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* Rejuvenation Day -- Monday May 31 10-5pm
** A Chicago Holistic Healing Collective is coming to town to offer health support to DLOC Activist, a full day of massage, bodywork, and relaxation FREE for USSF activists.
** Location: St. Peter's Episcopal Church 1950 Trumbull (at Michigan Ave.)
** Schedule:
*** 10-11am- Yoga with Hannan * Bring your own mat if possible
*** 10-4pm- Acunpuncture and Massage Sessions * Pre-registered preferred but flexible depending on openings ( see time slots sign up below)
***4-5pm- Yoga with Hannah

USSF Wiki Calendar 2010 5 31

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* Rejuvenation Day -- Monday May 31
** A Chicago Holistic Healing Collective is coming to town to offer health support to DLOC Activist, a full day of massage, bodywork, and relaxation FREE for USSF activists.
** Schedule and Location TBA

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* Disability justice fundraiser - Johnny Crescendo a disability advocate ballader whose known for his great folk, rock, blues & indie music @ A J's cafe

Solidarity Housing-Rental Apts

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<big><big>'''[http://www.ussf2010.org/HousingNeeds < back to main website], you will be leaving the [[wiki]]'''</big></big>

* House rentals;
** [[House Rentals|See them all grouped together]] or individually:
*** St Marys: [[:File:StMarysBathroom.png]] [[:File:StMarysBedroom.png]]
*** Hartwell: [[:File:HartwellKitchen.png]] [[:File:HartwellLivingRm.png]]
*** Grandville: [[:File:GrandvilleBath.png]] [[:File:GrandvilleHouse.png]]

* Apartment rentals;
** [[Apartment Rentals|See them all grouped together]] or individually:
*** Chicago: [[:File:Chicago Bedroom.png]] [[:File:ChicagoBathroom.png]] [[:File:ChicagoKitchen.png]]
*** Fenkell: [[:File:FenkellBedrooms.png]] [[:File:FenkellKitchen.png]] [[:File:FenkellLivingRm.png]]

* Solidarity housing (groups);
** [[Solidarity Housing|See them all grouped together]] or individually:
*** Hague: [[:File:HagueAptBath.png]] [[:File:HagueAptBedrm1.png]] [[:File:HagueAptKitchen.png]] [[:File:HagueAptLivingRm.png]] [[:File:HagueBldg.png]] [[:File:HagueBldg2.png]]
*** Magnolia: [[:File:MagnoliaBldg.png]] [[:File:MagnoliaBldg2.png]]

People's University of the USSF

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{{People's University Discussions}}
== The People's University of the USSF==

The purpose of the People's University of the [[USSF]] is to:

:* Expand collaborations between scholars, students and social movement organizers to generate knowledge that responds to the needs of social justice movements and that involves organizers in the analysis and dissemination of research;

:* Decentralize knowledge-production by cultivating research skills among young people and other learners and by creating opportunities for youth and other movement activists to contribute to research on our movements;

:* Expand popular access to knowledge through online courses, bibliographies, discussion materials, etc.

: Also, building on a series of ongoing conversations among scholar-activists and student-activists at various regional, local, and [[World Social Forum]]s, the People's University aims to support the efforts of scholar activists to:
::* Fight the impacts of neoliberalism on college campuses (including work for the rights of campus workers and to expand public financing of higher education);
::* Defend the knowledge commons by resisting the commodification of knowledge;
::* Support civil society and movements for social justice.

THIS [[WIKI]] SITE IS AN EXPERIMENT: We want to develop ideas for the Peoples University and explore ways of using it as a structure to build our movement for global justice. It builds upon the ideas of Boaventura de Sousa Santos, who first proposed a '''"Popular University of the Social Movements"''' in conjunction with the global justice movement [http://www.ces.uc.pt/universidadepopular/Popular%20University%20of%20the%20Social%20Movements.pdf].

We will be meeting at the USSF in Detroit at a workshop to develop this idea into concrete proposals for action. We invite your ideas and input on this project, which will be used to help organize the workshop [send to: peoplesu@ussf2010.org].

==Projects of the People's University of the USSF==

* Collaborative research projects
: ''The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement'' [http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-united-states-social-forum-perspectives-of-a-movement/8357341]

::This book brings together the reflections and analyses of the first USSF by the folks who helped make it happen.

* Popular education initiatives on the USSF in Detroit
** '''Student & Scholar Conference on the USSF and World Social Forums''', '''June 21, 2010''', Wayne State University Campus, Detroit. '''CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS[[http://irows.ucr.edu/conferences/ussf10conf/ussf10conf.htm]]'''

** Toolkit for local presentations and discussion groups--COMING SOON!
**" [[USSF 101]]" Online Course--COMING SOON!
** Build a people's library in Detroit--COMING SOON!

* Linking movements and learning across the U.S. and [[Global Movements]]
** [[Documenting and Evaluating]] the USSF planning process
*** '''Report on Views of the WSF by U.S. Civil Society Groups''' by Benjamin Junge and Emily Korona [[Media:Another_US_is_Possible_-_research_report_-_Junge_and_Korona.pdf | (PDF) Another US Is Possible]]
* Collaborative research on the USSF and [[World Social Forum Process]]
:
;[[Collaborative Space for Social Forum Research]]
:
To volunteer or share your ideas on this initiative, visit the "talk page" tab on the top of this wiki or contact peoplesu@ussf2010.org

[[Category:Site Map]]

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* WikiAmbassadors:
** Fridemar
** else?

Press and People Stories

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<noinclude>
==Press Stories==
; Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010
: Placement order: newest at the top, each row: date, name of publication, URL, title of piece
</noinclude>{{RightTOC}}
==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010/05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010/05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: Metro Times: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: St. Louis Activist Hub: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010/04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010 _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010.04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

== 2007 ==
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

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==Press Stories==
; Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010
: Placement order: newest at the top, each row: date, name of publication, URL, title of piece
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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010/05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010/05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: Metro Times: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: St. Louis Activist Hub: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010/04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010 _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010.04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010/05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010/05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010/05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

== December 2009==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

2010-05-06T20:36:37Z

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==Press Stories==
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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

=2009=
== December==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

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==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Activity==
; Follow the Action: Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

=2009=
== December==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Announcements=
; & Dispatches
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

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==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Follow the Action==
; Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

=2009=
== December==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Dispatches/Announcements=
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Follow the Action==
; Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections==
; USSF in Atlanta in 2007

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

=2009=
== December==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

= 2007 =
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Dispatches/Announcements=
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Follow the Action==
; Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections on 2007 ==
; USSF in Atlanta

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==April==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== March ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== January ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

=2009=
== DECEMBER==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

== 2007 ==
* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]
* Google News search: [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''']

=Dispatches/Announcements=
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==June==

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

==May==

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

==March==

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

==February==

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

=Videos/TV=

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==May==

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

==April==

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

==March==

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==February==

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

=Radio/Audio=
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==May==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==April==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]
* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]
* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==March==

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==February==

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Follow the Action==
; Many Roads Lead to Detroit:

The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

* The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”

== Reflections on 2007 ==
; USSF in Atlanta

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

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==May==

* May 5, 2010: Transformative Change: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: m-bike.org: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: SocialistWorkerOnline: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: People's World: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf (PDF) Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2010: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: TellUsUSA.com [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: In These Times Newsletter: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: Against the Current: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 US Social Forum in Detroit]

==APRIL==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== MARCH ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== FEBRUARY==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== JANUARY ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

==2009==
== DECEMBER==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

== 2007==

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

* [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

'''June'''

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization

* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

==Videos/TV==

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

'''MAY'''

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

'''APRIL'''

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

'''MARCH'''

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

'''February'''

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

==Radio/Audio==
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==MAY==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==APRIL==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]

* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]

* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]

* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==MARCH==

* March 24, 2010: : [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: : [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: : [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: : [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: : [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==FEBRUARY==

* February 25, 2010: : [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

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“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”
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== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''
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==MAY==

* May 5, 2010: : Transformative Change:[http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: : Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: : Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine m-bike.org: Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 socialistworkeronline: 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ People's World: Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf BLACDetroit.com: Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2020 [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Global Hood News: Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Tellususa.com Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html Works in Progress: The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ In These Times Newsletter: Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 Against the Current: US Social Forum in Detroit]

==APRIL==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== MARCH ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== FEBRUARY==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== JANUARY ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

==2009==
== DECEMBER==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

== 2007==

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

* [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

'''June'''

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization

* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

==Videos/TV==

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

'''MAY'''

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

'''APRIL'''

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

'''MARCH'''

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

'''February'''

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

==Radio/Audio==
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==MAY==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==APRIL==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]

* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]

* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]

* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==MARCH==

* March 24, 2010: : [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: : [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: : [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: : [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: : [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==FEBRUARY==

* February 25, 2010: : [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

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“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”
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== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

