July 4
2:00 – 6:00pm: Registration of Delegates
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Welcome Dinner
7:00-9:00 pm: Kafé Kultura (open mike, jamming, mural painting, sculpting, social media, DJs, etc. … and local organic coffee and goodies!)
July 5
8:00am – 12:00 pm: International Festival of People’s Rights and Struggles Common Forum
1:00 – 3:00pm: Conference Welcoming Festivities and Keynote Speeches
3 :00- 5:30 pm: Workshop 1 Panel Discussion on Artists Rights and Struggles
- a. Artists Rights and Welfare (Boni Ilagan)
- b. Art, Artists and means of living (Cece Carpio)
- c. On Freedom of Expression and Assembly (Pakistani)
**** On the rights and struggles of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada – Anik of Odaya
5:30 -6:30: Input 1: on the Millennium Development Goals and It’s Impact on Arts and Culture
8:00- 11:00 pm International Festival of People’s Rights and Struggles Solidarity Night
July 6
9:00am – 12:00pm Input 2: Media and the World wide web
- a. Role of Mass Media (Caloy Conde)
- b. Role of New Technologies and the Worldwide Web (Eric Tandoc)
1:30- 3:00pm: Workshop 3: People’s Art, Shaping the Society of the Future
- a. Imperialist art vs People’s art?
- b. Where does “art” come from, who does it serve?
- c. Media and the Culture of Resistance (Mustafa Kilinc)
- d. Grassroots culture and culture of resistance/progressive culture and criticism (Bundo)
3:00 – 3:30pm: International Conference on Progressive Culture Declaration
3:30 – 5:00pm: Closing Parade and Opening of Placard: Signs of the Times Exhibit