The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum. This wasn't just childcare---a room set off to the side ... isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.
Movement organizers across the US are gearing-up for Peoples Movement Assemblies in 2012. Twenty-six PMA organizers joined a call at the end of 2011 and shared updates and visions for how Peoples Movement Assemblies will be used to build movement power in the year ahead. PMA events include assemblies on queer and LGBT issues, incarcerated people, ending poverty, Palestine solidarity, education, elders, Occupy groups, and many local issues around the country. Click below and read more about these events and find something happening in your area!
June 22, 2010
In the wake of Arizona’s new racial profiling law, the BP oil disaster and the acute financial crisis, thousands of progressive organizers are coming together in a National People’s Movement Assembly (PMA) to set a national action agenda coming out of the US Social Forum (USSF). The National People’s Movement Assembly will be the culmination of nearly 100 local, regional and issue based People’s Movement Assemblies engaging tens of thousands of people nationwide.
Live Video and Audio (English)
http://organize.ussf2010.org/live/video
Live Audio (Spanish)
http://organize.ussf2010.org/live/audio
El Comité Nacional de Planificación del USSF reconoce que construyendo capacidad multilingüe es un problema organizativo.
The National Planning Committee of the USSF recognizes that multilingual capacity building is an organizing issue. The task of incorporating the multiple languages within our movement is not simply a logistical question – communication between diverse groups is integral to successful movement building.
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!
Many folks coming in from around the country have materials to chip in. Detroit would appreciate if you'd JOIN our Bring a Book, Bike, Byte and a Buck Bonanza!
Kids have a place at the USSF, too! Children 5-12 yrs old are welcome to join the Children's Social Forum (CSF) where educators are planning a variety of programming, activities and entertainment.Register Now
Thousands of people are making their way to Detroit this summer to attend the Allied Media Conference and US Social Forum.
Registered organizations were permitted to submit up to 2 workshops and we received over 1000 workshop proposals and hundreds of cultural submissions! Approved workshops will be posted May 20th.
24 Cities in 12 Weeks on the road to the US Social Forum!
Know who's coming from your organization? Ready to register the whole crew? Now you can edit your organization and add more people.
