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Actions of
the Shepherd Progressive Action Committee
In the 2004 Fall Semester we....
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Brought Shepherd kids out to vote! The
workers over at the polling place said they had never seen
such a high turnout among the youth.
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Brought the WV Supreme Court Justice, Warren
McGraw to Shepherd Campus
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Organized a day of music to celebrate the
opening of voting in WV and got people actually over to
Charles Town to put their ballots in the box. The Red
Organges, Jesse Boyd, Lunar Stew, and Carolyn Malachi all
played this show. This show was organized along with
the Shepherd Democrats.
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Organized a Rock Against Bush which drew a
hell of a lot of Shepherd kids out for politics, music, and
food. Stupyd Cow, The Red Oranges, Stasis, The Hourlys,
Under Investigation, Cryptorchild Chipmunk, Absolute Power,
Carolyn Malachi, Ryan Harvey, and Lunar Stew all played.
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Showed Life & Debt, a movie about the hard
IMF programs have done to Jamaica
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Were the only Shepherd organization to
organize people to protest the KKK rally in Sharpsburg
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Dressed up an pretty costumes to demonstrate
against Bush's little visit to Hedgesville, WV. We got
all decked out as Billionaires to thank him for all the tax
cuts and rolling back environmental laws.
In the 2004 Summer Semester we.....
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Organized an Anti-Mountaintop Removal
Demonstration along with The Chesapeake Climate Action
Network, Coal River Mountain Watch, The Ohio Valley
Environmental Coalition, and The Sierra Club. The
event was timed to coincide with a Friends of Coal meeting
across the street, and we had many more people than they did
out there.
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Organized a Fundraiser for
Coal River
Mountain Watch and The
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
In the 2004 Spring Semester
we.....
In the 2003 Fall Semester
we.....
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WE ARE NOW WORKING TO HAVE A COMPLETE
LIST OF EVENTS FOR FALL OF 2003
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Helped to publicize and plan the
Kick-Off event for the local chapter of Amnesty
International. This event was a great success and
helped greatly to spread the word about the FTAA and the
effects that it is expected to have.
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Had members involved with and attending
the Regional Consulta in Pittsburg, PA. This Consulta
planned how to most effectively protest the FTAA in
Miami, and provided a place for the discussion of those
tactics.
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Joined the Shenandoah Valley Coalition
for Fair Trade
In the 2003 Spring Semester
we......
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Held a Forum on the Global Economic
Justice and the Effects which the IMF/World Bank have on
the world.
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Had Greens were in attendance of the
April 13th protest of the IMF/World Bank
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Had Greens were in attendance of the
April 12th protest of the War Against Iraq organized by
International ANSWER.
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Had Greens were in attendance of the
Global Conflict Resolution Forum, which featured talks
on North Korea, Israel and Palestine, and how to avoid
international conflicts. Dr. Rhee of Shepherd College
did a great job presenting the Korean issue so it could
be understood.
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We drove into DC and joined the March 15
protest of the war against Iraq
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Joined the Campus Anti-War Network,
putting ourselves in communication with many colleges
nationwide
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We planned and conducted a march and
rally on March 5, right on Shepherd Campus which
exceeded everyone's expectations for the event. We
gathered in a circle at the Midway at about noon and
discussed the war and why we are opposed to it. At
about 12:30, we began to march down to McMurran Hall,
shouting chants as we went. We arrived at McMurran and
rallied there until 2:30, listening to music and
speakers. Musicians who played were Funk Me Fester (who
rocked the kasbah with two excellent sets) and
Brice Henry (performing original and cover songs, blew
us away with a spoof of Hey Joe turning it into a
satirical Hey George). Speakers included Doug
Cooper, Lynn Yellot, Donna Acquaviva, Danny Chiotos
(reading a speech written by Micheal Harman, and Vince
George). According to rally organizers opinions, the
rally went very well, and worked to encourage us to hold
another on.
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Collected 60 signatures for the Vote No
War referendum sponsored by International ANSWER
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Sponsored the presentation by Ellen
Barfield of Voices of the Wilderness. The presentation
was on the subject of Iraq, and was entitled "Meeting
Victims and Preventing More Victims."
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Attended and publicized the January 18th
Anti-War March in D.C.
In the 2002 Fall
Semester, we.......
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Organized a teach-in on the IMF and
World Bank. Leah's father, Dr. Chatterjee drove in and
held a two hour teach-in on the policies of the IMF and
World Bank
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Protested the IMF and World Bank. On
September 28th, members of the Shepherd Greens and the
Shepherd Democrats drove into D.C. and protested the IMF
and World Bank. Two of our members, along with one
Radford student literally blocked the exits of the IMF
meeting with their bodies by lying in the streets
chained together.
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Registered ourselves as an official
organization with the SGA.
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Tabled against the War with Iraq outside
of the dining hall. We spread information by handing
out fact sheets, argued with a few willing people,
discussed the issue, and ultimately collected between
170-180 signatures against the War which were sent off
to International ANSWER.
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Organized a teach in on the history, and
culture of Iraq, and the future implications which the
War will have. This teach in was held by Dr. Jeremy
Millett, and drew a very good attendance.
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Chalked East Campus with anti-war
slogans and info. We convened at around 11, and chalked
until we ran out of chalk.
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Drove into D.C. and protested the War on
October 26th. We were a small number of the over
100,000 who were in attendance. There was also a couple
buses organized by Jan Hummer which brought many into
the city.
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Had members who went to, and enjoyed the
presentation by Rainbow Eagle.
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Have worked closely with WV Peace in our
anti-war efforts.
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Co-sponsored, along with Amnesty
International Upper Potomac, with WV Peace sponsoring,
an excellent presentation by Ramzi Kysia on the subject
of Iraq.
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