All US Social Forum Workshops
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Join community leaders from the local Detroit fight against the Marathon tar sands refinery, First Nations from Alberta- Canada; American Indian and non- native communities in Montana, California, Indiana, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Minnesota; impacted by tar sands extraction, pipe line and refinery infrastructure. We are calling for a stop to the tar sands and a transition to the clean energy economy of the 21st century. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: W2-70 | |
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The Greater New Orleans Organizers Roundtable share strategies and successes in creating a city-/region-wide coalition of organizations who share information and support each other’s work. |
Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm | Cobo Hall: W2-63 | |
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People take time and tech skills out of the market to improve life immediately, while setting the foundation for liberation from market life. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:00pm | WSU Old Main: 1133 | |
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Ever wish there was an easy way to find share social justice curriculum? Come hear about a new project with thousands of resources. Buildthewheel.org: compartiendo talleres, entrenamientos y recursos sobre la educación política |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | Wayne County Community College: MPR | |
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A “how-to guide” for building a movement to combat language barriers in your community. El fin de Inglés-únicamente: "rompiendo barreras idiomáticas en tu comunidad" |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | WSU Cohn: 222 | |
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Learn how the Rustbelt provides a key model for effectively embracing more sustainable communities, economies, and agriculture. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | WSU Old Main: 1305 | |
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This workshop will focus on strategies ROC is employing to transform the restaurant industry. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | UAW Building: Lincoln | |
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How can Organized Labor and its membership rebound in a society that is shifting from an industrial to a postindustrial one where so many are increasingly oppressed? Resucitando el Movimiento Sindical en una Sociedad Pósindustrial |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | WSU Manoogian: 289 | |
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This workshop will discuss the situtation of Palestinian refugees from Iraq, their expulsion after the US-lead invasion in 2003, their life in the no-man's land camps, and their current re-settlement in the US. The workshop will strategize national and local coordination for solidarity through support. Refugiados De Nuevo: Palestinos de Iraq, Reasentamiento y Solidaridad por médio del Apoyo |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | WSU Prentis: 10 | |
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Our public parks, set aside to be protected in perpetuity, are increasingly threatened by economic development plans, privatization schemes, the building of public works projects, outright sale and other threats. Learn grassroots park advocacy tactics, strategies and legal options for how to protect the commons. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | WSU Old Main: 1187 | |
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In this workshop/plenary we will brainstorm the needs of a national network of transformative justice organizations confronting sexual assault. Construyendo el Movimiento para Acabar con el Abuso Sexual a través de la Justicia Transformativa |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | Cobo Hall: W2-65 | |
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A look at some rigged elections and how we can and must act to get rid of the privatized electronic voting machine industry. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | WSU Manoogian: 112 | |
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Generation Y would like to engage youth from across the country that are interested in exploring what this country can and should look like with the removal of all youth prisons, detention centers, police stations in schools, security guards, and all other forms of criminalization of youth of color and poverty. We invite youth to sit in a circle with our members that are working to dismantle the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center and replace it with healthy alternatives for youth. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | UAW Building: Taurus | |
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Breakdown barriers of racism and classism through empowerment, resources, training, skills, communication, entrepreneurship, and education. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | Woodward Academy: 1439 | |
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A convergence for caravanistas, bicyclists and walkers to share their understandings of the radical cultures encountered on the roads to Detroit. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | Cobo Hall: D3-24 | |
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How do we build cross-generational alliances and thwart burnout? Sharing our experiences and setbacks as activists is key. Participants will learn thoughtful listening techniques. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | Cobo Hall: DO-02B | |
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Drawing from recent experience of The Electronic Intifada, this workshop will address how social justice activists can use journalism and media to build a campaign. Periodismo por una causa: un taller mediático con la Intifada Electrónica |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | WSU Student Center: South Lounge 2nd floor | |
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Prisoners and exprisoners, including Rev. Edward Pinkney and Yusef Shakur, will describe their transformations in prison and their ongoing struggles in Detroit and Benton Harbor. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | Wayne County Community College: 348 | |
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presentation and discussion on how to implement cultural arts programming for underserved youth in ethnic and immigrant enclaves located in cities such as Detroit. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | Woodward Academy: 1472 | |
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The global Transition Movement is growing rapidly as local communities come together to address resource depletion, climate change and economic crisis. This interactive workshop will provide an overview of why the Transition process is so successful in building community resilience and how communities are going about implementing it. Dave Room (Transition US Board Member) & Tina Clarke (Transition Trainer) will be leading this session. |
Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm | TWW: 3 |