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

'''APRIL'''

* April 18, 2010 [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010_04_01_archive.html PPEHRC March to Fulfill the Dream Blog: Selma, AL - Learning From Slavery and the Civil Rights]
* April 17, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100417/METRO/4170375/1409/METRO/Detroit-downsizing-plans--DMC-sale-riles-protesters Detroit News: Detroit downsizing plans, DMC sale riles protesters]
* April 17, 2010 [http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/17/solution-city-is-where-its-at-this-june/ Imagine 2050, Solution City is Where it's at This June]
* April 17, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/17/area-folks-gearing-up-for-the-us-social-forum/ : GRIID, Area folks gearing up for the US Social Forum]
* April 16, 2010 [http://green-mob.net/index.php/economy/greeneconomy/chasing-the-vultures-away/ :Green Mob, Chasing the Vultures Away]
* April 16, 2010 [http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/us-social-forum-june-22-26th-detroit-mi/ Media Research Hub: Amidst National Political Transformation, The United States Social Forum Brings New Hope for Change]
* April 15, 2010 [http://www.idex.org/blog/2010/04/from-detroit-to-dakar.php International Development Exchange-From Detroit to Dakar]
* April 14, 2010 [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]

* April 14, 2010 [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8TPC8PS Southern Trans Issue Online Survey for USSF PMA]

* April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://old.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2010/04/mobile-al-witness-invisible-march-to.html Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign Blog, Mobile, AL - Witnessing the Invisible - March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 5, 2010 [http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2010.04/PT.2010.04.05.shtml#two People's Tribune, US Social Forum Vs. Tea Party Movement by James Bish]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://motorcityblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/us-social-forum-in-detroit-cobo-on-june.html MOTORCITYBLOG USSF Announcement]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://www.arteyvidachicago.com/events/chicago-for-the-people-mayday-party Chicago For the People Mayday Party]
April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 17, 2001 [http://www.thereader.com/music.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271264745&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& U.S. Concert Fundraiser by Social Forum 2010 Omaha Coordinating Committee]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

'''February'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 18, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/guests.html Reg McGee, co-chair, Detroit Labor Committee, for the United States Social Forum, described the wide ranging program and broader agenda of the gathering that is scheduled for Detroit in June.]

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Communications-Media Working Group

2010-04-20T01:24:07Z

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===Meeting/Call Schedule===
'''Next Full COMM Conference Call:'''
'''Monday, April 26.''', Time: 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST
: numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
: Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#
: Facilitator: Adele Nieves, Note taker: ?

http://ussfdetroit.org/QwLh4AdOmi

'''Next COMM-Media Social Web/Media planning conference call:'''
: Date: TBA
: Time: TBA Afternoon
: numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
: Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#
: Etherpad for taking shared notes: http://etherpad.com/Pt4MhNcAFH

[http://etherpad.com/XwPE1Gyyej Ether Pad Live Notes] from [[WebTools]] (via left sidebar)

==Comm/Media Work Plans==

[[Communications/Work Plan and Status Updates]]

[[USSF Communications WG Plan]]

Communications/Project Recruitment Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHSTWNH

[[Website Work Space]]--January 2010

[http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Jan_10_In-depth_NPC_Notes NPC Calendar]

[http://wiki.ussf2010.org/images/3/3c/USSFtechmedia.pdf COMM-Media USSF Informational Flow/Organizational Diagram] (below)

[[File:USSFtechmedia(2).png|border|Tentative information flow diagram]] Tentative Diagram- in planning.

==Current Logos, Promotional Materials and Digital Packets==

See [[:Category:Graphics]] for flyers, graphics, print ad & logo downloads

Packets coming soon: General Info/Outreach, "Feed the Roots grassroots fundraising packet, Organizing Toolkit

Some design folks have offered ongoing & project-based design support, including

*Design Action (who did the original USSF artwork & logo)
*Left Turn Mag, contact is Vasudha
*Just Seeds

Other folks coming who are said to have been interested include:
*Trust Your Struggle Collective
*Beehive Collective
*[http://radicaldesigns.org/ Radical Designs]

==On-going Projects==

* [[FAQs for website]]--help us build a list of questions and answers to put on the website, flyers, etc!

* [[Content for launching to web site from other committees]]

* [[Social Web & Online Info strategic plan]]

* [[Save the Date]] draft

* [[Website Committee]]--please answer committee questions

* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

* [[Consulta news release]]

==Info, Data, Story Collection Pool (reference pool of articles, stories, testimonials and events)==

* [[Press and People Stories]] Main Page (ready for public)
* [[Pool/Timeline of Relevant Media Links]] (for review)

==Social Web Tools in Use==
Current platforms in Use. Strategic Planning in process..

* [http://www.bit.ly bit.ly account] Link Shortening & link/click-tracking:
** [http://bit.ly/app/search bit.ly search] helpful in tracking links clicked through twitter/facebook/friendfeed posts.

* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/US-Social-Forum-Another-World-is-Possible/213254731471?ref=ts Facebook Fan Page] started Jan 10. Jan 30: 2,775 fans, Feb 10: 5,235, Feb 25: 6,338 fans, March 8: 6,808 fans. March 21: 7,372 fans, March 26: 7,513 fans.
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=261818873062&ref=ts Facebook "Group"] March 21 has 2,430
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000706607663&ref=mf Facebook Person Profile] Feb 21: 1,527 friends, Feb 24: 1,815, March 8: 2,364 friends. March 21: 3,328 friends. March 26: 3,901 friends.

:: * [http://m.facebook.com/ussocialforum Mobile version of our Facebook page]
** Region/Issue/City Affiliate groups we have relationships with (see below)

* [http://twitter.com/ussf Twitter page] Our Hashtags: #USSF.. February 24: 780 followers. March 8: 919. March 21: 960 followers
** [https://www.tweetdeck.com/ "Tweetdeck" team tweeting platform]
** [http://cotweet.com cotweet team tweeting platform] Current "On Duty" Team of: David, Christina B, Veronica H.
** [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=us+social+forum "Twitter Search"] Search what's being said about USSF
** [http://klout.com/profile/summary/ussf/ Klout] Gives us feedback on our Twitter reach & influence

* [Identi.ca]

* [http://www.myspace.com/unitedstatessocialforum MySpace Page]

* [http://www.wsftv.net World Social Forum TV channel] WSF video sharing platform, we're in contact with their organizers.
* [http://www.youtube.com/ussocialforum YouTube Channel]
* [http://www.flickr.com/ussocialforum Flickr Page]

Other prospects?
* BlackPlanet (someone offered), Znet (someone has offered), Tumblr, Blip TV, Vimeo, SoundCloud Audip, Frontline SMS, [http://www.cafemom.com CafeMom], a woman named Calvo offerd to hold down a USSF community there. [http://www.flavors.me Flavors.me](to gather social web streams/online identities - ie: twitter, fb, etc), [http://www.goodreads.com goodreads] (book recommendations, potential online library sharing)

==Blog Network/Blogosphere:==
* not a current plan
* [http://secondunofficialussf2010weblog.wordpress.com/ weblog test]
* [http://ussf.status.net/ microblogging test]

==The USSF Online Presence Consists Of==

'''* [http://www.howsociable.com/us%20social%20forum Our presence on the Internet: An overview]'''

'''* [http://www.ussf2010.org Official USSF Website]'''

'''* [http://www.ussf2010.org Official 'Organize' Online Network]'''

'''* [[USSF Email Outreach]]''' Using our database to send out mass-emails on a scheduled and planned basis.

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org Organizers planning & information wiki]'''

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Press_and_People_Stories Press about the USSF and Peoples' Stories (video, radio, blog)]'''

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Press_and_People_Stories Press and Peoples' Stories about the USSF]'''

'''* [[#Social Web Tools in Use]] (Presence we hold official in various Social Web Networks)'''

:'''* Facebook self-organized groups & events:'''

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=276185471381 San Antoninio Road to Detroit Facebook group] contact: Diana Lopez & Genaro Lopez-Rendon

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=311843543593&ref=ts Lansing Area facebook group] contact: Priyanka Pathak:

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=282992068310 Washtenaw County facebook page] contact: Andrew Dalack

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=364513238827&ref=nf Bay Area's PMA facebook event] contact: Megan Swoboda, Ruben Solis Garcia

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=350364934509&ref=mf Houston Facebook Group] contact: john herrera

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=348507621024&ref=ss Chicago ARC09 USSF Event] contact: jhonathan gomez

:: [http://bit.ly/ussfportland Portland Facebook group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304306755823&ref=mf March 27 Vermont USSF local fundraiser]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21922780097&ref=ts&v=info North Central Indiana Facebook Group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21922780097&ref=ts North Central Indiana (Michiana) Facebook group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=344488844695&ref=mf Kentucky mobilizing meeting]

:: [http://bit.ly/nwcoalition NW Coalition for the US Social Forum]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=349623107712&ref=mf DC area Tunes of Transformation Fundraiser[]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=318183136948 Palestine local group]

:: [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=78142780&blogId=530768228 Project South, Atlanta outreaching on Myspace]

:'''* Self-organized Organizing websites:'''

:: [http://www.pittsburghussf.com/ Pittsburg]

:: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/ Chicago]

:: [http://ecolocity.ning.com/group/metrodcandussocialforum?xg_source=activity Metro DC ning site]

==Communications-Media Working Group Team and Roles==

==='''National Communications Coordinator'''===

* Adele Nieves, adele(at)ussf2010.org

==='''Co-Chairs Communications-Media WG'''===

* Karlos Gauna Schmieder, Center for Media Justice, karlos(at)centerformediajustice.org

* Scott Byrd, Social, Sociologists without Borders, sbyrd(at)riseup.net
'''(National)''

* Reg McGhee, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice, reggmc(at)mac.com (Detroit Local/Labor)

* Lottie Spady, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, lottie(at)emeac.org (Detroit Local)

==='''Regional PR Point People:'''===

==='''USSF Writers’ Network '''===
(list not available yet)

* '''National Writers' Network Planner:''' Jackie Smith, Indiana, ussfwriters@gmail.com,

==='''USSF National Communications Working Group'''===

:: jwilliams@lacccenter.org

:: Alison Roh Park: alisonpark@gmail.com - NYC

:: Allison Fletcher Acosta: allison@jwj.org – Washington DC,

:: allison@midsouthpeace.org

:: Ana Saraí Peña anasara_i@yahoo.com – Washington DC

:: Andalusia Knoll andalusia@prometheusradio.org - Philadelphia

:: Ariel Dougherty ArielCamera@gmail.com – New Mexico

:: Julio Guerrero camila@umich.edu - Detroit

:: Robert Harris casadesantiago@comcast.net - Detroit

:: Celia Alario celiaalario@gmail.com - (not coming this year, is twittering about it)

:: Michael Berger comm97@earthlink.net - Detroit

:: Cynitra Anderson cynitra@gmail.com - Detroit

:: Cynthia Peele cynyc23@hotmail.com - Detroit

:: Dave Elsila davelsi@aol.com - Detroit

:: daymonjhartley@comcast.net

:: Doyle Canning doyle@smartmeme.org - Boston

:: Louis Head elhead@unm.edu – New Mexico

:: Frank Joyce fjoyce@comcast.net – Detroit Metro Area

:: George george@swop.net – New Mexico

:: George Garza georgemgarza@gmail.com

:: Gordon Mayer - Community Media Workshop - gordon(at)newstips.org - Chicago

:: Sharon-Elizabeth Sexton gryotproductions@yahoo.com - Detroit

:: Jamala Rogers jamala7@yahoo.com – St. Louis, MO

:: jcmc57@live.com

:: Jen Trombley jentromb@umich.edu - Michigan

:: Jen Soriano jensori@gmail.com - California

:: Jeff Tenza jmtenza@umich.edu - Michigan

:: Joseph Phelan - joseph@theworkerscenter.org

:: Josue Guillen josue@mayfirst.org – Washington DC

:: Kim Hunter kdhunter1@sbcglobal.net

:: Lane Robbins piratelane@yahoo.com - Michigan

:: Lou Novak lmn@lppals.com - Detroit

:: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org - Detroit

:: Lisa Rudman lrudman@radioproject.org

:: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org - Detroit

:: Maureen Brookes maureen.brookes@gmail.com – Washington DC

:: Nancy Brigham nancy@nbrigham.org nkm@alumni.duke.edu - Michigan

:: Ollie Johnson ollieaj@aol.com - Detroit

:: Luke William only4luke@comcast.net peterppehrc@gmail.com - Detroit

:: Kimberly King profkimberly@yahoo.com – Los Angeles

:: Rachel Wells rachelbwells@gmail.com - Detroit

:: RuSh Booysen rushhiphop@gmail.com silky13@gmail.com - South Africa

:: Sylvia Orduno smorduno@yahoo.com - Portland

:: Susan Alexander susan@ips.org - Canada

:: Tom Stephens thomasstephens2043@sbcglobal.net - Detroit

:: timothyr@mediaink.biz

:: Tdka Kilmanjaro tkilimanjaro@email.com - Detroit

:: tomlouie88@aim.com

:: Todd Wolfson twolfson1998@yahoo.com - Philadelphia

:: Veronica Hill veronicahill@gmail.com - Kansas

:: Bill Bryce williamabryce@att.net - Detroit

:: Yolanda Chapman ychapman04@yahoo.com – Michigan

:: Andrew Dalack ajdalack@gmail.com - Michigan - coordinating [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=282992068310&ref=ts Washtenaw County FB page] & [http://makethemovement.blogspot.com/ Website]

