Learn how to read a topographic map, trail guides and field guides. Learn to orient topographic maps and take compass bearings. You are invited to a summit in Seattle that will bring together people from the high tech, investment, trade and energy sectors. Catch a glimpse of Russia's natural wonders. Support efforts to promote economic alternatives to natural resource extraction.
Participants learn by doing activities and problem solving games.
You will learn how to draw out your group's strengths and weaknesses as well as identify unique qualities in each individual. This Peoples' Forum, which will include a prestigious panel of national environmental and social justice leaders, will speak to vital issues not being addressed by the major presidential candidates. Presentations by the panelists will be followed by an interactive session with audience members. A reception follows in Curtiss Hall. Following on the heels of the protests in Seattle against the anti-democratic World Trade Organization and its assault on workers, farmers and the environment, The Peoples' National Town Hall Meeting will provide citizens with a forum to demand a national dialogue with the presidential candidates on the most pressing issues of our time.