BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Rouge Forum 2010 conference will be held at George Williams College conference center in Williams Bay\, Wisconsin from August 2-5\, 2 010.\n\n\n\nThe gorgeous campus of George Williams College is located on G eneva Lake in Williams Bay\, WI\, just 1.5 hours from Chicago and one hour from Milwaukee and Madison\, WI. The retreat setting of the conference f acilities will provide Rouge Forum attendees with a variety of options for housing and meals.\n\n\n\nWatch this space for the call for papers and in formation on travel\, lodging\, and conference activities.\n\n\n\nFor more information contact conference coordinator Faith \n\nhe Rouge Forum is a group of educators\, students\, and parents seeking a democratic society. We are concerned about questions like these: How can we teach against raci sm\, national chauvinism and sexism in an increasingly authoritarian and u ndemocratic society? How can we gain enough real power to keep our ideals and still teach--or learn? Whose interests shall school serve in a society that is ever more unequal? \n\n\n\nWe are both research and action orient ed. We want to learn about equality\, democracy and social justice as we s imultaneously struggle to bring into practice our present understanding of what that is. We seek to build a caring inclusive community which underst ands that an injury to one is an injury to all. At the same time\, our car ing community is going to need to deal decisively with an opposition that is sometimes ruthless Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100805 DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100802 GEO:42.573200;-88.540200 LOCATION:Williams Bay\, Wisconsin\, 53191\, United States SUMMARY:Rouge Conference Forum: Education in the Public Interest UID:20100730T000503EDT-HuAUlklLfP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://rougeforumconference.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The theme for the 2010 anarchism and Christianity conference em erges out of the knowledge that without grasping the systems that shape ou r society — without understanding as well as we can how we got to where we are today — our ability to examine\, unmask and resist the oppressive forces we encounter and create new\, just life-ways will be crippled. To resist the powers of environmental destruction\, of empire\, of racism and a host of other social sins we must have more than just a passing underst anding of how these death-dealing problems came to be. We must be willing to get at the root in order to discern a better way forward and sow new se eds. Come and dig deep together. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100807 DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100806 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:1312 SE 35th Ave\, Portland\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Jesus Radicals 2010 - In the Beginning: Anarchism\, Christianity an d the Roots of Resistance UID:20100730T000503EDT-Lwlu0PkN6J@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.jesusradicals.com/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:646-260-6575 Email:lortega@rippd.org DESCRIPTION:[Last Week A federal appeals court has ruled that New York Stat e must comply with a lower court’s order to begin immediately transferri ng thousands of people with mental illness in New York City out of large\, institutional group homes and into their own homes and apartments\, where they will continue to receive specialized treatment and services.] http:/ /streetvisuals.posterous.com/state-must-move-mentally-ill-from-group-ho\n[ It is imperative that all our communities\, organizations\, activists\, pe ople of faith\, etc. support the work Rights for Imprisoned People with Ps ychiatric Disabilities has been doing in whatever capacity possible.] We m ust ensure those brothers and sisters finally being released are provided with solid foundations and alternatives that\\'ll lead them a normal way o f life and not disregard them\, so that the nypd can\\'t target them and g enerate revenue for the prison industrial complex.\nIf you or your loved o ne is in a psychiatric crisis are you afraid to call 911/the police? Do yo u wish there was a more humane and effective response to mental health cri sis calls in NYC. Did you know that NYC is one of the only major cities in the US that does not have a specialized response to mental health crisis calls?\n\nJoin Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities in a Community Day. It is time to bring light to the challenges that peopl e with mental illness face. We as a community can bring about change. We c an break the stigma.