IMPACT 2012 Festival: Conversation on Economy + Performance by The Civilians July 25, 2012

Sam Seder, comedian, writer, actor, director, producer and political talk show host of The Majority Report, moderates a conversation on banks, government, housing crisis & Occupy. With Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chris Hedges (journalist, author, war correspondent & columnist for Truthdig), Aria Finger (Do Something), Robert Johnson, (Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and a Senior Fellow and Director of the Global Finance Project at the Roosevelt Institute), and Patrick Markee (Coalition for the Homeless).

The Civilians, a noted Obie award-winning theater company, will share performances from their Occupy Your Mind grassroots project that is dedicated to collecting the living history of the Occupy movement through interviews and live performances. The Civilians will perform monologues crafted from interviews they conducted with Occupy demonstrators over the year offering a unique glimpse into the personal stories behind this current exercise of democracy that is leaving its mark on our nation’s history. Performers for this event include: Matt Dellapina, Dan Domingues, Erika Rose and Jordan Mahome. Learn more about their LET ME ASCERTAIN YOU quarterly cabaret at: TheCivilians.org.

Now through August 26, Culture Project's main stage will be offered to artists, activists, musicians, directors, economists, provocateurs, filmmakers, patriots and visionaries. The Festival will consist of documentaries, satirical political comedy, music, theater and new art created by emerging and established artists along with provocative conversations focusing on subjects crucial to the decision making process and the preservation of our democracy and constitution.

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