Friday, Oct 24 (6:00 pm - 9:30 pm)
*Arrival of Attendees
*Wine & cheese reception
*Introductions of Attendees (Begin: 7:00 p.m.)
*Discussion:
- "What is our Current Pattern of Activism?"
- "What is Law?"
- "How is Law Used and for What Purpose is it Used?"
*How We Got Here: A Brief Overview of the School and the Evolution of POCLAD/CELDF
*Case Study: Traditional Organizing and Corporate Power -- Factory Farms
Saturday, Oct 25 (8:30 am - 6:00 pm)
*By the Few, of the Few, and For the Few: The Constitution's Replication of a Slave and Empire Form of Governance
- The History and Rise of the English Slave and Empire State
- The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution
*A History of Peoples' Movements in the United States - The American Revolution
- The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
- The Anti-Federalists
- The Populists
- The Abolitionists and the Fourteenth Amendment
- Womens' Rights and the Nineteenth Amendment
- The Labor Movement
*From a Slave State to a Corporate State - Early Corporate Chartering
- Dartmouth College: Wrapping the Corporation in the Constitution
- Transitioning from a Slave State to a Corporate State
- Contemporary Corporate "Rights" and Powers
*Building New Models of Organizing (The Pennsylvania Model)
*The "Single Issue" Model: From Reframing to Winning
*Driving into Local Governing Arenas - Challenging and Contesting Corporations
- Contesting Government Actions Empowering Corporations to Usurp Community Control
*From Reframing to Drawing the Corporate Response to Building New Constituencies to Winning
*Altering the Odds: Directly Challenging Corporate Rights - The Porter and Licking Township, Clarion County Experience: Using Law to Eliminate Legal Privileges Claimed by Corporations
*Building a Legal Framework to Support Elimination of Corporate Rights - The Legal Defense Fund's Model Legal Brief to Eliminate Corporate Rights
*FROST v. St. Thomas Development, Inc.: A Rural South-Central Pennsylvania
*Community Organization Takes on the Constitutional "Rights" of a Quarry Corporation
Sunday, Oct 26 (9:00 am - 3:00 pm)
*Building the Connections Amongst All Single Issues
- Our History of Collaterally Challenging Illegitimate Corporate Authority
*Breakout: Reframing Single Issues by Rethinking Several Issues - An Exploration of Jurisdictions and Arenas
- Other Constituencies
- Critical Mass: Doing it Together and Building a Movement
*This is the Work: Groups Across the United States Applying New Models
*Discussion: How Do We Make Real the Promises of Democracy? (End: 3:00 p.m.)
Note: All attendees receive a 350 page background reading packet two weeks prior to the School, which contains curriculum materials for the School.