\n\nWe hope that all in the NYC mental health communit y (and beyond) will come out and support this event. This day will give us an opportunity to create more awareness for the issues that people with m ental illness face in our communities. It will also be an opportunity to g ain support for the many solutions that exist including Community Crisis I ntervention Teams.\n\nThe afternoon will include entertainment from local artist as well as presentations from people who have been effected by the criminalization of mental illness.\n\nPlease get the word out about this v ery important event. We are looking co-sponsors as well as artists to shar e their talent with us for this important community event. If you are inte rested please call Lisa Ortega at 646-260-6575 begin_of_the_skype_highligh ting              646-260-6575      end_of_the_skype_h ighlighting or Email lortega@rippd.org.\n Geographical Scope: Local DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART:20100807T130000 GEO:40.680400;-73.948200 LOCATION:Herbert Von King Park Amphitheater\, Thompkins Ave. And Laayette A ve.\, Brokklyn\, New York\, 11216\, United States SUMMARY:Urgent Call For Raising Awareness\, Building Communities UID:20100730T000503EDT-9KLmCKC0DA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://streetvisuals.posterous.com/urgent-call-for-raising-awareness-bu ilding-co END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:REGISTER TODAY!\n\nJoin us for the 3rd biennial\n\nMoney for Ou r Movements: \n\nA Social Justice Fundraising Conference\n\n(the conferenc e formerly known as Raising Change: A Social Justice Fundraising Conferenc e)\n\nAugust 12-13\, 2010\n\nMills College\n\nOakland\, CA\n\nView highlig hts from GIFT\\'s 2008 conference:\n\n \n\n\nSmartPhone Users: Watch the v ideo here\n\n\nBe part of this national space to discuss\, learn\, and sha re how to resource our movements\, and where grassroots fundraising is par t of our political vision.\n\nJoin us for 40 workshops\, 25 facilitated di scussions\, 60 one-on-one fundraising clinics\, 2 keynotes and our popular debate! \n2010 Keynote Speakers:\n\nAi-jen Poo\, on Fundraising and Organ izing with Love: Ai-jen has been organizing immigrant women workers in New York since 1996. She served as the first staff and Lead Organizer for Dom estic Workers United\, which helped form the National Domestic Workers All iance. Ai-jen serves on the Board of Social Justice Leadership\, the Labor Advisory Board at Cornell ILR School\, and the editorial board of the New Labor Forum. \n\nCara Page on Staying Resilient in Tough Times: Lessons f rom our Movements\\' Histories: Cara coordinates the Kindred Southern Heal ing Justice Collective\, based in Atlanta. As a Black queer artist\, organ izer and healing arts practitioner living in the South\, she works for que er liberation\, reproductive justice\, environmental and economic justice. She\\'s on the national board of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence\ , is a co-trainer of the Southerners on New Ground (SONG) Organizing Schoo l\, and works in partnership with the Atlanta Transformative Justice Colla borative\, SINS INVALID\, Project South and the Young Women\\'s Empowermen t Project. She was the national director of the Committee on Women\, Popul ation and the Environment and she\\'s also an alumna of GIFT\\'s internshi p program.\n\nDebate on Insider vs. Outsider Strategies \n\nModerated by L ibero Della Piana\, Communist Party USA\n\nDebaters:\n\nKim Klein (Klein & Roth Consulting)\n\nMike Roque (Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships) \n\nRinku Sen (Applied Research Center & Colorlines Magazine)\n\nAbdi Solt ani (ACLU of Northern California)\n\nMoney for Our Movements (August 12-13 \, 2010 in Oakland\, CA ) is the next version of Raising Change: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference\, which GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fund raising Training) presented in 2006 and 2008. The conference brings togeth er hundreds of fundraisers\, activists\, and organizers to share our colle ctive wisdom\, skills\, and talents and grapple with tough questions:\n\\' How can we raise the money we need to further social justice?\\'\n\\'How c an we take advantage of the political moment to push forward large-scale c hanges?\\'\n\\'How can we shift the conversation from institution-building to movement-building\, but still mobilize sufficient resources?\\'\n\nGiv en the economic crisis and the political moment\, the challenge of mobiliz ing sufficient resources to make change is again at the forefront. The tim e is right for us to come together to discuss the political implications o f funding. It is crucial that we discuss how to raise money in communities of color\, immigrant communities\, and low-income communities. It is for our survival that we learn and share how to integrate fundraising into org anizing and other program work. At the same time\, we are helping support the leadership of people of color and young people.