BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: \n\nThe Young Democratic Socialists Annual Winter Conference w ill take place February 17th to the 19th in New York City. The conference will feature exciting speakers such as Cornel West\, Frances Fox Piven\, M aurice Isserman\, and many others.\n\n \n\nNow is a crucial time to be org anizing\, with the energy from Occupy Wall Street still surging. DSAers an d YDSers from around the country have been working to build their local Oc cupations. The conference will allow us to reflect on this work and discus s how to move forward.\n\n \n\nOur conference will be specially focused on fighting back against student debt and rising education costs. Students t oday are facing a very bleak future. From 1981-2010 college tuition has in creased 7% every year\, more than double the rate of overall inflation\, 3 %. Overall\, college tuition and fees have quadrupled in real terms from 1 982 to 2007. Additionally\, federal financial aid\, which used to be 80% g rant based\, is now 80% loans based.\n\n \n\nFor many people access to col lege involves taking on debt at a rate that we have not seen before. The p roblems surrounding higher education occur because of policy decisions\, a nd therefore can be reversed through different decisions. That is why we n eed to be organizing students to put pressure on decision makers.\n\n \n\n At the conference you will explore this issue and many others\, as well as learn organizing skills to help build fight back on your campus. Students will gather from across the country\, so you can learn more about the str uggle-taking place on other campuses. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120219 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120217 GEO:40.732500;-73.989300 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:Young Democratic Socialists Winter 2012 Conference UID:20120204T000516EST-pVeSueMen1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ydsusa.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: \nExactly one year after we occupied Wisconsin\\'s state capit ol...\n\nGet ready to join hundreds of students from all over the country to take the student movement to the next level at the USAS 15th Anniversar y National Conference in Madison on February 17-18\, 2012.\nRegister now! Start planning your travel and get your group to start fundraising!\n\nOn this weekend one year earlier\, our USAS group\, the Student Labor Action Coalition\, mobilized thousands of UW-Madison students to join over 100\,0 00 workers and community members fighting back against corporate-funded at tacks on public sector workers by taking over our state capitol. Now\, as the #Occupy movement escalates across the country\, we invite you to retur n to the site of this historic occupation with student organizers from acr oss the country\, to learn how to win campaigns that build student and wor ker power\, and to strategize about how we can make our movement for econo mic justice even stronger.\n\nJoin us in Wisconsin and help us seize this moment to escalate the fight against corporate greed!\n\nFifteen years ago \, we joined with student labor activists across the country to help found USAS. We have grown to be the only entirely student-run national organiza tion with a decade and a half of victories over billionaire corporations a nd university administrators who seek to take away the rights of the 99% o n our campuses and in our communities. At this special USAS 15th Anniversa ry National Conference we’ll celebrate our history and our victories. We ’ll strategize about how to step up our campaigns with campus workers an d the garment workers sewing our university apparel who are fighting back against their greedy\, billionaire employers\, and we’ll explore new st rategies to take on our University’s relationships with the Wall Street banks that crashed the economy and keep students\, workers\, and our famil ies in misery\n\nWhether you’re totally new to activism or have some exp erience under you belt\, we can’t wait for you to join us in Wisconsin t his February!\n\nIn solidarity\,\nCristina Lor\n\nStudent Labor Action Coa lition\, UW-Madison\n\nP.S. Bring a scarf Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120218 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120217 GEO:43.073400;-89.450500 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53705\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops 15th Anniversary National Confer ence UID:20120204T000516EST-MKpCudu4fg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://usas.org/conference2012/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Registration for RebLaw 2012\, February 17-18 will open soon.\ n\nWho: Proud-to-Be-Rebels \nWhat: The Eighteenth Annual Rebellious Lawyer ing Conference. The RebLaw Conference is an annual\, student-run conferenc e that brings together practitioners\, law students\, and community advoca tes from around the country to discuss innovative\, progressive approaches to law and social change. \nWhere: Yale Law School\, New Haven\, CT. \nWh en: Friday\, February 17–Saturday\, February 18\, 2012\nCost: Standard registration is $30. Registration is free for members of the Yale\, UConn\ , New Haven\, and Quinnipiac communities. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120218 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120217 GEO:41.317200;-72.928000 LOCATION:Yale\, New Haven\, Connecticut\, 06511\, United States SUMMARY:The Rebellious Lawyering Conference 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-bmK0rkVwz4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.yale.edu/reblaw/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Join us in beautiful San Diego for our 3rd annual national educ ator conference focused on LGBTQIA youth\, titled\, Supporting Students ~ Saving Lives. \n\nThe conference begins Friday\, February 17th at 5:00pm a nd ends on Sunday\, February 19th at 1:00pm. Enjoy an extended day in San Diego on Monday\, February 20th (Presidents\\' Day). \n\n \n\nWHO SHOULD C OME:\n\n- School Counselors\n\n- P. E. Teachers/ Coaches\n\n- Elementary E ducators\n\n- Secondary Educators\n\n- Social Workers / School Psychologis ts\n\n- Administrators\n\n- School and Community Based Mental Health Profe ssionals\n\n- Marriage and Family Therapists\n\n \n\nGOALS OF THE CONFEREN CE \n\nTeach & Empower Educators With:\n\n- Knowledge of the laws and righ ts of LGBTQIA students and resources available to students and families\n\ n- Attitudes that empower educators to take personal responsibility as adv ocates for LGBTQIA youth\n\n- Skills to access resources and to create saf e\, welcoming and inclusive schools for al LGBTQIA youth Geographical Sco pe: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120219 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120217 GEO:32.719600;-117.162000 LOCATION:San Diego\, California\, 92101\, United States SUMMARY:Supporting Students\, Saving Lives\, LGBTQ - 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-sup9LPReLv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cescal.org/lgbtqi2012/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Fishable\, Swimmable? 