	Date	Location
APIs in America: Storytelling and Strategizing	Jun 23 2010 - 10:00am	WSU Student Center: 29
River Resurgent in Downtown Detroit: R	Jun 23 2010 - 10:00am	WSU Old Main: O174
Water for Life, Not for Profit!	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Cohn: 220
The People's Songs and Chants	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: D3-23
Anti-Zionist Jewish Organizing: Politics, Strategy, and Practice	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: D3-27
Creative Organizing: Using Puppetry and Performance to Move Your Campaign	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: W2-66
Community Benefits Agreements: Getting Our Share in Development	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Wayne County Community College: MP
American Idol	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Woodward Academy: C-1
Occupy Everything: Transforming Public and Popular Education through Antiauthoritarian Praxis	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Cohn: 224
Blogging Underreported Stories and Breaking the University Bubble	Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm	WSU Student Center: 786
War on Drugs, Policing and Drug User Health	Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm	WSU Old Main: 129
The Restaurant Economy: Restaurant Industry as a Model for Divide and Conquer "Service Capitalism"	Jun 23 2010 - 3:30pm	UAW Building: Lincoln
LGBTQI Liberation in the Middle East	Jun 24 2010 - 10:00am	WSU Manoogian: 112
Building LGBTQ / Labor Solidarity	Jun 24 2010 - 10:00am	WSU Student Center: Hilberry C
Growing a Large Scale Palestinian Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Movement in Hebron	Jun 24 2010 - 10:00am	WSU Old Main: O174
The Reality of Racial, Religious and Ethnic Profiling	Jun 24 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: M2-29
Crimmigration: Confronting the Great Merger	Jun 24 2010 - 1:00pm	Woodward Academy: 1437
Using Hip Hop to Promote Higher Education	Jun 24 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Prentis: 10
Left Strategies from the Grassroots	Jun 24 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Old Main: O171
A World in Crisis and the People's Agenda for a Democratic and Just Response	Jun 24 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: W2-62

All US Social Forum Workshops

Title	Event Date	Event Location
Learn how communities and organizations in Michigan are beginning to use the TimeBank concept to build community, deal with unemployment and connect unmet needs with untapped resources in rebuilding our state. TimeBanking in Michigan--dealing with economic challenges through skill exchanges and community building	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Old Main: O134
Strategies for bringing reproductive justice into community based activism on the new political terrain defined by economic crisis and Obama’s election. Reproductive Justice in the Age of Obama	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Wayne County Community College: 131
The We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour brings anti-war activists and veterans into classrooms, bringing reality and resistance to youth. We Are Not Your Soldiers - Bringing Reality and Resistance into Classrooms with Anti-War Veterans	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: D3-22
Poverty! Patriarchy! Pictures! Despite the strides women and girls have made in the U.S., many are suffering economically. In the words of social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin, "The Rich [do] Have Their Own Photographers." Many of his photos that feature females at their jobs will be discussed in this economic conscious-raising workshop Women's Poverty Through the Lens of Social Documentary Photographer Milton Rogovin	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: D2-13
The media is portraying many stereotypes about certain groups that do not represent the true meaning of those groups. This workshop will be about the stereotypes and misconceptions of Islam. The material discussed will be the false information given of the religion. The Media Hijacked My Religion	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Student Center: 277
Discussion with local & visiting organizers: What would a non-capitalist Detroit look like? Can it be achieved in relation to anti-capitalist views/convergences? The Politics of Anti-capitalist Convergences: Is a Non-capitalist Detroit Necessary?	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	TWW: 2
In June 1996, representatives from major labor unions and political activists on the Left held the founding convention of the American Labor Party (LP). The organizers of this effort hoped to break the stranglehold on American by the dominance of two major political parties who have manifestly betrayed the interest of working people both domestically and internationally. But by 2010 the Labor Party has stalled. This workshop will draw together activists and labor organizers from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences with the Labor Party, and suggest avenues for further organizing and study. The Agony of the American Labor Party (LP), 1996 to Present	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: D3-24
This panel looks at how grassroots economic institutions (like worker coops and land trusts) support social justice struggles in poor/working class communities. Economic Allies - how economic alternatives can support the struggle	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: Riverview Ballroom (W1-52)
Support peace and support your brothers and sisters in bondage! Learn how to help members of the U.S. Army who want to be discharged. How to help a soldier quit the Army	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: DO-02B
The economic crisis has not been met effectively by a powerful social justice movement. How can the various movements involved develop such a strategy? Activists and scholars from poor peoples movements, labor / poor labor, worker-owned companies, Right to the City and others will be on this panel. Creating a Powerful Social Justice Movement	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	UAW Building: 1032
An interactive discussion about how to successfully balance grassroots methods and radical ideology with traditional expectations of non-profit organizations. Building a Sustainable Organization Without Selling Out	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Cohn: 222
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. Restoring the Neighbor Back to the Hood: Honoring Our Elders & Passing the Torch	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: O2-36
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. Voice for the Voiceless, Organizing Part Time Faculty in Higher Education	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Wayne County Community College: 340
This PMA will bring together workers who are literally & practically excluded from labor protections to explore how to expand our rights to organize. Excluded Workers' Congress	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: D2-15
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. What's the big IDEA? An introduction to the strategy behind the Institute for Democratic Education in America	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Woodward Academy: 1433
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. Community Driven Development: A Training of Trainers	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: O2-37
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. A Weigh With Words â€“ Conflict, Compassion and Political Correctness	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Wayne County Community College: 334
Hands on workshop using arts (radio, video, theater, web) to address the Prison Industrial Complex. Communication Strategies for Ending the Prison Industrial Complex	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: O2-33
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. ESRA--The Environmental And Social Responsibility Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	WSU Student Center: South Lounge 1st Floor
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. Converge 2 Convert â€“ Job Creation, Industrial Policy & Climate Change	Jun 23 2010 - 1:00pm	Cobo Hall: O2-38