http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Anna+Lee-Popham&feedformat=atomUS Social Forum Wiki - person's contributions [en]2021-08-05T22:51:30Zperson's contributionsMediaWiki 1.27.4http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=January_5,_2015&diff=17868January 5, 20152015-01-19T15:49:56Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Overview of Process (Shamako) */</p>
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<div>Outreach Call January 5 2015<br />
Jerome, Maria-Elena, David, Shamako, Dione, Kelly, Edgar, walda, Spence, Anna, Shawn, Delice Calcote, Jeff Lanman (Alaska Inter Tribal Council), Ibrahim <br />
<br />
<br />
== Overview of Process ==<br />
<br />
Currently, six-month out from the first USSF polycentric forum. Forum will be in Philly, Jackson, and San Jose with satellite sites in Mexico and Canada. We are currently developing PMAs and Movement Schools and other forms of outreach and connection. There is a National Planning Committee meeting coming up in Jackson (Jan 22-24) that will be followed by a PMA. The next stage of this process, after the social forum, will be an Assembly of Assemblies in 2016.<br />
<br />
== Crowdfunding campaign ==<br />
<br />
The crowdfunding campaign is one part of the broader fundraising campaign. These campaigns are 1-2 months in length with the goal of raising a specific target amount of money. Use videos and social media and other resources to encourage people to give. We are a few weeks into first crowdfunding campaign, which is focused on PMA and NPC gathering in Jackson. (Future crowdfunding campaigns will focus on other areas.) $10,500 goal will cover some of costs of Jackson meeting. $2000 right now. We need to ensure that the word is getting out there about the campaign. People who are coming to the site are tending to give generously. Currently creating memes (graphics for FB, Twitter). Goal is to do a couple of memes each week and ask people to share around to get the word out.<br />
People who are interested in getting a meme done:<br />
Delice Calcote aitc.dcalcote@gmail.com (Alaska Intertribal Council)<br />
David Cobb (Move to Amend)<br />
<br />
Spence will help put together email blast so that it’s well organized and well presented. Email blasts are being discussed in ACT and being regularized. Crowdsourcing blast will be put out <br />
Crowdsourcing is one of a few funding strategies. Periodically, the fundraising committee will be sending along other strategies. <br />
If people are on FB,– a few shares a week is really helpful.<br />
<br />
Shamako and Marie-Elena will connect about the specific organizing that is happening in Texas and discuss possibility of including link in newsletter that discusses current state of police violence. Suggestion of a national town hall meeting to discuss police violence. Live streamed. To recognize the killing of unarmed Blacks, Latinos, poor whites. Currently PMA being organized about participatory defense/legal system restructuring in San Jose/Bay Area.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Overview of Outreach/PMA Working Group ==<br />
<br />
Outreach/PMA are two working groups. Outreach meets the first Monday of the month. PMA meets on the third Monday of the month. WG will start focusing on how to subdivide our time to support the three sites and determine who is going to be resource for local sites. <br />
PMAs: specifically designed to be an introductory participatory process through which people examine: <br />
• What is happening and why? <br />
• What is world do we want? <br />
• What are concrete processes to get to that point? <br />
<br />
Movement school: is a more studious option for those who want to go more deep. Proposed agenda.<br />
<br />
Current PMAs<br />
• Appalachia PMA processs (Spring 2015) have had one gathering and going to do another for entire Appalachia region.<br />
• King County – still working on doing PMA/open house in July. Multimedia center working with people who would like to do Youth PMA. (Dione)<br />
• Community 2 Community have 4 PMAs planned out for year. (Edgar)<br />
o March 14: Farm worker and food sovereignty. <br />
o June: Climate Justice. <br />
o October: Elections<br />
o December: Solidarity Economy (going to be hosting Domestic Fair Trade Organization in Bellingham).<br />
Edgar will send Spence images about PMAs. Movement school is also being planned for June.<br />
• Envisioning a New Constitution (Jan 31): Move to Amend<br />
• What the Bleep Happened to Hip Hop <br />
• Movement school in Houston, TX (Marie-Elena)<br />
• Health Care PMA, San Jose, CA (Low Income Self Help Center)<br />
• Militarization PMA, San Jose, CA (San Jose Peace and Justice Center)<br />
• Mass Incarceration PMA, San Jose, CA (San Jose Peace and Justice Center)<br />
• Louisville, KY Local PMAP: date to be determined<br />
• May First Brooklyn PMA on technology (May First/People Link)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other Working Groups ==<br />
<br />
Gender Justice: Rose Brewer (brewe001@umn.edu)<br />
Poverty: Evelyn Dortch (evelyn@wvdawg.org)<br />
Resource Development: Dione Johnson Tyson (multimedia206@gmail.com)<br />
Communications/Technology: Alfredo Lopez (alfredo@mayfirst.org)<br />
Arts and Culture: Shamako Noble (shamakonoblemusic@gmail.com)<br />
Road to USSF: Walda KatzFishman (wkatzfishman@igc.org)<br />
International Committee: Jen Cox (jenkwru@yahoo.com) and Rob Robinson (rob_robinson423@yahoo.com)<br />
<br />
Currently in formation<br />
Indigenous Peoples <br />
Youth <br />
Language Justice <br />
<br />
Proposal for new working group focused on police/state violence as well as national PMA held online to connect organizers in New York, Houston, San Jose. Marie-Elena and Shamako will talk about online PMA and come back with a proposal. Marie-Elena highlighted the large rally in Houston, TX, in response to the death of Jordan Baker. Jerome and walda will send article about related organizing. Jerome and Walda will discuss new WG on ACT call coming up. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Other ideas ==<br />
<br />
• Add New Business/ New Ideas section to agenda<br />
• Check on status of PMA training/videos posted in lead up to 2010 USSF.<br />
<br />
== NPC meeting ==<br />
<br />
Dates are Jan 22-24. Please arrive on 21. Combining movement school and NPC meeting. Meeting at Lumumba Center for Human Rights. Will be having political framing discussions and in-depth conversation and next steps re: key planning items. <br />
Cooperation Jackson will be hosting PMA focused on economic agenda. Solidarity housing is being looked into. <br />
<br />
Coming to Jackson: Jerome, Marie-Elena, walda, David, Spence, Shamako, Anna, <br />
<br />
NPC is body that ensures that three-year plan is being implemented. This is middle year of 3 year plan.<br />
<br />
<br />
== PMA and USSF websites ==<br />
<br />
Plan is for there to be one PMA website, with sections dedicated to PMAs, movement schools. Web developer working at Project South will be creating new website. Spence is waiting to hear back from Jovan re: when he is ready to share that website.<br />
This site will be connected to all PMAs that are we know of: those connected with USSF, with Southern Assembly Process, and not connected to either.<br />
USSF website: people can review the site and go online before Jan 15 and give feedback. Two sites will be linked.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=January_5,_2015&diff=17867January 5, 20152015-01-19T15:49:20Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with "Outreach Call January 5 2015 Jerome, Maria-Elena, David, Shamako, Dione, Kelly, Edgar, walda, Spence, Anna, Shawn, Delice Calcote, Jeff Lanman (Alaska Inter Tribal Council), I..."</p>
<hr />
<div>Outreach Call January 5 2015<br />
Jerome, Maria-Elena, David, Shamako, Dione, Kelly, Edgar, walda, Spence, Anna, Shawn, Delice Calcote, Jeff Lanman (Alaska Inter Tribal Council), Ibrahim <br />
<br />
<br />
== Overview of Process (Shamako) ==<br />
<br />
Currently, six-month out from the first USSF polycentric forum. Forum will be in Philly, Jackson, and San Jose with satellite sites in Mexico and Canada. We are currently developing PMAs and Movement Schools and other forms of outreach and connection. There is a National Planning Committee meeting coming up in Jackson (Jan 22-24) that will be followed by a PMA. The next stage of this process, after the social forum, will be an Assembly of Assemblies in 2016.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Crowdfunding campaign ==<br />
<br />
The crowdfunding campaign is one part of the broader fundraising campaign. These campaigns are 1-2 months in length with the goal of raising a specific target amount of money. Use videos and social media and other resources to encourage people to give. We are a few weeks into first crowdfunding campaign, which is focused on PMA and NPC gathering in Jackson. (Future crowdfunding campaigns will focus on other areas.) $10,500 goal will cover some of costs of Jackson meeting. $2000 right now. We need to ensure that the word is getting out there about the campaign. People who are coming to the site are tending to give generously. Currently creating memes (graphics for FB, Twitter). Goal is to do a couple of memes each week and ask people to share around to get the word out.<br />
People who are interested in getting a meme done:<br />
Delice Calcote aitc.dcalcote@gmail.com (Alaska Intertribal Council)<br />
David Cobb (Move to Amend)<br />
<br />
Spence will help put together email blast so that it’s well organized and well presented. Email blasts are being discussed in ACT and being regularized. Crowdsourcing blast will be put out <br />
Crowdsourcing is one of a few funding strategies. Periodically, the fundraising committee will be sending along other strategies. <br />
If people are on FB,– a few shares a week is really helpful.<br />
<br />
Shamako and Marie-Elena will connect about the specific organizing that is happening in Texas and discuss possibility of including link in newsletter that discusses current state of police violence. Suggestion of a national town hall meeting to discuss police violence. Live streamed. To recognize the killing of unarmed Blacks, Latinos, poor whites. Currently PMA being organized about participatory defense/legal system restructuring in San Jose/Bay Area.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Overview of Outreach/PMA Working Group ==<br />
<br />
Outreach/PMA are two working groups. Outreach meets the first Monday of the month. PMA meets on the third Monday of the month. WG will start focusing on how to subdivide our time to support the three sites and determine who is going to be resource for local sites. <br />
PMAs: specifically designed to be an introductory participatory process through which people examine: <br />
• What is happening and why? <br />
• What is world do we want? <br />
• What are concrete processes to get to that point? <br />
<br />
Movement school: is a more studious option for those who want to go more deep. Proposed agenda.<br />
<br />
Current PMAs<br />
• Appalachia PMA processs (Spring 2015) have had one gathering and going to do another for entire Appalachia region.<br />
• King County – still working on doing PMA/open house in July. Multimedia center working with people who would like to do Youth PMA. (Dione)<br />
• Community 2 Community have 4 PMAs planned out for year. (Edgar)<br />
o March 14: Farm worker and food sovereignty. <br />
o June: Climate Justice. <br />
o October: Elections<br />
o December: Solidarity Economy (going to be hosting Domestic Fair Trade Organization in Bellingham).<br />
Edgar will send Spence images about PMAs. Movement school is also being planned for June.<br />
• Envisioning a New Constitution (Jan 31): Move to Amend<br />
• What the Bleep Happened to Hip Hop <br />
• Movement school in Houston, TX (Marie-Elena)<br />
• Health Care PMA, San Jose, CA (Low Income Self Help Center)<br />
• Militarization PMA, San Jose, CA (San Jose Peace and Justice Center)<br />
• Mass Incarceration PMA, San Jose, CA (San Jose Peace and Justice Center)<br />
• Louisville, KY Local PMAP: date to be determined<br />
• May First Brooklyn PMA on technology (May First/People Link)<br />
<br />
<br />
==Other Working Groups ==<br />
<br />
Gender Justice: Rose Brewer (brewe001@umn.edu)<br />
Poverty: Evelyn Dortch (evelyn@wvdawg.org)<br />
Resource Development: Dione Johnson Tyson (multimedia206@gmail.com)<br />
Communications/Technology: Alfredo Lopez (alfredo@mayfirst.org)<br />
Arts and Culture: Shamako Noble (shamakonoblemusic@gmail.com)<br />
Road to USSF: Walda KatzFishman (wkatzfishman@igc.org)<br />
International Committee: Jen Cox (jenkwru@yahoo.com) and Rob Robinson (rob_robinson423@yahoo.com)<br />
<br />
Currently in formation<br />
Indigenous Peoples <br />
Youth <br />
Language Justice <br />
<br />
Proposal for new working group focused on police/state violence as well as national PMA held online to connect organizers in New York, Houston, San Jose. Marie-Elena and Shamako will talk about online PMA and come back with a proposal. Marie-Elena highlighted the large rally in Houston, TX, in response to the death of Jordan Baker. Jerome and walda will send article about related organizing. Jerome and Walda will discuss new WG on ACT call coming up. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Other ideas ==<br />
<br />
• Add New Business/ New Ideas section to agenda<br />
• Check on status of PMA training/videos posted in lead up to 2010 USSF.<br />
<br />
== NPC meeting ==<br />
<br />
Dates are Jan 22-24. Please arrive on 21. Combining movement school and NPC meeting. Meeting at Lumumba Center for Human Rights. Will be having political framing discussions and in-depth conversation and next steps re: key planning items. <br />
Cooperation Jackson will be hosting PMA focused on economic agenda. Solidarity housing is being looked into. <br />
<br />
Coming to Jackson: Jerome, Marie-Elena, walda, David, Spence, Shamako, Anna, <br />
<br />
NPC is body that ensures that three-year plan is being implemented. This is middle year of 3 year plan.<br />
<br />
<br />
== PMA and USSF websites ==<br />
<br />
Plan is for there to be one PMA website, with sections dedicated to PMAs, movement schools. Web developer working at Project South will be creating new website. Spence is waiting to hear back from Jovan re: when he is ready to share that website.<br />
This site will be connected to all PMAs that are we know of: those connected with USSF, with Southern Assembly Process, and not connected to either.<br />
USSF website: people can review the site and go online before Jan 15 and give feedback. Two sites will be linked.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17866March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2015-01-19T15:21:50Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
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<div>== Goals ==<br />
<br />
Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
<br />
'''Meetings:''' <br />
<br />
: First Mondays of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
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<br />
'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
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== Meeting Notes ==<br />
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[[January 5, 2015]]<br />
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[[November 3, 2014]]<br />
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[[October 6, 2014]]<br />
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[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
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[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
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[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
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[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
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[[January 6, 2014]]<br />
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[[November 4, 2013]]<br />
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[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
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[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
<br />
== Recommended Groups ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
<br />
<br />
:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17865List of People's Movement Assemblies2015-01-19T15:07:21Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (Jan 31)<br />
* Community to Community: Farm workers and food sovereignty (March 14); Climate Justice (June); Elections (October); Solidarity Economy (December)<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
* King County PMA, lead organization Multimedia Center (July 2015)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
* Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
# Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
# Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
# Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
# Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
# Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
# Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
# Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
# Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
# From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17864List of People's Movement Assemblies2015-01-19T15:06:56Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (Jan 31)<br />
* Community to Community <br />
- Farm workers and food sovereignty (March 14)<br />
- Climate Justice (June)<br />
- Elections (October)<br />
- Solidarity Economy (December)<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
* King County PMA, lead organization Multimedia Center (July 2015)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
* Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
# Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
# Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
# Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
# Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
# Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
# Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
# Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
# Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
# From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17863List of People's Movement Assemblies2015-01-19T15:06:21Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (Jan 31)<br />
* Community to Community <br />
- Farm workers and food sovereignty (March 14)<br />
- Climate Justice (June)<br />
- Elections (October)<br />
- Solidarity Economy (December)<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
* King County PMA, lead organization Multimedia Center (July 2015)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
* Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
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<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
# Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
# Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
# Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
# Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
# Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
# Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
# Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
# Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
# From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
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Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17844List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-11-25T06:14:52Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
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<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
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'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
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'''Past PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
# Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
# Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
# Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
# Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
# Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
# Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
# Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
# Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
# From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
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Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=November_3,_2014&diff=17839November 3, 20142014-11-04T00:32:35Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with " == Introductions and Check-ins == Jerome, David, walda, Rachel Mazzaro (PPEHRC), Alan Haber (Ann Arbor), Anna == Quick history and context for new folks on the call == When..."</p>
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== Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
Jerome, David, walda, Rachel Mazzaro (PPEHRC), Alan Haber (Ann Arbor), Anna<br />
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== Quick history and context for new folks on the call ==<br />
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When we began process moving towards third USSF, there was a lot of discussion about what to organize outreach around and how to combine outreach with political education and make connections to communities and part of country USSF not well represented in. It was decided that the best vehicle would be the PMA process and the concentration has been on having as many PMAs around the country as possible. There have been a lot of PMAs around the country over the past next year and many more moving forward. PMAs are really good for introduction to political education and set the basis for deeper discussion. Movement schools can follow PMAs to go a little deeper into understanding of current conditions. First Monday of each month are Outreach calls and third Monday of the month are PMA calls.<br />
To attach info re: movement schools and PMA process – 4 page piece with notes.<br />
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== Reports regarding specific fronts of struggle / working groups ==<br />
'''Indigenous Peoples'''<br />
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This working group is continuing to move slowly with contacts in US through Indigenous orgs and Idle No More Chapters.<br />
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'''Youth'''<br />
