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Introductions and Check-ins

Jerome, walda, David, Spence Anna [[File:2) Report on past PMAs]]

- Golf Port, MI Very good experience. There were 50-60 people. While they were expecting more, the content of the delegation that were there was Huma Nation in Louisiana, Vietnamese delegation (fisher folk) in Louisiana, Louisiana, MI, Mobile, Alabama – great representation. There was an obvious connection with US Social Forum. Jerome gave short presentation on USSF. USSF was invited to be a part of regular mtgs of Gulf Coast Rising on Thursday mornings. They are very excited about USSF in Jackson. There wasn’t an explicit focus on visioning. Overall it was a very good experience. A lot of leadership of PMA was at USSF 2007. There is much organizing around 10th anniversary of Katrina. Was incredible opportunity to reconnect. Great expression of what social forum could look like. Important conection with Southern Movement Assembly. We were invited to be part of Save the Swamp – Dulak Louisiana by chief of Huma Nation (December 8).

- INOSA PMA (walda) 3 hour PMA with student and activist in George mason and Jacquie and grad students organized it. Important to have conversations focused on faculty labor. Thirty-five people who will prepare report and will send this way. There will be follow up. There were people from around the east coast. There was a connection to US Social Forum, although not explicit. Part of Public Sociology conference that George Mason does – many PMAs that are part of bigger conference. Idea was to build on it.


Update on Jackson site

Political atmosphere in Jackson is changing – the current mayor is facing indictments. USSF can push political involvement and mobilize towards next election - looking favorable for Jackson site. Project South entering back into picture. Real connection with Southern PMA process. Jackson coming back at critical moment. Proposal to do NPC meeting/Workers School/PMA on January 22 weekend (thurs-sun). This will help consolidate. Try to set up meeting with Project South and Gulf Coast Alliance to create links with Jackson. It will be important to make sure meetings happen between Cooperation Jackson and MXGM, Project South, and Gulf Coast Alliance. Kali is in charge of making meeting happen with Gulf Coast Alliance and Jerome will connect with Project South. ACT call on Thursday proposal with schedule for meeting: - Thursday and Friday: NPC and movement school orientation - Friday evening and Saturday: and PMA - Sunday: convening of NPC/USSF folk and those connected with PMA. ACT will approve and then take to NPC. There is clarity that there is no money for this besides $5000 that is earmarked from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Upcoming ACT call: need to put out to NPC that dates are going to happen and that some of available funding go to this meeting. There is a call with all the sites on Oct 26. Opening up Cooperation Jackson office, which is where event could happen. Kali is connecting with Noelle from Jackson State or Brandon from MXMG as other contacts for Jackson.


Upcoming PMAs and Movement schools

Oct 25-26: Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress in Denver – what the Bleep happened to Hip Hop. Comes out of SF conversations but there has also be conversation about what is movement school and what is PMA. Do we think of this as PMA? PMA is determined by looking at content of agenda, including general content current situation, vision of future, strategies and tactics. This PMA will be looking at role of culture in social movements historically, what is history of hip hop, what has been specific impacts of legislation and policy, role of corporatization of state, what does this mean for movements that are trying to express themselves through mediums of arts, visual arts, etc. The more we can integrate anything looking deeply at popular culture and connection to movement. PMAs do take different form, what is intentionality of leadership. Let’s try to think of it as PMA-like process. Call it part of the PMA process. Sat 25 - educational forum – 20-30 people digging in deep, historic readings, and show bring in dance, graphical, visual topoliticize crowd. Sun 26 – come together to examine what’s next in this process to build connection between movement forces of Move to Amend and Hip Hop Congress. November 8 and 9 - Oakland - Jessica Munger and Shamako will be leading those November 15 and 16 – San Jose – Ramen Jamal, Shamako, David December – Florida possibility January 31 – San Jose – what would constitution look like?

Other PMAs that San Jose crew are capturing Poverty PMA: spring 2015 in Central Appalachia

San Jose – has many PMAs going – see list from last meeting.

This WG needs to synthesize notes from past PMAs. Spence and Anna can plug into doing that work. Pacific NW Social Forum – David did a go around to collect and write up overall narratives. There will be a call tomorrow to collect written reports – David will send written report on that.

Write ups Vision PMA in San Jose, part of Preparatory work of Human Agenda that bottomlined (October 5) Gulf Port – Colette will be getting together report within a week. Peoples Climate March – Jerome and walda will do report. Peoples Social Forum – can be used as PMA report. Left Forum – notes to be written. Jackson Rising - notes to be written. Philadelphia PMA – Move to Amend and Philly group tried to capture


Website

We will reserve the following domain names:

pmanational.org

ampnacional.org

Date and time for regular PMA calls

Possibilities: Friday - Sundays – 3rd week – 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm Monday 3rd weeks at 8pm

Outreach – 4pm 1rst Monday Check in with Rose