:: Carl Patrick - carl.unitehere@gmail.com - Bay Area (Sonoma County)

:: Elisa Pintor elisita@riseup.net ABQ, NM

:: Marco Amador cimarron@cimarrones.org - East Los Angeles

:: Cara Lisa Berg Powers cara@byanymedianecessary.com Worcester, MA)

:: Lara Veon laraveon@gmail.com - Chicago

:: Karen Ford kaford23@hotmail.com – Chicago

:: Norma thesoundlighthouse@gmail.com - Indiana

==='''USSF Wiki/Data/Training Expert'''===

'''National Planner:''' [[MarkDilley]], Portland , markwdilley@gmail.com

==='''USSF Email Marketing'''===

'''National Planner:''' Charles Lechner, Brooklyn, clenchner01@yahoo.com
[[email graphics]]

==='''USSF Communications Reps'''===

* '''National Comms Rep for ICT:''' Scott Byrd, California, sbyrd@riseup.net

* '''National Comms Rep for Youth Working Group & Print/online committees:''' Veronica Hill, Kansas, veronicahill@gmail.com

* '''National Comms Rep for Program design committee:''' Nadine Wahab, Washington D.C., nado76@gmail.com

* '''National “Learn About Detroit” Project:''' Matthew Cross,''' Detroit, crossm2010@yahoo.com

* '''National Comms Rep from Outreach WG:''' B Loewe, national field organizer

==='''USSF Online Info, Social Web, Multimedia, Propaganda'''===
* '''National Planner:''' David Marques, Chicago, david.n.marques(at)gmail.com

* '''Website Informational & Event Updates:
'''
::: Mathew Cross, Detroit, mcross2010(at)yahoo.com

::: Hena Ashraf, NYC, henaxashraf (at)gmail.com, events aggregating support

::: Scott Byrd, California, sbyrd@riseup.net

::: David Marques, Chicago, david.n.marques(at)gmail.com

* '''Social Web'''

:: '''Facebook Page, Group, Personal Acct & affiliated groups''', David Marques,

::: B Loewe, USSF field organizer

::: Veronica Hill, Wichita State

::: Elisa Pintor, Albuquerque, elisa.g.pintor(at)gmail.com

:: '''Twitter" Cotweet.com Team

::: Karlos, Adele, Mark, David, Sylvia, Adrienne (also tweeting individually)

::: Christina Bronsing, Chicago, createhope(at)gmail.com

::: Veronica Hill, Wichita State, veronicahill(at)gmail.com

:: '''Identi.ca''' Open Source twitter-like app, Mark Dilley

:: '''[http://www.myspace.com/unitedstatessocialforum Myspace Page]''', Fausto Lopez, Leftist Lounge, fokus79(at)yahoo.com

:: '''Blackplanet''', Keith Gordon, Youth Technology Corps, keithg07@gmail.com

: '''Social Web team'''

::: supporting Katina Parker, from facebook & DC

* '''Multimedia, Promo and Community'''

:: '''Audio/PSA''', Neily Jennings, NASCO, neily@nasco.coop\

:: '''National Video Promo''', David Marques, Marco Amador possibly, Gretchen Hasse

:: '''SoundCloud''' Management, Radio/Audio support, Tania Unzueta, Radio Arte, ilehlainat@gmail.com

:: '''National Rep from Change:the Music Project''' Aj Viola, ajviola11@gmail.com

:: '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum USSF Flickr Page]''' Pidge Pagonis, photographer, Chicago,

:: '''[http://www.youtube.com/ussocialforum USSF Youtube Channel]''' Dan Schneider, Adam Kurinashi possibly, Marco? possibly support form george lujan? from SWOP

==='''Detroit Local Communications'''===

:: Cynitra Anderson cynitra@gmail.com

:: Sylvia Orduño smorduno@yahoo.com

:: Lou Novak lmn@lppals.com

:: William Bryce williamabryce@att.net

:: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org

:: Andre Martin dbundu76@yahoo.com

:: Reg McGhee reggmc@mac.com

:: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org

:: Rachel Wells rachelbwells@gmail.com

:: Nancy Brigham nancy@nbrigham.org

:: Julio Guerrero camila@umich.edu

:: Dave Elsila davelsi@aol.com

:: Kim Hunter kdhunter1@sbcglobal.net

:: Nellie Jefferies Slater nellieajs@sbcglobal.net

:: Yolanda Chapman ychapman04@yahoo.com

:: Rayfield Waller

:: Robert Harris casadesantiago@comcast.net

:: Lane Robbins piratelane@yahoo.com

:: Sharon-Elizabeth Sexton gryotproductions@yahoo.com

:: Luke William only4luke@comcast.net

:: Jen Trombley jentromb@umich.edu

:: Cynthia Peele cynyc23@hotmail.com

:: Jeff Tenza jmtenza@umich.edu

:: Ollie Johnson ollieaj@aol.com

:: Matthew Cross crossm2010@yahoo.com

:: Tom Stephens thomasstephens2043@sbcglobal.net

:: Michael Berger comm97@earthlink.net

:: Paul Abowd paul.abowd@gmail.com

:: Kimberly Tucker tuckerkimberly@hotmail.com

:: Robert Wicke winstonii@comcast.net

:: Bruce Peterson michigannlg@michigannlg.org

:: Andrew Dalack ajdalack@gmail.com

:: Robin A. Douglas nodteforme@gmail.com

:: Terrell Thomas terrell712000@yahoo.com

=== Scheduling for this sub group===
: [[MarkDilley]] - available after 9pm EST and on weekends

==Conference Call Agendas and Notes==

* [[Communications-Media Working Group Conference Call|05-April-2010]] - Full Group
* [[2-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|2-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call]] -- Web & Social Media Planning Conference Call
* [[Communications-Media Working Group Conference Call|18-Feb-2010]] - Full Group Call
* [[Communications/Media Working Group Conference Call 04-Feb-2010|04-Feb-2010]]
* [[1-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|21-Jan-2010]] -- Full group call
* [[1-14-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|14-Jan-2010]] -- subcommittee group
* [[12-2-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|02-Dec-2009]]--Full group call
* [[11-20-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|20-Nov-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[10-31-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|31-Oct-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[7-28-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|28-Jul-2009]]
* [[6-26-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|26-Jun-2009]]--conf call login problems, thus informal call with Karlos and Sylvia
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|12-Jun-2009 notes]]
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|12-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[6-3-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|03-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|22-May-2009 notes]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|22-May-2009 agenda]]
* [[Communications/Media WG Notes from NPC meeting]]

[[Category:Working Groups|Communications]]

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

Organizing Committee

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==What is the OC==
'''The Organizing Committee is the central coordinating and decision making body for USSF planning.'''

The Organizing Committee (OC) represents the Working Groups, Detroit Local Organizing Committee (DLOC) at-large members and anchors, and brings together national and local representatives and staff. The OC will inform and make decisions around the body of work for planning and organizing the USSF. The OC also drafts proposals and makes recommendations to the NPC at its face-to-face meetings and monthly calls.

The main task of the OC is to ensure coordination between and amongst the working groups and national and local organizing. The OC ensures that the NPC and DLOC get regular updates about working group decisions, processes, and needs. This body troubleshoots gaps or breakdowns in the process and helps resolves problems by making recommendations to the NPC. The OC evaluates the overall work plan and timeline, and ensures the USSF is meeting its goals and keeping on task. The OC also helps track overall political cohesion of the USSF and helps identify political conversations/contradictions that the NPC should be discussing.

Representatives to the Organizing Committee must be willing to undertake these higher level responsibilities and be accountable for their work to other members. They should also perform them in a manner consistent with USSF principles.

[[OC work transferred from C-Team]]

[[OC accountability]]

==OC reps==
The Organizing Committee consists of approximately 26 members selected by their respective working groups:

* One representative from each of the thirteen national working groups (13):
:-- '''Communications-Media''' (Main rep: Scott, Alternate rep: David)
:-- '''Culture''' (Main: Oya, Alt: Rishi)
:-- '''Gender Justice''' (Main: Mayowa, Alt: Rose)
:-- '''Indigenous''' (Main: Tom, Alt: Bineshi)
:-- '''Information, Communications, Technology (ICT)''' (Main: Alfredo, Alt: Jamie)
:-- '''Language Access''' (Main: Roberto, Alt: Josue)
:-- '''Logistics''' (Main: Maureen, Alt: Tapeka)
:-- '''Outreach''' (Main: Cindy, Alt: Tammy)
:-- '''People’s Movement Assembly (PMA)''' (Main: Stephanie, Alt: Ruben)
:-- '''Poverty''' (Main: Marian, Alt: Mary)
:-- '''Program & Culture''' (Program: Alicia, Alt: Jerome)
:-- '''Resource Mobilization''' (Main: Michael, Alt: Priscilla)
:-- '''Youth''' (Main: Jardyn, Alt: Corina)

Plus:
* One representative each from the '''four anchor organizations''' (4) -- Centro Obrero: Elena; EMEAC: Diana; MWRO: Maureen; SE MI JWJ: Reggie.
* Two at-large representatives from the '''Detroit Local Organizing Committee (DLOC)''' (2) -- Oya, Fred;
* One representative each from each team (2): '''International Solidarity Team''' (Main: Jen, Alt: Rocio) and '''Personnel Committee''' (Main: Diana, Alt: George F)
* All national and local '''USSF staff''' (14): Maureen, Will, Adrienne, Sylvia, Sha, Adele, B, Akudo, Roberto, Victor, Mallory, Tdka, Heather, Jardyn.

Each working group will identify one alternate representative that will substitute for the main representative when he/she in unable to participate in meetings or temporarily does not have access to communication tools. The alternate rep may also participate in face-to-face OC meetings. The Organizing Committee meets by conference call on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 1pm EST, in person one day before the quarterly NPC face-to-face meetings, and communicates via email between meetings.

==OC schedule and meeting notes==
:[[OC conf call 12-4-09]] 3pm EST/12pm PST, first meeting
:[[OC conf call 12-22-09]] 1pm EST/10am PST, specially scheduled meeting
:[[OC meeting 1-7-09]] face-to-face meeting in Albuquerque
:[[OC conf call 1-25-10]] 4pm EST/1pm PST, first regularly scheduled meeting
:[[OC conf call 2-8-10]]
:[[OC conf call 2-22-10]]
:[[OC conf call 3-8-10]]
:[[OC conf call 3-22-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting 3-26-10 thru 3-28-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting NOTES 3-26-10 thru 3-28-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting In-depth NOTES 3-26-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting In-depth NOTES 3-27-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting In-depth NOTES 3-28-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting DECISIONS 3-28-10]]
:[[OC conf call 4-12-10]]
:[[OC conf call 4-26-10]]

* Regularly scheduled OC conference calls are the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 4pm EST/1pm PST.
* Reminder: NPC monthly conference calls are the 3rd Wed at 3pm EST/12pm PST

==OC working group reports==
Prior to each OC conference call, Working Group representatives must submit in writing a brief report of their work progress and feedback needs.

:[[OC working group reports 12-4-09]]
:[[OC working group reports 12-22-09]]
:[[OC working group reports 1-25-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 2-8-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 2-22-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 3-8-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 3-22-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 4-12-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 4-26-10]]

==Multi-Working Group Projects==
: [[program design team]] -- started 2-13-10
: [[print/online program]] -- started 2-16-10
: [[print/online program]] -- started 3-10-10
: [[print/online program]] -- started 4-5-10
: [[national outreach card edits]] -- started 2-1-10
: [[FAQs for website]] -- to be uploaded weekly to website(s)
: [[Registration]] -- committee work for initial launch, additions and updates

Print/online program

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Program/Print/Online call March 5, 2010, 4 pm EST

'''On call:'''

::Adele (moderator): Communications Coordinator
::Adrienne: National Co-coordinator
::Jerome Scott: Program
::Sha Grogan-Brown: Development Coordinator
::Walda Katz-Fishman: Program
::Veronica Hill: Comm-Media
::Rishi: Culture and Program

*Detroit Printer Quotes (Adele send out email with additional printers)

- a number of ppl were asking about the printer we chose [red door] because they wanted to print other things thru them. adele will send out the list. we'll put up other options so red door isn't inundated before the forum and to spread the wealth. [this is just adele being nice!]
- what is turn around time? they need 2 weeks.

