The recently announced All Our Power conference has confirmed the full schedule for this weekend's activities. The event is a punk-activist conference whose mission is to educate, mobilize, and connect people from the punk community and to help encourage activism, has announced a conference set to take place in DC from October 6th through the 8th.
The three day event will include a number of panels including "Counter-recruitment/Anti-War," "Examples of Punk Activism," "Connecting to Unions & the Working Poor," "Reproductive Rights" and many other topics.
Each day will end with a performance as well, with the first night featuring Channels, Medications and Victory at Sea, the second featuring Travis Morrison (ex-Dismemberment Plan) and the third featuring Head-Roc and others TBA.
All Our Power conference, Day 1
October 6, 2006
It's finally here! The All Our Power conference begins today at noon with a check-in period at Catholic Worker/Gray Panthers office in the Arthur S. Flemming Center. This is followed by a Keynote Panel in the Community Room of the Arthur S. Flemming Center, an acoustic benefit show for the Brian Mackenzie Infoshop in the same room, and a late concert at the Black Cat. See details below.
Check-in: Noon-6pm @ Catholic Worker/Gray Panthers office in the Arthur S. Flemming Center (use 1422 9th Street NW entrance, near corner of 9th and P Streets NW, near Shaw/Howard metro). Here is where you receive your conference booklet (including maps, places to eat, things to do in DC). Check-in then moves to the Center's Community Room at 6pm until 9:30pm, and then moves to the Black Cat until around midnight.
Keynote Panel: "Keeping Our Eyes On The Prize: Bridging Communities, Building a Majority Movement" @ 6:30pm @ Arthur S. Flemming Center community room (1426 9th St NW). Panel starts at 6:30 sharp.
Featuring: Heather Booth, Lawrence Guyot, Sarah Browning, and Mark Andersen (moderator)
Cost: FREE (donations welcome)
Acoustic Show: 8-10pm @ Arthur S. Flemming Center (1426 9th St NW), benefit for the Brian Mackenzie Infoshop
Featuring: Max Levine Ensemble (local political pop-punk, playing acoustic!!!), Rachel Jacobs (local awesomeness), Bears Kill Cops (Ann, playing guitar and singing, w/ special guest drummer)
Cost: $3-5 sliding scale
Electric Show: doors at 9:30pm @ Black Cat (1811 14th St. NW)
Featuring: Medications (Dischord), Victory at Sea (from Boston), Mass Movement of the Moth (Exotic Fever)
Cost: $9
All Our Power conference, Day 2
October 7, 2006
Final Check-in: 9am-11am @ St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St NW (corner of Newton & 16th)
Light Breakfast (bagels, beverages): 9am-11am @ St. Stephen's Church
Free Films during breakfast:
FUNDI: The Ella Baker Story ââ¬" A powerful one hour documentary on the legendary catalyst of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, community organizer, and tireless fighter against injustice everywhere.
DON'T NEED YOU: the Birth of Riot Grrrl (2001) ââ¬" Insightful and moving half hour documentary on the creation of Riot Grrrl in Washington DC and Olympia, WA in 1991-92, done by DIY punk filmmaker Kerri Koch. Features interviews with Allison Wolfe, Kathleen Hanna, Ian MacKaye, Corin Tucker and other key participants.
Vegan-Friendly Sack-Lunch: 12:15pm-1:00pm @ St. Stephen's Church. Prepared and served by American University's Food Not Bombs! Quantities are limited, so we recommend that you register in advance to reserve your lunch :)
Workshops @ St. Stephen's Church (two sessions are planned for each time slot; you pick one)
Cost: FREE (donations welcome)
11am - 12:15pm
- COUNTER-RECRUITMENT/ANTI-WAR
- COMMUNITY ORGANIZING 101: Building From the Bottom Up
[break for lunch, with presentation by Food Not Bombs]
1pm - 2:15pm
- RECLAIMIMG AMERICA: Know Your Radical History
- YOUNG VOTER PROJECT
2:30pm - 3:45pm
- NO SWEAT: Connecting to Unions & the Working Poor
- PUNKS IN ACTION: Examples of Punk Activism
4pm - 5:15pm
- FROM SERVICE TO JUSTICE: Building A Movement
- REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Film: 5:30pm - 7pm @ Provisions Library (1611 Connecticut Ave. NW)
Featuring: Afro-punk: The 'Rock n Roll Nigger' Experience
Cost: $5
Benefit Concert: 8pm-10pm @ St. Stephen's Church, benefit for ONE DC and Northwest Settlement House/We Are Family
Featuring: Travis Morrison & The Hellfighters (ex-Dismemberment Plan), Joe Lally (of Fugazi; solo CD release), Head-Roc (local political hip-hop veteran), Pash (from Fredericksburg)
Cost: $5