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==MAY==

* May 5, 2010: : Transformative Change:[http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /05/transformativetrackussf/ Transformative Track at USSF]
* May 4, 2010: : Medill: [http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=164150 Social justice activists will bike to Detroit for U.S. Social Forum]
* May 4, 2010: : Tikkun Magazine: [http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010: healey Invincible Hip-Hop - Slipping the Medicine In]
* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine m-bike.org: Detroit biking featured in Momentum Magazine]
* May 4, 2010: [http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21100 socialistworkeronline: 'rich bandits' who feed on crisis]
* May 3, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/movements-and-struggles-to-converge-at-next-month-s-u-s-social-forum/ People's World: Movements and struggles to converge at next month's U.S. Social Forum]
*May 2, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
*May 1, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf BLACDetroit.com: Trickle Up Transformation]
*May 1, 2020 [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010: /05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Global Hood News: Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
*May 1, 2010: [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Tellususa.com Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
*May, 2010: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010: /05/02.html Works in Progress: The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]
*May, 2010: [http://www.inthesetimes.com/events/5561/u.s._social_forum/ In These Times Newsletter: Social Forum Announcement]
*May/June, 2010: [http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2802 Against the Current: US Social Forum in Detroit]

==APRIL==

* April 28, 2010: [http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=15013 Metro Times, Stronger than tea]
* April 25, 2010: [http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010: /04/united-states-social-forum.html St. Louis Activist Hub: The United States Social Forum]
* April 24, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8535&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com The Michigan Citizen - Pastors organize for social forum]
* April 23, 2010: [http://peoplesworld.org/detroit-ministers-prepare-for-u-s-social-forum/ People's World- Detroit Ministers Prepare for the USSF]
* April 22, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/economy/146577/green_detroit:_why_the_city_is_ground_zero_for_the_sustainability_movement?page=entire Alternet: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 21, 2010: [http://blogs.alternet.org/greenferret/2010: /04/21/green-party-us-national-convention-set-for-detroit-during-us-social-forum-in-june Alternet - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 21, 2010: [http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/tag/us-social-forum The Seminal - Green Party US National Convention set for Detroit during US Social Forum in June]
* April 20, 2010: [http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=21956 USLAW article: Peace Track at the USSF]
* April 19, 2010: [http://www.freespeech.org/blog/green-detroit-why-city-ground-zero-sustainability-movement Free Speech Blog: Green Detroit: Why the city is ground zero for the sustainability movement]
* April 18, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: _04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010: [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010: /04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/: GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt041610/2010: 041901/10.html Philadelphia Tribune piece by Bill Fletcher Jr.: Need to See You in Detroit for the USSF]
* April 16, 2010: [http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=1511&WeeklyArticleId=66908&ChannelId=8815 USSF in Assafir-leading Left newspaper in Lebanon]
* April 16, 2010: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010: [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010: /04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]
* April 14, 2010: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]
* April 13, 2010: [http://www.detnews.com/article/2010: 0413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]
* April 13, 2010: [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010: /04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 13, 2010: [http://socialistworker.org/2010: /04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream] (first published on MatadorChange.com)
* April 11, 2010: [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010: /04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]
* April 9, 2010: [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
* April 9, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org
* April 8, 2010: [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]
* April 8, 2010: [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010: /04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]
* April 7, 2010: [http://www.rop.org/ussf-movement-building-from-albany-to-detroit Rural Organizing Project: Movement building from Albany to Detroit]
* April 6, 2010: [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
* April 5, 2010: [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010: .04/PT.2010: .04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]
* April 4, 2010: [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010: /04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010:

== MARCH ==

* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]
* March 30, 2010: [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]
* March 30, 2010: [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: : Register and Get Involved]
* March 28, 2010: [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro] [[text of the article]]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page
* March 25, 2010: [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010: /03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: (PDF) The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: (PDF) For Youth By Youth]
* March/April 2010: Left Turn Magazine: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: (PDF) Youth Outreach and Movement]
* March/April, 2010: [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]
* March 25, 2010: [http://njtoday.net/2010: /03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]
* March 21, 2010: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010: /3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010: /03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]
* March 14, 2010: [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: : Are you?]
* March 11, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
* March 10, 2010: [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]
* March 10, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: : Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]
* March 7, 2010: [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]
* March 5, 2010: [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]
* March 4, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.
* March 1, 2010: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010: /03/2010: -social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010: Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]
* March, 2010: [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

== FEBRUARY==

* February 25, 2010: [http://forwardkansas.com/2010: /02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]
* February 18, 2010: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]
* February 11, 2010: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010: /?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010: ]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

== JANUARY ==

* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]
* January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]
* January 28, 2010: [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010: /01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]
* January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]
* January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010: /01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].
* January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010: /01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]
* January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010: /01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].
* January 10, 2010: [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010: /world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]
* January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]
* Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

==2009==
== DECEMBER==

* [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010: U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010: -us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

== 2007==

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

* [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==
'''Please post links to announcements leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

'''June'''

* June 22-27, 2010: [http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=312 The Green Party press release: annual national meeting coincides with USSF 2010: ]
* June 19-22, 2010: [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010: _U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010: US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 6, 2010: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010: /05/swop-youth-fundraiser-at-twisters.html SWOP Youth Twisters Night]
* May 2, 2010: [http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthread.php?t=5486 DetroitYes! US Social Forum & Allied Media Conference attendees need housing rentals June 2010: ]
* May 3,2010: [http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/us-social-forum-may-monday-series-crimmigration Austin USSF info meeting: Crimmigation]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]
* May 1, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0420/NEWS01/4200323/BikeIt+May+day+ride BikeIt! May Day Ride]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /04/need-travel-support-attend-us-social-forum-detroit-deadline-applications-monday-may-3r Oakland Local: Common Counsel's Grassroots Exchange Fund(GXF)provides Travel Grants to attend USSF]
* April 30, 2010: [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
* April 30, 2010: [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=421 Join Codepink at the USSF 2010: ]
* April 27, 2010: [http://etanaction.blogspot.com/2010: /04/please-support-etan-donate-today.html ETAN will be at USSF]
* April 27, 2010: [http://www.pitchengine.com/unitedstatessocialforumussf2010: /us-social-forum-allied-media-conference-media-telebriefing/58646/ USSF and Allied Media Conference Media Tele-Briefing]
* April 23, 2010: [http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2010: /04/the-us-social-forum-is-coming-to-detroit-june-22nd-through-the-26th/ Motorcitytimes: The US Social Forum is coming to Detroit]
* April 17, 2010: [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010: Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010: [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010: / CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010: [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010: [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/2010: 0406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010: [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010: [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010: [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010: /04/2010: -green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010: [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

* March 31, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 31, 2010: [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* March 28, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* March 26-March 28, 2010: [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010: /03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]
* March 24, 2010: [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]
* March 24, 2010: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* March 24, 2010: [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]
* March 23, 2010: [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010: Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* March 22, 2010: [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010: /03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* March 22, 2010: [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* March 20, 2010: [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* March 19, 2010: [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010: /03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF]
* March 18, 2010: [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010: &month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* March 18,2010: [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* March 16, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010: /03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* March 16, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* March 15, 2010: [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.bilerico.com/2010: /03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
* March 13, 2010: [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* March 12, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* March 11, 2010: [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* March 9, 2010: [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010: /03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* March 9, 2010: [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010: /03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010: [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* March 8, 2010: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* March 7, 2010: [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010: /03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* March 6, 2010: [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* March 5,2010: [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010: -to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* March 4, 2010: [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010: /03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* March 3, 2010: [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]* March, 2010: [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010: ]
* March 3, 2010: [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010: /03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* March, 2010: [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* March, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* March, 2010: [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March, 2010: [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March, 2010: [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization

* March, 2010: [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010: -by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 26, 2010: [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010: /25/call-artist-submissions-2010: -us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* February 19, 2010: [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention
* February 18, 2010: [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* February 17, 2010: [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* February 3, 2010: [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* February, 2010: [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* February, 2010: [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]

==Videos/TV==

'''Please post links to video leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

'''MAY'''

*May 1, 2010: [http://www.wadldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128:center-stage&catid=20:community&Itemid=29 Center Stage, TV 38: Minsu Longiaru (ROC) and Julio Guerrero (Centro Obrero) talk about the forum]

'''APRIL'''

* April 13, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCTdyOkxdg The Power of Our Story: USSF]
* April 12, 2010: [http://permaculture.tv/us-social-forum-june-22-26-detroit-2010: / USSF People's Movement Assemblies Easy as ABC!]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10825516 Living Through Madness. A New Detroit is On Its Way- USSF2010: ]
* April 10, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/groups/feminista/videos/10825429 What's the US Social Forum About? -Universidade Livre Feminista]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm5MFmyaQ8&feature=watch_response US Social Forum Part 2-1/4/10 Democracy Now]
* April 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coVoS7KOpRw&feature=related US Social Forum Part 1-4/2/10 Democracy Now]

'''MARCH'''

* March 27, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
* March 26, 2010: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010: /3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* March 17, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]
* March 16,2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* March 15, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* March 3, 2010: [http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit By Dan Wang]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video]
* March 2, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

'''February'''

* February 11, 2010: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwBZ9cVlDo SWu Experience words about the USSF]

==Radio/Audio==
'''Please post links to radio/audio leading up to USSF 2010: - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name/explanation/title of piece.'''

==MAY==

* May 2, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Elena Herrada, director, Centro Obero, spoke about the recent Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants and the US Social Forum]

==APRIL==

* April 30, 2010: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]

* April 23, 2010: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Columbia Community Radio Coverage: Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]

* April 18, 2010: [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]

* April 11, 2010: [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010: /04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: : [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

==MARCH==

* March 24, 2010: : [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010: /03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] [[Oya Amakisi]] and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed
* March 22, 2010: : [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte
* March 16, 2010: : [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010: /3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer, Tracy Chacon]
* March 9, 2010: : [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].
* March 9, 2010: : [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010: /03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010: ]

==FEBRUARY==

* February 25, 2010: : [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010: -02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]
* February, 2010: [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010: .org .