*Layout Designer/meeting on Wednesday (Sha meeting with Carni)

- sha has a copy [lent from walda] to show. carni will start making the templates for the types of pages we want.
- need to identify who will be the point person for edits etc. == ADELE [lottie will be the contact between carni and the printer]. adrienne will also be on the editing team.
- let's link up carni and the printer ASAP!
- lay-out needs to be done 3 weeks ahead of date we want it printed by!
- should carni get on these calls? for now no, but at some point we may need that.
- can everyone on call be on editing team? yes.
- walda and adele met and went through the pages. [amb can do interviews]
- is same designer gonna do online? we're going to upload the print designed pages onto site, and then have the workshop search arena [david will help with that]

*Setting and holding deadlines for the development of the print/online program
By April 20th looking to have most of the content for layout outside of workshops
May 13th have ready to printer
May 24th send program to printer, so we have leeway
We're getting our assignments today!

Labor/Ad folks need to send it ready to go. We're not editing back and forth with them.

*Survey
Needed to be in program: workshops, schedules, location, open space, PMC, film festival, youth space, description and hours

What we believe statement and advertisements from sponsors

Charter principles and __________

Description of PMA's World Social Forum
actions significance of having it in Detroit
tent/canopy arenas, daily themes
DLOC players and organizations and NPC players and organizations
Suggestion to do a separate youth and children's forum booklet
Native protocol
Safety
full description of open and closing ceremonies
full descriptions of Detroit locations.
Online program - everything necessary except advertisements.
Donation request should be on everything
volunteer requests.
Maps of Detroit locations
link to register
Village (tent listings)

Anything that will not be in the print program should be included online.

*Assigned pages - Adele sending assignments out tonight

*2007 layout template - need to track it down (Steph)

*Lottie Spady (point person for printer) - YES!

Next call: April 19, 2010 - 5:00pm EST

Organizing Committee

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==What is the OC==
'''The Organizing Committee is the central coordinating and decision making body for USSF planning.'''

The Organizing Committee (OC) represents the Working Groups, Detroit Local Organizing Committee (DLOC) at-large members and anchors, and brings together national and local representatives and staff. The OC will inform and make decisions around the body of work for planning and organizing the USSF. The OC also drafts proposals and makes recommendations to the NPC at its face-to-face meetings and monthly calls.

The main task of the OC is to ensure coordination between and amongst the working groups and national and local organizing. The OC ensures that the NPC and DLOC get regular updates about working group decisions, processes, and needs. This body troubleshoots gaps or breakdowns in the process and helps resolves problems by making recommendations to the NPC. The OC evaluates the overall work plan and timeline, and ensures the USSF is meeting its goals and keeping on task. The OC also helps track overall political cohesion of the USSF and helps identify political conversations/contradictions that the NPC should be discussing.

Representatives to the Organizing Committee must be willing to undertake these higher level responsibilities and be accountable for their work to other members. They should also perform them in a manner consistent with USSF principles.

[[OC work transferred from C-Team]]

[[OC accountability]]

==OC reps==
The Organizing Committee consists of approximately 26 members selected by their respective working groups:

* One representative from each of the thirteen national working groups (13):
:-- '''Communications-Media''' (Main rep: Scott, Alternate rep: David)
:-- '''Culture''' (Main: Oya, Alt: Rishi)
:-- '''Gender Justice''' (Main: Mayowa, Alt: Rose)
:-- '''Indigenous''' (Main: Tom, Alt: Bineshi)
:-- '''Information, Communications, Technology (ICT)''' (Main: Alfredo, Alt: Jamie)
:-- '''Language Access''' (Main: Roberto, Alt: Josue)
:-- '''Logistics''' (Main: Maureen, Alt: Tapeka)
:-- '''Outreach''' (Main: Cindy, Alt: Tammy)
:-- '''People’s Movement Assembly (PMA)''' (Main: Stephanie, Alt: Ruben)
:-- '''Poverty''' (Main: Marian, Alt: Mary)
:-- '''Program & Culture''' (Program: Alicia, Alt: Jerome)
:-- '''Resource Mobilization''' (Main: Michael, Alt: Priscilla)
:-- '''Youth''' (Main: Jardyn, Alt: Corina)

Plus:
* One representative each from the '''four anchor organizations''' (4) -- Centro Obrero: Elena; EMEAC: Diana; MWRO: Maureen; SE MI JWJ: Reggie.
* Two at-large representatives from the '''Detroit Local Organizing Committee (DLOC)''' (2) -- Oya, Fred;
* One representative each from each team (2): '''International Solidarity Team''' (Main: Jen, Alt: Rocio) and '''Personnel Committee''' (Main: Diana, Alt: George F)
* All national and local '''USSF staff''' (14): Maureen, Will, Adrienne, Sylvia, Sha, Adele, B, Akudo, Roberto, Victor, Mallory, Tdka, Heather, Jardyn.

Each working group will identify one alternate representative that will substitute for the main representative when he/she in unable to participate in meetings or temporarily does not have access to communication tools. The alternate rep may also participate in face-to-face OC meetings. The Organizing Committee meets by conference call on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 1pm EST, in person one day before the quarterly NPC face-to-face meetings, and communicates via email between meetings.

==OC schedule and meeting notes==
:[[OC conf call 12-4-09]] 3pm EST/12pm PST, first meeting
:[[OC conf call 12-22-09]] 1pm EST/10am PST, specially scheduled meeting
:[[OC meeting 1-7-09]] face-to-face meeting in Albuquerque
:[[OC conf call 1-25-10]] 4pm EST/1pm PST, first regularly scheduled meeting
:[[OC conf call 2-8-10]]
:[[OC conf call 2-22-10]]
:[[OC conf call 3-8-10]]
:[[OC conf call 3-22-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting 3-26-10 thru 3-28-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting NOTES 3-26-10 thru 3-28-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting In-depth NOTES 3-26-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting In-depth NOTES 3-27-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting In-depth NOTES 3-28-10]]
:[[OC Face-to-Face Meeting DECISIONS 3-28-10]]
:[[OC conf call 4-12-10]]
:[[OC conf call 4-26-10]]

* Regularly scheduled OC conference calls are the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 4pm EST/1pm PST.
* Reminder: NPC monthly conference calls are the 3rd Wed at 3pm EST/12pm PST

==OC working group reports==
Prior to each OC conference call, Working Group representatives must submit in writing a brief report of their work progress and feedback needs.

:[[OC working group reports 12-4-09]]
:[[OC working group reports 12-22-09]]
:[[OC working group reports 1-25-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 2-8-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 2-22-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 3-8-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 3-22-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 4-12-10]]
:[[OC working group reports 4-26-10]]

==Multi-Working Group Projects==
: [[program design team]] -- started 2-13-10
: [[print/online program]] -- started 2-16-10
: [[print/online program]] -- started 3-10-10
: [[print/online program]] -- started 4-10-10
: [[national outreach card edits]] -- started 2-1-10
: [[FAQs for website]] -- to be uploaded weekly to website(s)
: [[Registration]] -- committee work for initial launch, additions and updates

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 14, 2010 [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]

* April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit: coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 14, 2010 [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]

* April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID: Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and board member of Allied Media Conference]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 14, 2010 [http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4438 workday Minnesota: AFL-CIO planning significant role in U.S. Social Forum]

* April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID, Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

*April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID, Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

*April 13, 2010 April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit: Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID, Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

*April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News Social Forum to spotlight Detroit:
Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID, Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

*April 13, 2010[http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit
Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID, Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

*April 13, 2010 [http://www.detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO01/4130344/1409/metro/Global-gathering-seeks-economic-solutions Detroit News: Social Forum to spotlight Detroit
Global gathering seeks economic solutions]

* April 13, 2010 [http://socialistworker.org/2010/04/13/fulfill-the-dream SocialistWorker.org Marching to Fulfill the Dream]
::first published on matadorchange.com

* April 11, 2010 [http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/04/new_orleans_to_detroit_march_s.html Metro Detroit coverage of March to Fulfill the Dream]

* April 9, 2010 [http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests10/040910/CheriHonkala_KhalilahCollins.html USSF and March to the Fulfill the Dream on Tavis Smiley Radio Program starting TODAY!]

* April 9, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/04/09/west-michigan-groups-making-connections-for-the-united-states-social-forum/ GRIID, Western Michigan Groups Making Connections for the USSF]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.truthout.org/march-fulfill-dream58408 truthout: March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.portside.org/?q=showpost&i=7556 Blackcommentator.com: Social Forum and Social Struggle by Bill Fletcher, Jr.] reposted on www.portside.org

* April 8, 2010 [http://www.benandjerrysfoundation.org/grantees.html Ben and Jerry's Foundation Post]

* April 8, 2010 [http://communitiesrising.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/pictures-from-the-right-to-return-rally/ Pictures from Delta to Detroit March]

* April 6, 2010 [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11184.shtml, The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum]

* April 6, 2010 [http://matadorchange.com/anti-poverty-campaign-kicks-off-with-march-to-fulfill-the-dream MatadorChange: Anti-poverty campaign kicks off with March to Fulfill the Dream by Ryan Van Lenning]

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695%3Abuilding-independent-a-sustainable-communities-bringing-lessons-from-nairobi-to-detroit&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Building Independent & Sustainable Communities: Bringing Lessons From Nairobi to Detroit]

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

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

'''June'''

* June 19-22, 2010 [http://gazafreedommarch.org/cms/en/Events/View/10-06-19/2010_U_S_Assembly_of_Jews_Confronting_Israeli_Apartheid_and_Racism.aspx, 2010 US Assembly of Jews Confronting Israeli Apartheid and Racism]

'''May'''

* May 1, 2010 [http://www.peterwerbe.com/, Celebrate May Day and Resistance and Renewal Starts in Detroit]

'''APRIL'''

* April 30, 2010 [http://calendar.diygr.org/?e=53 Grand Rapids Activist Calendar: Chicago for the People May Day Party Invitation]
* April 14, 2010 [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* April 6, 2010 [http://njpreshunger.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/experience-the-good-food-revolution/, Experience the Good Food Revolution, announcement for Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum]
* April 6, 2010 [http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/4060332/Bike+trip+to+social+forum+looking+for+participants, Bike Trip to Social Forum looking for participants]
* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]

'''MARCH'''

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

* March, 2010 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF

'''FEBRUARY'''

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

==Videos==

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

'''APRIL'''

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

'''MARCH'''

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

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 11, 2010 [http://communitybridge.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-social-forum.html Mallory Knodel discusses USSF on Community Bridge]

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

'''MARCH'''

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347 KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

'''FEBRUARY'''

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* February, 2010 [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* March 26, 2010 [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* March 24, 2010 [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* March 22, 2010 [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Communications-Media Working Group

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===Meeting/Call Schedule===
'''Next Full COMM Conference Call:'''
'''Monday, April 19.''', Time: 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST
: numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
: Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#
: Facilitator: Scott Bryd, Note taker: ?

'''Next COMM-Media Social Web/Media planning conference call:'''
: Date: TBA
: Time: TBA Afternoon
: numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
: Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#
: Etherpad for taking shared notes: http://etherpad.com/Pt4MhNcAFH

[http://etherpad.com/XwPE1Gyyej Ether Pad Live Notes] from [[WebTools]] (via left sidebar)

==Comm/Media Work Plans==

[[Communications/Work Plan and Status Updates]]

[[USSF Communications WG Plan]]

Communications/Project Recruitment Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHSTWNH

[[Website Work Space]]--January 2010

[http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Jan_10_In-depth_NPC_Notes NPC Calendar]

[http://wiki.ussf2010.org/images/3/3c/USSFtechmedia.pdf COMM-Media USSF Informational Flow/Organizational Diagram] (below)

[[File:USSFtechmedia(2).png|border|Tentative information flow diagram]] Tentative Diagram- in planning.

==Current Logos, Promotional Materials and Digital Packets==

See [[:Category:Graphics]] for flyers, graphics, print ad & logo downloads

Packets coming soon: General Info/Outreach, "Feed the Roots grassroots fundraising packet, Organizing Toolkit

Some design folks have offered ongoing & project-based design support, including

*Design Action (who did the original USSF artwork & logo)
*Left Turn Mag, contact is Vasudha
*Just Seeds

Other folks coming who are said to have been interested include:
*Trust Your Struggle Collective
*Beehive Collective
*[http://radicaldesigns.org/ Radical Designs]

==On-going Projects==

* [[FAQs for website]]--help us build a list of questions and answers to put on the website, flyers, etc!

* [[Content for launching to web site from other committees]]

* [[Social Web & Online Info strategic plan]]

* [[Save the Date]] draft

* [[Website Committee]]--please answer committee questions

* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

* [[Consulta news release]]

==Info, Data, Story Collection Pool (reference pool of articles, stories, testimonials and events)==

* [[Press and People Stories]] Main Page (ready for public)
* [[Pool/Timeline of Relevant Media Links]] (for review)

==Social Web Tools in Use==
Current platforms in Use. Strategic Planning in process..

* [http://www.bit.ly bit.ly account] Link Shortening & link/click-tracking:
** [http://bit.ly/app/search bit.ly search] helpful in tracking links clicked through twitter/facebook/friendfeed posts.

* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/US-Social-Forum-Another-World-is-Possible/213254731471?ref=ts Facebook Fan Page] started Jan 10. Jan 30: 2,775 fans, Feb 10: 5,235, Feb 25: 6,338 fans, March 8: 6,808 fans. March 21: 7,372 fans, March 26: 7,513 fans.
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=261818873062&ref=ts Facebook "Group"] March 21 has 2,430
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000706607663&ref=mf Facebook Person Profile] Feb 21: 1,527 friends, Feb 24: 1,815, March 8: 2,364 friends. March 21: 3,328 friends. March 26: 3,901 friends.

:: * [http://m.facebook.com/ussocialforum Mobile version of our Facebook page]
** Region/Issue/City Affiliate groups we have relationships with (see below)

* [http://twitter.com/ussf Twitter page] Our Hashtags: #USSF.. February 24: 780 followers. March 8: 919. March 21: 960 followers
** [https://www.tweetdeck.com/ "Tweetdeck" team tweeting platform]
** [http://cotweet.com cotweet team tweeting platform] Current "On Duty" Team of: David, Christina B, Veronica H.
** [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=us+social+forum "Twitter Search"] Search what's being said about USSF
** [http://klout.com/profile/summary/ussf/ Klout] Gives us feedback on our Twitter reach & influence

* [Identi.ca]

* [http://www.myspace.com/unitedstatessocialforum MySpace Page]

* [http://www.wsftv.net World Social Forum TV channel] WSF video sharing platform, we're in contact with their organizers.
* [http://www.youtube.com/ussocialforum YouTube Channel]
* [http://www.flickr.com/ussocialforum Flickr Page]

Other prospects?
* BlackPlanet (someone offered), Znet (someone has offered), Tumblr, Blip TV, Vimeo, SoundCloud Audip, Frontline SMS, [http://www.cafemom.com CafeMom], a woman named Calvo offerd to hold down a USSF community there. [http://www.flavors.me Flavors.me](to gather social web streams/online identities - ie: twitter, fb, etc), [http://www.goodreads.com goodreads] (book recommendations, potential online library sharing)

==Blog Network/Blogosphere:==
* not a current plan
* [http://secondunofficialussf2010weblog.wordpress.com/ weblog test]
* [http://ussf.status.net/ microblogging test]

==The USSF Online Presence Consists Of==

'''* [http://www.howsociable.com/us%20social%20forum Our presence on the Internet: An overview]'''

'''* [http://www.ussf2010.org Official USSF Website]'''

'''* [http://www.ussf2010.org Official 'Organize' Online Network]'''

'''* [[USSF Email Outreach]]''' Using our database to send out mass-emails on a scheduled and planned basis.

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org Organizers planning & information wiki]'''

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Press_and_People_Stories Press about the USSF and Peoples' Stories (video, radio, blog)]'''

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Press_and_People_Stories Press and Peoples' Stories about the USSF]'''

'''* [[#Social Web Tools in Use]] (Presence we hold official in various Social Web Networks)'''

:'''* Facebook self-organized groups & events:'''

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=276185471381 San Antoninio Road to Detroit Facebook group] contact: Diana Lopez & Genaro Lopez-Rendon

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=311843543593&ref=ts Lansing Area facebook group] contact: Priyanka Pathak:

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=282992068310 Washtenaw County facebook page] contact: Andrew Dalack

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=364513238827&ref=nf Bay Area's PMA facebook event] contact: Megan Swoboda, Ruben Solis Garcia

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=350364934509&ref=mf Houston Facebook Group] contact: john herrera

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=348507621024&ref=ss Chicago ARC09 USSF Event] contact: jhonathan gomez

:: [http://bit.ly/ussfportland Portland Facebook group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304306755823&ref=mf March 27 Vermont USSF local fundraiser]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21922780097&ref=ts&v=info North Central Indiana Facebook Group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21922780097&ref=ts North Central Indiana (Michiana) Facebook group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=344488844695&ref=mf Kentucky mobilizing meeting]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=349623107712&ref=mf DC area Tunes of Transformation Fundraiser[]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=318183136948 Palestine local group]

:: [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=78142780&blogId=530768228 Project South, Atlanta outreaching on Myspace]

:'''* Self-organized Organizing websites:'''

:: [http://www.pittsburghussf.com/ Pittsburg]

:: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/ Chicago]

:: [http://ecolocity.ning.com/group/metrodcandussocialforum?xg_source=activity Metro DC ning site]

==Communications-Media Working Group Team and Roles==

==='''National Communications Coordinator'''===

* Adele Nieves, adele(at)ussf2010.org

==='''Co-Chairs Communications-Media WG'''===

* Karlos Gauna Schmieder, Center for Media Justice, karlos(at)centerformediajustice.org

* Scott Byrd, Social, Sociologists without Borders, sbyrd(at)riseup.net
'''(National)''

* Reg McGhee, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice, reggmc(at)mac.com (Detroit Local/Labor)

* Lottie Spady, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, lottie(at)emeac.org (Detroit Local)

==='''Regional PR Point People:'''===

==='''USSF Writers’ Network '''===
(list not available yet)

* '''National Writers' Network Planner:''' Jackie Smith, Indiana, ussfwriters@gmail.com,

==='''USSF National Communications Working Group'''===

:: jwilliams@lacccenter.org

:: Alison Roh Park: alisonpark@gmail.com - NYC

:: Allison Fletcher Acosta: allison@jwj.org – Washington DC,

:: allison@midsouthpeace.org

:: Ana Saraí Peña anasara_i@yahoo.com – Washington DC

:: Andalusia Knoll andalusia@prometheusradio.org - Philadelphia

:: Ariel Dougherty ArielCamera@gmail.com – New Mexico

:: Julio Guerrero camila@umich.edu - Detroit

:: Robert Harris casadesantiago@comcast.net - Detroit

:: Celia Alario celiaalario@gmail.com - (not coming this year, is twittering about it)

:: Michael Berger comm97@earthlink.net - Detroit

:: Cynitra Anderson cynitra@gmail.com - Detroit

:: Cynthia Peele cynyc23@hotmail.com - Detroit

:: Dave Elsila davelsi@aol.com - Detroit

:: daymonjhartley@comcast.net

:: Doyle Canning doyle@smartmeme.org - Boston

:: Louis Head elhead@unm.edu – New Mexico

:: Frank Joyce fjoyce@comcast.net – Detroit Metro Area

:: George george@swop.net – New Mexico

:: George Garza georgemgarza@gmail.com

:: Gordon Mayer - Community Media Workshop - gordon(at)newstips.org - Chicago

:: Sharon-Elizabeth Sexton gryotproductions@yahoo.com - Detroit

:: Jamala Rogers jamala7@yahoo.com – St. Louis, MO

:: jcmc57@live.com

:: Jen Trombley jentromb@umich.edu - Michigan

:: Jen Soriano jensori@gmail.com - California

:: Jeff Tenza jmtenza@umich.edu - Michigan

:: Joseph Phelan - joseph@theworkerscenter.org

:: Josue Guillen josue@mayfirst.org – Washington DC

:: Kim Hunter kdhunter1@sbcglobal.net

:: Lane Robbins piratelane@yahoo.com - Michigan

:: Lou Novak lmn@lppals.com - Detroit

:: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org - Detroit

:: Lisa Rudman lrudman@radioproject.org

:: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org - Detroit

:: Maureen Brookes maureen.brookes@gmail.com – Washington DC

:: Nancy Brigham nancy@nbrigham.org nkm@alumni.duke.edu - Michigan

:: Ollie Johnson ollieaj@aol.com - Detroit

:: Luke William only4luke@comcast.net peterppehrc@gmail.com - Detroit

:: Kimberly King profkimberly@yahoo.com – Los Angeles

:: Rachel Wells rachelbwells@gmail.com - Detroit

:: RuSh Booysen rushhiphop@gmail.com silky13@gmail.com - South Africa

:: Sylvia Orduno smorduno@yahoo.com - Portland

:: Susan Alexander susan@ips.org - Canada

:: Tom Stephens thomasstephens2043@sbcglobal.net - Detroit

:: timothyr@mediaink.biz

:: Tdka Kilmanjaro tkilimanjaro@email.com - Detroit

:: tomlouie88@aim.com

:: Todd Wolfson twolfson1998@yahoo.com - Philadelphia

:: Veronica Hill veronicahill@gmail.com - Kansas

:: Bill Bryce williamabryce@att.net - Detroit

:: Yolanda Chapman ychapman04@yahoo.com – Michigan

:: Andrew Dalack ajdalack@gmail.com - Michigan - coordinating [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=282992068310&ref=ts Washtenaw County FB page] & [http://makethemovement.blogspot.com/ Website]

:: Carl Patrick - carl.unitehere@gmail.com - Bay Area (Sonoma County)

:: Elisa Pintor elisita@riseup.net ABQ, NM

:: Marco Amador cimarron@cimarrones.org - East Los Angeles

:: Cara Lisa Berg Powers cara@byanymedianecessary.com Worcester, MA)

:: Lara Veon laraveon@gmail.com - Chicago

:: Karen Ford kaford23@hotmail.com – Chicago

:: Norma thesoundlighthouse@gmail.com - Indiana

==='''USSF Wiki/Data/Training Expert'''===

'''National Planner:''' [[MarkDilley]], Portland , markwdilley@gmail.com

==='''USSF Email Marketing'''===

'''National Planner:''' Charles Lechner, Brooklyn, clenchner01@yahoo.com
[[email graphics]]

==='''USSF Communications Reps'''===

* '''National Comms Rep for ICT:''' Scott Byrd, California, sbyrd@riseup.net

* '''National Comms Rep for Youth Working Group & Print/online committees:''' Veronica Hill, Kansas, veronicahill@gmail.com

* '''National Comms Rep for Program design committee:''' Nadine Wahab, Washington D.C., nado76@gmail.com

* '''National “Learn About Detroit” Project:''' Matthew Cross,''' Detroit, crossm2010@yahoo.com

* '''National Comms Rep from Outreach WG:''' B Loewe, national field organizer

==='''USSF Online Info, Social Web, Multimedia, Propaganda'''===
* '''National Planner:''' David Marques, Chicago, david.n.marques(at)gmail.com

* '''Website Informational & Event Updates:
'''
::: Mathew Cross, Detroit, mcross2010(at)yahoo.com

::: Hena Ashraf, NYC, henaxashraf (at)gmail.com, events aggregating support

::: Scott Byrd, California, sbyrd@riseup.net

::: David Marques, Chicago, david.n.marques(at)gmail.com

* '''Social Web'''

:: '''Facebook Page, Group, Personal Acct & affiliated groups''', David Marques,

::: B Loewe, USSF field organizer

::: Veronica Hill, Wichita State

::: Elisa Pintor, Albuquerque, elisa.g.pintor(at)gmail.com

:: '''Twitter" Cotweet.com Team

::: Karlos, Adele, Mark, David, Sylvia, Adrienne (also tweeting individually)

::: Christina Bronsing, Chicago, createhope(at)gmail.com

::: Veronica Hill, Wichita State, veronicahill(at)gmail.com

:: '''Identi.ca''' Open Source twitter-like app, Mark Dilley

:: '''[http://www.myspace.com/unitedstatessocialforum Myspace Page]''', Fausto Lopez, Leftist Lounge, fokus79(at)yahoo.com

:: '''Blackplanet''', Keith Gordon, Youth Technology Corps, keithg07@gmail.com

: '''Social Web team'''

::: supporting Katina Parker, from facebook & DC

* '''Multimedia, Promo and Community'''

:: '''Audio/PSA''', Neily Jennings, NASCO, neily@nasco.coop\

:: '''National Video Promo''', David Marques, Marco Amador possibly, Gretchen Hasse

:: '''SoundCloud''' Management, Radio/Audio support, Tania Unzueta, Radio Arte, ilehlainat@gmail.com

:: '''National Rep from Change:the Music Project''' Aj Viola, ajviola11@gmail.com

:: '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum USSF Flickr Page]''' Pidge Pagonis, photographer, Chicago,

:: '''[http://www.youtube.com/ussocialforum USSF Youtube Channel]''' Dan Schneider, Adam Kurinashi possibly, Marco? possibly support form george lujan? from SWOP