\n\nQuestions? Contact T. Ayoka Turner\, Conference Coordinator\n\nconference@grassrootsfundraisi ng.org Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100813 DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100812 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Mills College\, Oakland\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Money for Our Movements: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference 20 10 UID:20100730T000503EDT-Jcl9NTJlAU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.grassrootsfundraising.org/index.php?topic=conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars now for the 2010 Convention\, which will ce lebrate VFP’s 25th anniversary and look ahead to the unfinished work of promoting peace and progressive politics in a time of global war and econo mic retrenchment. The meeting will be held from August 25-29 and\, fittin gly\, in Maine\, the birthplace of Veterans For Peace in 1985. Portland\ , Maine\, a vibrant\, beautiful coastal city located on a peninsula in Cas co Bay\, will be the host city for the Convention under the sponsorship o f VFP Chapters 1 and 3. The Convention Headquarters will be the Holiday I nn by the Bay Hotel and Convention Center. \n\nThe 25th Anniversary Conve ntion is a unique opportunity for progressive\, activist veterans from aro und the country to come together to understand the organization’s past\, to meet and enjoy its present\, and to help plan its future in these frau ght times. \n\nCome to Maine in August. Let the voices of veterans be heard in their collective strength. \n\n\n \n\nConvention Highlights \nPoetry event recognizing the editors and contributors to Winning Hearts and Minds\, and Demilitarized Zones\, collections of poems by Vietnam ve terans\, followed by open mike. \nOpening reflections by Jerry Genesio \, a principal founder of Veterans For Peace. \nOpening keynote by Chris H edges\, one of the country’s most prolific and provocative progressive w riters.\nA Public Meeting in Portland featuring the NAACP\, Native America n and labor organizations\, and representatives of Portland’s immigrant and marriage equality communities. Entertainment by Inanna\, a dynamic wom en’s drumming ensemble.\nFriday evening lobster bake on nearby Peak’s Island.\nBreakout sessions to bring the concerns and ideas of the membersh ip to the organization’s leaders and to set policy goals for 2010-2011.\ nBanquet featuring Noel Paul Stookey\, of the revered group\, Peter\, Paul and Mary \nMarch and rally around the city of Portland ending at Post Office Park Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100829 DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100825 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Bay Holiday Inn\, Portland\, Maine\, 04100\, United States SUMMARY:Veterans for Peace 25th Anniversary Convention UID:20100730T000503EDT-4LXx11aGc6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have a well- deserved\nreputation for being the loan sharks of global capitalism. Both\ ninstitutions are infamous for forcing poor countries in the global south\ nto ruin their own economies in order to further enrich Western\ncorporati ons. Nations who decline to borrow money at exorbitant interest\nrates and then beggar their populations to pay it back (or worse\, default\non thei r existing debt)\, are subjected to trade sanctions that have been\ndescri bed as “the economic equivalent of nuclear war.”\nThe neoliberal regim e represented by the IMF has generated intense\, and\nlargely successful\, resistance across the world. In Argentina a popular\nrevolt in response t o the 2001 economic collapse\, caused by strict\nadherence to neoliberal p olicies\, saw three governments toppled in a\nmonth. Piqueteros threw up b arricades of burning tires on the highways\,\n workers took over their fac tories\, and “Que se vayan todos!” became the\nrallying cry for an ent ire nation. After the passage of NAFTA in 1994\, the\nZapatistas establish ed their own autonomous territory in the Mexican state of Chiapas\n that s urvives to this day\, in spite of continuous government repression.\nIn No rth America and Europe massive protests greeted neoliberal elites at\never y summit\, including Seattle in 1999 when the World Trade Organization\nme eting was completely shut down. In Barcelona in 2001 the World Bank\ncance led a summit entirely for fear of protests.\n\nMore recently\, world leade rs have attempted to re-establish neoliberalism\nunder the guise of recove ring from the economic collapse that they\nthemselves caused. The IMF has been recapitalized with 1.1 trillion\ndollars from the G20 group of nation s. Employers everywhere are slashing\nwages\, as governments cut social se rvices correspondingly\, all justified\nby calls to “share the pain.” Resistance has intensified accordingly.