All US Social Forum Workshops

International migrant leaders and organizers of these forums this year will discuss them and their implications for US immigration reform.

The World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM) in Ecuador and the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Mexico: 2 critical global mobilizations this year and their implications for US immigration reform

Explore how to shift resources away from war! Join in an art ceremony to celebrate the death of the Hummer and birth a green, peace economy.

Beyond Petroleum: Boycott BP, Bury the Hummer, and Ground the Drones!

Home Alive's holistic approach to self-defense includes building confidence, setting and respecting healthy boundaries, and leverage-based physical self-defense skills. Our workshops feature a wide range of activities.

Self-Defense Workshop: more tools for your toolbox!

Do you protest in DC? Discuss how national events/mobilizations impact local organizing in DC and how we can work in solidarity to strengthen movements.

Washington, DC's Not Just a Protest Playground: Organizing in the Belly of the Beast

Is being contemplative-in-action obsolete in our busy age? If you've yearned to be more mindful and centered in your activism, this workshop let's you experience a sampling of spiritual practices.

Contemplative Practice as Part of Our Activism

We are identifying Solidarity Economy in our communities and using this information to create alternatives to capitalism. People have the power to reclaim their economies.

Local Solidarity Economy Organizing, Mapping and Networking

Editors of World War 3 Illustrated will explain the process of self publishing a comic book that deals with social issues from a radical perspective and explain why they have been doing this for 30 years. We will deal with the technical aspects of self publishing such as printing and distribution, the asthetic concerns of artists trying to transform personal experience into political comics, and the organizational issues of a collective editorship.We will start by describing the process of building and creating the magazine, but go on to discuss with the participants the projects they might want to do and how they might benefit from our experience.

Self Publishing a Radical Comic Book, how to do it, and why

The Invisible People seeks to bring to light the missing history and knowledge of African-Americans and other minorities in a current predominately European centered curriculum. We seek to understand and investigate, and implement ways to change the current the current education curriculum to be more expansive in the knowledge of African-Americans and other minorities that is shared with children in the classroom so it may be conducive to the betterment of African-American youth and other minority youth as well.

M.I.E (Missing in Education)

This is a space to share critical information about all of the existing, proposed, closed and defeated dirty energy and waste facilities in the US, the corporations behind them and the grassroots groups and activists fighting them. Participants are encouraged, yet not required to bring their computers if available.

Mapping for Justice: Open Source, Dirty Energy and Waste Facilities