Priya from Philly will be relocating to Atlanta and she put Outreach folks in contact with person who will be taking her place. We will follow up with her once she gets settled in Atlanta. Rachel – PPHERG will be meeting with person in Philly who will be taking Priya’s place to move forward.<br />
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'''Culture'''<br />
This working group has been meeting. David – Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress did a What the Bleep Happened to Hip Hop? event in Denver that was based on PMA process and are building towards some kind of movement school.<br />
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'''Language Justice'''<br />
We have got to start moving on this working group. David - Richard Hobb, San Jose, on that site work, is very fluent but uncertain if he is interested has capacity, he formally reps Human Agenda on NPC. Community to Community and dot green did language translation for PNW social forum. David will follow up with Edgar or Rosalinda (at Community to Community). Jerome will reach out to Richard Hobbs.<br />
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== Gulf Coast PMA ==<br />
<br />
The organizers are involved in follow up calls. Those involved are of involved in frontline advocacy, legal justice, racial and environmemtal justice from Alabama, Louisiana, Texas. Have invited a group of us the first weekend of December in Dulac, Louisiana to Safe the Swamp Day with Houma Nation. If given recognition, the Houma Nation would be largest nation in colonial US. Jerome and walda will be participating. They are connected to Southern Movement Assembly. Colette Pichon is contact person. It’s very exciting.<br />
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== Movement Schools Update ==<br />
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David - ACT is proposing the third weekend of Jan – thurs, fri, sat, sun - which will work for folks in Jackson. It will be a movement school for NPC followed by NPC meeting. If Jackson is not confirmed as a site by then, going to hold that date and shift that movement school for NPC to San Jose CA. <br />
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Have curriculum and suggested readings. There are multiple different types of movement schools happening – not all social forum related, trying to track as best as possible as movement forces. If anyone interested in organizing movement school over next months, get in touch with Jerome, David, walda, to help with idea development. Alan is interested re: 50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War. Jerome and Alan will follow up offline.<br />
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== Southern Movement Assembly Update ==<br />
<br />
Jerome got email from Ruben Solis (University without Borders) asking how to get application for membership to NPC. They are going to apply for membership in NPC and also responding from other Southern movement assembly people who want to figure out what is going on with USSF and how to get involved. Ruben explained that they would definitely be mobilizing around Jackson as place they would be going to.<br />
Walda – if there is regular time that SMA has call, two of us might get on that call to give updates. Walda can be involved and someone from deep south should be involved.<br />
There have been quite a few new orgs that have applied to NPC that need to get welcome letters. Organize an info call for new NPC members.<br />
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Importance of connecting with Ferguson organizing - Shamako was in Ferguson for national demo and so might have made some connections.<br />
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== Website Content ==<br />
<br />
Jerome will be meeting with Project South this week. Then will be figuring out next steps for moving ahead with content. He will talk with them about a rep from Project South be involved in PMA calls. Trying to get website alive and going before next call in December. Jerome will also talk with Project South about USSF involvement in <br />
Southern Movement Assembly calls.<br />
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== Article for the Newsletter ==<br />
<br />
Looking for articles for newsletter either PMAs having or have had or outreach we need to do. <br />
1. Alan could write one about 50th anniversary of Vietnam War. <br />
2. David will be responsible for report from What the Bleep Happened to Hip Hop. <br />
3. Gulf Coast PMA and info about Houma Nation visit in December – Jerome will take responsibility for ensuring article on that. <br />
4. PNW SF needs an article – local organizers have call tomorrow. <br />
5. Article announcing the website. Anna will do that.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17838March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2014-11-04T00:13:55Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
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<div>== Goals ==<br />
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Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
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== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
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'''Meetings:''' <br />
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: First Mondays of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
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'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
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== Meeting Notes ==<br />
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[[November 3, 2014]]<br />
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[[October 6, 2014]]<br />
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[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
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[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
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[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
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[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
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[[January 6, 2014]]<br />
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[[November 4, 2013]]<br />
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[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
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[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
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== Recommended Groups ==<br />
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Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
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:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=September_15,_2014&diff=17837September 15, 20142014-11-01T16:22:54Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with "== Introductions and Check-ins == David, Walda, Jerome, Edgar, Ashley, Collette, Anna == Report back from People's Social Forum == Short report back sent out. Jerome, walda..."</p>
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<div>== Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
<br />
David, Walda, Jerome, Edgar, Ashley, Collette, Anna<br />
<br />
== Report back from People's Social Forum ==<br />
<br />
Short report back sent out. Jerome, walda, Anna, Spence all attended. Had preliminary contact with Clayton Thomas-Muller, Heather Milton-Lightening (involved with PSF). Three sessions involved in: World Social Forum (people were very excited about USSF); workshop on USSF (shared update on USSF, people were anxious re: deep crises in US); PMA on USSF (established connection with folks interested in organizing in Canada in connection with USSF, wanting to connect with polycentric for 2015 at satellite sites in BC and Montreal, and WSF in MTL in 2016, people were very exciting about hemispheric unity); further conversation with Clayton and connecting with him in NYC at Peoples Climate March. We were really glad to be there.<br />
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Need to have someone who is responsible to follow up with people in anchor places in BC and MTL.<br />
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Edgar connected with Shanee – will be going to Vancouver BC to get to know each other and see where to connect. She seems very excited about connecting with process. Get Alfredo and people from MayFirst People Link connected in.<br />
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Anna will connect with people in Montreal<br />
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USSF have nailed MX as satellite location.<br />
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Get written report from PSF up on website.<br />
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== Upcoming May First Movement School ==<br />
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This was first US Social Forum sponsored movement school. Really good mix of people –first day: 17; second day: 15 – young people, connection with satellite in MX was there. Second day: trying to get everyone on point re: reform, movement building, developing movement; MayFirst and relationship to social forum, Great feedback re: weekend and outcomes.<br />
Other movement schools will likely develop in NYC. <br />
<br />
What does it take to get movement school set up? Is there a curriculum being followed?<br />
<br />
Let us know (David, walda, Jerome, Rose). Curriculum has been developed and sent around. It will be sent around with these minutes. Wiki page with final questions and readings for MayFirst school. Is opportunity to do one-on-one with anchor organization.<br />
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== Justice begins with C ==<br />
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Friday, Community 2 Community – host workshop from Solidarity and Allyship to Action GMO and food sovereignty conference – presented re: food sovereignty 0 how to build grassroots farmworkers movement. Also took time to talk about PNWSF– 15-20 people at workshop, were able to inform people about SF. Explained participatory democracy; someone there from Right to Survive. Many participants were local were able to take information home. People were receptive and interested in finding out more. A lot of momentum. Putting together caravans to go up to PNWSF. Also about to connect with people at detention center – also willing to send representatives to SF to participate. Outreach for social forum has been going well.<br />
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== PNWSF ==<br />
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(see list of PMAs at http://pnwsf.org/content/pnwsf-agenda-announced<br />
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9 or 10 PMAs<br />
Community 2 Community – has been doing an amazing job building momentum – Portland movement forces – <br />
Mass incarceration and imperialism – PIC here to what is going on in Gaza.<br />
Anchor orgs holding down each one. Get written plan coming out of PMAs. Translation and interpreters have been arranged. Connection to overall SF process is really strong – Community2Communtiy, HopHop Congress, Right to a Dream Right 2 Survive, Move to Amend<br />
Alyssa Macy, Shamacko have been hired to do outreach; Dionl, George Friday to do overall facilitation<br />
Bellingham and area Montana and Indian Peoples Action; Seattle is coming north; Eureka CA is coming north<br />
3-400 people are anticipated. 75 formally registered, 250 on FB page.<br />
Community to Community – will take ~20 from Bellingham and meet with people as going south – trying to find housing has been some of concerns.<br />
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Portland based will be videoing and livestreaming. Goal is to come out with written document. Folks from PSF will be working on livestream with them.<br />
Right to Dream Right to Survive has offered to help people arrange camping.<br />
Fairly inexpensive hotels within walking distance on website.<br />
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== Website ==<br />
Need to do final touches on site and then can launch it<br />
Project South wants to rejuvenate – want to have link to peoplesmovementassembly.org as southern site<br />
Will keep domain for that website<br />
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pmanational.org<br />
ampnationel.org<br />
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== Upcoming PMAs ==<br />
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'''Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulf Port, Mississippi on October 10-12.'''<br />
Coletter – six regional orgs anchoring <br />
NPC , Golf Center for Law and Ppoloicy<br />
Gulf Future<br />
RoundTable<br />
Engaging POC and frontline communities<br />
Climate change and climate justice, eco justice: what is happening in our streets, with our water? <br />
150-200 people in Gulfport<br />
<br />
Would be great if we could from NPC or ACT come to that to make connection to national process and invite people to become a part of national process – absolutely invited<br />
We are lacking on connection to folks around nation, genuine invitation to join us.<br />
South is so hard for people to get info – easier to move on without us.<br />
Invite to come with us – will have some rooms - to cut cost, solidarity housing, welcome as partners – to engage grassroots, invite regular people into space.<br />
Community facilitated agenda – few minutes on mic will be fine<br />
Collette will share info through email – Edgar will be able to share with Community 2 Community network.<br />
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'''Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher'''<br />
Education" PMA Co-organized by International Network of Scholar<br />
Activists and George Mason University Public Sociology Student<br />
Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA<br />
(Washington DC area).<br />
<br />
Walda: Jackie repping for one session there. Walda will also go. And there will be report backs.<br />
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'''Vision" PMA in San Jose, CA. Lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)'''<br />
<br />
What is our vision – thinking about San Jose as site<br />
Richard Hop and Shamacko<br />
David will be participating as well and Jessica Munger<br />
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'''Appalachia PMA''' <br />
Lead organization Direct Action Welfare Group<br />
Hold the date, not sure it will go forward.<br />
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'''Immigrant Rights PMA''' <br />
San Jose, CA. <br />
Lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
<br />
'''Health Care PMA''' <br />
San Jose,CA. <br />
Lead organization Low-Income SelfHelp Center (date to be determined)<br />
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'''Envisioning a New Constitution''' <br />
San Jose, CA<br />
Lead organization Move To Amend (Jan 31, 2015)<br />
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'''Militirization PMA'''<br />
San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
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'''Mass Incarceration PMA''' <br />
San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
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'''Gentrification PMA''' <br />
New York City (date to be determined)<br />
Pam – Occupy Theory and Rob will be organizing<br />
Walda will reach out to people involved and loop in David<br />
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'''Louisville, KY Local PMAP''' <br />
(date to be determined)<br />
on staff with Ali Institute – now energized - David and Jerome will follow up with him<br />
Kalilah – ED of Women in Tradition = connected with organized labor<br />
<br />
'''Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty,'''<br />
Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and<br />
Northeast region) (date to be determined)<br />
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'''May First Brooklyn PMA on technology'''<br />
Lead organization May First/<br />
People Link (date to be determined)<br />
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'''PMA at Climate Justice Rally''' <br />
Saturday September 20 <br />
walda will send schedule for Climate Convergence.<br />
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== Timing for calls ==<br />
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Walda - not good Tuesday; Thursday from noon to 6pm <br />
[Monday, Wednesday, Friday are good]<br />
Jerome – current time works (or later); Tuesday and Thursday not good<br />
Edgar – current time or a bit later on Mondays<br />
Collette – Mondays and Fridays are good and flexible (can’t do Monday morning); not available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – in central<br />
Ashley – whenever <br />
David – can do later on Monday; have to be done 6:30 [eastern]; <br />
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Anna will connect with Rose to find good time.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=August_18,_2014&diff=17836August 18, 20142014-11-01T16:13:35Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Upcoming PMAs thru Oct */</p>
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== Check-in ==<br />
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Colette, David, Jerome, Walda, Spence, Anna<br />
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== Big picture update on PMA ==<br />
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2015 Social Forum – Philly, Jackson, San Jose CA, possibility of satellites in MX and CAN<br />
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The SF is seen as a process not event – talked about yet organized in different way. Natl’ planning committee is recognizing PMAs and movement schools as principal outreach<br />
Leading up to 2015 and 2016, series of movement schools looking at issues we face in deeper way.<br />
2015 - determining anchor sites<br />
2016 - year of assembly or assemblies<br />
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PMA as mobilization, organizing and political education that can be deepened through movement schools, which take same concepts as PMAs but looked at issues in deeper way <br />
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Gulf South – Katrina 10th anniversary being organized for August 29 2015 in three different states in New Orleans. Working with many community groups to put this together<br />
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== Philly Debrief ==<br />
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Anchor groups- Move to Amend, PPERHG, American Friends, Disability in Action <br />
<br />
75 people at event. Less than 10 had ever been to one of social forums. 25 signed up for local organizing work. Intergenerational, multi-racial, multi-class. Some people from NY and DC – corridor is where most folks who will attend Philly will be coming from.<br />
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Critiques<br />
- big mistake to not have full facilitators meeting night before<br />
- didn’t give nearly enough time for report back to come up with coherent movement demands out of the process<br />
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Good basis for social forum process in Philly<br />
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== Upcoming PMAs thru Oct ==<br />
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1. Southern Movement Assembly (Aug 22-23 in Atlanta)<br />
Collette: governance council for Southern Movement Alliance, 2 day session, political ed sessions, regional mapping, PMA and agenda setting process from different frontlines<br />
Climate justice 101 – in communities of color and frontline communities in climate change conversation (political and legal and climate justice), prisoner justice, and situation in Ferguson (how to honor blood shed).<br />
SMA very involved in Trayvon verdict in FL. 150 people registered and more joining.<br />
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2. People's Social Forum (Aug 21-24 in Ottawa)<br />
Walda – move towards hemispheric process – meeting with USSF folks on Friday or Saturday. Filming of PMA and interviews to put together that introduces idea of PMA and what it can do and second video for crowdfunding campaign<br />
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Satellite in BC – come to Porltand – cross border<br />
- Edgar – will be making connections with Canadian based organizers<br />
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Left Forum – filmed Rose and Jerome, David, Sherry – get footage to Spence<br />
- Seth -one of organizers of left Forum – Jerome will get in contact<br />
<br />
3. PNWSF (Sept 26-28 in Portland, OR)<br />
Things are in hand<br />
Friday – art and culture event – Hip Hop Congress and others <br />
Saturday – plenary – each of movement forces will be discussing involvement<br />
3.5 hour PMA process – street roots and radio station / transit and climate justice – bus riders union Opal / houselessness and homelessness – Ibrahim and Monica / democracy and constitution – Move to Amend / labor and economy – 15 now Portland - red green alliance - / hip hop PMA – Shamako, Dione, Mike Crinsay / Intnl Indian Treaty Council – Treaty Rights<br />
concerns – language justice and getting registration numbers up<br />
<br />
4. Austerity & Higher Education (Oct 17 in DC)<br />
Walda – PMA organized by Internal Scholar Activists<br />
<br />
Process – and email from WG be sent to ACT and NPC know include contacts of David, Jerome, Spence, Anna – if you are planning a PMA and haven’t been in touch, please be in touch<br />
- as moving PMAs over the old to new site – format adopted with Project South – have not updated that format<br />
- Anna and Spence will retrieve format that Walda sent around and populate with examples<br />
<br />
5. Appalachian Regional (Oct 25 in WV)<br />
- reached out to folks at DAWG – <br />
<br />
6. Gulf Coast - Ecological justice PMAs for several years – this year in Gulf Port, next year in New Orleans, last year in Mobile – communities of color – vitemnamese amer, native, african – impending climate crisis – October 10-12 in Gulfport – working with several local groups – working with people on ground – do regional STEP coaliation NAACP, gulf coalition – <br />
12 – youth assembly - other<br />
<br />
== Movement Schools ==<br />
<br />
May First (September 13-14)<br />
<br />
NPC (2014 in Jackson)<br />
<br />
Other PMAs kicking off<br />
- several PMAs in NW<br />
- once have PMA in region spawns other PMAs <br />
- encouraging others to do other PMAs and movement schools<br />