40 Years of Water Law in Florida and the United States\nFebruary 23-25\, 2012 at the University of Florida Levin Co llege of Law\nExpected to be approved for 15 CLER credits\n\n2012 marks th e 40th anniversary of both the Florida Water Resources Act and the federal Clean Water Act. In honor of this occasion\, the 18th annual Public Inter est Environmental Law Conference at the University of Florida Levin Colleg e of Law will focus on the evolution of water law and policy over the past four decades.\n\nPlease join us for...\nThursday Feb. 23\, 6-9 p.m.: Rece ption and welcoming remarks\nFriday Feb. 24\, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.: Panels and plenary sessions\nSaturday Feb. 25 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: Workshops and closing plenary session\n\nThe Florida Water Resources Act was born out of a sense of urgency that focused Florida’s policymakers on the need to m odernize the rapidly developing state’s environmental\, planning and wat er law. Dean Frank Maloney from the UF College of Law was tasked with draf ting the model water code\, which became law in 1972. Weighing in at a sli m 15\,500 words\, the Florida Water Resources Act represented the best thi nking on water resource administration at the time\, blending eastern and western water law into something known as the “reasonable-beneficial use ” standard\, dividing the state into watershed-based administrative unit s with regulatory power and a purse\, and accounting for environmental flo ws (Minimum Flows and Levels & Reservations of Use). After 40 years and no w a bulky 155\,000 words\, the Act is still viewed with envy by other stat es and even foreign governments. Yet many believe Florida\\'s water resour ces are in a continuing crisis\, as water managers seek to convert the dec eptively simple mandates of the Act into something that satisfies the dive rse constituencies—and resources—that rely on water.\n\nThe atmosphere prompting the passage of Florida’s water act reflected the broader dema nd of citizens throughout the country that the government act to address t he growing problem of water pollution. In enacting the federal Clean Water Act in 1972\, Congress intended to overcome the shortfalls of prior pollu tion control efforts. The CWA includes a sweeping commitment to “restore and maintain the chemical\, physical\, and biological integrity of the Na tion’s waters\,” by eliminating the discharge of pollutants into navig able waters and ensuring water quality to support the needs of both humans and wildlife.1 Despite large strides in reducing water pollution since it s passage\, the CWA remains the subject of debate among environmental advo cates and supporters of states’ rights\, among others.\n\nThis year’s conference will include keynote speakers and panels on a variety of topics related to water law and policy. Topics will focus on the current state o f affairs with respect to water regulation and what the future holds for o ur state’s—and our country’s—water resources. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120225 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120223 GEO:29.681300;-82.353900 LOCATION:University Of Florida Levin College Of Law\, Gainesville\, Florida \, 32611\, United States SUMMARY:Public Interest Environmental Conference - Florida - 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-kbuaKp4vfh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.law.ufl.edu/piec/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Justice is a garment\, a billion threads\, interwoven\, interlo cked\, knit together with strength and integrity. Pull one thread from the fabric and the garment begins to fray. Pull ten million threads and justi ce unravels into injustice.\n\nThe work of justice is to mend the holes in justice inflicts upon the garment. It is a brave\, challenging\, courageou s work and it does not begin with expertise or duty. It begins with love and love is a thread.\n\nThe Justice Conference 2012 is the second annua l international gathering of advocates\, activists\, artists\, professors\ , professionals\n\n \n\nprophets\, pastors\, students and stay-at-home mom s working to restore the fabric of justice. For some it means speaking. Fo r others it means singing. For some it means going. For others it means gi ving. For all\, it means living with mercy and love.\n\nYou are invited to come weave your voice and gifts into the conversation. Join us\, and disc over that in the garment of justice\, \n your love is an irreplaceable thr ead. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120225 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120224 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Oregon Convention Center\, Portland\, OR\, 97201 SUMMARY:Justice Conference 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-vpJf6kJhOb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://thejusticeconference.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A unique phenomenon in the U.S. and the world\, Left Forum conv enes the largest annual conference of a broad spectrum of left and progres sive intellectuals\, activists\, academics\, organizations and the interes ted public. Conference participants come together to engage a wide range o f critical perspectives on the world\, to discuss differences\, commonalit ies\, and alternatives to current predicaments\, and to share ideas for un derstanding and transforming the world. The conference is held each spring in New York City. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120318 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120316 GEO:40.732500;-73.989300 LOCATION:Pace University\, New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:Left Forum 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-JU2JNTSV6p@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.leftforum.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:True Colors is a non-profit organization that works with other social service agencies\, schools\, organizations\, and within communities to ensure that the needs of sexual and gender minority youth are both rec ognized and competently met. The organization trains more than 2400 people annually\, organizes the largest LGBT youth conference in the country wit h more than 2000 attendees and manages the state’s only LGBT mentoring p rogram. True Colors has been spotlighted by both national and local media for their expertise in LGBTI youth issues\, including most recently CNN. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120317 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120316 GEO:41.799300;-72.306500 LOCATION:University Of CT\, Storrs\, Connecticut\, 06251\, United States SUMMARY:True Colors XIX: Celebrating Our Allies UID:20120204T000516EST-KwG6tNXb94@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ourtruecolors.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:25th Annual National Association of Environmental Law Societies 2012\nConference hosted by the University of Michigan Law School\nPossibl e Dates: February 16-19\, March 22-25\, 29-31 April 5-8\nEvents to conside r when choosing a date:\nABA’s Section of Environment\, Energy and Resou rces Conference\n(usually mid-March)\nPublic Interest Environmental Law Co nference at the University of\nOregon (usually beginning of March)\nUMLS W inter Recess (February 25-March 5)\nUMLS Admissions Office’s Admitted St udent Weekend (two weekends in\nMarch or April)\nUMLS SFF Auction (one eve ning in March or April)\nVenue\nThe University of Michigan Law School\nAnn Arbor\, Michigan\nIn addition to the well-known and celebrated law quad t hat hosted the first\nNAELS Conference in 1988\, the University of Michiga n Law School will feature\na new commons and academic building in the spri ng of 2012. The commons\nand the academic building are currently under con struction but are scheduled\nto be completed in January 2012. Though the n ew academic building is\ndesigned in the gothic style of the law quad\, it is on track to be LEED certified.\nThe NAELS 2012 Conference will benefit greatly from having these new spaces\nto hold events during the conferenc e. More information on both building\nprojects can be found at\nhttp://www .law.umich.edu/buildingproject/Pages/home.aspx.\nTheme\n25 Back\, 25 Forwa rd: Environmental Law at the Crossroads\nAs the National Association of En vironmental Law Societies gathers for its 25th\nAnnual Conference in 2012\ , our country will have seen 22 years pass since\nthe last major piece of environmental legislation was passed\, 1990’s Clean Air\nAct Amendments. Despite this period of legislative inaction\, the call from\nenvironmenta lly concerned activists\, citizens and leaders for government action\non a wide array of issues such as climate change\, water quality\, and natural \nresource protection remains strong. As we stand at this crossroad lookin g\nback at the past 25 years and forward to the next 25\, we will try to\n understand how the environmental law movement arrived at its current posit ion\nand the avenues for action—legislative\, judicial\, and executive that lay before\nus.\nPossible panel subjects:\nThe Course of Environment al Law from 1988 to 2012\nThe Current State of the Environmental Law Movem ent\nThe Future of Environmental Law: Legislative Strategies\nThe Future o f Environmental Law: Executive and Administrative\nStrategies\nThe Future of Environmental Law: Judicial Strategies\nThe Role of Activism in the Fut ure of the Environmental Law Movement Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120324 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120322 GEO:42.280900;-83.791500 LOCATION:Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48103\, United States SUMMARY:National Association of Environmental Law Societies UID:20120204T000516EST-IHuNAvb3W3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.naels.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Intersectionality: Vision\, Commitment\,\n and Sustainable Part nerships\n\n March 28-31\, 2012\n Albuquerque Convention Center\n Albuquer que\, New Mexico\n Hosted by: New Mexico Equity and Social Justice Allianc e Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120331 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120328 GEO:35.199600;-106.645000 LOCATION:Albuquerque\, New Mexico\, 87101\, United States SUMMARY:13th Annual White Privilege Conference UID:20120204T000516EST-X5w1bOaCwj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars and plan to join us for the 2012 IMPACT Nat ional Conference\, to be hosted once again at Stetson University in Deland \, Florida. Last year’s conference drew together over 500 students\, cam pus staff\, year of service members\, and nonprofit professionals from acr oss the country for a weekend of storytelling\, resource-sharing\, and ins piration.\n\n \n\nSign up for our e-mail list to receive periodic updates about the 2012 IMPACT Conference.\nWhat is the IMPACT Conference?\n\nThe I MPACT Conference is historically the largest gathering in the country of s ocially-engaged college students who come together across issue\, perspect ive\, and approach to social change. Building on the rich 26-year traditio n of the COOL Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference\, IMPACT is th e one time during the year when students\, campus staff\, year of service members\, and nonprofit professionals gather together to share resources a nd exchange storie Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120401 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120329 GEO:29.021800;-81.333500 LOCATION:Stetson University\, DeLand\, Florida\, 32720\, United States SUMMARY:IMPACT National Conference 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-F5eEjRAUdR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.impactconference.