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United States Social Forum
Another World Is Possible!!
The US Social Forum will be a unique opportunity for all participants to develop relationships, collaborative campaigns, and a greater awareness of others’ issues and programs. The Forum will bring hope, insight and inspiration to all those who attend. The USSF will send a powerful message to people’s movements around the world that there are active movements in this country that oppose US policies and are developing strategic community-based alternatives to our current destructive economic systems. The USSF will gather social and economic justice organizers, environmentalists, peace & justice activists, community-based organizations, Indigenous nations, unions, and students to confront our most pressing contemporary concerns. The US Social Forum will address key issues facing our communities such as white supremacy, local/global economic justice, and movement building. Your minds, hearts, visions, voices, and hands are needed! ORGANIZE & REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY! * Bring a delegation = Organizations and sectors around the country have committed to mobilizing young people, women, regional caravans, and members. Host educational events to prepare and organize buses to come to Atlanta. For example: Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective is coordinating a national women’s caucus to participate and generate ideas. * Bring a Workshop, Strategy Session, Cultural Project, Action Plan, or Celebration = The Program Working Group will be coordinating with facilitators and presenters to provide a broad spectrum of activities in order for all participants to learn, share, and strategize. If you want to submit a proposal to the Program Working Group, read the guidelines and fill out the form online. * Plan your annual meeting/gathering to coincide with the Forum = Gather your members and meet in Atlanta during this unprecedented national forum. Holding your meeting during the Forum will allow your leaders and constituents to build bridges with others, connecting issues and groups. Jobs With Justice, for example, is committed to hosting their 1,500 person Annual Meeting in Atlanta at the USSF. * Organize a Tent = Social Forums are open spaces. Set up a tent to host events on any issue or to gather people and discuss specific strategies to move your work forward. Coordinate with the Local Logistics Working Group to establish site – You will be responsible for bringing what you need. For example: Kensington Welfare Rights is planning to set up a Bushville Tent City and lead actions on water rights. A Youth Camp will be set up on the first day. PARTICIPATE IN THE US SOCIAL FORUM! * Register! Organizations at $125-$300 sliding scale) & Individuals at $15-$100 sliding scale.Register online and/or send in the Form. * Bring your work = Reserve a table throughout the forum to present your information. Tables cost $50 and you bring the whole set-up. To register for tabling or to sell merchandise or food, contact Alice Lovelace at alovelace@mindspring.com or 404.622.1133. * Participate in the national planning process by becoming Organizational Sponsors = Participate at 3 different levels: Movement Builders (participate, raise money, and mobilize members), Movement Mobilizers (bring a delegation), or Supporters (contribute financial resources). GET INVOLVED! MAKE IT HAPPEN! See reverse for US Social Forum planning committee contacts including Working Groups and Regional Committees & go to www.ussocialforum.org for more information. The US Social Forum is more than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression. The USSF will provide space to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration. It will help develop leadership and develop consciousness, vision, and strategy needed to realize another world. The USSF sends a message to other people’s movements around the world that there is an active movement in the US opposing US Policies at home and abroad. We must declare what we want our world to look like and begin planning the path to get there. A global movement is rising. The USSF is our opportunity to demonstrate to the world Another World is Possible! For more information visit: http://www.ussf2007.org/about.html |
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