Oliver Ressler (Vienna)
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		Oliver Ressler was born in Austria in 1970. From 1989 to 1995 he studied at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna . In 1998, he was artist in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada. Ressler is based in Vienna where he works on projects addressing a range of socio-political issues.
		more info about Oliver Ressler

		Herve Youmbi (Douala)
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		Youmbi is a Douala based artist whose portraits address sitters as subjects of a police state. He is a member of the Kapciki artists' collective. Mr. Youmbi was included in the Celestat Biennial in 2001.

		Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (New York)
contact Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
		As we enter the new century, our society finds itself at a crossroad: Do we continue dumping billions into the incarceration industry? Or can we abandon this failed approach and pursue the wiser course- seeking safer communities by investing in more jobs, better education, and stronger human servicces? The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights advocates a visionary, "human investment" agenda that aims to build powerful, vibrant communities.
		more info about the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

		Herve Yamguen (Douala)
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		Yamguen is a Douala based poet and artist whose work centers around urban violence and alienation. He too is a member of the Kapciki artists' collective. Mr.Yamguen was also exhibited at the Celestat Biennial in 2001.

		Jared Katsiane (New York)
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		Katsiane is the author of "amBUSHed." This beautifully shot film depicts the brutal and daily occurence of police violence. The film uses experimental techniques to delve into the life and conciousness of two generations of African American men who find their lives invaded by the code: "africandiaspora af-am."

		Dominique Malaquais (New York)
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		Dominique Malaquais is an urban and cultural historian who works in Central Africa and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. She holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her work focuses on 20th and 21st century architecture, urbanism, popular culture, art and resistance politics south of the Sahara. She is the author of Architecture, pouvoir et dissidence au Cameroun (2002), a study of architecture as a tool of political power and revolt in the Bamileke region of Western Cameroun, of articles on the built environment, city spaces, and contemporary arts of Cameroon, and of essays on the classical arts of sub-Saharan Africa.

		Angel Williams (New York)
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		Angel Williams is a senior at Sarah Lawrence College. She should be dancing with Alvin Ailey.

		Louis Reyes Rivera
Louis Reyes Rivera
		Louis Reyes Rivera is a poet and deeply committed activist. He is the author and editor of several volumes of poetry, including Poets in Motion (1976), Who Pays the Cost? (1977) and Portraits of the Puerto Rican Experience (1984).
		more info about Louis Reyes Rivera

		Rick Rowley (New York)
Rick Rowley
		Rick Rowley is a member of Big Noise Films, a non-profit media collective dedicated to producing beautiful, politically and culturally challenging films. Big Noise Films imaginatively redeploys new digital technologies to challenge the corporate media monopoly.
		more info about Big Noise Films

		Rod Rodgers Dance Company (New York)
Rod Rodgers
		The Rod Rodgers Dance Company was founded in 1963 in New York City by Rod Audrian Rodgers (1938-). The company has been particularily active in bringing dance programs into public schools, colleges, and community organizations. During the 1990s it presented works honoring African American artists and leaders such as Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Mary McCleod Bethune.
		more info about Rod Rodgers Dance Company

		Mimi Rosenberg (Brooklyn)
Mimi Rosenberg
		Mimi Rosenberg is a labor activist and journalist of immense courage and dedication. Her reports can be heard on WBAI Pacifica Radio.

		Sally O'Brien (New York)
Sally O'Brien
		Activist and news reporter Sally O'Brien is the host of the widely acclaimed radio program "Where We Live" on WBAI Pacifica Radio.

		October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation
October 22
		In the post-September 11 climate, the powers-that-be apparently feel they have a license to exonerate cops involved in one of the most notorious police brutality cases in the nation’s history. They try to tell us cops are heroes. Millions need to ask: * What kind of heroes force a broomstick up the rectum of a handcuffed man? * What kind of heroes help cover up when this happens? * What kind of heroes remain silent in the face of such brutality?
		more info about October 22

		William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice (New York)
Kunstler Fund
		The Fund supports the WMK Racial Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, makes grants to fierce and energetic projects to help guarantee William Kunstler's legacy, and helps to coordinate and implement projects and inititiatives in the interest of racial justice.
		more info about the William Kunstler Fund

		John Edginton (UK)
John Edginton
		John Edginton is the director of "Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt," an in-depth and widely acclaimed documentary, which was awarded both the Golden Conch award and the Press Prize.
		more info about John Edginton

		Graff 1 & 2 (New York)
Graff 1 & 2
		Graff 1 & 2 are New York based grafitti artist sknown for the boldness and originality of their "pieces."

		Pam Africa (Philadelphia)
Pam Africa
		Pam Africa is a revolutionary who fights for the freedom of revolutionaries and political prisoners. She is a Minister of John Africa's teachings and an activist of MOVE known for her tireless work on behalf of imprisoned writer Mumia Abu Jamal.
		more info about MOVE

		Dee Curry (New Jersey)
Dee Curry
		Dee Curry is a poet and artist dedicated to the fight against oppression in all its forms.

		Pass-Fix (Munich)
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		Pass-Fix is an organization that mounts ironic spectacle to denounce European governments' treatment of immigrants.

		Carol Jacobsen (Ann Arbor)
Carol Jacobsen
		Carol Jacobsen is an Ann Arbor based filmmaker : "My goal as an artist is to challenge the criminalization and censorship of women, and through my work to advocate for human rights, social justice and free expression. I am drawn to close-up portraits, first person narratives, feminist analysis and grassroots activism in my social documentary practices in video, photography and installation."
		more info about Carol Jacobsen

		Chris Bratton (Chicago)
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		Chris Bratton is an independent video producer and teacher. Along with Annie Goldson, he is the co-producer of "Framing the Panthers." Bratton has worked extensively with youth and media, producing videotapes with groups in New York, Providence, Chicago and Milwaukee.
		more info about Chris Bratton

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