==='''Detroit Local Communications'''===

:: Cynitra Anderson cynitra@gmail.com

:: Sylvia Orduño smorduno@yahoo.com

:: Lou Novak lmn@lppals.com

:: William Bryce williamabryce@att.net

:: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org

:: Andre Martin dbundu76@yahoo.com

:: Reg McGhee reggmc@mac.com

:: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org

:: Rachel Wells rachelbwells@gmail.com

:: Nancy Brigham nancy@nbrigham.org

:: Julio Guerrero camila@umich.edu

:: Dave Elsila davelsi@aol.com

:: Kim Hunter kdhunter1@sbcglobal.net

:: Nellie Jefferies Slater nellieajs@sbcglobal.net

:: Yolanda Chapman ychapman04@yahoo.com

:: Rayfield Waller

:: Robert Harris casadesantiago@comcast.net

:: Lane Robbins piratelane@yahoo.com

:: Sharon-Elizabeth Sexton gryotproductions@yahoo.com

:: Luke William only4luke@comcast.net

:: Jen Trombley jentromb@umich.edu

:: Cynthia Peele cynyc23@hotmail.com

:: Jeff Tenza jmtenza@umich.edu

:: Ollie Johnson ollieaj@aol.com

:: Matthew Cross crossm2010@yahoo.com

:: Tom Stephens thomasstephens2043@sbcglobal.net

:: Michael Berger comm97@earthlink.net

:: Paul Abowd paul.abowd@gmail.com

:: Kimberly Tucker tuckerkimberly@hotmail.com

:: Robert Wicke winstonii@comcast.net

:: Bruce Peterson michigannlg@michigannlg.org

:: Andrew Dalack ajdalack@gmail.com

:: Robin A. Douglas nodteforme@gmail.com

:: Terrell Thomas terrell712000@yahoo.com

=== Scheduling for this sub group===
: [[MarkDilley]] - available after 9pm EST and on weekends

==Conference Call Agendas and Notes==

* [[Communications-Media Working Group Conference Call|05-April-2010]] - Full Group
* [[2-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|2-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call]] -- Web & Social Media Planning Conference Call
* [[Communications-Media Working Group Conference Call|18-Feb-2010]] - Full Group Call
* [[Communications/Media Working Group Conference Call 04-Feb-2010|04-Feb-2010]]
* [[1-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|21-Jan-2010]] -- Full group call
* [[1-14-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|14-Jan-2010]] -- subcommittee group
* [[12-2-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|02-Dec-2009]]--Full group call
* [[11-20-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|20-Nov-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[10-31-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|31-Oct-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[7-28-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|28-Jul-2009]]
* [[6-26-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|26-Jun-2009]]--conf call login problems, thus informal call with Karlos and Sylvia
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|12-Jun-2009 notes]]
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|12-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[6-3-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|03-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|22-May-2009 notes]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|22-May-2009 agenda]]
* [[Communications/Media WG Notes from NPC meeting]]

[[Category:Working Groups|Communications]]

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

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
*[http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
* [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html: WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
* [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html: WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html: WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers) interviewed

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html: WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor, MI] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio (USSF organizers)interviewed.

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html] Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio interviewed on WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010: [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html: Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio interviewed on WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010 [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html: Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio interviewed on WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available

* March 24, 2010 [http://arborama.blogspot.com/2010/03/22-march-show-lake-folk-and-us-social.html: Oya Amakisi and Rocio Valerio interviewed on WCBN-FM, the UM college station in Ann Arbor

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php Houston Indymedia: Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010]

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece: The us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
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* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2010/04/02/showcasing-women-in-hip-hop-at-sxsw Showcasing Women in Hip-Hop at SXSW] Interview w/Ilana Invincible, mentions fundraising for USSF 2010

'''MARCH'''

* March 30, 2010 [http://freedomroad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=694%3Acopenhagen-cochabamba-detroit-building-a-climate-justice-movement&catid=179%3Aecological-crisis&Itemid=232&lang=en Freedom Road Socialist Organization:Copenhagen, Cochabamba, Detroit: Building a Climate Justice Movement]

* March 30, 2010 [http://www.sjvp.org/node/146 Saint Joseph Valley Project: Q&A on Labor and the US Social Forum]
* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on AlterNet front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 24, 2010 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-van-gelder/in-america-how-to-get-bey_b_512505.html Huffington Post by Sarah van Gelder In America: How to Get Beyond Hate]

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* April 2, 2010 [http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/rid/1673556209.html Carshare announcement for roundtrip from CA to Detroit]
* April 2, 2010 [http://essentialgreenparty.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-green-party-annual-meeting-detroit.html Green Party Annual Meeting during USSF]
* April 1, 2010 [http://www.no-burn.org/article.php?id=939 GAIA: Shut Down Detroit's Incinerator and Promote Green Jobs]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* April 4, 2010: [http://soundcloud.com/ussocialforum Detroit PMA Podcasts] available
* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showSearchArticle.asp?sval=United%20States%20Social%20Forum&systemid=330&archive=1&articleid=8769 What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective]

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2,2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 4, 2010 [https://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8450&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michigan Citizen: Labor and the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: A perspective}

* April 2, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/2/us_social_forum_to_be_held Democracy Now! interviews Adrienne Maree Brown, National Coordinator of the U.S. Social Forum and a board member of Allied Media.]

* April 2,2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

* March 21, 2010 [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8419&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com Michiagn Citizen: Creole Identity Church charts renewal with U.S. Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 2,2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010 [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* March 31, 2010 [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

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

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

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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

'''APRIL'''

* April 2,2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

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

'''2009'''

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

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

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* April 3, 2010[http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* March 31, 2010[http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* March 26, 2010[http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

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

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

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

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

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

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

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

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

What a Summer~USSF 2007

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

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

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''APRIL'''

* April 2,2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece] posted to FB 4/4/10

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 10, 2010 [http://www.ips.org/TV/wsf2010/world-social-forum-new-and-old-us-groups-forge-broad-alliances/ Terraviva: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: New and Old, US Groups Forge Broad Alliances]

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''APRIL'''

* April 2,2010 [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece]

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''APRIL'''

* April 2,2010 http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece]

'''MARCH'''

* March 28,2010 [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''APRIL'''

* April 2, [http://www.habitants.org/news/inhabitants_of_americas/march_to_fulfill_the_dream_will_unite_north_and_south_to_claim_the_rights_to_health_and_housing International Alliance of Inhabitants: March to Fulfill the Dream piece]

'''MARCH'''

* March 28, [http://www.swopblogger.org/2010/03/youth-organizer-tracy-on-progressive.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook SWOP Youth Organizers on Progressive Radio Network: youth organizing talk & USSF]

* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America] *fb & tweeted, 3/31/10.

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Communications-Media Working Group

2010-03-31T23:19:24Z

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===Meeting/Call Schedule===
'''Next Full COMM Conference Call:'''
'''Thursday, April 5.''', Time: 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST
: numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
: Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#
: Etherpad for taking shared notes: http://etherpad.com/Pt4MhNcAFH
: Facilitator: Adele Nieves, Note taker: ?

'''Next COMM-Media Social Web/Media planning conference call:'''
: Date: TBA
: Time: TBA Afternoon
: numbers: 712-432-0075, code: 388105#
: Host access code (for first one on the call): 564471#
: Etherpad for taking shared notes: http://etherpad.com/Pt4MhNcAFH

[http://etherpad.com/XwPE1Gyyej Ether Pad Live Notes] from [[WebTools]] (via left sidebar)

==Comm/Media Work Plans==

[[Communications/Work Plan and Status Updates]]

[[USSF Communications WG Plan]]

Communications/Project Recruitment Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHSTWNH

[[Website Work Space]]--January 2010

[http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Jan_10_In-depth_NPC_Notes NPC Calendar]

[http://wiki.ussf2010.org/images/3/3c/USSFtechmedia.pdf COMM-Media USSF Informational Flow/Organizational Diagram] (below)

[[File:USSFtechmedia(2).png|border|Tentative information flow diagram]] Tentative Diagram- in planning.

==Current Logos, Promotional Materials and Digital Packets==

See [[:Category:Graphics]] for flyers, graphics, print ad & logo downloads

Packets coming soon: General Info/Outreach, "Feed the Roots grassroots fundraising packet, Organizing Toolkit

Some design folks have offered ongoing & project-based design support, including

*Design Action (who did the original USSF artwork & logo)
*Left Turn Mag, contact is Vasudha
*Just Seeds

Other folks coming who are said to have been interested include:
*Trust Your Struggle Collective
*Beehive Collective
*[http://radicaldesigns.org/ Radical Designs]

==On-going Projects==

* [[FAQs for website]]--help us build a list of questions and answers to put on the website, flyers, etc!

* [[Content for launching to web site from other committees]]

* [[Social Web & Online Info strategic plan]]

* [[Save the Date]] draft

* [[Website Committee]]--please answer committee questions

* Help us spread the word! Join the [[USSF Writers Network]]

* [[Consulta news release]]

==Info, Data, Story Collection Pool (reference pool of articles, stories, testimonials and events)==

* [[Press and People Stories]] Main Page (ready for public)
* [[Pool/Timeline of Relevant Media Links]] (for review)

==Social Web Tools in Use==
Current platforms in Use. Strategic Planning in process..

* [http://www.bit.ly bit.ly account] Link Shortening & link/click-tracking:
** [http://bit.ly/app/search bit.ly search] helpful in tracking links clicked through twitter/facebook/friendfeed posts.

* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/US-Social-Forum-Another-World-is-Possible/213254731471?ref=ts Facebook Fan Page] started Jan 10. Jan 30: 2,775 fans, Feb 10: 5,235, Feb 25: 6,338 fans, March 8: 6,808 fans. March 21: 7,372 fans, March 26: 7,513 fans.
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=261818873062&ref=ts Facebook "Group"] March 21 has 2,430
* [http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000706607663&ref=mf Facebook Person Profile] Feb 21: 1,527 friends, Feb 24: 1,815, March 8: 2,364 friends. March 21: 3,328 friends. March 26: 3,901 friends.
** Region/Issue/City Affiliate groups we have relationships with (see below)

* [http://twitter.com/ussf Twitter page] Our Hashtags: #USSF.. February 24: 780 followers. March 8: 919. March 21: 960 followers
** [https://www.tweetdeck.com/ "Tweetdeck" team tweeting platform]
** [http://cotweet.com cotweet team tweeting platform] Current "On Duty" Team of: David, Christina B, Veronica H.
** [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=us+social+forum "Twitter Search"] Search what's being said about USSF
** [http://klout.com/profile/summary/ussf/ Klout] Gives us feedback on our Twitter reach & influence

* [Identi.ca]

* [http://www.myspace.com/unitedstatessocialforum MySpace Page]

* [http://www.wsftv.net World Social Forum TV channel] WSF video sharing platform, we're in contact with their organizers.
* [http://www.youtube.com/ussocialforum YouTube Channel]
* [http://www.flickr.com/ussocialforum Flickr Page]

Other prospects?
* BlackPlanet (someone offered), Znet (someone has offered), Tumblr, Blip TV, Vimeo, SoundCloud Audip, Frontline SMS, [http://www.cafemom.com CafeMom], a woman named Calvo offerd to hold down a USSF community there. [http://www.flavors.me Flavors.me](to gather social web streams/online identities - ie: twitter, fb, etc), [http://www.goodreads.com goodreads] (book recommendations, potential online library sharing)

==Blog Network/Blogosphere:==
* not a current plan
* [http://secondunofficialussf2010weblog.wordpress.com/ weblog test]
* [http://ussf.status.net/ microblogging test]

==The USSF Online Presence Consists Of==

'''* [http://www.ussf2010.org Official USSF Website]'''

'''* [http://www.ussf2010.org Official 'Organize' Online Network]'''

'''* [[USSF Email Outreach]]''' Using our database to send out mass-emails on a scheduled and planned basis.

