Bughouse Schedule is up!

TAKE IT TO THE PARK!
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
BUGHOUSE SQUARE DEBATES
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MCCORMICK TRIBUNE FREEDOM MUSEUM AND THE POETRY FOUNDATION

SATURDAY
JULY 28, 2007, NOON TO 4:00 PM


Noon: Black Bear Combo Marching Band

Walt Whitman “I Sing the Body Electric” performed by
three outstanding Chicago area participants in “Poetry Out Loud,”
The Poetry Foundation’s National Poetry Recitation Contest for High School Students.

OPENING REMARKS
12:45 PM
Cindy Mitchell, Mayor of Bughouse Square

JOHN PETER ALTGELD AWARD PRESENTATION
TO JORGE MÚJICA, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ACTIVIST
1:00 pm

SOAPBOX SESSIONS
1:30 PM
Each Soap box orator gets about fifteen minutes. All three soapboxes run simultaneously.

Soap Box 1
Speaker 1 - Erwin Lutzer, Jesus in the Spin Zone: Why the Early Church Got It Right

Speaker 2 - Gale Ahrens, In the Spirit of Surrealism, Overthrow Everything!

Speaker 3 – Keith Bolin, How Far from Farm to Fork? Local Food Systems and Your Health


Soap Box 2

Speaker 1 – Bob Matter, Car-sicko: A Prescription for Socialized Transportation

Speaker 2 – KittenINFINITE, Don’t Legalize Prostitution. Decriminalize It.

Speaker 3 – Edwin Yohnka, Why Defend the Offensive?: The Importance of Free Speech


Soap Box 3

Speaker 1 – Michael Silverstein – Electoral Justice for The Supremes!

Speaker 2 – Steve Dale, Do Dogs Belong in Café Society?

Speaker 3 – Rebecca Steinmetz, Why Your Neighborhood Needs a Sex Shop


MAIN DEBATE: Voter Slam
3:00 pm

Immigration Reform: Build a wall, offer amnesty or do nothing?
Staged by the Bread and Butter Forum and Second City
Co-hosted by BBF founder Marj Halperin and Second City regular Jordan Klepper.

The Voter Slam format invites people to answer the question in 90 seconds. Speakers are invited to consider immigration reform in the context of economic security for working Americans.

To participate in or attend future Voter Slams, e-mail voterslam@aol.com. For more information on BBF, visit http://www.breadandbutterforum.org/.