2009 Forum Against Olympic Oppression

Siegel Hall, IIT campus
3301 S. Dearborn

Sunday, April 5th 6pm

Speakers will include-

-Willie “JR” Fleming of the Hip-hop Congress and Coalition to Protect Public Housing

-Chris Shaw author of "Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games"

-Anne Elizabeth Moore, author of "Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity" and creator of the Unlympic Games

All are welcome at a forum to discuss what activists and community members
can do to stop the International Olympic Committee from devastating the
neighborhoods of the South Side, should Chicago be selected to host the
2016 Olympic Games. The forum is set to coincide with the IOC's visit to
Chicago, in order to send a strong message to the IOC and the
Chicago 2016 Committee that the city's diverse communities are already
mobilizing against the Games.

Important issues include gentrification, criminalization of the poor,
policing practices and tourism policy. Dynamic speakers, both from
Chicago and from cities already affected by the Olympics, will present on
these issues, and on the question of how other communities have already
responded. This forum will be an important step to building bridges with
these other communities, a vital element towards developing a new
consensus against the negative affects of the Games wherever they are
held.

The forum is free and open to the public.