* '''Heaven on Earth-An Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social organized by the Presbyterian Hunger Program''': http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htm

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* April 6, 2010: [http://delmontpda.wordpress.com/2010: /04/06/the-dream-lives-on/, The Dream Lives On]

:* March 21, 2010: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010: .org/caravans

:* March 22, 2010: [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: June 13, 2007 See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* May 4, 2010: [http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010: /05/04/detroit-biking-featured-in-momentum-magazine Detroit biking featured in momentum magazine]
:* March 26, 2010: [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010: [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010: [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* May, 2010: [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]
:* April 3, 2010: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010: /03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In]
:* March 17, 2010: [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* March 13, 2010: [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were 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.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

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“Mi nombre es Flor Crisóstomo, Soy indígena Zapoteca de Oaxaca. Mi situación es la movilidad constante dentro de US debido a la persecución por parte leyes migratorias rotas. Es importante que organizadores de las diversas comunidades hagan acto de presencia en el foro que se llevara a cabo en Detroit para poder conocernos y trabajemos en buscar soluciones para hacer un mundo justo que sabemos es posible.”

“My name is Flor Crisóstomo. I’m Zapoteca from Oaxaca, Mexico. My situation is one of millions where I must constantly be moving within the US because of government persecution under broken immigration laws. It’s important to me that all organizers come together in Detroit so that we may know each other and find collective solutions toward the just world we know is possible.”
--------

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

: Ashley
: Oakland, CA

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==Linking==
If you need help with adding one of the USSF badges or banners to your website, here's some sample html code:

<nowiki><a href="http://LinkDestination.com"><src="http://ImageLocation.com.Link.jpg"></a></nowiki>

for example:

<nowiki><a href="http://ussf2010.org/register"><src="http://wiki.ussf2010.org/images/f/f8/UssfSiteBanner.gif"></a></nowiki>

Can these be made downloadable? - dave
* just right click and save

[[Category:Site Map]]

- how do we tag graphics for this section? - [[User:David M|dave]]
* use <nowiki>[[Category:Graphics]]</nowiki> on the image/file page

Category:Graphics

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==Linking==
If you need help with adding one of the USSF badges or banners to your website, here's some sample html code:

<nowiki><a href="http://LinkDestination.com"><src="http://ImageLocation.com.Link.jpg"></a></nowiki>

for example:

<nowiki><a href="http://ussf2010.org/register"><src="http://wiki.ussf2010.org/images/f/f8/UssfSiteBanner.gif"></a></nowiki>

Can these be made downloadable? - dave

[[Category:Site Map]]

- how do we tag graphics for this section? - [[User:David M|dave]]
* use <nowiki>[[Category:Graphics]]</nowiki> on the image/file page

USSF Working in Public

2010-05-03T23:20:40Z

173.8.216.62: /* April */

<noinclude>[[AlternativeHomePage|< back home]]
; We work in public for two reasons, transparency and to have you join us.</noinclude>

{{RightTOC}}
==May==
: 2nd: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
: 1st: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf Trickle Up Transformation]
: 1st: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010/05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
: 1st: Tellususa.com: [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
: 1st: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010/05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]

==April==
: 30th: YouthRadio.org: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
: 23rd: Columbia Community Radio Coverage: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
: 16th: The Media Research Hub: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
: 16th: Green Mob: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ Chasing the Vultures Away]
: 13th: SocialistWorker.org [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream Marching to Fulfill the Dream] - first published on matadorchange.com
: 11th: [[April 11, 2010]] [[USSF Writers Network]]
: 09th: Tavis Smiley Radio Program,[http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
:08th: truthout: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
:08th: BlackCommentator.com: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556, Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] (reposted on [http://www.portside.org Portside.org])
: 06th: MatadorChange: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream]
: 04th: Audio: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html 22 March Show - Lake Folk and US Social Forum]
: 02nd: DemocracyNow: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Show on USSF announcement]

==March==
: 30th: DemocracyNow: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip announces] they will be in Detroit next week and for a week in June!
: 27th: [[USSF Writers Network|Writer's Network]] update: [[March 27, 2010]]
: 26th: Just Seeds: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html Call for T-Shirt Designs]
: 26th: Alternet: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change]
: 26th SWOP: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook Youth Organizer Tracy On Progressive Radio Network]
: 24th: YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU USSF 2010]
: 23rd: Be Magazine: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 “March to Fulfill the Dream”]
: 23rd: Great [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKSH2pe8NaE 2007 invitation video]
: 22th YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki1_cz15_CU US Social Forum 'Road to Detroit' hip hop show]
: 21st: US Social Forum Basics: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum/sets/us-social-forum-basics-the-online-info-session The Online Info Session!]
: 21st: Daily Kos: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KosThe Left is Coming! The Left is Coming!! ]
: 16th: Transformative Social Change at US Social Forum: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Plans in Progress, Get Involved]
: 15th: [[Project South]] [http://www.projectsouth.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=21 The SouthEast Organizer's Guide] ([http://www.projectsouth.org/images/stories/pdfs/peoplesmovementassembly/se-organizer%20guide-2010-smaller.pdf pdf])
: 16th: Wiki: [[Rob Yanagida]] working on [[Asian Pacific Islander American outreach]]
: 16th: Mark Rudd interviews [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html Tracy Chacon]
: 15th: YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
: On going: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/sets/72157623351049513/show/ amazing photo slide show of the @USSF Detroit People's Movement]
: 13th: [[Adrienne Maree Brown]]: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1325 live blog of the detroit people’s movement assembly]
: 11th [[USSF Writers Network|Writer's Network]] update: [[March 11, 2010]]
: 10th: News: Moved the old front page here: [[OLD: USSF Planning Wiki]] to be worked into this version of the home page.
: 10th: History of Detroit: [http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/23/#1/1 video flip]
: 08th: Facebook call for action: [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=387605297904&1&index=0 Change:: The Music--2010 U.S. Social Forum Multimedia Arts Project]
: 06th: News: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED ND professor wants local people to attend social justice forum]
: 06th: News: [[Adrienne Maree Brown]] interviewed for [[USSF]] at [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/10/doing-the-spadework-030910.html Mark Rudd's] Progressive Radio Network
: 05th: We are excited to announce publication of the USSF 2007 book, [http://stores.lulu.com/changemaker The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement] edited by the [[USSF Book Committee]] ([http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-united-states-social-forum-perspectives-of-a-movement/8357341 book page]).
: 04th: Yes: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=GreenA_USSF&utm_campaign=100307_USSF US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements
: 01st: News: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/ Interview Harmony Goldberg] did with [[Cindy Wiesner]]
: 01st: Phone Call-In: [http://ussf2010.org/node/127 Information Sessions] throughout the month

==February==
** 11th: Yes: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=Staff_USSF&utm_campaign=100313_SayYesSat On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]
** We are starting the [[Email Sequencing Calendar]]

==January==
** [[Facebook]]: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=315278494883&index=1 Philly Road to the US Social Forum - Open Meeting 2.0]
** Check out our [[Graphics]]
** Launched registration
** National meeting in Albuquerque

==More==
** [[Press-People Stories]]
** [[USSF Wiki Calendar - Past Activity Listings]]

USSF Working in Public

2010-05-03T23:20:20Z

173.8.216.62: /* May */

<noinclude>[[AlternativeHomePage|< back home]]
; We work in public for two reasons, transparency and to have you join us.</noinclude>

{{RightTOC}}
==May==
: 2nd: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's photostream]
: 1st: BLACDetroit.com: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFarticle%28B.L.A.C.mag%29.pdf Trickle Up Transformation]
: 1st: Global Hood News: [http://www.globalhoodnews.com/2010/05/pastors-blast-plans-to-destroy-detroit.html Pastors Blast Plans to 'destroy' Detroit neighborhoods, schools and hospitals]
: 1st: Tellususa.com: [http://tellususa.com/community/ghost-waters-042210.html Ghost Waters:Matrix explores Detroit's hidden waterways]
: 1st: Works in Progress: [http://www.olywip.org/site/page/article/2010/05/02.html The People's Movement Assembly: Collaboration, networking, and solidarity]

==April==
: 30th: [http://www.youthradio.org/topic/united-states-social-forum Youthradio.org: Luna Olavarria Gallegos Interviews Sarah Gonzales and Ignacio Gallegos]
: 23rd: Columbia Community Radio Coverage: [http://wcrsfm.org/node/859 Live in-studio with Tom Over & Joey Pigg on U.S. Social Forum & Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign]
: 16th: The Media Research Hub: [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
: 16th: Green Mob: [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ Chasing the Vultures Away]
: 13th: SocialistWorker.org [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream Marching to Fulfill the Dream] - first published on matadorchange.com
: 11th: [[April 11, 2010]] [[USSF Writers Network]]
: 09th: Tavis Smiley Radio Program,[http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]
:08th: truthout: [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]
:08th: BlackCommentator.com: [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556, Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] (reposted on [http://www.portside.org Portside.org])
: 06th: MatadorChange: [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream]
: 04th: Audio: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html 22 March Show - Lake Folk and US Social Forum]
: 02nd: DemocracyNow: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Show on USSF announcement]

==March==
: 30th: DemocracyNow: [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip announces] they will be in Detroit next week and for a week in June!
: 27th: [[USSF Writers Network|Writer's Network]] update: [[March 27, 2010]]
: 26th: Just Seeds: [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html Call for T-Shirt Designs]
: 26th: Alternet: [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change]
: 26th SWOP: [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook Youth Organizer Tracy On Progressive Radio Network]
: 24th: YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU USSF 2010]
: 23rd: Be Magazine: [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 “March to Fulfill the Dream”]
: 23rd: Great [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKSH2pe8NaE 2007 invitation video]
: 22th YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki1_cz15_CU US Social Forum 'Road to Detroit' hip hop show]
: 21st: US Social Forum Basics: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum/sets/us-social-forum-basics-the-online-info-session The Online Info Session!]
: 21st: Daily Kos: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KosThe Left is Coming! The Left is Coming!! ]
: 16th: Transformative Social Change at US Social Forum: [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Plans in Progress, Get Involved]
: 15th: [[Project South]] [http://www.projectsouth.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=21 The SouthEast Organizer's Guide] ([http://www.projectsouth.org/images/stories/pdfs/peoplesmovementassembly/se-organizer%20guide-2010-smaller.pdf pdf])
: 16th: Wiki: [[Rob Yanagida]] working on [[Asian Pacific Islander American outreach]]
: 16th: Mark Rudd interviews [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html Tracy Chacon]
: 15th: YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
: On going: Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/sets/72157623351049513/show/ amazing photo slide show of the @USSF Detroit People's Movement]
: 13th: [[Adrienne Maree Brown]]: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1325 live blog of the detroit people’s movement assembly]
: 11th [[USSF Writers Network|Writer's Network]] update: [[March 11, 2010]]
: 10th: News: Moved the old front page here: [[OLD: USSF Planning Wiki]] to be worked into this version of the home page.
: 10th: History of Detroit: [http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/23/#1/1 video flip]
: 08th: Facebook call for action: [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=387605297904&1&index=0 Change:: The Music--2010 U.S. Social Forum Multimedia Arts Project]
: 06th: News: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED ND professor wants local people to attend social justice forum]
: 06th: News: [[Adrienne Maree Brown]] interviewed for [[USSF]] at [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/10/doing-the-spadework-030910.html Mark Rudd's] Progressive Radio Network
: 05th: We are excited to announce publication of the USSF 2007 book, [http://stores.lulu.com/changemaker The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement] edited by the [[USSF Book Committee]] ([http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-united-states-social-forum-perspectives-of-a-movement/8357341 book page]).
: 04th: Yes: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=GreenA_USSF&utm_campaign=100307_USSF US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements
: 01st: News: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/ Interview Harmony Goldberg] did with [[Cindy Wiesner]]
: 01st: Phone Call-In: [http://ussf2010.org/node/127 Information Sessions] throughout the month

==February==
** 11th: Yes: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=Staff_USSF&utm_campaign=100313_SayYesSat On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]
** We are starting the [[Email Sequencing Calendar]]

==January==
** [[Facebook]]: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=315278494883&index=1 Philly Road to the US Social Forum - Open Meeting 2.0]
** Check out our [[Graphics]]
** Launched registration
** National meeting in Albuquerque

==More==
** [[Press-People Stories]]
** [[USSF Wiki Calendar - Past Activity Listings]]

USSF Wiki Calendar 2010 5 4

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* Minsu Longiaru ([[Restaurant Opportunities Center]]) will be on WLTH, 1370-AM from 12:07 to 1:00p CST/ 1:07 to 2:00p EST. - WLTH is progressive talk radio. WLTH live streams, so you can listen from your computer.

People's University of the USSF

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{{People's University Discussions}}
== The People's University of the USSF==

The purpose of the People's University of the [[USSF]] is to:

:* Expand collaborations between scholars, students and social movement organizers to generate knowledge that responds to the needs of social justice movements and that involves organizers in the analysis and dissemination of research;

:* Decentralize knowledge-production by cultivating research skills among young people and other learners and by creating opportunities for youth and other movement activists to contribute to research on our movements;

:* Expand popular access to knowledge through online courses, bibliographies, discussion materials, etc.

: Also, building on a series of ongoing conversations among scholar-activists and student-activists at various regional, local, and [[World Social Forum]]s, the People's University aims to support the efforts of scholar activists to:
::* Fight the impacts of neoliberalism on college campuses (including work for the rights of campus workers and to expand public financing of higher education);
::* Defend the knowledge commons by resisting the commodification of knowledge;
::* Support civil society and movements for social justice.

THIS [[WIKI]] SITE IS AN EXPERIMENT: We want to develop ideas for the Peoples University and explore ways of using it as a structure to build our movement for global justice. It builds upon the ideas of Boaventura de Sousa Santos, who first proposed a '''"Popular University of the Social Movements"''' in conjunction with the global justice movement [http://www.ces.uc.pt/universidadepopular/Popular%20University%20of%20the%20Social%20Movements.pdf].

We will be meeting at the USSF in Detroit at a workshop to develop this idea into concrete proposals for action. We invite your ideas and input on this project, which will be used to help organize the workshop [send to: peoplesu@ussf2010.org].

==Projects of the People's University of the USSF==

* Collaborative research projects
: ''The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement'' [http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-united-states-social-forum-perspectives-of-a-movement/8357341]

::This book brings together the reflections and analyses of the first USSF by the folks who helped make it happen.

* Popular education initiatives on the USSF in Detroit
** '''Student & Scholar Conference on the USSF and World Social Forums''', '''June 21, 2010''', Wayne State University Campus, Detroit. '''CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS''': [[(Call for Papers)]]

** Toolkit for local presentations and discussion groups--COMING SOON!
**" [[USSF 101]]" Online Course--COMING SOON!
** Build a people's library in Detroit--COMING SOON!

* Linking movements and learning across the U.S. and [[Global Movements]]
** [[Documenting and Evaluating]] the USSF planning process
*** Report on Views of the WSF by U.S. Civil Society Groups [[Media:Another_US_is_Possible_-_research_report_-_Junge_and_Korona.pdf | pdf]]
* Collaborative research on the USSF and [[World Social Forum Process]]
:
;[[Collaborative Space for Social Forum Research]]
:
To volunteer or share your ideas on this initiative, visit the "talk page" tab on the top of this wiki or contact peoplesu@ussf2010.org

[[Category:Site Map]]

William Copeland

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Email William Copeland at williamwholenote@gmail.com

[[Notes OC Meeting]]

USSF Working in Public

2010-03-24T22:53:07Z

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; We work in public for two reasons, transparency and to have you join us.</noinclude>
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==March==
: 24th: YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU USSF 2010]
: 23rd: Be Magazine [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 “March to Fulfill the Dream”]
: 23rd: Great [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKSH2pe8NaE 2007 invitation video]
# Audio: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum/sets/us-social-forum-basics-the-online-info-session US Social Forum Basics: The Online Info Session!]
# Daily Kos: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KosThe Left is Coming! The Left is Coming!! ]
# [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Social Change at US Social Forum: Plans in Progress, Get Involved]
# [[Project South]] [http://www.projectsouth.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=21 The SouthEast Organize's Guide] ([http://www.projectsouth.org/images/stories/pdfs/peoplesmovementassembly/se-organizer%20guide-2010-smaller.pdf pdf])
# Wiki: [[Rob Yanagida]] working on [[Asian Pacific Islander American outreach]]
# YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
# Yes: [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=Staff_USSF&utm_campaign=100313_SayYesSat On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]
# Flickr: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/sets/72157623351049513/show/ amazing photo slide show of the @USSF Detroit People's Movement]
# [[Adrienne Maree Brown]]: [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1325 live blog of the detroit people’s movement assembly]
# [[USSF Writers Network|Writer's Network]] update: [[March 11, 2010]]
# News: Moved the old front page here: [[OLD: USSF Planning Wiki]] to be worked into this version of the home page.
# History of Detroit: [http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/23/#1/1 video flip]
# Call for action: [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=387605297904&1&index=0 Change:: The Music--2010 U.S. Social Forum Multimedia Arts Project]
# News: [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/ Interview Harmony Goldberg] did with [[Cindy Wiesner]]
# News: [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED ND professor wants local people to attend social justice forum]
# Phone Call-In: [http://ussf2010.org/node/127 Information Sessions] throughout the month
# News: [[Adrienne Maree Brown]] interviewed for [[USSF]] at [http://markrudd.progressiveradionetwork.org/ Mark Rudd's] Progressive Radio Network
# We are excited to announce publication of the USSF 2007 book, [http://stores.lulu.com/changemaker The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement] edited by the [[USSF Book Committee]] ([http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-united-states-social-forum-perspectives-of-a-movement/8357341 book page]).
# [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=GreenA_USSF&utm_campaign=100307_USSF US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements ]

==February==
** We are starting the [[Email Sequencing Calendar]]

==January==
** [[Facebook]]: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=315278494883&index=1 Philly Road to the US Social Forum - Open Meeting 2.0]
** Check out our [[Graphics]]
** Launched registration
** National meeting in Albuquerque

==Earlier info==
** [[USSF Wiki Calendar - Past Activity Listings]]

User talk:Rob Yanagida

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[[Welcome]] to the 2010 [[USSF]] planning [[wiki]]. Best, [[MarkDilley]]

==Hi!==
Nice work on your first [[wiki]] edit here!! :-) You can do external and internal linking on a [[wiki]] - [http://www.nlg.org/TUPOCC/ The United People of Color Caucus] - also, what do you think about changing your account to [[Rob Yanagida]] - or keeping it [[User:Rob]] and just pointing it to [[Rob Yanagida]]? No worries what ever you decide. Best, [[MarkDilley]]
: ''I appreciate the resources you are sharing here Rob. Best, [[MarkDilley]]''

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Gender Justice Working Group

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== Goal ==
The goal of the Gender Justice Working Group (GJWG) is to ensure that gender, transgender justice and LGBTQ issues are well-integrated into the planning, implementation and program of the USSF.

== Values ==
Note: To have a gender analysis is to identify and understand the ways in which gender interacts and intersects with various forms of oppression, including race, class, sexual orientation, migration status, etc. and that people’s experiences are defined by the intersection of these oppressions.

* We honor our own experiences and perspectives and equally honor the experiences and perspectives of those who are not here
* We seek to bring those absent from the conversation to the conversation
* We strive to be the change we want to see
* We challenge existing power structures through our processes and organizing
* We value and celebrate the range of gender expression and identity
* We value women's voices and women's work
* We stand in solidarity with the global women's and gender justice movements, and our strategies are informed by the work of our allies around the world.
* We value people not profit; people are valuable regardless of what resources they bring with them

== Principles ==

* Focus outreach efforts on grassroots organizations, individual activists, and members of our communities
* In all our efforts, be conscious of the digital divide and prioritize making information accessible to all
* Integrate healing and conflict resolution into our organizing processes
* Advocate for the inclusion of a gender analysis in all USSF processes and events
* Maintain transparency in our decision making processes and publish our notes to the extent possible

== Meeting Notes ==

* [[Gender Justice Working Group Meeting Notes 2-10-2010|2-10-2010 Notes]]
* [[Gender Justice Working Group Meeting Notes 1-27-2010|1-27-1010 Notes]]
* [[Gender Justice Working Group Meeting Notes 1-20-2010|1-20-2010 Notes]]
* [[Gender Justice Working Group Meeting Notes 1-13-2010|1-13-2010 Notes]]

== Structure ==

The GJWG has three main areas of focus

'''1. GENDER JUSTICE STRATEGY TEAM-''' This group of people is committed to participating in the working groups of the USSF to develop and infuse gender analysis into the USSF

Working gender analysis: Gender analysis means understanding and identifying the ways in which gender interacts and intersects with various forms of oppression, including race, class, sexual orientation, and migration status, etc. and that people’s experiences are defined and by these oppressions and often need explicit thinking in order to remedy the problems.

Each of the Working Groups will have two representatives (or more!) from the GJWG who are responsible for finding ways or assuring that gender analysis is brought to the activities of the Working Group.

Each interim contact (in parenthesis) is responsible for writing a short description of possible ways to promote gender justice within each working group. As more people join this team, GJWG Strategy Team members will work collectively to develop the agenda of our goals for each group.

The members of the Gender Justice Strategy Team will participate in the working groups as representatives of the GJWG and report back to the GJWG about their activities.

* [[Communications/Media]] (Alison)
* Documentation/Evaluation (Jacqui)
* Movement Building/[[People's Movement Assembly]] (Rona)
* [[Program/Culture]] (Rose, Alison, Mayowa)
* Fundraising/Resource Mobilization (Kierra, Tamara)
* **[[Technology]] NEED (Nora - interim)
* [[Outreach]] [USSF WG (Nora), GJWG (Alison)]
* [[Programs & Workshops]]
* [[International Solidarity]] (Shaya)
* **[[Logistics]] - NEED (Amrita - interim)

2. ORGANIZING AND EVENTS TEAM–''' The group of people engaged with the Organizing and Events team will work together to coordinate events and programs at the US Social Forum. Members of the organizing and events team will organize regionally or around specific issues or events at the USSF. Some potential events at the USSF that the Organizing and Events Team might organize include:

Programs and Workshops, A Health and Healing Tent, a Gender Justice Tent, a Court/Tribunal, People's Assembly

The role of the organizing and events team will be to support fundraising, coordinate communication, and promote grassroots organizing for the USSF in 2010. This team will have specific leadership roles mapped onto the working groups, and additional leadership roles specific to the GJWG.

For example, right now Rose, Alison and Mayowa are representing the GJWG on the Program and Culture Working Group. They are also responsible for coordinating the Program and Culture work of the GJWG. If someone was interested in finding out how to apply to do a workshop at the USSF related to gender justice or women’s issues, they would contact one of those three people. Eventually, the people filling the leadership roles on the Gender Justice Strategy Team and the Organizing Events team might be different *(for example, Rose, Mayowa and Alison coordinate just the GJWG representation on the Program and Culture Working Group and someone else takes over the Program/Culture coordination of the Organizing and Events team)

The Organizing and Events Team will have regular conference calls to update information and coordinate efforts. Regional organizing will be coordinated through this team.

Leadership Roles on the Organizing and Events Team include:

* Communications/Media (Alison)
* Documentation/Evaluation (Jacqui)
* Movement Building/People's Movement Assembly (Rona)
* Program/Culture (Rose, Alison, Mayowa)
* Fundraising/Resource Mobilization (Kierra, Tamara)
* **Technology NEED (Nora - interim)
* Outreach [GJWG (Alison)]
* International Solidarity (Shaya)
* **Logistics - NEED (Amrita - interim)

These volunteers will provide resources and serve as bottom liners for each area. As regional organizing and event-specific organizing gets up and running, representatives from those efforts will also be an important part of the organizing and events team.

The roles outlined below are specific to the Gender Justice Working Group.

* Outreach (Nora, Alison)
* Information Guru - someone who is in charge of keeping wiki updated, tracking the notes, sending out information to people who need it - Rona + Nora
* Listserv/contact management - Jacqui and Amrita
* New member orientation (engage new people) - (NEED SOMEONE)
* Liaison with NPC - Jacqui
* International organizing (Marina)

3. Sustainability and Movement Building Team

The US Social Forum is not an end to itself but a node along a process of movement building. Our efforts at assuring gender justice at the forum will extend to building a grassroots gender justice movement in the US that is linked internationally with similar groups. Through regional meetings, learning of each other causes and struggles, and by working together to plan events and identifying practices of gender injustice in society we see our efforts as part of a long term struggle for gender rights.

One strategy of this team would be to facilitate opportunities for people at the USSF to plan for a renewed and inclusive women’s movement.

== Leadership of the GJWG ==

We talked some about changing the name of this group, but never came to consensus. Some suggestions might be ‘coordinating core’ or ‘coordinating team’

The “Leadership Circle” will be made up of the members of the Strategy Team, and the bottom liners from the Organizing and Events Team. It will also include regional representatives and other people who are designated representatives of organizing efforts.

The leadership circle’s purpose is to coordinate the strategies of the GJWG to maximize success, communicate information, and provide resources and support to the members.

Leadership circle members will be responsible for communicating updates about projects they’re working on, bringing information from the leadership circle back to the region, team, or group they’re working with, and staying up to date on all GJWG activities.

== Regional Organizing ==

; ORGANIZING and OUTREACH

The Gender Justice Working Group is recommending a series of regional meetings in cities and/or small towns around the country to facilitate regional organizing for the USSF. The regional meetings will be modeled after the October Planning Retreat in DC.

Outreach plans for the regional meetings:

An Outreach letter with points of entry and opportunities to engage. Individuals and organizations come to the meeting and decide if they want to engage in local organizing and also elect someone to represent the regional organization in the leadership circle.

Proposed Action: Develop facilitator's guide for regional meetings that includes encouraging regional teams - based on template from this retreat, and includes a history of USSF

The goals of the regional organizing meetings will be to:

* identify what kind of regional organizing people want to do
* recruit more people to coordinate the GJWG and to be part of the Strategy Team
* create fundraising and outreach strategies
* identify what kind of support they need from national organizing efforts.

Expectations: reading, communicating your work, distilling it back to your region

Supporting fundraising, coordination of communication with regions and NPC

== Timeline (Tasks and Deadlines) ==

October 14, 2009 - Nora and Alison will distill goals and send to planning committee (retreat participants) and leadership for review

October 19, 2009 - Present name change and new goals to 140 listserv. Here is what we did. Do you have any immediate concerns or questions?

This email will include:

§ Proposed goals and structure for the Gender Justice Working Group

§ Feedback instructions – please send concerns/comments/ changes to Marina via email or snail mail (Marina to provide contact info)

§ Doodle conference call poll for a call at the beginning of November

October 23-25, 2009 - National Planning Committee discussion re: organizing committee, working groups, constituency group when Jacqui (and Mayowa?) will present on GJWG

October 30, 2009 – Deadline to provide feedback re. proposal to Marina (reminder on Monday October 26) - through separate account (Note: Nora and Alison set up mailing address and printable form so folks can give to their folks??)

October 30th - All WG Strategy Teams bottom liners get description of work to send to the list (this is described above) - everyone who is bottom lining something will write out what that means (function and tasks) and one person will be the point person. also something about how we're planning to infuse gender analysis into that working group.

