<div><br></div><div>Just a friendly reminder: </div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_1327953b3eb0f84f" alt="image.png" title="image.png"><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Over 400 attendees registered. Costs $40 to attend, but you can <a href="http://conconcon.org/volunteer.php">volunteer</a>, livestream it, watch later, or join local <a href="http://www.rootstrikers.org/">RootStrikers</a> for a viewing party (see new <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/boston-rootstrikers">Google group</a>). As noted: a project of <a href="http://www.fixcongressfirst.org/" target="_blank">Fix Congress First</a>, the <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/" target="_blank">Tea Party Patriots</a>, and <a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Harvard Law School</a>.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Susan Serpa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neimpeach@gmail.com">neimpeach@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:00 PM<br>Subject: [act-ma] Conference on the Constitutional Convention<br>To: act-ma <<a href="mailto:act-ma@act-ma.org">act-ma@act-ma.org</a>><br><h1>Conference <span>on the</span> Constitutional Convention</h1>
<h2>· Harvard Law School, September 24–25, 2011 ·</h2><span></span><h2 style="padding-bottom: 0pt; "><font size="2"><span>Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 9:00 AM <span>-</span> Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 12:00 PM</span></font></h2>
<br><br>A project of <a href="http://www.fixcongressfirst.org/" target="_blank">Fix Congress First</a>, the <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/" target="_blank">Tea Party Patriots</a>, and <a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">Harvard Law School</a>--<br>
<br><h2>Democracy in America is stalled.</h2><p>From the Right and the Left, citizens are increasingly coming to recognize that our Republic does not work as our Framers intended. Reform of any kind is stalled by a status quo that profits from blocking change. No side in the political debate benefits from this inertia.</p>
<p>The Framers created a method for escaping from captured government—an Article V Constitutional Convention. If two-thirds of the states pass resolutions calling for a convention, then all sides will have the opportunity to argue for the changes they believe will restore our Republic. Any amendment proposed must then be ratified by three fourths of the states to become law.</p>
<p>On September 24th, people from across America and across the political spectrum will convene at Harvard University to discuss the advisability and feasibility of organizing towards a Constitutional Convention. The conference's lead organizers are both proponents and opponents of an Article V convention and we actively encourage the participation of those who support a convention and those who oppose holding a convention at all.</p>
<p><strong>This is a closed conference and registration is required for all attendees. To register, please <a href="http://conconcon.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">click here</a>.</strong></p><p>Lawrence Lessig and Mark Meckler will co-chair the conference. Lawrence Lessig is the director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He co-founded Change Congress, which aims to reduce the influence of private money in American politics. For more, see <a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2010/04/12_lessig.html" target="_blank">"How to sober up Washington"</a>—an essay by Lessig and Mark McKinnon on corruption in Washington, voters' disillusionment, and the need for an Article V convention. Mark Meckler is the Co-Founder and a National Coordinator for Tea Party Patriots (along with his Co-Founder and fellow National Coordinator, Jenny Beth Martin), the largest grassroots tea party organization in the nation with over 3,500 chapters spanning every state.</p>
<div><p>We're looking for volunteers! Volunteers get free admission and a chance to get more involved. For details, please <a href="http://conconcon.org/volunteer.php" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p></div>[Post submitted by Susan Serpa]<br>
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