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Camp Hope in the News

Video: 
Camp Hope on Live from the Heartland Radio- WLUW 88.7
January 3rd, 2009

Camp Hope- Day One
Courtesy of Christian Peacemaker Teams

CNN Report
January 2, 2009

Activist Hold Vigil Near Obama's Home
ABC 7 Chicago Report

Radio:
Kathy Kelly and Voices for Creative Non-Violence at Camp Hope
Raising Sand Radio

From Guantanamo to the Streets of Chicago: Witness Against Torture Forum: Part 1                                    
Part 2
Chicago Indymedia
January 11, 2009 

Articles:
A Few Days in Hyde Park, A Lifetime in the Empire
by Mike Ferner
January 5, 2009

For the Health of all: Camp Hope
by Mike Ferner
January 5, 2009

Hope Less, Demand More: Camp Hope for Universal Health Care
by Mike Ferner  
January 03, 2009

Obama Supporter Attends Camp Hope in Chicago
by Lily Liberty
January 2, 2009 

OBAMA'S HOMETOWN KICKS OFF "CAMP HOPE"
by Mike Ferner
January 2, 2009

CNN Omits Radical Left Wing Bent of 'Activists'...
by Matthew Balan
January 2, 2009
NewsBusters.org

Camp Hope Holds Obama to "Change" Pledge
by Mike Ferner
December 30, 2008

Groups plan 19-day pre-inaguration peace vigil
by Megan Cottrell
December 30, 2008
Chi-Town Daily News

Camp Hope lights fire for social change
by Fran Quigley
December 30, 2008
IndyStar.com

'Obama we're hopeful, but we're watching, marching, too'
by Bill Christofferson
December 30, 2008
Uppity Wisconsin

Charting a Course Toward Change
by Bill Ramsey
December 18, 2008

January Peace Vigil in Hyde Park
December 17, 2008

HOPE AND VISION
by Robert C. Koehler
November 13, 2008
Tribune Media Services

Hope, Change, and the Iraq Displacement Crisis
by Najlaa Al-Nashi and David Smith-Ferri
December 5, 2008
CommonDreams.org

Schedule & Events

Date & Time Title
Jan 1 2009 12:00pm - 4:00pm Camp Hope Kickoff in Hyde Park
Jan 2 2009 2:00pm - 4:00pm Health Care Forum with Dr. Quentin Young
Jan 3 2009 7:00pm - 8:00pm Emancipation Proclamation Pageant- Hyde Park Union Church
Jan 5 2009 3:00pm - 9:00pm Vigil, Walk and Screening - "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
Jan 7 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm Evening discussion on withdrawal of troops from Iraq
Jan 8 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm "Abandoning War: A Peoples' Agenda" featuring Col. Ann Wright, Michael McPhearson,and Stephen Kinzer
Jan 9 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm "Meltdown: Connecting the Pieces" with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Jan 9 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Premiere Showing of "War on the Family"
Jan 10 2009 3:00pm - 5:00pm Faithful Politics: An Interfaith Dialogue- hosted by Wicker Park Grace
Jan 10 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm Myths and Realities about U.S. War in Afghanistan -A Presentation by Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid
Jan 11 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Witness Against Torture Forum: From Guantanamo to the Streets of Chicago
Jan 12 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Economic Justice Forum
Jan 14 2009 8:00am - 5:00pm Camp Hope for Peace in the Middle East - Hosted by the American Friends Service Committee
Jan 14 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm The Gaza Crisis: What the Media Isn't Telling Us - A Presentation by Ali Abunimah
Jan 15 2009 8:00am - 5:30pm Join the Immigrant and Human Rights Community, Labor, Faith-Based and Community Organizations at Camp Hope
Jan 15 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm Forum and Discussion: “Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights”
Jan 16 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm Blackwater Worldwide In Illinois and Beyond: The Dangers of Outsourcing Our Security
Jan 16 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Screening and Discussion - "Taxi to the Dark Side" Followed by Discussion with Former Guard, Sonja De Santiago
Jan 17 2009 10:00am - 12:00pm Eco-Justice Collaborative- Morning Presentation and Walk to Vigil Site
Jan 17 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Political Satirist Dave Lippman and the Singing C.I.A. Agent formerly known as George Shrub
Jan 18 2009 8:00am - 6:00pm Closing of Camp Hope with Candlelight Vigil- Sending off of Caravan to DC
Jan 18 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm Nature of Racism Lecture Discussion: Neo-Racism and the Myth of a Post-Racial US American Empire
Jan 19 2009 3:30pm - 6:00pm Vigil at the Federal Building to celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday