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October 23-25 NPC Notes

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== NPC Planning Meeting, October 23-25, 2009 ==
Simpsonwood, Atlanta, Ga

Decisions Made (to be filled in):

- Hired Sylvia Orduno and Adrienne Maree Brown as National Coordinators
- We need someone to chair grassroots fundraising sub-Working Group (connect Priscilla and Maureen)
- NPC organizations committed to bringing/sending youth to the meetings/process
- We decided to form a Finance Committee!!

In attendance:

* Rose Brewer- midwest, Afro Eco, Minneapolis, GGJ alliance

* George Friday, Independent Progressive Politics Network (Ann Arbor and Toledo Board Members), United for Peace and Justice, Southern Anti-Racism (black-brown alliance)

* Tom Stevens - DLOC

* Lizzie Baskerville, EMEAC

* Rocio Valerio, EMEAC Detroit!

* Fred Vitale, Michigan Welfare Rights

* Flo Rizowski, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Minneapolis

* Sarah Kershnar, International Jewish Anti-ionist Network, Generation Five, Berkeley, CA

* Jacqui Patterson, Women of Color United, Silver Spring, MD

* Sarita Gupta, Jobs with Justice, Grassroots Global Justice, Washington, DC

* Reggie McGhee, Detroit, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice

* Julio Cesar Guerrero, Centro Obrero, Detroit

* Emily Kowano, Center for Popular Economics, Solidarity Economy Network

* Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign, Chatanooga!

* Alfredo Lopez, Mayfirst People Link, Brooklyn, NY

* Jamie McClelland, Mayfirst, ICT

* Dianne Feely, Detroit Logistics Committee!

* Scott Byrd, Sociologists without Borders, The Writers Network, Irvine, CA

* Ann Bremin, Michigan Welfare Rights, indominable spirit of Detroiters

* Sylvia Orduno, Michigan Welfare Rights, Portland Oregon

* Marian Kramer, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, National Welfare Rights

* Gwen Gaines, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, Potluck Committee

* Bea Loewe, On Point, Chicago

* Will Copeland, Detroit Staff of USSF, DLOC (repping the questions, the people who don't know, the people who want to be involved)

* Diana Copeland, East Michigan Environmental Action Council

* Roberto Tijerina, Language Access Group, North Carolina

* Tammy Bang Luu, Busriders Union, LA, Grassroots Global Justice

* Louis Head, Sagginaw MI/GA, Albuquerque NM, Southwest Organizing Project

* Brigette Flaherty, The Pushback Network, Outreach Working Group

* Doreca Stubb, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit

* Harry Jones, Detroit!, Michigan Welfare Rights, Religious Committee

* Harold Spence, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit!

* Quentin Williams, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, ADAPT

* Adrienne Maree Brown, The Ruckus Society, creative, strategic non-violent actions

* Alicia Garza, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, San Francisco

* Kaajal Shah, Praxis Project

* Michael Leon Guerrero, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

* Oya Amakisi, Detroit, Program and Culture, Detroit Women of Color Inc, Detroit WOC Film Festival, Hush House Leadership Training Institute

* Cindy Wiesner, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

* Rishi Awatrimani, Leftist Lounge

* Raquel Lavina, Social Justice Leadership

* Lance Selfa, Center for Economic Research and Social Change - International Socialist Review, Haymarket Books

* Jen Cox, PPEHRC, International Committee

* Maureen Taylor, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit USSF Staff

* Jerome Scott, Atlanta, League of Revolutionaries for a New America

* Taliba Obuya, Project South, African descended women, grassroots people

* Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Program and Culture, DC-Metro

* Stephanie Guilloud, Project South, ATL!, Southeast organizations (Ordinary Peoples, Highlander, People's Institute)

* Rama Kased, US Palestine Communities Network, Bay Area

* Rev Charles Williams, AFSCME, Detroit

* Genaro Lopez Rendon, Southwest Workers Union

* Juan Atilano, SWU

* Angela Winfrey, Peoples' Institute for Survival and Beyond

* Monique Harden,

* Viola Francois Washington, New Orleans Welfare Rights, NWRU

Welcome to Atlanta:
Last night (The Detroit-Atlanta meeting) was significant, historical, because this is the first time we have had a former social forum sight and a future sight, and they got to meet.

The history of the USSF - the energy came up from the global south, having world social forums around the world. Then there was a call that the US was the belly of the beast and WE needed to engage in the process. It was scheduled, then Katrina, but we kept moving towards it in Atlanta 2007.

Community Agreements

* Step Back, Step Up

* Speak from the "I" - speak from your own experience

* Default to trust

* Respect differences/all people

* Use the "woah"!

* Be aware of time

* Be Curious!

* Cell Phone

* Use the Spirit Fingers as a Yes, do a Thumbs Up when you agree

GOALS

* Clarify

* processes

* structures

* $$$

* leadership

* Work

* in working groups

* on key decisions

* on increasing capital

* Grow

* into our visions

* the strength of our movements

* our depth with each other

Will there be othe times when new folks can get some orientation?
Inventory of proposals that are prepared. We can discuss that at end of Confessions and ?
Should also find time and space for informal conversations/hanging out - Reg will work on this

Agenda:

Friday -
9 Welcome/Intros
10 Political Conversation
2 Coming Back Together as the NPC
3 Working Group Session 1
4 Program + Culture
5:30 People's Movement Assembly
6 Orientation Dinner
6 OC Sub Group Meeting
6 Self-Organized Meeting Time

Saturday -
8:45 Wiki Training + Collaborative Democracy
10 OC Report Back: Getting on the Same Page
11 Budget/Financial Policies
12:30 Hiring Process Update
2 Organizing Process Proposal
3 NPC Business
5 Strategic Communications Plan
6 Self-Organized Meeting Times
7 Virtual Walk Through of the Program Spaces

Sunday -
9 Priorities/Decisions for our final day
9:30 Working Groups Session 2: Speed Dating
10:30 Calendar/Work Plan/Goal Setting
11:30 Closing Circle

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POLITICAL CONVERSATION

How do you believe political change happens in the world?

Pairs, groups of 4, groups of 8

1) What is the analysis of the current situation?
2) What is the analysis of the state of social movements and What is the state of resistance?
3) What are the alternate projects?
4) What are the strategies of the process of the US Social Forum?

Group 1 Facilitator: Louis Head, notetaker: Sylvia Orduno
1) Things have been going in decline economically for a long time. Things didn't just start falling apart two years ago and then we missed our time. There are already many alternatives going on in Detroit. Perfect timing now for people from other places to bring it all together.

Hurricane Katrina showed that new questions about resistance opened up: do we have the capacity to provide food, clothing and shelter to people in a dignified way? We need to provide for each other and in a concrete way. The desire for people in the movement to do this has increased and is a big part of why the USSF is going to Detroit. When we ask where the movment is today, it is a question of how much we are doing today to keep each other alive with dignity.

Borderland states also being strongly affected by issues of opportunity. Many pockets of resistance. USSF offers the opportunity to tie these together. Our coming together every three years will get us to a place like on the int'l WSF level.

Detroit is not a city of exceptionalism--what's happening there is happening in many other places. What's the value of hosting the USSF in Detroit and in helping Detroit with national relationships?

The whole rust belt is affected. Detroit is bad but we still have worse things to face. How can we make Detroit the laboratory for the USSF as another world is possible...? We're just at the beginning of the crisis. Detroit used to be the mecca for "come to Detroit: you can get a job, house, and health care." Now Detroit has 80,000 vacant homes. What does it mean when the things we need like healthcare and no longer tied to our labor? We have to come out with a vision that we know we can accomplish.

2) We've been in resistance but it needs to be a new type of resistance--e.g., projects of survival. Senior citizens and retirees also want to revisit things they previously had some comfort and safety in like housing, health care, utilities, esp for long-term.

We need to get a better handle on policy--so many are bad.

3) In NM, some groups fight policy but you can only go so far. Have to get your own people on the bodies that make policy. We still need more than electoral politics--you still can't get rid of capitalism thru it, power is still in the hands of corporations.

This work is longer term than 2010. People in Detroit are trying to create "another Detroit" and still looking beyond.

4) Looking back on ATL, one of the best things that came out of it were the relationships we built with others. In some ways this also a coming out party for Detroit. We're seeing the rebirth of a movement that hasn't existed for a long time. We need to tighten up our relationships, there's much new life!

Group 2 Facilitator: Kaajal, Note Taker: Brigid
Q 1. People are lost. Most people don't have anything, they don't have the basic needs. The current analysis is what we see happening. What's the impact that people are seeing? What are we seeing in the past two years?
People are experiencing loss of jobs and loss of income. Programs are no longer available to certain communities. More people are being layed off. More people are experiencing more hardships. A lot of things have not changed. The criminalization of our youth, high rates of police brutality, poor education system. Alot of people say that change has come, but the racism has floated to the top. The media, wallstreet wars favors the rich. People aren't thinking about the poor. Crisis is inherent in the capitalist system. Landlords make major profits from this crisis. Neoliberalism creates mechanisms so that poor people never see the rewards. The economic crisis in North America triggered a global crisis.The Obama Administration was a reaction to the Bush regime and even though he's not our savior we shouldn't minimize the work we did to ensure that McCain and Palin got elected. What is the left pole to hold Obama accountable? We have to have a fight back strategy. We are getting our butts kicked in healthcare. How does our movement adapt to this new situation? The social forum is about reorganizing and connecting our issues. Feeling that the labor movement hasn't changed up their tactics in 30 years.

Question 4: how does the social forum support movement building? The peoples movement assembly meet and decide what can we do together. We can use the PMA to link people.One of the strategies is to bring young people in a real substantial way. If we start to connect them to the movement now, we can bring about long term systemic change. The social forum is not an organization so we can't endorse or support certain things. The PMA is so important and we need to outreach because the protagonists are the actors, the movements are the actors and they are the ones who are coming with their strategies. It will allow a social movement convergence. In the ten years of social forums, people formed alliances. The campesinos is a network of 3 million members and when they talk about taking on the GMO's it's a big thing. It's a place to connect power and have strategic coversations and hopefully solutions will come out. We can't impose our agenda but we can help shape it.

Group 3 Faciliator: Raquel

State of the Movement

Economic downturn of the lost almost 2 million jobs out of the state in Michigan. E of our economic lives.
Subjectively the masses are not convinced that we cannot go back to the auto industry.
We are not prepared to convince our community that we have to create an alternative economy.
Even the structures that were used to protect the masses are being disassembled and destroyed. The economic piece that is disrupting is impacting all sectors of work throughout the nation. Privatization

True capitalism is funded by sex, drugs, and war

We left from industrial industries to service and now that is phasing out. What are the alternatives.
Are we going to be able to create something effective that meets the economic needs of the masses, before capitalism reinvents itself?
How is capitalism reinventing itself?
Out of 300 million 50 million are poor.
Large sections of the population that will not be integrating to the current economy
Poor are poorer and the rich richer. Increase in hate crimes, and the right are a viable force and seized the moment when we did not.

The system is collapsing because if there are no people to pay for it. The basic needs of the people are being cut off...water,

Rise in poverty is seriously impacting all of us. We were not prepared. We are now clear, so how do we position ourselves to create the change.

We are getting as bad as it is in some places. What is happening internationally that reflects how we are living now.

How long does it take or how much money it takes before the gov't who relies on war and to uphold the illusion of an economic base pulls back.

There is a pulse in democracy in the world.

Where is this moment going to go after the social forum? We have a common goal, but how do we create the solutions after the sf?

The US has played a horrific role in imperialism, there is this energy of resistance in Cuba and other places but they still exist within a
out of the global struggls there are some very powerful voices of struggle. Women are playing a powerful role in challenging oppression on all levels.
global shack dwellers who are challenging poverty. How do we learn from global struggles.
Take back the land struggle.

Solutions

come together and clearly define and work with the United Nation

there is the belief that capitalism equals democracy
capitalism equals oppression
what does democracy really equal?

Everyone needs to identify that we are the USSF

what is it going to look like so the masses can relate and adapt

Using the USSF to articulate what democracy really means?

We need to discuss what role the Obama and liberal movement played in shadowing the role of alternative systems and actually bringing more power to the right

Using the USSF as a tool to educate and empower the masses

democracy has been narrowed to a political context but it effects all aspects of our lives

What is the one word that defines democracy?

democracy as the pursuit life, liberty, jusftice?

There was a whole movement invented historically during the enslavement of Africans and they changed the world without the internet.

How do we mobilize the massses to create change?

How do we pull from the old that worked and integrate it with the new.

We should not have allowed them to take the jobs to other countries to exploit them and take jobs from us

create a living wage globally

How do we change mentality about having our individual sectors. We are fighting for slivers of the pie. How can we have the whole pie? We associate resources with capitalism. But we need resources to make our work happen. How do we create a movement where we share ideas but also ways that we mobilize resources? How do we change the way we think about things like democracy, resources...Capitalism is taking things that we do and make it work for them. How do we take some of their concepts and terminology that people relate to and use it to advance our work?

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Two Quick Things:

The Facilitation Team which crafted the agenda and holding the space: Adrienne Maree Brown, George Friday, Julio Cesar Guerrero, Maureen Taylor, Cindy Wiesner, and Sylvia Orduno. Also Steph played a large role!

The Role of Observers:
There are folks who are here in an observing role, reminder to self to take space in a mindful way, accompanying this space.

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Bringing all the conversations together and continuing the process. How are we using these key questions, bringing these processes along the road to Detroit and then taking us into the next World Social Forum in Dakar.

We want to hear these report backs and move towards: WHO do we want to be outreaching to, bringing to the social forum?

Emily: There is some feeling that the "crisis is over", and the question is here - have we missed out moment. We talked about: it's not. people are still losing their jobs - there's fragility. During the Depression there was a downturn, upturn, then a long down - now there's still a need to resist and build. To critique neo-liberal capitalism and capitalism.

Tom: Meet and Exceed has a history in Detroit...Ford, Chrysler, and GM would say it meets and exceeds all federal standards. The govt builds shit and sells it. But we are taking their power.

Diane: We had discussion about the "teabaggers", and how they have captured some of our rhetoric around "waste" and "congress doesn't represent our needs" and the fear - we have to find ways of speaking to the needs, isolation and fear, talk about the alternatives, and solidarity.

Maureen: Slogans - Americans have been dummied down to just wanting soundbites, not in-depth analysis. I am looking for a slogan. The enemy has convinced most of the world that capitalism equals democracy, but it doesnt. So we need a slogan - capitalism doesn't mean democracy, democracy means = ______ being able to say it's changing hands, it belongs to us, and it means this.

Louis: Talking about the IC meeting in Belin and in Quebec - doesn't make sense to us that there could be so much hope, and 9 months later such despair. We talked about Detroit and southern MI, and how the crisis kicked in 30 years ago. We live in a country now that's in a state of permanent decline. It creates many opportunities - its not like we miss one and that's it.

Sylvia: Katrina on people:s minds - how we house, clothe, feed people

Jen: immediate desperation and the contradictions of capitalism has forced people into action, or the potential for action, who had not previously been involved. In PPEHRC, people who may have been comfortable, are getting involved with a left movement (from middle upper class families in foreclosure, military families in MS who are being displaced by tourism) - how do we unite those?

Taliba: With capitalism there's always opportunities in crisis, it feeds itself.

Reg: On the constant decline note, folks not from Detroit should know that that might be the one feature of Detroit, we talk about ourselves as ground zero. We're going to model that there is no recovery here. you will come to detroit, and things are closed and not opening up again. So, how do we build for sustainable communities and where do we head to next?

Jamie: International perspective - we're out of sync with the rest of the world. The way the rest of the world perceives the crisis - the movement is happening outside of the US in ways we need to connect to

Michael: We keep finding ourselves behind the ball while the right moves very effectively (racist attacks, immigrant attacks, carrying automatic weapons to Obama speeches) and we're very fragmented. At IC meeting someone said: The crisis forces fragmentation on us - we're having to put out more fires than we did. We're going to have to figure out a way to do that, have people find their way to Detroit, to a national/intl process while dealing with the pressures locally.

Julio: there are ways that people are participating in Acts of resistance - not participating in the system. we have to not react to capitalism, we have to talk about social capital. when we talk about latin american-us relations, it centers on us power that creates aggression. power is the key point, you have to have money to have power. we have to look at power and build on that, instead of constantly responding to capitalism.

Maureen: We have discussed the phrase - "A Current Capitalism", like this is a glitch, let's highlight, this ain't no glitch. All these plants are closed - 12 million cars by 46 factories. 10 million cars with less than 10% of those people. Sarah raised a brilliant point - sex, drugs, weapons are the three biggest industries. This whole house of cards depends on people having $. This is a systemic change, it is never going back - the problems of the left is that we have missed an opportunity. We can't have to get on the phone together.

Harry: What was the position of what you were gonna come up with last year, why didn't you achieve it, and how are we going to make it a priority this time?

Cindy: We are going to go back to the 2007 and cover what we did and why! Good point.

Lance: Social movements are in a point of transition. Trade union movement has taken so many hits and is so weakened, they haven't taken any steps forward. what we have looked at as movements in the past are fading, new movements are emerging - LGBT is example. We all see small things, movements happening locally. What isn't present is a national infrastructure. There is a liberal govt in power with money and influence to make sure folks don't protest against what the White House is doing.

Fred: The idea that the crisis of capitalism is something that happens in the realm of laws makes it look objective. But actually this crisis is also due to the resistance movements all over the world - folks have refused to play along and participate, taken land, etc. Under alternative projects, MWRO has been impacted by what's happening, and we are trying to deal with that. MI has changed it's entire benefit system - we've started trainings, a People's Water Board to shadow the city board!

Walda: Importance of developing consciousness, especially class consciousness. Speaks to slogans - what is easily accessible. That consciousness has to be really clear - is it something in the past, or is it a radically and fundamentally new thing.

Taliba: Looking at contradictions of the USSF, establishing goals that could lead to sustainable communities (model it in Detroit)

Cindy: What responsibility do we have as facilitators holding this process to create a space where we're helping to sharpen and frame some of the current conditions? In 2007 we got folks to come in with their folks - beyond the workshops etc. In 2010 how do we build some ways for folks to cross cut their issues. If you were working on housing in Miami, you could see the Katrina plenary and realize these issues of displacement are all over. Now we're heading into the 9th anniversary next year, we've been there 8 years. 15 years in Afghanistan total.

The Political Context of 2007 USSF
The massive mobilization that happened on May 1st 2006, undocument folks and others challenging the racist systems...what happened with the massive millions of people on the street. How did we not capture that? The immigrant rights movement is a wide movement and is fragmented. In New Orleans and Katrina....next year is the five year anniversary. Obama just went. There has been displacement of African Americans and Native Communities but what have we as the left done to address the massive land grab. Environment and Indigenous Sovreignty. Labor in decline. Gender...using gay marriage as a way to drive wedges in our communities. These are the six movements/moments we felt it is important to hightlight.

We knew that as the left we needed to be the pole to keep Obama accountable. The economic and financial crisis....is not just an economic and financial crisis but to look at it as an accumulation of crises. A multidimensional crisis Health care...we were in canada and people were saying "we don't understand why you don't want health care" Climate justice: Road to copenhagen...myth of clean coal. Level of occupation, war and aggression ..Haiti/militarization. Growth of power block challenging. Not just about environmental justice but a way of changing how we are thinking about social justice. WHat did we do in the last 3 years? Did we regrsss? Are things better? WHat do we do? Is it reform? Is it revolution? Not as a form of imposition but as a way of creating a container. what are the key issues that are going to define 2010?

We did a very intentional process of ensuring that POC, undocumented folks, queer people...all folks who have been marginalized...to make sure that we were there...Intentional to make sure who is reflected around the room. WHen we talk about outreach and how to ensure the rubber hits the road. There are people who are going to come. We need to do the extra work to see who are the people who can't come or who need help to come but we as the NPC can't afford to bring everyone What are the mechanisms we put in place to make sure that people need to be here are here?

Tom: In terms of the history of missed moments, what we left out was what happened around the first world war. People in the street with mass mobilization before the war started. That showed us what we lost in the eighties. Because of all the stuff that has happened, because what has been done is not working, it's about organizing people's power. This is our time.

Angela Winfrey: WHat I see differently in this process is that there are more working people...those are the pople even in Atlanta where we didn't do intentional outreach to bring them into this discussion. THis is an opportunity to figure out how to engage with regular working people. We need to do intentional outreach to make sure those new faces are brought into this thing.

new people in the room:
rama kased us palestinian network
genero lopez rendo: southwest workers union
jose (?): southwest workers union

How do we maintain the commitment to who needs to be there?

Tammy and B Loewe are going to take us through this analysis.

Tammy: None of us are throwing down a multiyear process to execute the forum because we think it's going to be a good five day meeting. We think it's an important tactic to make advances in our current struggle. How are we going to build a stronger movement in the US. Will take us through who came in 2007. Big responsibility of outreach working group is what are we going to do and how are we going to structure it?

We're covering today:
a) theory of social change
b) social forces that will be critical
c) analysis of current conditions
d) state of social movements
e) working groups in motion?

USSF 2007 cross cutting issues:
1) anti-war, militarism
2) katrina + reconstruction
3) immigrant rights movement
4) climate + indigenous sovereignty
5) labor and workers rights movement
6) gender justice

We arent' going to start with logistical, mechanical things. We want to use the social forum as a way of answering the missed calls. We have a long way to go on each of the above cross-cutting issues. We took the political risk to say we thought there was a political moment to answer some of the cross cutting issues. Missing from this discussion. Jerome raised the need to start having these political discussions.

List of all the organizations that came are lefter than not. Every conference before more DC/policy focused. Didn't represent communities of color. Need to organize with folks who are accountable to a base, working class, people of color, etc. Trying to be intetnional about who we are trying to bring. Want to name that. Don't know where we are going to get to the point for more of a political confersation. Consulta should have been driven by the leadership of the NPC...this group represents detroit, and social movements in the us. we needed political clarity to drive the process. That's where the political leadership should have come from. How we want to build the social forum has to include our analysis of the current conditions...We are going to talk about outreach but didn't want to do it mechanically.

Question: WHat is the final effect of what you're trying to get? WHen the four days are over, does what we want to happen, happen?

Goals of USSF 2007:
* create a space for social movement convergence
* advance individual social movements' strategic agenda
* build stronger relationships within the movements
* meet our int'l obligations to the global community

Not completely tangible....some converged, some didn't. We did pretty good. It's a movement building process--not just networking. Purpose is to have intentional conversations.

For example, Domestic workers united had their birth in Atlanta. Before they reached Atlanta they started having conversations and linked up with farm workers--other workers who are not represented...for sixth months they raised funds and used the forum space and definitely got a bounce out of the forum. For some they didn't get anything out of it but did they put in the time to make it happen? To connect with folks?

Angela: We came together around the World Social Forum. When we were here, we had campaigns, but were still divided. Polycentric circles...being in relationship with social movements around the world. When we would go around the world there were messages going out about our social justice movements that werent' accurate. When we come to outreach for 2010, we have to take it to another level. When we looked around the table and evaluated, there were people who weren't at the table. What is our political stragegy? All of us where moved to participate because of feeling empowered after 2007.

We need to hold to what Harry is saying and make sure things are concrete.

We have names of a little less than 10K people Broke down by regions but also arbitrary as some people didn't see themselves as that.

Outreach working group presented a U.S. map on 2007 attendance: http://onpointconsortium.org/ussfmap/2007attendance.html Broke down by states and representation by color. Georgia was the largest in terms of participation at over 1700 people. In CA, 964. NY 868, MI 70. Names of all the organizations that came. THey will be part of Consulta outreach. What we want to do is build from there. Informed by who we think needs to be in Detroit. WHo did we not see in Atlanta? Also shaped by theory of social change. WHo are the orgs with membership bases we need to get in the room.how do we get the people that we want there, that need to be there, there? organizations and getting out onto the streets.

When thinking of outreach we are going to go with a loose regional structure. Whatever scale we want to work with them. Jobs with Justice is doing excellent work. AFSCME is here and they weren't here before. We have a task by Saturday night. Sticky tabs. who's coming? who have we heard? Who are the organizations? WHo are the networks? who are the sectors? what are they planning to do? In Minnesota? folks who want to ride bikes and they want to bring extra bikes so they can leave bikes there. If you know something, forward to the outreach committee. We want folks to send information to us. By the end of the weekend we want to know who is in motion so that we can figure out what are the holes in the process and how they can be involved?

Juan: there are youth who are in my network who want to come to the forum.

Tammy: There is an open position for chairing the youth working group.

Mary: People who believed in the American way who are going bankrupt, losing their homes, etc but are unorganized. We missed them because we have left out the basic theme of the need for water, food, etc. We did not define human rights as a theme which contributed to our being unprepared to organize folks as they began falling out. THese are the folks who will find out that reforms aren't going to work. We will miss the boat if we dont' organize them now. Democracy needs to meet the needs of people through basic human rights framework.

Reflection not only of the USSF but also of the movement. All the contradictions that come up are a reflection of the state of the movement. Up to us to meet that challenge.

We went through the intention, structure and form, who came in 2007. What's left to do is filling out who is in motion. Needs to feel like there is a buzz as we build towards detroit. What's the focus of the forum politically? Look around to everyone on the outreach committee and go to those folks. If there is a movement you didn't see in Atlanta and you think should be there, let us know.

Question: Thought we were going to have discussion in larger group re the questions that were posed before. '

Adrienne: We need to have the orientation to get everyone caught up. What is our personal theory of change?

Jerome: For the agenda committee, good that we pulled up goals for last time. Need to analyze them to point us to 2010. Needs to be on the table.

Reggie: People who are not in a movement...exist in large scale in detroit. How does relate to the need to submit names and movements? What happens to them? They're not in anything.

Tammy: There are those folks you mentioned who are in people's basis...MWRO, Bus Riders Union. How do we build a movement to get more people? How do we arrange so that they are present at the USSF 2010 even if they aren't in a formal movement? It's not the time we have now.

(back from lunch)
Agenda changes are being made for over the weekend because, in part, we didn't get to have a full OC discussion yesterday and add'l items are being added to the agenda.

Goal conversation is really important--we'll come back to see if they still work for us or if there are shifts.

asking outreach working group to further develop our priorities for outreach

in our dream world, the orientation for new folks would come before this morning, but that will happen tonight. orientation about what work happens at each level of the US Social Forum process, and roles are available for folks to play

we're still gonna do assumptions and confessions, but we moved it later on. stuff is moving, things are happening

we have a few sheets of yellow paper floating around about sign ups for working groups and committees and the work we're all doing; please fill them out

also there will be time for proposals to be presented later on. let Adrienne know if you have a proposal and she will work to figure out where it fits in the agenda

goals conversation:
what we want to do right now is have a conversation to begin to wrap up this morning's conversation. the point around seeing if these goals that were set sometime in 2006 or developed in the process. are these goals able to be affirmed again? we don't want to do wordsmithing--we want to determine does this still feel like the objectives for this body? we as the npc are the facilitating body, and we can't fix everything. sometimes our role is unclear as when are we here as this body and when are we here as movement actors. when we go into working groups, we're at least operating off of some common assumptions.

goals of ussf:
-create a space for social movement convergence (it's a movement building process and a convergence that's bringing together all the different movements; not a conference. it's about the process that happens before, during and after)
-advance individual social movements' strategic agenda (ensure that social movements get an opportunity to have a national and international stage, to get to know each other and to share and be taught; many networks and alliances were created and strengthened through this process)
-build stronger relationships within the movements (bring people together that used to be together, help to mend new relationships)
-meeting our international obligations to the global community (this call came from an international process, and the us social forum is actually a regional process in our hemisphere. there is an americas social forum happened in guatemala last year. its in relationship to something much bigger than us. how are we internationalizing our struggles so that we're actually beginning to understand that this is a global movement and beginning to talk about the role of the us movements. its about joint interests and solidarity, not charity)

discussion:
rose: why are we using the term social movements in the us? how are we conveying that in a popular way to people in this country where that might be potentially confusing? is it transferable or relatable?

angela: want to have a discussion on what are our obligations not just to the international community but also to our local communities?

walda: social movement means something to our communities and it doesn't mean certain things to our communities. it also means something bigger a real coming together of people from different struggles coming together to build real transformation. i think this is a goal that we are trying to accomplish through the social forum

julio: we talk about facilitating this space, bringing people together and that leads to ? developing strategy is more of a tangible perspective. i think we lack intentionality to say this is what we're looking at in terms of structural change and having an impact that will change people's respective realities. matter of framing rather than goals. our responsibility is will that change happen by accident or by design? i think that's where the intentionality piece comes.

tom: cindy's presentation and tammy's presentation this am, the question of what a social movement means, what will we accomplish in 2010, all the same way of asking what are our goals and objectives. i support these and i think theyre relevant. what i would like to see is a sort of practice and organizing strategies made explicit clear and simple and institutionalized. what is movement building? in terms of the intentional and strategic focus. we need to be very smart and take tough decisions and actions and take responsibility for them. its about finding common ground and common understanding; making visible and audible and clear what has been hidden and covered up. what it really is is like a flood or a virus; changes the topic of the conversation. when peopel in detroit meet with people after the ussf, this basic stuff affects the conversation. the goal is to tie all of this together.

sara: are we making a distinction between the goals of the ussf and the goals we're trying to create as an npc in order for material conditions to change in the united states. confusing to me; we're largely self selected, don't know what forces we represent. i understand the point of goals; and where detroit can be strengthened through this movement. don't want us to sell ourselves short? to me the social forum should be a place that tries to answer the political conversation questions in a broad way that helps to move our movements forward. balance between creating a space where people self organize to advance something and then what can we do to strengthen how people can self organize?

maureen: criticism launched against social forum process--mwro is new to this process. folks internationally have more understanding of this, but in the us, it's new. criticism has always been lots of talk and very little action outside and after the event. what we're trying to create based on our new analysis is create a space for revolutionaries who are trying to arrive at a concensus about what we agree on; peopel's movement assembly will kick ass. sanctuary movement--trying to move in 10 families into vacant houses. use this to provide alternatives; opportunity to exchange information and do some stuff too. i think that's where we're going. a convergence of discussion and action.

in your packets, there is a copy of the world social forum charter of principles. written by folks on the international council. ultimately, this is what we have as an overall guiding set of principles that we agree to adhere to. these principles are in debate. at the international council meeting, people were debating them and asking if we need to upgrade these principles. the critique has been that there is no set of outcomes. we want to create a space where people come, not impose a certain direction, but give it some level of leadership.

the people's movement assembly is absolutely the space where you should get ready to say what is our national and international campaigns? how are you moving people to take action?

what are the objectives for us as the planning body? there's been some feedback about hey where's our obligation to the local community? need to popularize the language. conversation of saying we need a space for discussion and action. helpful feedback for folks who want to continue, invite you for a lunchtable tomorrow to help work on this, come back on sunday to see if we can help to affirm these principles in a revised form.

we want to start operating within our working groups under these objectives.

jerome: observation--well over half of the people in this room were not here in 2007. disadvantage is that in 2007, we didn't have these and we spent a lot of time getting to these to give us clarity. maybe we could talk about or catch people up to speed on the differences. it was only after a lot of struggle that we were able to get to this. we also need to evaluate how we did on these goals. for example, strengthening the developing movement internationally, locally and nationally. in atlanta, i think we did a not so good of a job. we did not set up a situation where we could figure out where the emerging motion was in atlanta and how we could set it up to be able to do that. in detroit, we can do this. two examples:
-3 weeks ago, there was a meeting about how do you get help for utilities for the winter. 10K people showed up looking for help.
-later, there was a meeting at Cobo hall for housing for the winter, there was 50K people who showed up
here is the emerging motion, what do we need to do as a social forum so that when we leave there, they're in a much better position than when they came?
adrienne: folks need to hear the orientation so that they can see if their process fits in or if there's something more that's needed. it also needs to be not just structure, but process. process showed a different way that movement building can happen in the us that hadn't really happened before.

sarita: adding on about importance of evaluating the goals. was on the evaluation team for the last ussf; we did a lot of that. we should draw from that to inform this conversation. there were wonderful insights on how we did in achieving goals; don't want to lose that.

michael: there is a difference we need in these goals. the moment is different from then, because it's a second forum, because more people know about the forum, because of the economic crisis, the obama administration being there and what we have and haven't been able to do. people are thinking about this forum, but there is a demand for a greater intentionality with this forum. i think people are really coming in and saying we need to put together an agenda for the long term so we don't find ourselves back in the same place over and over again. what is the broader agenda that we need to come together around? each forum pushes limits about what the vehicle is, this is just one vehicle and won't capture everything, but there has to be something more than what was.

maureen: where is it written--it would be extremely helpful if we can map out things to avoid. things that didn't work well. stephanie mentioned that one problem was not organizing volunteers soon enough. detroit taking that to heart and using that to build this forum.

cindy: there is an evaluation (meeting in september after the forum); did another one in san antonio because that wasn't enough; we had a whole team that was created (sarita, george, michael, and others) where there was documentation created about what we did well and what we want to do better.

is there anyone who doesn't want to be filmed? raise your hand so we can keep you off that.

order of business to attend to: a less correct version of the consulta was passed out, please return the other version you received.

monique: advocates for environmental and human rights

viola: welfare rights organization; member of the national; member of organizer's roundtable

getting into the working group space: way to entice people to join your working group!

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WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS

moving into working group discussions:
peoples movement assembly:
international solidarity committee: for people who want to connect international struggles to local struggles and logistics for international presence at ussf
resource working group: need some extra brains inside the group, even if you're part of another working group. we make the money to make the stuff happen.
outreach: we want people to come to the ussf. if you have contacts, please
gender justice (aka women's working group): gendered analysis of all the processes to the content of the forum. patriarchy, security issues for women
communications: outreach to media, media workers, messaging, encourage and activate, help spread the word and tell stories about ussf
information and communications technology (ict): 2007 made a monumental impact on world social forum. communications and technology made an impact. want to repeat that process, do that through comprising the work group not comprised of technologists but organizers and political activists
logistics: nationally we haven't been able to get it up and running, so DLOC is holding it down for now. we do have logistics on the ground in detroit.
program and culture: workshops, work with npc on plenaries, pma on the pma, shapes the voice of how we reach the masses. 1000 workshops in 2007. this is a joyful thing. culture is not only just entertainment, art is a tool of empowerment and education and building a movement, that's how we reach the masses. if you know artists and organizations doing that, let us know.
language access: making the ussf linguistically accessible in verbal and nonverbal languages or modes of communication. interpreters, translation of materials. placeholder. it could use some support.

notice from alma nm: queer rights working group.

rose: might be good to talk to gender justice working group.

documentation and evaluation: figures out how are we gonna put together this puzzle so that its transferable and clear

youth: not sure if it's a working group, but would like to keep it moving and on the table. question: are you down to hold it

healing and health and environmental justice working group? is that happening? we have a local group called faith and spirituality that could fall in the same category.

they're separate groups...

in your packet, there is a big matrix that is the overall structure. clarification and just to let folks know, the organizing committee is going to try and come up with some clarification about working group, committee, and constituency group.

not yet a clear process and criteria for how something becomes a national working group. hopefully tomorrow we'll have some level of clarity on this.

COMM and ITC and Language Access

May First People is a huge volunteer organization of radical/progressive tech workers who merge resources and provide services to organizations who are members. Provide resources to world, hemispheric and USSF. Right now 8-10 working on USSF.

ITC has 8-10 people on biweekly calls. Launched 4 websites on free and open software. Are now in redesign for the website with Design Action Collection and Comm WG. A site plan is now in draft. Working on registration system, online proposals, blogging and housing/transportation.

COMM WG has about 5 people meeting once or twice a monthly as needed. Have worked on draft logos and posters and a media plan. Have launched a Writers Network, getting people to write stories and articles for local media. Has tools/resources on writing, messaging and approaching local media. Beginning work in Detroit on a Local Communications Committee.