\nWildcat strikes in Bangladesh hav e periodically crippled the garment\nindustry there\, as workers demand sa fety improvements and back wages.\nProtesters in Romania have held huge de monstrations against\ngovernment-imposed austerity measures. The entire co untry of Greece has\nbeen virtually ungovernable since the riots over the police murder of a\n15-year old in December 2008. Riots\, general strikes and insurrection are\ncommon occurrences. Farmers blockade the Bulgarian b order with their\ntractors and banners are dropped from the Acropolis. The announcement in\nApril that the Greek government would be instituting aus terity measures as\npart of an IMF/European Union bank bailout sent 200\,0 00 protesters into\nthe streets in Athens alone.\n\nHere in the US\, groun d zero for neoliberalism\, reaction to the financial\ncollapse has been co mparatively muted. Recent protests have not approached\nthe size and inten sity of those of the antiglobalization era. The IMF\nResistance Network ex ists to help change that. We are an East coast-based\nantiauthoritarian gr oup dedicated to organizing demonstrations against IMF\nand World Bank sum mit meetings in Washington\, DC. The next one is on\nOctober 9 – 11 of t his year.\n\nYou’re all invited. Details will follow shortly.\n\nSee you in the streets\,\nThe IMF Resistance Network Geographical Scope: Nationa l DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101011 DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101009 GEO:38.881800;-76.994500 LOCATION:Washington\, District Of Columbia\, 20003\, United States SUMMARY:Resist the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetin gs UID:20100730T000503EDT-OGrIoCVNji@69.73.141.125 URL:http://imfresistance.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Looking for some ideas for your local work party? We have colle cted some of our favorites here. \n\nWhatever you choose to do just remem ber to plan a time for taking an action photo that visibly displays the nu mber 350 and people getting to work. That way\, we can stitch together a g lobal mosaic for our leaders and the media\, and show them that people all over the world are ready to get to work on climate solutions. This gigan tic photo petition will show the world: people everywhere demand leadershi p on solutions to the climate crisis that will get the world back to 350.\ n\nIf you\\'re ready to register\, you can do so here: http://www.350.org/ oct10\n\nThe Top 10 Ideas For 10/10/10:\n\nHave ideas to contribute to thi s list? E-mail them to WorkIdeas@350.org\n\n#1 Organize a Tree Planting\n \nPlanting trees is fun\, friendly\, and a great way to engage the communi ty. And each one you plant will be a little carbon-sequestering machine f or years to come. Try to shoot for planting 350 trees or more in one day! \n\n \n\n \n\n\n#2 Go Solar\n\nWorking on a solar project is a great way t o demonstrate the clean energy future right in your community. Whether it s installing a solar panel on a local school\, building a solar cooker for your community\, or putting a solar hot water heater on your house--it is a great way to work with the planet\, not against it.\n\n \n\n#3 Work on a Community Garden or an Organic Farm\n\nTo get to 350\, we\\'ll need to r ethink the way we produce food on the planet--moving away from industrial agriculture powered by fossil fuels\, and towards small-scale\, local\, or ganic farming. Think about using your work party as a day to model this ne w system--maybe you can break ground on a new community garden. Or simply help out harvesting at a local farm. For more info\, visit 350.org/foodan dfarm\n \n\n \n#4 Go For a Ride:\n\nBiking is a great way to get out and b e visible in your community. It also demonstrate the need for improved inf rastructure for our alternative modes of transportation. Think about setti ng up a bike repair workshop\, or painting bike lanes in your community. Maybe an awareness ride of 350 miles (or kilometers) if you\\'re feeling a bit more ambitious?\n\n \n\n\n#5 Harness the Wind\n\nA local wind project can show that you\\'re serious about building the clean energy economy. Putting up a turbine is a big project though\, so you\\'ll want to start p lanning this one early...\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n#6 Get Efficient:\n\nEnergy Ef ficiency is often considered \\'low hanging fruit\\' when it comes to redu cing carbon emissions. It\\'s often easier and cheaper than installing re newable energy\, so why not start here? Whether it\\'s installing more eff icient LED or CFL lightbulbs in your MPs office\, insulating your basement \, weatherizing your church or temple\, or doing an energy audit on your s chool\, efficiency can help get us on the path to 350 as soon as humanly p ossible. (This is also likely one of the easiest ways to reduce emissions really fast -- like 10% in 2010 as our friends at the 10:10 campaign are helping folks to do).