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USSF: another politics is possible

For everyone going to the US Social Forum in Atlanta in a few days, below
are the workshops included in our informal "Another Politics is Possible"
track. The track is endorsed by the organizations below and will feature a
special panel discussion on Friday, June 29th at 10:30am.

LA Garment Workers Center, INCITE!, Coalition of Immokalee workers,
Student Farm worker Alliance, Sista II Sista, Center for Immigrant
Families, Regeneracion Childcare, Pachamama Childcare Collective, Harm
Free Zone, Kitchen Table Collective, Left Turn Magazine, Catalyst Project,
Sisterfire, and Refugio.

-max

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“Another Politics is Possible: Living the Vision, from Below & to the Left”
Friday (29th) 10:30am-12:30pm
Georgia Ballroom East room at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown
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Thursday, June 28
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History of US Imperialism and Resistance in the Middle East/West Asia
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Athena room at the Atlanta Marriott Downtown
Sponsor: Left Turn

The Boarding School Healing Project
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Authors'/Writers' Lounge, Auburn Avenue Research Library
SPONSOR: INCITE!

Solidarity Organizing in the Movement to Rebuild New Orleans
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Room 1402 at the Westin Hotel
Co-sponsored: Catalyst Project

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Fighting for Fair Food
3:30pm – 5:30pm
Room 1403 at the Westin Hotel

Intergenerational organizing and the new SDS
[w/ Ashanti Alston, Betita Martinez]
3:30pm – 5:30pm
Sanctuary room at the Inman Park United Methodist Church.

Friday, June 29
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*Another Politics is Possible*
10:30am - 12:30pm
Georgia Ballroom East room at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel
Downtown

Movement at the Margins - An Artist's Response to Katrina
10:30am – 12:30pm
Cary-McPheeters Gallery Auburn Avenue Research Library
Sponsor: INCITE! Philadephia

Building in Context: Movements Across Generations
10:30am - 12:30pm
Mezzanine Left Room at Atlanta Civic Center
Co-sponsor: Catalyst Project

Teach Our Own- Activism Through Unschooling
10:30am - 12:30pm
Triangle Classroom room at the Inman Park United Methodist Church.
Sponsor: The Kitchen Table

Anti-Arab Racism and Islamophobia
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Atlanta Ballroom D room at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown
Sponsor: Left Turn

Creating Alternative Responses to Violence Against Women of Color in the
Sex Trade and Street Economy
1:00pm – 3:00pm
International C - Westin Peachtree
Co-sponsor: INCITE!

GI Resistance & Solidarity Movement Against War & Empire
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Choir Room at Trinity United Methodist Church
Co-sponsor: Catalyst Project

Saturday, June 30th

How to Build a More Coordinated & Strategic Peace/Antiwar Movement?
10:30am – 12:30pm
Atlanta Ballroom H room at the Westin Hotel
Co-sponsor: War Resisters League

Independent Media & Movement Building
10:30am – 12:30pm
Balcony Left room at the Atlanta Civic Center
Sponsor: Left Turn

Saving Our Schools from Privatization: A Strategy Sharing Workshop
10:30am – 12:30pm
1st Floor Conference Room at the CARE
Co-sponsor: Left Turn

Allies at Intersections: Radical Solidarity
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Room 1402 of the Westin Hotel
Co-sponsor: Regeneración Childcare NYC

White Anti-Racist Organizing Visions & Strategies
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Room 1205 at the Westin Hotel
Sponsor: Catalyst Project

Revolution Will Not Be Funded Part I (panel)
1:00pm – 3:00pm
International E room at the Westin Hotel
Sponsors: INCITE!, Left Turn

Revolution Will Not Be Funded Part II (group activities)
3:30pm – 5:30pm
International E room at the Westin Hotel
Sponsors: INCITE!, Left Turn

Organizing Community Accountability in Communities of Color
-- open to people of color only --
1:00 – 3:00pm
Zeus Room, Atlanta Mariott
Co-Sponsors: INCITE!, CARA, Sista II Sista.

Organizing in the Shadow of Slavery: Domestic Workers, Farm Workers and
Low-Wage Workers in the South
1:00pm – 3:00pm
International C room at the Westin Hotel
Co-sponsor: Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Post- Katrina New Orleans: Reconstruction & Rebuilding of a Police State
3:30 – 5:30pm
Mezzanine Center, Atlantic Civic Center
Sponsors: Critical Resistance NOLA & INCITE! New Orleans.

Exploring the Challenges of Organizations Led by People of Color
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Room 1204 at the Westin Hotel
Co-sponsor: Brotherhood/Sister Sol

Military Veterans Speak-Out on Practical Strategies to End War
3:30pm – 5:30pm
Room 1202 Westin Hotel.
Sponsors: War Resisters League, Catalyst Project, Iraq Veterans Against
the War.

Closing Panel
Liberating Gender and Sexuality: Integrating Gender and Sexual Justice
Across Our Movements
6:00pm - 9:30 pm - Atlanta Civic Center
co-sponsor: INCITE!

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Special Art Exhibition Running Through the Entire US Social Forum:
Luchadoras*Women Warriors*Mohila Joddha: a Photography and Storytelling
Exhibit

Center for Immigrant Families

Center for Immigrant Families is a collectively-run organization of
low-income immigrant women of color and community members in Manhattan
Valley (Uptown NYC). The Luchadoras*Women Warrior*Mohila Joddha: a
Photography and Storytelling Exhibit displays the works of six members of
the Center for Immigrant Families (CIF). The powerful images highlight the
strength and beauty of everyday women warriors.
Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless Gallery Space
477 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
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