Now have relations with Allied Media Conference (AMC) which will hold their annual media conference in Detroit a week prior to the USSF 2010. Looking into renting a space for a month that can be used by both groups. In discussion with AMC about helping with a USSF media center. Problem in 2007, the media center was located in a very hard to access place and difficult ID requirements for use. Need large space with many computers, WIFI, and power access for people at all levels to broadcast. One role of the MC is documentation of the USSF for video/audio library. Talking with low-power radio people.

Translation WG. There are only three people at the moment. Not enough. Need more people. Translation process? There will be several website based systems that will automatically route the translation to persons who can do it. The system is available. Translators must be recruited. Currently, we encourage people to handle our own translations for material. In the language justice movement we are pushing hard for the best translations possible.

The website site design proposal is currently on the wiki in the ITC section. There will be four function based websites. [www.ussf2010.org,www.community.ussf2010.org, www.organize.ussf2010.org, www.wiki.ussf2010.org]

International Solidarity Commmittee
Emily Kawano, Jen Cox, Rocio Valerio, Louis Head, Cindy Wiesner, Mary Bricker Jenkins

Update on work:

Provide the logistical support to international community
We can link social movements internationally to national/local social movements
Letter of invitation by January.

There is a question Inform State Dept.

International Council suggesting

In the IC meeting in Morroco, in 2010 there is no WSF. There are 15-20 forums happening in 2010. So there was a call

The strategic importance of the US. Linking the USSF to the other forums.
3rd day of forum has been decided at the July NPC meeting

Working on what the programming would look like with the International/Nat

4 major areas of work:
Relationships with IC, Hemispheric Council, Social Movements Assembly.
Any organization that wants to come and trying to connnect them to local and national organizations.
Global Day of Action in conversation with the program committee and the IC
Legal/Visa: Cuba, Venezuela, Palestine and Iraq
Fund-raising and potential subsidy with criteria

Define our goals:
Electing Chairs and OC.
What do we want to do?
What kind of space do we want to create for international people?
What does the International Day look like?
Come up with a timeline
Role of
What is our role internationally?

OUTREACH WORKING GROUP BREAKOUT:
Goal: 20,000 plus
Forces that we want to have represented:

* working class communities of color

* immigrant communities

* etc.

* (come back to this)

ð Work plan and timeline needed
ð How are we doing outreach by sector and region?
ð How are we building the movement? How are we building power? How are we building organization? How are we engaging masses?
ð How are we engaging conscious forces? How are we engaging non-organized forces?
ð On a national level we have to engage organizations that are building mass and strengthen their ability to do this. HOWEVER on local level we can massify the movement in Detroit--engage the unorganized in Detroit.
ð Outreach strategy in Detroit: Michigan, Detroit, Potluck (communities)
ð Our job is to give people what they need for the kind of outreach that makes sense in their location and for their goals--tools, processes, models, materials, examples, etc.
ð Goal is to leave a stronger Detroit AND stronger movement everywhere
ð Support local organizations to build so that they can incorporate those who attend and want to participate moving forward
ð What is our massification strategy? High-light and make visible the USSF and the work that comes out of it; specific media strategy around Detroit;
ð We need a structure and process for identifying goals, work plan and timeline: GOAL of weekend—review and adopt proposal on youth outreach; goals and targets for local and national outreach; strategies outreach; work plan, timeline and division of labor for outreach (calendaring/benchmarks); (budget); structure/roles, process and communication for outreach work group (i.e. chairs);
ð Role of outreach group is to get a scan of the state of social movements inside of the US—how is this going to happen through this process

Orientation to Outreach:
ð National level: NPC support organizations in using social forum to engage and involve existing and new members/participants/activists/community—support them in building their ability to build and sustain relationships with people not currently involved but that gather around events/organizing leading up to the social forum and the forum itself (share tools, processes, events, examples and materials that people can adapt based on their location and goals)
ð Local level: massify the movement and strengthen and grow those participating in local organizations and organizing—direct outreach to community and individuals versus through organizations or mass media at a national level
ð USSF is an opportunity to build your base, your organization and your movement

Resources WG
Responsibility of the RWG is to raise money for the core costs of the USSF: space, accessibility, staff, contractual obligations for venues like hotels.
Resources we have on hand are limited. There is a sense that the money raised can be used for a range of other needs that are related but not core to the USSF.
This situation needs to be relayed and affirmed.
Structure -

PROGRAM/CULTURE
Fireworks: about 1 million people are going to descend upon the area of t
he conference on Wednesday night. We have to have in the program a warning to folks: You have to get home and it will be a lot of people heading home at the same time so if you have special needs (disabilities, children
Space: We have 22 churches that have committed space. We have 14 hotels that have committed, as well as Cobo Hall. We will also have Wayne County Community College (list of classes happening, as well as 80 rooms). Total is 200 including Cobo Hall.

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PROGRAM AND CULTURE PRESENTATION:

The way we think about cultural expression includes movement convergence.

The Opening March is a shared responsibility for the NPC and the Local Organizing Committee - the LOC thought about the organizing, where the march should go - the DLOC folks need to begin to think about that. This VERY important political celebration belongs where?

The Detroit LOC Logistics Committee is thinking about this!
Also a cultural space for celebration
Also a Political Space! (wanna do some direct action there)

We need clarity from the NPC on where this actually lands. Right now it is with the Logistics committee to take the first step - bringing a proposal to the whole NPC.

Suggestion: an Opening March Committee - comprised of someone from the PMA, DLOC, P+C.

One point is that the ATL march was influenced by the political history of Atlanta, so DLOC shoul play a large role.

A Powerpoint (will try to get a copy of this)

Program and Culture is responsible for the self-organizing working groups and the cultural programming during the USSF. We take political leadership from the NPC, and coordinate with other working groups.

Felt if these were purely combined, culture would get subsumed. The groups meet independently and together.

In July, made some decisions and agreements:
- To use the consulta/survey process as a political tool to get feedback on the program of the USSF
- The consulta/survey can be used to get feedback on many parts of the USSF - the workshops, the PMAs, outreach, accessibility
- USSF 2010 intends to be a convergence of social movements, therefore the self-organized workshops, assemblies and cultural events should encourage 1) collaboration, 2) cooperation and 3) consolidation
- 2010 tracks shouldn't be a laundry list
- participants should be able to see their work repped in the tracks without having to list every issue, group, tactic

Consulta comes out of the World Social Forum as a way to get feedback from people. The NPC using as a political tool to show that they are open to getting feedback from people.

And now.....THE CONSULTA (powerpoint presentation, to be posted later)

Immediately, we ran into concerns and questions around using this process. People wanted to know what the word meant and where the decision was made. Also, what is the scope - 10K people? 100K people? Needed agreement on how to use, clarity that it came from the NPC. We felt this process became more contentious than it needed to be. So...we wanted to make sure to clarify to y'all what it all is, and our recommendations thus far.

Recommendations:

1. Establish Purpose
a. NPC gives task to a Working Group
b. working group can opt to do a consulta, but has to check with NPC, DLOC and other WGs
c. before a consulta goes public, the NPC, DLOC and WGs get to review it (but not all changes will be incorporated)
d. Default to trust. We trust that all of you have read it, and y'all trust that the working group is incorporating your feedback, even if you don't see it.

2. Does this reflect the goals set by the NPC?

3. Determine what body/grouping of people make the final decision

4. Parameters

5. Timeline

6. How will feedback be incorporated? What is the criteria for incorporating recommended changes?

A few key questions:

Where did the word come from, and the process?

Remind us as the NPC that a lot of folks stay on their computers, different reps come in and out, so folks paying attention, reading back over the notes. So just being aware of getting better, tighter about reviewing the notes. Maybe OC can list the decisions that get made.

The way it was brought to folks was not explained correctly, felt like it was brought as a decision.

When things get contentious, we have to ask questions and try to clarify, engage in self-reflection?

Part of what happened was miscommunication, and not moving things in order.

PARKING LOT: Rogue People! This is something we need to address because it's caused a variety of communication problems among national and local folks.

Recommendation for approaching DLOC and anchors:
Bringing things in a timely manner, and allowing folks to plan for it and having the right folks presenting it.

Now. Here's what the Program/Culture has to do with the Consulta!

There's a consulta small group - Rishi, Raquel, Alicia. Every Friday they have been convening a call. The work of moving the process forward has been in the PCWG.

Timeline:

- Week of October 26th: Online Consulta is launched
- Nov 30th: Deadline for responses to the Consulta Form
- Dec 1-15: Consulta sub-group of the PCWG incorporates feedback into track language and submits to the NPC for approval
- Dec 15th: Online Workshop Proposal form is launched, with final track language approved by the NPC
- early January 2010: Publicized launch of the online workshop proposal form
- March 15th: Deadline for submissions of proposals through the Online Workshop Proposal

Questions:
- What is the scope? Have been getting feedback from outreach, PMA. outreach has been guiding us in terms of who this goes out to.
- People have expressed that they want to use this as a way to get folks engaged in the social forum - go head on! You are free to get people to input on this, AND we will be targeting it.
- Test run - tomorrow night we will have computers set up to test run it!
- Ask for a donation!
- Outreach - we have database of 10K who attended the 2007 social forum, and the networks that folks in this room are connected to. We have a list of everyone who brought over 20 people to the USSF07. Still defining the gaps and other people we want.
- In order to move this, we have to discuss this document which we emailed last week and we have in our hands.

Thinking about: what are the ways our local work can converge with the local work of others, and the process we're engaging in...we came up with a set of containers which could hold our work. This cuts from the 35-40 offerings on an international level, last year we had 25. We thought that too long list is not necessary - people feel like if they see a very long list and they aren't on it, they wonder if their work is politically important to the group. We want to put this work in dialogue with each other.

Is the purpose to highlight the issues folks are working on, or is it to converge social movements to consolidate, cooperate and converge.

The questions:

- Michael: Really appreciate the thought and time y'all are putting into this. How do we create the cross conversations that need to happen to build power?
- is perceived rise in technology and the relationship to collapse of capitalism
- poverty issues
- how can we help be really intentional about bringing the topics together?
- our goal for making movement effective and coming together, moving from issue based and strategy. to meet those goals to cooperate, collaborate, consolidate - to look at different ways to get our issues as part of a larger conversation.
- if we organize based on how people organize could leave out people who don't organize, like teachers
- so we could revise this, that's why we're having the consulta - we have to include the tents and other spaces
- do we want to define reaching our goals to how we do these tracks...this may be too many steps, maybe people see things on an issue basis and we can't quite chunk them together. do we want tracks that don't relate to how people see each other? and how else could we reach the PC goals?
- you put the labor under "resistance strategy", it doesn't fit there, it's one of the core bodies of people organizing in the world. it shouldnt be a small part of another thing.
- i don't see the word poverty reflected in here anywhere. its one of the issues that we're dealing with every day. what i am here for is not reflected
- 1. historically. last time there was 900+ workshops. there was a book and you had to study the thing to figure out where you want to go. the world social forum process utilizes this consulta - its a process to get feedback. no one knew what social forum was a couple years ago - we're introducing it. 2. the wsf puts out a consulta process to a smaller group of people for feedback. 3. people use this as a way to converge and get stronger. there might be 10 competing organizations in a track putting forth ideas in a track, but that's part of the process. in the quebec process we went to there were 9 tracks, and room for an OTHER. it doesn't capture everything, there's the spontaneous spaces.

PC-Sub might take this all back and come back tomorrow

- what is the level of flexibility with this document? also, the OC should hopefully address this kind of stuff. this shapes the forum. ecological justice - why not environmental?
- there are words left out that some folks thought were implicit. we can add them. no big deal. i think we should be clear about the tracks - the tracks should not build cross sector - the tracks are to help people find the topics they are looking for. that cross-sectoral collaboration should happen to, but let's not overload the tracks. also, let's cross-list stuff. the geographical stuff is funny, the resistance vs movement building
- i want to affirm this process, i have seen it work in other processes. you had labor working with environmental and women's groups - addresses the goals 1 and 3.
- technically, how are you planning to process the feedback?
- maybe combining some of the stuff, tactics and stuff. hate to call stuff an issue cuz poverty effects the majority of the planet.
- how do you see this interacting with the plenaries and the tents? would be willing to fold NVDA and CD into another track if it was written out more clearly. also, want to think about how NPC groups will ground these tracks so they aren't overwhelmed by folks not aligned with all the criteria and values
- this is not supposed to be a space where we demoralize each other, but is supposed to be a space where we feel comfortable calling each other out, and appreciating the call out. shit is hard, marion is bringing and important thing and told us great civil rights stories. my question is how did you all come up with the tracks - was there consultation on the international track process? the language - some feel issue based, some feel section based...that would help. we can't satisfy everybody, its going to be a whole thing of contradictions.
- part of this work/anger is coming from "i wanna get the right stuff", marion will fight for the stuff. we are not each other's enemies, we just got issues. we came here to find slivers of ways we can get along. this question of poverty is tied to the key platforms of how can we get along. you all our coming to detroit where poverty and labor are our two things! come talk to us about the stuff we care about. and a self-critique - our opinions have been asked, and we have not been as attentive as we should have been. but the rubber has hit the road now.
- the tracks need to reflect how people actually care about and what they are movd to, and how they are organizing. then, how are we trying to connect that to building power. working with HOW we're organizing right now, but the plenaries and other spaces could be where we talk about what we're learning. so the whole picture meets folks where they're at and bringing them to the movement level.
- are we answering the questions around goals with these tracks? also the reason for going to detroit - there's a larger vision about it. about the collapse of capitalism, the high end poverty, etc. is it about venue space?
- the process was actually backwards - they are trying to give us leadership before we have had a chance to have the conversations about the key planks, the crucial issues. ideally that would come first, then they took it and brought it back. this is also a test of what the consulta could be looking like. great attempt to take leadership when we didn't provide it to you. so, some of us should step up and help: are we cross cutting issues? or not? i am open to either way.
- a lot of emails were sent out but technology often excludes a lot of poor folks, not in the room. thinking about phone calls to folks not in the room (indigenous folks not in the room) there are leaders where you have to track them down because their feedback is so important
- as a participant in 2007, the tracks were very helpful in terms of helping people show up and find their way around.
- i agree with the process of taking input of what the fronts of struggle are to inform the tracks. i disagree with the tracks. less is more. the new economy, poverty and work; mother earth and relationship with the environment; etc. the point is to organize the workshop. we could also do it like - this is about learning, or skills, or political interventions we want to make at this moment. this feels reductive and hard to find instead. we want to hear what 10K think about this. would love to have the fronts, and a blank line so folks can add stuff in. there are multiple spaces, the self-organized workshops do not have to reach every issue.

Raquel: we are hearing that this isn't working, and two that it is reductionist. Hearing a couple of ways to handle it, one is to just list stuff out and have other spaces handle cross stuff; or have the key planks. We'll bring it back to you.

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People's Movement Assembly:

This is to build connection, commitment to action. The big question is how do you establish connections on this scale? It's connection. There's already PMAs being planned across the country, and we're barely off the ground. The How is a BIG question - we want it participatory, prepared, very facilitated with direction and a sense of purpose! Kentucky took it and did a process. There's before, during and after.

HAND OUT!

So far:
- Queer
- Portland
- southeast
- young people

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USSF Outreach Working Group
Outreach Breakout during NPC meeting in Atlanta

Goals:
Bring at least 20,000 to the Detroit
½ the people would be coming from the Midwest Region
Use the outreach work to develop a scan of the movement
USSF would advance the mass struggle in Detroit – mass outreach

Objectives:
Develop work plan with timeline
Clarify structure (role of co-leads, regions, sectors)
Determine priorities
Assess current capacity in the WG and how do we build more capacity
Talk through strategies for outreach (toolkit, etc.)
ID folks to recruit to lead sectoral and regional outreach
ID questions that we need to address with other working groups (prep for speed date on Sunday)
Start mapping who is in motion

Consulta
Develop an outreach strategy for the consulta
Use consulta as an outreach tool
Develop timeline and goals
Develop process for assessment

Priorities and who is not at the table in Detroit:
1) community members (not organized) – Detroiters (poor Black)
2) Arab
3) Indigenous communities
4) Asian community

Midwest (already existing structures in the region that we should tap into):
1) think through working class white people on the regional level – often ignored on the national arena
2) farming and agricultural, looking at food sovereigty
3) rural communities
4) Latino immigrant communities (huge hub in the Midwest)
5) Muslim community (Black, South Asian, European and Arab Muslims)
6) Especially in the smaller towns outside the city = faith communities
7) Growing population of African immigrants
8) Midwest has a very strong union infrastructure, historical rank and file leadership
9) Midwest Social Forum
10) Youth of color
11) Midwest is full of universities where students will be drawn
12) Given history of the region with deindustrialization, there is a lot of organizations representing poor people – specific poor people’s organization
13) Huge holes in the Midwest – North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana

National:
1) LGBTQI
2) Criminalized groups/prison/detention organizing

Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan

(South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas = Great Plains states are going to be important because they are the next region over. And some would claim Western Pennsylvania and New York State).

Benchmarks for outreach…

Developing a toolkit:
How to be involved flyer
Already have an outreach kit (Detroit)
Powerpoint (2)
Frequently asked question
Film

To be developed:
Talking points
Postcards, flyers, poster with the USSF design and logo
How the USSF can benefit your base building – what’s in it for you as an organization
Labor sectoral – coming up with own poster and postcard

800 calls – USSF 101?

Speed Dating Qs
Language Access: Which languages are we going to support? What is the process for getting items translated?

ICT: Highlights of a profile of someone who went to showcase the importance of participating? How do we make sure the products we develop goes up on the web? Getting real updates on folks who are registering (data tracking and visualization)? How to get the folks who are organizing use the wiki to support their local organizing? How do we deal with the lack of access? Responsibility for social networking (myspace, facebook, twitter)
What’s the best way to collectively have an online spreadsheet?

Resources: What do we have resource for? Staff positions? Travel?

Communications: Need to develop massification strategy together.

Capacity:
Cindy GGJ
Ricardo
Maria/Fran/Sarita – JWJ, labor & midwest region & student (goal of 500 jwjers in 25 states)
Ahmina - Detroit
Brigid, Push Back, CA, NM, NV, MA, NY, MS, KY, AL
B. Loewe – On Point - Chicago, DC
Tammy Bang Luu - c
Rahma PCN – Arab & Muslim outreach
Lance – Chicago, LGBT, immigrant rights
Juan SWU – youth

TO DO:
send already existing workplans & planned targeted outreach to identify overlap
Create centralized database (ahmina)
Start identifying leads in Midwest to recruit (Fran, B, Sarita, lance)
Get old database from Josue (tammy)
Coordinate with Tom & Heather re: indigenous outreach
Queer groups list (tammy)
Connect Juan with Maria from SLAP to connect youth & students

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Oct 24:

The notes from the October 22 Organizing Committee are at:
http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/10-22-09_Organizing_Committee_Meeting_Notes

The notes from the first day of the Oct 23-25 meetings (the October 23 notes) are at:
http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/October_23-25_NPC_Notes

October 24 Notes

Update from yesterday's hanging proposals at the end of the day:
- Consulta Process {Consulta intake butcher papers are up around to gather feedback from the group present, and the questions are below}
- Youth Tent {youth working group is getting started, youth are on the OC, and are participating in the Outreach Committee}
- Community Safety and Security --> connect with Logistics
- Health, Healing and Environmental Report --> connect with Logistics, Program
- Program and Culture online submission form --> connect with ICT {collaborative democracy}
- Timeline for registration
- Documentation of 2007 video --> showing at 1:30 lunchtime today!

Wiki Training:

The wiki is at wiki.ussf2010.org

You can use the NPC, Working Groups, Calendar sections of it.

You first edit the page with the list of notes and add a line for your new notes, THEN you click that link you created and there is a new page which you can add to and edit.

Some Basic Wiki Code:
[[Internal Link]]
[ External Link URL ]
* = bullet
''' = triple quotes create bold whatever is IN the bold
'' = double quotes for italic
: = new line

Collaborative Democracy Training:

This is to assess the ten most important technology needs for the social forum. Everyone gets to post ideas. Gives us a way to use free and open source tools to do our work.

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A few things to work on throughout the day:

Vote on logos
Write up answers to key questions for the Consulta Group:
a. What are the key fronts of stuggle in your area/region/city? (Naitonal? International?)
b. What are the ways that we are building power? Where do we see key convergences?
c. What are the markers of this moment and what opportunities exist for movement building?
Write up known events where we can promote the USSF - help develop the outreach calendar
On the map, post the forces that you know are in motion towards the USSF - list out organization/networks; regions/cities/states and what they are planning to do
List the outreach each person/organization wants to take on (name sector, region, state, etc.)

Organizing Committee Update

1. Update on some key conversations around budget, hiring, constituency groups, etc.

2. How is is we are going to achieve the forum regardless of budget? How do we ensure the working groups and committees have a high level of functionality so that all the work doesn't fall on the staff?

3. The Organizing Committee was created in July, and we've been trying to develop this coordinated body to capture key areas of work and ensure accountability and flow between all the areas of work.

A few points:

First, we're not creating a body that tells everyone what to do, we're creating a body that improves the process.

Second, also we were still in a place of trying to define what constitutes a working group, a committee, and political representation. We didn't fully flesh those out, we knew it needed resolving but it wasn't until we got back here face to face in order to figure it out.

Third, we want to recognize that everyone is doing work, but we want to hold to what is the minimum expectation in terms of the work that needs to get done and holding each other accountable to what we said we will do (in a non-punitive way, working towards solution). That is the one arena we were not able to get to last night.

Context:

When you plan budgets with your organization - you put down what you have, and what you want to earn. But when you put down the expenses, you plan from what you have. That's what we have to plan, and what is we have to handle. The question we have to handle is - if you didn't get paid, would you do this? We have a budget that says what the resource is now, and we have to work within that right now, and dispell of any concept that we have more money than we have.

Definitions:

Working group:
national in scope;
leadership + responsibility;
authorized body (accountable to the NPC);
recognized entity working on behalf of building the USSF;
it charged with being part of the building blocks of the USSF;
specific task it is working for/towards
no limit on working group
self organized or NPC will recognize a need

We acknowledged that we moved too quickly through the process last time and didn't return to handle the constituency group conversation, and we apologized, and we are correcting the error now. They are working groups. We didn't want to impose a value or hierarchy.

There's a lot of potential groups who we recognize that we need the political framing for - AND we need to create a manageable body which is ACTUALLY going to do the work. If they do decide to be a working group.

What would methods of accountability be/look like? Organizing committee seems to be the most accountable structure currently.

answer:
Board of directors (overall political and budgetary decision) = NPC;
Manages the work on a day-to-day (coordination and communication) = OC

With the existing working groups, we have already identified the inability to work together. If we start multiplying, it limits our ability to coordinate how decisions are getting made, and being accountable to the NPC?

answer:
Yes, we agree - we have the skeleton, we're building it slowly.

Who makes the decision that criterias are met to constitute a working group? Do working groups apply and to whom?

The communication and how information is shared. Make clear task and expectation. What are the task for the criteria? How through the structure, effective relationship and getting work done.

Poor peoples working was raised at the last meeting

Current Working Groups:
Communications
Culture + Program
Language Access
Logistics
PMA
Outreach
Resource Mobilization
Information, Communications and Techonology (aka Tech or ICT)
Gender Justice
Youth
Indigenous

Committee:
Self organized group
organize political context
helps to shape the USSF
represents and finds groups not already or usually involve
upholds the values/principles of the USSF
NPC participation is optional

People will self organize as to whether they want to become a committee or working group - but needs to come with a plan and meet the qualifications of a working group = level of responsibilty and work and accountability

We need MANY committees, and encourage that!

Committees are not a part of the OC or NPC

Need to keep talking about the manageability and accountability of WG and Committees

Women's WG, Youth, Indigenous each had political conversations at the NPC before it's constitution

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RESOURCE MOBILIZATION WORKING GROUP

We have a working group - woot woot!

We have four foundations who are helping us through this process:
Jesse Smith Noyes
Solidago
HKH
Ben & Jerry's

Genaro, Michael and Priscilla Hung of GIFT are the chairs of the RMWG.

What we need $ for -->
Organizing:
- how do people find out?
- how do people get there?
- how do people get involved?
- how do people bring content? strategies? activies?

Infrastructure and Logistics -->
- Site ($3300??)
- Access (languages)
- Registration/Database
- Communication (materials, website)
- Printed Program

What runs between:
- costs
- staff
- working groups
- resources

Being a working group DOES NOT = getting money

Working groups don't get a chunk of money to do work, but can ask for a specific need to be met through the budget (example, a tent).

Example of self-organized funding: Solidarity work brigades

There are straight up costs (site, printed program, etc.)

The idea that the USSF budget funds everything to make the forum happen is NOT REAL.

The reality is that all of us, and folks who are not even here, are super committed to the USSF and are mobilizing resources to get folks/strategies/ideas to the Forum.

Example:

Astrea Foundation created a pot of money for their grantees to get to the forum.

Language Access - this is a political priority, and its a lot of $$ in order to make that access happen. They have a proposal for how that's going to hapen. They came up with a plan to fund their own staff. The language access committee is going charge as consultants for trainings to bring this skill set to the table.

if there's a hard cost, and your organization has a hook up or a relationship, put it on the sheet today.

all of this will have a huge impact on what we do around staff. the personnel committee is going to bring what we think we can do based on the budget and the priorities.

REAL BUDGET NUMBERS

just to bring us up to date, here's what we have in the bank:
(budget is your dream on what youproject to spend, cash flow is what you have in the bank)
--liquid: $71, 800 (at Project South)
--$116,000: CD's that will mature in 2010 (drop into budget in February and April)
--$100K from Surdna at Praxis

total available:

with staff, we spend $20K a month right now. soon, it will look more like $40K/month. Q1: 50K a month. Q2: 100K/month.

this meeting costs 20K.

need to figure out how to raise that differently if we want to continue with that.

do these include the basic things to make this happen? yes. it includes hard core costs that are just cash over, not the inkind fun stuff. just the hard cash. it does include personnel in some form or other.

in those last few months, the numbers get higher based on the high need for contract staff.

we have no costs associated with hotels. (detroit). the only time it will become an issue is when people sign into their rooms. we're responsible for the cost if we don't fill the rooms. they have allowed us to reserve space without having to put up any money. people still have to pay for hotel rooms.

do you have an estimate about projected fees? no.

does it include printing costs for program? yes. core costs are included in these projections.

core costs include rentals, speakers, stages, etc.

the other piece of the reality check is that there is money coming in beyond this. how we did it is up to april.

if we only get what we've been committed to get, we'll look at having $75K in april. doesn't include grassroots fundraising, registration costs, etc. if we get veatch and solidago, we could have $130K in bank in april 2010. these are the major questions that we had to deal with in terms of personnel. we've been afraid to fall into the hole of hiring people without having the money. we also could have been in better communication with working groups around this.

we should start functioning with the money that we have, not an estimated budget. we should be rethinking what it means for subsidizing our costs at the npc meetings.

that's where we're going to have to start making these priority things.

FUNDRAISING

some of you will be going to different foundations, and some will be hearing from several of you. we need to set guidelines for how we approach this.

there is a document developed by the world social forum council that gives guidelines for fundraising. we'd like to reintroduce this.

for funders getting multiple requests, we really rely on communication and coordination to make this work. we'll also be communicating with the funders. we're gonna be asking them. we usually end up hearing from them too.

as we go through this, we're gonna be reaching out to you all as well when we hear this information from funders.

imagine the figures above 4 months out. that's the situation we dealt with last time. it was a crisis situation. it became clear to everyone that everybody had to get clear about raising money for the forum. it became almost a campaign. we made it a rallying cry to say this is going to happen by our own political will. groups made commitments to raise money for needs. Bay Area groups got together and said we'll raise money for translation, caravans.

at the end, we ended up with a surplus. we were lucky that we did, if we didn't we'd have had a mess on our hands. it carried over into the other social forums as well. our budgeting process was backwards. the intent all along was that this needs to be a collective process. we didn't do it well.

we'd like to reintroduce a document from 2007 that is a resources and pledge sheet. we also need to talk about if we are looking at a deficit, what are our financial commitments around that?

we collectivized the fundraising and responsibility. asking folks to fill that out now.

we asked people to take responsibility for core costs.

plan:
-individual donors
-direct mail to own organizations
-organizational registration
-individual registration
-foundation contacts
-deficit: everyone takes a shared responsibility for that. we want to ask everyone to do that; take the time, fill it out

can revise it. can also ask organization and then turn it in later after consultation. can also look to endorsements and advertisements. politically have to have clear protocol in terms of endorsements and donations, to make sure they fit within the social forum principles. registration commitments are "in faith". organizational registration vs individual registration. as an organization, you get three individuals to register with your organization.

it might be worth raising range for individual donations: can be a sliding scale instead of a set $15.

detroit organizations: this is an excellent tool. if they are making a commitment in gathering resources, maybe a portion of it can go towards DLOC organizing, using the same tool for this.

we should have two space and two different budgets: DLOC organizing, national organizing. we could have a fiscal sponsor locally in detroit. accountability then stays in detroit around those resources.

i was talking more in terms of organizations in detroit that aren't here can we use this sheet and they're doing fundraising, can we talk about what portion will go towards DLOC, infrastructure, in general.

we need a finance committee that helps make those decisions and is comprised of local anchors.

ussf national project budget: 501c3 tides

we also decided in july that there would be an anchor budget in detroit.

GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING
here's a different approach to raising funds (for consideration):
--2000 people to arrive (unemployed) charge them $20=40,000
--5000 people (students, welfare recipients) charge them $40=220,000
--5000 employed people x $50=250,000
--5000 professionals x 75=375,000
--2000 more well off people x $100=200,000

total raised would be $985,000

(side conversation between adrienne and maureen - pre-registration often yields about 50% of the people/registrations, so might be good to make a goal that 50% of our goals numbers pre-register, and set dates to it)

we need someone to bottom line this grassroots fundraising committee

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
definitions:
-advisory board: composed of the coordinating team and finance commitee to provide oversight for the fiscal responsibilities to Tides. specifically for the relationship with the Tides Center: auditing; etc. conduit to help manage our fees. 9% of all monies that go through them is the administrative fee.
--coordinating team (C-Team): composed of one rep each of the OC, the DLOC, the NPC and the National Project Coordinator
--Finance Committee: composed of one rep each from a local detroit anchor organization, member of hte resources working group, national project coordinator, and the accountant. oversees everything
--Tides Center: fiscal sponsor of the ussf

raising money on line? if we raise money online, there was no guarantee that it was going to be directed towards the ussf.

can we ask tides to donate that 9% to the ussf?
they've said no. won't lower it either. project south is willing to waive the 8% so that it doesn't get double booked, but we need our costs covered.

advisory commitee is not established yet. there are different pieces of it that needs to be resolved, but once we have those pieces, then we can move forward on this. we're recommending we move on this today.

budget priorities
-national budget developed an dapproved by the NPC. NPC decides budget catefories that are prioritized for expenditures (michael will send this for notes)

won't hire unless there's 4 months in the bank already.

financial management
-detroit organizing account
-national account
(victor arbulo has been serving as the bookkeeper)
receipts or invoices have got to be submitted for reimbursements. must be tight!
local anchor organizations will develop a financial policy plan for budget and work priorities

how should checks be written?
-not set up yet

unrestricted funds go to Detroit anchor budget
restricted funds go to national project budget

DECISION
can we establish a finance committee? yes. AFFIRMED!

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Hiring Process Part 2

We are going to have a plan in place for evaluation/work plan by Nov 1.

Interim Personnel: Sarita Gupta, Diana, Steph (and Elena)

Long-Term Personnel: George Friday, Tom Stevens, Jerome, possibly Sarita,

Julio, Kaajal is available to support

FLAG: Only NPC members are eligible for key roles. Need to clarify where DLOC At-Large members fall in that decision making process.

Positions timeline:
First set of hire: November 15th
Recommendation: logistics and three month development contracts
Option 1: one full time ICT
Option 2: 1/2 tech and 1/2 communications
Option 3: stipend 1/4: ICT, Communications and field organizers

Second set: January 1st -
Recommendation: full time communications, full time field organizer (grow each position to full time)
Option 1: Field organizers full time
Option 2: field organizer full- time, comms full-time, full time ICT
Option 3: grow each position to full time

what about language access staff, who will be national?
marked in the notes: we hear that, and we can't deal with that in this decision today.

Future proposals: Language Access, Youth, Culture

major decision that happens tomorrow is on how to get to january with staff hiring

clarification: we need to make sure that they're money in january to move forward. we may need to do a re-prioritization. we should say what is our priority until january 2010.

All this is oriented with what has to get staffed in order to make the USSF happen and what can be done with volunteer resources, etc.

Project Coordinator: Sylvia
Planning Coordinator: Adrienne

Consulta:

What are the markers of this moment?

What are the key fronts of struggle?

What are the ways we are building power? Key convergences?

CONSULTA:
KEY FRONTS OF STRUGGLE (what is or can move the most amount of people; it may or may not equal your campaign)—i.e. getting Obama elected
economy
ecology
violence
education
ice raids and attacks on immigrants
loss of Medicare for children
criminal justice
human rights and a just recovery
education
jobs
police brutality/state violence
Detroit—
· environmental justice
· failing education system
· labor and economic crisis
fight for workers rights: collective bargaining rights, excluded workers, guest workers, laid off workers—national and transnational organizing strategy
immigration reform
housing
health and health care
water, heat and utilities
jobs, living wages, economic crisis
food

CONDITIONS (what’s the stuff that we’re all getting hit with? objective conditions that we’re up against)
collapse,
convergence
health
democracy
challenge corporate personhood/multilayered benefits/organizing and political
persistence of white supremacy
key markers:
1. rising unemployment strategies to address (policy and organizing)
2. increasing migration. guest workers, policy + transnational organizing
stage of capitalism; millions of people with no future in this economic model
massive dislocation and displacement

BUILDING POWER AND KEY CONVERGENCES (strategies and opportunities)
· labor/community
· local/global
· environmental justice (specifically using the word environmental and not ecological because of its historical significance)
· trade unions workers centers independent workers organizations on local regional and national, and global issue
· young workers –organized and unorganized (unions and workers centers)
· uniting people around common survival needs in crises, foreclosures, evictions, layoffs, displacement (Katrina related), water and heat shut offs

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NPC New Member Application Process

Handing over responsibility for managing from Cindy to a National Coordinator.

Process has been anyone who ask gets an application

Eight floating applications out in the world

Where is our intentionality and what are we trying to reflect

One of the newly hired national coordinators will develop a process for new appplicants and NPC expansion. Will determine if/when there is a cut off date

Application is currently accepted on a rolling basis.

Applications that are being handed out: Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Black Radical Congress, Center for Economic Research and Social Change

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WORKING GROUPS

Outreach:

We agree that field positions can wait, as long as communications position develops strategy WITH the outreach working group

What language capacity exists already on staff?

We identified some specific communities we would prioritize for outreach:

Priorities and who is not at the table in Detroit (determined by the Detroit Outreach Cmte):
1) community members (not organized) – Detroiters (poor Black)
2) Arab
3) Indigenous communities
4) Asian community

Midwest (already existing structures in the region that we should tap into):
1) think through working class white people on the regional level – often ignored on the national arena
2) farming and agricultural, looking at food sovereigty
3) rural communities
4) Latino immigrant communities (huge hub in the Midwest)
5) Muslim community (Black, South Asian, European and Arab Muslims)
6) Especially in the smaller towns outside the city = faith communities
7) Growing population of African immigrants
8) Midwest has a very strong union infrastructure, historical rank and file leadership
9) Midwest Social Forum
10) Youth of color
11) Midwest is full of universities where students will be drawn
12) Given history of the region with deindustrialization, there is a lot of organizations representing poor people – specific poor people’s organization
13) Huge holes in the Midwest – North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana

National:
1) LGBTQI
2) Criminalized groups/prison/detention organizing

Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan

(South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas = Great Plains states are going to be important because they are the next region over. And some would claim Western Pennsylvania and Western New York State).