\n\n \n\n#7 Start a Transition Town\n\n\\'The Transit ion Towns\\' project is designed to equip communities for the dual challen ges of climate change and peak oil. By raising awareness of sustainable li ving and building local resilience in the near future\, making your commun ity a \\'transition town\\' can provide a solid framework for sustained ac tion at the local level. There is even a whole existing network of communi ties working as Transition towns that you can connect with to learn what t hey are doing: http://www.transitiontowns.org.\n \n\n#8 Faith Work: Connec tions between the world\\'s diverse religions and the issue of global warm ing are numerous and strike a strong moral chord. This is a great way to g ather people together who already have a community in which they discuss t he big questions -- now is the chance to add global warming to the list an d harness the network to start working on the solutions.\n\n \n\n#9 Trash Clean Up: Sadly\, some of our iconic places aren’t as pristine as we’d like. Why not leave the place better than you found it? By recycling the garbage you find\, you can ensure that the embedded energy in the product s gets reused--instead of decomposing over the years and sending a stready stream of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.\n\n \n\n#10 Join the 10:10 Campaign: Our friends at 10:10 Global are working an ambitious project: un iting different sectors of society behind the simple idea that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in carbon emissions in a single year\, s tarting in 2010. Their focus is on immediate\, practical action--350.org\ \'s focus is on uniting local actions for systemic change on a global leve l. 350.org and 10:10 are working hand in hand in 2010\, and we couldn\\'t be happier about the partnerhsip- Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101010 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:350.org: 10/10/10 Work Party for Climate Justice UID:20100730T000503EDT-go4c01szFL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.350.org/workparty-ideas END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The 2010 national convention for Students for a Democratic Soci ety (SDS) will be taking place in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin on October 22-24.\ n\nCoast to coast\, SDS chapters and allies will arrive to build connectio ns\, campaigns\, and political clarity in these times of economic crisis\, environmental catastrophe\, racist\, anti-immigrant attacks\, and continu ing \nwars overseas. \n\nThrough workshops and plenaries\, SDS chapters wi ll share their many rich experiences\, including helping lead the national struggle for education rights\, organizing protests against the wars in I raq and Afghanistan\, coordinating mass action against Arizona\\'s SB1070\ , and boycotting Israel. \n\nRachel Matteson\, of Milwaukee SDS\, was one of the 16 arrested during UW-Milwaukee\\'s March 4th national day of actio n to defend education rights. She continues to help lead the education rig hts struggle\, and says: \\'Milwaukee is succeeding in building a strong a nd committed chapter. We look forward to extending this unity and to the o pportunity to learn from the many committed organizers in SDS\, to share o ur experiences and to inspire a new wave of SDS to take up the struggle fo r revolutionary change.\\' \n\nSDS is a radical\, multi-issue organization grounded in the principles of participatory democracy. With dozens of cha pters nation-wide\, we encourage newcomers to also attend. \n\nhttp://news ds.org/. \n\nFund Education\, Not Occupation! \n\n\n----- Logistics -----\ n\nFor questions\, please contact: students4democraticsociety@gmail.com \n \nHousing: We will provide free housing.\n\nFood: We are preparing to prov ide free meals (vegan friendly).\n\nCost: We have a limited amount of mone y available for reimbursements for low-income youth.\n\nIf you need other accommodations\, please contact us.\n\n\n----- Workshops -----\n\nWe are p lanning workshops on:\n\nEducation Rights\nClass/Classism\nFlier Design\nP resswork\nAnti-War\nRace/Ethnicity\nSex/Gender\nRecruitment\nETC. Geograp hical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101024 DTSTAMP:20100730T040503Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101022 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee\, United States SUMMARY:2010 SDS National Convention UID:20100730T000503EDT-xIFTuuC9Pr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139456759403650 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR