MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2012. Members of the Occupy movement will hold an “Occupy G8 People’s Summit” in Frederick, Maryland to provide a vision for democratic economic development as the G8 meetings commence on May 18. A series of speakers will lead discussions on the impact of concentrated wealth on global public policy, the effects of wealth inequality on peoples’ well-being, and alternative structures that would close the wealth divide and create a more democratic, sustainable economy. Details of the summit, which begin at 10:00 AM Friday, are below.
On Saturday, May 19, members of Occupy Frederick will also hold a march and “Counter-G8 Community Bloc Party” from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM in Baker Park (2nd and N. Bentz Streets).
Occupy Baltimore will be staging permitted peaceful protests on public sidewalks in Thurmont, MD, on both Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19, from 8:00 AM until sunset. Thurmaont is located in close proximity to the G8 meetings at Camp David.
WHAT: Occupy G8 People’s Summit
WHEN: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT; Friday, May 18, 2012
WHERE: C. Burr Artz Public Library, 110 E. Patrick St., Frederick
SCHEDULE:
10:10 am – “Global Wealth Inequality”
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much
Brooke Harper, Global Trade Watch
Jeremy Weyl, JubileeUSA
11:10 am – “Creating a Global Economy Based on Sustainable Resources”
Brent Blackwelder, former executive director Friends of the Earth and Steady State
Ruth Caplan, Campaign for Global Water Watch and Alliance for Democracy
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Organic Consumers Association
12:20 pm – “Building a New Economy from the Bottom Up”
Rob Kall, Editor of OpEd News and Bottom Up Radio Show
James Riker, University of Maryland and co-facilitator of 2010 G20 Civil Society Dialogue
Emily Kawano, Solidarity Economy Network and Center for Popular Economics
Lisa Stolarski, The National Cooperative Business Association
