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#19; August 3, 2007 www.highlandercenter.org

Highlander 75th Anniversary Celebration. Click for more information

75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION UPDATE

1. Register Today for the 75th Anniversary Celebration!
2. 75th Anniversary Celebration Program
3. Join the 75th Anniversary Circle of Support and Have an Organizational Table at the Celebration



Highlander - 75 years working for justice
Click here for more information about Highlander's 75th Anniversary Celebration.

1. Register Today for the 75th Anniversary Celebration!
Join hundreds of justice-minded people at Highlander for the 75th Anniversary Celebration, August 31-September 2!

Share experiences and ideas with organizers, activists, cultural workers, and others gathering to sing, dance, laugh, eat, and strategize where we all go from here in the next stage of the fight for democracy and justice

There's less than a month left, so be sure to register today! Please register so we can get an accurate count for food and materials. You can register online at www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary.

An outline of the program for the Celebration is included below. Additional information will be posted at www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary as it becomes available.

We look forward to seeing you at Highlander for the 75th Anniversary Celebration. Changing the South is changing the country, and changing the country is changing the world!


2. 75th Anniversary Celebration Program
For more information about the 75th Anniversary Celebration program, and the growing list of confirmed trainers, speakers and performers, visit www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary.

Friday, August 31, 2007
Educational Institutes
Welcome Reception & Dance

8:00 am
Registration Opens

9:30 am - 10:30 am
Opening Plenary

10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Educational Institutes
- Multilingual Capacity Building
- Communications for Change
- Participatory Research
- Popular Education
- Cultural Organizing

(There is a sliding scale fee for the Institutes. For details, see www.highlandercenter.org/
anniversary
.)


7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Welcome Reception & Dance
OFF SITE - Laurel Theater
1538 Laurel Avenue
Knoxville , TN 37916

Saturday, September 1, 2007
Plenary & Workshops
Benefit Concert

8:00 am
Registration Opens

9:00 am - 10:00 am
Breakfast & Welcome

10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Opening Plenary

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
- SNCC/SSOC Reunion
- Seeds of Fire Reunion
- INDELI Reunion
- Social Justice Theater
   Conversation

12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Social Justice Film Series

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Workshops
- Globalization & Workers'
   Rights in the South
- Racial Justice & the Gulf
- LGBTQ
- Latin American Movements

Performances
- Public Outcry
- Labor Heritage/
   Rockin' Solidarity Chorus

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Workshops
- Immigration
- Environmental Justice
- Faith-Based Organizing
- Highlander Heritage &
   Labor Plays


8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Highlander 75th Anniversary
Benefit Concert

OFF SITE - Bijou Theater
803 S. Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37902

Sunday, September 2, 2007
Cultural Celebration


9:00
Registration Opens

9:00 am - 1:00 pm
INDELI Reunion

10:00 am - 11:30 am
Highlander Former Directors Conversation

11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Lunch

11:30 am - 5:00 pm
Cultural Performances

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cultural Organizing Conversation

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Social Justice Films

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Create Culture Tent




Childcare will be available on Friday from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm.

Children's programming will be available on Saturday from 9:30 am - 6:30 pm and on Sunday from 10:00 am - 5:30 pm. Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult.

Remember - Register today at www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary!


3. Join the 75th Anniversary Circle of Support and Have an Organizational Table at the Celebration
The support of our organizational partners, donors, and funders means a lot to us as we commemorate Highlander's 75th anniversary. Join the 75th Anniversary Circle of Support and have an organizational information table at the Celebration.

Please let us know if we can count on your support, and reserve your table, by August 10, our deadline for the 75th Anniversary yearbook in which we will acknowledge your contribution.

For more information, or to join the 75th Anniversary Circle of Support, visit www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/support.asp.


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