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Contact: Laurie Mellas, 277-5915

January 26, 2006

Nation's Top Activists Join Together for UNM Panel Discussion

Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, David Hilliard, founding member of the Black Panther Party, and Mark Rudd, former member of Students for a Democratic Society and founding member of the Weather Underground, take part in a free discussion Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 1-3 p.m. at the University of New Mexico Student Union building, Santa Ana rm. A&B.

UNM's Native American Studies is sponsoring the event in conjunction with a course on activism and the university's 40th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Black Panther Party.

Following the panel, UNM's Native American student organization, the KIVA Club, will sponsor a reception from 4-6 p.m. to honor those taking part in the SACRED Run, the 28 th annual international relay race from San Francisco to Washington D.C. The run, organized in part by Banks, promotes peace, unity and social justice for indigenous people. Runners make a stop in Albuquerque Feb. 21-22.

For more information, call UNM Native American Studies at 277-3917.

 


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