Noon – Official welcome
12:15 - Presentation of the Altgeld Award to Dawn Sherman, a student from Buffalo Grove High School who spoke out against a mandatory Moment of Silence
12:35 - Main Debate with Representative John A. Fritchey vs. Joseph Morris
1:05 - Putting the main debate in context with speakers from the Obama and McCain campaigns!
1:45 - Soapbox speakers take the stage! The following speakers have been confirmed:
- Keith Bolin, from the American Corn Growers
- Allison Carter, from the ACLU-Illinois; speaking on US Torture Policy
- Nick Kreitman, Elmhurst College Students for a Democratic Society
- Jing Luo, from the American Medical Students Association; speaking on Health Care Reform
- Erwin Lutzer, from the Moody Church; speaking on “Why God is Not More Tolerant Than He Used To Be”
- Michael Mackaplow; speaking on social fairness and political correctness
- Joseph Paschen, writer and bartender; speaking against Chicago's anti-smoking ban
- Paige Philips, bi-sexual activist; reading from The Grapes of Wrath
- Rob Sherman; Why the Proposed Million Dollar State Grant to Pilgrim Baptist Church is Unconstitutional
- Don Transue, architect of gunmap.org; speaking on expanded gun rights
- Kelly Underman, from the University of Illinois in Chicago; speaking on “Your Life Doesn’t Wait: Why Abstinence Only is Failing This Generation"
3:15 - Poetry reading sponsored by the Poetry Foundation: "Let America Be America" by Langston Hughes
3:30 - Dill Pickle Award presented
3:40 - Open Mic