Speed Dating Qs
Language Access: Which languages are we going to support? What is the process for getting items translated? On staff what languages do we have capacity for, then when we hire how to keep that into account.

ICT: Highlights of a profile of someone who went to showcase the importance of participating? How do we make sure the products we develop goes up on the web? Getting real updates on folks who are registering (data tracking and visualization)? How to get the folks who are organizing use the wiki to support their local organizing? How do we deal with the lack of access? Responsibility for social networking (myspace, facebook, twitter)
What’s the best way to collectively have an online spreadsheet? How to outreach to get ppl to participate in the social forum where they already are? Virtual communication as an outreach and pariticipation?

Resources: What do we have resource for? Staff positions? Travel?

Communications: Need to develop massification strategy together. Need to work closer with communications staff position

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Program and Culture!

Fireworks in Detroit during the USSF! A million people will come downtown for this...and USSF is going to be there en masse! Its a serious task. At 7pm come for the virtual tour and to troubleshoot the fireworks conversation.

Online Submission Process --> we want to ask each organization to be registered and paid before they can submit a workshop. And each paid organization can submit 1 workshop. However, you can be a co-sponsor or collaborator for as many workshops as you want with a different lead organization on each one. (example - RTTC had 12 workshops, SXSW had several) We shouldnt think of this as limiting us, but as an opportunity to share space and build. It will go up around December 15 - we're working with ICT to test the process! The form will stay up and open until March 15. We know we will be flooded with last minute applications - we're setting that to encourage folks to go ahead and do it, and so the reading team can process everything and place people. Each group that registers on it's own. (last time the range was $125-300)

Printed program is another area we need support on!

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Resource Mobilization Working Group:

Give us your pledge sheets
What should we sell at the Forum?

We need you to get $ into our group!

Every piece of material should say DONATE on it!!

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International Solidarity:

We are hoping to bring guests of our organizations, and other folks will want to come as well. We will need to provide letters of invitation, travel assistance, immigration support.
Couple of purposes to our group --> logistical.
Also want to continue a process of redefining what solidarity means - we're working towards collaboration, towards mutual objectives (not charity)
Also want to encourage collaborative presentations.
Resources - ideally there are some.
We need to know if folks are bringing folks from outside US. (connect to the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal; there's 15-20 forums happening leading up to this)
ICT support, Mallory is connecting us.
Language Access for sure, translations, right off the bat.
International Tent!
Also International Council of the World Social Forum

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Logistics

We need more serious body at the national level
[space]
tours - agriculture, rurual
youth camp spaces - ft wayne, 4 miles from cobo halls
Community safety - Initial discussions with local security services in Detroit, Learned from Atlanta that it's important to have close communication with the police, 5-page community safety report that was prepared by Logistics Committeee
Needs from WG's: Resolution on what to do about the fireworks, community safety responsibilities, communications technical help, youth encampment what to do, Outreach - needs from any groups we're outreaching to, community safety

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ICT:

* 35 members and 8-10 show up

* 4:00pm on Thursday's (Need help here?)

* Their entire workplan is available online

* Develope 5 SF related work sites

* Have had many work sessions and welcome all WG's to these sessions. They welcome input from other WG's and would like to be involved in others work.

* There is a ticketing system for website problems

* The url for the ticketing system is - ict.ussf2010.org

* Fielded ~160 tickets and would like to get to 1,000 by the Social Forum

* Appreciate everyone respecting the ticketing process

* two wikis: one is for tech working group, the other is for notes/agendas/etc.

Needs

* They're working on the site plan and have a draft - NEED FEEDBACK

* Spoken to Communications and Outreach, other WG's please provide feedback

* Want non-tech people involved in the process (those interested in learning)

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Communications

* Work over the next few months to regularize connections with these WG's

* Communications as a WG needs to expand

* Will work very hard with Resource WG on the Media Center

* Will use this center to promote grassroots communication not only in Detroit but around the forum

* Want to highlight Detroit not only for ground zero for economic crises but as the place of SOLUTIONS

Needs:

* If you know people with skills please refer them to this WG

* Need to make relationship with Outreach, ICT, Language Access, and Resource Mobilization more regular

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Gender Justice

* Multiple ways gender intersects

* Committed to one member being on every other WG

* To promote our WG's mission but also to ensure gender analysis occurs

* Committed to spreading the word on what this WG is doing

Needs:

* Responsivity from other WG's

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People's Movement Assembly:

* They offer themselves as an entry point to the USSF. This is a way for people to get involved without having to leave their home city, state.

* Need for a synthesis of resolutions that come from PMA's across the country

Needs:

* Programs/Culture - Want to connect with programs how PMA will show up from day-to-day

* Logistics - Want a space and tent for ocming together

* ICT - Web presence, need accesible and easy way to submit resolutions from assemblies, kit explaining how to do a PMA

* Outreach - As folks register where they're coming from across the country to have a similar map of PMA's across the country

* DLOC - Possibly doing a PMA in Detroit

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Youth:

* Juan has been talking to youth across the nation

* They're interested and committed to joining and they just want to know "What can I do?"

Needs:

* Go back to our organizations and bring our youth to the next NPC

* Show youth you work with how they can get involved

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Documentation and Evaluation

* Want to know how they can serve the WG's

* They sent out a scoping tool (chart they put together to establish our goals, objectives, etc.) to establish what we want or documentation/evaluation

* The documentation team from the '07 gathering have come out with a video/DVD

* Jerome has 100 of them - enough for each organization to have 1

* The rest will go to the Outreach WG

* Also gathered together a book that will be out in approx. a month

*Request* E-mail out the evaluation that occured after the Atlanta 2007 USSF

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Language Access:

* Definite need for it

* Need to know:

* The right to express ourselves in our native language is a right

* Colonization - one of the first things that happens is the iradication of our languages

* Mantra of builiding a movement is "communication"

* Language justice is something that has been building in the South

* From the position that we're not asking you to create this space for us, it should be integrated into the heart of what's going on

* The people performing this work right now are all individuals who are already doing their own hustles, they have full plates

* There is a need for a full time position

* However realized $$ is not there

* If we put the request for invitations out in many different languages, when people get here will these forms of interpretations be offered at the actually forum

Proposal:
1) Gives a timeline through Dec 1st for the forum and a budget
2) If resources are not avaiable for this proposal - then the 3 folks holding this down can not commit themselves to this fully. And resultantly work will go way down.
3) We think we are in this position because there are no organizations in the NPC that do lanugage justice

Needs:

* Can we commit to having a full time person?

* Or if not, what can we do if there will not be a full-time person?

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Summary of USSF Media Plan Proposal:

*1-page summary of media plan distributed - also will be on the wiki*

* Many collaborators who assisted in drafting the media plan which is over 30 pages, but this is a summary

* Director of Centro Obrero, Elena Herrada, often talks about trying to give voice to those who aren't normally listened to

* Immediate goals: Message refinement, story development, ID/solidfy networks that we already have access to

* Capacity wise - we will do work that we're already doing/relate it to our work

Points that aren't on the hand-out

* Finalize designs and logos

* Recruitment of communicators and speakers (Echo Team)

Needs:

* Skilled people who can join Communications so they can help

* Those experienced with blogging, film making, photography, etc.

* Must work with resource to come up with a funding strategy

Logos & Posters discussed

Q & A:

* What's going on in regard to voting on logos?

* Originally votes were supposed to be for 3 designs, but votes have gone out on all the designs so we're going to consider them all. Suggestion - that comments also come from DLOC

* Suggestion - Communications do some brainstorming on how we can communicate this message to those without access to technology.

* Communications will do this and have thought of this and are taking this into consideration and have it as a principle

* Adrienne & Will have been talking about how to link to the Allied Media Conference

* Outreach will link with Communications around this

* Logo Design

* When can we get that done?

* Who is doing the website? Design Action Collective? ICT? When will it get done?

* ICT recruited members of the Design Action Collective to do the website

* 6 weeks from today

* The old description for Communications WG included managing internal and external communications, now with this new description there is a question of, where does management of internal communications go?

* Is Communications a group that people can go to for PR for events?

* Yes, they're putting together a specific Detroit group to handle this

* Can designs be changed now, or do we have to wait 6-weeks for that?

* Submit a ticket and ICT will try to get to it

* What's the plan for international communication? Need for it

Additional comments:

* We need to also be conscious of translation for the website

* *Half pager distributed about Social Forum Writers Network that Jackie Smith is spearheading

* Develop a warehouse of stories as this process unfolds that we can use as we continue

* Once we determine a branding of the look for the USSF we should stick to that

* In regard to Detroit postcards - that as a USSF we don't endorse campaigns so there are concerns about the "Support Universal Health Care" symbol that is on the postcards

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GOAL SETTING

Emily went through a process with the goals to pull together the feeedback and questions relative to the four goals that we had.

Goals of 2007 Atlanta USSF:

* Create a space for social movement convergence

* Advance individual social movements' strategic agenda

* Build stronger relationships within the movements

* Meet our international obligations to the global community

The key feedback is below, and we can address these - some are easy, some are harder:
- what is a social movement (this is international language, does it work in the US?)
: we could define that here, and add a click link to the website
- we have a global obligation, but what about our local obligation?
- goals vs. objectives
: add the goal and list these as objectives
- self-selection: are there forces we aren't including?
: not just an outreach conversation, political conversation, are we representative of movements and leadership in the U.S. right now
- action vs space: are we creating an open space, or a space to act/decide together? there was clarification that the action comes through the PMAs...the USSF in general is about creating the space. if the space tries to become an action space, could close the openness...in 2007 this was a conversation which led to the PMAs.
- failing to capitalize on the hot spots to build movement from local to regional to national to international
- to create more spaces for strategic discussions

After the 2007 debrief there was a vision and goals conversation and that content is up on the 2007 website. (http://www.ussf2007.org/en/vision)

Also a document called the We Believe document. We were very intentional about our grassroots focus. That document is now below:

What We Believe

We, the organizers of the first United States Social Forum:

Believe that there is a strategic need to unite the struggles of oppressed communities and peoples within the United States (particularly Black, Latino, Asian/ Pacific-Islander and Indigenous communities) to the struggles of oppressed nations in the Third World.

Believe the USSF should place the highest priority on groups that are actually doing grassroots organizing with working class people of color, who are training organizers, building long-term structures of resistance, and who can work well with other groups, seeing their participation in USSF as building the whole, not just their part of it.

Believe the USSF must be a place where the voices of those who are most marginalized and oppressed from Indigenous communities can be heard--a place that will recognize Indigenous peoples, their issues and struggles.

Believe the USSF must create space for the full and equal participation of undocumented migrants and their communities.

Believe the USSF should link US-based youth organizers, activists, and cultural workers to the struggles of their brothers and sisters abroad, drawing common connections and exploring the deeper meanings of solidarity.

Believe the USSF is important because we must have a clear and unified approach at dealing with social justice issues, and meaningful positions on global issues.

Believe that a USSF sends a message to other people’s movements around the world that there is an active movement in the United States opposing U.S. policies at home and abroad.

Believe that the USSF will help build national networks that will be better able to collaborate with international networks and movements.

We believe the USSF is more than an event. It is an ongoing process to contribute to strengthening the entire movement, bringing together the various sectors and issues that work for global justice.

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CLOSING

* If you have not signed the yellow sheet saying you're on a WG please do!

* Work happening tonight:

* Dinner - International Solidarity & Logistics will meet (separate from each other) at dinner

* After dinner - Goals setting

* 6:30pm - Outreach

* 7:30pm Outreach, ICT, Communications

* 6-7pm Consulta feedback on tracks

* 7:15pm Virtual walk-through

* 8:15pm Detroit Caucus

* 8:30pm Party for Will & Diana Copeland

* Decisions being made Sunday:

* Job positions/timeline

* Who sits on the finance committee?

* OC sub-group mtg (Process to be a WG, Next NPC meeting - How many attending, cost, when, where? C-Team)

* Tracks and timeline for consulta

* Proposal to reaffirm languages we had last time and add one

* Educate on North American Social Forum

* Would like to encourage "Pass the Hat". Something they did at the 2007 USSF

* Closing Out --> Sharing changes since last time

Resources Working Group

2009-10-24T19:13:06Z

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== USSF Resources WG/ F/M Funders August 27, 2009 ==

Millie B, Sarah C, Jeff F, Genaro LR, Michael LG, Robby R

'''Agenda'''

* Check in
* Strategy updates from WG
* Job description distribution and applications
* Update from funders
* Potential trips to NYC and the Bay Area
* Next steps

'''Check in'''

: Robby waiting for the plumber.
: Jeff getting excited
: Michael getting excited
: Genaro excited - hot in San Antonio. New groups coming onto the NPC
: Robby - looking forward to no plumbing issues at USSF - convening in Atlanta about USSF. Youth are pumped up about USSF. Board member now on NPC. Also talking with GGJ about how to help provide leadership.
: Sarah - edge of the sense of excitement - the convergence - what does peoples' personal activism mean within a movement?
: Millie - also excited. Going to Highlander Homecoming next week.
: Updates on strategy
: USSF just sent proposal to Akonadi for $25k. Contacted Project South for deadline tomorrow. Also submitting proposal for work brigade to Detroit in October and the spring.
: Resource WG - have a committee that is meeting. Have fundraising plan. Want to maintain principle of movement ownership so that no more than 50% of funding is from foundations.

Highlights (see below)

Should preface budget talking about the budget covering activities before, during and after. Talk about it as the movement building process. Highlight the activities that are not just the core costs.

Should also review the chart of areas where funders and donors can support. Stephanie willing to work on that when she gets back from vacation in 2 weeks.

Tides Center approved fiscal sponsor application. We will be transferring infrastructure this month. We'll invite Cathy Lerza (Tides contact) to participate on these calls.

Should we invite the entire F/M group to be on these calls or have separate, larger learning calls? Want folks who are already engaged and have commitment to USSF.

We can also do monthly briefings for funders who are supporting the USSF.

'''Other potential recruits'''

: - Jee Kim (Sarah)
: - Cathy Lerza (Millie)
: - Harriett Barlow (Millie)
: - Heeten (Millie)
: - Alta (at FNTG retreat)
: - Laura Livoti (Mark)

'''Development Coordinator'''

: - No resumes yet, need to send out again.
: - Can check with Mark to see if there are potential candidates who applied for FNTG position.
: - Other contacts
:     Data Center
:     NOA
:     ESC
:     MWC
:     UU Veatch
:     MCF

Any folks within NPC groups

Presbyterian program reached out to Mark.

East Coast - West Coast Funder Events
: Idea has not been developed yet. Need to start organizing it soon. Does it make sense for the amount of work and time to organize? : Wouldn't happen until after January. But can also bring in new funders. Maybe we can do a small event/luncheon. Could also be educational for folks. What is social justice movement building in connection to this national space? Also can allow local groups to talk about what they are doing around USSF. Maybe Bay Area with Tides.

Neighborhood Funders Conference also coming up in New Orleans (Genaro going for Gulf Coast Fund). Also EGA - cocktail reception. Making Change (Resource Generation). FNTG Climate Justice

When are materials going to be ready? Need to check in with Comms WG. Should be finalized in next couple of weeks.

'''Quick Response to Funders'''

: - Who is contact?
: - Where do they get proposal from?
Should go to Genaro and Michael

== Resource Strategy ==

'''Goals:'''
# Raise $1.9 million
# Maintain principle of movement ownership (assure that at least 50% of the resources comes from non-foundation sources)

'''Organizational Support: Objective: $60,000'''
: Revive and Update Organizational Pledge sheets for National Planning Committee from 2007
: Who: Michael will consult with Project South and Alice Lovelace to find these and update them.
: When: By July 19 NPC meeting.

'''Registration and Vendor Fees: Objective: $405,000 (registration) $30,000 (vendor fees)'''
: Establish sliding scales
: Early registration
: Onsite registration
: Who: Establish committee to determine amounts of registration and vendor fees
: When: Determine fee amounts by end of September, get approval from NPC by October, begin early registration and sale of vending space by November, 2009

'''Online Fundraising and Direct Mail appeals: Objective: $40,000'''
: Develop overall strategy through September, 2010
: Determine number of appeals to be sent and different themes
: Identify â€œcelebritiesâ€ﾝ who can send messages on behalf of USSF
: Collect e-mail lists
: Donated lists from organizations
: Do we buy lists?
: Can we buy Obama list?
: Are there other orgs that would send appeal on behalf of USSF? Move On?
: Develop the technology
: Decide whether we are using an existing online service like Network for Good, etc. or developing our own technology
: Resolve protocol questions with fiscal sponsor (for instance if it is Tides Center, they may limit us to specific service providers)
: Who: Tammy, Kwame, Aspen? Need to confirm that they will work on this.
: Also need to coordinate with Tech and Comms Working Groups on messaging, timing and technology, and possibly finance committee on issues related to fiscal sponsorship and linking to the bank account.

'''Major Donors: Objective: $80,000'''
: Develop list of potential major donors
: Talk to Resource Generation, Marjorie Fine and other allies to ID potential donors
: Set up conversations
: Who: [[Priscilla]], Robby, others
: When: Develop initial list by August, 2009. Start conversations by September

'''Foundations: Objective: $875,000'''
: Review USSF overall strategy with F/M funders and develop plan to coordinate
: Who: Genaro, MLG
: When: Finalize overall strategy by August and review with F/M funders

'''Local Fundraising: Objective: $30,000'''

'''Events/Parties: Objective: $30,000'''
: USSF Concert
: Identify performers
: Secure venue
: Establish ticket prices
: Coordinate with Local and National Logistics Committee for logistics needs
: Who: Establish Concert Committee from NPC/DLOC
: When: Establish committee by September, 2009, identify acts by January 2010
: Parties/Receptions
: Identify locations and hosts nationally for parties
: Develop lists of invitees
: Who: Establish subcommittee
: When: Establish subcommittee by August, 2009, have first party outside of Detroit by October, 2009

'''Materials Sales: Objective: $80,000'''
: Develop list of materials (shirts, hats, cups, etc.)
: Work with Communications Working Group for graphics and designs
: Who: Establish subcommittee
: When: Develop list of materials by September, 2009, get designs by October, produce materials by November 2009. Begin sales by December.

In-kind: Objective: $45,000
: Revive and update In-kind forms from USSF 2007
: Who: MLG will check with Project South and Alice Lovelace

== Development Coordinator Job Announcement ==
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

United States Social Forum 2010 Development Coordinator'''

The US Social Forum is a movement-building process to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and changes history. It will be happening June 22-26, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. The USSF is a large, mostly volunteer effort with stakeholders all across the country and several moving parts. Planning for the USSF is being done by the National Planning Committee and an Organizing Committee made up of the co-chairs of the different committees. The Development Coordinator will report to the co-chairs of the Resource Working Group.

The USSF is funded by foundation grants, individual monetary and in-kind donations, organizational monetary and in-kind donations, registration fees, and product sales. As a movement-building process, it is one of our key values that the fundraising also follows movement-building principles. This includes building a broad base of donors from all income levels and mobilizing a broad team to engage in fundraising.

We are seeking a temporary, contract Development Coordinator to set up the systems and processes needed for a robust grassroots fundraising program including building an individual donor base, online fundraising and materials sales. The Development Coordinator will work under the guidance of and have the support of the Resource Working Group. Some of this process may be coordinated with other committees as needed.

Job Responsibilities include:
: Develop and oversee fundraising infrastructure, including a donor database, donor tracking, acknowledgements, online and print materials, working with our fiscal sponsor, and the creation of reports
: Communicate regularly with the Resource Working Group on progress and planning for next steps, including how to proceed when the contract is over
: Coordinate multiple fundraising efforts and strategies with different volunteers
: Monitor the allocation of resources according to the program budget and assist in preparing a timeline of when income goals need to be reached
: Willingness to travel, work flexible hours, and be responsive as necessary

Qualifications:
: A minimum of 3 years of work experience in fundraising, especially individual donor and grassroots fundraising
: Experience in creating the infrastructure needed for a strong development program
: Strong writing skills and communication skills
: Familiarity with and respect for the USSF, its goals, and process
: Connected to networks of progressive fundraisers, organizations, and movements
: Ability to meet deadlines, be organized, be flexible, pay attention to detail, and work from home
: Ability to take initiative, develop new processes, and work alone and as part of a team

This is a temporary, contract position. The candidate will work full-time for 3 months, roughly September-November 2009. The candidate will work from home, any location is fine. Compensation is $20/hour.

Please apply no later than Monday, August 31st, 2009. Email a cover letter, resume, and 3 references to michael@ggjalliance.org

People of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

== Why We Fund the U.S. Social Forum Process ==

We are funders who care about and support different issues in various places, and share a common belief in the power of social movements to help bring about transformative change. We are therefore enthusiastic funders of the United States Social Forum process, which brought together 11,000 activists in Atlanta in 2007. In June 2010, more than twice as many are expected at the next US Social Forum in Detroit. Here is why we support this process:

* It is at the heart of building a unified, powerful progressive movement in the United States -- one of the imperatives of our times. We are in a new moment, fraught with economic and ecological challenge as well as great political possibility. We need intentional mobilization across movements to bend our world toward justice, fairness and sustainability.

* It builds on the success of the Atlanta USSF and on the energy and hope of the World Social Forum that “Another World Is Possible.” In Atlanta, national networks were launched, including the Right to the City Alliance and the National Alliance of Domestic Workers who are now putting forward creative platforms for national solutions formed from the base. Thousands of organizers and activists met, networked and went home energized and connected.

* It is led by the grassroots, where those most affected by historical injustice and current crises develop leadership, build trust and relationships with each other to find pathways to change, and take new energy to their work at home. The 40-plus USSF National Planning Committee members come from social justice organizations representing diverse communities. The goal is to raise 50% of the budget from grassroots donations and attendance fees.

* Youth are in force and their leadership is nurtured to harness their vision and their energy. From the freedom rides that brought busloads to Atlanta to energizing cross-movement sessions, more than 20% of Atlanta participants were high school or college age. Intentional outreach for Detroit promises the same for a generation central to creating our future.

* It is a unique space for honest, open dialogue and learning across divides of race, class, place and issues. The USSF provides a safe space for groups to celebrate connections and grapple with differences. Because no positions are taken in the Forum’s name, it welcomes all to engage in the healthy political struggle needed to foster a 21st Century national agenda.

* It aims for a deep and engaged political practice. Linking across local, regional and global issues, the USSF frame fosters self-reflection on our world view and dynamic critique of what drives our global economic and political systems that affect us all.

* It connects US movements with global movements, bringing the energy and wisdom of global social change makers to the US. Sixty-eight countries were represented in Atlanta with a focus on connecting global organizers and perspectives to infuse the USSF as part of an international movement building process.

We invite you to join us and other colleagues in supporting the USSF and in connecting your grantees with this powerful movement. There are many ways to support the forum, and we would be happy to share more information.

Jeff Furman, Ben & Jerry’s Foundation; Millie Buchanan, JS Noyes Foundation; Sarah Christiansen, Solidago Foundation;

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Hush House Black Community Exhibit and Leadership Training for Human Rights

2009-10-24T14:28:55Z

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W.E.B. Dubois’ questions are the challenge that The Hush House has taken up and inspires our mission, as Dubois charged: “…to begin this great work of the creation of beauty, of the preservation of beauty of the realization of beauty.” Our mission is birthed by the community, in the community and through community collaboration.

Our collective vision demands that we never loose sight of hope; for it is through hope that we “see things as though they were.” And it is because we collectively choose the beauty of hope that our collaborative visions of “creation,” “preservation” and “realization,” inspire replicable solutions as our “great work” to improve the lives of everyday people, like you, like us.

We are located in one of the poorest post industrial communities of Detroit, MI. USA. In this space of deep depravation and divine possibility, The Hush House brings together communities of experience constituted by regular people who we meet every day, people like you, people like us. Together, we become the solution to every challenge that works to diminish our humanity through our quality of living.

Program/Culture Working Group

2009-10-24T14:27:51Z

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===Program & Culture WG===
Goals, Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

== Program and Culture Description ==

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the United States Social Forum
:* Develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers

== Members ==

: * Oya Amakisi: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, [[Detroit Women of Color, Inc]], [[Hush House Black Community Exhibit and Leadership Training for Human Rights]]
: * Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
: * Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
: * Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
: * kiran nigam: Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
: * [[Alicia Garza]]: San Francisco. POWER: [[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]].
: * Tamara: Harlem, New York. [[Women of Color United]].
: * Rose Brewer: Minneapolis. Afro Eco, [[Grassroots Global Justice Alliance]], University of Minnesota
: * Bill Wylie-Kellermann Pastor, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Detroit
: * Steve Pavey, Kentucky Social Forum
: *Roopa:
: *Carlton Turner, Carlton@alternateroots.org
: *Adrienne Maree Brown. adrienne@ruckus.org
: *Jacqui Patterson, jpatters1@yahoo.com
: * [[Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan]], [[Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project]] [michelle@movementgeneration.org]

===Conference Calls===

Peace wonderful program & culture people,

:'''Our next Program & Culture Working Group call:'''
:Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
:Call-in number 712.432.9998
:Access 841125 #

:'''Next Program subgroup conference call:'''
:Monday, October 12, 2009 @ @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT''
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

:'''Next Culture subgroup conference call:'''
:TBD
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

===Proposals===

[[Two Workshop Proposal Form ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[Proposal for the USSF 2010 Themes and Consulta Process ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ Approved Overall 5 Day Structure Design To The USSF 2010 Program]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working]]

===Program and Culture Working Group Notes===
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes October 5, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Note September 7, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes August 24, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 27, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group Report July 23, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 7, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group To Do List July 6, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes June 10, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 27, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 13, 2009]]

===Program Subgroup Notes===
* [[Program Subgroup Notes October 12, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 28, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 14, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes August 31, 2009]]

===Culture Subgroup Notes===

* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 15, 2009]]
* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 1, 2009]]

===Consulta Subgroup Notes===

* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes October 16, 2009]]
* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes September 25, 2009]]

[[DLOC]] [[Culture Committee]] and Programming Committee

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Working Groups

2009-10-24T14:24:58Z

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==Working Groups in the OC==
These Working Groups will help lead the national and local efforts to plan and organize the USSF in Detroit. If you are interested in helping to build the US Social Forum, please contact them through the links below or add your volunteer interest(s)!''. You can also search for [[USSF_Projects]] for narrower based work which is sponsored by the Working Groups.

The USSF Working Groups in the Organizing Committee (alphabetical order):

===Communications/Media WG===
[[Communications/Media WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Develop and implement multimedia technology plan
:* Implement an internal communication plan
:* Develop external communication strategies
:* Provide accessible information and background material for organizers and the public (See [[USSF Resources Page]])
:* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

:National: [[Karlos Gauna Schmieder]] ([[Center for Media Justice]]), Jackie Smith (Soc w/o Borders), [[Reg McGhee]] ([[SE MI JWJ]])
:Local: William Bryce ([[SE MI JWJ]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] ([[LOC]]), Reg McGhee
:;Date of next conference call Tuesday, 8/4 3pm EST, 2 CST, 1pm MT, noon PST
:;Call in: 712-432-0075, Access #: 388105

===ICT WG===
; Information and Communications Technology
[[ICT Working Group Wiki]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Tech WG)

[[Website Committee]]

:* developing the technology to drive this work.

:Nat’l: Alfredo Lopez ([[May First]]), Mallory Knodel ([[May First]])
:Local: Sylvia Orduño ([[MWRO]]), [[Lou Novak]] ([[Detroit Greens]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] (web designer for UE & other labor, NLG International)
:Date of first conference call? 4/30/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call? 5/28/09 at 5pm EST

===Language Access WG===
[[Language Access WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Translation and Interpretation

:National: Danielle Mahones (CTWO), ''Sylvia--ask Ricardo Martinez'', ''Josue--ask Hillary Klein''
:Local: Carmen Regalado (LOC), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call? Wednesday, June 3
:;3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1.5 hours)
:;Date and time of next conference call? 3pm june 19, 2009 - next meeting 30 minute check in around june 22 kickoff, looking at the week after july 4th for our next full meeting.

===Logistics WG===
[[Logistics WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Address local and national logistical issues
:* Develop local infrastructure for the proceedings, this includes site from all programs, volunteers recruitment and coordination, national and local transportation, sanitation, event planning, security, housing, materials for the proceedings
:* Work closely with [[Program]] and [[Culture]] [[Working Groups]]

:National: ''Stephanie Guilloud is looking for ATL reps,'' '''Need'''
:Local: Maureen Taylor (MWRO), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

===Outreach WG===
[[Outreach WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Seek out, develop, network, and engage organizations and sectors in order to connect them to the movement building work and the USSF process

:National: Sarita Gupta (JWJ), Tammy Bang Luu (Strategy Center)
:Local: Dessa Cosma, Nisa Joorabchi
:Date of first conference call: Thursday, July 2nd
:Date and time of next conference call: Wednesday, August 5 at 4pm EST, 3pm Central, 2pm Mtn, 1pm PST

===People's Movement Assembly===
[[PMA]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Coordinate parallel direct action efforts.

:National: Stephanie Guilloud (Project South), Rubén Solís (SWU)
:Local: Fred Vitale (MWRO/MI Greens/Centro Obrero BOD), '''Need'''
:Date of first conference call? 4/27/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call - CONFERENCE CALL – September 29 - 4pm EST, Email stephanie@projectsouth.org if you are interested in the People’s Movement Assembly process & for more information on joining the Working Group
: We will have an [[Organizing Kit]] by the beginning of October!

===Program & Culture WG===
[[Program/Culture WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

* Oya Amakisi: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Detroit Women of Color, Inc, Hush House
* Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
* Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
* Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
* kiran nigam: Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

Please visit the [[Program/Culture WG]] contact information and meeting dates.

===Resources WG===
[[Resources WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Fundraising)
:* Develop long term fundraising plans that includes ways to secure and organize resources including people, in-kind donations, organizational support, and registration

:National: Michael Leon Guerrero (GGJA), Genaro Lopez-Rendon (SWU), Priscilla Hung (GIFT)
:Local: '''Need''' LOC-appt'd rep, Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero-Anchor), Diana Seales (EMEAC-Anchor)
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Constituency Working Groups==
These Working Groups are represented through the NPC.

===Indigenous WG===
The NPC voted to add the Indigenous Working Group at its July 2009 meeting.

===Women's WG===
[[Women's WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
'''Purpose: Ensure that the spaces and processes of the US Social Forum acknowledge and address the gendered inequities that are inherently present in society.'''

:National: Ariel Dougherty (Media Equity Collaborative), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Oya Amakisi (LOC), '''Need'''
:Date and time of next conference call: THIRD THURS of the month at 2pm Eastern, Phone 605.475.4333 Code 819050#

===Youth WG===
[[Youth WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
: - Ensure youth participate at all planning levels
: - Develop tools for youth recruitment
: - Assist youth groups develop their issues
: - Host youth tent at the [[USSF]]
:National: '''Need'''
:Local: '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Committees==
;Other national working committees (formal structure TBD), in alphabetical order:

=== [[Senior Task Force]] ===

===Documentation Committee===
[[Documentation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC), ''Josue--ask Jenny Lee (AMC)''

===Evaluation Committee===
[[Evaluation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), George Friday (IPPN)
:Local: Verna (LOC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)

===Informal Labor Committee===
[[Informal Labor Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC)

===International Solidarity Committee===
[[International Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Ensure the participation of and coordination with international delegates at the USSF II

:National: Cindy Wiesner (GGJA), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Rocio Valerio (EMEAC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)
:;Date of first conference call? Monday, June 8, 3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1 hour)
::;Dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
::;Participant access code: 388105
:Date and time of next conference call:
'''August 5, 2009 at 11AM Eastern Time'''

===Queer Visibility Committee===
[[Queer Visibility Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Palestine Solidarity Committee===
[[Palestine Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Security Committee===
[[Security Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (fyi: formally under the NPC auspices last time)
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? Andre Martin, '''Need'''

* Others?

;We are still in need of a few temporary “point people” to help us get some of this work jump started!! As a point person you will:
* Contact the other national and local point people in your Work Group and coordinate a conference call.
* Publicize the first and future conference calls on the Detroit and NPC listservs, and the wiki.
* Collect contact information (e-mail, phone numbers) from all WG members.
* Help identify new members and their organizations.
* Type and post conference call notes on the wiki.
* Help the Working Group identify, select, or vote on official national and local co-leads (maybe it will continue to be you).

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/en/workinggroups 2007 list]

[[Category:Working Groups|*]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|*]]

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Program/Culture Working Group

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===Program & Culture WG===
Goals, Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

== Program and Culture Description ==

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the United States Social Forum
:* Develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers

== Members ==

: * [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, [[Detroit Women of Color, Inc]], Hush House
: * Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
: * Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
: * Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
: * kiran nigam: Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
: * [[Alicia Garza]]: San Francisco. POWER: [[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]].
: * Tamara: Harlem, New York. [[Women of Color United]].
: * Rose Brewer: Minneapolis. Afro Eco, [[Grassroots Global Justice Alliance]], University of Minnesota
: * Bill Wylie-Kellermann Pastor, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Detroit
: * Steve Pavey, Kentucky Social Forum
: *Roopa:
: *Carlton Turner, Carlton@alternateroots.org
: *Adrienne Maree Brown. adrienne@ruckus.org
: *Jacqui Patterson, jpatters1@yahoo.com
: * [[Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan]], [[Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project]] [michelle@movementgeneration.org]

===Conference Calls===

Peace wonderful program & culture people,

:'''Our next Program & Culture Working Group call:'''
:Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
:Call-in number 712.432.9998
:Access 841125 #

:'''Next Program subgroup conference call:'''
:Monday, October 12, 2009 @ @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT''
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

:'''Next Culture subgroup conference call:'''
:TBD
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

===Proposals===

[[Two Workshop Proposal Form ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[Proposal for the USSF 2010 Themes and Consulta Process ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ Approved Overall 5 Day Structure Design To The USSF 2010 Program]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working]]

===Program and Culture Working Group Notes===
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes October 5, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Note September 7, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes August 24, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 27, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group Report July 23, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 7, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group To Do List July 6, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes June 10, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 27, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 13, 2009]]

===Program Subgroup Notes===
* [[Program Subgroup Notes October 12, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 28, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 14, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes August 31, 2009]]

===Culture Subgroup Notes===

* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 15, 2009]]
* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 1, 2009]]

===Consulta Subgroup Notes===

* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes October 16, 2009]]
* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes September 25, 2009]]

[[DLOC]] [[Culture Committee]] and Programming Committee

[[Category:Working Groups|Program]]

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===Program & Culture WG===
Goals, Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

== Program and Culture Description ==

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the United States Social Forum
:* Develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers

== Members: ==

: * [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, [[Detroit Women of Color, Inc]], Hush House
: * Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
: * Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
: * Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
: * kiran nigam: Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
: * [[Alicia Garza]]: San Francisco. POWER: [[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]].
: * Tamara: Harlem, New York. [[Women of Color United]].
: * Rose Brewer: Minneapolis. Afro Eco, [[Grassroots Global Justice Alliance]], University of Minnesota
: * Bill Wylie-Kellermann Pastor, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Detroit
: * Steve Pavey, Kentucky Social Forum
: *Roopa:
: *Carlton Turner, Carlton@alternateroots.org
: *Adrienne Maree Brown. adrienne@ruckus.org
: *Jacqui Patterson, jpatters1@yahoo.com
: * [[Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan]], [[Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project]] [michelle@movementgeneration.org]

===Conference Calls===

Peace wonderful program & culture people,

:'''Our next Program & Culture Working Group call:'''
:Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
:Call-in number 712.432.9998
:Access 841125 #

:'''Next Program subgroup conference call:'''
:Monday, October 12, 2009 @ @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT''
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

:'''Next Culture subgroup conference call:'''
:TBD
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

===Proposals===

[[Two Workshop Proposal Form ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[Proposal for the USSF 2010 Themes and Consulta Process ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ Approved Overall 5 Day Structure Design To The USSF 2010 Program]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working]]

===Program and Culture Working Group Notes===
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes October 5, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Note September 7, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes August 24, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 27, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group Report July 23, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 7, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group To Do List July 6, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes June 10, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 27, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 13, 2009]]

===Program Subgroup Notes===
* [[Program Subgroup Notes October 12, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 28, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 14, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes August 31, 2009]]

===Culture Subgroup Notes===

* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 15, 2009]]
* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 1, 2009]]

===Consulta Subgroup Notes===

* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes October 16, 2009]]
* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes September 25, 2009]]

[[DLOC]] [[Culture Committee]] and Programming Committee

[[Category:Working Groups|Program]]

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===Program & Culture WG===
Goals, Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

== Program and Culture Description: ==

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the United States Social Forum
:* Develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers

== Members: ==

: * [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, [[Detroit Women of Color, Inc]], Hush House
: * Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
: * Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
: * Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
: * kiran nigam: Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
: * [[Alicia Garza]]: San Francisco. POWER: [[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]].
: * Tamara: Harlem, New York. [[Women of Color United]].
: * Rose Brewer: Minneapolis. Afro Eco, [[Grassroots Global Justice Alliance]], University of Minnesota
: * Bill Wylie-Kellermann Pastor, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Detroit
: * Steve Pavey, Kentucky Social Forum
: *Roopa:
: *Carlton Turner, Carlton@alternateroots.org
: *Adrienne Maree Brown. adrienne@ruckus.org
: *Jacqui Patterson, jpatters1@yahoo.com
: * [[Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan]], [[Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project]] [michelle@movementgeneration.org]

===Conference Calls===

Peace wonderful program & culture people,

:'''Our next Program & Culture Working Group call:'''
:Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
:Call-in number 712.432.9998
:Access 841125 #

:'''Next Program subgroup conference call:'''
:Monday, October 12, 2009 @ @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT''
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

:'''Next Culture subgroup conference call:'''
:TBD
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

===Proposals===

[[Two Workshop Proposal Form ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[Proposal for the USSF 2010 Themes and Consulta Process ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ Approved Overall 5 Day Structure Design To The USSF 2010 Program]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working]]

===Program and Culture Working Group Notes===
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes October 5, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Note September 7, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes August 24, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 27, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group Report July 23, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 7, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group To Do List July 6, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes June 10, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 27, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 13, 2009]]

===Program Subgroup Notes===
* [[Program Subgroup Notes October 12, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 28, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 14, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes August 31, 2009]]

===Culture Subgroup Notes===

* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 15, 2009]]
* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 1, 2009]]

===Consulta Subgroup Notes===

* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes October 16, 2009]]
* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes September 25, 2009]]

[[DLOC]] [[Culture Committee]] and Programming Committee

[[Category:Working Groups|Program]]

Working Groups

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==Please Login==
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==Working Groups in the OC==
These Working Groups will help lead the national and local efforts to plan and organize the USSF in Detroit. If you are interested in helping to build the US Social Forum, please contact them through the links below or add your volunteer interest(s)!''. You can also search for [[USSF_Projects]] for narrower based work which is sponsored by the Working Groups.