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Civil Liberties & Public Policy program (CLPP). We inspire\, educate\, train and support new activists and leadership to s ecure reproductive freedom\, justice and sexual rights for everyone.\n\nWe do this through our projects that include our classes\, annual conference \, paid summer internships\, emerging leaders network\, student activist g roup and newsletter. \n\nSave the date! Join us on April 13-15\, 2012 for our annual conference for student and community activists\, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom.\ n\n\n\n\nOn April 8-10\, 2011\, activists from across the U.S. and interna tionally convened to build a stronger movement for reproductive justice an d social change. The weekend was full of political passion\, energy and im agination\, and a celebration of our collective leadership and strength G eographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120415 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120413 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College\, Amherst\, MA\, 10002 SUMMARY:From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for R eproductive Freedom 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-w45dbOhPHZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://clpp.hampshire.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Non Satis Scire: To Know Is Not Enough.” It is laudable that AERA is promoting “the use of research to improve education and serve th e public good” rather than the mere accumulation of research knowledge\, but The Rouge Forum is interested in exploring what it means for scholars \, and educators in general\, to move beyond “knowing” to the pursuit of activist agendas for social change. \n\n\n •What happens when teac hers and other academics connect reason to power and power to resistance?\ n\n\n •How can academic work (in universities and other learning envi ronments) support local and global resistance to global neoliberal capital ism?\n\n\n •How do we respond to the obstacles and threats faced as a ctivist scholars?\n\n\nThe Rouge Forum @ AERA will bring together world-re nowned scholars\, teachers\, community organizers\, and other activists to discuss these questions and others related to activist scholarship\, soci al change\, academic freedom\, and work in the corporate university as par t of a one-day interactive conference at the Robson Square Campus of Unive rsity of British Columbia in downtown Vancouver.\n\n\nThe Rouge Forum @ AE RA is a one-day interactive conference\, free and open to the public. Geo graphical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120413 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of British Columbia\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Ca nada SUMMARY:Rogue Forum 2012: To Know is Not Enough: Activist Scholarship\, Social Change and The Corporate University UID:20120204T000516EST-gx3rsPujNK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.rougeforumconference.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:This three-part conference\, to be held at Santa Clara Law Scho ol on April 13\, 2012\, the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in fall 2012\, and University of Maryland School of Law in spring 2013\, wil l explore questions about the relation between race and sexuality. These c onversations seek to develop new knowledge and fresh scholarship through w hich deeper understandings of ourselves and others\, as well as new pathwa ys for coalition\, may emerge. While significantly an academic project\, t hough not exclusively a project in law\, the conferences aspire to generat e concrete interventions for progressives to explore directions in politic s\, society\, and law toward a more just future in both race and sexual eq uality.\n\n \n\nFor more information\, contact the Center for Social Justi ce and Public Service at socialjustice@scu.edu or 408.551.1720. Geographi cal Scope: National DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120413 GEO:37.189400;-121.705000 LOCATION:Santa Clara University\, Santa Clara\, California\, 95053\, United States SUMMARY:2012 Center for Social Justice and Public Service Conference: Race\ , Sexuality\, and Social Justice UID:20120204T000516EST-DuvulBzwSr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://law.scu.edu/socialjustice/2012-conference.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:On the National Day of Silence hundreds of thousands of student s nationwide take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-ca lling\, bullying and harassment in their schools. Geographical Scope: Nat ional DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120420 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:National Day of Slience 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-VxrnslhoxU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.dayofsilence.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Labor Notes conferences are the biggest gatherings of grassroot s union activists\, worker center members\, and all-around troublemakers o ut there. Hold the date (and get it on your union\\'s calendar!) to make s ure you don\\'t miss a day of the inspiration\, education\, and agitation. \nI\\'ll be there...\n\nWhere am I gonna be at on Cinco de Mayo? I will b e with my people—union people—in a union town! Chicago! We’ll be net working\, planning\, building\, sharing\, learning and most important gett ing RE-IGNITED for what lies ahead. So what are you are waiting for? Get y ourself to Labor Notes! I’ll be there.\n Carlos Castillon\, President\, Communications Workers Local 9588\, Colton\, California Geographical Scop e: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120506 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120504 GEO:41.850200;-87.718000 LOCATION:Crowne Plaza Hotel\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60623\, United States SUMMARY:Labor Notes National Conference 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-N4tLOFniss@69.73.141.125 URL:http://labornotes.org/conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Call to Action: Retire NATO\, Create Jobs & Fund Peace\n\nChica go – May 2012\n\nSponsored by: Network for a NATO-Free World: Global Pea ce and Justice*\n\nNATO\, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization\, is hold ing a summit meeting in Chicago\, May 2012. We\, peace and justice activis ts\, will gather at a counter summit to voice a new vision of global secur ity and peace.