INVITATION TO A HEARING
Public Hearing
Saturday March 10, 2007
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Institute of Contemporary Art – 118 South 36th Street in Philadelphia, PA.
The Coalition of Inquiry into the State of the Future (herein referred to as “The Coalitionâ€) alleges that
language used in certain documents of public and journalistic record, and written with the
intention of informing a general public as to the nature of certain subjects (below), bears a spurious
and suspicious relationship to the truth.
The Coalition further alleges such language has the potential of causing harm through false
representation, through the perpetration of an illusion of participatory democracy, and through other
forms of harm to be assessed. The subjects allegedly misrepresented by said language include but are not
restricted to the following:
I) The nature and demographics of the city of Philadelphia
II) The transparent and participatory nature of certain institutions and current and future initiatives associated with the city of Philadelphia
III) The condition for artists and cultural workers in the city of Philadelphia.
IV) The condition and status of working people and/or residents of the city of Philadelphia.
V) The nature of democracy and democratic process
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