The USSF Working Groups in the Organizing Committee (alphabetical order):

===Communications/Media WG===
[[Communications/Media WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Develop and implement multimedia technology plan
:* Implement an internal communication plan
:* Develop external communication strategies
:* Provide accessible information and background material for organizers and the public (See [[USSF Resources Page]])
:* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

:National: [[Karlos Gauna Schmieder]] ([[Center for Media Justice]]), Jackie Smith (Soc w/o Borders), [[Reg McGhee]] ([[SE MI JWJ]])
:Local: William Bryce ([[SE MI JWJ]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] ([[LOC]]), Reg McGhee
:;Date of next conference call Tuesday, 8/4 3pm EST, 2 CST, 1pm MT, noon PST
:;Call in: 712-432-0075, Access #: 388105

===ICT WG===
; Information and Communications Technology
[[ICT Working Group Wiki]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Tech WG)

[[Website Committee]]

:* developing the technology to drive this work.

:Nat’l: Alfredo Lopez ([[May First]]), Mallory Knodel ([[May First]])
:Local: Sylvia Orduño ([[MWRO]]), [[Lou Novak]] ([[Detroit Greens]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] (web designer for UE & other labor, NLG International)
:Date of first conference call? 4/30/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call? 5/28/09 at 5pm EST

===Language Access WG===
[[Language Access WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Translation and Interpretation

:National: Danielle Mahones (CTWO), ''Sylvia--ask Ricardo Martinez'', ''Josue--ask Hillary Klein''
:Local: Carmen Regalado (LOC), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call? Wednesday, June 3
:;3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1.5 hours)
:;Date and time of next conference call? 3pm june 19, 2009 - next meeting 30 minute check in around june 22 kickoff, looking at the week after july 4th for our next full meeting.

===Logistics WG===
[[Logistics WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Address local and national logistical issues
:* Develop local infrastructure for the proceedings, this includes site from all programs, volunteers recruitment and coordination, national and local transportation, sanitation, event planning, security, housing, materials for the proceedings
:* Work closely with [[Program]] and [[Culture]] [[Working Groups]]

:National: ''Stephanie Guilloud is looking for ATL reps,'' '''Need'''
:Local: Maureen Taylor (MWRO), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

===Outreach WG===
[[Outreach WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Seek out, develop, network, and engage organizations and sectors in order to connect them to the movement building work and the USSF process

:National: Sarita Gupta (JWJ), Tammy Bang Luu (Strategy Center)
:Local: Dessa Cosma, Nisa Joorabchi
:Date of first conference call: Thursday, July 2nd
:Date and time of next conference call: Wednesday, August 5 at 4pm EST, 3pm Central, 2pm Mtn, 1pm PST

===People's Movement Assembly===
[[PMA]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Coordinate parallel direct action efforts.

:National: Stephanie Guilloud (Project South), Rubén Solís (SWU)
:Local: Fred Vitale (MWRO/MI Greens/Centro Obrero BOD), '''Need'''
:Date of first conference call? 4/27/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call - CONFERENCE CALL – September 29 - 4pm EST, Email stephanie@projectsouth.org if you are interested in the People’s Movement Assembly process & for more information on joining the Working Group
: We will have an [[Organizing Kit]] by the beginning of October!

===Program & Culture WG===
[[Program/Culture WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

* [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Detroit Women of Color, Inc, Hush House
* Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
* Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
* Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
* kiran nigam: Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

Please visit the [[Program/Culture WG]] contact information and meeting dates.

===Resources WG===
[[Resources WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Fundraising)
:* Develop long term fundraising plans that includes ways to secure and organize resources including people, in-kind donations, organizational support, and registration

:National: Michael Leon Guerrero (GGJA), Genaro Lopez-Rendon (SWU), Priscilla Hung (GIFT)
:Local: '''Need''' LOC-appt'd rep, Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero-Anchor), Diana Seales (EMEAC-Anchor)
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Constituency Working Groups==
These Working Groups are represented through the NPC.

===Indigenous WG===
The NPC voted to add the Indigenous Working Group at its July 2009 meeting.

===Women's WG===
[[Women's WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
'''Purpose: Ensure that the spaces and processes of the US Social Forum acknowledge and address the gendered inequities that are inherently present in society.'''

:National: Ariel Dougherty (Media Equity Collaborative), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Oya Amakisi (LOC), '''Need'''
:Date and time of next conference call: THIRD THURS of the month at 2pm Eastern, Phone 605.475.4333 Code 819050#

===Youth WG===
[[Youth WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
: - Ensure youth participate at all planning levels
: - Develop tools for youth recruitment
: - Assist youth groups develop their issues
: - Host youth tent at the [[USSF]]
:National: '''Need'''
:Local: '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Committees==
;Other national working committees (formal structure TBD), in alphabetical order:

=== [[Senior Task Force]] ===

===Documentation Committee===
[[Documentation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC), ''Josue--ask Jenny Lee (AMC)''

===Evaluation Committee===
[[Evaluation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), George Friday (IPPN)
:Local: Verna (LOC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)

===Informal Labor Committee===
[[Informal Labor Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC)

===International Solidarity Committee===
[[International Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Ensure the participation of and coordination with international delegates at the USSF II

:National: Cindy Wiesner (GGJA), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Rocio Valerio (EMEAC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)
:;Date of first conference call? Monday, June 8, 3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1 hour)
::;Dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
::;Participant access code: 388105
:Date and time of next conference call:
'''August 5, 2009 at 11AM Eastern Time'''

===Queer Visibility Committee===
[[Queer Visibility Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Palestine Solidarity Committee===
[[Palestine Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Security Committee===
[[Security Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (fyi: formally under the NPC auspices last time)
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? Andre Martin, '''Need'''

* Others?

;We are still in need of a few temporary “point people” to help us get some of this work jump started!! As a point person you will:
* Contact the other national and local point people in your Work Group and coordinate a conference call.
* Publicize the first and future conference calls on the Detroit and NPC listservs, and the wiki.
* Collect contact information (e-mail, phone numbers) from all WG members.
* Help identify new members and their organizations.
* Type and post conference call notes on the wiki.
* Help the Working Group identify, select, or vote on official national and local co-leads (maybe it will continue to be you).

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/en/workinggroups 2007 list]

[[Category:Working Groups|*]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|*]]

Calendar

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{{This Month}}
Google calendar being used [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ussfeventcalendar%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles here]

; Organizing for the [[US Social Forum]] in Detroit 2010! Read [[OpenNotes|meeting notes]] & [[RecentChanges|activity on the wiki]]

==Monthly Schedule==
* Every second and fourth Tuesday [[Detroit Local Organizing Committee]] meeting--''all welcome!''
:* 5:15pm New Member Orientation
:* 5:30pm Meeting Starts
::: Detroit USSF Office
::: Central United Methodist Church, 4th Floor
::: 23 E. Adams, Detroit, MI 48226

{{This Week}}

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October 24 NPC Wiki Training

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We have 20 '''people''' at the training!

[http://www.ussf2010.org USSF web site].

* this is ''point'' one
* This is point two

I am '''really''' serious '''about''' this.

Are you ''sure''?

October 24 NPC Wiki Training

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We have 20 '''people''' at the training!

[http://www.ussf2010.org USSF web site].

* this is ''point'' one
* This is point two

I am '''really''' serious '''about''' this.

Are you ''sure''?

Here is a sentence.
This is a second line, but it will be displayed with the line above.

:Here is a single line
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October 24 NPC Wiki Training

2009-10-24T12:54:55Z

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We have 20 '''people''' at the training!

[http://www.ussf2010.org USSF web site].

* this is ''point'' one
* This is point two

I am '''really''' serious '''about''' this.

Are you ''sure''?

October 23-25 NPC Notes

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NPC, October 23, 2009

In attendance:

* Rose Brewer- midwest, Afro Eco, Minneapolis, GGJ alliance

* George Friday, Independent Progressive Politics Network (Ann Arbor and Toledo Board Members), United for Peace and Justice, Southern Anti-Racism (black-brown alliance)

* Tom Stevens - DLOC

* Lizzie Baskerville, EMEAC

* Rocio Valerio, EMEAC Detroit!

* Fred Vitale, Michigan Welfare Rights

* Flo Rizowski, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Minneapolis

* Sarah Kershnar, International Jewish Anti-ionist Network, Generation Five, Berkeley, CA

* Jacqui Patterson, Women of Color United, Silver Spring, MD

* Sarita Gupta, Jobs with Justice, Grassroots Global Justice, Washington, DC

* Reggie McGhee, Detroit, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice

* Julio Cesar Guerrero, Centro Obrero, Detroit

* Emily Kowano, Center for Popular Economics, Solidarity Economy Network

* Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign, Chatanooga!

* Alfredo Lopez, Mayfirst People Link, Brooklyn, NY

* Jamie McClelland, Mayfirst, ICT

* Dianne Feely, Detroit Logistics Committee!

* Scott Byrd, Sociologists without Borders, The Writers Network, Irvine, CA

* Ann Bremin, Michigan Welfare Rights, indominable spirit of Detroiters

* Sylvia Orduno, Michigan Welfare Rights, Portland Oregon

* Marian Kramer, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, National Welfare Rights

* Gwen Gaines, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, Potluck Committee

* Bea Loewe, On Point, Chicago

* Will Copeland, Detroit Staff of USSF, DLOC (repping the questions, the people who don't know, the people who want to be involved)

* Diana Copeland, East Michigan Environmental Action Council

* Roberto Tijerina, Language Access Group, North Carolina

* Tammy Bang Luu, Busriders Union, LA, Grassroots Global Justice

* Louis Head, Sagginaw MI/GA, Albuquerque NM, Southwest Organizing Project

* Brigette Flaherty, The Pushback Network, Outreach Working Group

* Doreca Stubb, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit

* Harry Jones, Detroit!, Michigan Welfare Rights, Religious Committee

* Harold Spence, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit!

* Quentin Williams, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, ADAPT

* Adrienne Maree Brown, The Ruckus Society, creative, strategic non-violent actions

* Alicia Garza, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, San Francisco

* Kaajal Shah, Praxis Project

* Michael Leon Guerrero, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

* Oya Amakisi, Detroit, Program and Culture, Detroit Women of Color Inc, Detroit WOC Film Festival, Hush House Leadership Training Institute

* Cindy Wiesner, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

* Rishi Awatrimani, Leftist Lounge

* Raquel Lavina, Social Justice Leadership

* Lance Selfa, Center for Economic Research and Social Change - International Socialist Review, Haymarket Books

* Jen Cox, PPEHRC, International Committee

* Maureen Taylor, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit USSF Staff

* Jerome Scott, Atlanta, League of Revolutionaries for a New America

* Taliba Obuya, Project South, African descended women, grassroots people

* Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Program and Culture, DC-Metro

* Stephanie Guilloud, Project South, ATL!, Southeast organizations (Ordinary Peoples, Highlander, People's Institute)

* Rama Kased, US Palestine Communities Network, Bay Area

* Rev Charles Williams, AFSCME, Detroit

* Genaro Lopez Rendon, Southwest Workers Union

* Juan Atilano, SWU

* Angela Winfrey, Peoples' Institute for Survival and Beyond

* Monique Harden,

* Viola Francois Washington, New Orleans Welfare Rights, NWRU

Welcome to Atlanta:
Last night (The Detroit-Atlanta meeting) was significant, historical, because this is the first time we have had a former social forum sight and a future sight, and they got to meet.

The history of the USSF - the energy came up from the global south, having world social forums around the world. Then there was a call that the US was the belly of the beast and WE needed to engage in the process. It was scheduled, then Katrina, but we kept moving towards it in Atlanta 2007.

Community Agreements

* Step Back, Step Up

* Speak from the "I" - speak from your own experience

* Default to trust

* Respect differences/all people

* Use the "woah"!

* Be aware of time

* Be Curious!

* Cell Phone

* Use the Spirit Fingers as a Yes, do a Thumbs Up when you agree

GOALS

* Clarify

* processes

* structures

* $$$

* leadership

* Work

* in working groups

* on key decisions

* on increasing capital

* Grow

* into our visions

* the strength of our movements

* our depth with each other

Will there be othe times when new folks can get some orientation?
Inventory of proposals that are prepared. We can discuss that at end of Confessions and ?
Should also find time and space for informal conversations/hanging out - Reg will work on this

Agenda:

Friday -
9 Welcome/Intros
10 Political Conversation
2 Coming Back Together as the NPC
3 Working Group Session 1
4 Program + Culture
5:30 People's Movement Assembly
6 Orientation Dinner
6 OC Sub Group Meeting
6 Self-Organized Meeting Time

Saturday -
8:45 Wiki Training + Collaborative Democracy
10 OC Report Back: Getting on the Same Page
11 Budget/Financial Policies
12:30 Hiring Process Update
2 Organizing Process Proposal
3 NPC Business
5 Strategic Communications Plan
6 Self-Organized Meeting Times
7 Virtual Walk Through of the Program Spaces

Sunday -
9 Priorities/Decisions for our final day
9:30 Working Groups Session 2: Speed Dating
10:30 Calendar/Work Plan/Goal Setting
11:30 Closing Circle

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POLITICAL CONVERSATION

How do you believe political change happens in the world?

Pairs, groups of 4, groups of 8

1) What is the analysis of the current situation?
2) What is the analysis of the state of social movements and What is the state of resistance?
3) What are the alternate projects?
4) What are the strategies of the process of the US Social Forum?

Group 1 Facilitator: Louis Head, notetaker: Sylvia Orduno
1) Things have been going in decline economically for a long time. Things didn't just start falling apart two years ago and then we missed our time. There are already many alternatives going on in Detroit. Perfect timing now for people from other places to bring it all together.

Hurricane Katrina showed that new questions about resistance opened up: do we have the capacity to provide food, clothing and shelter to people in a dignified way? We need to provide for each other and in a concrete way. The desire for people in the movement to do this has increased and is a big part of why the USSF is going to Detroit. When we ask where the movment is today, it is a question of how much we are doing today to keep each other alive with dignity.

Borderland states also being strongly affected by issues of opportunity. Many pockets of resistance. USSF offers the opportunity to tie these together. Our coming together every three years will get us to a place like on the int'l WSF level.

Detroit is not a city of exceptionalism--what's happening there is happening in many other places. What's the value of hosting the USSF in Detroit and in helping Detroit with national relationships?

The whole rust belt is affected. Detroit is bad but we still have worse things to face. How can we make Detroit the laboratory for the USSF as another world is possible...? We're just at the beginning of the crisis. Detroit used to be the mecca for "come to Detroit: you can get a job, house, and health care." Now Detroit has 80,000 vacant homes. What does it mean when the things we need like healthcare and no longer tied to our labor? We have to come out with a vision that we know we can accomplish.

2) We've been in resistance but it needs to be a new type of resistance--e.g., projects of survival. Senior citizens and retirees also want to revisit things they previously had some comfort and safety in like housing, health care, utilities, esp for long-term.

We need to get a better handle on policy--so many are bad.

3) In NM, some groups fight policy but you can only go so far. Have to get your own people on the bodies that make policy. We still need more than electoral politics--you still can't get rid of capitalism thru it, power is still in the hands of corporations.

This work is longer term than 2010. People in Detroit are trying to create "another Detroit" and still looking beyond.

4) Looking back on ATL, one of the best things that came out of it were the relationships we built with others. In some ways this also a coming out party for Detroit. We're seeing the rebirth of a movement that hasn't existed for a long time. We need to tighten up our relationships, there's much new life!

Group 2 Facilitator: Kaajal, Note Taker: Brigid
Q 1. People are lost. Most people don't have anything, they don't have the basic needs. The current analysis is what we see happening. What's the impact that people are seeing? What are we seeing in the past two years?
People are experiencing loss of jobs and loss of income. Programs are no longer available to certain communities. More people are being layed off. More people are experiencing more hardships. A lot of things have not changed. The criminalization of our youth, high rates of police brutality, poor education system. Alot of people say that change has come, but the racism has floated to the top. The media, wallstreet wars favors the rich. People aren't thinking about the poor. Crisis is inherent in the capitalist system. Landlords make major profits from this crisis. Neoliberalism creates mechanisms so that poor people never see the rewards. The economic crisis in North America triggered a global crisis.The Obama Administration was a reaction to the Bush regime and even though he's not our savior we shouldn't minimize the work we did to ensure that McCain and Palin got elected. What is the left pole to hold Obama accountable? We have to have a fight back strategy. We are getting our butts kicked in healthcare. How does our movement adapt to this new situation? The social forum is about reorganizing and connecting our issues. Feeling that the labor movement hasn't changed up their tactics in 30 years.

Question 4: how does the social forum support movement building? The peoples movement assembly meet and decide what can we do together. We can use the PMA to link people.One of the strategies is to bring young people in a real substantial way. If we start to connect them to the movement now, we can bring about long term systemic change. The social forum is not an organization so we can't endorse or support certain things. The PMA is so important and we need to outreach because the protagonists are the actors, the movements are the actors and they are the ones who are coming with their strategies. It will allow a social movement convergence. In the ten years of social forums, people formed alliances. The campesinos is a network of 3 million members and when they talk about taking on the GMO's it's a big thing. It's a place to connect power and have strategic coversations and hopefully solutions will come out. We can't impose our agenda but we can help shape it.

Group 3 Faciliator: Raquel

State of the Movement

Economic downturn of the lost almost 2 million jobs out of the state in Michigan. E of our economic lives.
Subjectively the masses are not convinced that we cannot go back to the auto industry.
We are not prepared to convince our community that we have to create an alternative economy.
Even the structures that were used to protect the masses are being disassembled and destroyed. The economic piece that is disrupting is impacting all sectors of work throughout the nation. Privatization

True capitalism is funded by sex, drugs, and war

We left from industrial industries to service and now that is phasing out. What are the alternatives.
Are we going to be able to create something effective that meets the economic needs of the masses, before capitalism reinvents itself?
How is capitalism reinventing itself?
Out of 300 million 50 million are poor.
Large sections of the population that will not be integrating to the current economy
Poor are poorer and the rich richer. Increase in hate crimes, and the right are a viable force and seized the moment when we did not.

The system is collapsing because if there are no people to pay for it. The basic needs of the people are being cut off...water,

Rise in poverty is seriously impacting all of us. We were not prepared. We are now clear, so how do we position ourselves to create the change.

We are getting as bad as it is in some places. What is happening internationally that reflects how we are living now.

How long does it take or how much money it takes before the gov't who relies on war and to uphold the illusion of an economic base pulls back.

There is a pulse in democracy in the world.

Where is this moment going to go after the social forum? We have a common goal, but how do we create the solutions after the sf?

The US has played a horrific role in imperialism, there is this energy of resistance in Cuba and other places but they still exist within a
out of the global struggls there are some very powerful voices of struggle. Women are playing a powerful role in challenging oppression on all levels.
global shack dwellers who are challenging poverty. How do we learn from global struggles.
Take back the land struggle.

Solutions

come together and clearly define and work with the United Nation

there is the belief that capitalism equals democracy
capitalism equals oppression
what does democracy really equal?

Everyone needs to identify that we are the USSF

what is it going to look like so the masses can relate and adapt

Using the USSF to articulate what democracy really means?

We need to discuss what role the Obama and liberal movement played in shadowing the role of alternative systems and actually bringing more power to the right

Using the USSF as a tool to educate and empower the masses

democracy has been narrowed to a political context but it effects all aspects of our lives

What is the one word that defines democracy?

democracy as the pursuit life, liberty, jusftice?

There was a whole movement invented historically during the enslavement of Africans and they changed the world without the internet.

How do we mobilize the massses to create change?

How do we pull from the old that worked and integrate it with the new.

We should not have allowed them to take the jobs to other countries to exploit them and take jobs from us

create a living wage globally

How do we change mentality about having our individual sectors. We are fighting for slivers of the pie. How can we have the whole pie? We associate resources with capitalism. But we need resources to make our work happen. How do we create a movement where we share ideas but also ways that we mobilize resources? How do we change the way we think about things like democracy, resources...Capitalism is taking things that we do and make it work for them. How do we take some of their concepts and terminology that people relate to and use it to advance our work?

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Two Quick Things:

The Facilitation Team which crafted the agenda and holding the space: Adrienne Maree Brown, George Friday, Julio Cesar Guerrero, Maureen Taylor, Cindy Wiesner, and Sylvia Orduno. Also Steph played a large role!

The Role of Observers:
There are folks who are here in an observing role, reminder to self to take space in a mindful way, accompanying this space.

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Bringing all the conversations together and continuing the process. How are we using these key questions, bringing these processes along the road to Detroit and then taking us into the next World Social Forum in Dakar.

We want to hear these report backs and move towards: WHO do we want to be outreaching to, bringing to the social forum?

Emily: There is some feeling that the "crisis is over", and the question is here - have we missed out moment. We talked about: it's not. people are still losing their jobs - there's fragility. During the Depression there was a downturn, upturn, then a long down - now there's still a need to resist and build. To critique neo-liberal capitalism and capitalism.

Tom: Meet and Exceed has a history in Detroit...Ford, Chrysler, and GM would say it meets and exceeds all federal standards. The govt builds shit and sells it. But we are taking their power.

Diane: We had discussion about the "teabaggers", and how they have captured some of our rhetoric around "waste" and "congress doesn't represent our needs" and the fear - we have to find ways of speaking to the needs, isolation and fear, talk about the alternatives, and solidarity.

Maureen: Slogans - Americans have been dummied down to just wanting soundbites, not in-depth analysis. I am looking for a slogan. The enemy has convinced most of the world that capitalism equals democracy, but it doesnt. So we need a slogan - capitalism doesn't mean democracy, democracy means = ______ being able to say it's changing hands, it belongs to us, and it means this.

Louis: Talking about the IC meeting in Belin and in Quebec - doesn't make sense to us that there could be so much hope, and 9 months later such despair. We talked about Detroit and southern MI, and how the crisis kicked in 30 years ago. We live in a country now that's in a state of permanent decline. It creates many opportunities - its not like we miss one and that's it.

Sylvia: Katrina on people:s minds - how we house, clothe, feed people

Jen: immediate desperation and the contradictions of capitalism has forced people into action, or the potential for action, who had not previously been involved. In PPEHRC, people who may have been comfortable, are getting involved with a left movement (from middle upper class families in foreclosure, military families in MS who are being displaced by tourism) - how do we unite those?

Taliba: With capitalism there's always opportunities in crisis, it feeds itself.

Reg: On the constant decline note, folks not from Detroit should know that that might be the one feature of Detroit, we talk about ourselves as ground zero. We're going to model that there is no recovery here. you will come to detroit, and things are closed and not opening up again. So, how do we build for sustainable communities and where do we head to next?

Jamie: International perspective - we're out of sync with the rest of the world. The way the rest of the world perceives the crisis - the movement is happening outside of the US in ways we need to connect to

Michael: We keep finding ourselves behind the ball while the right moves very effectively (racist attacks, immigrant attacks, carrying automatic weapons to Obama speeches) and we're very fragmented. At IC meeting someone said: The crisis forces fragmentation on us - we're having to put out more fires than we did. We're going to have to figure out a way to do that, have people find their way to Detroit, to a national/intl process while dealing with the pressures locally.

Julio: there are ways that people are participating in Acts of resistance - not participating in the system. we have to not react to capitalism, we have to talk about social capital. when we talk about latin american-us relations, it centers on us power that creates aggression. power is the key point, you have to have money to have power. we have to look at power and build on that, instead of constantly responding to capitalism.

Maureen: We have discussed the phrase - "A Current Capitalism", like this is a glitch, let's highlight, this ain't no glitch. All these plants are closed - 12 million cars by 46 factories. 10 million cars with less than 10% of those people. Sarah raised a brilliant point - sex, drugs, weapons are the three biggest industries. This whole house of cards depends on people having $. This is a systemic change, it is never going back - the problems of the left is that we have missed an opportunity. We can't have to get on the phone together.

Harry: What was the position of what you were gonna come up with last year, why didn't you achieve it, and how are we going to make it a priority this time?

Cindy: We are going to go back to the 2007 and cover what we did and why! Good point.

Lance: Social movements are in a point of transition. Trade union movement has taken so many hits and is so weakened, they haven't taken any steps forward. what we have looked at as movements in the past are fading, new movements are emerging - LGBT is example. We all see small things, movements happening locally. What isn't present is a national infrastructure. There is a liberal govt in power with money and influence to make sure folks don't protest against what the White House is doing.

Fred: The idea that the crisis of capitalism is something that happens in the realm of laws makes it look objective. But actually this crisis is also due to the resistance movements all over the world - folks have refused to play along and participate, taken land, etc. Under alternative projects, MWRO has been impacted by what's happening, and we are trying to deal with that. MI has changed it's entire benefit system - we've started trainings, a People's Water Board to shadow the city board!

Walda: Importance of developing consciousness, especially class consciousness. Speaks to slogans - what is easily accessible. That consciousness has to be really clear - is it something in the past, or is it a radically and fundamentally new thing.

Taliba: Looking at contradictions of the USSF, establishing goals that could lead to sustainable communities (model it in Detroit)

Cindy: What responsibility do we have as facilitators holding this process to create a space where we're helping to sharpen and frame some of the current conditions? In 2007 we got folks to come in with their folks - beyond the workshops etc. In 2010 how do we build some ways for folks to cross cut their issues. If you were working on housing in Miami, you could see the Katrina plenary and realize these issues of displacement are all over. Now we're heading into the 9th anniversary next year, we've been there 8 years. 15 years in Afghanistan total.

The Political Context of 2007 USSF
The massive mobilization that happened on May 1st 2006, undocument folks and others challenging the racist systems...what happened with the massive millions of people on the street. How did we not capture that? The immigrant rights movement is a wide movement and is fragmented. In New Orleans and Katrina....next year is the five year anniversary. Obama just went. There has been displacement of African Americans and Native Communities but what have we as the left done to address the massive land grab. Environment and Indigenous Sovreignty. Labor in decline. Gender...using gay marriage as a way to drive wedges in our communities. These are the six movements/moments we felt it is important to hightlight.

We knew that as the left we needed to be the pole to keep Obama accountable. The economic and financial crisis....is not just an economic and financial crisis but to look at it as an accumulation of crises. A multidimensional crisis Health care...we were in canada and people were saying "we don't understand why you don't want health care" Climate justice: Road to copenhagen...myth of clean coal. Level of occupation, war and aggression ..Haiti/militarization. Growth of power block challenging. Not just about environmental justice but a way of changing how we are thinking about social justice. WHat did we do in the last 3 years? Did we regrsss? Are things better? WHat do we do? Is it reform? Is it revolution? Not as a form of imposition but as a way of creating a container. what are the key issues that are going to define 2010?

We did a very intentional process of ensuring that POC, undocumented folks, queer people...all folks who have been marginalized...to make sure that we were there...Intentional to make sure who is reflected around the room. WHen we talk about outreach and how to ensure the rubber hits the road. There are people who are going to come. We need to do the extra work to see who are the people who can't come or who need help to come but we as the NPC can't afford to bring everyone What are the mechanisms we put in place to make sure that people need to be here are here?

Tom: In terms of the history of missed moments, what we left out was what happened around the first world war. People in the street with mass mobilization before the war started. That showed us what we lost in the eighties. Because of all the stuff that has happened, because what has been done is not working, it's about organizing people's power. This is our time.

Angela Winfrey: WHat I see differently in this process is that there are more working people...those are the pople even in Atlanta where we didn't do intentional outreach to bring them into this discussion. THis is an opportunity to figure out how to engage with regular working people. We need to do intentional outreach to make sure those new faces are brought into this thing.

new people in the room:
rama kased us palestinian network
genero lopez rendo: southwest workers union
jose (?): southwest workers union

How do we maintain the commitment to who needs to be there?

Tammy and B Loewe are going to take us through this analysis.

Tammy: None of us are throwing down a multiyear process to execute the forum because we think it's going to be a good five day meeting. We think it's an important tactic to make advances in our current struggle. How are we going to build a stronger movement in the US. Will take us through who came in 2007. Big responsibility of outreach working group is what are we going to do and how are we going to structure it?

We're covering today:
a) theory of social change
b) social forces that will be critical
c) analysis of current conditions
d) state of social movements
e) working groups in motion?

USSF 2007 cross cutting issues:
1) anti-war, militarism
2) katrina + reconstruction
3) immigrant rights movement
4) climate + indigenous sovereignty
5) labor and workers rights movement
6) gender justice

We arent' going to start with logistical, mechanical things. We want to use the social forum as a way of answering the missed calls. We have a long way to go on each of the above cross-cutting issues. We took the political risk to say we thought there was a political moment to answer some of the cross cutting issues. Missing from this discussion. Jerome raised the need to start having these political discussions.

List of all the organizations that came are lefter than not. Every conference before more DC/policy focused. Didn't represent communities of color. Need to organize with folks who are accountable to a base, working class, people of color, etc. Trying to be intetnional about who we are trying to bring. Want to name that. Don't know where we are going to get to the point for more of a political confersation. Consulta should have been driven by the leadership of the NPC...this group represents detroit, and social movements in the us. we needed political clarity to drive the process. That's where the political leadership should have come from. How we want to build the social forum has to include our analysis of the current conditions...We are going to talk about outreach but didn't want to do it mechanically.

Question: WHat is the final effect of what you're trying to get? WHen the four days are over, does what we want to happen, happen?

Goals of USSF 2007:
* create a space for social movement convergence
* advance individual social movements' strategic agenda
* build stronger relationships within the movements
* meet our int'l obligations to the global community

Not completely tangible....some converged, some didn't. We did pretty good. It's a movement building process--not just networking. Purpose is to have intentional conversations.

For example, Domestic workers united had their birth in Atlanta. Before they reached Atlanta they started having conversations and linked up with farm workers--other workers who are not represented...for sixth months they raised funds and used the forum space and definitely got a bounce out of the forum. For some they didn't get anything out of it but did they put in the time to make it happen? To connect with folks?

Angela: We came together around the World Social Forum. When we were here, we had campaigns, but were still divided. Polycentric circles...being in relationship with social movements around the world. When we would go around the world there were messages going out about our social justice movements that werent' accurate. When we come to outreach for 2010, we have to take it to another level. When we looked around the table and evaluated, there were people who weren't at the table. What is our political stragegy? All of us where moved to participate because of feeling empowered after 2007.

We need to hold to what Harry is saying and make sure things are concrete.

We have names of a little less than 10K people Broke down by regions but also arbitrary as some people didn't see themselves as that.

Outreach working group presented a U.S. map on 2007 attendance: http://onpointconsortium.org/ussfmap/2007attendance.html Broke down by states and representation by color. Georgia was the largest in terms of participation at over 1700 people. In CA, 964. NY 868, MI 70. Names of all the organizations that came. THey will be part of Consulta outreach. What we want to do is build from there. Informed by who we think needs to be in Detroit. WHo did we not see in Atlanta? Also shaped by theory of social change. WHo are the orgs with membership bases we need to get in the room.how do we get the people that we want there, that need to be there, there? organizations and getting out onto the streets.

When thinking of outreach we are going to go with a loose regional structure. Whatever scale we want to work with them. Jobs with Justice is doing excellent work. AFSCME is here and they weren't here before. We have a task by Saturday night. Sticky tabs. who's coming? who have we heard? Who are the organizations? WHo are the networks? who are the sectors? what are they planning to do? In Minnesota? folks who want to ride bikes and they want to bring extra bikes so they can leave bikes there. If you know something, forward to the outreach committee. We want folks to send information to us. By the end of the weekend we want to know who is in motion so that we can figure out what are the holes in the process and how they can be involved?

Juan: there are youth who are in my network who want to come to the forum.

Tammy: There is an open position for chairing the youth working group.

Mary: People who believed in the American way who are going bankrupt, losing their homes, etc but are unorganized. We missed them because we have left out the basic theme of the need for water, food, etc. We did not define human rights as a theme which contributed to our being unprepared to organize folks as they began falling out. THese are the folks who will find out that reforms aren't going to work. We will miss the boat if we dont' organize them now. Democracy needs to meet the needs of people through basic human rights framework.

Reflection not only of the USSF but also of the movement. All the contradictions that come up are a reflection of the state of the movement. Up to us to meet that challenge.

We went through the intention, structure and form, who came in 2007. What's left to do is filling out who is in motion. Needs to feel like there is a buzz as we build towards detroit. What's the focus of the forum politically? Look around to everyone on the outreach committee and go to those folks. If there is a movement you didn't see in Atlanta and you think should be there, let us know.

Question: Thought we were going to have discussion in larger group re the questions that were posed before. '

Adrienne: We need to have the orientation to get everyone caught up. What is our personal theory of change?

Jerome: For the agenda committee, good that we pulled up goals for last time. Need to analyze them to point us to 2010. Needs to be on the table.

Reggie: People who are not in a movement...exist in large scale in detroit. How does relate to the need to submit names and movements? What happens to them? They're not in anything.

