massachusetts Global Action
Co-hosts:
Chuck Collins, Emily Kawano
Francis Moore-Lappé Jason Pramas, Jill Stein Suren Moodliar, Victor Wallis |
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Featured Speaker: Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation founder and president
Ben Manski is a scholar, lawyer, and activist who has been committed to building a U.S. democracy movement since the early 1990s. He is president of the Liberty Tree Foundation, a strategy center he founded in 2004, a co-founder of Move to Amend, and an Associate Fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies. In 2010, Manski co-founded the Wisconsin Wave, which played a leading role in the Wisconsin uprising of 2011 and which continues today. In 2012, he managed the Jill Stein for President campaign; from 2001-2004 he served as co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. He is currently pursuing an advanced degree in sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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P.S. We would love to see in you Boston on November 6th. However even if you cannot make please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Liberty Tree in honor of this event. Your generous contribution will count you as one of 10,000 supporters of democracy and will ensure that this critical movement building work continues long into the future!