<br />
== Website update ==<br />
<br />
Southern Movement Assembly process needs to be highlighted, as inspiration that it is.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Fronts of struggle ==<br />
<br />
Will be graphical representation on website – will be very helpful to talk with people.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=August_18,_2014&diff=17835August 18, 20142014-11-01T16:13:10Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with " == Check-in == Colette, David, Jerome, Walda, Spence, Anna == Big picture update on PMA == 2015 Social Forum – Philly, Jackson, San Jose CA, possibility of satellites in..."</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== Check-in ==<br />
<br />
Colette, David, Jerome, Walda, Spence, Anna<br />
<br />
== Big picture update on PMA ==<br />
<br />
2015 Social Forum – Philly, Jackson, San Jose CA, possibility of satellites in MX and CAN<br />
<br />
The SF is seen as a process not event – talked about yet organized in different way. Natl’ planning committee is recognizing PMAs and movement schools as principal outreach<br />
Leading up to 2015 and 2016, series of movement schools looking at issues we face in deeper way.<br />
2015 - determining anchor sites<br />
2016 - year of assembly or assemblies<br />
<br />
PMA as mobilization, organizing and political education that can be deepened through movement schools, which take same concepts as PMAs but looked at issues in deeper way <br />
<br />
Gulf South – Katrina 10th anniversary being organized for August 29 2015 in three different states in New Orleans. Working with many community groups to put this together<br />
<br />
<br />
== Philly Debrief ==<br />
<br />
Anchor groups- Move to Amend, PPERHG, American Friends, Disability in Action <br />
<br />
75 people at event. Less than 10 had ever been to one of social forums. 25 signed up for local organizing work. Intergenerational, multi-racial, multi-class. Some people from NY and DC – corridor is where most folks who will attend Philly will be coming from.<br />
<br />
Critiques<br />
- big mistake to not have full facilitators meeting night before<br />
- didn’t give nearly enough time for report back to come up with coherent movement demands out of the process<br />
<br />
Good basis for social forum process in Philly<br />
<br />
== Upcoming PMAs thru Oct ==<br />
<br />
1. Southern Movement Assembly (Aug 22-23 in Atlanta)<br />
Collette: governance council for Southern Movement Alliance, 2 day session, political ed sessions, regional mapping, PMA and agenda setting process from different frontlines<br />
Climate justice 101 – in communities of color and frontline communities in climate change conversation (political and legal and climate justice), prisoner justice, and situation in Ferguson (how to honor blood shed).<br />
SMA very involved in Trayvon verdict in FL. 150 people registered and more joining.<br />
<br />
2. People's Social Forum (Aug 21-24 in Ottawa)<br />
Walda – move towards hemispheric process – meeting with USSF folks on Friday or Saturday. Filming of PMA and interviews to put together that introduces idea of PMA and what it can do and second video for crowdfunding campaign<br />
<br />
Satellite in BC – come to Porltand – cross border<br />
- Edgar – will be making connections with Canadian based organizers<br />
<br />
Left Forum – filmed Rose and Jerome, David, Sherry – get footage to Spence<br />
- Seth -one of organizers of left Forum – Jerome will get in contact<br />
<br />
3. PNWSF (Sept 26-28 in Portland, OR)<br />
Things are in hand<br />
Friday – art and culture event – Hip Hop Congress and others <br />
Saturday – plenary – each of movement forces will be discussing involvement<br />
3.5 hour PMA process – street roots and radio station / transit and climate justice – bus riders union Opal / houselessness and homelessness – Ibrahim and Monica / democracy and constitution – Move to Amend / labor and economy – 15 now Portland - red green alliance - / hip hop PMA – Shamako, Dione, Mike Crinsay / Intnl Indian Treaty Council – Treaty Rights<br />
concerns – language justice and getting registration numbers up<br />
<br />
<br />
4. Austerity & Higher Education (Oct 17 in DC)<br />
Walda – PMA organized by Internal Scholar Activists<br />
<br />
<br />
Process – and email from WG be sent to ACT and NPC know include contacts of David, Jerome, Spence, Anna – if you are planning a PMA and haven’t been in touch, please be in touch<br />
- as moving PMAs over the old to new site – format adopted with Project South – have not updated that format<br />
- Anna and Spence will retrieve format that Walda sent around and populate with examples<br />
<br />
5. Appalachian Regional (Oct 25 in WV)<br />
- reached out to folks at DAWG – <br />
<br />
6. Gulf Coast - Ecological justice PMAs for several years – this year in Gulf Port, next year in New Orleans, last year in Mobile – communities of color – vitemnamese amer, native, african – impending climate crisis – October 10-12 in Gulfport – working with several local groups – working with people on ground – do regional STEP coaliation NAACP, gulf coalition – <br />
12 – youth assembly - other <br />
<br />
<br />
== Movement Schools ==<br />
<br />
May First (September 13-14)<br />
<br />
NPC (2014 in Jackson)<br />
<br />
Other PMAs kicking off<br />
- several PMAs in NW<br />
- once have PMA in region spawns other PMAs <br />
- encouraging others to do other PMAs and movement schools<br />
<br />
== Website update ==<br />
<br />
Southern Movement Assembly process needs to be highlighted, as inspiration that it is.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Fronts of struggle ==<br />
<br />
Will be graphical representation on website – will be very helpful to talk with people.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=People%E2%80%99s_Movement_Assembly_Working_Group&diff=17834People’s Movement Assembly Working Group2014-11-01T16:01:46Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* People’s Movement Assembly Working Group */</p>
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<div>== People’s Movement Assembly Working Group ==<br />
This working group helps support and coordinate people's movement assemblies as we build towards the next US Social Forum and beyond. The aim of PMAs is to advance the USSF goal of building popular movements in this country and advancing our collective power. <br />
<br />
'''Contacts'''<br />
Working Group co-chairs: Jerome Scott (jerome @ ssbuilt.com), Project South (TBA)<br />
<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies List of People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
:[[People's Movement Assemblies Points of Unity]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Meetings''' <br />
<br />
: Second Monday of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Past Meeting Notes'''<br />
<p>[[October 20, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[September 15, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[August 18, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[January 20, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[December 16, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[November 18, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[October 21, 2013]]</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Resources'''<br />
<br />
PMA template with 3-pager handout:[[Media:Ussf3_pma_template_&_3-pager_handout_11.9.13.pdf]]<br />
<br />
'''Links'''<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/People%27s_Movement_Assembly_Guide A Guide to People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
[http://www.peoplesmovementassembly.org/ People's Movement Assembly Website]: Provides a history of the PMA process, resources and reports from PMAs leading up to and following the 2nd USSF in Detroit.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=October_20,_2014&diff=17833October 20, 20142014-11-01T15:58:52Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Website - Project South */</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
<br />
Jerome, walda, David, Spence Anna<br />
[[File:2) Report on past PMAs]]<br />
<br />
- Golf Port, MI<br />
Very good experience. There were 50-60 people. While they were expecting more, the content of the delegation that were there was Huma Nation in Louisiana, Vietnamese delegation (fisher folk) in Louisiana, Louisiana, MI, Mobile, Alabama – great representation. There was an obvious connection with US Social Forum. Jerome gave short presentation on USSF. USSF was invited to be a part of regular mtgs of Gulf Coast Rising on Thursday mornings. They are very excited about USSF in Jackson. There wasn’t an explicit focus on visioning. Overall it was a very good experience. A lot of leadership of PMA was at USSF 2007. There is much organizing around 10th anniversary of Katrina. Was incredible opportunity to reconnect. Great expression of what social forum could look like. Important conection with Southern Movement Assembly. We were invited to be part of Save the Swamp – Dulak Louisiana by chief of Huma Nation (December 8).<br />
<br />
- INOSA PMA<br />
(walda) 3 hour PMA with student and activist in George mason and Jacquie and grad students organized it. Important to have conversations focused on faculty labor. Thirty-five people who will prepare report and will send this way. There will be follow up. There were people from around the east coast. There was a connection to US Social Forum, although not explicit. Part of Public Sociology conference that George Mason does – many PMAs that are part of bigger conference. Idea was to build on it.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Update on Jackson site ==<br />
<br />
Political atmosphere in Jackson is changing – the current mayor is facing indictments. USSF can push political involvement and mobilize towards next election - looking favorable for Jackson site. Project South entering back into picture. Real connection with Southern PMA process. Jackson coming back at critical moment. Proposal to do NPC meeting/Workers School/PMA on January 22 weekend (thurs-sun). This will help consolidate. Try to set up meeting with Project South and Gulf Coast Alliance to create links with Jackson. It will be important to make sure meetings happen between Cooperation Jackson and MXGM, Project South, and Gulf Coast Alliance. Kali is in charge of making meeting happen with Gulf Coast Alliance and Jerome will connect with Project South. ACT call on Thursday proposal with schedule for meeting:<br />
- Thursday and Friday: NPC and movement school orientation <br />
- Friday evening and Saturday: and PMA <br />
- Sunday: convening of NPC/USSF folk and those connected with PMA.<br />
ACT will approve and then take to NPC. There is clarity that there is no money for this besides $5000 that is earmarked from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.<br />
Upcoming ACT call: need to put out to NPC that dates are going to happen and that some of available funding go to this meeting.<br />
There is a call with all the sites on Oct 26. <br />
Opening up Cooperation Jackson office, which is where event could happen. Kali is connecting with Noelle from Jackson State or Brandon from MXMG as other contacts for Jackson. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Upcoming PMAs and Movement schools ==<br />
<br />
Oct 25-26: Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress in Denver – what the Bleep happened to Hip Hop. Comes out of SF conversations but there has also be conversation about what is movement school and what is PMA. Do we think of this as PMA?<br />
PMA is determined by looking at content of agenda, including general content current situation, vision of future, strategies and tactics.<br />
This PMA will be looking at role of culture in social movements historically, what is history of hip hop, what has been specific impacts of legislation and policy, role of corporatization of state, what does this mean for movements that are trying to express themselves through mediums of arts, visual arts, etc. <br />
The more we can integrate anything looking deeply at popular culture and connection to movement. PMAs do take different form, what is intentionality of leadership. Let’s try to think of it as PMA-like process. Call it part of the PMA process.<br />
Sat 25 - educational forum – 20-30 people digging in deep, historic readings, and show bring in dance, graphical, visual topoliticize crowd.<br />
Sun 26 – come together to examine what’s next in this process to build connection between movement forces of Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress.<br />
November 8 and 9 - Oakland - Jessica Munger and Shamako will be leading those<br />
November 15 and 16 – San Jose – Ramen Jamal, Shamako, David<br />
December – Florida possibility<br />
January 31 – San Jose – what would constitution look like?<br />
<br />
Other PMAs that San Jose crew are capturing<br />
Poverty PMA: spring 2015 in Central Appalachia<br />
<br />
San Jose – has many PMAs going – see list from last meeting.<br />
<br />
This WG needs to synthesize notes from past PMAs. Spence and Anna can plug into doing that work.<br />
Pacific NW Social Forum – David did a go around to collect and write up overall narratives. There will be a call tomorrow to collect written reports – David will send written report on that.<br />
<br />
Write ups<br />
Vision PMA in San Jose, part of Preparatory work of Human Agenda that bottomlined (October 5) <br />
Gulf Port – Colette will be getting together report within a week.<br />
Peoples Climate March – Jerome and walda will do report.<br />
Peoples Social Forum – can be used as PMA report.<br />
Left Forum – notes to be written.<br />
Jackson Rising - notes to be written.<br />
Philadelphia PMA – Move to Amend and Philly group tried to capture<br />
<br />
<br />
== Website ==<br />
We will reserve the following domain names:<br />
<br />
pmanational.org<br />
<br />
ampnacional.org<br />
<br />
== Date and time for regular PMA calls ==<br />
Possibilities:<br />
Friday - <br />
Sundays – 3rd week – 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm<br />
Monday 3rd weeks at 8pm <br />
<br />
Outreach – 4pm 1rst Monday<br />
Check in with Rose</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=October_20,_2014&diff=17832October 20, 20142014-11-01T15:58:15Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
<br />
Jerome, walda, David, Spence Anna<br />
[[File:2) Report on past PMAs]]<br />
<br />
- Golf Port, MI<br />
Very good experience. There were 50-60 people. While they were expecting more, the content of the delegation that were there was Huma Nation in Louisiana, Vietnamese delegation (fisher folk) in Louisiana, Louisiana, MI, Mobile, Alabama – great representation. There was an obvious connection with US Social Forum. Jerome gave short presentation on USSF. USSF was invited to be a part of regular mtgs of Gulf Coast Rising on Thursday mornings. They are very excited about USSF in Jackson. There wasn’t an explicit focus on visioning. Overall it was a very good experience. A lot of leadership of PMA was at USSF 2007. There is much organizing around 10th anniversary of Katrina. Was incredible opportunity to reconnect. Great expression of what social forum could look like. Important conection with Southern Movement Assembly. We were invited to be part of Save the Swamp – Dulak Louisiana by chief of Huma Nation (December 8).<br />
<br />
- INOSA PMA<br />
(walda) 3 hour PMA with student and activist in George mason and Jacquie and grad students organized it. Important to have conversations focused on faculty labor. Thirty-five people who will prepare report and will send this way. There will be follow up. There were people from around the east coast. There was a connection to US Social Forum, although not explicit. Part of Public Sociology conference that George Mason does – many PMAs that are part of bigger conference. Idea was to build on it.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Update on Jackson site ==<br />
<br />
Political atmosphere in Jackson is changing – the current mayor is facing indictments. USSF can push political involvement and mobilize towards next election - looking favorable for Jackson site. Project South entering back into picture. Real connection with Southern PMA process. Jackson coming back at critical moment. Proposal to do NPC meeting/Workers School/PMA on January 22 weekend (thurs-sun). This will help consolidate. Try to set up meeting with Project South and Gulf Coast Alliance to create links with Jackson. It will be important to make sure meetings happen between Cooperation Jackson and MXGM, Project South, and Gulf Coast Alliance. Kali is in charge of making meeting happen with Gulf Coast Alliance and Jerome will connect with Project South. ACT call on Thursday proposal with schedule for meeting:<br />
- Thursday and Friday: NPC and movement school orientation <br />
- Friday evening and Saturday: and PMA <br />
- Sunday: convening of NPC/USSF folk and those connected with PMA.<br />
ACT will approve and then take to NPC. There is clarity that there is no money for this besides $5000 that is earmarked from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.<br />
Upcoming ACT call: need to put out to NPC that dates are going to happen and that some of available funding go to this meeting.<br />
There is a call with all the sites on Oct 26. <br />
Opening up Cooperation Jackson office, which is where event could happen. Kali is connecting with Noelle from Jackson State or Brandon from MXMG as other contacts for Jackson. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Upcoming PMAs and Movement schools ==<br />
<br />
Oct 25-26: Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress in Denver – what the Bleep happened to Hip Hop. Comes out of SF conversations but there has also be conversation about what is movement school and what is PMA. Do we think of this as PMA?<br />
PMA is determined by looking at content of agenda, including general content current situation, vision of future, strategies and tactics.<br />
This PMA will be looking at role of culture in social movements historically, what is history of hip hop, what has been specific impacts of legislation and policy, role of corporatization of state, what does this mean for movements that are trying to express themselves through mediums of arts, visual arts, etc. <br />
The more we can integrate anything looking deeply at popular culture and connection to movement. PMAs do take different form, what is intentionality of leadership. Let’s try to think of it as PMA-like process. Call it part of the PMA process.<br />
Sat 25 - educational forum – 20-30 people digging in deep, historic readings, and show bring in dance, graphical, visual topoliticize crowd.<br />
Sun 26 – come together to examine what’s next in this process to build connection between movement forces of Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress.<br />
November 8 and 9 - Oakland - Jessica Munger and Shamako will be leading those<br />
November 15 and 16 – San Jose – Ramen Jamal, Shamako, David<br />
December – Florida possibility<br />
January 31 – San Jose – what would constitution look like?<br />
<br />
Other PMAs that San Jose crew are capturing<br />
Poverty PMA: spring 2015 in Central Appalachia<br />
<br />
San Jose – has many PMAs going – see list from last meeting.<br />
<br />
This WG needs to synthesize notes from past PMAs. Spence and Anna can plug into doing that work.<br />
Pacific NW Social Forum – David did a go around to collect and write up overall narratives. There will be a call tomorrow to collect written reports – David will send written report on that.<br />
<br />
Write ups<br />
Vision PMA in San Jose, part of Preparatory work of Human Agenda that bottomlined (October 5) <br />
Gulf Port – Colette will be getting together report within a week.<br />
Peoples Climate March – Jerome and walda will do report.<br />
Peoples Social Forum – can be used as PMA report.<br />
Left Forum – notes to be written.<br />
Jackson Rising - notes to be written.<br />
Philadelphia PMA – Move to Amend and Philly group tried to capture<br />
<br />
<br />
== Website - Project South ==<br />
<br />
pmanational.org<br />
<br />
ampnacional.org<br />
<br />
<br />
== Date and time for regular PMA calls ==<br />
Possibilities:<br />
Friday - <br />
Sundays – 3rd week – 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm<br />
Monday 3rd weeks at 8pm <br />
<br />
Outreach – 4pm 1rst Monday<br />
Check in with Rose</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17831December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:57:42Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== Introductions and check-ins ==<br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
== Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph - Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. In Boaz Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
<br />
Appalachia 2014<br />
<br />
Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== Anchoring of PMA process ==<br />
<br />
National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
<br />
Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
<br />
Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
<br />
Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
<br />
David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
<br />
George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. Social forum is the tool. <br />
<br />
Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
<br />
What should the character of the national anchor be? Goal, direction, and purpose of it. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
<br />
Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== World Social Forum and US Social Forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar - Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
<br />
Participants:<br />
Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
David – Move to Amend<br />
Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
Edgar – Community to community<br />
Dustin<br />
<br />
Tear down the walls PMA<br />
Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
<br />
Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
Walda: also on the team.<br />
Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
<br />
Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
3 Dates: August 2014 in Tucson, AZ; September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights; November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT); Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
<br />
Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
Facilitator: David<br />
Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=October_20,_2014&diff=17830October 20, 20142014-11-01T15:56:32Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with " == 1) Introductions and Check-ins == Jerome, walda, David, Spence Anna File:2) Report on past PMAs - Golf Port, MI Very good experience. There were 50-60 people. While ..."</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== 1) Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
<br />
Jerome, walda, David, Spence Anna<br />
[[File:2) Report on past PMAs]]<br />
<br />
- Golf Port, MI<br />
Very good experience. There were 50-60 people. While they were expecting more, the content of the delegation that were there was Huma Nation in Louisiana, Vietnamese delegation (fisher folk) in Louisiana, Louisiana, MI, Mobile, Alabama – great representation. There was an obvious connection with US Social Forum. Jerome gave short presentation on USSF. USSF was invited to be a part of regular mtgs of Gulf Coast Rising on Thursday mornings. They are very excited about USSF in Jackson. There wasn’t an explicit focus on visioning. Overall it was a very good experience. A lot of leadership of PMA was at USSF 2007. There is much organizing around 10th anniversary of Katrina. Was incredible opportunity to reconnect. Great expression of what social forum could look like. Important conection with Southern Movement Assembly. We were invited to be part of Save the Swamp – Dulak Louisiana by chief of Huma Nation (December 8).<br />
<br />
- INOSA PMA<br />
(walda) 3 hour PMA with student and activist in George mason and Jacquie and grad students organized it. Important to have conversations focused on faculty labor. Thirty-five people who will prepare report and will send this way. There will be follow up. There were people from around the east coast. There was a connection to US Social Forum, although not explicit. Part of Public Sociology conference that George Mason does – many PMAs that are part of bigger conference. Idea was to build on it.<br />
<br />
<br />
== 3) Update on Jackson site ==<br />
<br />
Political atmosphere in Jackson is changing – the current mayor is facing indictments. USSF can push political involvement and mobilize towards next election - looking favorable for Jackson site. Project South entering back into picture. Real connection with Southern PMA process. Jackson coming back at critical moment. Proposal to do NPC meeting/Workers School/PMA on January 22 weekend (thurs-sun). This will help consolidate. Try to set up meeting with Project South and Gulf Coast Alliance to create links with Jackson. It will be important to make sure meetings happen between Cooperation Jackson and MXGM, Project South, and Gulf Coast Alliance. Kali is in charge of making meeting happen with Gulf Coast Alliance and Jerome will connect with Project South. ACT call on Thursday proposal with schedule for meeting:<br />
- Thursday and Friday: NPC and movement school orientation <br />
- Friday evening and Saturday: and PMA <br />
- Sunday: convening of NPC/USSF folk and those connected with PMA.<br />
ACT will approve and then take to NPC. There is clarity that there is no money for this besides $5000 that is earmarked from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.<br />
Upcoming ACT call: need to put out to NPC that dates are going to happen and that some of available funding go to this meeting.<br />
There is a call with all the sites on Oct 26. <br />
Opening up Cooperation Jackson office, which is where event could happen. Kali is connecting with Noelle from Jackson State or Brandon from MXMG as other contacts for Jackson. <br />
<br />
<br />
== 4) Upcoming PMAs and Movement schools ==<br />
<br />
Oct 25-26: Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress in Denver – what the Bleep happened to Hip Hop. Comes out of SF conversations but there has also be conversation about what is movement school and what is PMA. Do we think of this as PMA?<br />
PMA is determined by looking at content of agenda, including general content current situation, vision of future, strategies and tactics.<br />
This PMA will be looking at role of culture in social movements historically, what is history of hip hop, what has been specific impacts of legislation and policy, role of corporatization of state, what does this mean for movements that are trying to express themselves through mediums of arts, visual arts, etc. <br />
The more we can integrate anything looking deeply at popular culture and connection to movement. PMAs do take different form, what is intentionality of leadership. Let’s try to think of it as PMA-like process. Call it part of the PMA process.<br />
Sat 25 - educational forum – 20-30 people digging in deep, historic readings, and show bring in dance, graphical, visual topoliticize crowd.<br />
Sun 26 – come together to examine what’s next in this process to build connection between movement forces of Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress.<br />
November 8 and 9 - Oakland - Jessica Munger and Shamako will be leading those<br />
November 15 and 16 – San Jose – Ramen Jamal, Shamako, David<br />
December – Florida possibility<br />
January 31 – San Jose – what would constitution look like?<br />
<br />
Other PMAs that San Jose crew are capturing<br />
Poverty PMA: spring 2015 in Central Appalachia<br />
<br />
San Jose – has many PMAs going – see list from last meeting.<br />
<br />
This WG needs to synthesize notes from past PMAs. Spence and Anna can plug into doing that work.<br />
Pacific NW Social Forum – David did a go around to collect and write up overall narratives. There will be a call tomorrow to collect written reports – David will send written report on that.<br />
<br />
Write ups<br />
Vision PMA in San Jose, part of Preparatory work of Human Agenda that bottomlined (October 5) <br />
Gulf Port – Colette will be getting together report within a week.<br />
Peoples Climate March – Jerome and walda will do report.<br />
Peoples Social Forum – can be used as PMA report.<br />
Left Forum – notes to be written.<br />
Jackson Rising - notes to be written.<br />
Philadelphia PMA – Move to Amend and Philly group tried to capture<br />
<br />
<br />
== 5) Website - Project South ==<br />
<br />
pmanational.org<br />
ampnacional.org<br />
<br />
<br />
== 6) Date and time for regular PMA calls ==<br />
Possibilities:<br />
Friday - <br />
Sundays – 3rd week – 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm<br />
Monday 3rd weeks at 8pm <br />
<br />
Outreach – 4pm 1rst Monday<br />
Check in with Rose</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17829December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:55:42Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== 1) Introductions and check-ins ==<br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
== 2) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== 3) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph - Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. In Boaz Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
<br />
Appalachia 2014<br />
<br />
Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 4) Anchoring of PMA process ==<br />
<br />
National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
<br />
Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
<br />
Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
<br />
Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
<br />
David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
<br />
George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. Social forum is the tool. <br />
<br />
Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
<br />
What should the character of the national anchor be? Goal, direction, and purpose of it. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
<br />
Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 5) World Social Forum and US Social Forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar - Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
<br />
Participants:<br />
Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
David – Move to Amend<br />
Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
Edgar – Community to community<br />
Dustin<br />
<br />
Tear down the walls PMA<br />
Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
<br />
Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
Walda: also on the team.<br />
Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
<br />
Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
3 Dates: August 2014 in Tucson, AZ; September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights; November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT); Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
<br />
Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
Facilitator: David<br />
Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=People%E2%80%99s_Movement_Assembly_Working_Group&diff=17828People’s Movement Assembly Working Group2014-11-01T15:54:33Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* People’s Movement Assembly Working Group */</p>
<hr />
<div>== People’s Movement Assembly Working Group ==<br />
This working group helps support and coordinate people's movement assemblies as we build towards the next US Social Forum and beyond. The aim of PMAs is to advance the USSF goal of building popular movements in this country and advancing our collective power. <br />
<br />
'''Contacts'''<br />
Working Group co-chairs: Jerome Scott (jerome @ ssbuilt.com), Project South (TBA)<br />
<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies List of People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
:[[People's Movement Assemblies Points of Unity]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Meetings''' <br />
<br />
: Second Monday of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Past Meeting Notes'''<br />
<p>[[October 20, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[January 20, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[December 16, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[November 18, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[October 21, 2013]]</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Resources'''<br />
<br />
PMA template with 3-pager handout:[[Media:Ussf3_pma_template_&_3-pager_handout_11.9.13.pdf]]<br />
<br />
'''Links'''<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/People%27s_Movement_Assembly_Guide A Guide to People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
[http://www.peoplesmovementassembly.org/ People's Movement Assembly Website]: Provides a history of the PMA process, resources and reports from PMAs leading up to and following the 2nd USSF in Detroit.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17827December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:52:52Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* 5) Rose: Budget or methodology. Resource dev.: identifies purpose and aims, guidelines for the process, working group history, working group objective. Affinity group = needing to be discussed for next time. */</p>
<hr />
<div>PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 <br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
Agenda<br />
<br />
<br />
== 1) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph - Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. In Boaz Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
<br />
Appalachia 2014<br />
<br />
Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 3) Anchoring of PMA process ==<br />
<br />
National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
<br />
Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
<br />
Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
<br />
Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
<br />
David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
<br />
George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. Social forum is the tool. <br />
<br />
Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
<br />
What should the character of the national anchor be? Goal, direction, and purpose of it. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
<br />
Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 4) World Social Forum and US Social Forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar - Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
<br />
Participants:<br />
Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
David – Move to Amend<br />
Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
Edgar – Community to community<br />
Dustin<br />
<br />
Tear down the walls PMA<br />
Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
<br />
Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
Walda: also on the team.<br />
Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
<br />
Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
3 Dates: August 2014 in Tucson, AZ; September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights; November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT); Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
<br />
Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
Facilitator: David<br />
Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17826December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:52:17Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* 4) World social forum and US social forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings */</p>
<hr />
<div>PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 <br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
Agenda<br />
<br />
<br />
== 1) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph - Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. In Boaz Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
<br />
Appalachia 2014<br />
<br />
Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 3) Anchoring of PMA process ==<br />
<br />
National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
<br />
Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
<br />
Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
<br />
Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
<br />
David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
<br />
George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. Social forum is the tool. <br />
<br />
Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
<br />
What should the character of the national anchor be? Goal, direction, and purpose of it. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
<br />
Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 4) World Social Forum and US Social Forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar - Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
<br />
Participants:<br />
Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
David – Move to Amend<br />
Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
Edgar – Community to community<br />
Dustin<br />
<br />
Tear down the walls PMA<br />
Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
<br />
Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
Walda: also on the team.<br />
Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
<br />
Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
3 Dates: August 2014 in Tucson, AZ; September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights; November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT); Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
<br />
== 5) Rose: Budget or methodology. Resource dev.: identifies purpose and aims, guidelines for the process, working group history, working group objective. Affinity group = needing to be discussed for next time. ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== 6) Rose: we know what all the steps are. How to do it. We know the capacity. Conversations going in, debriefing after. Where do we go from here? <br />
a. We should make a note about Intentionality. ==<br />
<br />
7) Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
a. Facilitator: David<br />
b. Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17825December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:50:43Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* 3) David asked clarification about if Project South is providing some coordination for the entire SMA process, as an anchor or hub. */</p>
<hr />
<div>PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 <br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
Agenda<br />
<br />
<br />
== 1) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph - Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. In Boaz Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
<br />
Appalachia 2014<br />
<br />
Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 3) Anchoring of PMA process ==<br />
<br />
National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
<br />
Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
<br />
Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
<br />
Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
<br />
David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
<br />
George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. Social forum is the tool. <br />
<br />
Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
<br />
What should the character of the national anchor be? Goal, direction, and purpose of it. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
<br />
Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 4) World social forum and US social forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
1. January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA<br />
2. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar<br />
3. Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations.<br />
4. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
a. Participants:<br />
i. Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
ii. David – Move to Amend<br />
iii. Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
iv. Edgar – Community to community<br />
v. Dustin<br />
b. Tear down the walls PMA<br />
5. Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
a. David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
b. Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
i. Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
ii. Rose: <br />
iii. Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
iv. Walda: also on the team.<br />
v. Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
1. Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
vi. Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
1. 3 Dates<br />
a. August 2014 in Tucson, AZ. <br />
b. September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights.<br />
c. November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT)<br />
2. Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
c. Walda: <br />
<br />
== 5) Rose: Budget or methodology. Resource dev.: identifies purpose and aims, guidelines for the process, working group history, working group objective. Affinity group = needing to be discussed for next time. ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== 6) Rose: we know what all the steps are. How to do it. We know the capacity. Conversations going in, debriefing after. Where do we go from here? <br />
a. We should make a note about Intentionality. ==<br />
<br />
7) Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
a. Facilitator: David<br />
b. Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17824December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:48:46Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing */</p>
<hr />
<div>PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 <br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
Agenda<br />
<br />
<br />
== 1) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph - Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. In Boaz Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
<br />
Appalachia 2014<br />
<br />
Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 3) David asked clarification about if Project South is providing some coordination for the entire SMA process, as an anchor or hub. ==<br />
<br />
a. National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. <br />
i. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
ii. Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
iii. Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
iv. Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
b. David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. <br />
i. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process.<br />
1. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. <br />
2. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on.<br />
3. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
4. George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work.<br />
5. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. <br />
6. Social forum is the tool. <br />
7. Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South<br />
a. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
b. What should the character of the national anchor be? <br />
i. Goal, direction, and purpose of it. <br />
ii. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
8. Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 4) World social forum and US social forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
1. January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA<br />
2. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar<br />
3. Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations.<br />
4. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
a. Participants:<br />
i. Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
ii. David – Move to Amend<br />
iii. Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
iv. Edgar – Community to community<br />
v. Dustin<br />
b. Tear down the walls PMA<br />
5. Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
a. David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
b. Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
i. Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
ii. Rose: <br />
iii. Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
iv. Walda: also on the team.<br />
v. Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
1. Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
vi. Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
1. 3 Dates<br />
a. August 2014 in Tucson, AZ. <br />
b. September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights.<br />
c. November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT)<br />
2. Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
c. Walda: <br />
<br />