\n\nJoin us in Chicago May 18 & 19\, 2012 for a counter-summ it conference to conceive and help build a more peaceful\, economically se cure and environmentally sustainable world.\n\nAs the majority of the U.S. people know\, it’s long past time to end the U.S./NATO war in Afghanist an\, bring home all U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan\, Iraq and aroun d the world\, to end the attacks on Libya and to begin to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction and redirect monies from wars and weapons bac k to our communities.\n\nDespite its claims\, NATO was never a defensive a lliance\, and since the end of the Cold War has been transformed into a gl obal alliance structured to wage “out of area” wars in Asia\, the Midd le East and North Africa\, as well as to “contain” China. NATO’s cre ed is aggressive\, expansionist\, militarist and undemocratic.\n\nFrom Yug oslavia to Afghanistan and Libya the US has used NATO to enhance and exten d its military\, economic and political aims that ensure U.S. and European dominance of the resources\, markets and labor of the Global South. It ha s spread the cost of these adventures to its NATO partners.\n\nWhile ignor ing human needs here at home\, the U.S. has spent more than a trillion dol lars on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars\, and tens of billions of dollars mo re each year to maintain hundreds of military bases and nuclear weapons ac ross Europe. Instead of wasting money on NATO\, our tax dollars should be used to provide real security by creating green jobs and investing in infr astructure modernization for the 21st century\, clean water\, education\, housing and health care for all.\n\nThe crisis of every day life in countr ies around the globe demands international cooperation based on respect fo r international law\, and national sovereignty\, not wars and an escalatin g global arms race--an arms race of one\, driven by the US.\n\nThe NATO su mmit provides an opportunity to join in solidarity with our international counterparts to mount an education campaign to help people across the Unit ed States and in other NATO nations understand the true nature of NATO and mobilize to abolish it.\n\nBy joining together\, we can visibly and nonvi olently demonstrate how NATO undermines people’s real security in every dimension of life. As we discuss and demand alternative and life-affirming foreign policies\, we will help to build the worldwide movement that oppo ses NATO and its wars and create a world of peace and justice.\n\nDiplomac y\, international law\, national sovereignty\, international collaboration s\, and nonviolent conflict resolution are the foundations of real\, globa l security.\n\nHelp us mobilize activists to come to Chicago to participat e in an international conference.\n\nWe demand:\n\n• Complete withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan.\n\n• Withdrawal of all fo reign deployed U.S. troops\, bases\, nuclear weapons and “missile defens es\,”\n\n• Substantial reductions in U.S. and NATO military spending t o fund our communities and to meet human needs.\n\n• Restitution of the UN Charter and International Law as means of resolving international dispu tes.\n\n• Retire NATO!\n\n*Network for a NATO-Free World: Global Peace a nd Justice (List in formation): American Friends Service Committee-Peace a nd Economic Security Program\, CODEPINK\, Fellowship of Reconciliation\, L awyers Committee on Nuclear Policy\, Maryknoll Office of Concerns\, Nuclea r Age Peace Foundation\, Peace Action\, United for Peace and Justice\, US Labor Against the War\, US Peace Council\, War Resisters League. Chicago: American Friends Service Committee-Chicago\, CODEPINK\, Chicago Area Peace Action\, New New Deal\, US Labor Against the War.\n\nFor additional infor mation and to sign onto this call contact: Judith Le Blanc: (jleblanc@peac e-action.org) or Joseph Gerson (JGerson@afsc.org) Geographical Scope: Nat ional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120519 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120518 GEO:41.850200;-87.718000 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60623\, United States SUMMARY:Retire NATO\, Create Jobs and Fund Peace UID:20120204T000516EST-vz1uUTvsGB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.warresisters.org/NATO2012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The NCORE® conference series constitutes the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American h igher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating an d sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and ethnic relations on campus and to expand opportunities for educationa l access and success by culturally diverse\, traditionally underrepresente d populations.\n\nNCORE® is designed to provide a significant forum for d iscussion\, critical dialogue\, and exchange of information as institution s search for effective strategies to enhance access\, social development\, education\, positive communication\, and cross-cultural understanding in culturally diverse settings. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120602 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120529 GEO:40.732500;-73.989300 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-MzkEuT4no2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ncore.ou.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:KIM BOBO 2012 KEYNOTE SPEAKER\n\nKim Bobo\, Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice in Chicago will be the Keynote Luncheon Speak er at the 2012 conference (Wednesday May 30th) at Loyola University in Chi cago (Lake Shore Campus).\n\nKim is the Executive Director and founder of Interfaith Worker Justice\, the nation\\'s largest network of people of fa ith engaging in local and national actions to improve wages\, benefits\, a nd conditions for workers\, especially those in low-wage economies.\n\nShe is the author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid-And What We Can Do About It\, the first and only boo k to document the wage theft crisis in the nation and to propose practical solutions for addressing it.