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February 05, 2005
NCOR
This weekend at American University is the National Conference on Organized Resistance. We of course tabled this event, although being stuck in a cramped room in the basement wasn't that great. Nonetheless, Alex and I got quite a few people signing up for the e-mail list and at least sparking interest. Even sold an anti-ageism button to a little boy who couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old! Great to see younger and younger ones interested! Neither Alex nor I will be there tomorrow, but Dave Varney will be. Go keep him company!
The best thing was Alex's presentation on Youth Liberation. Pretty good crowd listening, as well. Much of the information seemed unsurprising to the audience for the most part, but they were quite shocked to learn about gulag schools. The concept of youth rationale was also big. Alex talked for a while about the basic rights youth are denied simply because of age, including a long list of things written on the board behind him, things youth cannot legally do, including voting, drinking, gambling, as well as not having the rights to personal medical decisions, whether or not to take a certain drug, tattoos and piercings, and even what clothes to wear. Among the audience was our FreeChild friend, Adam Fletcher, out here all the way from Olympia, WA. Adam Schwartz, NYRA member and College Park student, came as well. So thanks to the Adams for their attendance! You guys rock.
Can't wait until our next event. I'll keep my eyes and ears open for anything we can table at. We must be persistent!
That's all for now!
-Katrina
P.S. Don't forget about the meeting next Saturday!:)
Posted by SciVille at February 5, 2005 10:46 PM