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Introductions and Check-ins
David, Walda, Jerome, Edgar, Ashley, Collette, Anna
Report back from People's Social Forum
Short report back sent out. Jerome, walda, Anna, Spence all attended. Had preliminary contact with Clayton Thomas-Muller, Heather Milton-Lightening (involved with PSF). Three sessions involved in: World Social Forum (people were very excited about USSF); workshop on USSF (shared update on USSF, people were anxious re: deep crises in US); PMA on USSF (established connection with folks interested in organizing in Canada in connection with USSF, wanting to connect with polycentric for 2015 at satellite sites in BC and Montreal, and WSF in MTL in 2016, people were very exciting about hemispheric unity); further conversation with Clayton and connecting with him in NYC at Peoples Climate March. We were really glad to be there.
Need to have someone who is responsible to follow up with people in anchor places in BC and MTL.
Edgar connected with Shanee – will be going to Vancouver BC to get to know each other and see where to connect. She seems very excited about connecting with process. Get Alfredo and people from MayFirst People Link connected in.
Anna will connect with people in Montreal
USSF have nailed MX as satellite location.
Get written report from PSF up on website.
Upcoming May First Movement School
This was first US Social Forum sponsored movement school. Really good mix of people –first day: 17; second day: 15 – young people, connection with satellite in MX was there. Second day: trying to get everyone on point re: reform, movement building, developing movement; MayFirst and relationship to social forum, Great feedback re: weekend and outcomes. Other movement schools will likely develop in NYC.
What does it take to get movement school set up? Is there a curriculum being followed?
Let us know (David, walda, Jerome, Rose). Curriculum has been developed and sent around. It will be sent around with these minutes. Wiki page with final questions and readings for MayFirst school. Is opportunity to do one-on-one with anchor organization.
Justice begins with C
Friday, Community 2 Community – host workshop from Solidarity and Allyship to Action GMO and food sovereignty conference – presented re: food sovereignty 0 how to build grassroots farmworkers movement. Also took time to talk about PNWSF– 15-20 people at workshop, were able to inform people about SF. Explained participatory democracy; someone there from Right to Survive. Many participants were local were able to take information home. People were receptive and interested in finding out more. A lot of momentum. Putting together caravans to go up to PNWSF. Also about to connect with people at detention center – also willing to send representatives to SF to participate. Outreach for social forum has been going well.
PNWSF
(see list of PMAs at http://pnwsf.org/content/pnwsf-agenda-announced
9 or 10 PMAs Community 2 Community – has been doing an amazing job building momentum – Portland movement forces – Mass incarceration and imperialism – PIC here to what is going on in Gaza. Anchor orgs holding down each one. Get written plan coming out of PMAs. Translation and interpreters have been arranged. Connection to overall SF process is really strong – Community2Communtiy, HopHop Congress, Right to a Dream Right 2 Survive, Move to Amend Alyssa Macy, Shamacko have been hired to do outreach; Dionl, George Friday to do overall facilitation Bellingham and area Montana and Indian Peoples Action; Seattle is coming north; Eureka CA is coming north 3-400 people are anticipated. 75 formally registered, 250 on FB page. Community to Community – will take ~20 from Bellingham and meet with people as going south – trying to find housing has been some of concerns.
Portland based will be videoing and livestreaming. Goal is to come out with written document. Folks from PSF will be working on livestream with them. Right to Dream Right to Survive has offered to help people arrange camping. Fairly inexpensive hotels within walking distance on website.
Website
Need to do final touches on site and then can launch it Project South wants to rejuvenate – want to have link to peoplesmovementassembly.org as southern site Will keep domain for that website
pmanational.org ampnationel.org
Upcoming PMAs
Gulf South Ecological Justice PMA in Gulf Port, Mississippi on October 10-12. Coletter – six regional orgs anchoring NPC , Golf Center for Law and Ppoloicy Gulf Future RoundTable Engaging POC and frontline communities Climate change and climate justice, eco justice: what is happening in our streets, with our water? 150-200 people in Gulfport
Would be great if we could from NPC or ACT come to that to make connection to national process and invite people to become a part of national process – absolutely invited We are lacking on connection to folks around nation, genuine invitation to join us. South is so hard for people to get info – easier to move on without us. Invite to come with us – will have some rooms - to cut cost, solidarity housing, welcome as partners – to engage grassroots, invite regular people into space. Community facilitated agenda – few minutes on mic will be fine Collette will share info through email – Edgar will be able to share with Community 2 Community network.
Austerity, Precarity and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education" PMA Co-organized by International Network of Scholar Activists and George Mason University Public Sociology Student Association (Friday October 17, 2014 4:00-8:00 PM) Arlington, VA (Washington DC area).
Walda: Jackie repping for one session there. Walda will also go. And there will be report backs.
Vision" PMA in San Jose, CA. Lead organization Human Agenda (October 5,2014)
What is our vision – thinking about San Jose as site Richard Hop and Shamacko David will be participating as well and Jessica Munger
Appalachia PMA Lead organization Direct Action Welfare Group Hold the date, not sure it will go forward.
Immigrant Rights PMA San Jose, CA. Lead organization Human Agenda (November 30, 2014)
Health Care PMA San Jose,CA. Lead organization Low-Income SelfHelp Center (date to be determined)
Envisioning a New Constitution San Jose, CA Lead organization Move To Amend (Jan 31, 2015)
Militirization PMA San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)
Mass Incarceration PMA San Jose,CA. Lead organization San Jose Peace & Justice Center (date to be determined)
Gentrification PMA New York City (date to be determined) Pam – Occupy Theory and Rob will be organizing Walda will reach out to people involved and loop in David
Louisville, KY Local PMAP (date to be determined) on staff with Ali Institute – now energized - David and Jerome will follow up with him Kalilah – ED of Women in Tradition = connected with organized labor
Poverty Working Group PMAs/World Courts of Women Against Poverty, Midwest region and Southern region (follow-up from Western and Northeast region) (date to be determined)
May First Brooklyn PMA on technology Lead organization May First/ People Link (date to be determined)
PMA at Climate Justice Rally Saturday September 20 walda will send schedule for Climate Convergence.
Timing for calls
Walda - not good Tuesday; Thursday from noon to 6pm [Monday, Wednesday, Friday are good] Jerome – current time works (or later); Tuesday and Thursday not good Edgar – current time or a bit later on Mondays Collette – Mondays and Fridays are good and flexible (can’t do Monday morning); not available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – in central Ashley – whenever David – can do later on Monday; have to be done 6:30 [eastern];
Anna will connect with Rose to find good time.