\n\nKim is co-author (with Jackie Kendall and Steve Max) of Organizing For Social Change a best-selling organizing manu al in the country. In 2009 she was named one of Utne Reader\\'s \\'50 Visi onaries Who Are Changing Your World.\\'\n\nInterfaith Worker Justice is an organization that supports a network of 50 religion-labor groups\, 20 wor kers centers and five student chapters. IWJ has created dozens of congrega tional resources on economic justice\, coordinated the national Labor in t he Pulpits program that places labor speakers in congregations over Labor Day weekend\, and mobilizes people of faith on national campaigns and publ ic policy issues such as the Employee Free Choice Act and wage theft.\n\nP rior to Interfaith Worker Justice\, Kim was a trainer for the Midwest Acad emy and Director of Organizing for Bread for the World. She writes a colum n for the online magazine Religion Dispatches as well as serves as the Cho ir Director at Good News Community Church\, a multicultural congregation i n the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Kim and her husband\, Stephen C oats\, have twin teenage sons\, Eric and Benjamin.\n\nFor more on Interfai th Worker Justice see http://www.iwj.org/template/index.cfm\; for informat ion on wage theft\, an article that Kim has written for In These Times \\' The Crisis of Wage Theft\\' can be found at http://www.inthesetimes.com/ar ticle/4061/the_crisis_of_wage_theft. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120601 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120530 GEO:41.990600;-87.666700 LOCATION:Loyola University Chicago\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60660\, United St ates SUMMARY:Justice Studies Association 14th Annual Conference UID:20120204T000516EST-bHRsJr4X6L@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.justicestudies.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Interpreting the World\, Changing the World \n\n\n \nCALL FOR PROPOSALS\n\nDEADLINE: December 20\, 2011 \n\n This year\\'s PTO conferen ce theme is inspired by the 11th Thesis on Feuerbach:\n\n“The philosophe rs have only interpreted the world\, in various ways\; the point is to cha nge it.” \n\n Long before “change” became a branded campaign slogan\ , Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) and Pedagogy of the Oppressed (PO) have be en about fundamentally changing the world. Continuously changing and chan ged through dialogue\, action and reflection\, TO and PO are theory and pr actice of change. How has “change” been co-opted? What are the ways in which acquiescence\, denial\, mystification or “change” (in scare q uotes) has superseded real\, substantive change? What would real change lo ok like? What is the change we want? Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120603 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120531 GEO:37.866800;-122.254000 LOCATION:Berkeley\, California\, 94720\, United States SUMMARY:Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed 2012 Conference UID:20120204T000516EST-H6IVLsmidi@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ptoweb.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Following our successful 2011 conference\, Transforming Christi anity\, we continue building our network in the Baltimore\, D.C. area. As a national conference organization creating a following it is vital to str engthen new connections in any local setting. As a rule therefore we retur n to a location at least a couple of times. But even without the policy\, we could be charmed to return to \\'Charm City!\\' Our meeting there prove d most fertile ground for renewed theology and spirituality out of Mimetic Theory. We are thrilled to be visiting Baltimore\, reconnecting our commu nity there\, with a fresh line-up of speakers\, and introducing an excitin g new feature of participant-led workshops. \n\n Our theme\, Christian Com munity Amid Cultural Chaos\, reflects our on-going desire to foster new st yles of Christian community\, providing seeds of life and hope within a so ciety dominated by rivalry and violence. \nTheology and Peace is pleased t o announce our\nA gathering for theologians\, pastors\, activists and othe rs\, to develop the insights of mimetic anthropology toward the formation of a theology\, community and practice of peace.\nA time to dialogue with one another and with.... \nRICHARD BECK\nChair of Department of Psychology at Abilene Christian University and Popular Blogger\, speaking on:\nPurit y and Pollution: The Psychology of Sacrifice and Scapegoating\nCHERYL KIRK -DUGGAN\nProfessor of Theology and Women\\'s Studies at Shaw Univerity Div inity School\, speaking on:\nBlack Pop Culture and Christianity\nRichard\\ 's blog is found at: experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\nThere will also be at least one space in the program when conference goers are invited to ch oose from a range of workshop options\, from liturgy to community formatio n to conflict resolution. Workshops will be run by individuals and groups developing theological practice out of mimetic anthropology. The final lis t will be published early in the new year. Overall the conference seeks to develop a holistic practice\, via things like workshops\, and including w orship\, small groups and time for relaxation! Geographical Scope: Nation al DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120607 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120605 GEO:39.345500;-76.680400 LOCATION:College Of Notre Dame Of Maryland\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 21215\, United States SUMMARY:Theology and Peace Conference: Christian Community Amid Cultural Ch aos UID:20120204T000516EST-RKXEOsVIWX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.theologyandpeace.org/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Z Media Institute was founded in 1994 by cofounders of Z Magazi ne (1988) and South End Press (1977) to teach radical politics\, media and organizing skills\, the principles and practice of creating non-hierarchi cal institutions and projects\, activism\, and vision and strategy for soc ial change.\n\nClasses are held around Eel Pond in Woods Hole\, Massachuse tts.