Tammy: There are those folks you mentioned who are in people's basis...MWRO, Bus Riders Union. How do we build a movement to get more people? How do we arrange so that they are present at the USSF 2010 even if they aren't in a formal movement? It's not the time we have now.

(back from lunch)
Agenda changes are being made for over the weekend because, in part, we didn't get to have a full OC discussion yesterday and add'l items are being added to the agenda.

Goal conversation is really important--we'll come back to see if they still work for us or if there are shifts.

asking outreach working group to further develop our priorities for outreach

in our dream world, the orientation for new folks would come before this morning, but that will happen tonight. orientation about what work happens at each level of the US Social Forum process, and roles are available for folks to play

we're still gonna do assumptions and confessions, but we moved it later on. stuff is moving, things are happening

we have a few sheets of yellow paper floating around about sign ups for working groups and committees and the work we're all doing; please fill them out

also there will be time for proposals to be presented later on. let Adrienne know if you have a proposal and she will work to figure out where it fits in the agenda

goals conversation:
what we want to do right now is have a conversation to begin to wrap up this morning's conversation. the point around seeing if these goals that were set sometime in 2006 or developed in the process. are these goals able to be affirmed again? we don't want to do wordsmithing--we want to determine does this still feel like the objectives for this body? we as the npc are the facilitating body, and we can't fix everything. sometimes our role is unclear as when are we here as this body and when are we here as movement actors. when we go into working groups, we're at least operating off of some common assumptions.

goals of ussf:
-create a space for social movement convergence (it's a movement building process and a convergence that's bringing together all the different movements; not a conference. it's about the process that happens before, during and after)
-advance individual social movements' strategic agenda (ensure that social movements get an opportunity to have a national and international stage, to get to know each other and to share and be taught; many networks and alliances were created and strengthened through this process)
-build stronger relationships within the movements (bring people together that used to be together, help to mend new relationships)
-meeting our international obligations to the global community (this call came from an international process, and the us social forum is actually a regional process in our hemisphere. there is an americas social forum happened in guatemala last year. its in relationship to something much bigger than us. how are we internationalizing our struggles so that we're actually beginning to understand that this is a global movement and beginning to talk about the role of the us movements. its about joint interests and solidarity, not charity)

discussion:
rose: why are we using the term social movements in the us? how are we conveying that in a popular way to people in this country where that might be potentially confusing? is it transferable or relatable?

angela: want to have a discussion on what are our obligations not just to the international community but also to our local communities?

walda: social movement means something to our communities and it doesn't mean certain things to our communities. it also means something bigger a real coming together of people from different struggles coming together to build real transformation. i think this is a goal that we are trying to accomplish through the social forum

julio: we talk about facilitating this space, bringing people together and that leads to ? developing strategy is more of a tangible perspective. i think we lack intentionality to say this is what we're looking at in terms of structural change and having an impact that will change people's respective realities. matter of framing rather than goals. our responsibility is will that change happen by accident or by design? i think that's where the intentionality piece comes.

tom: cindy's presentation and tammy's presentation this am, the question of what a social movement means, what will we accomplish in 2010, all the same way of asking what are our goals and objectives. i support these and i think theyre relevant. what i would like to see is a sort of practice and organizing strategies made explicit clear and simple and institutionalized. what is movement building? in terms of the intentional and strategic focus. we need to be very smart and take tough decisions and actions and take responsibility for them. its about finding common ground and common understanding; making visible and audible and clear what has been hidden and covered up. what it really is is like a flood or a virus; changes the topic of the conversation. when peopel in detroit meet with people after the ussf, this basic stuff affects the conversation. the goal is to tie all of this together.

sara: are we making a distinction between the goals of the ussf and the goals we're trying to create as an npc in order for material conditions to change in the united states. confusing to me; we're largely self selected, don't know what forces we represent. i understand the point of goals; and where detroit can be strengthened through this movement. don't want us to sell ourselves short? to me the social forum should be a place that tries to answer the political conversation questions in a broad way that helps to move our movements forward. balance between creating a space where people self organize to advance something and then what can we do to strengthen how people can self organize?

maureen: criticism launched against social forum process--mwro is new to this process. folks internationally have more understanding of this, but in the us, it's new. criticism has always been lots of talk and very little action outside and after the event. what we're trying to create based on our new analysis is create a space for revolutionaries who are trying to arrive at a concensus about what we agree on; peopel's movement assembly will kick ass. sanctuary movement--trying to move in 10 families into vacant houses. use this to provide alternatives; opportunity to exchange information and do some stuff too. i think that's where we're going. a convergence of discussion and action.

in your packets, there is a copy of the world social forum charter of principles. written by folks on the international council. ultimately, this is what we have as an overall guiding set of principles that we agree to adhere to. these principles are in debate. at the international council meeting, people were debating them and asking if we need to upgrade these principles. the critique has been that there is no set of outcomes. we want to create a space where people come, not impose a certain direction, but give it some level of leadership.

the people's movement assembly is absolutely the space where you should get ready to say what is our national and international campaigns? how are you moving people to take action?

what are the objectives for us as the planning body? there's been some feedback about hey where's our obligation to the local community? need to popularize the language. conversation of saying we need a space for discussion and action. helpful feedback for folks who want to continue, invite you for a lunchtable tomorrow to help work on this, come back on sunday to see if we can help to affirm these principles in a revised form.

we want to start operating within our working groups under these objectives.

jerome: observation--well over half of the people in this room were not here in 2007. disadvantage is that in 2007, we didn't have these and we spent a lot of time getting to these to give us clarity. maybe we could talk about or catch people up to speed on the differences. it was only after a lot of struggle that we were able to get to this. we also need to evaluate how we did on these goals. for example, strengthening the developing movement internationally, locally and nationally. in atlanta, i think we did a not so good of a job. we did not set up a situation where we could figure out where the emerging motion was in atlanta and how we could set it up to be able to do that. in detroit, we can do this. two examples:
-3 weeks ago, there was a meeting about how do you get help for utilities for the winter. 10K people showed up looking for help.
-later, there was a meeting at Cobo hall for housing for the winter, there was 50K people who showed up
here is the emerging motion, what do we need to do as a social forum so that when we leave there, they're in a much better position than when they came?
adrienne: folks need to hear the orientation so that they can see if their process fits in or if there's something more that's needed. it also needs to be not just structure, but process. process showed a different way that movement building can happen in the us that hadn't really happened before.

sarita: adding on about importance of evaluating the goals. was on the evaluation team for the last ussf; we did a lot of that. we should draw from that to inform this conversation. there were wonderful insights on how we did in achieving goals; don't want to lose that.

michael: there is a difference we need in these goals. the moment is different from then, because it's a second forum, because more people know about the forum, because of the economic crisis, the obama administration being there and what we have and haven't been able to do. people are thinking about this forum, but there is a demand for a greater intentionality with this forum. i think people are really coming in and saying we need to put together an agenda for the long term so we don't find ourselves back in the same place over and over again. what is the broader agenda that we need to come together around? each forum pushes limits about what the vehicle is, this is just one vehicle and won't capture everything, but there has to be something more than what was.

maureen: where is it written--it would be extremely helpful if we can map out things to avoid. things that didn't work well. stephanie mentioned that one problem was not organizing volunteers soon enough. detroit taking that to heart and using that to build this forum.

cindy: there is an evaluation (meeting in september after the forum); did another one in san antonio because that wasn't enough; we had a whole team that was created (sarita, george, michael, and others) where there was documentation created about what we did well and what we want to do better.

is there anyone who doesn't want to be filmed? raise your hand so we can keep you off that.

order of business to attend to: a less correct version of the consulta was passed out, please return the other version you received.

monique: advocates for environmental and human rights

viola: welfare rights organization; member of the national; member of organizer's roundtable

getting into the working group space: way to entice people to join your working group!

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WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS

moving into working group discussions:
peoples movement assembly:
international solidarity committee: for people who want to connect international struggles to local struggles and logistics for international presence at ussf
resource working group: need some extra brains inside the group, even if you're part of another working group. we make the money to make the stuff happen.
outreach: we want people to come to the ussf. if you have contacts, please
gender justice (aka women's working group): gendered analysis of all the processes to the content of the forum. patriarchy, security issues for women
communications: outreach to media, media workers, messaging, encourage and activate, help spread the word and tell stories about ussf
information and communications technology (ict): 2007 made a monumental impact on world social forum. communications and technology made an impact. want to repeat that process, do that through comprising the work group not comprised of technologists but organizers and political activists
logistics: nationally we haven't been able to get it up and running, so DLOC is holding it down for now. we do have logistics on the ground in detroit.
program and culture: workshops, work with npc on plenaries, pma on the pma, shapes the voice of how we reach the masses. 1000 workshops in 2007. this is a joyful thing. culture is not only just entertainment, art is a tool of empowerment and education and building a movement, that's how we reach the masses. if you know artists and organizations doing that, let us know.
language access: making the ussf linguistically accessible in verbal and nonverbal languages or modes of communication. interpreters, translation of materials. placeholder. it could use some support.

notice from alma nm: queer rights working group.

rose: might be good to talk to gender justice working group.

documentation and evaluation: figures out how are we gonna put together this puzzle so that its transferable and clear

youth: not sure if it's a working group, but would like to keep it moving and on the table. question: are you down to hold it

healing and health and environmental justice working group? is that happening? we have a local group called faith and spirituality that could fall in the same category.

they're separate groups...

in your packet, there is a big matrix that is the overall structure. clarification and just to let folks know, the organizing committee is going to try and come up with some clarification about working group, committee, and constituency group.

not yet a clear process and criteria for how something becomes a national working group. hopefully tomorrow we'll have some level of clarity on this.

COMM and ITC and Language Access

May First People is a huge volunteer organization of radical/progressive tech workers who merge resources and provide services to organizations who are members. Provide resources to world, hemispheric and USSF. Right now 8-10 working on USSF.

ITC has 8-10 people on biweekly calls. Launched 4 websites on free and open software. Are now in redesign for the website with Design Action Collection and Comm WG. A site plan is now in draft. Working on registration system, online proposals, blogging and housing/transportation.

COMM WG has about 5 people meeting once or twice a monthly as needed. Have worked on draft logos and posters and a media plan. Have launched a Writers Network, getting people to write stories and articles for local media. Has tools/resources on writing, messaging and approaching local media. Beginning work in Detroit on a Local Communications Committee.

Now have relations with Allied Media Conference (AMC) which will hold their annual media conference in Detroit a week prior to the USSF 2010. Looking into renting a space for a month that can be used by both groups. In discussion with AMC about helping with a USSF media center. Problem in 2007, the media center was located in a very hard to access place and difficult ID requirements for use. Need large space with many computers, WIFI, and power access for people at all levels to broadcast. One role of the MC is documentation of the USSF for video/audio library. Talking with low-power radio people.

Translation WG. There are only three people at the moment. Not enough. Need more people. Translation process? There will be several website based systems that will automatically route the translation to persons who can do it. The system is available. Translators must be recruited. Currently, we encourage people to handle our own translations for material. In the language justice movement we are pushing hard for the best translations possible.

The website site design proposal is currently on the wiki in the ITC section. There will be four function based websites. [www.ussf2010.org,www.community.ussf2010.org, www.organize.ussf2010.org, www.wiki.ussf2010.org]

International Solidarity Commmittee
Emily Kawano, Jen Cox, Rocio Valerio, Louis Head, Cindy Wiesner, Mary Bricker Jenkins

Update on work:

Provide the logistical support to international community
We can link social movements internationally to national/local social movements
Letter of invitation by January.

There is a question Inform State Dept.

International Council suggesting

In the IC meeting in Morroco, in 2010 there is no WSF. There are 15-20 forums happening in 2010. So there was a call

The strategic importance of the US. Linking the USSF to the other forums.
3rd day of forum has been decided at the July NPC meeting

Working on what the programming would look like with the International/Nat

4 major areas of work:
Relationships with IC, Hemispheric Council, Social Movements Assembly.
Any organization that wants to come and trying to connnect them to local and national organizations.
Global Day of Action in conversation with the program committee and the IC
Legal/Visa: Cuba, Venezuela, Palestine and Iraq
Fund-raising and potential subsidy with criteria

Define our goals:
Electing Chairs and OC.
What do we want to do?
What kind of space do we want to create for international people?
What does the International Day look like?
Come up with a timeline
Role of
What is our role internationally?

OUTREACH WORKING GROUP BREAKOUT:
Goal: 20,000 plus
Forces that we want to have represented:

* working class communities of color

* immigrant communities

* etc.

* (come back to this)

ð Work plan and timeline needed
ð How are we doing outreach by sector and region?
ð How are we building the movement? How are we building power? How are we building organization? How are we engaging masses?
ð How are we engaging conscious forces? How are we engaging non-organized forces?
ð On a national level we have to engage organizations that are building mass and strengthen their ability to do this. HOWEVER on local level we can massify the movement in Detroit--engage the unorganized in Detroit.
ð Outreach strategy in Detroit: Michigan, Detroit, Potluck (communities)
ð Our job is to give people what they need for the kind of outreach that makes sense in their location and for their goals--tools, processes, models, materials, examples, etc.
ð Goal is to leave a stronger Detroit AND stronger movement everywhere
ð Support local organizations to build so that they can incorporate those who attend and want to participate moving forward
ð What is our massification strategy? High-light and make visible the USSF and the work that comes out of it; specific media strategy around Detroit;
ð We need a structure and process for identifying goals, work plan and timeline: GOAL of weekend—review and adopt proposal on youth outreach; goals and targets for local and national outreach; strategies outreach; work plan, timeline and division of labor for outreach (calendaring/benchmarks); (budget); structure/roles, process and communication for outreach work group (i.e. chairs);
ð Role of outreach group is to get a scan of the state of social movements inside of the US—how is this going to happen through this process

Orientation to Outreach:
ð National level: NPC support organizations in using social forum to engage and involve existing and new members/participants/activists/community—support them in building their ability to build and sustain relationships with people not currently involved but that gather around events/organizing leading up to the social forum and the forum itself (share tools, processes, events, examples and materials that people can adapt based on their location and goals)
ð Local level: massify the movement and strengthen and grow those participating in local organizations and organizing—direct outreach to community and individuals versus through organizations or mass media at a national level
ð USSF is an opportunity to build your base, your organization and your movement

Resources WG
Responsibility of the RWG is to raise money for the core costs of the USSF: space, accessibility, staff, contractual obligations for venues like hotels.
Resources we have on hand are limited. There is a sense that the money raised can be used for a range of other needs that are related but not core to the USSF.
This situation needs to be relayed and affirmed.
Structure -

PROGRAM/CULTURE
Fireworks: about 1 million people are going to descend upon the area of t
he conference on Wednesday night. We have to have in the program a warning to folks: You have to get home and it will be a lot of people heading home at the same time so if you have special needs (disabilities, children
Space: We have 22 churches that have committed space. We have 14 hotels that have committed, as well as Cobo Hall. We will also have Wayne County Community College (list of classes happening, as well as 80 rooms). Total is 200 including Cobo Hall.

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PROGRAM AND CULTURE PRESENTATION:

The way we think about cultural expression includes movement convergence.

The Opening March is a shared responsibility for the NPC and the Local Organizing Committee - the LOC thought about the organizing, where the march should go - the DLOC folks need to begin to think about that. This VERY important political celebration belongs where?

The Detroit LOC Logistics Committee is thinking about this!
Also a cultural space for celebration
Also a Political Space! (wanna do some direct action there)

We need clarity from the NPC on where this actually lands. Right now it is with the Logistics committee to take the first step - bringing a proposal to the whole NPC.

Suggestion: an Opening March Committee - comprised of someone from the PMA, DLOC, P+C.

One point is that the ATL march was influenced by the political history of Atlanta, so DLOC shoul play a large role.

A Powerpoint (will try to get a copy of this)

Program and Culture is responsible for the self-organizing working groups and the cultural programming during the USSF. We take political leadership from the NPC, and coordinate with other working groups.

Felt if these were purely combined, culture would get subsumed. The groups meet independently and together.

In July, made some decisions and agreements:
- To use the consulta/survey process as a political tool to get feedback on the program of the USSF
- The consulta/survey can be used to get feedback on many parts of the USSF - the workshops, the PMAs, outreach, accessibility
- USSF 2010 intends to be a convergence of social movements, therefore the self-organized workshops, assemblies and cultural events should encourage 1) collaboration, 2) cooperation and 3) consolidation
- 2010 tracks shouldn't be a laundry list
- participants should be able to see their work repped in the tracks without having to list every issue, group, tactic

Consulta comes out of the World Social Forum as a way to get feedback from people. The NPC using as a political tool to show that they are open to getting feedback from people.

And now.....THE CONSULTA (powerpoint presentation, to be posted later)

Immediately, we ran into concerns and questions around using this process. People wanted to know what the word meant and where the decision was made. Also, what is the scope - 10K people? 100K people? Needed agreement on how to use, clarity that it came from the NPC. We felt this process became more contentious than it needed to be. So...we wanted to make sure to clarify to y'all what it all is, and our recommendations thus far.

Recommendations:

1. Establish Purpose
a. NPC gives task to a Working Group
b. working group can opt to do a consulta, but has to check with NPC, DLOC and other WGs
c. before a consulta goes public, the NPC, DLOC and WGs get to review it (but not all changes will be incorporated)
d. Default to trust. We trust that all of you have read it, and y'all trust that the working group is incorporating your feedback, even if you don't see it.

2. Does this reflect the goals set by the NPC?

3. Determine what body/grouping of people make the final decision

4. Parameters

5. Timeline

6. How will feedback be incorporated? What is the criteria for incorporating recommended changes?

A few key questions:

Where did the word come from, and the process?

Remind us as the NPC that a lot of folks stay on their computers, different reps come in and out, so folks paying attention, reading back over the notes. So just being aware of getting better, tighter about reviewing the notes. Maybe OC can list the decisions that get made.

The way it was brought to folks was not explained correctly, felt like it was brought as a decision.

When things get contentious, we have to ask questions and try to clarify, engage in self-reflection?

Part of what happened was miscommunication, and not moving things in order.

PARKING LOT: Rogue People! This is something we need to address because it's caused a variety of communication problems among national and local folks.

Recommendation for approaching DLOC and anchors:
Bringing things in a timely manner, and allowing folks to plan for it and having the right folks presenting it.

Now. Here's what the Program/Culture has to do with the Consulta!

There's a consulta small group - Rishi, Raquel, Alicia. Every Friday they have been convening a call. The work of moving the process forward has been in the PCWG.

Timeline:

- Week of October 26th: Online Consulta is launched
- Nov 30th: Deadline for responses to the Consulta Form
- Dec 1-15: Consulta sub-group of the PCWG incorporates feedback into track language and submits to the NPC for approval
- Dec 15th: Online Workshop Proposal form is launched, with final track language approved by the NPC
- early January 2010: Publicized launch of the online workshop proposal form
- March 15th: Deadline for submissions of proposals through the Online Workshop Proposal

Questions:
- What is the scope? Have been getting feedback from outreach, PMA. outreach has been guiding us in terms of who this goes out to.
- People have expressed that they want to use this as a way to get folks engaged in the social forum - go head on! You are free to get people to input on this, AND we will be targeting it.
- Test run - tomorrow night we will have computers set up to test run it!
- Ask for a donation!
- Outreach - we have database of 10K who attended the 2007 social forum, and the networks that folks in this room are connected to. We have a list of everyone who brought over 20 people to the USSF07. Still defining the gaps and other people we want.
- In order to move this, we have to discuss this document which we emailed last week and we have in our hands.

Thinking about: what are the ways our local work can converge with the local work of others, and the process we're engaging in...we came up with a set of containers which could hold our work. This cuts from the 35-40 offerings on an international level, last year we had 25. We thought that too long list is not necessary - people feel like if they see a very long list and they aren't on it, they wonder if their work is politically important to the group. We want to put this work in dialogue with each other.

Is the purpose to highlight the issues folks are working on, or is it to converge social movements to consolidate, cooperate and converge.

The questions:

- Michael: Really appreciate the thought and time y'all are putting into this. How do we create the cross conversations that need to happen to build power?
- is perceived rise in technology and the relationship to collapse of capitalism
- poverty issues
- how can we help be really intentional about bringing the topics together?
- our goal for making movement effective and coming together, moving from issue based and strategy. to meet those goals to cooperate, collaborate, consolidate - to look at different ways to get our issues as part of a larger conversation.
- if we organize based on how people organize could leave out people who don't organize, like teachers
- so we could revise this, that's why we're having the consulta - we have to include the tents and other spaces
- do we want to define reaching our goals to how we do these tracks...this may be too many steps, maybe people see things on an issue basis and we can't quite chunk them together. do we want tracks that don't relate to how people see each other? and how else could we reach the PC goals?
- you put the labor under "resistance strategy", it doesn't fit there, it's one of the core bodies of people organizing in the world. it shouldnt be a small part of another thing.
- i don't see the word poverty reflected in here anywhere. its one of the issues that we're dealing with every day. what i am here for is not reflected
- 1. historically. last time there was 900+ workshops. there was a book and you had to study the thing to figure out where you want to go. the world social forum process utilizes this consulta - its a process to get feedback. no one knew what social forum was a couple years ago - we're introducing it. 2. the wsf puts out a consulta process to a smaller group of people for feedback. 3. people use this as a way to converge and get stronger. there might be 10 competing organizations in a track putting forth ideas in a track, but that's part of the process. in the quebec process we went to there were 9 tracks, and room for an OTHER. it doesn't capture everything, there's the spontaneous spaces.

PC-Sub might take this all back and come back tomorrow

- what is the level of flexibility with this document? also, the OC should hopefully address this kind of stuff. this shapes the forum. ecological justice - why not environmental?
- there are words left out that some folks thought were implicit. we can add them. no big deal. i think we should be clear about the tracks - the tracks should not build cross sector - the tracks are to help people find the topics they are looking for. that cross-sectoral collaboration should happen to, but let's not overload the tracks. also, let's cross-list stuff. the geographical stuff is funny, the resistance vs movement building
- i want to affirm this process, i have seen it work in other processes. you had labor working with environmental and women's groups - addresses the goals 1 and 3.
- technically, how are you planning to process the feedback?
- maybe combining some of the stuff, tactics and stuff. hate to call stuff an issue cuz poverty effects the majority of the planet.
- how do you see this interacting with the plenaries and the tents? would be willing to fold NVDA and CD into another track if it was written out more clearly. also, want to think about how NPC groups will ground these tracks so they aren't overwhelmed by folks not aligned with all the criteria and values
- this is not supposed to be a space where we demoralize each other, but is supposed to be a space where we feel comfortable calling each other out, and appreciating the call out. shit is hard, marion is bringing and important thing and told us great civil rights stories. my question is how did you all come up with the tracks - was there consultation on the international track process? the language - some feel issue based, some feel section based...that would help. we can't satisfy everybody, its going to be a whole thing of contradictions.
- part of this work/anger is coming from "i wanna get the right stuff", marion will fight for the stuff. we are not each other's enemies, we just got issues. we came here to find slivers of ways we can get along. this question of poverty is tied to the key platforms of how can we get along. you all our coming to detroit where poverty and labor are our two things! come talk to us about the stuff we care about. and a self-critique - our opinions have been asked, and we have not been as attentive as we should have been. but the rubber has hit the road now.
- the tracks need to reflect how people actually care about and what they are movd to, and how they are organizing. then, how are we trying to connect that to building power. working with HOW we're organizing right now, but the plenaries and other spaces could be where we talk about what we're learning. so the whole picture meets folks where they're at and bringing them to the movement level.
- are we answering the questions around goals with these tracks? also the reason for going to detroit - there's a larger vision about it. about the collapse of capitalism, the high end poverty, etc. is it about venue space?
- the process was actually backwards - they are trying to give us leadership before we have had a chance to have the conversations about the key planks, the crucial issues. ideally that would come first, then they took it and brought it back. this is also a test of what the consulta could be looking like. great attempt to take leadership when we didn't provide it to you. so, some of us should step up and help: are we cross cutting issues? or not? i am open to either way.
- a lot of emails were sent out but technology often excludes a lot of poor folks, not in the room. thinking about phone calls to folks not in the room (indigenous folks not in the room) there are leaders where you have to track them down because their feedback is so important
- as a participant in 2007, the tracks were very helpful in terms of helping people show up and find their way around.
- i agree with the process of taking input of what the fronts of struggle are to inform the tracks. i disagree with the tracks. less is more. the new economy, poverty and work; mother earth and relationship with the environment; etc. the point is to organize the workshop. we could also do it like - this is about learning, or skills, or political interventions we want to make at this moment. this feels reductive and hard to find instead. we want to hear what 10K think about this. would love to have the fronts, and a blank line so folks can add stuff in. there are multiple spaces, the self-organized workshops do not have to reach every issue.

Raquel: we are hearing that this isn't working, and two that it is reductionist. Hearing a couple of ways to handle it, one is to just list stuff out and have other spaces handle cross stuff; or have the key planks. We'll bring it back to you.

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People's Movement Assembly:

This is to build connection, commitment to action. The big question is how do you establish connections on this scale? It's connection. There's already PMAs being planned across the country, and we're barely off the ground. The How is a BIG question - we want it participatory, prepared, very facilitated with direction and a sense of purpose! Kentucky took it and did a process. There's before, during and after.

HAND OUT!

So far:
- Queer
- Portland
- southeast
- young people

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USSF Outreach Working Group
Outreach Breakout during NPC meeting in Atlanta

Goals:
Bring at least 20,000 to the Detroit
½ the people would be coming from the Midwest Region
Use the outreach work to develop a scan of the movement
USSF would advance the mass struggle in Detroit – mass outreach

Objectives:
Develop work plan with timeline
Clarify structure (role of co-leads, regions, sectors)
Determine priorities
Assess current capacity in the WG and how do we build more capacity
Talk through strategies for outreach (toolkit, etc.)
ID folks to recruit to lead sectoral and regional outreach
ID questions that we need to address with other working groups (prep for speed date on Sunday)
Start mapping who is in motion

Consulta
Develop an outreach strategy for the consulta
Use consulta as an outreach tool
Develop timeline and goals
Develop process for assessment

Priorities and who is not at the table in Detroit:
1) community members (not organized) – Detroiters (poor Black)
2) Arab
3) Indigenous communities
4) Asian community

Midwest (already existing structures in the region that we should tap into):
1) think through working class white people on the regional level – often ignored on the national arena
2) farming and agricultural, looking at food sovereigty
3) rural communities
4) Latino immigrant communities (huge hub in the Midwest)
5) Muslim community (Black, South Asian, European and Arab Muslims)
6) Especially in the smaller towns outside the city = faith communities
7) Growing population of African immigrants
8) Midwest has a very strong union infrastructure, historical rank and file leadership
9) Midwest Social Forum
10) Youth of color
11) Midwest is full of universities where students will be drawn
12) Given history of the region with deindustrialization, there is a lot of organizations representing poor people – specific poor people’s organization
13) Huge holes in the Midwest – North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana

National:
1) LGBTQI
2) Criminalized groups/prison/detention organizing

Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan

(South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas = Great Plains states are going to be important because they are the next region over. And some would claim Western Pennsylvania and New York State).

Benchmarks for outreach…

Developing a toolkit:
How to be involved flyer
Already have an outreach kit (Detroit)
Powerpoint (2)
Frequently asked question
Film

To be developed:
Talking points
Postcards, flyers, poster with the USSF design and logo
How the USSF can benefit your base building – what’s in it for you as an organization
Labor sectoral – coming up with own poster and postcard

800 calls – USSF 101?

Speed Dating Qs
Language Access: Which languages are we going to support? What is the process for getting items translated?

ICT: Highlights of a profile of someone who went to showcase the importance of participating? How do we make sure the products we develop goes up on the web? Getting real updates on folks who are registering (data tracking and visualization)? How to get the folks who are organizing use the wiki to support their local organizing? How do we deal with the lack of access? Responsibility for social networking (myspace, facebook, twitter)
What’s the best way to collectively have an online spreadsheet?

Resources: What do we have resource for? Staff positions? Travel?

Communications: Need to develop massification strategy together.

Capacity:
Cindy GGJ
Ricardo
Maria/Fran/Sarita – JWJ, labor & midwest region & student (goal of 500 jwjers in 25 states)
Ahmina - Detroit
Brigid, Push Back, CA, NM, NV, MA, NY, MS, KY, AL
B. Loewe – On Point - Chicago, DC
Tammy Bang Luu - c
Rahma PCN – Arab & Muslim outreach
Lance – Chicago, LGBT, immigrant rights
Juan SWU – youth

TO DO:
send already existing workplans & planned targeted outreach to identify overlap
Create centralized database (ahmina)
Start identifying leads in Midwest to recruit (Fran, B, Sarita, lance)
Get old database from Josue (tammy)
Coordinate with Tom & Heather re: indigenous outreach
Queer groups list (tammy)
Connect Juan with Maria from SLAP to connect youth & students

10-22-09 Organizing Committee Meeting Notes

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What is the role/difference between the NPC and Organizing Committee.

Organizing Committee is made up of reps from the National Working Groups and the Detroit Local Organizing Committee. It mostly addresses the logistical needs of organizing the USSF. The OC assures that all of these groups are coordinating with each other. It also requires a higher level of commitment to the work.

The National Planning Committee (NPC) guides the overall political direction of the USSF. Members may not be able to contribute the same level of work to organizing the USSF, but it is important that their voice is represented in the process.

In July the NPC created a division of labor between the NPC and OC. The NPC will decide overall political decisions like the plenaries, themes and budget. The OC will handle most of the logistical decisions that will need to be made on a regular basis.

In July there was also a proposal to create Constituency Groups.

A lot of logistical decisions are also political. For instance,

Sticking points are decision-making and access to resources. If NPC is intended to be large, it would need strong proposals that come from the working groups and OC.

Communication is really essential. There are detailed security notes that have gone on the wiki. No one has responded. How do we use the tools at our disposal to communicate?

We need to clarify the process for budget and expenses.

How are working groups formed? Is it an open process or is it like the WSF International Council where there are only 5 or 6 commissions?

Maureen: NPC is like Board of Directors that decides policies. Decisions about overall policies is decided there. The Organizing Committee implements. Don't support working groups submitting proposals to NPC. This implies that Resources WG will raise the money. Everyone should be responsible for raising money.

How do we manage and coordinate all of the different fundraising efforts that will happen.

Tammy: There is more work to do than the time to do it. The function of the OC is 1) to lay out all of the political discussions that need to happen, 2) coordinate the overall work. All of us as a body are responsible for raising funds and doing outreach. ID discussions that need to happen and decisions that need be made. ID when a discussion is larging than the working group or OC. Is concerned about forming constituency groups based on identity. It could further fragment us.

Diana S: We need to have an understanding of how many is raised and allocated. Volunteers should feel appreciated for the work that they are doing.

Tom: Money is raised for a specific function.

Michael: One of our main tasks this week is to decide on our spending priorities. We have tried to do a participatory process to develop the budget but WGs are viewing this as proposals that will be funded by the NPC. We are trying to prevent political fights later and staff from being blindsided by funding requests. So we need to determine what are the priorities, the process for making ongoing spending decisions, authorize folks to make those decisions and back them up.

Sylvia: We need to establish a process and move on. It won't be a perfect process. (Sylvia will add concerns about Interim C-Team centralization, accountability. Questions about if all WGs, committees are equal and are budget issues also equal)

Will: As coordinator, need to be clear where certain decisions get made. For instance does the DLOC make suggestions about agenda items for the OC and NPC? Being sure to also identify questions and decisions that DLOC needs to be consulted on. If new working groups form, what are their responsibilities? Limitless things that could be formed, how does that connect with the NPC and the budget?

Cindy: This conversation is bringing up the role of the NPC. Make space to have political conversations. Set political tone and overall frame of the forum - ideologies, the practice, the forms of organizations, etc. We need to send time this weekend to understand the paticipatory budgeting process. What are the principles and protocols on fundraising and how money gets decided on. What are the things that have broader implications that we are responsible for? Need to give autonomy for folks to do the work but also need to ID what are the conversations that require broader buy-in. We also need to determine what is accountability, what is quorum? Participation by folks in the C-team and different working groups has been inconsistent.

Dianne: need to break up in smaller committees to hash out some of these questions, to provide proposals for the NPC (working groups, fundraising protocols, etc.)Need to plan political discussions. If we structure those in, that will be a good way to create the level of trust that we need to have.

Sustainability: Food, water, bikes, but more than just logistics.

Sylvia: The DLOC committees started before some of the WGs, and the national and local groups have not all linked up. One question we have to address is how the DLOC and WGs integrate.

Steph: let's flag what we do need to discuss, how does accountability work with something this massive. Some of these questions are really new. Last time we only had 1 staff person. We had Health and Healing group that never got added to the national WGs. We need to determine work priorities and then the spending priorities follow. What do we want to land over the next 3 days so we leave feeling really good.

Tom: sustainability means moving forward environmental health and integrity as well as social justice

Reg: What is the working group, what are committees, what are constituencies group. In February and June this will all look different again

Quentin: How would groups be able to come in and be part of the working groups or the NPC?

Current structure: Do we affirm this? Yes, unanimous. Woohoo!

Reg: Now how are we going to make this work?

What do we want to address this weekend?

* Money, communication, decision-making authority, accountability for making sure the work gets done, differentiate between Working Groups, Constituency Groups and Committees and definitions

* Leaving this weekend with a clear understanding of the frequency of the meetings

* How often we meet face-to-face - OC may need more face-to-face time and NPC may not need to meet as often--functionality

Will, Alicia, Oya, Cindy, Stephanie, Rocio, Michael will develop recommendations for NPC to make decisions. Review documents that already exist and are being developed.

Alicia: Vetting of the agenda? Program/Culture Working Group has a proposal to extend the time of the discussion for the consulta.

Sylvia: we may not be able to extend more time on discussion items but rather need to insert new items to the agenda

October 24 NPC Wiki Training

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National Planning Committee

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==NPC==
The National Planning is made up of representatives from U.S. social movement organizations.

They are charged with overseeing the organizing and political work leading up to the USSF.

: [[2010 NPC and Contacts]]
: [[2007 Committee and Contacts]]

====NPC Face to Face Meeting Notes====
:[[March 2009 NPC Notes]] Detroit, MI
:[[July 19-20 NPC Notes]], Detroit, MI
:[[July 21st NPC Notes]], Detroit, MI
:[[October 23-25 NPC Notes]], Atlanta, GA
:[[October 24 NPC Wiki Training]], Atlanta, GA
:Go here for live notes for July 21 Meeting [[http://etherpad.com/FbCD58wxms]]

====NPC Conference Call Notes====
* NPC monthly conference calls: 3rd Tuesdays at 3pm EST
:[[4-21-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[5-19-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[6-16-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[8-19-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[9-16-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]

:[[USSF structure proposal]]

:[[USSF Finances]]

====Detroit Strategy Session====
:[[Media:StrategySessionNotes050909.pdf]] Notes
:[[Media:StrategySessionWorkPlan050909.pdf]] Work plan spreadsheet

==Coordination Team==
The Interim Coordination Team is made up of three NPC members: Cindy Wiesner ([[GGJA]]), Josue Guillen ([[Praxis Project]]/[[May First]]), and Tom Goldtooth ([[IEN]]); and three Anchor reps: Elena Herrada ([[Centro Obrero]]), Diana Seales ([[EMEAC]]), and [[Sylvia Orduno]] ([[MWRO]]). They are tasked with weekly discussions on NPC and [[LOC]] reports, and accountability checks for work leading up to the [[USSF]].