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org Organizers planning & information wiki]'''

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Press_and_People_Stories Press about the USSF and Peoples' Stories (video, radio, blog)]'''

'''* [http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Press_and_People_Stories Press and Peoples' Stories about the USSF]'''

'''* [[#Social Web Tools in Use]] (Presence we hold official in various Social Web Networks)'''

:'''* Facebook self-organized groups & events:'''

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=276185471381 San Antoninio Road to Detroit Facebook group] contact: Diana Lopez & Genaro Lopez-Rendon

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=311843543593&ref=ts Lansing Area facebook group] contact: Priyanka Pathak:

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=282992068310 Washtenaw County facebook page] contact: Andrew Dalack

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=364513238827&ref=nf Bay Area's PMA facebook event] contact: Megan Swoboda, Ruben Solis Garcia

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=350364934509&ref=mf Houston Facebook Group] contact: john herrera

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=348507621024&ref=ss Chicago ARC09 USSF Event] contact: jhonathan gomez

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304306755823&ref=mf March 27 Vermont USSF local fundraiser]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21922780097&ref=ts&v=info North Central Indiana Facebook Group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21922780097&ref=ts North Central Indiana (Michiana) Facebook group]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=344488844695&ref=mf Kentucky mobilizing meeting]

:: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=349623107712&ref=mf DC area Tunes of Transformation Fundraiser[]

:: [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=78142780&blogId=530768228 Project South, Atlanta outreaching on Myspace]

:'''* Self-organized Organizing websites:'''

:: [http://www.pittsburghussf.com/ Pittsburg]

:: [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/ Chicago]

:: [http://ecolocity.ning.com/group/metrodcandussocialforum?xg_source=activity Metro DC ning site]

==Communications-Media Working Group Team and Roles==

==='''National Communications Coordinator'''===

* Adele Nieves, adele(at)ussf2010.org

==='''Co-Chairs Communications-Media WG'''===

* Karlos Gauna Schmieder, Center for Media Justice, karlos(at)centerformediajustice.org

* Scott Byrd, Social, Sociologists without Borders, sbyrd(at)riseup.net
'''(National)''

* Reg McGhee, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice, reggmc(at)mac.com (Detroit Local/Labor)

* Lottie Spady, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, lottie(at)emeac.org (Detroit Local)

==='''Regional PR Point People:'''===

==='''USSF Writers’ Network '''===
(list not available yet)

* '''National Writers' Network Planner:''' Jackie Smith, Indiana, ussfwriters@gmail.com,

==='''USSF National Communications Working Group'''===

:: jwilliams@lacccenter.org

:: Alison Roh Park: alisonpark@gmail.com - NYC

:: Allison Fletcher Acosta: allison@jwj.org – Washington DC,

:: allison@midsouthpeace.org

:: Ana Saraí Peña anasara_i@yahoo.com – Washington DC

:: Andalusia Knoll andalusia@prometheusradio.org - Philadelphia

:: Ariel Dougherty ArielCamera@gmail.com – New Mexico

:: Julio Guerrero camila@umich.edu - Detroit

:: Robert Harris casadesantiago@comcast.net - Detroit

:: Celia Alario celiaalario@gmail.com - (not coming this year, is twittering about it)

:: Michael Berger comm97@earthlink.net - Detroit

:: Cynitra Anderson cynitra@gmail.com - Detroit

:: Cynthia Peele cynyc23@hotmail.com - Detroit

:: Dave Elsila davelsi@aol.com - Detroit

:: daymonjhartley@comcast.net

:: Doyle Canning doyle@smartmeme.org - Boston

:: Louis Head elhead@unm.edu – New Mexico

:: Frank Joyce fjoyce@comcast.net – Detroit Metro Area

:: George george@swop.net – New Mexico

:: George Garza georgemgarza@gmail.com

:: Gordon Mayer - Community Media Workshop - gordon(at)newstips.org - Chicago

:: Sharon-Elizabeth Sexton gryotproductions@yahoo.com - Detroit

:: Jamala Rogers jamala7@yahoo.com – St. Louis, MO

:: jcmc57@live.com

:: Jen Trombley jentromb@umich.edu - Michigan

:: Jen Soriano jensori@gmail.com - California

:: Jeff Tenza jmtenza@umich.edu - Michigan

:: Joseph Phelan - joseph@theworkerscenter.org

:: Josue Guillen josue@mayfirst.org – Washington DC

:: Kim Hunter kdhunter1@sbcglobal.net

:: Lane Robbins piratelane@yahoo.com - Michigan

:: Lou Novak lmn@lppals.com - Detroit

:: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org - Detroit

:: Lisa Rudman lrudman@radioproject.org

:: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org - Detroit

:: Maureen Brookes maureen.brookes@gmail.com – Washington DC

:: Nancy Brigham nancy@nbrigham.org nkm@alumni.duke.edu - Michigan

:: Ollie Johnson ollieaj@aol.com - Detroit

:: Luke William only4luke@comcast.net peterppehrc@gmail.com - Detroit

:: Kimberly King profkimberly@yahoo.com – Los Angeles

:: Rachel Wells rachelbwells@gmail.com - Detroit

:: RuSh Booysen rushhiphop@gmail.com silky13@gmail.com - South Africa

:: Sylvia Orduno smorduno@yahoo.com - Portland

:: Susan Alexander susan@ips.org - Canada

:: Tom Stephens thomasstephens2043@sbcglobal.net - Detroit

:: timothyr@mediaink.biz

:: Tdka Kilmanjaro tkilimanjaro@email.com - Detroit

:: tomlouie88@aim.com

:: Todd Wolfson twolfson1998@yahoo.com - Philadelphia

:: Veronica Hill veronicahill@gmail.com - Kansas

:: Bill Bryce williamabryce@att.net - Detroit

:: Yolanda Chapman ychapman04@yahoo.com – Michigan

:: Andrew Dalack ajdalack@gmail.com - Michigan - coordinating [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=282992068310&ref=ts Washtenaw County FB page] & [http://makethemovement.blogspot.com/ Website]

:: Carl Patrick - carl.unitehere@gmail.com - Bay Area (Sonoma County)

:: Elisa Pintor elisita@riseup.net ABQ, NM

:: Marco Amador cimarron@cimarrones.org - East Los Angeles

:: Cara Lisa Berg Powers cara@byanymedianecessary.com Worcester, MA)

:: Lara Veon laraveon@gmail.com - Chicago

:: Karen Ford kaford23@hotmail.com – Chicago

:: Norma thesoundlighthouse@gmail.com - Indiana

==='''USSF Wiki/Data/Training Expert'''===

'''National Planner:''' [[MarkDilley]], Portland , markwdilley@gmail.com

==='''USSF Email Marketing'''===

'''National Planner:''' Charles Lechner, Brooklyn, clenchner01@yahoo.com
[[email graphics]]

==='''USSF Communications Reps'''===

* '''National Comms Rep for ICT:''' Scott Byrd, California, sbyrd@riseup.net

* '''National Comms Rep for Youth Working Group & Print/online committees:''' Veronica Hill, Kansas, veronicahill@gmail.com

* '''National Comms Rep for Program design committee:''' Nadine Wahab, Washington D.C., nado76@gmail.com

* '''National “Learn About Detroit” Project:''' Matthew Cross,''' Detroit, crossm2010@yahoo.com

* '''National Comms Rep from Outreach WG:''' B Loewe, national field organizer

==='''USSF Online Info, Social Web, Multimedia, Propaganda'''===
* '''National Planner:''' David Marques, Chicago, david.n.marques(at)gmail.com

* '''Website Informational & Event Updates:
'''
::: Mathew Cross, Detroit, mcross2010(at)yahoo.com

::: Hena Ashraf, NYC, henaxashraf (at)gmail.com, events aggregating support

::: Scott Byrd, California, sbyrd@riseup.net

::: David Marques, Chicago, david.n.marques(at)gmail.com

* '''Social Web'''

:: '''Facebook Page, Group, Personal Acct & affiliated groups''', David Marques,

::: B Loewe, USSF field organizer

::: Veronica Hill, Wichita State

::: Elisa Pintor, Albuquerque, elisa.g.pintor(at)gmail.com

:: '''Twitter" Cotweet.com Team

::: Karlos, Adele, Mark, David, Sylvia, Adrienne (also tweeting individually)

::: Christina Bronsing, Chicago, createhope(at)gmail.com

::: Veronica Hill, Wichita State, veronicahill(at)gmail.com

:: '''Identi.ca''' Open Source twitter-like app, Mark Dilley

:: '''[http://www.myspace.com/unitedstatessocialforum Myspace Page]''', Fausto Lopez, Leftist Lounge, fokus79(at)yahoo.com

:: '''Blackplanet''', Keith Gordon, Youth Technology Corps, keithg07@gmail.com

: '''Social Web team'''

::: supporting Katina Parker, from facebook & DC

* '''Multimedia, Promo and Community'''

:: '''Audio/PSA''', Neily Jennings, NASCO, neily@nasco.coop\

:: '''National Video Promo''', David Marques, Marco Amador possibly, Gretchen Hasse

:: '''SoundCloud''' Management, Radio/Audio support, Tania Unzueta, Radio Arte, ilehlainat@gmail.com

:: '''National Rep from Change:the Music Project''' Aj Viola, ajviola11@gmail.com

:: '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum USSF Flickr Page]''' Pidge Pagonis, photographer, Chicago,

:: '''[http://www.youtube.com/ussocialforum USSF Youtube Channel]''' Dan Schneider, Adam Kurinashi possibly, Marco? possibly support form george lujan? from SWOP

==='''Detroit Local Communications'''===

:: Cynitra Anderson cynitra@gmail.com

:: Sylvia Orduño smorduno@yahoo.com

:: Lou Novak lmn@lppals.com

:: William Bryce williamabryce@att.net

:: Lottie Spady lottie@emeac.org

:: Andre Martin dbundu76@yahoo.com

:: Reg McGhee reggmc@mac.com

:: Maizah McCann maizah@emeac.org

:: Rachel Wells rachelbwells@gmail.com

:: Nancy Brigham nancy@nbrigham.org

:: Julio Guerrero camila@umich.edu

:: Dave Elsila davelsi@aol.com

:: Kim Hunter kdhunter1@sbcglobal.net

:: Nellie Jefferies Slater nellieajs@sbcglobal.net

:: Yolanda Chapman ychapman04@yahoo.com

:: Rayfield Waller

:: Robert Harris casadesantiago@comcast.net

:: Lane Robbins piratelane@yahoo.com

:: Sharon-Elizabeth Sexton gryotproductions@yahoo.com

:: Luke William only4luke@comcast.net

:: Jen Trombley jentromb@umich.edu

:: Cynthia Peele cynyc23@hotmail.com

:: Jeff Tenza jmtenza@umich.edu

:: Ollie Johnson ollieaj@aol.com

:: Matthew Cross crossm2010@yahoo.com

:: Tom Stephens thomasstephens2043@sbcglobal.net

:: Michael Berger comm97@earthlink.net

:: Paul Abowd paul.abowd@gmail.com

:: Kimberly Tucker tuckerkimberly@hotmail.com

:: Robert Wicke winstonii@comcast.net

:: Bruce Peterson michigannlg@michigannlg.org

:: Andrew Dalack ajdalack@gmail.com

:: Robin A. Douglas nodteforme@gmail.com

:: Terrell Thomas terrell712000@yahoo.com

=== Scheduling for this sub group===
: [[MarkDilley]] - available after 9pm EST and on weekends

==Conference Call Agendas and Notes==
* [[2-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|2-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call]] -- Web & Social Media Planning Conference Call
* [[Communications-Media Working Group Conference Call|18-Feb-2010]] - Full Group Call
* [[Communications/Media Working Group Conference Call 04-Feb-2010|04-Feb-2010]]
* [[1-21-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|21-Jan-2010]] -- Full group call
* [[1-14-10 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|14-Jan-2010]] -- subcommittee group
* [[12-2-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|02-Dec-2009]]--Full group call
* [[11-20-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|20-Nov-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[10-31-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|31-Oct-2009]]--subcommittee group
* [[7-28-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|28-Jul-2009]]
* [[6-26-09 Communications/Media WG Conf Call|26-Jun-2009]]--conf call login problems, thus informal call with Karlos and Sylvia
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|12-Jun-2009 notes]]
* [[6-12-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|12-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[6-3-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|03-Jun-2009 agenda]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Notes|22-May-2009 notes]]
* [[5-22-09 Communications/Media WG Agenda|22-May-2009 agenda]]
* [[Communications/Media WG Notes from NPC meeting]]

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Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''MARCH'''
* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America]

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''MARCH'''
* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[[text of the article]]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America]

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 : La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/get-involved/cluster-up Form a group for the PMA in Portland]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2950 DC Metro Social Forum Meeting Announcement]
* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
* March 26, 2010 [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/26/a_look_at_arne_duncans_vip Amy Goodman (at end of show) on Democracy Now! announces they are filming from Detroit week of USSF]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgzXvM1qQo Detroit People's Movement Assembly]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dstsIMfyU United States Social Forum: It's about YOU!]
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16,2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''
[http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410148821: scroll down to the end]

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/road-to-detroit-disability-teach-in.html Chicago Road to Detroit Disability Teach-In 4/3/10]
:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

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Future Hope column, March 28, 2010

Political Strategy, Macro and Micro

By Ted Glick

I’ve written in recent Future Hope columns, and for years really, about what I consider are the main elements of an overall strategy for the eventual emergence of a strong, impactful, broadly-based, Left political movement in this country. Those are:

-the forging of an independent and progressive united front, a “third force” with an activist and electoral approach that involves a willingness to support both progressive Democrats and progressive third party or independent candidates;

-the building of this alliance in a way which incorporates at its center and in its leadership representatives of key constituencies who most experience the negative impacts of the corporate-dominated system: low-income people, people of color, women, workers, l/g/b/t people, young people, people with disabilities, others;

-a commitment to issue-oriented activism, with one on-going priority being reform of our antiquated and undemocratic, two-parties-dominant, corporate-controlled, winner-take-all, non-proportional electoral system. The climate crisis, which threatens all people and all life forms on the planet, must also be a top priority; and,

-the development of democratically-organized methods for determining support of platform-based candidacies, and taking seriously the issue of accountability for those who are chosen as standard bearers.

I appreciate that there are some excellent and dedicated organizers who have little interest in relating to electoral politics, for good reasons. But the hard fact is that if we are talking about a mass movement of millions, tens of millions, we must intervene within an arena that, rightly or wrongly, the vast majority of people in this country see as the way to “do politics.” As we do that work, as we connect with more and more people, we can show by example that electoral politics is only one of a number of ways that we have to engage in to be about transforming the world.

It seems to me that the upcoming U.S. Social Forum June 22-26 in Detroit is a place where this strategy can best be advanced, and I am pleased that the Independent Progressive Politics Network (http://www.ippn.org) is working with other organizations to create a forum there for discussion of these ideas.

