LEGAL OBSERVERS NEEDED for the following events during the week of the DNC. Please contact our Legal Observer and Know Your Rights coordinator, Heather Skrypek at hskyrpek09@law.du.edu, to schedule a shift.
Legal observers will be needed for morning, afternoon, and evening shifts on each day of the Convention. The PLP is not an official sponsor of any of the below events. Our role is to act as an independent monitor to ensure that the constitutional rights of participants are respected, and to help hold law enforcement agencies accountable if violations occur.
Legal Observers will check in at the NLG People's Law Project office at 1280 Sherman Street and return to the office afterwards for de-briefing and evidence collection. For a master calendar of events, concerts, and workshops at the 2008 DNC, see: http://recreate68.com/?p=150
Saturday August 23, 2008
1. COUNTER ANTI-ABORTION PROTESTS
Sponsored by World Can't Wait, these events will have a pro-choice presence to counter the protests by Christian Defense Coalition. We need LO's to volunteer for the following times and locations. Please contact the office at (303) 830-0277 if you can stop by to pick up an LO hat for any of the following time slots:
9 AM Planned Parenthood Clinic 7155 E. 38th Avenue
Noon Civic Center Park
1 PM Pepsi Center
6 PM Skyline Park
Sunday August 24, 2008
1. END THE OCCUPATIONS RALLY & MARCH
This is a permitted rally and march organized by the Re-Create 68 coalition and other groups. Due to expected large number of participants, many Legal Observers are needed.
Please check in at the office at approximately 9:00 a.m. to obtain materials and hats.
Please return materials to the PLP immediately after the March. For details about speakers and plans, go to: www.recreate68.org.
Rally at 9:00 AM
March steps off from the Capitol steps at 10:30 AM
End at approximately 3pm
Location: West Steps of the Capitol Building
2. CODE PINK FREEZE TO STOP THE WAR
CHECK IN AT NOON AT PLP OFFICE
16th Street Mall
FUNK THE WAR DANCE FOR PEACE
This action is comprised of four feeder marches which will converge on the 16th Street Mall. It is sponsored by Tent State University. For details, see: http://tentstate.org/funkthewar.htm
The Funk marches shall depart the following locations around 1:00 PM.
CHECK IN AT NOON AT PLP OFFICE
The marches will converge at Union Station at 2:00 PM.
- Union Station (17th & Wynkoop) Women's Convergence led by Code Pink
- Skate Park (2205 19th Street, near Coors Field) Youth Convergence w/ Ralph Nader
- MEPS Center (19th & Stout) Iraq Vets Against the War and Allies
- Curtis Park (30th & Curtis in Five Points) Power to the People led by C. McKinney
3. UNCONVENTIONAL ACTION - RECLAIM THE STREETS
From 3:00 to 5:00 PM. FLOATER LEGAL OBSERVERS CHECK IN AT 2 PM AT PLP
Legal observers may be dispatched to locations downtown, particularly near delegates' hotels, where coordinated direct action and protests may take place after the End the Occupations march, per Unconventional Action (U/A) (see: http://www.unconventionalaction.org/downloads/Disrupt_the_DNC.pdf)
4. TENT STATE UNIVERSITY MOVE TO FREEDOM CAGE
CHECK IN AT 10:30 PM
Monday August 25, 2008
1. PROTEST THE FREEDOM CAGE
March sponsored by Re-Create 68 to call attention to the undemocratic clamp down on free speech, in particular the abysmal cage erected near the Pepsi Center where non-delegates have been relegated to a fenced-in pen obstructed by the massive Media tent.
This march will leave Skyline Park South (15th & Arapahoe) at 9:00 a.m and go to the Pepsi Center.
CHECK IN AT 8 AM AT PLP OFFICE
2. FREEDOM MARCH TO SUPPORT POLITICAL PRISONERS
Rally and speakers begin at 10:00 AM
Location: Civic Center Park amphitheater.
March will proceed from Civic Center Park to the Federal Courthouse (19th & Champa).
CHECK IN AT 9 AM AT PLP OFFICE
3. SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER
Demonstrators will surround the Denver Mint at approximately 5:00 PM in an effort to draw attention to issues of wealth and poverty.
CHECK IN AT 4:30 PM AT PLP OFFICE
The Denver Mint is located at 320 W. Colfax and Cherokee Street.
4. NO BUSINESS AS USUAL
Theatrics and street actions at various locales, such as fundraisers, in downtown Denver sponsored by Unconventional Action. Begins at 6:00 PM at Civic Center.
FLOATER LO'S CHECK IN AT 5:00 PM
5. FESTIVAL OF DEMOCRACY MUSIC SHOWCASE
3pm to 9pm at Civic Center Park
We will be dispatching a few Legal Observers to this location during the concerts. Please notify Heather about your availability.
6. TENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT THE FREEDOM CAGE
CHECK IN AT 10:30 PM AT OFFICE
Tuesday August 26, 2008
1. PROCESSION FOR THE FUTURE Puppet March
Starts at Civic Center Park at 9:00 AM.
CHECK IN AT OFFICE AT 8:30 AM
2. CODE PINK
CHECK IN AT OFFICE AT 10:30 AM
3. CONFRONT THE SPECTACLE
Marches beginning at approximately 3 PM near or at the Pepsi Center. Sponsored by Unconventional Action. Technical blockades, street theater, and other diverse actions may attempt to block the flow of delegates fro their afternoon platform meetings to the convention hall.