====C-Team Conference Call Notes====
* NPC-Anchors interim Coordination Team conference calls: Mondays at 6pm EST
:[[4-27-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-4-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-11-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-18-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-25-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-1-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-8-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-15-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-24-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--postponed to Wed from Mon
:[[6-29-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[7-6-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[7-13-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[8-13-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--no mtgs 7/20, 7/27, 8/3
:[[8-17-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[8-24-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[9-9-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--will be posted 9/11 PM
:[[10-22-09 Organizing Committee Meeting Notes]]

==Personnel/Hiring Committee==
The Personnel/Hiring Committee consists of NPC and Anchor reps: NPC--Stephanie Guilloud (Project South) and Kamau Franklin (Praxis Project), and Anchors--Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero), Diana Seales (EMEAC). They are tasked with researching and answering questions about staff interim contracts, health care insurance, and fringe benefits; providing bi-monthly staff evaluations; following up with WGs and anchors on job description drafts; and reviewing completed applications.

==Working Groups==
Moved to [[Working Groups]]--update coming soon

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/nationalplanningcommittee 2007 National Planning Committee]

[[Category:Committees|National]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|Committee]]

National Planning Committee

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{{RightTOC}}

==NPC==
The National Planning is made up of representatives from U.S. social movement organizations.

They are charged with overseeing the organizing and political work leading up to the USSF.

: [[2010 NPC and Contacts]]
: [[2007 Committee and Contacts]]

====NPC Face to Face Meeting Notes====
:[[March 2009 NPC Notes]] Detroit, MI
:[[July 19-20 NPC Notes]], Detroit, MI
:[[July 21st NPC Notes]], Detroit, MI
:[[October 23-25 NPC Notes]], Atlanta, GA
:[[October 24 NPC Wiki Training]], Atlanta, GA
:Go here for live notes for July 21 Meeting [[http://etherpad.com/FbCD58wxms]]

====NPC Conference Call Notes====
* NPC monthly conference calls: 3rd Tuesdays at 3pm EST
:[[4-21-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[5-19-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[6-16-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[8-19-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[9-16-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]

:[[USSF structure proposal]]

:[[USSF Finances]]

====Detroit Strategy Session====
:[[Media:StrategySessionNotes050909.pdf]] Notes
:[[Media:StrategySessionWorkPlan050909.pdf]] Work plan spreadsheet

==Coordination Team==
The Interim Coordination Team is made up of three NPC members: Cindy Wiesner ([[GGJA]]), Josue Guillen ([[Praxis Project]]/[[May First]]), and Tom Goldtooth ([[IEN]]); and three Anchor reps: Elena Herrada ([[Centro Obrero]]), Diana Seales ([[EMEAC]]), and [[Sylvia Orduno]] ([[MWRO]]). They are tasked with weekly discussions on NPC and [[LOC]] reports, and accountability checks for work leading up to the [[USSF]].

====C-Team Conference Call Notes====
* NPC-Anchors interim Coordination Team conference calls: Mondays at 6pm EST
:[[4-27-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-4-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-11-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-18-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-25-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-1-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-8-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-15-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-24-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--postponed to Wed from Mon
:[[6-29-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[7-6-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[7-13-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[8-13-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--no mtgs 7/20, 7/27, 8/3
:[[8-17-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[8-24-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[9-9-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--will be posted 9/11 PM

==Personnel/Hiring Committee==
The Personnel/Hiring Committee consists of NPC and Anchor reps: NPC--Stephanie Guilloud (Project South) and Kamau Franklin (Praxis Project), and Anchors--Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero), Diana Seales (EMEAC). They are tasked with researching and answering questions about staff interim contracts, health care insurance, and fringe benefits; providing bi-monthly staff evaluations; following up with WGs and anchors on job description drafts; and reviewing completed applications.

==Working Groups==
Moved to [[Working Groups]]--update coming soon

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/nationalplanningcommittee 2007 National Planning Committee]

[[Category:Committees|National]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|Committee]]

October 23-25 NPC Notes

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USSF Organizing Committee
October, 22, 2009

What is the role/difference between the NPC and Organizing Committee.

Organizing Committee is made up of reps from the National Working Groups and the Detroit Local Organizing Committee. It mostly addresses the logistical needs of organizing the USSF. The OC assures that all of these groups are coordinating with each other. It also requires a higher level of commitment to the work.

The National Planning Committee (NPC) guides the overall political direction of the USSF. Members may not be able to contribute the same level of work to organizing the USSF, but it is important that their voice is represented in the process.

In July the NPC created a division of labor between the NPC and OC. The NPC will decide overall political decisions like the plenaries, themes and budget. The OC will handle most of the logistical decisions that will need to be made on a regular basis.

In July there was also a proposal to create Constituency Groups.

A lot of logistical decisions are also political. For instance,

Sticking points are decision-making and access to resources. If NPC is intended to be large, it would need strong proposals that come from the working groups and OC.

Communication is really essential. There are detailed security notes that have gone on the wiki. No one has responded. How do we use the tools at our disposal to communicate?

We need to clarify the process for budget and expenses.

How are working groups formed? Is it an open process or is it like the WSF International Council where there are only 5 or 6 commissions?

Maureen: NPC is like Board of Directors that decides policies. Decisions about overall policies is decided there. The Organizing Committee implements. Don't support working groups submitting proposals to NPC. This implies that Resources WG will raise the money. Everyone should be responsible for raising money.

How do we manage and coordinate all of the different fundraising efforts that will happen.

Tammy: There is more work to do than the time to do it. The function of the OC is 1) to lay out all of the political discussions that need to happen, 2) coordinate the overall work. All of us as a body are responsible for raising funds and doing outreach. ID discussions that need to happen and decisions that need be made. ID when a discussion is larging than the working group or OC. Is concerned about forming constituency groups based on identity. It could further fragment us.

Diana S: We need to have an understanding of how many is raised and allocated. Volunteers should feel appreciated for the work that they are doing.

Tom: Money is raised for a specific function.

Michael: One of our main tasks this week is to decide on our spending priorities. We have tried to do a participatory process to develop the budget but WGs are viewing this as proposals that will be funded by the NPC. We are trying to prevent political fights later and staff from being blindsided by funding requests. So we need to determine what are the priorities, the process for making ongoing spending decisions, authorize folks to make those decisions and back them up.

Sylvia: We need to establish a process and move on. It won't be a perfect process. (Sylvia will add concerns about Interim C-Team centralization, accountability. Questions about if all WGs, committees are equal and are budget issues also equal)

Will: As coordinator, need to be clear where certain decisions get made. For instance does the DLOC make suggestions about agenda items for the OC and NPC? Being sure to also identify questions and decisions that DLOC needs to be consulted on. If new working groups form, what are their responsibilities? Limitless things that could be formed, how does that connect with the NPC and the budget?

Cindy: This conversation is bringing up the role of the NPC. Make space to have political conversations. Set political tone and overall frame of the forum - ideologies, the practice, the forms of organizations, etc. We need to send time this weekend to understand the paticipatory budgeting process. What are the principles and protocols on fundraising and how money gets decided on. What are the things that have broader implications that we are responsible for? Need to give autonomy for folks to do the work but also need to ID what are the conversations that require broader buy-in. We also need to determine what is accountability, what is quorum? Participation by folks in the C-team and different working groups has been inconsistent.

Dianne: need to break up in smaller committees to hash out some of these questions, to provide proposals for the NPC (working groups, fundraising protocols, etc.)Need to plan political discussions. If we structure those in, that will be a good way to create the level of trust that we need to have.

Sustainability: Food, water, bikes, but more than just logistics.

Sylvia: The DLOC committees started before some of the WGs, and the national and local groups have not all linked up. One question we have to address is how the DLOC and WGs integrate.

Steph: let's flag what we do need to discuss, how does accountability work with something this massive. Some of these questions are really new. Last time we only had 1 staff person. We had Health and Healing group that never got added to the national WGs. We need to determine work priorities and then the spending priorities follow. What do we want to land over the next 3 days so we leave feeling really good.

Tom: sustainability means moving forward environmental health and integrity as well as social justice

Reg: What is the working group, what are committees, what are constituencies group. In February and June this will all look different again

Quentin: How would groups be able to come in and be part of the working groups or the NPC?

Current structure: Do we affirm this? Yes, unanimous. Woohoo!

Reg: Now how are we going to make this work?

What do we want to address this weekend?

* Money, communication, decision-making authority, accountability for making sure the work gets done, differentiate between Working Groups, Constituency Groups and Committees and definitions

* Leaving this weekend with a clear understanding of the frequency of the meetings

* How often we meet face-to-face - OC may need more face-to-face time and NPC may not need to meet as often--functionality

Will, Alicia, Oya, Cindy, Stephanie, Rocio, Michael will develop recommendations for NPC to make decisions. Review documents that already exist and are being developed.

Alicia: Vetting of the agenda? Program/Culture Working Group has a proposal to extend the time of the discussion for the consulta.

Sylvia: we may not be able to extend more time on discussion items but rather need to insert new items to the agenda

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NPC, October 23, 2009

* Rose Brewer- midwest, Afro Eco, Minneapolis, GGJ alliance

* George Friday, Independent Progressive Politics Network (Ann Arbor and Toledo Board Members), United for Peace and Justice, Southern Anti-Racism (black-brown alliance)

* Tom Stevens - DLOC

* Lizzie Baskerville, EMEAC

* Rocio Valerio, EMEAC Detroit!

* Fred Vitale, Michigan Welfare Rights

* Flo Rizowski, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Minneapolis

* Sarah Kershnar, International Jewish Anti-ionist Network, Generation Five, Berkeley, CA

* Jacqui Patterson, Women of Color United, Silver Spring, MD

* Sarita Gupta, Jobs with Justice, Grassroots Global Justice, Washington, DC

* Reggie McGhee, Detroit, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice

* Julio Cesar Guerrero, Centro Obrero, Detroit

* Emily Kowano, Center for Popular Economics, Solidarity Economy Network

* Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign, Chatanooga!

* Alfredo Lopez, Mayfirst People Link, Brooklyn, NY

* Jamie McClelland, Mayfirst, ICT

* Dianne Feely, Detroit Logistics Committee!

* Scott Byrd, Sociologists without Borders, The Writers Network, Irvine, CA

* Ann Bremin, Michigan Welfare Rights, indominable spirit of Detroiters

* Sylvia Orduno, Michigan Welfare Rights, Portland Oregon

* Marian Kramer, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, National Welfare Rights

* Gwen Gaines, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, Potluck Committee

* Bea Loewe, On Point, Chicago

* Will Copeland, Detroit Staff of USSF, DLOC (repping the questions, the people who don't know, the people who want to be involved)

* Diana Copeland, East Michigan Environmental Action Council

* Roberto Tijerina, Language Access Group, North Carolina

* Tammy Bang Luu, Busriders Union, LA, Grassroots Global Justice

* Louis Head, Sagginaw MI/GA, Albuquerque NM, Southwest Organizing Project

* Brigette Flaherty, The Pushback Network, Outreach Working Group

* Doreca Stubb, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit

* Harry Jones, Detroit!, Michigan Welfare Rights, Religious Committee

* Harold Spence, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit!

* Quentin Williams, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit, ADAPT

* Adrienne Maree Brown, The Ruckus Society, creative, strategic non-violent actions

* Alicia Garza, People Organized to Win Employment Rights, San Francisco

* Kaajal Shah, Praxis Project

* Michael Leon Guerrero, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

* Oya Amakisi, Detroit, Program and Culture, Detroit Women of Color Inc, Detroit WOC Film Festival, Hush House Leadership Training Institute

* Cindy Wiesner, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

* Rishi Awatrimani, Leftist Lounge

* Raquel Lavina, Social Justice Leadership

* Lance Selfa, Center for Economic Research and Social Change - International Socialist Review, Haymarket Books

* Jen Cox, PPEHRC, International Committee

* Maureen Taylor, Michigan Welfare Rights, Detroit USSF Staff

* Jerome Scott, Atlanta, League of Revolutionaries for a New America

* Taliba Obuya, Project South, African descended women, grassroots people

* Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Program and Culture, DC-Metro

* Stephanie Guilloud, Project South, ATL!, Southeast organizations (Ordinary Peoples, Highlander, People's Institute)

* Rama Kased, US Palestine Communities Network, Bay Area

* Rev Charles Williams, AFSCME, Detroit

* Genaro Lopez Rendon, Southwest Workers Union

* Juan Atilano, SWU

* Angela Winfrey, Peoples' Institute for Survival and Beyond

* Monique Harden,

* Viola Francois Washington, New Orleans Welfare Rights, NWRU

Welcome to Atlanta:
Last night (The Detroit-Atlanta meeting) was significant, historical, because this is the first time we have had a former social forum sight and a future sight, and they got to meet.

The history of the USSF - the energy came up from the global south, having world social forums around the world. Then there was a call that the US was the belly of the beast and WE needed to engage in the process. It was scheduled, then Katrina, but we kept moving towards it in Atlanta 2007.

Community Agreements

* Step Back, Step Up

* Speak from the "I" - speak from your own experience

* Default to trust

* Respect differences/all people

* Use the "woah"!

* Be aware of time

* Be Curious!

* Cell Phone

* Use the Spirit Fingers as a Yes, do a Thumbs Up when you agree

GOALS

* Clarify

* processes

* structures

* $$$

* leadership

* Work

* in working groups

* on key decisions

* on increasing capital

* Grow

* into our visions

* the strength of our movements

* our depth with each other

Will there be othe times when new folks can get some orientation?
Inventory of proposals that are prepared. We can discuss that at end of Confessions and ?
Should also find time and space for informal conversations/hanging out - Reg will work on this

Agenda:

Friday -
9 Welcome/Intros
10 Political Conversation
2 Coming Back Together as the NPC
3 Working Group Session 1
4 Program + Culture
5:30 People's Movement Assembly
6 Orientation Dinner
6 OC Sub Group Meeting
6 Self-Organized Meeting Time

Saturday -
8:45 Wiki Training + Collaborative Democracy
10 OC Report Back: Getting on the Same Page
11 Budget/Financial Policies
12:30 Hiring Process Update
2 Organizing Process Proposal
3 NPC Business
5 Strategic Communications Plan
6 Self-Organized Meeting Times
7 Virtual Walk Through of the Program Spaces

Sunday -
9 Priorities/Decisions for our final day
9:30 Working Groups Session 2: Speed Dating
10:30 Calendar/Work Plan/Goal Setting
11:30 Closing Circle

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POLITICAL CONVERSATION

How do you believe political change happens in the world?

Pairs, groups of 4, groups of 8

1) What is the analysis of the current situation?
2) What is the analysis of the state of social movements and What is the state of resistance?
3) What are the alternate projects?
4) What are the strategies of the process of the US Social Forum?

Group 1 Facilitator: Louis Head, notetaker: Sylvia Orduno
1) Things have been going in decline economically for a long time. Things didn't just start falling apart two years ago and then we missed our time. There are already many alternatives going on in Detroit. Perfect timing now for people from other places to bring it all together.

Hurricane Katrina showed that new questions about resistance opened up: do we have the capacity to provide food, clothing and shelter to people in a dignified way? We need to provide for each other and in a concrete way. The desire for people in the movement to do this has increased and is a big part of why the USSF is going to Detroit. When we ask where the movment is today, it is a question of how much we are doing today to keep each other alive with dignity.

Borderland states also being strongly affected by issues of opportunity. Many pockets of resistance. USSF offers the opportunity to tie these together. Our coming together every three years will get us to a place like on the int'l WSF level.

Detroit is not a city of exceptionalism--what's happening there is happening in many other places. What's the value of hosting the USSF in Detroit and in helping Detroit with national relationships?

The whole rust belt is affected. Detroit is bad but we still have worse things to face. How can we make Detroit the laboratory for the USSF as another world is possible...? We're just at the beginning of the crisis. Detroit used to be the mecca for "come to Detroit: you can get a job, house, and health care." Now Detroit has 80,000 vacant homes. What does it mean when the things we need like healthcare and no longer tied to our labor? We have to come out with a vision that we know we can accomplish.

2) We've been in resistance but it needs to be a new type of resistance--e.g., projects of survival. Senior citizens and retirees also want to revisit things they previously had some comfort and safety in like housing, health care, utilities, esp for long-term.

We need to get a better handle on policy--so many are bad.

3) In NM, some groups fight policy but you can only go so far. Have to get your own people on the bodies that make policy. We still need more than electoral politics--you still can't get rid of capitalism thru it, power is still in the hands of corporations.

This work is longer term than 2010. People in Detroit are trying to create "another Detroit" and still looking beyond.

4) Looking back on ATL, one of the best things that came out of it were the relationships we built with others. In some ways this also a coming out party for Detroit. We're seeing the rebirth of a movement that hasn't existed for a long time. We need to tighten up our relationships, there's much new life!

Group 2 Facilitator: Kaajal, Note Taker: Brigid
Q 1. People are lost. Most people don't have anything, they don't have the basic needs. The current analysis is what we see happening. What's the impact that people are seeing? What are we seeing in the past two years?
People are experiencing loss of jobs and loss of income. Programs are no longer available to certain communities. More people are being layed off. More people are experiencing more hardships. A lot of things have not changed. The criminalization of our youth, high rates of police brutality, poor education system. Alot of people say that change has come, but the racism has floated to the top. The media, wallstreet wars favors the rich. People aren't thinking about the poor. Crisis is inherent in the capitalist system. Landlords make major profits from this crisis. Neoliberalism creates mechanisms so that poor people never see the rewards. The economic crisis in North America triggered a global crisis.The Obama Administration was a reaction to the Bush regime and even though he's not our savior we shouldn't minimize the work we did to ensure that McCain and Palin got elected. What is the left pole to hold Obama accountable? We have to have a fight back strategy. We are getting our butts kicked in healthcare. How does our movement adapt to this new situation? The social forum is about reorganizing and connecting our issues. Feeling that the labor movement hasn't changed up their tactics in 30 years.

Question 4: how does the social forum support movement building? The peoples movement assembly meet and decide what can we do together. We can use the PMA to link people.One of the strategies is to bring young people in a real substantial way. If we start to connect them to the movement now, we can bring about long term systemic change. The social forum is not an organization so we can't endorse or support certain things. The PMA is so important and we need to outreach because the protagonists are the actors, the movements are the actors and they are the ones who are coming with their strategies. It will allow a social movement convergence. In the ten years of social forums, people formed alliances. The campesinos is a network of 3 million members and when they talk about taking on the GMO's it's a big thing. It's a place to connect power and have strategic coversations and hopefully solutions will come out. We can't impose our agenda but we can help shape it.

Group 3 Faciliator: Raquel

State of the Movement

Economic downturn of the lost almost 2 million jobs out of the state in Michigan. E of our economic lives.
Subjectively the masses are not convinced that we cannot go back to the auto industry.
We are not prepared to convince our community that we have to create an alternative economy.
Even the structures that were used to protect the masses are being disassembled and destroyed. The economic piece that is disrupting is impacting all sectors of work throughout the nation. Privatization

True capitalism is funded by sex, drugs, and war

We left from industrial industries to service and now that is phasing out. What are the alternatives.
Are we going to be able to create something effective that meets the economic needs of the masses, before capitalism reinvents itself?
How is capitalism reinventing itself?
Out of 300 million 50 million are poor.
Large sections of the population that will not be integrating to the current economy
Poor are poorer and the rich richer. Increase in hate crimes, and the right are a viable force and seized the moment when we did not.

The system is collapsing because if there are no people to pay for it. The basic needs of the people are being cut off...water,

Rise in poverty is seriously impacting all of us. We were not prepared. We are now clear, so how do we position ourselves to create the change.

We are getting as bad as it is in some places. What is happening internationally that reflects how we are living now.

How long does it take or how much money it takes before the gov't who relies on war and to uphold the illusion of an economic base pulls back.

There is a pulse in democracy in the world.

Where is this moment going to go after the social forum? We have a common goal, but how do we create the solutions after the sf?

The US has played a horrific role in imperialism, there is this energy of resistance in Cuba and other places but they still exist within a
out of the global struggls there are some very powerful voices of struggle. Women are playing a powerful role in challenging oppression on all levels.
global shack dwellers who are challenging poverty. How do we learn from global struggles.
Take back the land struggle.

Solutions

come together and clearly define and work with the United Nation

there is the belief that capitalism equals democracy
capitalism equals oppression
what does democracy really equal?

Everyone needs to identify that we are the USSF

what is it going to look like so the masses can relate and adapt

Using the USSF to articulate what democracy really means?

We need to discuss what role the Obama and liberal movement played in shadowing the role of alternative systems and actually bringing more power to the right

Using the USSF as a tool to educate and empower the masses

democracy has been narrowed to a political context but it effects all aspects of our lives

What is the one word that defines democracy?

democracy as the pursuit life, liberty, jusftice?

There was a whole movement invented historically during the enslavement of Africans and they changed the world without the internet.

How do we mobilize the massses to create change?

How do we pull from the old that worked and integrate it with the new.

We should not have allowed them to take the jobs to other countries to exploit them and take jobs from us

create a living wage globally

How do we change mentality about having our individual sectors. We are fighting for slivers of the pie. How can we have the whole pie? We associate resources with capitalism. But we need resources to make our work happen. How do we create a movement where we share ideas but also ways that we mobilize resources? How do we change the way we think about things like democracy, resources...Capitalism is taking things that we do and make it work for them. How do we take some of their concepts and terminology that people relate to and use it to advance our work?

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Two Quick Things:

The Facilitation Team which crafted the agenda and holding the space: Adrienne Maree Brown, George Friday, Julio Cesar Guerrero, Maureen Taylor, Cindy Wiesner, and Sylvia Orduno. Also Steph played a large role!

The Role of Observers:
There are folks who are here in an observing role, reminder to self to take space in a mindful way, accompanying this space.

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Bringing all the conversations together and continuing the process. How are we using these key questions, bringing these processes along the road to Detroit and then taking us into the next World Social Forum in Dakar.

We want to hear these report backs and move towards: WHO do we want to be outreaching to, bringing to the social forum?

Emily: There is some feeling that the "crisis is over", and the question is here - have we missed out moment. We talked about: it's not. people are still losing their jobs - there's fragility. During the Depression there was a downturn, upturn, then a long down - now there's still a need to resist and build. To critique neo-liberal capitalism and capitalism.

Tom: Meet and Exceed has a history in Detroit...Ford, Chrysler, and GM would say it meets and exceeds all federal standards. The govt builds shit and sells it. But we are taking their power.

Diane: We had discussion about the "teabaggers", and how they have captured some of our rhetoric around "waste" and "congress doesn't represent our needs" and the fear - we have to find ways of speaking to the needs, isolation and fear, talk about the alternatives, and solidarity.

Maureen: Slogans - Americans have been dummied down to just wanting soundbites, not in-depth analysis. I am looking for a slogan. The enemy has convinced most of the world that capitalism equals democracy, but it doesnt. So we need a slogan - capitalism doesn't mean democracy, democracy means = ______ being able to say it's changing hands, it belongs to us, and it means this.

Louis: Talking about the IC meeting in Belin and in Quebec - doesn't make sense to us that there could be so much hope, and 9 months later such despair. We talked about Detroit and southern MI, and how the crisis kicked in 30 years ago. We live in a country now that's in a state of permanent decline. It creates many opportunities - its not like we miss one and that's it.

Sylvia: Katrina on people:s minds - how we house, clothe, feed people

Jen: immediate desperation and the contradictions of capitalism has forced people into action, or the potential for action, who had not previously been involved. In PPEHRC, people who may have been comfortable, are getting involved with a left movement (from middle upper class families in foreclosure, military families in MS who are being displaced by tourism) - how do we unite those?

Taliba: With capitalism there's always opportunities in crisis, it feeds itself.

Reg: On the constant decline note, folks not from Detroit should know that that might be the one feature of Detroit, we talk about ourselves as ground zero. We're going to model that there is no recovery here. you will come to detroit, and things are closed and not opening up again. So, how do we build for sustainable communities and where do we head to next?

Jamie: International perspective - we're out of sync with the rest of the world. The way the rest of the world perceives the crisis - the movement is happening outside of the US in ways we need to connect to

Michael: We keep finding ourselves behind the ball while the right moves very effectively (racist attacks, immigrant attacks, carrying automatic weapons to Obama speeches) and we're very fragmented. At IC meeting someone said: The crisis forces fragmentation on us - we're having to put out more fires than we did. We're going to have to figure out a way to do that, have people find their way to Detroit, to a national/intl process while dealing with the pressures locally.

Julio: there are ways that people are participating in Acts of resistance - not participating in the system. we have to not react to capitalism, we have to talk about social capital. when we talk about latin american-us relations, it centers on us power that creates aggression. power is the key point, you have to have money to have power. we have to look at power and build on that, instead of constantly responding to capitalism.

Maureen: We have discussed the phrase - "A Current Capitalism", like this is a glitch, let's highlight, this ain't no glitch. All these plants are closed - 12 million cars by 46 factories. 10 million cars with less than 10% of those people. Sarah raised a brilliant point - sex, drugs, weapons are the three biggest industries. This whole house of cards depends on people having $. This is a systemic change, it is never going back - the problems of the left is that we have missed an opportunity. We can't have to get on the phone together.

Harry: What was the position of what you were gonna come up with last year, why didn't you achieve it, and how are we going to make it a priority this time?

Cindy: We are going to go back to the 2007 and cover what we did and why! Good point.

Lance: Social movements are in a point of transition. Trade union movement has taken so many hits and is so weakened, they haven't taken any steps forward. what we have looked at as movements in the past are fading, new movements are emerging - LGBT is example. We all see small things, movements happening locally. What isn't present is a national infrastructure. There is a liberal govt in power with money and influence to make sure folks don't protest against what the White House is doing.

Fred: The idea that the crisis of capitalism is something that happens in the realm of laws makes it look objective. But actually this crisis is also due to the resistance movements all over the world - folks have refused to play along and participate, taken land, etc. Under alternative projects, MWRO has been impacted by what's happening, and we are trying to deal with that. MI has changed it's entire benefit system - we've started trainings, a People's Water Board to shadow the city board!

Walda: Importance of developing consciousness, especially class consciousness. Speaks to slogans - what is easily accessible. That consciousness has to be really clear - is it something in the past, or is it a radically and fundamentally new thing.

Taliba: Looking at contradictions of the USSF, establishing goals that could lead to sustainable communities (model it in Detroit)

Cindy: What responsibility do we have as facilitators holding this process to create a space where we're helping to sharpen and frame some of the current conditions? In 2007 we got folks to come in with their folks - beyond the workshops etc. In 2010 how do we build some ways for folks to cross cut their issues. If you were working on housing in Miami, you could see the Katrina plenary and realize these issues of displacement are all over. Now we're heading into the 9th anniversary next year, we've been there 8 years. 15 years in Afghanistan total.

The Political Context of 2007 USSF
The massive mobilization that happened on May 1st 2006, undocument folks and others challenging the racist systems...what happened with the massive millions of people on the street. How did we not capture that? The immigrant rights movement is a wide movement and is fragmented. In New Orleans and Katrina....next year is the five year anniversary. Obama just went. There has been displacement of African Americans and Native Communities but what have we as the left done to address the massive land grab. Environment and Indigenous Sovreignty. Labor in decline. Gender...using gay marriage as a way to drive wedges in our communities. These are the six movements/moments we felt it is important to hightlight.

We knew that as the left we needed to be the pole to keep Obama accountable. The economic and financial crisis....is not just an economic and financial crisis but to look at it as an accumulation of crises. A multidimensional crisis Health care...we were in canada and people were saying "we don't understand why you don't want health care" Climate justice: Road to copenhagen...myth of clean coal. Level of occupation, war and aggression ..Haiti/militarization. Growth of power block challenging. Not just about environmental justice but a way of changing how we are thinking about social justice. WHat did we do in the last 3 years? Did we regrsss? Are things better? WHat do we do? Is it reform? Is it revolution? Not as a form of imposition but as a way of creating a container. what are the key issues that are going to define 2010?

We did a very intentional process of ensuring that POC, undocumented folks, queer people...all folks who have been marginalized...to make sure that we were there...Intentional to make sure who is reflected around the room. WHen we talk about outreach and how to ensure the rubber hits the road. There are people who are going to come. We need to do the extra work to see who are the people who can't come or who need help to come but we as the NPC can't afford to bring everyone What are the mechanisms we put in place to make sure that people need to be here are here?

Tom: In terms of the history of missed moments, what we left out was what happened around the first world war. People in the street with mass mobilization before the war started. That showed us what we lost in the eighties. Because of all the stuff that has happened, because what has been done is not working, it's about organizing people's power. This is our time.

Angela Winfrey: WHat I see differently in this process is that there are more working people...those are the pople even in Atlanta where we didn't do intentional outreach to bring them into this discussion. THis is an opportunity to figure out how to engage with regular working people. We need to do intentional outreach to make sure those new faces are brought into this thing.

new people in the room:
rama kased us palestinian network
genero lopez rendo: southwest workers union
jose (?): southwest workers union

How do we maintain the commitment to who needs to be there?

Tammy and B Loewe are going to take us through this analysis.

Tammy: None of us are throwing down a multiyear process to execute the forum because we think it's going to be a good five day meeting. We think it's an important tactic to make advances in our current struggle. How are we going to build a stronger movement in the US. Will take us through who came in 2007. Big responsibility of outreach working group is what are we going to do and how are we going to structure it?

We're covering today:
a) theory of social change
b) social forces that will be critical
c) analysis of current conditions
d) state of social movements
e) working groups in motion?

USSF 2007 cross cutting issues:
1) anti-war, militarism
2) katrina + reconstruction
3) immigrant rights movement
4) climate + indigenous sovereignty
5) labor and workers rights movement
6) gender justice

We arent' going to start with logistical, mechanical things. We want to use the social forum as a way of answering the missed calls. We have a long way to go on each of the above cross-cutting issues. We took the political risk to say we thought there was a political moment to answer some of the cross cutting issues. Missing from this discussion. Jerome raised the need to start having these political discussions.

List of all the organizations that came are lefter than not. Every conference before more DC/policy focused. Didn't represent communities of color. Need to organize with folks who are accountable to a base, working class, people of color, etc. Trying to be intetnional about who we are trying to bring. Want to name that. Don't know where we are going to get to the point for more of a political confersation. Consulta should have been driven by the leadership of the NPC...this group represents detroit, and social movements in the us. we needed political clarity to drive the process. That's where the political leadership should have come from. How we want to build the social forum has to include our analysis of the current conditions...We are going to talk about outreach but didn't want to do it mechanically.

Question: WHat is the final effect of what you're trying to get? WHen the four days are over, does what we want to happen, happen?

Goals of USSF 2007:
* create a space for social movement convergence
* advance individual social movements' strategic agenda
* build stronger relationships within the movements
* meet our int'l obligations to the global community

Not completely tangible....some converged, some didn't. We did pretty good. It's a movement building process--not just networking. Purpose is to have intentional conversations.

For example, Domestic workers united had their birth in Atlanta. Before they reached Atlanta they started having conversations and linked up with farm workers--other workers who are not represented...for sixth months they raised funds and used the forum space and definitely got a bounce out of the forum. For some they didn't get anything out of it but did they put in the time to make it happen? To connect with folks?

Angela: We came together around the World Social Forum. When we were here, we had campaigns, but were still divided. Polycentric circles...being in relationship with social movements around the world. When we would go around the world there were messages going out about our social justice movements that werent' accurate. When we come to outreach for 2010, we have to take it to another level. When we looked around the table and evaluated, there were people who weren't at the table. What is our political stragegy? All of us where moved to participate because of feeling empowered after 2007.

We need to hold to what Harry is saying and make sure things are concrete.

We have names of a little less than 10K people Broke down by regions but also arbitrary as some people didn't see themselves as that.

Outreach working group presented a U.S. map on 2007 attendance: http://onpointconsortium.org/ussfmap/2007attendance.html Broke down by states and representation by color. Georgia was the largest in terms of participation at over 1700 people. In CA, 964. NY 868, MI 70. Names of all the organizations that came. THey will be part of Consulta outreach. What we want to do is build from there. Informed by who we think needs to be in Detroit. WHo did we not see in Atlanta? Also shaped by theory of social change. WHo are the orgs with membership bases we need to get in the room.how do we get the people that we want there, that need to be there, there? organizations and getting out onto the streets.

When thinking of outreach we are going to go with a loose regional structure. Whatever scale we want to work with them. Jobs with Justice is doing excellent work. AFSCME is here and they weren't here before. We have a task by Saturday night. Sticky tabs. who's coming? who have we heard? Who are the organizations? WHo are the networks? who are the sectors? what are they planning to do? In Minnesota? folks who want to ride bikes and they want to bring extra bikes so they can leave bikes there. If you know something, forward to the outreach committee. We want folks to send information to us. By the end of the weekend we want to know who is in motion so that we can figure out what are the holes in the process and how they can be involved?

Juan: there are youth who are in my network who want to come to the forum.

Tammy: There is an open position for chairing the youth working group.

Mary: People who believed in the American way who are going bankrupt, losing their homes, etc but are unorganized. We missed them because we have left out the basic theme of the need for water, food, etc. We did not define human rights as a theme which contributed to our being unprepared to organize folks as they began falling out. THese are the folks who will find out that reforms aren't going to work. We will miss the boat if we dont' organize them now. Democracy needs to meet the needs of people through basic human rights framework.

Reflection not only of the USSF but also of the movement. All the contradictions that come up are a reflection of the state of the movement. Up to us to meet that challenge.

We went through the intention, structure and form, who came in 2007. What's left to do is filling out who is in motion. Needs to feel like there is a buzz as we build towards detroit. What's the focus of the forum politically? Look around to everyone on the outreach committee and go to those folks. If there is a movement you didn't see in Atlanta and you think should be there, let us know.

Question: Thought we were going to have discussion in larger group re the questions that were posed before. '

Adrienne: We need to have the orientation to get everyone caught up. What is our personal theory of change?

Jerome: For the agenda committee, good that we pulled up goals for last time. Need to analyze them to point us to 2010. Needs to be on the table.

Reggie: People who are not in a movement...exist in large scale in detroit. How does relate to the need to submit names and movements? What happens to them? They're not in anything.

Tammy: There are those folks you mentioned who are in people's basis...MWRO, Bus Riders Union. How do we build a movement to get more people? How do we arrange so that they are present at the USSF 2010 even if they aren't in a formal movement? It's not the time we have now.

(back from lunch)
Agenda changes are being made for over the weekend because, in part, we didn't get to have a full OC discussion yesterday and add'l items are being added to the agenda.

