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Correspondence and clippings related to Projec EPIC (Economics and Politics in the Community) which was a year long course offered by the Cranston School Department to seniors at Cranston West High School. In particular, clippings highlight a controversial guest in the course and community response.

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Includes flyers, invitations, correspondence and documentation of protest activites that Topakian participated in Rhode Island. Organizations include The Emergency Coalition Against the Invasion of Grenada, The Finance Committee of the Rhode Island Republican Party, a sailing protest for the Peace Movement, Electric Boat, Washington D.C. protest against the U.S. War in El Salvador, R.I. Mobilization for Survival.

Includes newsletters, posters, flyers and programs related to feminist activites and events. Included is a booklet titled "Childbirth" created by the Rhode Island Women's Health Collective of which Topakian was the associate editor, photographer and member of the collective. Other organizations represented in the materials include Rhode Island Women's Day, Women's Liberation Union of Rhode Island, Socialist Workers Campaign, Rhode Island Feminist Theatre, United Women's Contingent, Kingston...

Scope and Contents Includes flyers and publications about anti-war actions and events that Topakian may or may not have attended, but are emblematic of the organizating and protest movements of the time. Includes are a chain letter for the Women's Peace Movement and flyers related to Nuclear Free America, World Peace March, Women of Faith (Hartford, CT), R.I. Peace Council, Nuclear Freeze (Kingston, RI), RI Mobilization for Survival, Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy, Rocky Flats Truth Force,...

Scope and Contents Includes flyers, newspaper clippings and posters associated with the March for Nuclear Disarmament and Human Needs on June 12, 1982 during the United Nation Special Session on Disarmament that ran from June 7-July 9, 1982. One thousand people from Rhode Island joined the protest. Topakian was one of thirty Rhode Islanders who were arrested while protesting outside the Russian Embassy. Topakian noted, "This was my first arrest. We chose the Russian Embassy because we knew Russian people had...

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Includes documents from attending and disruptiing the US Naval War College commencement exercises in June 1982 and 1983. The protest was meant to call attention to the study of war and the need for nuclear disarmament. Protestors attended the ceremonies in proper attire and smuggled in protest signs in their handbags. At a strategic moment, they stood on their chairs, held up their signs and disrupted the ceremony by calling out for nuclear disarmament.

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Documents and clippings related to the arrest of Topakian while protesting against Electic Boat in Groton, CT.

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Includes documentation, letters of support and notes related to the arrest of Topakian on Election Day, November 2, 1982 at Electric Boat in Groton, CT. The six peope arrested defended themselves, including jury selection and interviewing and cross-examining witnesses. Topakian argued for an acquittal motion because the prosecutor did not prove his case. The judge granted the motion.

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Includes materials related to Topakian arrest at Electric Boat in Groton, CT.

Scope and Contents Includes documents, trial notes and clippings related to a "Tax Day Die-In" protest at Electric Boat in North Kingstown, RI on April 15, 1983 in which eleven protestors, including Topakian, were arrested with charges of disorderly conduct. Six of the protestors, including Topakian, represented themselves at trial and were found guilty. Topakian was given a choice to pay a $125 fine or complete 20 hours of community service. She chose community service and the Court permitted her to transfer...