All US Social Forum Workshops
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An interactive discussion about how to successfully balance grassroots methods and radical ideology with traditional expectations of non-profit organizations. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | WSU Cohn: 222 | |
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We will recognize and honor elders in the community who have been pro-actively struggling for justice and peace, and those who are continuing their legacy. Restorar al vecino de vuelta al barrio: Honrar a los mayores y continuar con la tradición |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: O2-36 | |
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Higher Education uses an increasing number of part time faculty to save money. This workshop will help those faculty members, as well as community members plan steps to strengthen the voices of and working conditions for part time/contingent/adjunct faculty members. Una vor para los sin voz: Organizar al cuerpo docente de medio tiempo de enseñanza superior |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Wayne County Community College: 340 | |
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This PMA will bring together workers who are literally & practically excluded from labor protections to explore how to expand our rights to organize. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: D2-15 | |
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IDEA seeks to provide the credibility and practical tools needed to fuel an education double movement. Come review and engage with IDEA's strategy to spur educational reform at the grassroots and through civic leadership. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Woodward Academy: 1433 | |
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Participants will gain the skills and tools necessary to return to their communities as economic and community development leaders with a clear agenda for change. El desarrollo impulsado por la comunidad: Entrenamiento de entreandores |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: O2-37 | |
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A Weigh with Words is a blunt, no-holds-barred investigation of the power of language, focusing on how certain words have been utilized to create both conflict and compassion. Ponderación de las palabras - Conflicto, compasión y ser políticament correcto |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Wayne County Community College: 334 | |
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Hands on workshop using arts (radio, video, theater, web) to address the Prison Industrial Complex. Estrategias de comunicacion para acabar con el complejo industrial de las prisiones |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: O2-33 | |
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We can use this moment to craft an environmental and social responsibility requirement for all corporations - ESRA. This workshop will discuss and refine details of the ESRA and also consider the Global Marshall Plan developed by the Network of Spiritual Progressives and introduced to Congress by Congressman Keith Ellison as House Res. 1016. ERSA-- La Enmienda de Responsabilidad Social y Ambiental a la Constitución de los EE.UU. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | WSU Student Center: South Lounge 1st Floor | |
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Global warming and climate change requires US social movements to converge to achieve rapid conversion of idle auto plants for a new “green” economy and job creation. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: O2-38 | |
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Explore the vital role youth play in shaping the development of student leadership programs for social change utilizing nationally recognized models from the CSU. Avanzando la Participación Comunitaria con Líderes Estudiantiles |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: D2-10 | |
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Panelists will discuss the history of the eugenics movement in the United States, framing the modern prison system in California as an agent of genocide and population control. The aim of the workshop will be to highlight connections between the racial and gender justice movements from the lens of reproductive justice. Las Prisiones como Herramientas para la Opresión Reproductiva |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: M2-29 | |
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The purpose of this workshop is to engage youth and adults in meaningful conversation about the transition of power in community organizations. Inside of the workshop participants will hear best practices and real accounts of transitions that worked. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: DO-7A | |
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We will share strategies for service agencies to integrate social change and civic engagement models, build partnerships with organizing groups and work towards a movement for progressive social change. Servicio Social y Cambio Social: Una Estrategia de Construcción de Movimiento |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: DO-5A | |
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Demonstration/skillshare of low/no-cost technologies such as site building/blogs, SEO, audio production, SMS technology, and web2.0 networking. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Woodward Academy: 1470 | |
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Specifically, at the heart of organizing is usually women of color working to keep the family together. We call the phenomenon the struggle for the liberatory family. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | UAW Building: Taurus | |
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This workshop provides examples of how redistricting has been used by communities of color to build power towards policy change. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: D3-26 | |
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Organizers from the Northwest would like to invite all organizations from the northwest to send a representative to participate in a Northwest People's Movement Assembly. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: D3-28 | |
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A group of locally-committed, racially and ethnically diverse businesses and community organizations is organizing to rebuild metro Detroit through cooperation, and discussing creation of a mutual self-help network. Construyendo la Comunidad Local y la Creación de Trabajo a Trav |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: O2-39 | |
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The Young Communist League, USA fights for the rights of young workers and students, and for Socialism as the alternative to Capitalism. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | TWW: 5 |