Another World is Possible!
United States Social Forum Bay Area Information Session
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 - 6:30-9:00 PM
SEIU UHCW Hall
560-20th St. (Thomas Berkeley Way) b/t Telegraph & San Pablo, Oakland
United States Social Forum Bay Area Information Session
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 - 6:30-9:00 PM
SEIU UHCW Hall
560-20th St. (Thomas Berkeley Way) b/t Telegraph & San Pablo, Oakland
The US Social Forum (USSF), scheduled for June 27-July 1, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia, will bring together progressive groups, left organizations, grassroots organizations and social movements from across the US and the world. The USSF aims to create a space to share analysis and lessons, to build relationships, to develop leadership and consciousness, and to clarify vision and strategy.
This year's forum is the first to take place in the United States, following seven years of the World Social Forum (WSF) and many regional and local forums. The USSF is the result of years of exchange and relationship building with social movements in the global south. These movements have called on organizers and activists in the US to step up our work confronting neo-liberalism and the impacts of US policies at home and around the world. In the last couple years we have seen significant movements take the stage in the US fighting against the war in Iraq, against racist immigration policy, and the abandonment of the people of the Gulf South. This is a moment where we can put our heads and our hearts together and take the work to another level.
Join us at this information session to learn about Bay Area efforts to build towards the US Social Forum as well as how you can support members and leaders of Bay Area grassroots organizations getting to and participating in the US Social Forum.
This year's forum is the first to take place in the United States, following seven years of the World Social Forum (WSF) and many regional and local forums. The USSF is the result of years of exchange and relationship building with social movements in the global south. These movements have called on organizers and activists in the US to step up our work confronting neo-liberalism and the impacts of US policies at home and around the world. In the last couple years we have seen significant movements take the stage in the US fighting against the war in Iraq, against racist immigration policy, and the abandonment of the people of the Gulf South. This is a moment where we can put our heads and our hearts together and take the work to another level.
Join us at this information session to learn about Bay Area efforts to build towards the US Social Forum as well as how you can support members and leaders of Bay Area grassroots organizations getting to and participating in the US Social Forum.
$5-$10 donation requested, no one turned away for lack of funds.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
Sponsored by:
This event is wheelchair accessible.
Sponsored by:
Grassroots for Global Justice, Just Cause Oakland, Movement Generation, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER), People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER), St. Peter's Housing Committee, The Center for Political Education & SOUL
For more information about the US Social Forum see the website www.ussf2007.org
For more information about this event, or to request translation or childcare, please contact: ussfbay@earthlink.net or 415-431-1918 by February 15th.
For more information about the US Social Forum see the website www.ussf2007.org
For more information about this event, or to request translation or childcare, please contact: ussfbay@earthlink.net or 415-431-1918 by February 15th.
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