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Eighth Annual YOUTH ACTIVISM GATHERING Start: 10:00 am End: 3:00 pm For youth to come together, organize, & share ideas. Meet people from around the state; have a voice in our communities; share skills and information to empower ourselves. April 19-21, 2008 Turner Grange Route 117, Turner Center Call for directions (and they will be sent to those who register). The Turner Grange is on Route 117 in Turner Center, near Leavitt High School and across from Kids Camp, about a mile east of Route 4 (See below for registration form) Come to workshops & discussions on: Youth Empowerment DIY Health and Reproductive Health HUMAN RIGHTS TORCH RELAY Start: 12:00 pm Please join us in welcoming the Human Rights Torch Relay to Portland ME Our message? “Crimes against humanity and the Olympics cannot coexist in China” A torch welcome at Congress Square will be followed by a public walk to City Hall Plaza for a rally with speakers and music. Groups demanding human rights from the Chinese regime will be represented; Tibetans, Christians, Uyghurs, Falun Gong, Darfuris, Burmese, democracy activists, AIDS organizers and more. Please show your support for human rights, and our torch representing the true Olympic spirit. Saturday April 19 MIDCOAST PEACE AND JUSTICE GROUP'S SPRING FLING Start: 6:30 pm The Midcoast Peace and Justice Group’s annual Spring Fling and Fundraiser will feature the Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra, a 17 piece big band that will play a mix of Swing, Latin, Classical Jazz & American Standards. Mondaynite Jazz Band Watts Hall—Main St.—Thomaston on Saturday—April 19 Former Black Panthers to Speak at Meg Perry Center Start: 7:00 pm On Saturday April 19, 2008, two former Black Panthers will be speaking at the Meg Perry Center about contemporary struggles for racial justice in Louisiana. Malik Rahim and Robert King will speak about their history in the Black Panther Party and its influence on their lives today. Robert King is the only free member of the Angola 3. He spent 29 years in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State Prison, also known as Angola Prison, for a crime that he did not commit. He was completely exonerated and released from Angola in February of 2001. Since his

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