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New Activist Group Forming @ CCAC Main
by Nikki Trader
Monday, Feb. 24, 2003 at 2:54 PM
rambo_jane@bolt.com
A new activist group is being formed at CCAC: The Society for Political Action and Debate.
Society for Political Action & Debate
I. Mission Statement:
To promote the diffusion of political ideas via frequent discussion and debate.
II. Goals of the Society:
To provide a forum for students to express ideas and beliefs, regardless of their place in the political spectrum.
To encourage political action, on campus and elsewhere.
To serve as an information exchange for political actions and ideas.
To create a sense of solidarity among politically active CCAC students.
To encourage thinking beyond the two-party system, to open students to third parties and alternative political beliefs.
To establish an alliance with similiar activist groups.
III. Planned Events:
Weekly meetings to discuss current events and the state of modern politics.
To organize and publicize formal debates on important political and social issues.
To encourage and sponsor direct political action in the form of marches, letter-writing campaigns, etc.
A book group that meets regularly to discuss modern and historical works on various issues.
To invite and sponsor speakers from all
areas of the political spectrum to give talks on campus.
...sound good to you? Email me at rambo_jane@bolt.com. We hope to be ratified and in business by the March peace rally, and we'd love to hear from you!
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