I'm going to meet Serpico !!

[toolfan]

My college is having a regional Civil Rights Conference and Frank Serpico is the guest speaker!

"Opening reception with Frank Serpico,
Friday, July 25, 7 PM
+ full day of workshops Saturday, July 26, 8:30 to 4:30

Guests' comments, workshop topics & panel discussions to include:

Total Information Awareness - Have we Got Something on You?!
Toward a more Intelligent Anti-Terror Policy
Provisions of the Patriot Acts I & II
Confronting Fear - A History of Public Solutions
Watching the INS (BICE) - Speaking up for International Neighbors
Libraries and Democracy - Will they Endure?
Town by Town Resolution for Constitutional Rights
Confronting Racism - Institutional and Personal
Speaking Up for Civil Liberties - Smart Skills for Dialogue
Theater Improv for Human Rights
Writers' Workshop for Human Rights
Featuring guest speakers and presenters:

Frank Serpico, former NYC detective and whistle blower, advocate for high principles in law enforcement;

Atty. C. William Michaels, Baltimore, author of the definitive text on the Patriot Act, "No Greater Threat, America After September 11 and the Rise of the National Security State;

Atty. Bill Newman, ACLU, Director of the Western Mass Regional Office of the American Civil Liberties Union--Bill is a great speaker who deftly uses wit and humor while addressing these pressing issues;

Atty. Mahsa Khanbabai, Springfield, MA, advocate for the rights of immigrants and international neighbors visiting or residing in the US;

Prof. Christopher H. Pyle, Mount Holyoke College, formerly with US Army Intelligence, the working for reforms with Senator Church's Committee, advocates for more intelligent anti-terror policies;

Sandra Boston, Greenfield, MA, founder of the Conscious Communications Institute, teaching smart skills for dialogues that address fears and conflicts;

Leo Hwang-Carlos, MFA U-Mass Amherst, GCC Instructor of English, leads a workshop in creative writing for Human Rights;

Louis Battalen, Director of the Arms Library, Shelburne Falls, and member of the Mass Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee convenes a working group.

CONCLUDING WITH A PLENARY FOCUSED ON ACTION PLANNING. JOIN THIS REGIONAL COMMUNITY DIALOGUE."

http://www.gcc.mass.edu/response/clc.html
I'm sooo excited!!!! Nothing this cool ever happens in my town! :bounce:

[baffie]

1. I am so totally envious!

I've always wanted to meet him! Please report back on this!

[toolfan]

3. I will !

I intend to take my microcassette recorder and to take copious amounts of notes.

[Best_man23]

2. Too Cool

The movie Serpico made me an Al Pacino fan for life.

Wish I could meet the real Serpico.

[Kat45]

4. Tres Cool!

Definitely tell us all about it.

[NYC]

5. Congratulations!!!

Make sure you don't miss it, and please report back.