== 5) Rose: Budget or methodology. Resource dev.: identifies purpose and aims, guidelines for the process, working group history, working group objective. Affinity group = needing to be discussed for next time. ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== 6) Rose: we know what all the steps are. How to do it. We know the capacity. Conversations going in, debriefing after. Where do we go from here? <br />
a. We should make a note about Intentionality. ==<br />
<br />
7) Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
a. Facilitator: David<br />
b. Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17823December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:48:01Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing */</p>
<hr />
<div>PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 <br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
Agenda<br />
<br />
<br />
== 1) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph - Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. In Boaz(?) Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
<br />
Appalachia 2014<br />
<br />
Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 3) David asked clarification about if Project South is providing some coordination for the entire SMA process, as an anchor or hub. ==<br />
<br />
a. National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. <br />
i. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
ii. Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
iii. Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
iv. Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
b. David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. <br />
i. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process.<br />
1. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. <br />
2. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on.<br />
3. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
4. George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work.<br />
5. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. <br />
6. Social forum is the tool. <br />
7. Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South<br />
a. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
b. What should the character of the national anchor be? <br />
i. Goal, direction, and purpose of it. <br />
ii. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
8. Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 4) World social forum and US social forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
1. January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA<br />
2. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar<br />
3. Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations.<br />
4. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
a. Participants:<br />
i. Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
ii. David – Move to Amend<br />
iii. Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
iv. Edgar – Community to community<br />
v. Dustin<br />
b. Tear down the walls PMA<br />
5. Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
a. David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
b. Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
i. Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
ii. Rose: <br />
iii. Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
iv. Walda: also on the team.<br />
v. Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
1. Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
vi. Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
1. 3 Dates<br />
a. August 2014 in Tucson, AZ. <br />
b. September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights.<br />
c. November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT)<br />
2. Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
c. Walda: <br />
<br />
== 5) Rose: Budget or methodology. Resource dev.: identifies purpose and aims, guidelines for the process, working group history, working group objective. Affinity group = needing to be discussed for next time. ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== 6) Rose: we know what all the steps are. How to do it. We know the capacity. Conversations going in, debriefing after. Where do we go from here? <br />
a. We should make a note about Intentionality. ==<br />
<br />
7) Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
a. Facilitator: David<br />
b. Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17822December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:46:24Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* 1) Explaining PMA process */</p>
<hr />
<div>PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 <br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
Agenda<br />
<br />
<br />
== 1) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
<br />
Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
<br />
David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
<br />
Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance.<br />
<br />
== 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
a. The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph<br />
i. Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations.<br />
ii. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012<br />
iii. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. <br />
iv. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. <br />
v. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer<br />
vi. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras<br />
vii. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up.<br />
viii. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. <br />
ix. In Boaz(?) Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
b. Washington 2014<br />
c. Flash Social Movement<br />
d. Appalachia 2014<br />
e. Move to meet the Maticism(?)<br />
f. Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 3) David asked clarification about if Project South is providing some coordination for the entire SMA process, as an anchor or hub. ==<br />
<br />
a. National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. <br />
i. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
ii. Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
iii. Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
iv. Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
b. David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. <br />
i. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process.<br />
1. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. <br />
2. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on.<br />
3. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
4. George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work.<br />
5. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. <br />
6. Social forum is the tool. <br />
7. Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South<br />
a. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
b. What should the character of the national anchor be? <br />
i. Goal, direction, and purpose of it. <br />
ii. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
8. Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 4) World social forum and US social forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
1. January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA<br />
2. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar<br />
3. Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations.<br />
4. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
a. Participants:<br />
i. Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
ii. David – Move to Amend<br />
iii. Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
iv. Edgar – Community to community<br />
v. Dustin<br />
b. Tear down the walls PMA<br />
5. Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
a. David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
b. Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
i. Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
ii. Rose: <br />
iii. Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
iv. Walda: also on the team.<br />
v. Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
1. Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
vi. Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
1. 3 Dates<br />
a. August 2014 in Tucson, AZ. <br />
b. September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights.<br />
c. November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT)<br />
2. Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
c. Walda: <br />
<br />
== 5) Rose: Budget or methodology. Resource dev.: identifies purpose and aims, guidelines for the process, working group history, working group objective. Affinity group = needing to be discussed for next time. ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== 6) Rose: we know what all the steps are. How to do it. We know the capacity. Conversations going in, debriefing after. Where do we go from here? <br />
a. We should make a note about Intentionality. ==<br />
<br />
7) Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
a. Facilitator: David<br />
b. Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=December_16,_2013&diff=17821December 16, 20132014-11-01T15:45:38Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with "PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome Agenda == 1) Explaining PMA process == a. Rose: The next ..."</p>
<hr />
<div>PMA Task Force Call - December 16, 2013 <br />
David Cobb, Walda, Spencer, Anna, Steph, Rose, Edgar, Roshan, Jerome <br />
<br />
Agenda<br />
<br />
<br />
== 1) Explaining PMA process ==<br />
<br />
a. Rose: The next social forum = polycentric. Narrowing in on a location. PMAs are the political building blocks. Political frame, political cohesion, coming together. Working to enhance the connectivity between PMAs – strong synthesis<br />
b. Walda: How do we gather what is coming out of PMAs as they are unfolding on the road? What kind of debriefing process can we have? <br />
c. David: The Polycentric aspect: Social forum of a new type in 2015. Chicago is a possible site. Mentioned Michael Bunsen –treasurer <br />
d. Steph: The goal is that different PMAs around the country will be forces in the US social forum, as far as generating issues. They influence the political alignment, direction, goals and demands of the larger social movement. On a local scale, PMAs used as a form of community governance. <br />
<br />
== 2) Discussion of PMA processes that are ongoing ==<br />
<br />
a. The Southern Movement Assembly – explained by Steph<br />
i. Very politically developed and coherent. Over the last 2 years, building ties with 30-40 participating organizations.<br />
ii. Helped organize 3 large PMA since 2012<br />
iii. A group that operates as a governance process is meeting weekly to make decisions. <br />
iv. 18 months of campaigns and heavy work. <br />
v. 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer<br />
vi. Organizing trainings, working with the University Sin Fronteras<br />
vii. Ongoing political synthesis to help shape each PMA as they come up.<br />
viii. Developing some organizing kits that can be helpful to go on the South to South website. <br />
ix. In Boaz(?) Alabama – a student group is doing work on the National Student Bill of Rights. <br />
b. Washington 2014<br />
c. Flash Social Movement<br />
d. Appalachia 2014<br />
e. Move to meet the Maticism(?)<br />
f. Foreign policy in DC<br />
<br />
== 3) David asked clarification about if Project South is providing some coordination for the entire SMA process, as an anchor or hub. ==<br />
<br />
a. National PMA processes should try to find an anchor somewhere to look to, and can gather some inspiration from Project South regarding the facilitator role they’ve done in the past. <br />
i. Finding a Facilitator anchoring organization to anchor the national PMA process<br />
ii. Social forum organizing. We need a supported staff within an organization to get more accomplished. <br />
iii. Walda did an interview with someone from SOA (?). Story will be in the Social Movement (Paper or sorts?). Walda also brought up that the websites need to be interlinked: the South to South website can to be attached to the PMA website, etc. <br />
iv. Envisioning that the social forum helps to facilitate an ONGOING social movement process. <br />
b. David – Move to Amend can be the anchor if they can get funding for it. This is not yet a formal proposal, but it can serve that role, and is gearing up for that. <br />
i. Rose: how did Move to Amend emerge? Project South made sense in the past for the facilitator. We want to make sure Move to Amend has the right stuff, given the complexities of this national process.<br />
1. Move to Amend – developed organically. 2013 – Several different regional convergences. <br />
2. There are no affirmative human rights in the Constitution. This is an example of what Move to Amend is working on.<br />
3. Move to Amend has a nation-wide presence. <br />
4. George, Jerome and David have good personal experience, history, and background to do this work.<br />
5. Jerome – adding to David’s explanation: desire to participate on the development of a social movement. Also, no one else is stepping up. <br />
6. Social forum is the tool. <br />
7. Steph’s response, knowing history of Project South<br />
a. SMA has taken 10 years to develop. <br />
b. What should the character of the national anchor be? <br />
i. Goal, direction, and purpose of it. <br />
ii. Needs a bottom up process. <br />
8. Consensus: Let’s continue this on the next call, approaching an official proposal from Move to Amend<br />
<br />
== 4) World social forum and US social forum. Northwest social forum, PMAs. Meetings ==<br />
<br />
1. January 11 David is going to Bellingham WA for a mini PMA<br />
2. Community to Community is meeting about strategy tomorrow. -Edgar<br />
3. Last Saturday of January, heading to Portland in order to continue some conversations.<br />
4. We have a venue and location for Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum. Portland. Perhaps at the First Unitarian Church. <br />
a. Participants:<br />
i. Eber King- right to dream, right to survive<br />
ii. David – Move to Amend<br />
iii. Monica – accountability and coordination team<br />
iv. Edgar – Community to community<br />
v. Dustin<br />
b. Tear down the walls PMA<br />
5. Rose: how does this connect to the overall direction of the process?<br />
a. David: well positioned. Dedicated to political education<br />
b. Appalachia – how do we better integrate the PMA structure into this working group?<br />
i. Walda: these calls may not be the best method. Maybe having a 2 person team in order to reach out to Evelyn would be better to close the gap. <br />
ii. Rose: <br />
iii. Steph: willing to be on the 2 person team. <br />
iv. Walda: also on the team.<br />
v. Jerome: what is the relation of Appalachia to the poverty work group? <br />
1. Steph’s response: November 15th. Open assembly. Focus in on a city-wide assembly by March. <br />
vi. Theme in Louisville: what does.... look like<br />
1. 3 Dates<br />
a. August 2014 in Tucson, AZ. <br />
b. September 2014 in Oakland, CA. Will cover human rights.<br />
c. November 2014 in (hopefully) Boston, (fall back: Salt Lake City, UT)<br />
2. Budget of $15,000 for each one of those<br />
c. Walda: <br />
<br />
== 5) Rose: Budget or methodology. Resource dev.: identifies purpose and aims, guidelines for the process, working group history, working group objective. Affinity group = needing to be discussed for next time. ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== 6) Rose: we know what all the steps are. How to do it. We know the capacity. Conversations going in, debriefing after. Where do we go from here? <br />
a. We should make a note about Intentionality. ==<br />
<br />
7) Next call: Monday January 20th. 1pm pacific, 2 pm mountain, 3pm central, 4 pm eastern<br />
a. Facilitator: David<br />
b. Note taker: Anna</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=People%E2%80%99s_Movement_Assembly_Working_Group&diff=17820People’s Movement Assembly Working Group2014-11-01T15:42:31Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* People’s Movement Assembly Working Group */</p>
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<div>== People’s Movement Assembly Working Group ==<br />
This working group helps support and coordinate people's movement assemblies as we build towards the next US Social Forum and beyond. The aim of PMAs is to advance the USSF goal of building popular movements in this country and advancing our collective power. <br />
<br />
'''Contacts'''<br />
Working Group co-chairs: Jerome Scott (jerome @ ssbuilt.com), Project South (TBA)<br />
<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies List of People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
:[[People's Movement Assemblies Points of Unity]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Meetings''' <br />
<br />
: Second Monday of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Past Meeting Notes'''<br />
<p>[[January 20, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[December 16, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[November 18, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[October 21, 2013]]</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Resources'''<br />
<br />
PMA template with 3-pager handout:[[Media:Ussf3_pma_template_&_3-pager_handout_11.9.13.pdf]]<br />
<br />
'''Links'''<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/People%27s_Movement_Assembly_Guide A Guide to People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
[http://www.peoplesmovementassembly.org/ People's Movement Assembly Website]: Provides a history of the PMA process, resources and reports from PMAs leading up to and following the 2nd USSF in Detroit.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=People%E2%80%99s_Movement_Assembly_Working_Group&diff=17819People’s Movement Assembly Working Group2014-11-01T15:42:10Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* People’s Movement Assembly Working Group */</p>
<hr />
<div>== People’s Movement Assembly Working Group ==<br />
This working group helps support and coordinate people's movement assemblies as we build towards the next US Social Forum and beyond. The aim of PMAs is to advance the USSF goal of building popular movements in this country and advancing our collective power. <br />
<br />
'''Contacts'''<br />
Working Group co-chairs: Jerome Scott (jerome @ ssbuilt.com), Project South (TBA)<br />
<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies List of People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
:[[People's Movement Assemblies Points of Unity]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Meetings''' <br />
<br />
: Last Mondays of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Past Meeting Notes'''<br />
<p>[[January 20, 2014]]</p><br />
<p>[[December 16, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[November 18, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[October 21, 2013]]</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Resources'''<br />
<br />
PMA template with 3-pager handout:[[Media:Ussf3_pma_template_&_3-pager_handout_11.9.13.pdf]]<br />
<br />
'''Links'''<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/People%27s_Movement_Assembly_Guide A Guide to People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
[http://www.peoplesmovementassembly.org/ People's Movement Assembly Website]: Provides a history of the PMA process, resources and reports from PMAs leading up to and following the 2nd USSF in Detroit.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=People%E2%80%99s_Movement_Assembly_Working_Group&diff=17818People’s Movement Assembly Working Group2014-11-01T15:39:53Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* People’s Movement Assembly Working Group */</p>
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<div>== People’s Movement Assembly Working Group ==<br />
This working group helps support and coordinate people's movement assemblies as we build towards the next US Social Forum and beyond. The aim of PMAs is to advance the USSF goal of building popular movements in this country and advancing our collective power. <br />
<br />
'''Contacts'''<br />
Working Group co-chairs: Jerome Scott (jerome @ ssbuilt.com), Project South (TBA)<br />
<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies List of People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
:[[People's Movement Assemblies Points of Unity]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Meetings''' <br />
<br />
: Last Mondays of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Past Meeting Notes'''<br />
<p>[[October 21, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[November 18, 2013]]</p><br />
<p>[[January 20, 2014]]</p><br />
<br />
<br />
'''Resources'''<br />
<br />
PMA template with 3-pager handout:[[Media:Ussf3_pma_template_&_3-pager_handout_11.9.13.pdf]]<br />
<br />
'''Links'''<br />
[http://wiki.ussocialforum.net/wiki/People%27s_Movement_Assembly_Guide A Guide to People's Movement Assemblies]<br />
<br />
[http://www.peoplesmovementassembly.org/ People's Movement Assembly Website]: Provides a history of the PMA process, resources and reports from PMAs leading up to and following the 2nd USSF in Detroit.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17817March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2014-11-01T15:39:35Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Meetings and Contacts */</p>
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<div>== Goals ==<br />
<br />
Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
<br />
'''Meetings:''' <br />
<br />
: First Mondays of the month at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT <br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
[[October 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[January 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[November 4, 2013]]<br />
<br />
[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
<br />
[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
<br />
== Recommended Groups ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
<br />
<br />
:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17816March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2014-11-01T15:38:27Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
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<div>== Goals ==<br />
<br />
Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
<br />
'''Meetings:''' <br />
<br />
: Alternate Mondays at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT (Upcoming dates: April 22, 2013; May 6, May 20, June 3...)<br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meeting Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
[[October 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[January 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[November 4, 2013]]<br />
