Who here is going to the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta 6/27-7/1?

[emlev]

How many DUers are among the 10,000-20,000 activists expected to attend? There are about 1,000 workshops being offered over five days, plus plenary sessions, cultural events, etc., all on the theme "If Another World is Possible; Another U.S. is Necessary!"

From the website:

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!

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Plenary sessions (descriptions linked here) are on these Key Movement Building Moments:
--Gulf Coast Reconstruction in the Post-Katrina Era
--War, Militarism and the Prison Industrial Complex
--Indigenous Voices: From the Heart of Mother Earth
--Immigrant Rights
--Liberating Gender and Sexuality: Integrating Gender and Sexual Justice Across --Our Movements
--Workers' Rights in the Global Economy

If you have any way of getting there, I encourage you to sign right up!

[mod mom]

1. Are you going Emlev? If so pls report back.

:)

home with kids, so I am not attending.

[emlev]

2. Yup. Will do. eom

[mod mom]

4. another kick for those who work for a better world.

[emlev]

3. Kick for more views

[emlev]

5. This is really a place that DUers belong