2003 Empowering Democracy Conference www.empoweringdemocracy.org "Challenging Corporate Power & Demanding Accountability!" October 9-11, 2003 First Unitarian Church 685 14th Street Oakland, California Empowering Democracy is an annual skills training by and for corporate campaigners with the intent of sharing the skills necessary to challenge corporate rule. Exchange ideas with folks working on the same issue, corporation, or area and access the experience and knowledge of long time corporate campaigners. Discuss and learn about racism and corporate power, media strategy, coalition building, new strategies and action tactics, and much more. Together we can take the steps needed to restore integrity to democracy and curb corporate power. We hope you can join us! Topics include: Militarization, War & Corporate Power, First Steps in Dismantling Corp. Rule, Earning Media for Your Campaign, New Strategies and Action Tactics, Working with the Student Movement, Issues of Corporate Personhood, Shareholder Activism, International Collaboration Confirmed Keynote Speakers Include: Robert Benson, Professor of Law at Loyola Law School Gwen Braxton, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom David Cobb, Reclaim Democracy! Maria Elena Martinez, Via Campesina/Unorca Molly Morgan, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom And many, many more! www.empoweringdemocracy.org