Goal conversation is really important--we'll come back to see if they still work for us or if there are shifts.

asking outreach working group to further develop our priorities for outreach

in our dream world, the orientation for new folks would come before this morning, but that will happen tonight. orientation about what work happens at each level of the US Social Forum process, and roles are available for folks to play

we're still gonna do assumptions and confessions, but we moved it later on. stuff is moving, things are happening

we have a few sheets of yellow paper floating around about sign ups for working groups and committees and the work we're all doing; please fill them out

also there will be time for proposals to be presented later on. let Adrienne know if you have a proposal and she will work to figure out where it fits in the agenda

goals conversation:
what we want to do right now is have a conversation to begin to wrap up this morning's conversation. the point around seeing if these goals that were set sometime in 2006 or developed in the process. are these goals able to be affirmed again? we don't want to do wordsmithing--we want to determine does this still feel like the objectives for this body? we as the npc are the facilitating body, and we can't fix everything. sometimes our role is unclear as when are we here as this body and when are we here as movement actors. when we go into working groups, we're at least operating off of some common assumptions.

goals of ussf:
-create a space for social movement convergence (it's a movement building process and a convergence that's bringing together all the different movements; not a conference. it's about the process that happens before, during and after)
-advance individual social movements' strategic agenda (ensure that social movements get an opportunity to have a national and international stage, to get to know each other and to share and be taught; many networks and alliances were created and strengthened through this process)
-build stronger relationships within the movements (bring people together that used to be together, help to mend new relationships)
-meeting our international obligations to the global community (this call came from an international process, and the us social forum is actually a regional process in our hemisphere. there is an americas social forum happened in guatemala last year. its in relationship to something much bigger than us. how are we internationalizing our struggles so that we're actually beginning to understand that this is a global movement and beginning to talk about the role of the us movements. its about joint interests and solidarity, not charity)

discussion:
rose: why are we using the term social movements in the us? how are we conveying that in a popular way to people in this country where that might be potentially confusing? is it transferable or relatable?

angela: want to have a discussion on what are our obligations not just to the international community but also to our local communities?

walda: social movement means something to our communities and it doesn't mean certain things to our communities. it also means something bigger a real coming together of people from different struggles coming together to build real transformation. i think this is a goal that we are trying to accomplish through the social forum

julio: we talk about facilitating this space, bringing people together and that leads to ? developing strategy is more of a tangible perspective. i think we lack intentionality to say this is what we're looking at in terms of structural change and having an impact that will change people's respective realities. matter of framing rather than goals. our responsibility is will that change happen by accident or by design? i think that's where the intentionality piece comes.

tom: cindy's presentation and tammy's presentation this am, the question of what a social movement means, what will we accomplish in 2010, all the same way of asking what are our goals and objectives. i support these and i think theyre relevant. what i would like to see is a sort of practice and organizing strategies made explicit clear and simple and institutionalized. what is movement building? in terms of the intentional and strategic focus. we need to be very smart and take tough decisions and actions and take responsibility for them. its about finding common ground and common understanding; making visible and audible and clear what has been hidden and covered up. what it really is is like a flood or a virus; changes the topic of the conversation. when peopel in detroit meet with people after the ussf, this basic stuff affects the conversation. the goal is to tie all of this together.

sara: are we making a distinction between the goals of the ussf and the goals we're trying to create as an npc in order for material conditions to change in the united states. confusing to me; we're largely self selected, don't know what forces we represent. i understand the point of goals; and where detroit can be strengthened through this movement. don't want us to sell ourselves short? to me the social forum should be a place that tries to answer the political conversation questions in a broad way that helps to move our movements forward. balance between creating a space where people self organize to advance something and then what can we do to strengthen how people can self organize?

maureen: criticism launched against social forum process--mwro is new to this process. folks internationally have more understanding of this, but in the us, it's new. criticism has always been lots of talk and very little action outside and after the event. what we're trying to create based on our new analysis is create a space for revolutionaries who are trying to arrive at a concensus about what we agree on; peopel's movement assembly will kick ass. sanctuary movement--trying to move in 10 families into vacant houses. use this to provide alternatives; opportunity to exchange information and do some stuff too. i think that's where we're going. a convergence of discussion and action.

in your packets, there is a copy of the world social forum charter of principles. written by folks on the international council. ultimately, this is what we have as an overall guiding set of principles that we agree to adhere to. these principles are in debate. at the international council meeting, people were debating them and asking if we need to upgrade these principles. the critique has been that there is no set of outcomes. we want to create a space where people come, not impose a certain direction, but give it some level of leadership.

the people's movement assembly is absolutely the space where you should get ready to say what is our national and international campaigns? how are you moving people to take action?

what are the objectives for us as the planning body? there's been some feedback about hey where's our obligation to the local community? need to popularize the language. conversation of saying we need a space for discussion and action. helpful feedback for folks who want to continue, invite you for a lunchtable tomorrow to help work on this, come back on sunday to see if we can help to affirm these principles in a revised form.

we want to start operating within our working groups under these objectives.

jerome: observation--well over half of the people in this room were not here in 2007. disadvantage is that in 2007, we didn't have these and we spent a lot of time getting to these to give us clarity. maybe we could talk about or catch people up to speed on the differences. it was only after a lot of struggle that we were able to get to this. we also need to evaluate how we did on these goals. for example, strengthening the developing movement internationally, locally and nationally. in atlanta, i think we did a not so good of a job. we did not set up a situation where we could figure out where the emerging motion was in atlanta and how we could set it up to be able to do that. in detroit, we can do this. two examples:
-3 weeks ago, there was a meeting about how do you get help for utilities for the winter. 10K people showed up looking for help.
-later, there was a meeting at Cobo hall for housing for the winter, there was 50K people who showed up
here is the emerging motion, what do we need to do as a social forum so that when we leave there, they're in a much better position than when they came?
adrienne: folks need to hear the orientation so that they can see if their process fits in or if there's something more that's needed. it also needs to be not just structure, but process. process showed a different way that movement building can happen in the us that hadn't really happened before.

sarita: adding on about importance of evaluating the goals. was on the evaluation team for the last ussf; we did a lot of that. we should draw from that to inform this conversation. there were wonderful insights on how we did in achieving goals; don't want to lose that.

michael: there is a difference we need in these goals. the moment is different from then, because it's a second forum, because more people know about the forum, because of the economic crisis, the obama administration being there and what we have and haven't been able to do. people are thinking about this forum, but there is a demand for a greater intentionality with this forum. i think people are really coming in and saying we need to put together an agenda for the long term so we don't find ourselves back in the same place over and over again. what is the broader agenda that we need to come together around? each forum pushes limits about what the vehicle is, this is just one vehicle and won't capture everything, but there has to be something more than what was.

maureen: where is it written--it would be extremely helpful if we can map out things to avoid. things that didn't work well. stephanie mentioned that one problem was not organizing volunteers soon enough. detroit taking that to heart and using that to build this forum.

cindy: there is an evaluation (meeting in september after the forum); did another one in san antonio because that wasn't enough; we had a whole team that was created (sarita, george, michael, and others) where there was documentation created about what we did well and what we want to do better.

is there anyone who doesn't want to be filmed? raise your hand so we can keep you off that.

order of business to attend to: a less correct version of the consulta was passed out, please return the other version you received.

monique: advocates for environmental and human rights

viola: welfare rights organization; member of the national; member of organizer's roundtable

getting into the working group space: way to entice people to join your working group!

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WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS

moving into working group discussions:
peoples movement assembly:
international solidarity committee: for people who want to connect international struggles to local struggles and logistics for international presence at ussf
resource working group: need some extra brains inside the group, even if you're part of another working group. we make the money to make the stuff happen.
outreach: we want people to come to the ussf. if you have contacts, please
gender justice (aka women's working group): gendered analysis of all the processes to the content of the forum. patriarchy, security issues for women
communications: outreach to media, media workers, messaging, encourage and activate, help spread the word and tell stories about ussf
information and communications technology (ict): 2007 made a monumental impact on world social forum. communications and technology made an impact. want to repeat that process, do that through comprising the work group not comprised of technologists but organizers and political activists
logistics: nationally we haven't been able to get it up and running, so DLOC is holding it down for now. we do have logistics on the ground in detroit.
program and culture: workshops, work with npc on plenaries, pma on the pma, shapes the voice of how we reach the masses. 1000 workshops in 2007. this is a joyful thing. culture is not only just entertainment, art is a tool of empowerment and education and building a movement, that's how we reach the masses. if you know artists and organizations doing that, let us know.
language access: making the ussf linguistically accessible in verbal and nonverbal languages or modes of communication. interpreters, translation of materials. placeholder. it could use some support.

notice from alma nm: queer rights working group.

rose: might be good to talk to gender justice working group.

documentation and evaluation: figures out how are we gonna put together this puzzle so that its transferable and clear

youth: not sure if it's a working group, but would like to keep it moving and on the table. question: are you down to hold it

healing and health and environmental justice working group? is that happening? we have a local group called faith and spirituality that could fall in the same category.

they're separate groups...

in your packet, there is a big matrix that is the overall structure. clarification and just to let folks know, the organizing committee is going to try and come up with some clarification about working group, committee, and constituency group.

not yet a clear process and criteria for how something becomes a national working group. hopefully tomorrow we'll have some level of clarity on this.

COMM and ITC and Language Access

May First People is a huge volunteer organization of radical/progressive tech workers who merge resources and provide services to organizations who are members. Provide resources to world, hemispheric and USSF. Right now 8-10 working on USSF.

ITC has 8-10 people on biweekly calls. Launched 4 websites on free and open software. Are now in redesign for the website with Design Action Collection and Comm WG. A site plan is now in draft. Working on registration system, online proposals, blogging and housing/transportation.

COMM WG has about 5 people meeting once or twice a monthly as needed. Have worked on draft logos and posters and a media plan. Have launched a Writers Network, getting people to write stories and articles for local media. Has tools/resources on writing, messaging and approaching local media. Beginning work in Detroit on a Local Communications Committee.

Now have relations with Allied Media Conference (AMC) which will hold their annual media conference in Detroit a week prior to the USSF 2010. Looking into renting a space for a month that can be used by both groups. In discussion with AMC about helping with a USSF media center. Problem in 2007, the media center was located in a very hard to access place and difficult ID requirements for use. Need large space with many computers, WIFI, and power access for people at all levels to broadcast. One role of the MC is documentation of the USSF for video/audio library. Talking with low-power radio people.

Translation WG. There are only three people at the moment. Not enough. Need more people. Translation process? There will be several website based systems that will automatically route the translation to persons who can do it. The system is available. Translators must be recruited. Currently, we encourage people to handle our own translations for material. In the language justice movement we are pushing hard for the best translations possible.

The website site design proposal is currently on the wiki in the ITC section. There will be four function based websites. [www.ussf2010.org,www.community.ussf2010.org, www.organize.ussf2010.org, www.wiki.ussf2010.org]

International Solidarity Commmittee
Emily Kawano, Jen Cox, Rocio Valerio, Louis Head, Cindy Wiesner, Mary Bricker Jenkins

Update on work:

Provide the logistical support to international community
We can link social movements internationally to national/local social movements
Letter of invitation by January.

There is a question Inform State Dept.

International Council suggesting

In the IC meeting in Morroco, in 2010 there is no WSF. There are 15-20 forums happening in 2010. So there was a call

The strategic importance of the US. Linking the USSF to the other forums.
3rd day of forum has been decided at the July NPC meeting

Working on what the programming would look like with the International/Nat

4 major areas of work:
Relationships with IC, Hemispheric Council, Social Movements Assembly.
Any organization that wants to come and trying to connnect them to local and national organizations.
Global Day of Action in conversation with the program committee and the IC
Legal/Visa: Cuba, Venezuela, Palestine and Iraq
Fund-raising and potential subsidy with criteria

Define our goals:
Electing Chairs and OC.
What do we want to do?
What kind of space do we want to create for international people?
What does the International Day look like?
Come up with a timeline
Role of
What is our role internationally?

OUTREACH WORKING GROUP BREAKOUT:
Goal: 20,000 plus
Forces that we want to have represented:

* working class communities of color

* immigrant communities

* etc.

* (come back to this)

ð Work plan and timeline needed
ð How are we doing outreach by sector and region?
ð How are we building the movement? How are we building power? How are we building organization? How are we engaging masses?
ð How are we engaging conscious forces? How are we engaging non-organized forces?
ð On a national level we have to engage organizations that are building mass and strengthen their ability to do this. HOWEVER on local level we can massify the movement in Detroit--engage the unorganized in Detroit.
ð Outreach strategy in Detroit: Michigan, Detroit, Potluck (communities)
ð Our job is to give people what they need for the kind of outreach that makes sense in their location and for their goals--tools, processes, models, materials, examples, etc.
ð Goal is to leave a stronger Detroit AND stronger movement everywhere
ð Support local organizations to build so that they can incorporate those who attend and want to participate moving forward
ð What is our massification strategy? High-light and make visible the USSF and the work that comes out of it; specific media strategy around Detroit;
ð We need a structure and process for identifying goals, work plan and timeline: GOAL of weekend—review and adopt proposal on youth outreach; goals and targets for local and national outreach; strategies outreach; work plan, timeline and division of labor for outreach (calendaring/benchmarks); (budget); structure/roles, process and communication for outreach work group (i.e. chairs);
ð Role of outreach group is to get a scan of the state of social movements inside of the US—how is this going to happen through this process

Orientation to Outreach:
ð National level: NPC support organizations in using social forum to engage and involve existing and new members/participants/activists/community—support them in building their ability to build and sustain relationships with people not currently involved but that gather around events/organizing leading up to the social forum and the forum itself (share tools, processes, events, examples and materials that people can adapt based on their location and goals)
ð Local level: massify the movement and strengthen and grow those participating in local organizations and organizing—direct outreach to community and individuals versus through organizations or mass media at a national level
ð USSF is an opportunity to build your base, your organization and your movement

Resources WG
Responsibility of the RWG is to raise money for the core costs of the USSF: space, accessibility, staff, contractual obligations for venues like hotels.
Resources we have on hand are limited. There is a sense that the money raised can be used for a range of other needs that are related but not core to the USSF.
This situation needs to be relayed and affirmed.
Structure -

PROGRAM/CULTURE
Fireworks: about 1 million people are going to descend upon the area of t
he conference on Wednesday night. We have to have in the program a warning to folks: You have to get home and it will be a lot of people heading home at the same time so if you have special needs (disabilities, children
Space: We have 22 churches that have committed space. We have 14 hotels that have committed, as well as Cobo Hall. We will also have Wayne County Community College (list of classes happening, as well as 80 rooms). Total is 200 including Cobo Hall.

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PROGRAM AND CULTURE PRESENTATION:

The way we think about cultural expression includes movement convergence.

The Opening March is a shared responsibility for the NPC and the Local Organizing Committee - the LOC thought about the organizing, where the march should go - the DLOC folks need to begin to think about that. This VERY important political celebration belongs where?

The Detroit LOC Logistics Committee is thinking about this!
Also a cultural space for celebration
Also a Political Space! (wanna do some direct action there)

We need clarity from the NPC on where this actually lands. Right now it is with the Logistics committee to take the first step - bringing a proposal to the whole NPC.

Suggestion: an Opening March Committee - comprised of someone from the PMA, DLOC, P+C.

One point is that the ATL march was influenced by the political history of Atlanta, so DLOC shoul play a large role.

A Powerpoint (will try to get a copy of this)

Program and Culture is responsible for the self-organizing working groups and the cultural programming during the USSF. We take political leadership from the NPC, and coordinate with other working groups.

Felt if these were purely combined, culture would get subsumed. The groups meet independently and together.

In July, made some decisions and agreements:
- To use the consulta/survey process as a political tool to get feedback on the program of the USSF
- The consulta/survey can be used to get feedback on many parts of the USSF - the workshops, the PMAs, outreach, accessibility
- USSF 2010 intends to be a convergence of social movements, therefore the self-organized workshops, assemblies and cultural events should encourage 1) collaboration, 2) cooperation and 3) consolidation
- 2010 tracks shouldn't be a laundry list
- participants should be able to see their work repped in the tracks without having to list every issue, group, tactic

Consulta comes out of the World Social Forum as a way to get feedback from people. The NPC using as a political tool to show that they are open to getting feedback from people.

And now.....THE CONSULTA (powerpoint presentation, to be posted later)

Immediately, we ran into concerns and questions around using this process. People wanted to know what the word meant and where the decision was made. Also, what is the scope - 10K people? 100K people? Needed agreement on how to use, clarity that it came from the NPC. We felt this process became more contentious than it needed to be. So...we wanted to make sure to clarify to y'all what it all is, and our recommendations thus far.

Recommendations:

1. Establish Purpose
a. NPC gives task to a Working Group
b. working group can opt to do a consulta, but has to check with NPC, DLOC and other WGs
c. before a consulta goes public, the NPC, DLOC and WGs get to review it (but not all changes will be incorporated)
d. Default to trust. We trust that all of you have read it, and y'all trust that the working group is incorporating your feedback, even if you don't see it.

2. Does this reflect the goals set by the NPC?

3. Determine what body/grouping of people make the final decision

4. Parameters

5. Timeline

6. How will feedback be incorporated? What is the criteria for incorporating recommended changes?

A few key questions:

Where did the word come from, and the process?

Remind us as the NPC that a lot of folks stay on their computers, different reps come in and out, so folks paying attention, reading back over the notes. So just being aware of getting better, tighter about reviewing the notes. Maybe OC can list the decisions that get made.

The way it was brought to folks was not explained correctly, felt like it was brought as a decision.

When things get contentious, we have to ask questions and try to clarify, engage in self-reflection?

Part of what happened was miscommunication, and not moving things in order.

PARKING LOT: Rogue People! This is something we need to address because it's caused a variety of communication problems among national and local folks.

Recommendation for approaching DLOC and anchors:
Bringing things in a timely manner, and allowing folks to plan for it and having the right folks presenting it.

Now. Here's what the Program/Culture has to do with the Consulta!

There's a consulta small group - Rishi, Raquel, Alicia. Every Friday they have been convening a call. The work of moving the process forward has been in the PCWG.

Timeline:

- Week of October 26th: Online Consulta is launched
- Nov 30th: Deadline for responses to the Consulta Form
- Dec 1-15: Consulta sub-group of the PCWG incorporates feedback into track language and submits to the NPC for approval
- Dec 15th: Online Workshop Proposal form is launched, with final track language approved by the NPC
- early January 2010: Publicized launch of the online workshop proposal form
- March 15th: Deadline for submissions of proposals through the Online Workshop Proposal

Questions:
- What is the scope? Have been getting feedback from outreach, PMA. outreach has been guiding us in terms of who this goes out to.
- People have expressed that they want to use this as a way to get folks engaged in the social forum - go head on! You are free to get people to input on this, AND we will be targeting it.
- Test run - tomorrow night we will have computers set up to test run it!
- Ask for a donation!
- Outreach - we have database of 10K who attended the 2007 social forum, and the networks that folks in this room are connected to. We have a list of everyone who brought over 20 people to the USSF07. Still defining the gaps and other people we want.
- In order to move this, we have to discuss this document which we emailed last week and we have in our hands.

Thinking about: what are the ways our local work can converge with the local work of others, and the process we're engaging in...we came up with a set of containers which could hold our work. This cuts from the 35-40 offerings on an international level, last year we had 25. We thought that too long list is not necessary - people feel like if they see a very long list and they aren't on it, they wonder if their work is politically important to the group. We want to put this work in dialogue with each other.

Is the purpose to highlight the issues folks are working on, or is it to converge social movements to consolidate, cooperate and converge.

The questions:

- Michael: Really appreciate the thought and time y'all are putting into this. How do we create the cross conversations that need to happen to build power?
- is perceived rise in technology and the relationship to collapse of capitalism
- poverty issues
- how can we help be really intentional about bringing the topics together?
- our goal for making movement effective and coming together, moving from issue based and strategy. to meet those goals to cooperate, collaborate, consolidate - to look at different ways to get our issues as part of a larger conversation.
- if we organize based on how people organize could leave out people who don't organize, like teachers
- so we could revise this, that's why we're having the consulta - we have to include the tents and other spaces
- do we want to define reaching our goals to how we do these tracks...this may be too many steps, maybe people see things on an issue basis and we can't quite chunk them together. do we want tracks that don't relate to how people see each other? and how else could we reach the PC goals?
- you put the labor under "resistance strategy", it doesn't fit there, it's one of the core bodies of people organizing in the world. it shouldnt be a small part of another thing.
- i don't see the word poverty reflected in here anywhere. its one of the issues that we're dealing with every day. what i am here for is not reflected
- 1. historically. last time there was 900+ workshops. there was a book and you had to study the thing to figure out where you want to go. the world social forum process utilizes this consulta - its a process to get feedback. no one knew what social forum was a couple years ago - we're introducing it. 2. the wsf puts out a consulta process to a smaller group of people for feedback. 3. people use this as a way to converge and get stronger. there might be 10 competing organizations in a track putting forth ideas in a track, but that's part of the process. in the quebec process we went to there were 9 tracks, and room for an OTHER. it doesn't capture everything, there's the spontaneous spaces.

PC-Sub might take this all back and come back tomorrow

- what is the level of flexibility with this document? also, the OC should hopefully address this kind of stuff. this shapes the forum. ecological justice - why not environmental?
- there are words left out that some folks thought were implicit. we can add them. no big deal. i think we should be clear about the tracks - the tracks should not build cross sector - the tracks are to help people find the topics they are looking for. that cross-sectoral collaboration should happen to, but let's not overload the tracks. also, let's cross-list stuff. the geographical stuff is funny, the resistance vs movement building
- i want to affirm this process, i have seen it work in other processes. you had labor working with environmental and women's groups - addresses the goals 1 and 3.
- technically, how are you planning to process the feedback?
- maybe combining some of the stuff, tactics and stuff. hate to call stuff an issue cuz poverty effects the majority of the planet.
- how do you see this interacting with the plenaries and the tents? would be willing to fold NVDA and CD into another track if it was written out more clearly. also, want to think about how NPC groups will ground these tracks so they aren't overwhelmed by folks not aligned with all the criteria and values
- this is not supposed to be a space where we demoralize each other, but is supposed to be a space where we feel comfortable calling each other out, and appreciating the call out. shit is hard, marion is bringing and important thing and told us great civil rights stories. my question is how did you all come up with the tracks - was there consultation on the international track process? the language - some feel issue based, some feel section based...that would help. we can't satisfy everybody, its going to be a whole thing of contradictions.
- part of this work/anger is coming from "i wanna get the right stuff", marion will fight for the stuff. we are not each other's enemies, we just got issues. we came here to find slivers of ways we can get along. this question of poverty is tied to the key platforms of how can we get along. you all our coming to detroit where poverty and labor are our two things! come talk to us about the stuff we care about. and a self-critique - our opinions have been asked, and we have not been as attentive as we should have been. but the rubber has hit the road now.
- the tracks need to reflect how people actually care about and what they are movd to, and how they are organizing. then, how are we trying to connect that to building power. working with HOW we're organizing right now, but the plenaries and other spaces could be where we talk about what we're learning. so the whole picture meets folks where they're at and bringing them to the movement level.
- are we answering the questions around goals with these tracks? also the reason for going to detroit - there's a larger vision about it. about the collapse of capitalism, the high end poverty, etc. is it about venue space?
- the process was actually backwards - they are trying to give us leadership before we have had a chance to have the conversations about the key planks, the crucial issues. ideally that would come first, then they took it and brought it back. this is also a test of what the consulta could be looking like. great attempt to take leadership when we didn't provide it to you. so, some of us should step up and help: are we cross cutting issues? or not? i am open to either way.
- a lot of emails were sent out but technology often excludes a lot of poor folks, not in the room. thinking about phone calls to folks not in the room (indigenous folks not in the room) there are leaders where you have to track them down because their feedback is so important
- as a participant in 2007, the tracks were very helpful in terms of helping people show up and find their way around.
- i agree with the process of taking input of what the fronts of struggle are to inform the tracks. i disagree with the tracks. less is more. the new economy, poverty and work; mother earth and relationship with the environment; etc. the point is to organize the workshop. we could also do it like - this is about learning, or skills, or political interventions we want to make at this moment. this feels reductive and hard to find instead. we want to hear what 10K think about this. would love to have the fronts, and a blank line so folks can add stuff in. there are multiple spaces, the self-organized workshops do not have to reach every issue.

Raquel: we are hearing that this isn't working, and two that it is reductionist. Hearing a couple of ways to handle it, one is to just list stuff out and have other spaces handle cross stuff; or have the key planks. We'll bring it back to you.

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People's Movement Assembly:

This is to build connection, commitment to action. The big question is how do you establish connections on this scale? It's connection. There's already PMAs being planned across the country, and we're barely off the ground. The How is a BIG question - we want it participatory, prepared, very facilitated with direction and a sense of purpose! Kentucky took it and did a process. There's before, during and after.

HAND OUT!

So far:
- Queer
- Portland
- southeast
- young people

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USSF Outreach Working Group
Outreach Breakout during NPC meeting in Atlanta

Goals:
Bring at least 20,000 to the Detroit
½ the people would be coming from the Midwest Region
Use the outreach work to develop a scan of the movement
USSF would advance the mass struggle in Detroit – mass outreach

Objectives:
Develop work plan with timeline
Clarify structure (role of co-leads, regions, sectors)
Determine priorities
Assess current capacity in the WG and how do we build more capacity
Talk through strategies for outreach (toolkit, etc.)
ID folks to recruit to lead sectoral and regional outreach
ID questions that we need to address with other working groups (prep for speed date on Sunday)
Start mapping who is in motion

Consulta
Develop an outreach strategy for the consulta
Use consulta as an outreach tool
Develop timeline and goals
Develop process for assessment

Priorities and who is not at the table in Detroit:
1) community members (not organized) – Detroiters (poor Black)
2) Arab
3) Indigenous communities
4) Asian community

Midwest (already existing structures in the region that we should tap into):
1) think through working class white people on the regional level – often ignored on the national arena
2) farming and agricultural, looking at food sovereigty
3) rural communities
4) Latino immigrant communities (huge hub in the Midwest)
5) Muslim community (Black, South Asian, European and Arab Muslims)
6) Especially in the smaller towns outside the city = faith communities
7) Growing population of African immigrants
8) Midwest has a very strong union infrastructure, historical rank and file leadership
9) Midwest Social Forum
10) Youth of color
11) Midwest is full of universities where students will be drawn
12) Given history of the region with deindustrialization, there is a lot of organizations representing poor people – specific poor people’s organization
13) Huge holes in the Midwest – North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana

National:
1) LGBTQI
2) Criminalized groups/prison/detention organizing

Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan

(South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas = Great Plains states are going to be important because they are the next region over. And some would claim Western Pennsylvania and New York State).

Benchmarks for outreach…

Developing a toolkit:
How to be involved flyer
Already have an outreach kit (Detroit)
Powerpoint (2)
Frequently asked question
Film

To be developed:
Talking points
Postcards, flyers, poster with the USSF design and logo
How the USSF can benefit your base building – what’s in it for you as an organization
Labor sectoral – coming up with own poster and postcard

800 calls – USSF 101?

Speed Dating Qs
Language Access: Which languages are we going to support? What is the process for getting items translated?

ICT: Highlights of a profile of someone who went to showcase the importance of participating? How do we make sure the products we develop goes up on the web? Getting real updates on folks who are registering (data tracking and visualization)? How to get the folks who are organizing use the wiki to support their local organizing? How do we deal with the lack of access? Responsibility for social networking (myspace, facebook, twitter)
What’s the best way to collectively have an online spreadsheet?

Resources: What do we have resource for? Staff positions? Travel?

Communications: Need to develop massification strategy together.

Capacity:
Cindy GGJ
Ricardo
Maria/Fran/Sarita – JWJ, labor & midwest region & student (goal of 500 jwjers in 25 states)
Ahmina - Detroit
Brigid, Push Back, CA, NM, NV, MA, NY, MS, KY, AL
B. Loewe – On Point - Chicago, DC
Tammy Bang Luu - c
Rahma PCN – Arab & Muslim outreach
Lance – Chicago, LGBT, immigrant rights
Juan SWU – youth

TO DO:
send already existing workplans & planned targeted outreach to identify overlap
Create centralized database (ahmina)
Start identifying leads in Midwest to recruit (Fran, B, Sarita, lance)
Get old database from Josue (tammy)
Coordinate with Tom & Heather re: indigenous outreach
Queer groups list (tammy)
Connect Juan with Maria from SLAP to connect youth & students

National Planning Committee

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==NPC==
The National Planning is made up of representatives from U.S. social movement organizations.

They are charged with overseeing the organizing and political work leading up to the USSF.

: [[2010 NPC and Contacts]]
: [[2007 Committee and Contacts]]

====NPC Face to Face Meeting Notes====
:[[March 2009 NPC Notes]] Detroit, MI
:[[July 19-20 NPC Notes]], Detroit, MI
:[[July 21st NPC Notes]], Detroit, MI
:[[October 23-25 NPC Notes]], Atlanta, GA
:Go here for live notes for July 21 Meeting [[http://etherpad.com/FbCD58wxms]]

====NPC Conference Call Notes====
* NPC monthly conference calls: 3rd Tuesdays at 3pm EST
:[[4-21-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[5-19-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[6-16-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[8-19-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]
:[[9-16-09 NPC Conf Call Notes]]

:[[USSF structure proposal]]

:[[USSF Finances]]

====Detroit Strategy Session====
:[[Media:StrategySessionNotes050909.pdf]] Notes
:[[Media:StrategySessionWorkPlan050909.pdf]] Work plan spreadsheet

==Coordination Team==
The Interim Coordination Team is made up of three NPC members: Cindy Wiesner ([[GGJA]]), Josue Guillen ([[Praxis Project]]/[[May First]]), and Tom Goldtooth ([[IEN]]); and three Anchor reps: Elena Herrada ([[Centro Obrero]]), Diana Seales ([[EMEAC]]), and [[Sylvia Orduno]] ([[MWRO]]). They are tasked with weekly discussions on NPC and [[LOC]] reports, and accountability checks for work leading up to the [[USSF]].

====C-Team Conference Call Notes====
* NPC-Anchors interim Coordination Team conference calls: Mondays at 6pm EST
:[[4-27-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-4-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-11-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-18-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[5-25-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-1-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-8-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-15-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[6-24-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--postponed to Wed from Mon
:[[6-29-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[7-6-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[7-13-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[8-13-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--no mtgs 7/20, 7/27, 8/3
:[[8-17-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[8-24-09 Coordination Team Notes]]
:[[9-9-09 Coordination Team Notes]]--will be posted 9/11 PM

==Personnel/Hiring Committee==
The Personnel/Hiring Committee consists of NPC and Anchor reps: NPC--Stephanie Guilloud (Project South) and Kamau Franklin (Praxis Project), and Anchors--Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero), Diana Seales (EMEAC). They are tasked with researching and answering questions about staff interim contracts, health care insurance, and fringe benefits; providing bi-monthly staff evaluations; following up with WGs and anchors on job description drafts; and reviewing completed applications.

==Working Groups==
Moved to [[Working Groups]]--update coming soon

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/nationalplanningcommittee 2007 National Planning Committee]

[[Category:Committees|National]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|Committee]]

Working Groups

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==Working Groups in the OC==
These Working Groups will help lead the national and local efforts to plan and organize the USSF in Detroit. If you are interested in helping to build the US Social Forum, please contact them through the links below or add your volunteer interest(s)!''. You can also search for [[USSF_Projects]] for narrower based work which is sponsored by the Working Groups.

The USSF Working Groups in the Organizing Committee (alphabetical order):

===Communications/Media WG===
[[Communications/Media WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Develop and implement multimedia technology plan
:* Implement an internal communication plan
:* Develop external communication strategies
:* Provide accessible information and background material for organizers and the public (See [[USSF Resources Page]])
:* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

:National: [[Karlos Gauna Schmieder]] ([[Center for Media Justice]]), Jackie Smith (Soc w/o Borders), [[Reg McGhee]] ([[SE MI JWJ]])
:Local: William Bryce ([[SE MI JWJ]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] ([[LOC]]), Reg McGhee
:;Date of next conference call Tuesday, 8/4 3pm EST, 2 CST, 1pm MT, noon PST
:;Call in: 712-432-0075, Access #: 388105

===ICT WG===
; Information and Communications Technology
[[ICT Working Group Wiki]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Tech WG)

[[Website Committee]]

:* developing the technology to drive this work.

:Nat’l: Alfredo Lopez ([[May First]]), Mallory Knodel ([[May First]])
:Local: Sylvia Orduño ([[MWRO]]), [[Lou Novak]] ([[Detroit Greens]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] (web designer for UE & other labor, NLG International)
:Date of first conference call? 4/30/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call? 5/28/09 at 5pm EST

===Language Access WG===
[[Language Access WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Translation and Interpretation

:National: Danielle Mahones (CTWO), ''Sylvia--ask Ricardo Martinez'', ''Josue--ask Hillary Klein''
:Local: Carmen Regalado (LOC), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call? Wednesday, June 3
:;3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1.5 hours)
:;Date and time of next conference call? 3pm june 19, 2009 - next meeting 30 minute check in around june 22 kickoff, looking at the week after july 4th for our next full meeting.

===Logistics WG===
[[Logistics WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Address local and national logistical issues
:* Develop local infrastructure for the proceedings, this includes site from all programs, volunteers recruitment and coordination, national and local transportation, sanitation, event planning, security, housing, materials for the proceedings
:* Work closely with [[Program]] and [[Culture]] [[Working Groups]]

:National: ''Stephanie Guilloud is looking for ATL reps,'' '''Need'''
:Local: Maureen Taylor (MWRO), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

===Outreach WG===
[[Outreach WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Seek out, develop, network, and engage organizations and sectors in order to connect them to the movement building work and the USSF process

:National: Sarita Gupta (JWJ), Tammy Bang Luu (Strategy Center)
:Local: Dessa Cosma, Nisa Joorabchi
:Date of first conference call: Thursday, July 2nd
:Date and time of next conference call: Wednesday, August 5 at 4pm EST, 3pm Central, 2pm Mtn, 1pm PST

===People's Movement Assembly===
[[PMA]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Coordinate parallel direct action efforts.

:National: Stephanie Guilloud (Project South), Rubén Solís (SWU)
:Local: Fred Vitale (MWRO/MI Greens/Centro Obrero BOD), '''Need'''
:Date of first conference call? 4/27/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call - CONFERENCE CALL – September 29 - 4pm EST, Email stephanie@projectsouth.org if you are interested in the People’s Movement Assembly process & for more information on joining the Working Group
: We will have an [[Organizing Kit]] by the beginning of October!

===Program & Culture WG===
[[Program/Culture WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

* [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Detroit Women of Color, Inc, Hush House
* Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
* Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
* Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
* kiran nigam: Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the United States Social Forum
:* Develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers

Please visit the [[Program/Culture WG]] contact information and meeting dates.

===Resources WG===
[[Resources WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Fundraising)
:* Develop long term fundraising plans that includes ways to secure and organize resources including people, in-kind donations, organizational support, and registration

:National: Michael Leon Guerrero (GGJA), Genaro Lopez-Rendon (SWU), Priscilla Hung (GIFT)
:Local: '''Need''' LOC-appt'd rep, Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero-Anchor), Diana Seales (EMEAC-Anchor)
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Constituency Working Groups==
These Working Groups are represented through the NPC.

===Indigenous WG===
The NPC voted to add the Indigenous Working Group at its July 2009 meeting.

===Women's WG===
[[Women's WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
'''Purpose: Ensure that the spaces and processes of the US Social Forum acknowledge and address the gendered inequities that are inherently present in society.'''

:National: Ariel Dougherty (Media Equity Collaborative), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Oya Amakisi (LOC), '''Need'''
:Date and time of next conference call: THIRD THURS of the month at 2pm Eastern, Phone 605.475.4333 Code 819050#

===Youth WG===
[[Youth WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
: - Ensure youth participate at all planning levels
: - Develop tools for youth recruitment
: - Assist youth groups develop their issues
: - Host youth tent at the [[USSF]]
:National: '''Need'''
:Local: '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Committees==
;Other national working committees (formal structure TBD), in alphabetical order:

=== [[Senior Task Force]] ===

===Documentation Committee===
[[Documentation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC), ''Josue--ask Jenny Lee (AMC)''

===Evaluation Committee===
[[Evaluation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), George Friday (IPPN)
:Local: Verna (LOC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)

===Informal Labor Committee===
[[Informal Labor Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC)

===International Solidarity Committee===
[[International Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Ensure the participation of and coordination with international delegates at the USSF II

:National: Cindy Wiesner (GGJA), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Rocio Valerio (EMEAC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)
:;Date of first conference call? Monday, June 8, 3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1 hour)
::;Dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
::;Participant access code: 388105
:Date and time of next conference call:
'''August 5, 2009 at 11AM Eastern Time'''

===Queer Visibility Committee===
[[Queer Visibility Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Palestine Solidarity Committee===
[[Palestine Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Security Committee===
[[Security Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (fyi: formally under the NPC auspices last time)
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? Andre Martin, '''Need'''

* Others?

;We are still in need of a few temporary “point people” to help us get some of this work jump started!! As a point person you will:
* Contact the other national and local point people in your Work Group and coordinate a conference call.
* Publicize the first and future conference calls on the Detroit and NPC listservs, and the wiki.
* Collect contact information (e-mail, phone numbers) from all WG members.
* Help identify new members and their organizations.
* Type and post conference call notes on the wiki.
* Help the Working Group identify, select, or vote on official national and local co-leads (maybe it will continue to be you).

