[Iowa-dx] Mark Your Calendars - April 14 & 15

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS IN APRIL!

of course there are more things happening, but here are two events you =20
won't want to miss...

1) National Hip-Hop Caucus Tour in Cedar Falls - April 14, 2-8 p.m., =20
Overman Park

2) "American Dream" Book Tour in Iowa City - April 15, 3:30-5 p.m., IC =20
Public Library, Room A

MORE DETAILS.......

1) National Hip-Hop Caucus
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APRIL 14, 2007
"Make Hip-Hop Not War"  -  National Tour stop
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Saturday April 14th
2-8pm Overman Park
(2nd & Franklin)

Exact Speakers and Acts on Iowa leg of the tour TBA

Sponsored by: The Hip-Hop Caucus, Campus Antiwar Network, Iraq =20
Veterans Against the War, Cedar Valley United for Peace & Justice, =20
Iowans for Sensible Priorities, UNI Students for Social Justice.

Contact Chris Schwartz
319-230-5677
chris_schwartz@caucus4priorties.org
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Featured Artists on the tour:
Papoose, Killer Mike, A Alikes, Akir, Hasan Salaam,Timz, Son of =20
Nun,Fam Famil,Bedouin,DJ Chela,Will B,Head-Roc,La Paz,Myself,ReadNex =20
Poetry Squad, local artist, and others?

Featured Speakers on the tour:
Elaine Johnson, mother of Army Spc. Darius Jennings, 22 years old, who =20
was killed in Iraq on November 2, 2003 when the Chinook helicopter he =20
was aboard was shot down by Iraqi insurgents
Carlos Arrendondo, father of Marine Lance Corporal Alexander =20
Arrendondo, 20 years old, who was killed in An Najaf, Iraq during his =20
second tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 25, 2004.
Cindy Sheehan, established Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas and mother of =20
Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in Iraq.
Tina Richards, mother of Corporal Cloy Richards, United States Marine =20
Corps, who has served two tours in Iraq.
Rosa Clemente, a national leader and activist in the Hip Hop community.
Jim Hightower, national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and =20
Iraq war critic.
Malia Lazu, a national leader and activist in the Hip Hop community.
Nicole Lee, Executive Director of TransAfrica Forum and a member of =20
the Hip Hop generation.
Sunsara Taylor, representing the World Can't Wait
Steve Cobble, an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, =20
who focuses on antiwar work and voting rights issues.
Phyllis Bennis, a writer, analyst and activist on Middle East and UN =20
issues and a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., President of the Hip Hop Caucus, as MC

Participating Members of Congress:
Congressman Ra=FAl Grijalva
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Out of Iraq Caucus Chair
Congressman Steve Cohen
Congressman John Lewis


2)  "American Dream" book tour - Mike Palecek reads, chats, answers =20
your questions and signs copies of his book

Sunday, April 15
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Iowa City Public Library, Room A


"It has been many years  since I picked up a book and didn't put it down til=
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I finished it. Mike Palecek's  "The American Dream" smacks you right
between the eyes with every turn of the page.  This book tells the
God-awful truth that none of us wants to accept."

? Guy James
www.theguyjamesshow.com


"No more than a few degrees from what currently passes for reality,
'The American  Dream' is a societal vision that hits too close to
home(land) to be called a futuristic  satire. Channeling both Orwell
and Bill Hicks, Mike Palecek has created more than  a powerful and
engaging novel; he has let loose a global wake-up call."

? Mickey Z
www.mickeyz.net



"Mike Palecek writes with passion, wit, and always with a profound
social conscience."

? Howard Zinn