Not Enough

However, we could have initial success pulling together the broadest and baddest coalition of the oppressed to try to move this (or any other) strategy forward, and if we aren’t serious about the process of how we build it, how we develop our unity in action, it will eventually fall apart.

I was reminded of this critical point when I attended the Left Forum conference last weekend in New York City. There was a lot that was interesting and good about this event. I saw lots of old friends and met new people with whom I share a common commitment to devoting our lives to fundamental, transformational social change. I learned new things as I listened to people on the panels I went to hear. I made some contacts that are helpful for my work. But two things bothered me, and not for the first time as far as these annual conferences.

One was the format. In all but one of the sessions I attended, and it looked as if this was true generally, four or five people sat up front in a panel, spoke for 2/3 or more of the time, and there was then a limited, compressed amount of time for questions or comments.

A preferable format would have been shorter presentations, or fewer panelists, with ½ or more of the time given over to back-and-forth dialogue with all present, with firm time limits to prevent monopolization of the time by those who tend to go on too long.

The other thing which bothered me was a tendency toward intellectualism in the presentations made and, for that matter, some of the responses from the audience. Maybe the next Left Forum could be organized to prioritize the addressing of this and related issues, like how those who see themselves on the Left go about their day-to-day work in a way which builds the leadership skills, the ability to organize, of regular folks.

I’ve written about this dialogical style of organizing in my new book manuscript, “Love Refuses to Quit: Climate Change and Social Change in the 21st Century:”

“What this means is that we have to be prepared, have to welcome even, taking a back seat so that other people can step forward to speak up, be recognized, give leadership in situations where these things are called for. Our organizing work has to be about working with others in such a way that they grow from being new members of a group to the point where they are able to not just do these things but feel comfortable doing them. Over time, they also need to become ‘leadership trainers,’ bringing others along just as they were.

“Antonio Gramsci, a brilliant Italian socialist leader jailed for many years in the 1930’s for his opposition to fascism, wrote about how our ‘mode of existence can no longer consist of eloquence, the external and momentary arousing of sentiments and passions, but must consist of being actively involved in practical life, as a builder, an organizer, ‘permanently persuasive’ because he is not merely an orator.’

Builders and organizers function differently than eloquent speakers. Of necessity, they must be more humble, more collective in their way of working with others, consciously encouraging them to grow and learn. To build, they must have a vision of what it is they wish to construct, and this needs to be communicated to others to motivate them. This is not the same thing as getting up on the stage and speaking, the “momentary arousing of sentiments and passions.”

“’“We,’ not “I.” Organizations committed in an all-sided way to democratic process. The process of developing consciousness integrated into the day-to-day work of individual organizers and the group. This is fundamental, essential to forward progress toward our objectives.”

Ted Glick has prioritized work on the climate crisis since 2004. His recent book manuscript and other writings and information can be found at http://www.tedglick.com.

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''MARCH'''
* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
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* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America]

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 : La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''MARCH'''
* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]
[text of the article]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America]

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 : La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''MARCH'''
* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America]

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ NJToday.net:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 : La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: date, URL, name of publication, title of piece.'''

'''MARCH'''
* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: USSF 2010: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America]

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ njtoday:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 : La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top. Placement order: Date, URL, Name of Publication, title of piece.'''

'''MARCH'''
* March 28, 2010 [http://www.buildingmovement.org/news/entry/164 Building Movement Project: Register and Get Involved]

*March 28, 2010 [http://www.tedglick.com/columns.html Future Hope column: Political Strategy, Macro and Micro]

* March 26, 2010 [http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/view/full_story_home/6845149/article-Post-racial-America?instance=homesecondary_opinion_left_column Richmond Daily Journal: Post-racial America]

*March 26, 2010 [http://www.alternet.org/vision/146142/we_are_in_the_middle_of_transformational_change%3A_it%27s_time_the_debate_matches_up_with_the_huge_challenges_ahead_of_us We Are in the Middle of Transformational Change: It's Time the Debate Matches up with the Huge Challenges Ahead of Us] Great piece on Alternate front page

* March 25, 2010 [http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/03/25/18642936.php: SF Bay Indymedia] USSF mention at end of interview.

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 25, 2010 [http://njtoday.net/2010/03/25/post-racial-america/ njtoday:Post-Racial America]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 : La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2010/03/call_for_tshirt_designs.html USSF T-shirt design contest by Liberation Ink]

* [http://counterpulse.org/talks-u.s.-social-forum-detroit-june-2010/ CounterPulse Info session in San Francisco, CA]
* [http://roadtodetroit.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-salsa-night.html US Social Forum Salsa Night Chicago, IL]
* [http://redemmas.org/event/1954/ Info Session in Baltimore, MD]
* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
*[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

*March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 22, 2010: [http://kboo.org/node/20347: KBOO Community Radio] Interview with organizer, Chris Borte

* March 16, 2010: [[http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/2010/3/17/doing-the-spadework-031610.html PRN interview with youth organizer,Tracy Chacon]

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''March to Fulfill the Dream" -Poor People's March for Human Rights from New Orleans to Detroit''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

:* [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

:* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]

:[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

:* [http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237733 GrassRoutes Bicycle Caravan Benefit]
:* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
:* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

:* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]
:* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]
:* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

:* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

:* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010 : La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* March 21 [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]
* March 20 [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]
* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]

[http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/san-anto-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-mar-21/ Road to Detroit: USSF Hip-Hop Fundraiser 3/21/10 posted by La Nueva Raza]

* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/showDiary.do?diaryId=3399: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* March 21 [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]
* March 20 [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]
* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]

[http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/san-anto-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-mar-21/ Road to Detroit: USSF Hip-Hop Fundraiser 3/21/10 posted by La Nueva Raza]

* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* March 21 [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]
* March 20 [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]
* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]

[http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/san-anto-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-mar-21/ Road to Detroit: USSF Hip-Hop Fundraiser 3/21/10 posted by La Nueva Raza]

* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf : Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* March 21 [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]
* March 20 [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]
* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]

[http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/san-anto-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-mar-21/ Road to Detroit: USSF Hip-Hop Fundraiser 3/21/10 posted by La Nueva Raza]

* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

2010-03-25T13:28:59Z

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf : Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 23, 2010 [http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2687: On The Commons: Saving Our Public Assets]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis-of Texas-is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

*March, 2010 [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2fLat5/old.economichumanrights.org//r:f: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign: March to Fulfill the Dream: From the Delta to Detroit]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010 [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010 [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010 [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010 [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009 [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009 [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007 [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.unions.org/home/union-blog/2010/03/19/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Invitation to join Union.org at USSF]
* [http://www.communityarts.net/apinews/archivefiles/2010/03/arts_at_us_soci.php Community Arts Network]
* [http://theicarusproject.net/spring-newsletter Spring Newsletter, The Icarus Project]
* [http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=435&strYear=2010 Call to participate in Tar Sands PMA, The Free Press]
* [http://pledgie.com/campaigns/9503 NAPAWF Bay Area Scholarship Fund to send members to USSF, 3/18/10]
* [http://www.nasco.coop/node/35627 MidBash (Midwest Co-op Gathering)]
* [http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/732/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1173554&t= The Ruckus Society: What's Happening at USSF]

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussocialforum/ US Social Forum's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/2940 3/24/10 Weekly Activist Alert, Washington Peace Center]

* [http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102589302058/archive/1103123334567.html Alternate ROOTS Newsletter, March 2010]

* [http://circleof13.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-social-forum-another-world-is.htmlUS Social Forum - Another world is possible, Another US is necessary, Circle of 13 Blog]

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* [http://sandiegoactivist.com/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19687 March 15 Activist San Diego Monthly General Meeting]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* March 21 [http://www.bemagazine.org/?p=1370 "March to Fulfill the Dream"]
* March 20 [http://worlddancefactory.com/blog/hip-hop/sunday-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-san-antonio-current/ Hip-Hop Fundraiser San Antonio Current]
* [http://www.ciranda.net/spip/article3798.html Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Caravan]
* [http://binghamton.momslikeme.com/members/EventActions.aspx?g=645756&m=10956157&source=stream_home Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://canaaninstitute.org/bikeskiblog/?p=1050 More info Biking from Ithaca to Detroit]
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

* [http://prometheusradio.org/content/view/921/ March 17 Prometheus Radio Project hits the road]

[http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/san-anto-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-mar-21/ Road to Detroit: USSF Hip-Hop Fundraiser 3/21/10 posted by La Nueva Raza]

* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

2010-03-24T21:55:32Z

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'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/TheRoadtoDetroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Road to Detroit: Youth Organizing and The US Social Forum]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ForYouthByYOuth.pdf : Left Turn Magazine: For Youth By Youth]

*March/April 2010 [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/YouthOutreach.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: Youth Outreach and Movement]

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 17, 2010 [http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/3399/take-your-food-politics-to-motown-us-social-forum-june-2226-2010: La Vida Locavore: Take Your Food Politics to Motown]

*March 19, 2010 [http://www.jwjblog.org/2010/03/join-us-at-the-u-s-social-forum-this-june/ Jobs With Justice Blog: Join us at the US Social Forum this June]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis [of Texas] is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009: [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007: [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.ajjp.org/chapters/philadelphia/events/informational-session-re-2010-us-assembly-jews-confronting-racismInformational Session re: 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting Racism & Israeli Apartheid]

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==
[http://vimeo.com/10237761 Stephanie Guilloud at PMA, Detroit 3/3/2010 By Dan Wang]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBz-xqTcJqw People's Movement Assemblies: Easy as ABC!]

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* [http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2818 Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

[http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/san-anto-road-to-detroitu-s-social-forum-hip-hop-fundraiser-mar-21/ Road to Detroit: USSF Hip-Hop Fundraiser 3/21/10 posted by La Nueva Raza]

* [http://pittsburghussf.com/index.html Road to Detroit: Pittsburgh is going to the US Social Forum]

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm: Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis [of Texas] is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 18, 2010 [http://adriennemareebrown.net/blog/?p=1294: Adrienne Maree Blog: the forum in a nutshell]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009: [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007: [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
'''
Need [[wiki]] help?

Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA

Press and People Stories

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==Press Stories==
'''Please post online article links to stories leading up to USSF 2010 - newest at the top please!'''

'''MARCH'''

*March 21, 2010 [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/21/842715/-The-Left-is-Coming!-The-Left-is-Coming Daily KOS Diary: The Left is Coming!]

*March/April, 2010 [http://www.healinggardenjournal.com/articles/1003/burns.htm: Healing Garden Journal: Building "Solution City:" the Potential for Green Innovation in Detroit]

*March 14, 2010 [http://michigancitizen.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=74&sdetail=8394 Michigan Citizen: Detroit is Getting Ready for USSF 2010: Are you?]

*March 11, 2010 [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Oakland Local blog: Bay Area People's Movement Assembly]

*March 10, 2010 [http://www.whatsuppub.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=8769: What's Up Magazine: To Detroit!: Show benefits El Paso activists headed to national Forum]

*March 10, 2010 [http://theicarusproject.net/community/icarus-ussf-june-2010: Icarus Project: Call to Action for USSF]

*March 9, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/united-by-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines: Yes! Magazine: United by Hard Times: Workers Organize Across Racial Lines] [http://www.truthout.org/united-hard-times-workers-organize-across-race-lines57536: Article reposted in Truthout]

*March 7, 2010 [http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=19679: Activists San Diego: US Social Forum II: Organizer Ruben Solis [of Texas] is coming to Speak with San Diego]

*March 6, 2010 [http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?id=507320&fcid=Know-NEW/UPDATED: eTruth: Mobilizing in the heartland: Elkhart Indiana vows to send 250 people to Detroit]

*March 5, 2010 [http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/14792.php: Colorado Indymedia: PPEHRC march from NOLA press release]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/us-social-forum-forging-alliances-a-movement-of-movements/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: US Social Forum: Forging Alliances, a Movement of Movements]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/generation-mixed-breaking-the-race-barrier?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=socmed&utm_content=BrownAM_Generation&utm_campaign=100311_Remix: Yes! Magazine: Generation Next: Breaking the Race Barrier]

*March 4, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/our-future-as-a-multiracial-society: Yes! Magazine: Our Future as a Multiracial Society] Excellent piece about Detroit, the AMC, USSF and the need for broad movement building, wholeness.

*March 1, 2010 [http://www.organizingupgrade.com/2010/03/2010-social-forum/: Organizing Upgrade: "Cindy Wiesner: On the 2010 Social Forum"] [http://www.ggjalliance.org/node/294: Article Reposted on GGJ's site]

'''FEBRUARY'''

*February 25, 2010 [http://forwardkansas.com/2010/02/kansans-involved-in-the-us-social-forum/ Forward Kansas: Kansans Involved in the US Social Forum]

*February 11, 2010 [http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/america-the-remix/on-the-road-to-detroit-how-to-get-to-the-us-social-forum-2010/?searchterm=US%20Social%20Forum: Yes! Magazine: On the Road to Detroit: How to Get to the U.S. Social Forum 2010]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8330&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: The United States Social Forum and Immigration: Moving Beyond Borders]

'''JANUARY'''

*January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Road%20To%20Detroit.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: We are on the road to Detroit: Thoughts on the Past Present and Future of the United States Social Forum]

*January/February, 2010: [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/World%20Is%20Watching.pdf: Left Turn Magazine: The Whole World is Watching]

*January 28, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/01/28/world-social-forums-true-colors-dimmed-by-press-report: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): World Social Forum 10th Anniversary celebrated in Brazil. Now to Detroit!]