November 6, 2009 - Marina will analyze responses and present to retreat/planning committee and leadership circle

November 6-11th 2009 - planning committee conference call - Nora and Alison will send out doodle poll with the initial draft of directives.

November 11, 2009 – Email explaining the new structure of the GJWG and opportunities for engagement sent out. Includes:

* Explanation of the GJWG structure with specific areas to engage/ levels of engagement for organizations/individuals, i.e. if they do a workshop, agree to distribute gender survey etc., actually organize a workshop, volunteer with GJWG during the USSF

* Opt-in/opt-out of email listserves (2 different – one organizing, one just updates)

* Regional convening proposal

* Info about conference call - week of November 30-December 4, 2009 (Doodle)

OUTREACH STRATEGY: have this sent to as many groups and people as possible organizing around all issues (housing immigration, CJ, labor, indigenous rights, environment, media justice, etc.). Include conference call information for week of Nov 30th

2010: USSF Planning Wiki v.1

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{{Planning Calendar - Front Page}}

==Welcome to the US Social Forum Detroit Planning Wiki==
* '''This editable website is for anyone interested in helping to organize the [http://ussf2010.org USSF in Detroit 2010!]'''
* Participation in this wiki requires that you share in an open and democratic manner consistent with [[USSF Vision and Goals]]. Its content is patrolled by the community.
* Please review the USSF [[Technology Principles]] that describe how we will pursue the technological and communication needs for the USSF.

==Download Stuff!==
* '''''Updated:''''' USSF [[:Category:Graphics| graphics]]--logos, poster and card designs, and more!'''
* '''Download [[DLOC Flyers]] here!'''

==How to Use This Wiki Website==
* '''The sidebar navigation menu on the left provides links to the main pages of this editable website'''. They include:
:: '''Detroit LOC''': [[Detroit Local Organizing Committee]] - local organizing planning, contacts, and committees.

:: '''NPC''': [[National Planning Committee]] - national organizations representing and leading the [[USSF Vision and Goals]].

:: [[State-Regional-City Social Forums]]: Other US Social Forums, past and present for info sharing and ideas to help transition and assist the [[Detroit LOC]].
:: [[Press Stories]]: online articles leading up to the USSF Detroit 2010, and post-USSF Atlanta 2007.
:: [[Web Tools]]: Free Internet tools for online note taking, video chats, messaging and more.
:: [https://community.ussf2010.org/donate Donate]: contribute to the awesome organizing efforts of the USSF in Detroit!
:: [[RecentChanges]]: Where you can see the activity on this website.

* '''If this website looks familiar, that's probably because it's done with the same software as [[Wikipedia]], the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit and millions of people use to research information.'''
* You may ask '''''What is a [[wiki]]?'''''
* '''Making your text pretty on the [[wiki]] - go here to [[Easy Formatting]]'''!

==Troubleshooting==
If you find any pages that have server errors or other technical problems, please report them to the [http://tech.ussf2010.org/wiki USSF Tech Team Wiki]. Click on ''[http://ict.ussf2010.org/newticket New Ticket]'' to explain the problem and a [[USSF Tech Team]] member will get back to you soon. It's a good idea to also copy and paste the page link with it.

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[[Category:Site Map|*]]

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[[Welcome]] to the 2010 [[USSF]] Planning [[Wiki]]. [[User:Malloryk|Malloryk]] 15:27, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

== Hi Rose ==

Thanks, I got your message about updating the card info. It looks like your [http://wiki.ussf2010.org/index.php?title=National_outreach_card_edits&diff=prev&oldid=5787 edit didn't save] but I added it. Hope you're well! --[[SylviaOrduno]] 21:06, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Communications-Media Working Group

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; Communications/Media WG Conference Call
; Next Full COMM Call:

; February 11,
; Web & Social Media Conference Call
; numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
; Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#
; Etherpad for taking shared notes: http://etherpad.com/Pt4MhNcAFH
; Facilitator: David
; Note taker:

; February 18, Thursday 3pm EST, 2pm CST, 1pm MST, 12 pm PST

; Conference call numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
; Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#

[http://etherpad.com/XwPE1Gyyej Ether Pad Live Notes] from [[WebTools]] (via left sidebar)

==Comm/Media Work Plans==

[[Communications/Work Plan and Status Updates]]

[[USSF Communications WG Plan]]

Communications/Project Recruitment Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHSTWNH

[[Website Work Space]]--January 2010

==Communications-Media Working Group Team and Roles==

'''National Communications Coordinator'''

- Adele Nieves, adele(at)ussf2010.org

'''Co-Chairs Communications-Media WG'''
- Karlos Gauna Schmieder, Center for Media Justice, karlos(at)centerformediajustice.org

- Reg McGhee, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice, reggmc(at)mac.com

'''National:'''

:- David Marques, Chicago, Social Web & Online Info, david.n.marques(at)gmail.com
:- Charles Lechner, Brooklyn, Email Marketing
:- Nadine Wahab, Rights Working Group, Washington DC.
:- Maureen Brookes, Washington D.C - Kimberly King, Los Angeles
:- Veronica Hill, Wichita - Ana Saraí Peña, Washington D.C. (by way of El Paso)
:- Mark Dilley, Portland (by way of Michigan)
:- Rush Booysen, Port Elizabeth,South Africa - Jamala Rogers (?)

'''Detroit Local:'''

- Jen Trombley, Ann Arbor - Lane Robbins, Huntington Woods - Sharon-Elizabeth Sexton, Detroit - Luke William, Detroit - Cynthia Peele, Detroit
- Jeff Tenza, Ann Arbor - Luke William, Detroit - Ollie Johnson, Detroit - Matthew Cross, Detroit - Tom Stephens, Detroit - Robert Harris (?)
- Y Chapman (?)

==Current Logos and Promotional Materials==

See [[:Category:Graphics]]

==On-going Projects==

* [[FAQs for website]]--help us build a list of questions and answers to put on the website, flyers, etc!

* [[Content for launching to web site from other committees]]

* Social Web & Online Info strategic plan coming soon...

* [[Save the Date]] draft

* [[6-22-09 USSF Press Release]]--draft, please add you edits/feedback

* [[Website Committee]]--please answer committee questions

* [http://www.pitchengine.com/preview-release.php?id=14385 USSF national press release]--draft from [[Center for Media Justice]], Karlos

* [Looking for NPC, LOC and other people and organizations who want to be listed as press contacts for [[Allied Media Conference]] press contact flyer. Please send your name, contact info and area of expertise to karlos(at)centerformediajustice.org.]

;* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

* [[Consulta news release]]

==Google Alerts (reference pool of articles, stories, testimonials and events)==

* [[Press and People Stories]] Main Page (ready for public)
* [[Pool/Timeline of Relevant Media Links]] (for review)

==Email Marketing==
Platform is CiviCRM through ussf2010.org. Email Marketing plans in the mix.

==Initial Social Web Platforms in Use==
Strategic Planning in process..

* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/US-Social-Forum-Another-World-is-Possible/213254731471?ref=ts Facebook Fan Page]
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=261818873062&ref=ts Facebook "Group"]
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000706607663&ref=mf Facebook Person Profile]

* [http://twitter.com/ussf Twitter page]
** [https://www.tweetdeck.com/ "Tweetdeck" team tweeting platform]
** [http://cotweet.com cotweet team tweeting platform]

* [http://www.myspace.com/519875877 Prospective MySpace Page]

* [[YouTube]] Channel
* [[Flickr]] Channel
* SoundCloud

Other prospects?
: - BlackPlanet
: - Znet, etc.

Blog Network/Blogosphere:
: - not a current plan

* [http://secondunofficialussf2010weblog.wordpress.com/ weblog test]
* [http://ussf.status.net/ microblogging test]

=== Scheduling for this sub group===
: [[MarkDilley]] - available after 9pm EST and on weekends

==Conference Call Agendas and Notes==
* [[Communications/Media Working Group Conference Call 04-Feb-2010|04-Feb-2010]]
* [[1-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|21-Jan-2010]] -- Full group call
* [[1-14-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|14-Jan-2010]] -- subcommittee group
* [[12-2-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|02-Dec-2009]]--Full group call
* [[11-20-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|20-Nov-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[10-31-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|31-Oct-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[7-28-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|28-Jul-2009]]
* [[6-26-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|26-Jun-2009]]--conf call login problems, thus informal call with Karlos and Sylvia
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|12-Jun-2009 notes]]
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|12-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[6-3-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|03-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|22-May-2009 notes]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|22-May-2009 agenda]]
* [[Communications/Media WG Notes from NPC meeting]]

[[Category:Working Groups|Communications]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|Working Group]]

User:B. Loewe

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T-Shirts

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What are we gonna do about USSF 2010 Detroit T-shirts? Is this a logistics committee responsibility or what? Does anybody have a copyright or licensing right to an image we need to clear and use? If so, maybe we can get the t-shirt company to pay us to use it, and we will help them sell the shirts? They would be getting a pretty lucrative deal if they could have the rights to sell thousands(?) of shirts... At a minimum, we could try to get the t-shirt company to pay the up-front costs, and then split the profits on an agreed percentage basis after they make back their investment? Or just do the usual fundraiser thing where we bring the art work, pay for the shirts, sell them and keep the profit? I haven't done any political event t-shirts for over 30 years, and that was just a little thing... I will help, but what do others think? I picked up the card of the [http://www.detroitshirt.com Detroit Shirt Company] today, and I can contact them after I get some idea of the plan & parameters... [[Tom Stephens]]

My son has a tshirt business, but he doesn't do large scale work. But he does do buttons and tote bags on a large scale. We do have connections with people who do do large scale tshirts. The [[Disabilities Committee|disabilities committee]] has been discussing doing tshirts or totebags or buttons - with a spcific disability message in addition to a USSF logo as a fundraiser. Susan Fitzmaurice ussfaccess@gmail.com

USSF Wiki Calendar 2009 12 17

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Thu, 12/17/09, '''Communications-Media Working Group conference call,''' 12pm EST/9am PST

Scholarship-Solidarity Funds

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'''<< Return to [[Registration Process]]'''

[[Scholarship conf call 12-13-09]]

Other projects related to scholarship and solidarity funds:
* Grassroots Fundraising Kit
* Online Funding Appeal
* Funder/donor campaign

The following are ideas, suggestions and issues to resolve about a registration scholarship fund and/or travel solidarity fund for participants attending the USS in Detroit 2010.