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/en/workinggroups 2007 list]

[[Category:Working Groups|*]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|*]]

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==Working Groups in the OC==
These Working Groups will help lead the national and local efforts to plan and organize the USSF in Detroit. If you are interested in helping to build the US Social Forum, please contact them through the links below or add your volunteer interest(s)!''. You can also search for [[USSF_Projects]] for narrower based work which is sponsored by the Working Groups.

The USSF Working Groups in the Organizing Committee (alphabetical order):

===Communications/Media WG===
[[Communications/Media WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Develop and implement multimedia technology plan
:* Implement an internal communication plan
:* Develop external communication strategies
:* Provide accessible information and background material for organizers and the public (See [[USSF Resources Page]])
:* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

:National: [[Karlos Gauna Schmieder]] ([[Center for Media Justice]]), Jackie Smith (Soc w/o Borders), [[Reg McGhee]] ([[SE MI JWJ]])
:Local: William Bryce ([[SE MI JWJ]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] ([[LOC]]), Reg McGhee
:;Date of next conference call Tuesday, 8/4 3pm EST, 2 CST, 1pm MT, noon PST
:;Call in: 712-432-0075, Access #: 388105

===ICT WG===
; Information and Communications Technology
[[ICT Working Group Wiki]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Tech WG)

[[Website Committee]]

:* developing the technology to drive this work.

:Nat’l: Alfredo Lopez ([[May First]]), Mallory Knodel ([[May First]])
:Local: Sylvia Orduño ([[MWRO]]), [[Lou Novak]] ([[Detroit Greens]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] (web designer for UE & other labor, NLG International)
:Date of first conference call? 4/30/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call? 5/28/09 at 5pm EST

===Language Access WG===
[[Language Access WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Translation and Interpretation

:National: Danielle Mahones (CTWO), ''Sylvia--ask Ricardo Martinez'', ''Josue--ask Hillary Klein''
:Local: Carmen Regalado (LOC), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call? Wednesday, June 3
:;3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1.5 hours)
:;Date and time of next conference call? 3pm june 19, 2009 - next meeting 30 minute check in around june 22 kickoff, looking at the week after july 4th for our next full meeting.

===Logistics WG===
[[Logistics WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Address local and national logistical issues
:* Develop local infrastructure for the proceedings, this includes site from all programs, volunteers recruitment and coordination, national and local transportation, sanitation, event planning, security, housing, materials for the proceedings
:* Work closely with [[Program]] and [[Culture]] [[Working Groups]]

:National: ''Stephanie Guilloud is looking for ATL reps,'' '''Need'''
:Local: Maureen Taylor (MWRO), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

===Outreach WG===
[[Outreach WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Seek out, develop, network, and engage organizations and sectors in order to connect them to the movement building work and the USSF process

:National: Sarita Gupta (JWJ), Tammy Bang Luu (Strategy Center)
:Local: Dessa Cosma, Nisa Joorabchi
:Date of first conference call: Thursday, July 2nd
:Date and time of next conference call: Wednesday, August 5 at 4pm EST, 3pm Central, 2pm Mtn, 1pm PST

===People's Movement Assembly===
[[PMA]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Coordinate parallel direct action efforts.

:National: Stephanie Guilloud (Project South), Rubén Solís (SWU)
:Local: Fred Vitale (MWRO/MI Greens/Centro Obrero BOD), '''Need'''
:Date of first conference call? 4/27/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call - CONFERENCE CALL – September 29 - 4pm EST, Email stephanie@projectsouth.org if you are interested in the People’s Movement Assembly process & for more information on joining the Working Group
: We will have an [[Organizing Kit]] by the beginning of October!

===Program & Culture WG===
[[Program/Culture WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

* [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Detroit Women of Color, Inc, Hush House
* Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming CommitteeVirginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
* Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
* Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
* kiran nigam: Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Work closely with [[Logistics]] and [[Culture]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the proceedings
:* Work closely with the program working group to develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers
:* Program culture activities in and around the USSF sites

Please visit the [[Program/Culture WG]] contact information and meeting dates.

===Resources WG===
[[Resources WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Fundraising)
:* Develop long term fundraising plans that includes ways to secure and organize resources including people, in-kind donations, organizational support, and registration

:National: Michael Leon Guerrero (GGJA), Genaro Lopez-Rendon (SWU), Priscilla Hung (GIFT)
:Local: '''Need''' LOC-appt'd rep, Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero-Anchor), Diana Seales (EMEAC-Anchor)
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Constituency Working Groups==
These Working Groups are represented through the NPC.

===Indigenous WG===
The NPC voted to add the Indigenous Working Group at its July 2009 meeting.

===Women's WG===
[[Women's WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
'''Purpose: Ensure that the spaces and processes of the US Social Forum acknowledge and address the gendered inequities that are inherently present in society.'''

:National: Ariel Dougherty (Media Equity Collaborative), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Oya Amakisi (LOC), '''Need'''
:Date and time of next conference call: THIRD THURS of the month at 2pm Eastern, Phone 605.475.4333 Code 819050#

===Youth WG===
[[Youth WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
: - Ensure youth participate at all planning levels
: - Develop tools for youth recruitment
: - Assist youth groups develop their issues
: - Host youth tent at the [[USSF]]
:National: '''Need'''
:Local: '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Committees==
;Other national working committees (formal structure TBD), in alphabetical order:

=== [[Senior Task Force]] ===

===Documentation Committee===
[[Documentation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC), ''Josue--ask Jenny Lee (AMC)''

===Evaluation Committee===
[[Evaluation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), George Friday (IPPN)
:Local: Verna (LOC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)

===Informal Labor Committee===
[[Informal Labor Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC)

===International Solidarity Committee===
[[International Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Ensure the participation of and coordination with international delegates at the USSF II

:National: Cindy Wiesner (GGJA), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Rocio Valerio (EMEAC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)
:;Date of first conference call? Monday, June 8, 3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1 hour)
::;Dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
::;Participant access code: 388105
:Date and time of next conference call:
'''August 5, 2009 at 11AM Eastern Time'''

===Queer Visibility Committee===
[[Queer Visibility Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Palestine Solidarity Committee===
[[Palestine Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Security Committee===
[[Security Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (fyi: formally under the NPC auspices last time)
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? Andre Martin, '''Need'''

* Others?

;We are still in need of a few temporary “point people” to help us get some of this work jump started!! As a point person you will:
* Contact the other national and local point people in your Work Group and coordinate a conference call.
* Publicize the first and future conference calls on the Detroit and NPC listservs, and the wiki.
* Collect contact information (e-mail, phone numbers) from all WG members.
* Help identify new members and their organizations.
* Type and post conference call notes on the wiki.
* Help the Working Group identify, select, or vote on official national and local co-leads (maybe it will continue to be you).

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/en/workinggroups 2007 list]

[[Category:Working Groups|*]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|*]]

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===Program & Culture WG===
Goals, Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

: * [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, [[Detroit Women of Color, Inc]], Hush House
: * Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
: * Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
: * Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
: * kiran nigam: Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
: * [[Alicia Garza]]: San Francisco. POWER: [[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]].
: * Tamara: Harlem, New York. [[Women of Color United]].
: * Rose Brewer: Minneapolis. Afro Eco, [[Grassroots Global Justice Alliance]], University of Minnesota
: * Bill Wylie-Kellermann Pastor, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Detroit
: * Steve Pavey, Kentucky Social Forum
: *Roopa:
: *Carlton Turner, Carlton@alternateroots.org
: *Adrienne Maree Brown. adrienne@ruckus.org
: *Jacqui Patterson, jpatters1@yahoo.com
: * [[Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan]], [[Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project]] [michelle@movementgeneration.org]

===Conference Calls===

Peace wonderful program & culture people,

:'''Our next Program & Culture Working Group call:'''
:Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
:Call-in number 712.432.9998
:Access 841125 #

:'''Next Program subgroup conference call:'''
:Monday, October 12, 2009 @ @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT''
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

:'''Next Culture subgroup conference call:'''
:TBD
:Call-in number: 712.432.9998
:Access: 841125 #

===Proposals===

[[Two Workshop Proposal Form ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[Proposal for the USSF 2010 Themes and Consulta Process ~ Drafted August and September 2009]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ Approved Overall 5 Day Structure Design To The USSF 2010 Program]]

[[NPC National Group Report July 2009, Detroit, Michigan ~ USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working]]

===Program and Culture Working Group Notes===
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes October 5, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Note September 7, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes August 24, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 27, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group Report July 23, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes July 7, 2009]]
* [[USSF 2010 Program and Culture Working Group To Do List July 6, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes June 10, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 27, 2009]]
* [[Program and Culture Working Group Notes May 13, 2009]]

===Program Subgroup Notes===
* [[Program Subgroup Notes October 12, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 28, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes September 14, 2009]]
* [[Program Subgroup Notes August 31, 2009]]

===Culture Subgroup Notes===

* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 15, 2009]]
* [[Culture Subgroup Notes September 1, 2009]]

===Consulta Subgroup Notes===

* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes October 16, 2009]]
* [[Consulta Coordination Team Meeting Notes September 25, 2009]]

[[DLOC]] [[Culture Committee]] and Programming Committee

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==Working Groups in the OC==
These Working Groups will help lead the national and local efforts to plan and organize the USSF in Detroit. If you are interested in helping to build the US Social Forum, please contact them through the links below or add your volunteer interest(s)!''. You can also search for [[USSF_Projects]] for narrower based work which is sponsored by the Working Groups.

The USSF Working Groups in the Organizing Committee (alphabetical order):

===Communications/Media WG===
[[Communications/Media WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Develop and implement multimedia technology plan
:* Implement an internal communication plan
:* Develop external communication strategies
:* Provide accessible information and background material for organizers and the public (See [[USSF Resources Page]])
:* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

:National: [[Karlos Gauna Schmieder]] ([[Center for Media Justice]]), Jackie Smith (Soc w/o Borders), [[Reg McGhee]] ([[SE MI JWJ]])
:Local: William Bryce ([[SE MI JWJ]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] ([[LOC]]), Reg McGhee
:;Date of next conference call Tuesday, 8/4 3pm EST, 2 CST, 1pm MT, noon PST
:;Call in: 712-432-0075, Access #: 388105

===ICT WG===
; Information and Communications Technology
[[ICT Working Group Wiki]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Tech WG)

[[Website Committee]]

:* developing the technology to drive this work.

:Nat’l: Alfredo Lopez ([[May First]]), Mallory Knodel ([[May First]])
:Local: Sylvia Orduño ([[MWRO]]), [[Lou Novak]] ([[Detroit Greens]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] (web designer for UE & other labor, NLG International)
:Date of first conference call? 4/30/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call? 5/28/09 at 5pm EST

===Language Access WG===
[[Language Access WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Translation and Interpretation

:National: Danielle Mahones (CTWO), ''Sylvia--ask Ricardo Martinez'', ''Josue--ask Hillary Klein''
:Local: Carmen Regalado (LOC), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call? Wednesday, June 3
:;3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1.5 hours)
:;Date and time of next conference call? 3pm june 19, 2009 - next meeting 30 minute check in around june 22 kickoff, looking at the week after july 4th for our next full meeting.

===Logistics WG===
[[Logistics WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Address local and national logistical issues
:* Develop local infrastructure for the proceedings, this includes site from all programs, volunteers recruitment and coordination, national and local transportation, sanitation, event planning, security, housing, materials for the proceedings
:* Work closely with [[Program]] and [[Culture]] [[Working Groups]]

:National: ''Stephanie Guilloud is looking for ATL reps,'' '''Need'''
:Local: Maureen Taylor (MWRO), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

===Outreach WG===
[[Outreach WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Seek out, develop, network, and engage organizations and sectors in order to connect them to the movement building work and the USSF process

:National: Sarita Gupta (JWJ), Tammy Bang Luu (Strategy Center)
:Local: Dessa Cosma, Nisa Joorabchi
:Date of first conference call: Thursday, July 2nd
:Date and time of next conference call: Wednesday, August 5 at 4pm EST, 3pm Central, 2pm Mtn, 1pm PST

===People's Movement Assembly===
[[PMA]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Coordinate parallel direct action efforts.

:National: Stephanie Guilloud (Project South), Rubén Solís (SWU)
:Local: Fred Vitale (MWRO/MI Greens/Centro Obrero BOD), '''Need'''
:Date of first conference call? 4/27/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call - CONFERENCE CALL – September 29 - 4pm EST, Email stephanie@projectsouth.org if you are interested in the People’s Movement Assembly process & for more information on joining the Working Group
: We will have an [[Organizing Kit]] by the beginning of October!

===Program & Culture WG===
[[Program/Culture WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

* [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Detroit Women of Color, Inc, Hush House
* Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming CommitteeVirginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
* Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
* Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
* kiran nigam: Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
* Alicia Garza: San Francisco. POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights.
* Tamara: Harlem, New York. Women of Color United.
* Rose Brewer: Minneapolis. Afro Eco, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, University of Minnesota
* Bill Wylie-Kellermann Pastor, St. Peter's Episcopal Church,Detroit
*Roopa:
*Adrienne Maree Brown. adrienne@ruckus.org
*Jacqui Patterson, jpatters1@yahoo.com,

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Work closely with [[Logistics]] and [[Culture]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the proceedings
:* Work closely with the program working group to develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers
:* Program culture activities in and around the USSF sites

Monday, June 27 @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
::; Call-in number: 712.432.9998
::; Access: 841125

[[Program Subgroup 8/31/09 meeting]]

===Resources WG===
[[Resources WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Fundraising)
:* Develop long term fundraising plans that includes ways to secure and organize resources including people, in-kind donations, organizational support, and registration

:National: Michael Leon Guerrero (GGJA), Genaro Lopez-Rendon (SWU), Priscilla Hung (GIFT)
:Local: '''Need''' LOC-appt'd rep, Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero-Anchor), Diana Seales (EMEAC-Anchor)
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Constituency Working Groups==
These Working Groups are represented through the NPC.

===Indigenous WG===
The NPC voted to add the Indigenous Working Group at its July 2009 meeting.

===Women's WG===
[[Women's WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
'''Purpose: Ensure that the spaces and processes of the US Social Forum acknowledge and address the gendered inequities that are inherently present in society.'''

:National: Ariel Dougherty (Media Equity Collaborative), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Oya Amakisi (LOC), '''Need'''
:Date and time of next conference call: THIRD THURS of the month at 2pm Eastern, Phone 605.475.4333 Code 819050#

===Youth WG===
[[Youth WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
: - Ensure youth participate at all planning levels
: - Develop tools for youth recruitment
: - Assist youth groups develop their issues
: - Host youth tent at the [[USSF]]
:National: '''Need'''
:Local: '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Committees==
;Other national working committees (formal structure TBD), in alphabetical order:

=== [[Senior Task Force]] ===

===Documentation Committee===
[[Documentation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC), ''Josue--ask Jenny Lee (AMC)''

===Evaluation Committee===
[[Evaluation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), George Friday (IPPN)
:Local: Verna (LOC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)

===Informal Labor Committee===
[[Informal Labor Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC)

===International Solidarity Committee===
[[International Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Ensure the participation of and coordination with international delegates at the USSF II

:National: Cindy Wiesner (GGJA), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Rocio Valerio (EMEAC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)
:;Date of first conference call? Monday, June 8, 3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1 hour)
::;Dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
::;Participant access code: 388105
:Date and time of next conference call:
'''August 5, 2009 at 11AM Eastern Time'''

===Queer Visibility Committee===
[[Queer Visibility Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Palestine Solidarity Committee===
[[Palestine Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Security Committee===
[[Security Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (fyi: formally under the NPC auspices last time)
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? Andre Martin, '''Need'''

* Others?

;We are still in need of a few temporary “point people” to help us get some of this work jump started!! As a point person you will:
* Contact the other national and local point people in your Work Group and coordinate a conference call.
* Publicize the first and future conference calls on the Detroit and NPC listservs, and the wiki.
* Collect contact information (e-mail, phone numbers) from all WG members.
* Help identify new members and their organizations.
* Type and post conference call notes on the wiki.
* Help the Working Group identify, select, or vote on official national and local co-leads (maybe it will continue to be you).

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/en/workinggroups 2007 list]

[[Category:Working Groups|*]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|*]]

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==Working Groups in the OC==
These Working Groups will help lead the national and local efforts to plan and organize the USSF in Detroit. If you are interested in helping to build the US Social Forum, please contact them through the links below or add your volunteer interest(s)!''. You can also search for [[USSF_Projects]] for narrower based work which is sponsored by the Working Groups.

The USSF Working Groups in the Organizing Committee (alphabetical order):

===Communications/Media WG===
[[Communications/Media WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Develop and implement multimedia technology plan
:* Implement an internal communication plan
:* Develop external communication strategies
:* Provide accessible information and background material for organizers and the public (See [[USSF Resources Page]])
:* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

:National: [[Karlos Gauna Schmieder]] ([[Center for Media Justice]]), Jackie Smith (Soc w/o Borders), [[Reg McGhee]] ([[SE MI JWJ]])
:Local: William Bryce ([[SE MI JWJ]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] ([[LOC]]), Reg McGhee
:;Date of next conference call Tuesday, 8/4 3pm EST, 2 CST, 1pm MT, noon PST
:;Call in: 712-432-0075, Access #: 388105

===ICT WG===
; Information and Communications Technology
[[ICT Working Group Wiki]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Tech WG)

[[Website Committee]]

:* developing the technology to drive this work.

:Nat’l: Alfredo Lopez ([[May First]]), Mallory Knodel ([[May First]])
:Local: Sylvia Orduño ([[MWRO]]), [[Lou Novak]] ([[Detroit Greens]]), [[Nancy Brigham]] (web designer for UE & other labor, NLG International)
:Date of first conference call? 4/30/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call? 5/28/09 at 5pm EST

===Language Access WG===
[[Language Access WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Translation and Interpretation

:National: Danielle Mahones (CTWO), ''Sylvia--ask Ricardo Martinez'', ''Josue--ask Hillary Klein''
:Local: Carmen Regalado (LOC), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call? Wednesday, June 3
:;3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1.5 hours)
:;Date and time of next conference call? 3pm june 19, 2009 - next meeting 30 minute check in around june 22 kickoff, looking at the week after july 4th for our next full meeting.

===Logistics WG===
[[Logistics WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Address local and national logistical issues
:* Develop local infrastructure for the proceedings, this includes site from all programs, volunteers recruitment and coordination, national and local transportation, sanitation, event planning, security, housing, materials for the proceedings
:* Work closely with [[Program]] and [[Culture]] [[Working Groups]]

:National: ''Stephanie Guilloud is looking for ATL reps,'' '''Need'''
:Local: Maureen Taylor (MWRO), '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

===Outreach WG===
[[Outreach WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Seek out, develop, network, and engage organizations and sectors in order to connect them to the movement building work and the USSF process

:National: Sarita Gupta (JWJ), Tammy Bang Luu (Strategy Center)
:Local: Dessa Cosma, Nisa Joorabchi
:Date of first conference call: Thursday, July 2nd
:Date and time of next conference call: Wednesday, August 5 at 4pm EST, 3pm Central, 2pm Mtn, 1pm PST

===People's Movement Assembly===
[[PMA]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Coordinate parallel direct action efforts.

:National: Stephanie Guilloud (Project South), Rubén Solís (SWU)
:Local: Fred Vitale (MWRO/MI Greens/Centro Obrero BOD), '''Need'''
:Date of first conference call? 4/27/09 at 4pm EST
:;Date and time of next conference call - CONFERENCE CALL – September 29 - 4pm EST, Email stephanie@projectsouth.org if you are interested in the People’s Movement Assembly process & for more information on joining the Working Group
: We will have an [[Organizing Kit]] by the beginning of October!

===Program & Culture WG===
[[Program/Culture WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more

* [[Oya Amakisi]]: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Detroit Women of Color, Inc, Hush House
* Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming CommitteeVirginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
* Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
* Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
* kiran nigam: Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
* Alicia Garza: San Francisco. POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights.
* Tamara: Harlem, New York. Women of Color United.
* Rose Brewer: Minneapolis. Afro Eco, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, University of Minnesota
* Treston Faulkner (Workers for Social Justice)
* Bill Wylie-Kellermann Pastor, St. Peter's Episcopal Church,Detroit
*Roopa:
*Adrienne Maree Brown. adrienne@ruckus.org
*Jacqui Patterson, jpatters1@yahoo.com,

:* Develop the deeper thinking that guides the process as expressed through the daily proceedings such as themes, crosscutting struggles, flow of proceeding.
:* Develop materials and process for the [[Call for Program Proposals]]
:* Work closely with [[Logistics]] and [[Culture]]
:* Develop a plan for the multiple ways culture will be infused into the proceedings
:* Work closely with the program working group to develop, organize, fundraise for, and ensure participation from a diverse mix of cultural workers
:* Program culture activities in and around the USSF sites

Monday, June 27 @ 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT
::; Call-in number: 712.432.9998
::; Access: 841125

[[Program Subgroup 8/31/09 meeting]]

===Resources WG===
[[Resources WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Fundraising)
:* Develop long term fundraising plans that includes ways to secure and organize resources including people, in-kind donations, organizational support, and registration

:National: Michael Leon Guerrero (GGJA), Genaro Lopez-Rendon (SWU), Priscilla Hung (GIFT)
:Local: '''Need''' LOC-appt'd rep, Elena Herrada (Centro Obrero-Anchor), Diana Seales (EMEAC-Anchor)
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Constituency Working Groups==
These Working Groups are represented through the NPC.

===Indigenous WG===
The NPC voted to add the Indigenous Working Group at its July 2009 meeting.

===Women's WG===
[[Women's WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
'''Purpose: Ensure that the spaces and processes of the US Social Forum acknowledge and address the gendered inequities that are inherently present in society.'''

:National: Ariel Dougherty (Media Equity Collaborative), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Oya Amakisi (LOC), '''Need'''
:Date and time of next conference call: THIRD THURS of the month at 2pm Eastern, Phone 605.475.4333 Code 819050#

===Youth WG===
[[Youth WG]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
: - Ensure youth participate at all planning levels
: - Develop tools for youth recruitment
: - Assist youth groups develop their issues
: - Host youth tent at the [[USSF]]
:National: '''Need'''
:Local: '''Need'''
:;Date of first conference call?
:Date and time of next conference call?

==Committees==
;Other national working committees (formal structure TBD), in alphabetical order:

=== [[Senior Task Force]] ===

===Documentation Committee===
[[Documentation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC), ''Josue--ask Jenny Lee (AMC)''

===Evaluation Committee===
[[Evaluation Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National: Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United), George Friday (IPPN)
:Local: Verna (LOC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)

===Informal Labor Committee===
[[Informal Labor Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local: Rachel Wells (LOC), Verna (LOC)

===International Solidarity Committee===
[[International Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:* Ensure the participation of and coordination with international delegates at the USSF II

:National: Cindy Wiesner (GGJA), Jacqui Patterson (Women of Color United)
:Local: Rocio Valerio (EMEAC), Sharon George (North American Indian Association)
:;Date of first conference call? Monday, June 8, 3pm EST/2pm Central/1pm Mountain/12pm PST (1 hour)
::;Dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
::;Participant access code: 388105
:Date and time of next conference call:
'''August 5, 2009 at 11AM Eastern Time'''

===Queer Visibility Committee===
[[Queer Visibility Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Palestine Solidarity Committee===
[[Palestine Solidarity Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? '''Need'''

===Security Committee===
[[Security Committee]] Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (fyi: formally under the NPC auspices last time)
:National? '''Need'''
:Local? Andre Martin, '''Need'''

* Others?

;We are still in need of a few temporary “point people” to help us get some of this work jump started!! As a point person you will:
* Contact the other national and local point people in your Work Group and coordinate a conference call.
* Publicize the first and future conference calls on the Detroit and NPC listservs, and the wiki.
* Collect contact information (e-mail, phone numbers) from all WG members.
* Help identify new members and their organizations.
* Type and post conference call notes on the wiki.
* Help the Working Group identify, select, or vote on official national and local co-leads (maybe it will continue to be you).

==External Links==
: [http://www.ussf2007.org/en/workinggroups 2007 list]

[[Category:Working Groups|*]]

[[Category:Working Groups & Committees|*]]

Committees

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'''''We are always open to more people joining the committees!''''' Please add your name and email under the committee that you wish to participate in. You will be contacted soon about upcoming meetings and plans.

* FYI: These are the current lists. If committees want to update and revise their Committee Purpose, then talk about it and send in a new Purpose. These below are just place holders.

(in alphabetical order)

==[[Block Clubs Committee]]==
;This committee currently has no chair and has not met.
: Marian Kramer bakerm0060@sbcglobal.net
: Valerie Burris
: Catherine Keffer catherine52182@hotmail.com
: Nellie Jefferies Slater nellieajs@sbcglobal.net

==[[Programming and Culture Committee]]==
(utilizing art in a variety of formats to educate, empower, and entertain)
:[[Oya Amakisi]] <amakisi@gmail.com>,
:William Copeland <williamwholenote@gmail.com>,
:J. Nadir Omowale <nadir@distortedsoul.com>,
:Sabrina Nelson <snelson@collegeforcreativestudies.edu>,
:Barbara Ingalls <bigrafx@cavtel.net>,
:Bill Wylie-Kellermann <bill@scupe.com>,
:Khary Frazier <kharyfrazier@generalpopulation.org>,
: <kharyfrazier@yahoo.com>,
:Amer Ahmed <amer@hiphopcongress.com>,
:Serenity-Sherie Brooks miwiftv@gmail.com,
:Paul Miles <pauljmilesmusic@aol.com>,
:Kent Agee <ageekent@yahoo.com>,
:Yvette Nixon <motownwitch@yahoo.com>,
:Keir Jackson <kdlfjackson@yahoo.com>,
:Akanke Rashad Omowale <akankerashad@yahoo.com>,
:Sanaa <thehealingbellydancer@yahoo.com>,
:Ron Watters <rgw555@gmail.com>,
:Paul Miles <Pauljmilesmusic@aol.com>,
:Lottie Spady <lottiespady@hotmail.com>,
:Danielle Eliska <danielleeliska@gmail.com>,
:Ange Smith <angesmith@comcast.net>,

==[[Disabilities/Accessibility Committee]]==
: Quintin Williams williams_q50@yahoo.com
: Rachel Wells rbwells@umich.edu
: Dessa Cosma Dessa.Cosma@ppmchoice.org
: Rich Feldman richardfeldman60@gmail.com

==[[Hiring Committee]]==
(researching and working with [[NPC]] on staffing for [[USSF]])
: Will Copeland williamwholenote@gmail.com
: Diana Seales diana@emeac.org
: Shawn Kimmel skimmeld@gmail.com
: Maureen Taylor chuteh7@hotmail.com
: William Bryce williamabryce@att.net
: Denise Carr carrdenise3@aol.com
: Sharon George SGeorge@naiadetroit.org
: Elena Herrada elenaherrada@comcast.net

==[[Logistics Committee]]==
(working with [[Cobo Hall]] , facilities, housing, transportation,accessibility and space)
: Lauren Burnett leburnett@gmail.com
: Shirley Chalmers shirleytbs@hotmail.com 248-642-0171
: Tapeka Dixon tapeka1972@yahoo.com 313-478-8306
: Dianne Feeley feeleyd@earthlink.net 313-843-2125 (c) 734-272-7651
: Angela Garcia angi_garcia@hotmail.com
: Elena Herrada elenaherrada@comcast.net
: Shea Howell howell@oakland.edu
: Kim Hunter Kdhunter1@sbcglobal.net
: Shawn Kimmel skimmeld@gmail.com 734-644-5903
: Maxine Mickens, maxinemickens@gmail.com, 313-894-0204
: Brenda Moon, bmoon@aflcio.org, 248-219-3697
: Lou Novak LMN@LPPALS.com 313-623-4709
: Carol Plain cplain@aihfs.org 313-846-3718 ext 1112,
: Craig Regester regester@umich.edu
: Anna Springer annarspringer@gmail.com 330-221-5559
: Mike Shallal m3h.shallal@gmail.com
: Tom Stephens jail4banksters@yahoo.com
: Linda Szyszko lrszyszko@aol.com 313-702-5558
: Maureen Taylor chuteh7@hotmail.com
: Sharon Taylor shar907@yahoo.com 313-878-1640
: Rocio Valerio Valerio.Rocio@gmail.com 313-587-0217
: Gibran Washington gibranw@gmail.com 313-269-9099

:: '''Is a subcommittee of the Logistics Committee'''
:::'''[[Sustainability Committee]]''' (impact of USSF environmentally, ecologically, economically,accessiblity etc. creating a USSF that will be zero-footprint or positive benefit)
::: Lizzy Baskerville lizzy.baskerville@gmail.com
::: Krista Dover kdover04@gmail.com
::: Priscilla Dziubek peekd@lppals.com
::: Sarah Hayosh sjhayosh@gmail.com
::: Ryan Hertz ryan.b.hertz@gmail.com
::: Catherine Keffer catherine52182@hotmail.com
::: Evan Major evanmajor@gmail.com
::: [[Sylvia Orduno]] smorduno@yahoo.com
::: Alan Scheurman scheurman@gmail.com
::: Sandra Yu sandrayu@dwej.org

==[[Outreach Committee]]==
(Bringing new organizations into planning, hosting, participation of USSF / Bimonthly potlucks featuring art, youth engagement, USSF community)

Click here to download the outreach kit.[http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3K2tc_PDZJsNzM5Njk5NTYtOGVhZi00NmRiLTgyMGYtY2UwMGRmY2ViYmVi&hl=en]

Click here to download the USSF 2010 outreach PowerPoint presentation! [http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dxv2x9g_174cdnkhccj]

Click here to download the Outreach list. [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tRQ8vyfEAKAU-jR-UBgvOsA&output=html].

'''The Outreach and Potluck Committees have been combined to function more effectively.'''

''(members in alphabetical order)''
:[[Oya Amakisi]] amakisi@gmail.com
:Shane Bernardo sf_bernardo@yahoo.com
:Harlan Bivens hbivens@betterdetroityouth.org
:William Bryce williamabryce@att.net
:Stephanie Chang stephanielilychang@gmail.com
:Will Copeland williamwholenote@gmail.com
:Dessa Cosmo dessa.cosma@ppmchoice.org
:Andrea Wood andreastandup@gmail.com
:Dave Dobbie davedobbie@gmail.com
:Joe Donlin joedonlin@gmail.com
:Leann Drees leeann.drees@gmail.com
:Priscilla Dziubek peekd@lppals.com
:Gwen Gaines gwendolyngaines@att.net
:Sharon George sgeorge@naiadetroit.org
:Rae Glover rglover@betterdetroityouth.org
:Derek Grigsby dereknjck@yahoo.com
:Ann Grimmett albgtobs@yahoo.com
:Elena Herrada elenaherrada@comcast.net
:Nisa Joorabchi nisajoo@yahoo.com
:Catherine Keffer catherine 52182@hotmail.com
:Shawn Kimmell skimmeld@gmail.com
:Peter Landon redsolidarity@gmail.com
:Ron Lare ronlare@sbcglobal.net
:Ron Lockett ronlockett1@aol.com
:Minsu Longiaru rocmichigan@yahoo.com
:Andre Martin dbundu76@yahoo.com
:Ahmina Maxey ahmina@emeac.org
:Joel McKinney jcmc57@live.com
:Alan Scheurman alan@detroitevolution.com
:Curt Smith curtndi@aol.com
:Stuart W Smith stuartws@comcast.net
:Peter Solenberger pws@umich.edu
:Tom Stephens thomasstephens2043@sbcglobal.net
:Rocio Valerio valerio.rocio@gmail.com
:Ilana Weaver invincilana@gmail.com
:Rachel Wells rachelbwells@gmail.com
:Brandon White bqwhite@gmail.com
:Bill Wylie Kellerman bill@scupe.com

==[[Faith and Spirituality Committee]]==
(collaboration with Word and World, outreach to local and national faith congregations)
: Bill Wylie-Kellerman bill@scupe.com
: Jim Perkinson
: Mary Lou Malone mlmalone@flash.net
: Grace Kotre gracekotre@gmail.com
: Denise Carr carrdenise3@aol.com
: Sandra Yu sandrayu@dwej.org
: Lee Gaddies lee337@comcast.net 313-585-8440
: Dr. Charles Simmons csimmons@emich.edu
: Sandra Simmons 1mamasandra@gmail.com
: Rev. Charles E. Williams II Cwilliams@im4justice.com 313.303.8002
: Mike Kelly michael1768@att.net

==Senior Citizens Committee==
::This committee currently has no chair and has not met.
: Marian Kramer bakerm0060@sbcglobal.net
: Gwen Gaines gwendolyngaines@att.net
: Helen Adams
: Harold Spence
: Tina Person
: Lucille Jones

==[[Technology Committee]]==
'''''The Technology/Communications Committee is splitting in two. Names have been duplicated on both lists. If you intend to be on only one committee, please remove your name from the other committee list.'''''

(Assisting with tech needs leading up to and at the USSF)
: [[Cynitra Anderson]] cynitra@gmail.com (313)838-3833
: [[Sylvia Orduño]] smorduno@yahoo.com
: [[Lou Novak]] lmn@lppals.com
: William Bryce williamabryce@att.net
: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org
: [[Nancy Brigham]]
: Dave Elsila
: Kim Hunter
: Rayfield Waller
: Nellie Jefferies Slater
: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org
: Rachel Wells
: Andre Martin dbundu76@yahoo.com
: Joel Mc Kinney jcmc57@live.com
: [[MarkDilley]]

==[[Communications Committee]]==

'''''The Technology/Communications Committee is splitting in two. Names have been duplicated on both lists. If you intend to be on only one committee, please remove your name from the other committee list.'''''

(Working on communication for the LOC, working with [[NPC]] on national communications)
: [[Cynitra Anderson]] cynitra@gmail.com (313) 838-3833
: [[Sylvia Orduño]] smorduno@yahoo.com
: [[Lou Novak]] lmn@lppals.com
: William Bryce williamabryce@att.net
: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org
: Nancy Brigham
: [[Reg McGhee]] reggmc@mac.com
: Dave Elsila
: Kim Hunter
: Rayfield Waller
: Nellie Jefferies Slater
: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org
: Rachel Wells
: Andre Martin dbundu76@yahoo.com

==[[Vision for USSF-Detroit Committee]]==
(gathering input and facilitating dialogue and synthesizing it into vision statements)
: Alan Scheurman alan@detroitevolution.com
: Shawn Kimmel skimmeld@gmail.com
: Rocio Valerio valerio.rocio@gmail.com
: Rich Feldman ruaw@aol.com
: Sharon George SGeorge@naiadetroit.org
: Joe Donlin joedonlin@gmail.com
: Harlan Bivens hbivens@betterdetroityouth.org 313-516-8384
: Reg McGhee reggmc@mac.com

==[[Youth Committee]]==
: Ilana Weaver invincilana@gmail.com
: Gregory Cendana (WG) gregory.cendana@gmail.com
: Stephanie Chang stephanielilychang@gmail.com
: A. Bomani anemashaun@sbcglobal.net
: Rocio Valerio valerio.rocio@gmail.com
: Ahmina Maxey ahmina@emeac.org
: Evan Major evanmajor@gmail.com
: Mina Hong minahong@gmail.com
: Michael Shallal m3h.shallal@gmail.com
: Aric Miller miller.aric@gmail.com
: Catherine Keffer catherine52182@hotmail.com
: Joe Donlin joedonlin@gmail.com
: Harlan Bivens hbivens@betterdetroityouth.org
: Rae Glover rglover@betterdetroityouth.org
: Maureen Taylor chuteh7@hotmail.com
: Joel McKinney jcmc57@live.com

==Other Michigan Organizations / Groups and Individuals / Activists==
These persons signed up early on but are not currently listed above in a committee.

: Oren Brandvain ooooren@gmail.com
: melanie melangur@umich.edu

=====Organizations and Individuals We Should Outreach To=====
* Your ideas? [[Groups of Interest]]
Perfecting Church c/o (karablack6@yahoo.com)

=====Related Links=====
: [[Working Groups|2007 info on working groups]]