\n\nThe members of the initial South End Press collective had all part icipated in various 1960s and 1970s movements\, but knew little about publ ishing books or magazines. We felt the Press (and later Z Magazine) should become an alternative\, democratic\, self-supporting left institution. As activists we would continue to participate in various movements\, in addi tion to our publishing work. We would also publish books and articles deal ing with strategy and future vision\, not just analysis and critique.\n\nW e had lived through a time of incredible social change\, from civil rights and black power movements to student and antiwar movements to counter-cul ture\, women’s\, and gay and lesbian movements to labor\, Native America n\, and ecology movements. A new politics was developing and we felt left media had to relate this politics to existing movements\, to those just be coming radical\, and to a larger public. Otherwise\, they would be ignored \, revised\, or misrepresented by mainstream media outlets.\n\nSouth End P ress is now 30-years-old and Z Magazine is 20 years old. Over that time we \\'ve learned a great deal\, not only about publishing\, but also about ma instream media and how it prevents any real structural critique of society . Also\, through participation as an “alternative press” in the mainst ream publishing industry we have seen censorship (subtle and blatant)\; we \\'ve learned about control of promotion and distribution\, from reviews t o bookstore sales to shelf placement.\n\nIn 1994 we decided to pass along what we knew\, partly to encourage others to start radical\, self-sustaini ng institutions that could educate\, inspire\, and organize\; partly to me et people interested in creating and joining a future larger left media ne twork\; partly to teach a democratic\, participatory\, radical politics an d a democratic workplace structure and process.\n\nOver 700 students have attended ZMI so far. Many are now working with media/organizing projects\, others have started new projects\, some have joined our staff\, others ha ve become ZMI faculty\, still others have written articles and reviews for Z Magazine and ZNet\, as well as other progressive publications.\n\n \nCo urses \nPolitical courses (vary year by year but) typically include: princ iples of workplace democracy\, foreign policy\, ecology\, political scienc e\, queer theory\, women and revolution\, labor\, race\, youth liberation\ , economic and social vision and strategy\, and more.\n\nMedia courses typ ically include: Analysis of mainstream media\; starting a media project (n ewspaper\, radio\, video\, magazine\, Internet\, organizing)\; challenges of alternative media\; pressuring mainstream media\; research and investig ation techniques\; more.\n\nSkills courses typically include: Finances\, p romotion\, fundraising\, design\, production\, promotion\, editing\, facil itating meetings\, and more.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: ZMI 2011 IS BEING HELD from J une 9 to June 17. To apply\, download\, print out\, and fill in the PDF ap plication form (form is on Page 2) and mail to ZMI\, 18 Millfield Street\, Woods Hole\, MA 02543\; fax 508-457-0626\; or email to zmag@zmag.org. The fee is $1\,200\, which includes room\, board\, course materials\, etc. (P ayment not required with application.) SPACE IS LIMITED so be sure to send your application by February 25. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120617 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120609 GEO:41.526800;-70.665000 LOCATION:Woods Hole\, Massachusetts\, 02543\, United States SUMMARY:Z Media Institute 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-OKMgsO84cV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.zcommunications.org/zmi/zmi.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:As AMC networks grow and deepen\, we are designing new structur es of conference content to hold and nurture those networks. In addition to Tracks\, AMC2012 will feature Network Gatherings and Practice Spaces . We encourage you to carefully assess what structure best meets the needs of your network and only propose one type of content. There\\'s always nex t year to do the other thing! Some groups may not want to hold down an ent ire content area\, but still want to mobilize a crew to attend the AMC tog ether. In that case\, you should consider organizing a Delegation. Read m ore about Tracks\, Network Gatherings\, Practice Spaces and Delegations be low. \n\nThe deadline to propose a Track\, Network Gathering or Practice Space is November 14th. Propose your idea now! (Delegations don\\'t have to be proposed). \n\nPlease note: This is not a call for session proposal s. The AMC2012 Call for Session Proposals will go out in February 2012. \ n\nRead below for more details and GO HERE TO PROPOSE A TRACK\, NETWORK GA THERING\, OR PRACTICE SPACE »\nTRACKS\nA track is a series of 5 - 10 AMC sessions focused on a specific area of media-based organizing. Media-bas ed organizing is any collaborative process that uses media\, art or techno logy to bring about a more just and creative world. Tracks should be faci litated by two or more organizations or individuals who want to convene a network of people doing awesome work in a particular area of media-based organizing. The content of a track should be mostly hands-on skill-sharin g\, but may also include panel discussions\, caucuses and strategy session s. Tracks are an ideal format for newly-forming networks OR established n etworks that want to deepen collaborative relationships and and share medi a-based organizing skills.\n\nNETWORK GATHERINGS\n\nA Network Gathering is a day-long mini-conference on the Thursday before the AMC. It is a space for established networks to have in-depth strategy conversations (the kin ds of conversations that we often try to cram into 90-minute lunch breaks \, and then realize we need a full day!). Network Gatherings might also i nvolve skill-sharing\, but it is primarily a strategic planning and organ izing space to support the year-round collaboration of groups within a ne twork. A Network Gathering is also a way for a network to prepare itself to get the most out of the AMC. Network Gatherings should be financially sponsored by at least one organization\, to help offset the costs of start ing the AMC a day early. Network Gatherings are the ideal structure for n etworks that have been convening through the AMC for several years and wan t to build strategy and infrastructure for ongoing trans-local organizing . \nPRACTICE SPACES\n\nA Practice Space is an experiment in creating the world we want to see. It is a space for a network to implement a practic e that makes the conference more accessible\, transformative and wonderfu l for everyone. It is also a space for a national network to make meaning ful connections with Detroit organizers\, learning from and adding to loc al practice spaces. Practice Spaces are the ideal structure for networks that are held together by a shared practice (such as healing\, food justic e\, community radio\, etc.).