=Scholarship Fund=
'''''From Dianne Feeley:'''''

Would want to find out how many scholarships were given last time. Were most of these via organizations or through individuals? How much was raised via the Helping Hand fund last time around? Unless a significant amount was raised and dispensed, I wouldn't bother setting up a scholarship fund committee, setting up criteria, etc. (I'm for simplifying processes!)

Was there any commitment from USSF in Atlanta to raise money for anything beyond registration? I thought the idea was to encourage fundraising at the local level for travel, registration and other expenses and to provide a range of housing options so that it can be as inexpensive as possible.

* Sha has put together an excellent list of fundraisers for organizations and we should encourage organizations to try to do fundraisers to get their delegation to 2010USSF.

* I'm assuming most people, whether from organizations or not, who couldn't afford to pay would be willing to volunteer their time instead. In lieu of paying, a person could volunteer for 4-hours. If this were to be adopted, we might simply have a check off box,

:__ I can't pay even the lowest-rate registration, but I am willing to work a 4-hour stretch during the USSF. Please be in touch to give me an assignment.

I think it's essential to have a prominent area on the home page for donations and also for have donations as part of the registration process--people are in the process of sending money to the USSF so it should be done right on the registration page itself! I don't think it needs much language, just a brief explanation of what the money is for (12 words or less!)--either USSF expenses in general or scholarship in particular.

Where there can be a short explanation of the need for donating is in the donation box on the front page.

Tech mechanism for collecting donations on line: Again, I don't know the system that is being proposed. I have worked with registration and stores using paypal. I believe at the first meeting we had, when I suggested we needed to take care of this, Sylvia said this was something Victor was prepared to handle.

'''Monies:''' All credit cards need to be transferred to the USSF bank and money (including cash) needs to be deposited promptly. Would suggest that Victor and office staff set up a procedure for receipting and depositing all mail in and walk in registration/donation.

'''Tech mechanisms:''' Registration and workshop proposals will collect lots of kinds of information. With simple instructions staff or committee heads can print out the information for the workshop proposals, for the list of organizations coming, for collecting lists of volunteers, for general queries, etc. Perhaps a small tech team (3?) could be on call to help when needed. At the beginning of this process, it's mainly the workshop proposals that are the priority.

I'd suggest that after the work meeting from this weekend finishes their work, the link showing that the revised registration form looks like be sent out for review.

'''''From Oya Amakisi:'''''

United States Social Forum Scholarship Guidelines:

United States Social Forum 2010 Scholarships will be awarded to ________________________.

To be considered for this scholarship, applicants are required to submit an application demonstrating financial need, documenting their work and expressing awareness of the goals of the USSF (250 words or less).

Unless otherwise designated, USSF 2010 Scholarship recipients receive complimentary registration to the United States Social Forum from June 22, 2010 to June 26, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. Scholarship recipients are responsible for their travel to the social forum site (Detroit, Michigan) and their hotel/living arrangements. Note: This is not an essay contest. You are applying for a conference scholarship. The United States Social Forum fully expects the recipients of these scholarships to attend the workshops, plenaries, and PMAs.

All applications must be submitted by May 1, 2010 (?).

Send your scholarship application to: ussfscholarship@ussf2010.org

or

United States Social Forum 2010
23 E. Adams
4th floor (Central United Methodist Church)
Detroit, MI 48226

Scholarship recipients will be notified by June 1, 2010.

=Solidarity Fund=
'''''From Michael Leon Guerrero:'''''

I would suggest we keep the grassroots appeal more general to address the core budget needs. Then do a specific appeal early next year for the Solidarity Fund which will provide scholarships to help poor, low-income and other under-represented communities.

Registration Process

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{{RightTOC}}

=Registration fees=
based on a sliding scale, in 2007 (conference dates: June 27-July 1):
* Organization: early registration $125-$300 (with 3 attendees); after May 1st late registration $150-$350
* University/Business (per 3 attendees): early registration $500; late registration $600
* Individual: early registration $15-$100; after May 1st late registration $20-$125
* Foundations: Please contact the USSF office for registration information

=Events=
Assuming that the registration site will also show the plenaries, give some idea re workshops and other forum events (opening March, People’s Assembly, etc.) Also need to figure out how to have a tab for events connected to the forum, but happening on the Monday before, or early in the day on Tuesday, before the march. This might include city tours, visiting and working for half a day/full day at urban gardens or a clean-up or building a local organization/organizations plan.

=General Information=
* Registration for USSF: on front page need a general statement re 2010USSF, including dates, location.
* If possible would be important to have a section that says: What you can do to build the forum:
** ask your organization to endorse,
** organize your organization and your community to participate in the forum,
** donate bikes (with link to explanation and more info about why/how),
** '''have a check-off box if would like to sign up to receive flyers.'''

=Volunteers=
* Need to have motivation about why it is important to volunteer. We need hundreds of volunteers.
** '''Check box for volunteering'''

=Translators=
* '''Should have a special box to check (or link) if can translate:'''
** sign language,
** Spanish
** Arabic
** What other languages should be included by default?

=Section for Organizations=
* info (name, address, phone number(s), email address, other info), enter payment,
* indicate discount for registering members of organization (give discount in order to encourage organizations to build),
* Number of individual registrations (say for 10 members, but don’t need names only UAW#1, UAW#2….UAW#10—names can be entered as late as the forum itself—this form should be the same basic form as for individuals, but linked to organization).
=Scholarship or Solidarity fund assistance=
Need to have check-off box for:
* '''would like to endorse (or sponsor)'''
* '''Helping Hand Fund, to sponsor low income/student/unemployed attendee.'''
* '''Organization is willing to organize volunteers for USSF.'''
* See more specific ideas and recommendations on [[Scholarship-Solidarity Funds]]

==Regarding payment==
* should be able to have spaces to indicate '''sponsorship amount''' + '''donation amount''' = total.
==Supporting the Forum==
* Would also be good if there was space for organizations to indicate '''what they can do to build the forum''' within their organization or geographical area, with space to type in.
* Additionally, need a space to answer the question: '''Can your organization offer in-kind services in Detroit?'''

=Section for Individuals=
* info (name, city/state/zip/country, phone number for home/cell, email address, organization,
* '''willing to volunteer'''
* other info such as do you need '''translation/what language'''
* do you have '''special needs—space''' to indicate what they are).
* Have box to check off if can '''donate to Helping Hand Fund.'''
* Need space to add registration '''amount + donation''' = total and enter payment (depending on system we use, need to indicate amount paid, date of payment, payment type, payment ID).
* Would be good to have space asking how heard about forum.
* Also need a box to indicate '''received packet (on site).'''

=Workshop Proposals=
* Explain how to apply for workshop proposals, with link to guidelines and where/how to submit with deadline.
** This could be a check box '''Do you plan to present a workshop?'''
** Or we could ask for a short workshop proposal.

=Need tabs for following categories=
==Housing Options==
* Need links to various hotels, motels, dorm rooms, youth encampment, mass housing or interested in solidarity housing at $10 a night.
* For those who will book hotel or motel, we would really stress finding roommates to share the room. However, we may have to locate roommates for some.
==Transportation to/from Detroit==
* Important to give information for people coming by bus, train, plane, car and chartered bus.
* Will need to add parking information.
* Should include any info about discounts we have, or booking early.
==Transportation during the USSF==
* Need to have info about getting in from the airport, public transportation and discounted ticket, cabs, and any info about vans we will organize.
==Bikes at the USSF==
* Outline policy of having bikes available as transportation.
==Child Care Registration==
* Encourage early registration for children, with name, age of child and any special issues. (Will be on-site registration as well, but this will give us an idea.)
==Other Events==
* We will need to construct a list of events happening in Detroit, such as River Days and fireworks.
==Places to Eat==
* Outline Food Court or other areas in Hart Plaza (free food, ethnic foods), eating in Cobo, Youth Encampment food, also have short list of restaurants in downtown Detroit.
[NOTE: See “A Guide to the USSF Registration Process,” from 2007.]

=Email Blasts=
* Would be important to have email blasts to go to everyone registered once a month with updates.
* Last two blasts should remind registrants to bring water bottles, and to register children coming for child care.