Legal Observers CHECK IN AT 2 PM AT PLP
3. TENT STATE
CHECK IN AT 10:30 PM for move from Cuernavaca Park to Pepsi Ctr Freedom Cage
Wednesday August 27, 2008
1. ECO ACTIONS - ALL DAY
Direct action for the environment all day downtown. Polluters and greenwashers' corporate headquarters downtown Denver. Check in at 10 AM and throughout the day at PLP offices
2. WOMEN IN BLACK
12-2 PM at Skyline Park. Check in at 11:30 AM at PLP Office.
3. IRAQ VETS AGAINST WAR MARCH 3-6 PM
** LEGAL OBSERVER CHECK IN AT FOURNEY'S TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ON BRIGHTON BLVD AT 3 PM.
4. CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE - NO WAR, NO WARMING
6 PM. Check in at PLP at 5:00 PM for details on locations.
Thursday August 28, 2008
1. DNC MOBILIZATION FOR JUST AND HUMANE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Potentially massive, epic march for immigrant rights. For details, see: www.weareamericadnc.org
Legal Observers meet at PLP office at 8:00 a.m.
March Step-off at 9:00 a.m. from Rude Park (2855 W. Howard Place)
Rally to follow at La Alma / Lincoln Park (W. 12th Ave. and Mariposa St)
2. LOCKSTEP BEHIND THE PARTY
Action at the Pepsi Center at 11:00 AM. Further details on this action needed.
3. END WHITE SUPREMACY - Media Savvy Actions sponsored by Unconventional Action.
Times and locations to be determined.
LEGAL OBSERVING TENTATIVE AT THIS TIME
5. MARCH TO INVESCO FIELD
March starts at Lincoln Park (Mariposa Street) at 2:00 PM and goes to Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field.
LEGAL OBSERVING TENTATIVE AT THIS TIME
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Upcoming Trainings for the 2008 Democratic National Convention: Legal Observing and Know Your Rights Calendar
Legal Observer Training presented by Copwatch
When: Thursday, August 14th, 2008.
Time: 5:15 PM
Where: For more details contact Evan 303.831.8695
Training Day-- Know Your Rights, Legal Observing, and more!
When: Thursday, August 21st , noon-8 p.m.
Where: University of Colorado-Boulder
Humanities Building, Room 250
Intersection of Macky Drive and Pleasant Street
Boulder, CO
Legal Observer Training
When: Friday, August 22nd, 2-4 p.m.
Where: The Mercury Café
2199 California St
Denver, CO 80205
Legal Observing Training in the Park
When: Saturday, August 23rd, 2:30 p.m.
Where: Lincoln Park
200 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO
**For more information on any of these trainings contact hskrypek@gmail. com
July 2008
DEFENDING DISSENT: REPRESENTING
ACTIVISTS & PROTESTERS AT THE 2008 DNC
July 18, 2008
8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
University
of Denver Sturm College of Law, Room 165
Cost $35 (covers breakfast, lunch, parking pass)
(Application
for 5 Continuing Legal Education credits pending)
CLICK HERE for a detailed schedule and
registration information.
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April 2008
The Midnight Special
Law Collective of Oakland, CA Comes to
Town!!
"Know Your Rights"
Midnight
Special Presentation
When: Monday, April 14, 2008 from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: University of Denver College of Law, Room 190
Lunch provided by Blackjack Pizza
"Legal Observing at
the 2008 DNC"
Midnight Special Presentation
When: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: University of Denver College of Law, Room 190
Lunch provided by El Centro Humanitario -- Denver's 1st Day
Laborer Center
"Legal Observing,
Know Your Rights, and Legal Solidarity at the 2008
DNC"
Midnight Special Presentation
When: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 from 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Location: University of Denver College of Law, Room 280
"Panel Discussion:
Balancing Security and Protester's Rights in
Denver"
City Councilman Charlie Brown, District 6
Glenn Spagnuolo of Recreate '68 Protester Alliance
When: Thursday, April 17, 2008 from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: University of Denver College of Law, Room 190
Lunch provided by Spicy Thai
*All events are free and open to the public.
The panel and Midnight Special events
will take place at the University of Denver Sturm College
of Law, 2255 E. Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80208. For
directions, please visit http://www.du.edu/maps/main_nw.html.
For more information, contact Heather Skrypek at hskrypek09@law.du.edu.
"Denver's
Police Spy Files: Police Surveillance, the First Amendment
and the Democratic National Convention"
presented by
the Colorado Bar Association Civil Rights
Committee
Police state or public safety?
Police spying on lawful protest groups led to public
controversy and litigation in 2002.
What are the boundaries of the state’s interest?
When: Monday, April 28, noon–1:30 p.m.
Location: CBA offices, 1900 Grant St., 3rd floor
Speakers: Cole Finegan, Former Denver City
attorney, now Managing Partner at Hogan &
Hartson, and Mark Silverstein, Legal Director of
the ACLU of Colorado, who was counsel in the
case. Barbara Cohen will describe her experience
as the subject of a spy file.
One CLE credit requested. Cost is $15 and
includes lunch.
RSVP to
lunches@cobar.org
or (303) 860-1115, ext. 727
no later than Friday, April 25, 2008. Cancellations must
also be received by this date. No shows will be charged for
the cost of the program if no cancellation is
made.