Friday, March 11 - Our World, Our Rights: Conference on Global Justice Univ. of Louisville, College of Business & Public Administration (click here for a map & parking info) Sponsored by Students United for Peace & Justice Registration Travel/Lodging Description/Schedule Workshops Register for Conference (deadline 3/7/05) Please send your name, organization/school (if applicable) and contact information to Erin at eballeine@yahoo.com. The registratoin deadline is March 7, 2005. Travel/Lodging This year, hundreds of our allies will converge on Louisville by plane, bus, van, or car. The closest airport is Louisville International – Standiford Field Airport (SDF). If you are interested in carpooling with others from your area, please contact workers@ciw-online.org. The Louisville Boycott Committee has arranged free housing (mostly floor space at area churches) for a limited number of individuals or groups traveling to Louisville. If you are interested in reserving a spot, please contact workers@ciw-online.org or (239) 657-8311 with your name, contact info., which nights you will need lodging, and any special needs you may have. If you would prefer to stay at a hotel, click here for more info. (Many area hotels offer free shuttles to and from the airport.) Description/Schedule Join farmworkers, students, people of faith, members of labor and community-based organizations, and human rights activists as they share strategies and build solidarity to take on the evolving challenges of the 21st century fight for social justice in the US. Discussions will range from broadening and deepening grassroots movements against poverty and for workers' rights to creating sustainable alternatives that reflect our shared values -- from agriculture to the media and many points in between. Schedule subject to change: 8:00am - 9:00 | Coffee/Sign-In (Atrium) | 9:00 - 9:20 | Welcoming & Overview of Day (Auditorium) | 9:20 - 10:50 | Opening Plenary (Auditorium) | 10:50 - 11:00 | Break | 11:00 - 12:30 | Break-out Session #1 (Classrooms) Root Cause: The Domestic Face of Globalization Sustainable Food & Farming Taking Back the Media Human Rights Struggles in the US: Environmental & Economic Justice The Peace Movement: Building for the Next Phase Lobbying & Social Change: AIDS, Debt, & Trade | 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch (Atrium) | 1:30 - 3:00 | Break-out Session #2 (Classrooms) New Worker Organizing Models The Otherness of Poverty Direct Action: Strategies and Tactics Fair Trade: Socially Responsible Purchasing, Consuming, & Investing Border/Immigration Issues | 3:00 - 3:30 | Afternoon Break/Entertainment | 3:30 - 5:00 | Break-out Session #3 (Classrooms) Student-Worker Solidarity Faith is Action: Tools, Ideas, Experiences The Politics of Occupation: Palestine Music and Arts in the Movement Police Brutality and the Prison-Industrial Complex | 5:00 - 5:15 | Break | 5:15 - 6:45 | Interactive Closing Plenary – Brainstorming for the Future | 6:45 - 7:00 | Break | 7:00 - 8:00 | Dinner - Keynote Speaker: Ann Braden, Long-Time Civil Rights Activist and Pillar of Louisville Community | 9:00 - midnight | "Our World, Our Rights" Cultural Event – Strickler Auditorium (U of L), featuring film screenings, hip-hop, punk, spoken word, son jarocho, and more! | Workshops New Worker Organizing Models Centro Independiente de Trabajadores Agricolas (NY) Coalition of Immokalee Workers Landless Workers Movement (MST, Brazil) Make the Road by Walking (NY) Mississippi Workers Center United Workers Association (MD) Worker Solidarity Alliance (NY) Student-Worker Solidarity Latinos Unidos Siempre (LUS, Oregon) Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) Student Action with Farmworkers (NC) Student/Farmworker Alliance Student Labor Action Project United Students Against Sweatshops Faith is Action: Tools, Ideas, Experiences Kentucky Interfaith Task Force on Latin America & the Caribbean (KITLAC, Louisville) National Farm Worker Ministry Pax Christi USA Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) United Church of Christ The “Otherness” of Poverty Coalition of Immokalee Workers Women in Transition University of the Poor, School of Theology The Peace Movement: Building for the Next Phase Fellowship of Reconciliation (Louisville) National Youth and Student Peace Coalition Pax Christi USA School of the Americas Watch Students United for Peace and Justice (Univ. of Louisville) Root Cause: The Domestic Face of Globalization Coalition of Immokalee Workers Miami Workers Center Lake Worth Global Justice Group Power U Direct Action: Strategy & Tactics Direct Action to Stop the War Lake Worth Global Justice Group smartMeme Strategy & Training Project Sustainable Food and Farming Agricultural Missions Community Farm Alliance Family Farm Defenders Taking Back the Media Blackout Media (Louisville) Coalition of Immokalee Workers Austin Indymedia Prometheus Radio Project smartMeme Strategy & Training Project Border/Immigration Issues Cross-Border Labor Organizing Committee (OR) Derechos Humanos (AZ) Mexico Solidarity Network Human Rights Struggles in the US: Environmental Justice, Housing, and More Friends and Residents (DC) Kensington Welfare Rights Union Rubbertown Emergency Action (REACT, Louisville) US Human Rights Network Music & Arts in the Movement Art and Revolution Louisville Puppetistas Olmeca y los ninos de la Tierra (former vocalist for Slowrider) Son del Centro (Santa Ana, CA) The Politics of Occupation: Palestine Ibrahim Imam, Professor, Univ. of Louisville International Solidarity Movement Students United for Peace & Justice (Univ. of Louisville) Police Brutality and the Prison Industrial Complex Kentucky Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression Not With Our Money / Grassroots Leadership From Free Trade to Fair Trade Coalition of Immokalee Workers Oxfam America Students United for Peace and Justice (Univ. of Louisville) United Students for Fair Trade Lobbying & Social Change: Debt, AIDS, and Trade DATA Global AIDS Campaign Student Trade Justice Campaign For more information on the conference, contact Sean at 239-821-5481 or sean@sfalliance.org |