<br />
[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
<br />
[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
<br />
== Recommended Groups ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
<br />
<br />
:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17815March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2014-11-01T15:37:31Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Goals ==<br />
<br />
Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
<br />
'''Meetings:''' <br />
<br />
: Alternate Mondays at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT (Upcoming dates: April 22, 2013; May 6, May 20, June 3...)<br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meeting Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
[[October 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[January 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[November 4, 2013]]<br />
<br />
[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
<br />
[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
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]<br />
<br />
== Recommended Groups ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
<br />
<br />
:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=November_4,_2013&diff=17814November 4, 20132014-11-01T15:36:13Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with " == USSF Outreach Committee Meeting Notes – November 4th, 2013 == Edgar - Facilitating Spencer – Taking notes On the call: Edgar, David Cobb, Louis Gordon, Jerome Scot..."</p>
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<div><br />
== USSF Outreach Committee Meeting Notes – November 4th, 2013 ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Edgar - Facilitating <br />
Spencer – Taking notes<br />
<br />
On the call:<br />
Edgar, David Cobb, Louis Gordon, Jerome Scott, Spencer Mann, Anna Lee-Popham, Walda Katz-Fishman<br />
<br />
<br />
== Brief report on ongoing outreach efforts ==<br />
<br />
• Jerome - working with Occupy Homes in Atlanta and they have been briefed and brought up to speed on outreach and social forum process and they have been invited to be on the National Planning Committee or at least on the Outreach Committee. They are going through their internal process to decide how they will get involved.<br />
• Edgar – Pacific Northwest Social Forum, one of the members from Community to Community have moved into Seattle and they are going to start doing outreach. With their help we can start building a base in multiple areas in the Northwest. Got Green, Entre Hermanos, and El Comite Pro-Reforma Migratoria Y Justicia Social are 3 main groups that are being focused on to invite to come onto the National Planning Committee or get involved in some other role.<br />
• Edgar – New groups from the Portland area, Jericho Project and a Media Justice group as well – both groups are interested in getting involved in outreach.<br />
<br />
<br />
== PMA ==<br />
<br />
• What we have agreed to do is keep outreach and PMA calls connected so that they will alternate calls every 2 weeks. First Monday of the month will be Outreach and the 3rd Monday of the month will be PMA at 4pm EST.<br />
<br />
Tear Down the Walls<br />
<br />
• Move to amend did a workshop on the last day and that was followed by a 2 part assembly on what is a PMA, what is the social forum, and how to get involved. Learned a lot about how to use a small amount of time to get the most out of a PMA.<br />
• Alliance for Global Justice has been invited to join the National Planning Committee and the indication was that they are going to do that.<br />
• SOA Watch, there will be a PMA at the SOA Watch at the end of the November.<br />
• 2 people from the Pacific Northwest who are interested in getting involved in the Pacific Northwest Social Forum - Heather Wolford and Tim – new to Portland and does media justice work. David is getting these folks in touch with Edgar and the Pacific Northwest Social Forum team.<br />
• Tom from the Sustainable Tucson and Tucson Peace and Justice Center contacted David after the event and was really interested in organizing a PMA in Tucson. David is encouraging Tom to get involved in the PMA phone calls. Several people may join the PMA calls from this effort in addition to Tom.<br />
• Pacific Northwest Social forum process is pulling together a series of planning meetings in 2014 – beginning with a first meeting in January<br />
• Portland folks and folks from Seattle will be having a meeting in early January to figure out how they can use PMA in local work. <br />
• Maybe having someone come in to work with their group on the ground to model the process be able to answer questions, etc…<br />
• Monica from the PNWSF process has worked out a draft for a possible PMA<br />
<br />
<br />
== Seventh Generation Fund Conference: ==<br />
<br />
• Respecting the Rights of Mother Earth had the goal of bringing many people together to look at examples of from all around the world of legislative models and how that could be applied in the US.<br />
• 80 people attended and 50 on the live stream – average viewing time was just under 1 hour, many viewers from US, some from Canada, and one person from India. Overall the event was successful in terms of raising awareness about rights of mother earth. One theme was in cross-sectoral organizing - there are some old wounds between tribal people and enviro people that can cause some roadblocks. Saw some good forward steps around people working around those barriers. Louise will share a video link when it is ready.<br />
• Honour Tax – from Wiyot territory in Humboldt Bay, voluntary taxation or donation system – for individuals, groups, businesses, etc… who wish to acknowledge that they are on lands that have never been ceded. <br />
• Event happening at the end of this week at the UC Davis law school – commemorating the Lyng vs Northwestern decision which was a landmark decision against native religious freedoms. The decision set a negative precedent in relation to legal protections of native religions.<br />
<br />
<br />
== New members check-in: ==<br />
<br />
• National Lawyers Guild Housing Committee – with the idea that we can try to help create community land trust – put up money towards community land trusts for billeting while people are visiting in town.<br />
• Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign – people doing foreclosure defense but also take-overs as well.<br />
• Peaceful Uprising – trying to find out if Henia Delalia will still be involved in the work or if we should get someone new from the climate justice struggle involved.<br />
• Suggest that we identify fronts of struggle on the next call such as indigenous struggle, climate justice struggles, anti-incarceration struggles, etc… With the idea of assigning specific people to work on outreach to these specific fronts.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Facilitator and Note Taker for next meeting: ==<br />
<br />
• Next call would be first Monday in December<br />
• Jerome Facilitator, Anna Note-Taker<br />
• Next outreach meeting will be opened by a political discussion on Henia’s piece on “professional activism” and the meeting after will be a reading from Louis.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=January_6,_2014&diff=17813January 6, 20142014-11-01T15:35:21Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with "== USSF Outreach Working Group Meeting – January 6th, 2014 == Facilitator: Walda Note Taker: Spence On the call: Walda, David, Rose, Jerome, and Spence == Discussion o..."</p>
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<div>== USSF Outreach Working Group Meeting – January 6th, 2014 ==<br />
<br />
Facilitator: Walda<br />
Note Taker: Spence<br />
On the call: Walda, David, Rose, Jerome, and Spence<br />
<br />
<br />
== Discussion of Goals for upcoming Face to Face NPC Meeting: ==<br />
<br />
• Number one thing come out of face to face meeting is first of all people getting to know each other politically. Lots of new folks who have not worked together and do not know each other yet, so this is really important.<br />
<br />
• The meeting could discuss how we reach out to the communities that we know that we need to bring into the social forum process, how do we use the PMA process to bring them into the USSF process.<br />
<br />
• The document that David has been working on regarding the structure and process of the NPC. It would be good to get people clear on this.<br />
<br />
• It would be good to ask folks who are coming to review the political framing document. Also encourage us to think about any other short readings. As a way to get people engaged before the meeting.<br />
<br />
• Talking about the whole working group situation, the fundraising part, connections among the working groups, etc…<br />
<br />
• We should discuss what we mean by a polycentric social forum and a new type of USSF? As well as how funding works in relation to this new model and in relation to past funding that the social forum has received.<br />
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<br />
== Call to the Movement:==<br />
<br />
• This document is really important and Samako got a first draft going.<br />
<br />
• First draft still needs a fair amount of work though.<br />
<br />
• Feedback should be provided to Samako about the draft so it can be strengthened.<br />
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<br />
== Outreach Working Group Work Plan Ideas: ==<br />
<br />
• Since 2014 is the PMA year we need to make sure that we are clear on the politically grounded nature of this year and this USSF<br />
<br />
• Maximize the PMAs as the outreach and educational tools for the USSF.<br />
<br />
• Movement schools don’t really have a home in the structure yet, but are an important aspect of the outreach work as well, we need to discuss this more. For now being discussed / planned from road working group and outreach/pma working group.<br />
<br />
• We could have a more systematic approach to listing key fronts of struggle in the US. In an ongoing way we could compare these fronts of struggle to the representation within the USSF process in order to identify key groups to reach out to. What constituencies are represented, what fronts of struggle, what is represented and what is not. <br />
<br />
• Already identified youth, indigenous, immigrant / migrant work, as key groups to reach out to now.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outreach Updates ==<br />
<br />
• Jeff Ordwor – from an organization in Missouri who wanted to know what was happening with the social forum process. Missouri is Organizing for Reform and Empowerment. Someone needs to follow-up<br />
<br />
• SOA Watch – follow-up from PMA that was held there last fall. Notes are being typed up, Walda is in touch with them.<br />
<br />
• David met with the political director of the Chicago Teacher’s Union, and will be meeting with them again. He is wondering about approaching them to be an anchor organization for the polycentric USSF process. There was a suggestion that we should have a more collective conversation about whether or not we should approach them about being an anchor organization. Possibly we could explore some intermediary steps of political engagement such as maybe them joining on the NPC or taking some other steps of involvement before becoming an anchor.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Next meeting will be the 3rd of February ==<br />
<br />
• Spence will send out the reminder.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17812March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2014-11-01T15:33:43Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
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<div>== Goals ==<br />
<br />
Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
<br />
'''Meetings:''' <br />
<br />
: Alternate Mondays at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT (Upcoming dates: April 22, 2013; May 6, May 20, June 3...)<br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meeting Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
[[October 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[September 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[January 6, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[November 4, 2013]]<br />
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[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
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[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
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]<br />
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== Recommended Groups ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
<br />
<br />
:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17793List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T19:02:19Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
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<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
# Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
# Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
# Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
# Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
# Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
# Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
# Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
# Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
# From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17792List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T19:01:57Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
# Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
## Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
## Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
## Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
## Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
## Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
## Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
## Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
## From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17791List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T19:00:53Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
## 1) Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
## 2) Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
## 3) Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
## 4) Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
## 5) Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
## 6) Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
## 7) Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
## 8) Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
## 9) From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17790List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T18:59:54Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
** 1) Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
** 2) Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
** 3) Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
** 4) Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
** 5) Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
** 6) Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
** 7) Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
** 8) Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
** 9) From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17789List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T18:59:26Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
** 1) Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) <br />
* 2) Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
* 3) Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
* 4) Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
* 5) Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
* 6) Media (Street Roots/KBOO)<br />
* 7) Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
* 8) Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
* 9) From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17788List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T18:58:11Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
=== 1) Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council) ===<br />
=== 2) Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)===<br />
=== 3) Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)===<br />
=== 4) Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)===<br />
=== 5) Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)===<br />
=== 6) Media (Street Roots/KBOO)=== <br />
=== 7) Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland)=== <br />
=== 8) Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)===<br />
=== 9) From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17787List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T18:55:54Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
* What the Bleep happened to Hip Hop? lead organizations Hip Hop Congress and Move to Amend, Denver (Oct 25-26)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA, lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Immigrant Rights PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)<br />
* Health Care PMA in San Jose,CA, lead organization Low-Income Self Help Center (date to be determined)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
* Mass Incarceration" PMA in San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (Spring 2015)<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
* Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulfport, Mississippi (October 10-12, 2014)<br />
* Vision PMA in San Jose, CA, lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)<br />
* [http://pnwsf.org/ Pacific Northwest Social Forum] and PMAs, Portland, Oregon (September 27-29), lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community]<br />
1) Treaty Rights (International Indian Treaty Council)<br />
2) Housing/Homelessness (Right 2 Dream Too & Western Regional Advocacy Project)<br />
3) Food Sovereignty (Community to Community)<br />
4) Democracy/Constitution (Move To Amend/Multi Media Center)<br />
5) Labor/Green Economy (15NowOregon)<br />
6) Media (Street Roots/KBOO) <br />
7) Transit Justice (OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon/Groundwork Portland) <br />
8) Hip Hop (Hip Hop Congress/Global Fam)<br />
9) From Palestine to the Americas: Colonization and Mass Incarceration (Migrant Collective/Colectiva de Migrantes, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights, Oregon Jericho)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=List_of_People%27s_Movement_Assemblies&diff=17786List of People's Movement Assemblies2014-10-24T18:43:56Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div>Many PMAs around the country are already in process. <br />
<br />
'''Upcoming PMAs'''<br />
*[http://www.MoveToAmend.org/PHILLY-PMA "Envisioning a New Constitution"], Philly (August 9, 2014)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], lead organization [http://www.projectsouth.org Project South] (August 22-23, 2014) <br />
*[http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ People's Social Forum], Ottawa, ON (August 23, 2014)<br />
*Pacific Northwest Social Forum and Regional PMA, lead organization [https://foodjustice.org/ Community to Community], Portland, OR (Sept 27-29, 2014)<br />
*"Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by [http://inosa.mayfirst.org/ International Network of Scholar Activists] and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).<br />
*Appalachia PMA, lead organization [http://www.wvdawg.org/ Direct Action Welfare Group] (October 25, 2014)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", San Jose, CA (October 25, 2014)<br />
*"Envisioning a New Constitution", Salt Lake City, UT (date to be determined)<br />
*Gentrification PMA, New York City (date to be determined)<br />
*Louisville, KY Local PMAP<br />
*Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region)<br />
*May First Brooklyn PMA on technology, lead organization [https://mayfirst.org/ May First/ People Link]<br />
<br />
'''Past PMAs'''<br />
* USSF PMA at the [http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/ Peoples Social Forum], Ottawa Canada (August 21-24, 2014)<br />
* Environmental and Climate Justice People’s Movement Assembly, Jackson, MS at [http://www.freedom50.org Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary] (June 26, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/26-5 National Gathering and PMA on Surveillance, Technology and Communities of Color], (May First, Center for Media Justice, and Free Press) at [http://amc.alliedmedia.org/ Allied Media Conference], Detroit Michigan (June 19-22, 2014)<br />
*[http://www.leftforum.org/ Left Forum], New York City (June 2014)<br />
*[http://jacksonrising.wordpress.com/ Jackson Rising Conference], Jackson, MS (May 2014)<br />
*SOA Watch Thematic PMA, Washington DC, lead organization [http://www.soaw.org/ SOA Watch] (April 2014)<br />
*[http://karani.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/farm-worker-assembly-builds-community-power-in-whatcom-county/ Farmworker PMA], Bellingham, WA (March 22, 2014)<br />
*White Privilege Conference, Madison, WI (March 2014)<br />
*Global Climate Convergence, Chicago, IL (January 2014)<br />
*Pacific NorthWest Social Forum (PNWSF), Bellingham, WA (January 2014) <br />
*US Human Rights Network, Atlanta, GA (December 2013)<br />
*SOA Watch, Ft. Benning, GA (November 2013)<br />
*[http://afgj.org/tear-down-the-walls Tear Down the Walls], Tucson, AZ (November 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly III], Dothan, AL (August 30-31, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly II], Jacksonville, FL (April 26-28, 2013)<br />
*[http://southtosouth.org/southern-movement-assembly-2012/ Southern Movement Assembly], Lowndes County, AL (2012)<br />
<br />
<br />
Read more about the [http://peoplesmovementassembly.org/ Peoples Movement Assembly History and Resources]</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=October_6,_2014&diff=17785October 6, 20142014-10-11T21:44:43Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Introductions and Check-ins */</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
<br />
Rose, Edgar, Jerome, walda, Anna, Spence<br />
(David, Colette)<br />
<br />
== Reports regarding specific fronts of struggle / working groups ==<br />
<br />
'''Indigenous Peoples'''<br />
Key relationships are being developed with Idle No More, IEN, International Indian Treaty Council, 7th Generation Fund, and there is increasing understanding of the landscape and different relationship.<br />
The focus is on building long term relationships that will extend past social forum process.<br />