*January 17, 2010: [http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/17-3 Common Dreams: "It is Easier to Build Monuments than to Make a Better World: Detroit, MLK Day, and the US Social Forum].

*January 19, 2010: [http://vivirlatino.com/2010/01/19/detroit-centro-de-obreros-ussf-cena-informativa.php: USSF Anchor Centro Obrero's potluck flyer featured on VivirLatino.com]

*January 13, 2010: [http://griid.org/2010/01/13/detroit-to-host-us-social-forum-in-june: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID): Detroit to host US Social Forum in June].

*January 4, 2010: [http://ow.ly/1eurw: CADTM: Alterglobalization or Barbarism? Some questions and comments on the WSF process] Nice reflection piece on WSF]

*Michigan Citizen: [http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=74&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=8247&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Preparing for Detroit USSF]

'''DECEMBER'''

*[http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=8047&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Seven months before the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit: Update]

'''2009'''

* May 2009: [http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0905&article=resurrection-city: Sojourners Magazine: Resurrection City: Auto idolatry and casino economics have left Detroit tottering on the brink. What will it take for Motown to rise again?]

* April 2009: [http://michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com: Michigan Citizen: Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum: Organizers expect 35,000 to attend] [http://www.economichumanrights.org/m4ol/dailyreport/2009/04/detroit-draws-2010-us-social-forum.html: Reprinted by Poor People's Economic Human Right's Campaign]

'''2007'''

* July 8, 2007: [http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/15006: ZNet Magazine: U.S. Social Forum: The view from Canada]

*[http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22united%20states%20social%20forum%22%20OR%20%22us%20social%20forum%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn '''United States Social Forum''' on Google News search.]

==Dispatches/Announcements==

* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2877 DC Peoples MOvement Assembly May 15]
* [http://transformativechange.org/transform/2010/03/transformative-social-change-ussfplans/ Transformative Justice Call-to-Action]
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2902 Washington Peace Center announcement]
* [http://www.meetup.com/sojust-tm/ Boston So-just Meetup.com post]
* [http://www.ace-ej.org/u_s_social_forum_boston_planning_session ACE EJ group] Boston planning info annoucement
* [http://www.foodfirst.org/ Foodfirst.org] has PMA's on their regular calendar
* [http://changents.com/green-guerrillas/volunteer/join-green-guerrillas-at-ussf Changents.com Green-Guerillas call to USSF action]
* March 11 [http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=677&Itemid=60 CISPES & LASC call to action website post]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/11/another-us-possible-bay-area-peoples-movement-assembly Ryan Van Lenning Oakland Local PMA annoucement]
* [http://pulltheroot.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-know-what-this-us-social-forum-thing-is-all-about/ Phone Info sessions blog mention, Ryan Van Lenning]
* [http://www.asambleas-ciudadanos.net/index.php?lang=en Citizen's assemblies] featuring USSF videos
* March 7 * [http://sdmegacoalition.blogspot.com/2010/03/sdcpj-us-social-forum-ii-asds-monthly.html San Diego call for a PMA - blog post]
* [http://trustcurrency.blogspot.com/2010/03/help-send-network-of-bay-area-worker.html Bay Area Worker Coops] call to action
* [http://ko-kr.facebook.com/notes/soa-watch/soa-watch-encuentro-in-latin-america/345392575341 SOA Watch outreaching on Facebook]
* [http://oaklandlocal.com/blogs/2010/25/call-artist-submissions-2010-us-social-forum Oakland Local sharing cultural submissions info]
* [http://zcommunications.org/us-social-forum-registration-by-aaron-stark Znet presence is developing]
* March 5 [http://www.wearetops.org/opn/45th-anniversary-of-annual-bridge-crossing-jubilee-2010-to-feature-social-forum/ OPN News atlanta info session post]
* [http://www.worldsocialforum.info/events-feeds/a929c0722049780d72e59bae74bca2b8 World Social Forum has USSF phone info sessions on their calendar]
* [http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/ussf-infosession-amherst Amherst info session & organizing] from Food for Thought Books
* [http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818717 Funder Delegation to USSF Call to Action] Posted by Funders Network on Trade & Globalization
* [http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/when_queer_meant_no_war_and_fighting_against_the_b.php Bilerico Project site blog]
8 [http://www.zcommunications.org/zaps-march-2010-by-various-contributors ZNET] post about the USSF
8 [http://www.buildthewheel.org/listings.php/527 Build the Wheel] is adlisting ussf on their site and sharing resources
* [http://transformativechange.org/ Center for Transformative Change] is putting out the call.
* [http://www.fntg.org/ Funders Network on Trade & Globalization Letter to Funders in Support of USSF]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28039375/United-States-Social-Forum-Schedule-At-a-Glance PDF download of USSF Schedule at a Glance] Posted by CMJ
* [http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2010/03/09/ Gaper's Block event feed in Chicago] now covering USSF events in that region
* March 9, 2010 [http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/us-social-forum-phone-information-sessions/ Phone Info Session repost] by La Nueva Raza Blog
* [http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip Agrarian Road to the US Social forum] call to action & schedule
:* reposted at [http://www.nccecojustice.org/Capsules/capsulesmarch10.html Capsules eco-justice]
* Phone Info Session Repost by [http://www.sjvp.org/node/121 Saint Joseph Valley Project website]
* [http://www.healthcare-now.org/kill-bill-death-to-obamacare/ Healthcare-now.org] has us on their schedule.
* [http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/2846 Washing Peace Center event mention]
* [http://wespac.org/index.php/component/events/?task=view_detail&agid=520&year=2010&month=03&day=18&catids=36 Weschester County planning meeting]
* [http://bradicalmang.tumblr.com/post/438332898/the-northwest-student-coalition-is-a-horizontally#notes Northwest Blog mention]
* Feb 19 [http://www.donorsforum.org/issifiles/members_online/registration/synopsis.asp?action=start&af=DF&cat=AM,AR,CB,CP,EF,EG,FF,GO,HP,IN,IR,LG,ME,NG,NS,PF,PV,VM,YT&mt=YT021910&mt_cat=NG&CID=13820&DID=31047&TOKEN= Donor's Forum] Funders Meeting mention

==Videos==

March 16, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unSF_qc_ts Ruben Solid explaining PMA Process]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQW6U0a6Yo People's Freedom Caravan Trailer Video, March 2]
: *reposted at [http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,4120774482.html API network]'
: *reposted at [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcfu00_social-forum-and-people-s-assemblie_news DailyMotion.com]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_IXc5AbBA&feature=related Citizens Assemblies interview with Nina Gregg] Excellent Video on USSF context & the current. Broad framiing. ([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/2/J0HvjdnVYTs With Spanish subtitles]),([http://www.youtube.com/user/citizensassemblies#p/a/u/1/nMnQsQRI1yE With French subtitles])

==Radio/Audio==

* March 9, 2010: [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/doing-the-spadework/ 440 volt interview with Adrienne Marie Brown].

* March 9, 2010: [http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2010/03/69905.php "Gulf Coast Activists Organize for the Social Forum 2010"] Houston Indymedia

* February 25, 2010: [http://thegroovementassembly.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-02-25T14_53_14-08_00 Youth Speak Truth Radio piece]

* [http://abmp3.com/mp3/lucia-martinez-of-kunm-the-u-s-social-forum-and-how-it-inspired-me-to-create-change.html Youthcast audio piece "the us social forum and how it inspired me to create change]

==Many Roads Lead to Detroit: Follow the Action==
The US Social Forum Writers Network's special correspondents will help keep our writers and the general public informed about all the exciting ways people are preparing the "road to Detroit." This space will provide updates from people around the country who are biking, walking, marching, and caravaning to Detroit as well as those who are paving the way to Detroit through outreach to the diverse groups of people who need to be part of the conversation about the new country and world we are working to build. To become a correspondent, email us at writers@ussf2010.org .

* '''People's Freedom Caravan''' http://abc.ussf2010.org/caravans

[http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/2007/06/blogging-peoples-freedom-caravan-to.html ARCHIVE: See Yes! Magazine's Sarah van Gelder's blog from the 2007 People's Freedom Caravan to Atlanta]

* '''Delta to Detroit Poor Peoples March for Human Rights''': http://old.economichumanrights.org/index.shtml

* '''The Red Road to Detroit: Native People Bring their Voices to the USSF'''

* '''Biking it to Detroit''' http://bikeit.org/

* '''[[Roads Near You...Local Organizations Planning Their Routes to Detroit]]'''

* '''National USSF Field Organizers on the Road to Communities Near You!'''

* '''On the ground in Detroit'''

* [[Organizing faith- and spirituality-based networks for social justice]] ''Interview with Detroit-based pastor and organizer, Bill Wylie-Kellermann''

* [[Meet one of our hosts: Environmental action through environmental justice]] ''Profile of Detroit Local Organizing Committee member, East Michigan Environmental Action Coalition (EMEAC)''

==Testimonials==
'''Here are stories from the people responsible for helping make the USSF in Detroit possible. Their stories can help people better understand and appreciate the process, and we hope they'll inspire more folks to join us in Detroit this June!'''

'''We invite you to share your testimonials about your USSF Atlanta 2007 experience. Help us tell others what the Social Forum is about as we kick-off for USSF Detroit 2010!
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Some ideas about your experience may include:
* How did you get there?
* What social movement organization or activists did you travel with?
* What were you most interested in learning about or doing at USSF Atlanta?
* What what your favorite session or panel?
* What was it like to participate in the Opening March?
* What information did you share with others when you returned home?
* How did USSF Atlanta change the organizing work you do in your grassroots group or organization?

*The Children's Social Forum was my main reason for going (and bringing my 6-year-old daughter) to the 2007 US Social Forum.

Last summer, we had done a tour of northeast anarchist and radical bookfairs. I had co-presented a workshop called “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind” about the need for the anarchist community to support the parents and children in its midst. The workshops were generally well-received by a predominantly childless audience, some of whom already helped the parents and children in their groups, some of whom had never thought about the issue. Siu Loong had participated in the various childcare and kids’ programs at each bookfair and had always had a good time, although I noticed that, for the most part, the kids’ activities had little to do with the issues at the adult workshops.

For me, the Children’s Social Forum was an opportunity to see how the broader social justice movement was incorporating the next generation. This wasn’t just childcare—a room set off to the side where well-intentioned volunteers and kids were isolated from the goings-on of the larger group. No, this promised to be a forum for kids to explore the issues that we grown-ups were talking about.

I wrote a piece about our experience at the Children's Social Forum here:
http://www.leftturn.org/?q=node/971

and am hoping that next year's USSF in Detroit will also have children's programming and inclusion.

Victoria Law, NYC

== Reflections on USSF 2007, ATL ==

Vermont Workers Center made a video about the 2007 USSF, highlighting some of their members' experiences there:
http://blip.tv/file/590773/

I wrote an extensive blog reflection on my experience here:
http://mindpowercollective.wordpress.com/ideas-and-thoughts/

My main memory is being hit by a pie in the face because I wasn't
"radical enough." It was not a nice experience.
Medea Benjamin

What a Summer~USSF 2007

I was fortunate enough to have friends living in Georgia and arrive with around nine other people to attend the forum together. I remember being overwhelmed by the amount of workshops and the task of getting to all of them in a timely manner. The opening march was very hot, and it was nice to have people handing out water. The puppets were fabulous! i was shocked to learn that the park which had many of the venders and tents was just days before a place were houseless people normally slept. These folks were arrested and taken to jail in preparation for the forum! Instead of being invited to participate in the event, they were criminalized by the very people who days later would listen to workshops and panels focused on this very struggle! The forum needs to be more accessible and welcome to the people!!

My favorite workshops were part of the gender/sexuality track. Folks from Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.), Sista II Sista, INCITE!, and FIERCE! were on point, their workshops were packed, and there was a real sense of movement in those spaces. Several hundred people wanted to further our discussions around moving beyond the non-profit industrial complex.

Another concern I have is the lack of time we had to meet regionally. We were given such little time for this, that we barely could introduce ourselves before the time was up. I think more structured time needs to be given to regional organizing/networking. When you are in workshops and then the plenaries all day, it's difficult to eat, sleep, and meet outside of that in one day. Also, I think it would be worthwhile to have the opening plenary focus solely on work in Detroit so attendees know what's happening locally.

The way that I shared what went on at the forum was recording workshops, editing them, and giving them away as CD's.

Thanks to all the organizers, past and present!

Ashley
Oakland, CA