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ACLU This WEEK - SCHEDULE OF LIVE WEBCASTS
SCHEDULE OF LIVE WEBCASTS

SUNDAY, October 15
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. ET: "An Exchange of Ideas about Civil Liberties" with MSNBC Political Commentator Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow of Air America.
Moderated by Anthony Romero, ACLU Executive Director.

MONDAY, October 16
8:00 a.m. ET: Keynote Address by ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero.

9:15 a.m. ET: Plenary: "Abuse of Power: Government Intrusion into Private Matters,"
Moderator: Rob Remar, ACLU National Board, Executive Committee
Speakers: Cecelia Fire Thunder, Former President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe
- Rev. James Lawson, ACLU National Advisory Council
- Vic Walczak, ACLU of Pennsylvania
- ACLU Clients who fought teaching Intelligent Design as science in public schools, including Barrie and Fred Callahan, Beth Eveland, Tammy Kitzmiller, Bryan Rehm, Christie Rehm, Cynthia M. Sneath, and Steven Stough.

12:30 p.m. ET: "Torture, Secrecy and Surveillance: Holding Government Accountable,"
Moderator: Anthony Romero, ACLU Executive Director
Speakers: Ann Beeson, ACLU Associate Legal Director
- Joe Wilson, Retired U.S. Ambassador
- ACLU Clients Jim Bamford, Janet Nocek and Konstanty Hordynski

3:30 to 5 p.m. ET: "Artists Speak Out on Civil Liberties"
Moderator: David Bender, Air America
Speakers: Robert Greenwald, filmmaker
- Daniel Heyman, visual artist
- Greg Proops, comedian
- Ben Wizner, ACLU Legal Department

TUESDAY, October 17
1 p.m. ET: Plenary: "Abuse of Power — Law, American Values and the National Interest" Moderator: Jackie Northam, NPR
Speakers: John Dean, Author/Former Nixon White House Counsel
- Alberto Mora, Former General Counsel of the U.S. Navy
- Steve Shapiro, ACLU Legal Director
- Katrina vanden Heuvel, Publisher & Editor, The Nation.

2:45 p.m. ET: "Youth Stand Up for Freedom," with winners of the ACLU PSA contest. The Mary Beth Tinker Award for Outstanding Youth Programming will be presented to Maria Emilia Ramirez, from the ACLU of Kentucky, as well as ACLU of KY Youth Council members Hannah Elliott and Claire Kotheimer; and our next generation of young leaders will discuss civil liberties in their lives.
Moderator: Catherine Lhamon, ACLU of Southern California
Speakers: Ron Bilbao, Alondra Jones, Hope Reichbach, and Mary Beth Tinker.

Join us throughout the conference for the live webcasts, audio podcasts from members, speakers and ACLU leaders, and more.



http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=s5x7ad4lP6WSO6zVeuiFsA..

WATCH LIVE ON THE WEB

Tune in online tonight and this week for live webcasts from the 2006 Membership Conference.

Our coverage begins tonight at 7:30 PM ET, with a "Conversation about Civil Liberties," with Tucker Carlson of MSNBC, Air America's Rachel Maddow, and ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero.

Join us throughout the conference for the live webcasts, audio podcasts from members, speakers and ACLU leaders, and more!

Go to www.aclu.org/conference



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