There are INM chapters on the west coast, east coast (Philly). We will be focusing on building direct relationship with people who are close to sites where Social Forum will be located.<br />
Clayton is interested in being involved and will connect folks to INM groups closest to the three sites and build things out from there. This will take a while to build up contacts and relationships with these groups.<br />
<br />
'''Youth'''<br />
Jerome is in contact with Tia, one of the organizers of the Youth WG out of Philly. This WG is in motion and having calls. <br />
<br />
'''Culture'''<br />
Working group email report came out a couple of days ago. This WG is in formation, mainly organized by some of Hip Hop Groups. They are trying to have meeting in next week or so.<br />
<br />
'''Language Justice'''<br />
Possible connections: Bryan Parras @ Tejas; Danielle Mahone @ Center for Third World Organizing; Roberto<br />
<br />
== Outreach efforts over the last month ==<br />
<br />
'''"Canadian" organizers'''<br />
Edgar connected with Shanee Prassad, from the Peoples Social Forum in Canada, who lives in Vancouver BC. They talked about the possibility of a satellite site. Shanee is really excited and there is a BC Social Forum during same time as US Social Forum. Edgar will figure out the dates and how to move forward.<br />
A contingent from the food sovereignty PMA@ the Pacific NW Social Forum will attend the 2016 Assembly of Assemblies. People are particularly interested in 2016 because it is an election year and that is when a farm bill will come out. It would be important to frame this as how to get ready for 2016? There will be a focus on farm workers at the San Hose SF site. Part of 2016 process is expanding involvement in 2015.<br />
US Social Forum Dates<br />
- June 25-28<br />
- June 24-27 in San Hose<br />
<br />
'''Pacific NW Social Forum (Edgar)'''<br />
Over 200 people were there, people came from Washington, including a group of teenagers. For many people it was their first time at a social forum. <br />
Saturday included the opening panel (alternatives to capitalism and how do we get there) and was the main day of PMAs (democracy, hip hop, food sovereignty, indigenous treaties, labor, media, from Gaza to the Americas -deportation, militarization). The PMAs were well attended. The groups then all got together and discussed the current political moment, the world we want to see, the actions people were going to commit to. <br />
Good experience, many good connections were made and it was helpful in regards to what we are trying to do. There is an upcoming debrief.<br />
(Rose) Groups struggled with making connection between vision and current moment; different political views re: what is behind Palestine and state violence locally and globally. It is important to have an experienced person in mix to help things along. People were enthusiastic about the opening plenaries. The SF had more strengths than weaknesses.<br />
Movement schools are the next step to deepen political organizational work. Movement schools help people raise political consciousness beyond electoral politics, especially for folks doing work on the ground, and give them extra tools re: outreach in the community.<br />
Edgar had asked about movement school in Pacific NW, the next step is to find out who leadership core is that wants to go deeper in holding political process. Edgar will discuss with others re: timing of movement school (before end of year, beginning of year?) Edgar will connect with Jerome, walda, Rose, or David re: movement schools. <br />
<br />
'''Peoples Climate Action Week'''<br />
(walda) Jerome, walda, Anna, and Spence attended the opening plenary - book launch with Naomi Klein, Clayton, Michael G. (CJA). There were workshops on Saturday as part of climate convergence that were put together by green party, radical elements. There was a day-long big march on Sunday, followed by climate efforts on Monday (wall street).<br />
People seem to be understanding that the system is the problem but not what to do about it. There was much critique re: funding of march (very much effort to supporting democratic party). <br />
Work is happening on the ground. How should USSF weave into that and take advantage of this moment as part of a movement building process. How much did the march impact communities of color? Leadership of POC and poor peoples was in the demonstration and march, wasn’t in the decisions or ensured long-term, ongoing distribution of that money. Disconnect between forces and those making decisions.<br />
Did a Social Forum workshop, but it was out of the way and hard for people to find.<br />
Budget ~ $4-5 M.<br />
<br />
'''Gulf Coast PMA'''<br />
This weekend, Oct 10, in Gulfport, MI organized in part by Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, who are also preparing for bigger Katrina 10-year anniversary convergence next year. Walda and Jerome will go to Gulfport. This PMA and Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy are part of Southern Movement Assembly – and Colette (director at Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy) is part of Outreach and PMA WGs. <br />
10-year anniversary of Katrina will need to be part of USSF 3-year plan.<br />
<br />
== Project South email about the pma website ==<br />
<br />
Jerome has been having conversation with Project South re: PMA website. Project South has decided to re-energize the peoplesmovementassembly.org website – and do that in coordination with the Outreach WG and specifically folks who have been working on developing a new PMA site.<br />
It is exciting to be moving forward together. We will continue to move ahead with the PMA site that is being developed and figure out how the sites can work together and become one.<br />
Spence brought up one concern: as much integration of the sites (PMA and broader USSF) as possible is ideal. It would be ideal to not have two websites related to the PMA as this might add another element of confusion for people looking for information. If it’s feasible to integrate the sites in the long term, that would help avoid confusion people would experience.<br />
Jerome, Spence, and Anna will get together with Project South to discuss information they need, timeline, and other details re: the site(s).<br />
<br />
== How to support groups before and after they organize a PMA and how to get report backs from them. ==<br />
<br />
There is ongoing need for analysis of the current moment. So that, along with action steps and movement demands, there is developing movement strategy. The current PMA guide needs tweaking. We need to be gather report backs from who have organized PMAs - develop written form, process of having conversations with people - to ensure PMA information is getting collected. The PMA site as vehicle for communicating the reports.<br />
A follow-up person needs to be assigned to each PMA that happens, so that someone can connect with them and get report.<br />
This will be further discussed at next PMA call. <br />
Spence will be working on a video to explain the PMA process.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=October_6,_2014&diff=17784October 6, 20142014-10-11T21:44:29Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
<br />
Rose, Edgar, Jerome, walda, Anna, Spence<br />
<br />
== Reports regarding specific fronts of struggle / working groups ==<br />
<br />
'''Indigenous Peoples'''<br />
Key relationships are being developed with Idle No More, IEN, International Indian Treaty Council, 7th Generation Fund, and there is increasing understanding of the landscape and different relationship.<br />
The focus is on building long term relationships that will extend past social forum process.<br />
There are INM chapters on the west coast, east coast (Philly). We will be focusing on building direct relationship with people who are close to sites where Social Forum will be located.<br />
Clayton is interested in being involved and will connect folks to INM groups closest to the three sites and build things out from there. This will take a while to build up contacts and relationships with these groups.<br />
<br />
'''Youth'''<br />
Jerome is in contact with Tia, one of the organizers of the Youth WG out of Philly. This WG is in motion and having calls. <br />
<br />
'''Culture'''<br />
Working group email report came out a couple of days ago. This WG is in formation, mainly organized by some of Hip Hop Groups. They are trying to have meeting in next week or so.<br />
<br />
'''Language Justice'''<br />
Possible connections: Bryan Parras @ Tejas; Danielle Mahone @ Center for Third World Organizing; Roberto<br />
<br />
== Outreach efforts over the last month ==<br />
<br />
'''"Canadian" organizers'''<br />
Edgar connected with Shanee Prassad, from the Peoples Social Forum in Canada, who lives in Vancouver BC. They talked about the possibility of a satellite site. Shanee is really excited and there is a BC Social Forum during same time as US Social Forum. Edgar will figure out the dates and how to move forward.<br />
A contingent from the food sovereignty PMA@ the Pacific NW Social Forum will attend the 2016 Assembly of Assemblies. People are particularly interested in 2016 because it is an election year and that is when a farm bill will come out. It would be important to frame this as how to get ready for 2016? There will be a focus on farm workers at the San Hose SF site. Part of 2016 process is expanding involvement in 2015.<br />
US Social Forum Dates<br />
- June 25-28<br />
- June 24-27 in San Hose<br />
<br />
'''Pacific NW Social Forum (Edgar)'''<br />
Over 200 people were there, people came from Washington, including a group of teenagers. For many people it was their first time at a social forum. <br />
Saturday included the opening panel (alternatives to capitalism and how do we get there) and was the main day of PMAs (democracy, hip hop, food sovereignty, indigenous treaties, labor, media, from Gaza to the Americas -deportation, militarization). The PMAs were well attended. The groups then all got together and discussed the current political moment, the world we want to see, the actions people were going to commit to. <br />
Good experience, many good connections were made and it was helpful in regards to what we are trying to do. There is an upcoming debrief.<br />
(Rose) Groups struggled with making connection between vision and current moment; different political views re: what is behind Palestine and state violence locally and globally. It is important to have an experienced person in mix to help things along. People were enthusiastic about the opening plenaries. The SF had more strengths than weaknesses.<br />
Movement schools are the next step to deepen political organizational work. Movement schools help people raise political consciousness beyond electoral politics, especially for folks doing work on the ground, and give them extra tools re: outreach in the community.<br />
Edgar had asked about movement school in Pacific NW, the next step is to find out who leadership core is that wants to go deeper in holding political process. Edgar will discuss with others re: timing of movement school (before end of year, beginning of year?) Edgar will connect with Jerome, walda, Rose, or David re: movement schools. <br />
<br />
'''Peoples Climate Action Week'''<br />
(walda) Jerome, walda, Anna, and Spence attended the opening plenary - book launch with Naomi Klein, Clayton, Michael G. (CJA). There were workshops on Saturday as part of climate convergence that were put together by green party, radical elements. There was a day-long big march on Sunday, followed by climate efforts on Monday (wall street).<br />
People seem to be understanding that the system is the problem but not what to do about it. There was much critique re: funding of march (very much effort to supporting democratic party). <br />
Work is happening on the ground. How should USSF weave into that and take advantage of this moment as part of a movement building process. How much did the march impact communities of color? Leadership of POC and poor peoples was in the demonstration and march, wasn’t in the decisions or ensured long-term, ongoing distribution of that money. Disconnect between forces and those making decisions.<br />
Did a Social Forum workshop, but it was out of the way and hard for people to find.<br />
Budget ~ $4-5 M.<br />
<br />
'''Gulf Coast PMA'''<br />
This weekend, Oct 10, in Gulfport, MI organized in part by Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, who are also preparing for bigger Katrina 10-year anniversary convergence next year. Walda and Jerome will go to Gulfport. This PMA and Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy are part of Southern Movement Assembly – and Colette (director at Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy) is part of Outreach and PMA WGs. <br />
10-year anniversary of Katrina will need to be part of USSF 3-year plan.<br />
<br />
== Project South email about the pma website ==<br />
<br />
Jerome has been having conversation with Project South re: PMA website. Project South has decided to re-energize the peoplesmovementassembly.org website – and do that in coordination with the Outreach WG and specifically folks who have been working on developing a new PMA site.<br />
It is exciting to be moving forward together. We will continue to move ahead with the PMA site that is being developed and figure out how the sites can work together and become one.<br />
Spence brought up one concern: as much integration of the sites (PMA and broader USSF) as possible is ideal. It would be ideal to not have two websites related to the PMA as this might add another element of confusion for people looking for information. If it’s feasible to integrate the sites in the long term, that would help avoid confusion people would experience.<br />
Jerome, Spence, and Anna will get together with Project South to discuss information they need, timeline, and other details re: the site(s).<br />
<br />
== How to support groups before and after they organize a PMA and how to get report backs from them. ==<br />
<br />
There is ongoing need for analysis of the current moment. So that, along with action steps and movement demands, there is developing movement strategy. The current PMA guide needs tweaking. We need to be gather report backs from who have organized PMAs - develop written form, process of having conversations with people - to ensure PMA information is getting collected. The PMA site as vehicle for communicating the reports.<br />
A follow-up person needs to be assigned to each PMA that happens, so that someone can connect with them and get report.<br />
This will be further discussed at next PMA call. <br />
Spence will be working on a video to explain the PMA process.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=October_6,_2014&diff=17783October 6, 20142014-10-11T21:43:32Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* 1) Introductions and Check-ins */</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
== 1) Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
<br />
Rose, Edgar, Jerome, walda, Anna, Spence<br />
<br />
== 2) Reports regarding specific fronts of struggle / working groups ==<br />
<br />
'''Indigenous Peoples'''<br />
Key relationships are being developed with Idle No More, IEN, International Indian Treaty Council, 7th Generation Fund, and there is increasing understanding of the landscape and different relationship.<br />
The focus is on building long term relationships that will extend past social forum process.<br />
There are INM chapters on the west coast, east coast (Philly). We will be focusing on building direct relationship with people who are close to sites where Social Forum will be located.<br />
Clayton is interested in being involved and will connect folks to INM groups closest to the three sites and build things out from there. This will take a while to build up contacts and relationships with these groups.<br />
<br />
'''Youth'''<br />
Jerome is in contact with Tia, one of the organizers of the Youth WG out of Philly. This WG is in motion and having calls. <br />
<br />
'''Culture'''<br />
Working group email report came out a couple of days ago. This WG is in formation, mainly organized by some of Hip Hop Groups. They are trying to have meeting in next week or so.<br />
<br />
'''Language Justice'''<br />
Possible connections: Bryan Parras @ Tejas; Danielle Mahone @ Center for Third World Organizing; Roberto<br />
<br />
== 3) Outreach efforts over the last month ==<br />
<br />
'''"Canadian" organizers'''<br />
Edgar connected with Shanee Prassad, from the Peoples Social Forum in Canada, who lives in Vancouver BC. They talked about the possibility of a satellite site. Shanee is really excited and there is a BC Social Forum during same time as US Social Forum. Edgar will figure out the dates and how to move forward.<br />
A contingent from the food sovereignty PMA@ the Pacific NW Social Forum will attend the 2016 Assembly of Assemblies. People are particularly interested in 2016 because it is an election year and that is when a farm bill will come out. It would be important to frame this as how to get ready for 2016? There will be a focus on farm workers at the San Hose SF site. Part of 2016 process is expanding involvement in 2015.<br />
US Social Forum Dates<br />
- June 25-28<br />
- June 24-27 in San Hose<br />
<br />
'''Pacific NW Social Forum (Edgar)'''<br />
Over 200 people were there, people came from Washington, including a group of teenagers. For many people it was their first time at a social forum. <br />
Saturday included the opening panel (alternatives to capitalism and how do we get there) and was the main day of PMAs (democracy, hip hop, food sovereignty, indigenous treaties, labor, media, from Gaza to the Americas -deportation, militarization). The PMAs were well attended. The groups then all got together and discussed the current political moment, the world we want to see, the actions people were going to commit to. <br />
Good experience, many good connections were made and it was helpful in regards to what we are trying to do. There is an upcoming debrief.<br />
(Rose) Groups struggled with making connection between vision and current moment; different political views re: what is behind Palestine and state violence locally and globally. It is important to have an experienced person in mix to help things along. People were enthusiastic about the opening plenaries. The SF had more strengths than weaknesses.<br />
Movement schools are the next step to deepen political organizational work. Movement schools help people raise political consciousness beyond electoral politics, especially for folks doing work on the ground, and give them extra tools re: outreach in the community.<br />
Edgar had asked about movement school in Pacific NW, the next step is to find out who leadership core is that wants to go deeper in holding political process. Edgar will discuss with others re: timing of movement school (before end of year, beginning of year?) Edgar will connect with Jerome, walda, Rose, or David re: movement schools. <br />
<br />
'''Peoples Climate Action Week'''<br />
(walda) Jerome, walda, Anna, and Spence attended the opening plenary - book launch with Naomi Klein, Clayton, Michael G. (CJA). There were workshops on Saturday as part of climate convergence that were put together by green party, radical elements. There was a day-long big march on Sunday, followed by climate efforts on Monday (wall street).<br />
People seem to be understanding that the system is the problem but not what to do about it. There was much critique re: funding of march (very much effort to supporting democratic party). <br />
Work is happening on the ground. How should USSF weave into that and take advantage of this moment as part of a movement building process. How much did the march impact communities of color? Leadership of POC and poor peoples was in the demonstration and march, wasn’t in the decisions or ensured long-term, ongoing distribution of that money. Disconnect between forces and those making decisions.<br />
Did a Social Forum workshop, but it was out of the way and hard for people to find.<br />
Budget ~ $4-5 M.<br />
<br />
'''Gulf Coast PMA'''<br />
This weekend, Oct 10, in Gulfport, MI organized in part by Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, who are also preparing for bigger Katrina 10-year anniversary convergence next year. Walda and Jerome will go to Gulfport. This PMA and Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy are part of Southern Movement Assembly – and Colette (director at Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy) is part of Outreach and PMA WGs. <br />
10-year anniversary of Katrina will need to be part of USSF 3-year plan.<br />
<br />
== 4) Project South email about the pma website ==<br />
<br />
Jerome has been having conversation with Project South re: PMA website. Project South has decided to re-energize the peoplesmovementassembly.org website – and do that in coordination with the Outreach WG and specifically folks who have been working on developing a new PMA site.<br />
It is exciting to be moving forward together. We will continue to move ahead with the PMA site that is being developed and figure out how the sites can work together and become one.<br />
Spence brought up one concern: as much integration of the sites (PMA and broader USSF) as possible is ideal. It would be ideal to not have two websites related to the PMA as this might add another element of confusion for people looking for information. If it’s feasible to integrate the sites in the long term, that would help avoid confusion people would experience.<br />
Jerome, Spence, and Anna will get together with Project South to discuss information they need, timeline, and other details re: the site(s).<br />
<br />
== 5) How to support groups before and after they organize a PMA and how to get report backs from them. ==<br />
<br />
There is ongoing need for analysis of the current moment. So that, along with action steps and movement demands, there is developing movement strategy. The current PMA guide needs tweaking. We need to be gather report backs from who have organized PMAs - develop written form, process of having conversations with people - to ensure PMA information is getting collected. The PMA site as vehicle for communicating the reports.<br />
A follow-up person needs to be assigned to each PMA that happens, so that someone can connect with them and get report.<br />
This will be further discussed at next PMA call. <br />
Spence will be working on a video to explain the PMA process.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=October_6,_2014&diff=17782October 6, 20142014-10-11T21:43:04Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with " == 1) Introductions and Check-ins == Rose, Edgar, Jerome, walda, Anna, == 2) Reports regarding specific fronts of struggle / working groups == '''Indigenous Peoples''' Ke..."</p>
