The Opening March is scheduled to start on Tuesday, June 22nd, at 3pm. We will be leaving from the intersection of Woodward and Warren Avenues and picking up feeder marches from the direct-actions along the way. You don't want to miss it!
Registration starts at 10am on Tuesday, June 22nd, at COBO Hall.
"Detroit Highlighted" Workshops will be held in the morning and early afternoon on Tuesday June 22nd. The last of these workshops end at 1pm and at that time, the full USSF community is invited to begin assembling for the Opening March. We will be led by indigenous peoples, elders and persons with disabilities as we embark on the USSF process.
Selling of bottled water is NOT permitted as USSF is committing to be plastic water-blottle free. Free water stations around USSF venues and along the march route will be clearly identified.
Medical personnel will accompany the march, along with “aid and comfort” stations placed at COBO Hall, at Hart Plaza, and at the Social Forum Village.
The US Social Forum Opening Ceremony, directly after the Opening March, will be a sacred beginning for our time together. We will open with indigenous communities from the region, and then hear local, national and international speakers and performers, grounding our 5 days together in song, dance, and poetry.
Detroit organizers, activists, grassroots organizations, residents, and neighbors are thrilled to welcome the second United States Social Forum as an essential space to build another US and another world.