[[Category:Registration]]

Registration Process

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=Registration fees=
based on a sliding scale, in 2007 (conference dates: June 27-July 1):
* Organization: early registration $125-$300 (with 3 attendees); after May 1st late registration $150-$350
* University/Business (per 3 attendees): early registration $500; late registration $600
* Individual: early registration $15-$100; after May 1st late registration $20-$125
* Foundations: Please contact the USSF office for registration information

=Events=
Assuming that the registration site will also show the plenaries, give some idea re workshops and other forum events (opening March, People’s Assembly, etc.) Also need to figure out how to have a tab for events connected to the forum, but happening on the Monday before, or early in the day on Tuesday, before the march. This might include city tours, visiting and working for half a day/full day at urban gardens or a clean-up or building a local organization/organizations plan.

=General Information=
* Registration for USSF: on front page need a general statement re 2010USSF, including dates, location.
* If possible would be important to have a section that says: What you can do to build the forum:
** ask your organization to endorse,
** organize your organization and your community to participate in the forum,
** donate bikes (with link to explanation and more info about why/how),
** '''have a check-off box if would like to sign up to receive flyers.'''

=Volunteers=
* Need to have motivation about why it is important to volunteer. We need hundreds of volunteers.
** '''Check box for volunteering'''

=Translators=
* '''Should have a special box to check (or link) if can translate:'''
** sign language,
** Spanish
** Arabic
** What other languages should be included by default?

=Section for Organizations=
* info (name, address, phone number(s), email address, other info), enter payment,
* indicate discount for registering members of organization (give discount in order to encourage organizations to build),
* Number of individual registrations (say for 10 members, but don’t need names only UAW#1, UAW#2….UAW#10—names can be entered as late as the forum itself—this form should be the same basic form as for individuals, but linked to organization).
=Scholarship or Solidarity fund assistance=
Need to have check-off box for:
* '''would like to endorse (or sponsor)'''
* '''Helping Hand Fund, to sponsor low income/student/unemployed attendee.'''
* '''Organization is willing to organize volunteers for USSF.'''
* See more specific ideas and recommendations on [[Scholarship-Solidarity Funds]]

==Regarding payment==
* should be able to have spaces to indicate '''sponsorship amount''' + '''donation amount''' = total.
==Supporting the Forum==
* Would also be good if there was space for organizations to indicate '''what they can do to build the forum''' within their organization or geographical area, with space to type in.
* Additionally, need a space to answer the question: '''Can your organization offer in-kind services in Detroit?'''

=Section for Individuals=
* info (name, city/state/zip/country, phone number for home/cell, email address, organization,
* '''willing to volunteer'''
* other info such as do you need '''translation/what language'''
* do you have '''special needs—space''' to indicate what they are).
* Have box to check off if can '''donate to Helping Hand Fund.'''
* Need space to add registration '''amount + donation''' = total and enter payment (depending on system we use, need to indicate amount paid, date of payment, payment type, payment ID).
* Would be good to have space asking how heard about forum.
* Also need a box to indicate '''received packet (on site).'''

=Workshop Proposals=
* Explain how to apply for workshop proposals, with link to guidelines and where/how to submit with deadline.
** This could be a check box '''Do you plan to present a workshop?'''
** Or we could ask for a short workshop proposal.

=Need tabs for following categories=
==Housing Options==
* Need links to various hotels, motels, dorm rooms, youth encampment, mass housing or interested in solidarity housing at $10 a night.
* For those who will book hotel or motel, we would really stress finding roommates to share the room. However, we may have to locate roommates for some.
==Transportation to/from Detroit==
* Important to give information for people coming by bus, train, plane, car and chartered bus.
* Will need to add parking information.
* Should include any info about discounts we have, or booking early.
==Transportation during the USSF==
* Need to have info about getting in from the airport, public transportation and discounted ticket, cabs, and any info about vans we will organize.
==Bikes at the USSF==
* Outline policy of having bikes available as transportation.
==Child Care Registration==
* Encourage early registration for children, with name, age of child and any special issues. (Will be on-site registration as well, but this will give us an idea.)
==Other Events==
* We will need to construct a list of events happening in Detroit, such as River Days and fireworks.
==Places to Eat==
* Outline Food Court or other areas in Hart Plaza (free food, ethnic foods), eating in Cobo, Youth Encampment food, also have short list of restaurants in downtown Detroit.
[NOTE: See “A Guide to the USSF Registration Process,” from 2007.]

=Email Blasts=
* Would be important to have email blasts to go to everyone registered once a month with updates.
* Last two blasts should remind registrants to bring water bottles, and to register children coming for child care.

[[Category:Registration]]

Registration Process

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=Registration fees=
based on a sliding scale, in 2007 (conference dates: June 27-July 1):
* Organization: early registration $125-$300 (with 3 attendees); after May 1st late registration $150-$350
* University/Business (per 3 attendees): early registration $500; late registration $600
* Individual: early registration $15-$100; after May 1st late registration $20-$125
* Foundations: Please contact the USSF office for registration information

=Events=
Assuming that the registration site will also show the plenaries, give some idea re workshops and other forum events (opening March, People’s Assembly, etc.) Also need to figure out how to have a tab for events connected to the forum, but happening on the Monday before, or early in the day on Tuesday, before the march. This might include city tours, visiting and working for half a day/full day at urban gardens or a clean-up or building a local organization/organizations plan.

=General Information=
* Registration for USSF: on front page need a general statement re 2010USSF, including dates, location.
* If possible would be important to have a section that says: What you can do to build the forum:
** ask your organization to endorse,
** organize your organization and your community to participate in the forum,
** donate bikes (with link to explanation and more info about why/how),
** '''have a check-off box if would like to sign up to receive flyers.'''

=Volunteers=
* Need to have motivation about why it is important to volunteer. We need hundreds of volunteers.
** '''Check box for volunteering'''

=Translators=
* '''Should have a special box to check (or link) if can translate:'''
** sign language,
** Spanish
** Arabic
** What other languages should be included by default?

=Section for Organizations=
* info (name, address, phone number(s), email address, other info), enter payment,
* indicate discount for registering members of organization (give discount in order to encourage organizations to build),
* Number of individual registrations (say for 10 members, but don’t need names only UAW#1, UAW#2….UAW#10—names can be entered as late as the forum itself—this form should be the same basic form as for individuals, but linked to organization).
==Scholarship or Solidarity fund assistance==
Need to have check-off box for:
* '''would like to endorse (or sponsor)'''
* '''Helping Hand Fund, to sponsor low income/student/unemployed attendee.'''
* '''Organization is willing to organize volunteers for USSF.'''

==Regarding payment==
* should be able to have spaces to indicate '''sponsorship amount''' + '''donation amount''' = total.
==Supporting the Forum==
* Would also be good if there was space for organizations to indicate '''what they can do to build the forum''' within their organization or geographical area, with space to type in.
* Additionally, need a space to answer the question: '''Can your organization offer in-kind services in Detroit?'''

=Section for Individuals=
* info (name, city/state/zip/country, phone number for home/cell, email address, organization,
* '''willing to volunteer'''
* other info such as do you need '''translation/what language'''
* do you have '''special needs—space''' to indicate what they are).
* Have box to check off if can '''donate to Helping Hand Fund.'''
* Need space to add registration '''amount + donation''' = total and enter payment (depending on system we use, need to indicate amount paid, date of payment, payment type, payment ID).
* Would be good to have space asking how heard about forum.
* Also need a box to indicate '''received packet (on site).'''

=Workshop Proposals=
* Explain how to apply for workshop proposals, with link to guidelines and where/how to submit with deadline.
** This could be a check box '''Do you plan to present a workshop?'''
** Or we could ask for a short workshop proposal.

=Need tabs for following categories=
==Housing Options==
* Need links to various hotels, motels, dorm rooms, youth encampment, mass housing or interested in solidarity housing at $10 a night.
* For those who will book hotel or motel, we would really stress finding roommates to share the room. However, we may have to locate roommates for some.
==Transportation to/from Detroit==
* Important to give information for people coming by bus, train, plane, car and chartered bus.
* Will need to add parking information.
* Should include any info about discounts we have, or booking early.
==Transportation during the USSF==
* Need to have info about getting in from the airport, public transportation and discounted ticket, cabs, and any info about vans we will organize.
==Bikes at the USSF==
* Outline policy of having bikes available as transportation.
==Child Care Registration==
* Encourage early registration for children, with name, age of child and any special issues. (Will be on-site registration as well, but this will give us an idea.)
==Other Events==
* We will need to construct a list of events happening in Detroit, such as River Days and fireworks.
==Places to Eat==
* Outline Food Court or other areas in Hart Plaza (free food, ethnic foods), eating in Cobo, Youth Encampment food, also have short list of restaurants in downtown Detroit.
[NOTE: See “A Guide to the USSF Registration Process,” from 2007.]

=Email Blasts=
* Would be important to have email blasts to go to everyone registered once a month with updates.
* Last two blasts should remind registrants to bring water bottles, and to register children coming for child care.

[[Category:Registration]]

Outreach

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Do you mean?

* [[Potluck & Outreach]]
* [[Outreach Committee]]

BikeIt

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Imagine 5,000 bicyclists riding into Detroit, the Motor City, to help bring about a different world. We see thousands of cyclists coming from every direction converging on the United States Social Forum next June, voting with their legs for a greener, cooler, fairer society. We’re taking that ride, and we invite you to join us.

==External Link==
* [http://bikeit.org main website]

[[Category:Directory of Groups]]

BikeIt

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