Join us in Madison from August 24 to August 28; early registration and lodging discounts end Wednesday!
Wednesday July 27th is the deadline for discount room reservations and early registration for the Democracy Convention, August 24 through 28 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Don't miss out! Room rates will go back to regular price after Wednesday. The discount rate of $85 a night books you a room with two queen or king-size beds at the Madison Concourse, the city's only union hotel. After the 27th, rates will go up by at least 50% more. Make your hotel reservation now online, or call the Madison Concourse Hotel at 1-800-356-8293.
Wednesday is also the deadline for early convention registration discounts of up to 25% if you register and pay at the same time. Regular registration is $50 to $100, sliding scale. If you'd like to take advantage of the discount, click here.
Join us in Madison! The systemic issue behind all those that the Alliance and you work on is corporate personhood and corporate constitutional rights, the cornerstone of corporate rule and power of the corporate oligarchy.
The Democracy Convention hosts multiple conferences on earth democracy, constitutional reform, and education for democracy, media, economic democracy, racial justice and more. Each conference will have workshops, panels, and plenary sessions, with speakers drawn from labor, student, anti-militarism, anti-racism, sustainability, local economy and environmental justice movements.
Confirmed speakers include Tom Hayden, Gar Alperovitz, Margaret Flowers, Riki Ott and Ted Glick, as well as many organizers from Move to Amend. Musician Michelle Shocked headlines the conference celebration.
The Alliance is pleased to be one of the convention convenors, as well as key organizer for the Earth Democracy conference.
The Democracy Convention is where we will come together to:
* learn from each other about grassroots projects and actions
* engage with national action campaigns that bring communities together on the same issue
* build our capacity to enact alternatives that advance the well-being of all people and for the rights of nature.
Please support AfD’s participation in the Democracy Convention by renewing your membership or making an extra donation.
Your financial support is critical as we plan for this event. Help get Alliance activists, materials, and the message—“end corporate personhood, end corporate rule”—to Madison by giving as generously as possible.
Click here to give online or mail your tax-deductible contribution to Alliance for Democracy, PO Box 540115, Waltham, MA 02454. And thanks!
We hope to see many of you in Madison, especially those of you from the midwest. There will be time in the convention agenda for organizational gatherings. Send an email to Barbara Clancy in the office to let us know you will be attending.
Meet with us to build a vibrant democracy that inspires us to renew governance to meet community needs, preserve ecosystems, and establish justice for all (non-corporate) people!
See you in August,
Nancy, Ruth, Jim, Bonnie and Barbara
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