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== 1) Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
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Rose, Edgar, Jerome, walda, Anna, <br />
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== 2) Reports regarding specific fronts of struggle / working groups ==<br />
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'''Indigenous Peoples'''<br />
Key relationships are being developed with Idle No More, IEN, International Indian Treaty Council, 7th Generation Fund, and there is increasing understanding of the landscape and different relationship.<br />
The focus is on building long term relationships that will extend past social forum process.<br />
There are INM chapters on the west coast, east coast (Philly). We will be focusing on building direct relationship with people who are close to sites where Social Forum will be located.<br />
Clayton is interested in being involved and will connect folks to INM groups closest to the three sites and build things out from there. This will take a while to build up contacts and relationships with these groups.<br />
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'''Youth'''<br />
Jerome is in contact with Tia, one of the organizers of the Youth WG out of Philly. This WG is in motion and having calls. <br />
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'''Culture'''<br />
Working group email report came out a couple of days ago. This WG is in formation, mainly organized by some of Hip Hop Groups. They are trying to have meeting in next week or so.<br />
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'''Language Justice'''<br />
Possible connections: Bryan Parras @ Tejas; Danielle Mahone @ Center for Third World Organizing; Roberto<br />
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== 3) Outreach efforts over the last month ==<br />
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'''"Canadian" organizers'''<br />
Edgar connected with Shanee Prassad, from the Peoples Social Forum in Canada, who lives in Vancouver BC. They talked about the possibility of a satellite site. Shanee is really excited and there is a BC Social Forum during same time as US Social Forum. Edgar will figure out the dates and how to move forward.<br />
A contingent from the food sovereignty PMA@ the Pacific NW Social Forum will attend the 2016 Assembly of Assemblies. People are particularly interested in 2016 because it is an election year and that is when a farm bill will come out. It would be important to frame this as how to get ready for 2016? There will be a focus on farm workers at the San Hose SF site. Part of 2016 process is expanding involvement in 2015.<br />
US Social Forum Dates<br />
- June 25-28<br />
- June 24-27 in San Hose<br />
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'''Pacific NW Social Forum (Edgar)'''<br />
Over 200 people were there, people came from Washington, including a group of teenagers. For many people it was their first time at a social forum. <br />
Saturday included the opening panel (alternatives to capitalism and how do we get there) and was the main day of PMAs (democracy, hip hop, food sovereignty, indigenous treaties, labor, media, from Gaza to the Americas -deportation, militarization). The PMAs were well attended. The groups then all got together and discussed the current political moment, the world we want to see, the actions people were going to commit to. <br />
Good experience, many good connections were made and it was helpful in regards to what we are trying to do. There is an upcoming debrief.<br />
(Rose) Groups struggled with making connection between vision and current moment; different political views re: what is behind Palestine and state violence locally and globally. It is important to have an experienced person in mix to help things along. People were enthusiastic about the opening plenaries. The SF had more strengths than weaknesses.<br />
Movement schools are the next step to deepen political organizational work. Movement schools help people raise political consciousness beyond electoral politics, especially for folks doing work on the ground, and give them extra tools re: outreach in the community.<br />
Edgar had asked about movement school in Pacific NW, the next step is to find out who leadership core is that wants to go deeper in holding political process. Edgar will discuss with others re: timing of movement school (before end of year, beginning of year?) Edgar will connect with Jerome, walda, Rose, or David re: movement schools. <br />
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'''Peoples Climate Action Week'''<br />
(walda) Jerome, walda, Anna, and Spence attended the opening plenary - book launch with Naomi Klein, Clayton, Michael G. (CJA). There were workshops on Saturday as part of climate convergence that were put together by green party, radical elements. There was a day-long big march on Sunday, followed by climate efforts on Monday (wall street).<br />
People seem to be understanding that the system is the problem but not what to do about it. There was much critique re: funding of march (very much effort to supporting democratic party). <br />
Work is happening on the ground. How should USSF weave into that and take advantage of this moment as part of a movement building process. How much did the march impact communities of color? Leadership of POC and poor peoples was in the demonstration and march, wasn’t in the decisions or ensured long-term, ongoing distribution of that money. Disconnect between forces and those making decisions.<br />
Did a Social Forum workshop, but it was out of the way and hard for people to find.<br />
Budget ~ $4-5 M.<br />
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'''Gulf Coast PMA'''<br />
This weekend, Oct 10, in Gulfport, MI organized in part by Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, who are also preparing for bigger Katrina 10-year anniversary convergence next year. Walda and Jerome will go to Gulfport. This PMA and Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy are part of Southern Movement Assembly – and Colette (director at Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy) is part of Outreach and PMA WGs. <br />
10-year anniversary of Katrina will need to be part of USSF 3-year plan.<br />
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== 4) Project South email about the pma website ==<br />
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Jerome has been having conversation with Project South re: PMA website. Project South has decided to re-energize the peoplesmovementassembly.org website – and do that in coordination with the Outreach WG and specifically folks who have been working on developing a new PMA site.<br />
It is exciting to be moving forward together. We will continue to move ahead with the PMA site that is being developed and figure out how the sites can work together and become one.<br />
Spence brought up one concern: as much integration of the sites (PMA and broader USSF) as possible is ideal. It would be ideal to not have two websites related to the PMA as this might add another element of confusion for people looking for information. If it’s feasible to integrate the sites in the long term, that would help avoid confusion people would experience.<br />
Jerome, Spence, and Anna will get together with Project South to discuss information they need, timeline, and other details re: the site(s).<br />
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== 5) How to support groups before and after they organize a PMA and how to get report backs from them. ==<br />
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There is ongoing need for analysis of the current moment. So that, along with action steps and movement demands, there is developing movement strategy. The current PMA guide needs tweaking. We need to be gather report backs from who have organized PMAs - develop written form, process of having conversations with people - to ensure PMA information is getting collected. The PMA site as vehicle for communicating the reports.<br />
A follow-up person needs to be assigned to each PMA that happens, so that someone can connect with them and get report.<br />
This will be further discussed at next PMA call. <br />
Spence will be working on a video to explain the PMA process.</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17781March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2014-10-11T21:41:27Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: /* Meeting Notes */</p>
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<div>== Goals ==<br />
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Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
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== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
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'''Meetings:''' <br />
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: Alternate Mondays at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT (Upcoming dates: April 22, 2013; May 6, May 20, June 3...)<br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
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'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
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== Meeting Notes ==<br />
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[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
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[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
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[[November 3, 2013]]<br />
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[[January 4, 2014]]<br />
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[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
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[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
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[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
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[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
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[[October 6, 2014]]<br />
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== Recommended Groups ==<br />
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Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
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:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=July_7,_2014&diff=17700July 7, 20142014-07-07T23:26:18Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: Created page with " == Introductions and Check-ins == Jerome Scott, Chris Bufford, Rose Brewer, walda katz-fishman, Ashley, Spence Mann, Anna Lee-Popham Facilitator: Jerome Notetaker: Anna == Wha…"</p>
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== Introductions and Check-ins ==<br />
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Jerome Scott, Chris Bufford, Rose Brewer, walda katz-fishman, Ashley, Spence Mann, Anna Lee-Popham<br />
Facilitator: Jerome<br />
Notetaker: Anna<br />
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== What it means that we are 1 Year Out ==<br />
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1 year is a very compact time frame for getting all our work done in prep for the next social forum. Especially to get several work groups up and running, we need to do that in the next month or so, or it may be too late to get them up and running. <br />
(Rose) The PMAs will be a big piece of the work that needs to be done.<br />
(walda) We need to share with the world the information about the 2015 social forum and the 2016 assembly or assemblies. Can we get that info out in a week? The messaging and sharing of info and website is critical as well.<br />
(Chris) It’s crunch time. A lot of groups are interested, they need a lot of time to prep to come. The more time we can give, the better. There is a sense of urgency. Let’s make the best use of the time we do have.<br />
(Jerome) We need to get info out. Also need to get out general statement re: three-year process, # of PMAs around country, and what it means for movement building in this country that social forum process is one-year out. This should be assigned as part of this phone call.<br />
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== Reports regarding specific fronts of struggle and working groups ==<br />
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'''Indigenous Peoples WG'''<br />
(Spence) <br />
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This WG is in an important relationship building process. In late April, there was an initial call of some of key folks who will be involved. It was a small group but with representation from different regions. There is a plan to schedule a second call and to invite others. My role is to support the group. Tia and Lewis from Seventh Generation Fund have been holding it down. Alicia Macy has also been involved in west coast. Hoping to get all these people together soon to be able to move that forward.<br />
(Rose) There was a good explanation on last call re: lots of diversity re: position of naming of state (US Social Forum).<br />
(Spence) That is one of main pieces to talk about at next meeting. There appears to be some clarity re: what not to call social forum (US Social Forum). Saw that Alicia was saying that because some nations have treaties with US, so it is important to recognize the relationship with US. The question is more if land on which social forum is happening represents multiple nations, not just the US. THe idea is not to remove US from conversation or language, but how to name the overall context of social forum in a way that supports a decolonizing process. There is a goal of trying to be aware of keeping non-Native folks on call to a minimum, so that it is Indigenous Peoples. Spence and Ashley will talk about ways to be involved in WG.<br />
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(Jerome) Until we make a decision on language on change of language we will be using, we should continue to use language we have been using and then when we make a decision we inform everyone re: use of language. <br />
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'''Language Justice'''<br />
So far it doesn’t seem that there are folks who are interested in kicking this off.<br />
We should ask Comm/Tech if they are interested in bottomlining WG.<br />
Can this be sparked through relationship with migrant justice organizing connections that people have?<br />
If you have connections with people involved with language justice, please pass them along to this WG.<br />
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'''Youth'''<br />
Walda, Jerome, Chris, and two others who are interested will schedule a call to see where to go from here. Anna will send contact info to each other.<br />
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'''Arts and Culture'''<br />
Is in motion. No one on call representing Arts and Culture. We’ll check in with Shamako on that.<br />
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== Upcoming Outreach Opportunities ==<br />
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'''Peoples Social Forum'''<br />
Spence and Anna have had peripheral contact with PSF and more with Ana Collins, the Indigenous organizer with the Peoples Social Forum. It will be August 21-24, in Ottawa Will be series of workshops and assemblies (16 themes running throughout) and there are some caucuses (Indigenous, POC, QC). There are scaling up meetings taking place right in cities and Indigenous Nations. And there have been calls for and workshops. USSF folks are doing PMA and workshop focused to communicate about communication re: USSF process and need for hemispheric unity. <br />
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'''PMA organizing kit & PMA template'''<br />
This is the year of the PMAs. Encourage others to hold PMAs as way to get to know people you are organizing with. A map has been created of past and upcoming PMAs. If you know of PMA that has not been captured. Please send info to Jerome, Anna, Spence.<br />
The PMA website is currently very inactive. Spence and Anna will be putting some energy into reworking that PMA website so that it is functional and dynamic again. This rebuilt PMA website can then eventually be folded into or linked into the new integrated Social Forum website once that larger site is complete.<br />
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On this website, the relationship between past PMAs and future PMAs will be laid out so that it is easier for people to navigate and filter through the various PMAs. This site may also allow us to visualize the fronts of struggle and how these relate to PMAS so we can see the gaps, etc…<br />
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(Jerome) PMA WG is trying to reach out and know about all PMAs happening. PMA WG is trying to follow up and point folks towards SF and looking forward to 2016, assembly of assemblies. Also trying to coordinate upcoming PMAs with fronts of struggle developing – and making sure PMAs are connected with fronts of struggle – hooking up with those, as part of movement building process. We could check in with David to ask him for update re: how connection to political process is happening in PMAs.<br />
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'''Check in on fronts of struggle mapping process'''<br />
This conversation was started in Jackson. Some folks there said they could do process. Anna will follow through with getting in touch with Carlton re: mapping of fronts of struggle. <br />
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'''Update re: Comm/Tech'''<br />
Background: Comm/Tech is really important for Outreach work.<br />
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''Possibility of an outreach comms tech group''<br />
Anna and Spence have been connecting with liaison between Outreach and Comm/Tech. Shamako in Bay Area had some folks he was recommending to be involved. Do let us know if there are others who are interested in also being involved in this.<br />
''Survey questions''<br />
It’s been slow to get new website going. Spence has been in touch with some of the folks, specifically Jamie, who is reaching out for support. A survey has gone around to the leads of the WG to ask WG about their needs re: website. Spence will be calling to check in re: WG needs and have clear sense of priority re: website direction. <br />
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''Rebuilding the PMA website''<br />
Given year out, we are going to be rebuild PMA wbeiste, want to be sure to not have redundant websites. The goal is to have one integrated site. Since this is year of PMAs, we need to have site up and functioning. We will share the website for feedback etc.<br />
We’ll be building mcok-up around old site with new information. Feedback that as idea? <br />
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There are reps on the comm/tech WG from Philly and San Jose – not sure about Jackson - and people in Pacific NW.<br />
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''CRM''<br />
(Contact data base). From past SF and from PMAs, there has been contact info has been gathered and saved in data base and used to send out newsletter and other communication. Is not actively being used and peoples info isn’t being labeled when come in to know background info on folks. Would be great to make more use of database. This has been pretty supported by comms/tech folks. Outreach comms/tech will put work into this.<br />
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It would be great to support Comm/Tech, specifically regarding Outreach areas. There will be an upcoming MayFirst PMA.<br />
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== Suggestion to send out doodle for scheduling ==<br />
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First Monday of each month at 4pm eastern.<br />
We will send out Doodle with some suggested times. First Monday of month at 4pm eastern works for folks currently on the call.<br />
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Year-Out Report/Article<br />
Jerome, walda, Rose, and Anna will work on this. Jerome will bottomline. Focus will be:What is means we are a year out? How important this is for our country, world? Use this to mobilize and introduce people to three-year plan. We will develop draft in the next two – three weeks.<br />
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== Next call – Monday August 4 at 4pm eastern ==</div>Anna Lee-Pophamhttp://wiki.ussocialforum.net/index.php?title=March_2013_Outreach_subcommittee&diff=17699March 2013 Outreach subcommittee2014-07-07T23:04:54Z<p>Anna Lee-Popham: </p>
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<div>== Goals ==<br />
<br />
Our task is to do outreach to various fronts of struggle and movements around this country to build towards the national USSF convergence. Towards this end, we're working to support local and regional organizing and assembly processes and recruiting participation in the USSF process. We are currently focused on reaching out to potential new NPC members and allies, who will help us do the work necessary for a successful third US Social Forum. We need you to help us do this work!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meetings and Contacts ==<br />
<br />
'''Meetings:''' <br />
<br />
: Alternate Mondays at 4:00 pm Eastern/3pm CT/ 2:00 MT/ 1PM PT (Upcoming dates: April 22, 2013; May 6, May 20, June 3...)<br />
: Call-in: (712) 432-0075, code 388105# (host 564471#) – (NPC#)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Contact:''' Jerome Scott jerome at ssbuilt.com for more information.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Meeting Notes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
[[November 26, 2012]]<br />
<br />
[[December 3, 2012]]<br />
<br />
[[November 3, 2013]]<br />
<br />
[[January 4, 2014]]<br />
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[[March 3, 2014]]<br />
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[[April 7, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[June 2, 2014]]<br />
<br />
[[July 7, 2014]]<br />
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== Recommended Groups ==<br />
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<br />
Please share your [[Organization Recommendations]] for Outreach.<br />
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:Return to the [[March 2013 Convergence Committee]] Page</div>Anna Lee-Popham