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My Daily Constitution— Indianapolis Series
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September 17th - 23h, 2006
In partnership with the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, the Herron School of Art and Design, and the Indiana Historical Society.


Sunday, September 17th (Constitution Day)
Constitution Day Opening -  “Reading the Constitution”
Opening 8 Hour Constitution Day Marathon Reading + Interpreting Spectacle
Atrium, Indiana State House Building

Constitution Cafés:
Monday, September 18th
"What does the 'Liberal' in 'Liberal Arts' mean?
The Difference Between Constitutional Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom of Speech"
Susan Erickson, Lecturer in Political Science, IU School of Liberal Arts 
Democracy Plaza, IUPUI

"Who are We the People Anyway? Personhood, Citizenship and The U.S. Constitution"
Pierre Atlas, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marian College, and Charlie Wiles, Founding Director, Peace Learning Center
The Auditorium of the Old Centrum
 
Tuesday, September 19th
"Hate Speech, Pornography, Prayer before Football Games; What are Legitimate Limits to Free Speech?"
Art Farnsley, Director, American Values Alliance
Democracy Plaza, IUPUI

"Can the USA Patriot Act protect both our national security our democratic core values?"
Lena Snethen, Associate Director, ACLU of Indiana
The Athenaeum Foundation
 
Wednesday, September 20th
"International Agreements in War Time - Do U.S. Signatures on a Treaty Mean Anything?"
Edward DeLaney, Partner, DeLaney & DeLaney LLC.
Democracy Plaza, IUPUI
 
Constitution Debate
The Arsenal Tech High School Constitution Team
The Spades Park Library Auditorium

Thursday, September 21st
"Taking private property for public use:  When and how should the power of eminent domain be employed?
Abdul Hakim-Shabazz, AM 1430 Radio Host, and Jeffrey Stake, Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington.
Shapiro’s Deli
 
"The War Powers Clause (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11), and the U.S. Constitution Today"
Andy Jacobs, Former Congressman; Author: The 1600 Killers, and John Clark, Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow, Sagamore Institute 
The Indiana Historical Society

Friday, September 22nd
"Who's First Amendment?: Reclaiming the Public Interest in Our Media"
Sheila Kennedy, Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, IUPUI, and Andrea Price, President, Public Access of Indianapolis 
Indiana Repertory Theatre

"Liberty, Equality, and LGBT Rights"
Gary R Welsh, Attorney at Law; Editor: Advance Indiana,  and Ellen Andersen, Associate Professor of Political Science, IUPUI, author, "Out of the Closets and into the Courts: Legal Opportunity Structure and Gay Rights Litigation"
Outward Bound Books

Saturday, September 23rd
"Do U.S. Constitutional Rights Extend to Non Citizens?"(Bilingual English/Spanish)
María Pabón López, Associate Professor of Law, Co-director, Latin American Law Summer Program, IU School of Law, and Teo Cain, Community Organizer
St. Marys Catholic Church

Bus Tour - Case Study: Air Quality Indianapolis; A tour of an East Side Neighborhood
Dick van Frank, President, Improving Kid's Environment; Secretary of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful; Member of EPA’s Title V Advisory Committee

"Public Participation in Environmental Regulation: Theory vs. Reality"
Michael Sutherlin, Michael Sutherlin & Associates; President, Hoosier Environmental Council, and Dick van Frank
Family Center, Christian Park

"Constitution Who? Constitutional issues about Students and Young People"
Jacquelyn Bowie-Suess, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Indiana, and Warren Watson, Director, J Ideas, Ball State University 
Glendale Library Auditorium
 
"Constitution Who?" Hip Hop Poetry Slam + Open Mic 
DJ Dicky Fox
Glendale Mall 

Sunday, September 24th
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
"The Right to Vote and American Constitutional Democracy"
Roderick Bohannan Indiana Legal Services, and Amos Brown, Host, WTLC-AM Radio
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

My Daily Constitution Film Festival

The United States is not the only country that struggles to uphold the values and ideals set forth in the U.S. Constitution. This series of documentaries explores democracy around the world and at home. 
Featured Documentaries:

"Control Room"
(2004, USA/Iran, dir. Jehane Noujaim, 84 mins.)
This film provides a rare investigation of the international public perception of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. "This modest yet necessary documentary digs into the tussle between bias and balance in modern journalism and sends you out debating where one side's reporting becomes the other side's distortion," wrote the Boston Globe's Ty Burr. 
See Movie Details from NYTimes.com

"Persons of Interest"
(2004, USA, dirs. Alison Maclean & Tobias Perse, 63 mins.)
After September 11, 2001, thousands of Arabs and Muslims were detained by the U.S. Government despite having no connections to terrorism. "Maclean and Perse's documentary stoically questions America's moral standing, given the actions of the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks," wrote Noel Murray of the Onion A.V. Club. 
See Movie Details from NYTimes.com

"Our Brand Is Crisis"
(2005, USA, dir. Rachel Boynton, 87 mins.)
In an attempt to spread the brand of democracy across the globe, American strategists lend their expertise to presidential candidates on every continent. In this film, strategists James Carville and others design an election campaign for Bolivia. This film explores the all-American process of branding and how it affects the rest of the world. Our Brand Is Crisis is "a riveting and intellectually provocative tale of clashing ethics and ideologies," wrote Matthew Ross of Filmmaker Magazine. 
See Movie Details from NYTimes.com

Ongoing Display: The Constitution of the United States of America

John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole of the daily Philadelphia newspaper the Pennsylvania Packet served as printers to the constitutional convention that met in Philadelphia through the spring and summer of 1787 to establish a new and enduring structure for the nation's government. Dunlap and Claypoole printed several drafts of the constitution as the convention progressed toward a final version. On view at Lilly House, this document is a copy of the first printing of the constitution as adopted by the convention on September 17, 1787. 
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