Contents
Check-in
Colette, David, Jerome, Walda, Spence, Anna
Big picture update on PMA
2015 Social Forum – Philly, Jackson, San Jose CA, possibility of satellites in MX and CAN
The SF is seen as a process not event – talked about yet organized in different way. Natl’ planning committee is recognizing PMAs and movement schools as principal outreach Leading up to 2015 and 2016, series of movement schools looking at issues we face in deeper way. 2015 - determining anchor sites 2016 - year of assembly or assemblies
PMA as mobilization, organizing and political education that can be deepened through movement schools, which take same concepts as PMAs but looked at issues in deeper way
Gulf South – Katrina 10th anniversary being organized for August 29 2015 in three different states in New Orleans. Working with many community groups to put this together
Philly Debrief
Anchor groups- Move to Amend, PPERHG, American Friends, Disability in Action
75 people at event. Less than 10 had ever been to one of social forums. 25 signed up for local organizing work. Intergenerational, multi-racial, multi-class. Some people from NY and DC – corridor is where most folks who will attend Philly will be coming from.
Critiques - big mistake to not have full facilitators meeting night before - didn’t give nearly enough time for report back to come up with coherent movement demands out of the process
Good basis for social forum process in Philly
Upcoming PMAs thru Oct
1. Southern Movement Assembly (Aug 22-23 in Atlanta) Collette: governance council for Southern Movement Alliance, 2 day session, political ed sessions, regional mapping, PMA and agenda setting process from different frontlines Climate justice 101 – in communities of color and frontline communities in climate change conversation (political and legal and climate justice), prisoner justice, and situation in Ferguson (how to honor blood shed). SMA very involved in Trayvon verdict in FL. 150 people registered and more joining.
2. People's Social Forum (Aug 21-24 in Ottawa) Walda – move towards hemispheric process – meeting with USSF folks on Friday or Saturday. Filming of PMA and interviews to put together that introduces idea of PMA and what it can do and second video for crowdfunding campaign
Satellite in BC – come to Porltand – cross border - Edgar – will be making connections with Canadian based organizers
Left Forum – filmed Rose and Jerome, David, Sherry – get footage to Spence - Seth -one of organizers of left Forum – Jerome will get in contact
3. PNWSF (Sept 26-28 in Portland, OR) Things are in hand Friday – art and culture event – Hip Hop Congress and others Saturday – plenary – each of movement forces will be discussing involvement 3.5 hour PMA process – street roots and radio station / transit and climate justice – bus riders union Opal / houselessness and homelessness – Ibrahim and Monica / democracy and constitution – Move to Amend / labor and economy – 15 now Portland - red green alliance - / hip hop PMA – Shamako, Dione, Mike Crinsay / Intnl Indian Treaty Council – Treaty Rights concerns – language justice and getting registration numbers up
4. Austerity & Higher Education (Oct 17 in DC)
Walda – PMA organized by Internal Scholar Activists
Process – and email from WG be sent to ACT and NPC know include contacts of David, Jerome, Spence, Anna – if you are planning a PMA and haven’t been in touch, please be in touch
- as moving PMAs over the old to new site – format adopted with Project South – have not updated that format
- Anna and Spence will retrieve format that Walda sent around and populate with examples
5. Appalachian Regional (Oct 25 in WV) - reached out to folks at DAWG –
6. Gulf Coast - Ecological justice PMAs for several years – this year in Gulf Port, next year in New Orleans, last year in Mobile – communities of color – vitemnamese amer, native, african – impending climate crisis – October 10-12 in Gulfport – working with several local groups – working with people on ground – do regional STEP coaliation NAACP, gulf coalition – 12 – youth assembly - other
Movement Schools
May First (September 13-14)
NPC (2014 in Jackson)
Other PMAs kicking off - several PMAs in NW - once have PMA in region spawns other PMAs - encouraging others to do other PMAs and movement schools
Website update
Southern Movement Assembly process needs to be highlighted, as inspiration that it is.
Fronts of struggle
Will be graphical representation on website – will be very helpful to talk with people.