\nDELEGATIONS\n\nA delegation is a crew with a shared identity that combines forces to get themselves to the AMC and is strategic about their experience of the AMC. A delegation can be a way for a region to lower collective travel costs and make a plan for what skills they want to bring back to their local communities. A delegation can als o be a way for people with a shared identity to find each other before and during the conference. This might happen through collective fundraising appeals\, meet-ups\, matching t-shirts\, flags\, karaoke performances and any other forms of identification that allow a crew to proclaim their pres ence. You do not need to propose a delegation\, just organize it! Delegat ions will be elligible for a limited number of mini-grants to support gras sroots fundraising efforts. \nFAQ\nCan I propose a combination of track\, network gathering\, and practice space? \n\nYes\, but it\\'s unlikely tha t we will accept more than one proposal from the same group. If you feel strongly that your group needs to do more than one thing\, be sure to give a detailed explaination of your capacity in the proposal form. \nIf I pr opose a track\, and it is accepted\, do I still need to submit individual session proposals in February?\n\nYes. Every single AMC session must go t hrough the session proposal process in the Spring so that it can be review ed by AMP staff and advisors. \nWhat is the timeline for organizing a Tra ck\, Network Gathering or Practice Space? \n\nNovember 2011 - Proposals ar e due\n\nDecember 2011 - Accepted proposals are announced\; fundraising be gins\n\nJanuary 2012 - Coordinators meeting in Detroit 1/13 - 1/15\n\nFebr uary 2012 - Call for AMC2012 Session Proposals goes out\n\nMarch 2012 - Ac cepted AMC2012 Sessions are announced\n\nApril 2012 - AMC2012 Session Outl ines are finalized\n\nMay 2012 - AMC2012 Session Logistics are finalized\n \nJune 2012 - AMC2012 6/28 - 7/1 !\nApproximately how much time will it ta ke to coordinate a Track\, Network Gathering or Practice Space? \n\nEach Track\, Network Gathering and Practice Space should have three coordinator s who can commit an average of 7 hours per week between December 2011 and June 2012 (this is variable and may be more like 2 hours per week earlier in the year and closer to 15 or 20 in the final weeks leading up to the AM C). In addition to its three coordinators\, a Track\, Network Gathering o r Practice Space should have 3 - 5 \\'supporters\\' who help out with spec ific tasks as needed. \nWhat support will I receive from AMP? \n\nAMP st aff will advise on the development of vision and content of Tracks\, Netwo rk Gatherings\, and Practice Spaces and facilitate connections between co ordinators\, potential participants and funders.\n\nCoordinators are invit ed to a meeting in Detroit\, January 13 - 15\, 2012 (bundle up—it will b e cold). At the retreat we will share and develop skills to be used in the AMC organizing process: facilitative leadership\, popular education\, gra ssroots fundraising\, online communications infrastructure\, and accessibi lity.\n\nAll Tracks\, Network Gatherings\, Practice Spaces\, and Delegatio ns will be eligible for a limited number of mini-grants to support grassro ots fundraising to get their networks to the AMC. All will have access to AMP’s online communication tools for track organizing throughout the yea r.\nCan I bounce my ideas off somebody at AMP before submitting my proposa l?\nYes! Email jenny@alliedmedia.org Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120701 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120628 GEO:42.433700;-82.980700 LOCATION:Detroit\, Michigan\, 48205\, United States SUMMARY:Allied Media Conference 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-XCvEN6tgbv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://alliedmedia.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:This Call is being issued to every person who reads these words . The world waits for us to move toward a progressive path that ensures hu manity’s existence. OUR VERY EXISTENCE IS ON THE LINE! The 1% of the pop ulation that profits from wars\, mass foreclosures\, and union busting is attempting to divide and eliminate the rest of us one group at a time. Str ategies to divide us have been successful. To unite in our interest\, we m ust organize\, analyze\, and teach what is happening and why. . .\n\n h ard won rights of working people are being stamped out\;\n democracy is being overturned\;\n the corporate destruction of the planet is being ratcheted up\;\n hardworking people are losing their jobs\, their homes \, their futures and their families\;\n attacks are mounting against Me dicaid\, Medicare\, education\, welfare\, housing\, the environment\, and Social Security.\n\nWith the technology available today\, there is no need for scarcity anywhere on earth.\n\nPOVERTY—and the threat of poverty– CAN BE ELIMINATED AND THAT IS THE GOAL!\n\nWe ask you to unite with us to reach that goal. Join us in mounting this national MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC — and the local and national organizing and educational campaign of whic h it is a part\, the ONE CLASS-ONE CAUSE Campaign.\n\nLet us unite all sec tions of workers–the able-bodied and the disabled – the organized and the unorganized – the high paid\, the low paid and the unpaid. We are on e class–the working class. Our fight is not against each other but again st those who seek profits at any expense. The corporations love war\, will seek profits at anyone’s expense\, and they never hear or heed our crie s. Their motto is\, “pollute\, shoot\, and don’t give a hoot!” Our m otto is “One Class\, One Cause!”\n\nWe are marching on Washington\, D. C. because it is both the seat of national government and a blatant exampl e of everything wrong with this country that we are gathering to fight. We are marching toward the building of what history demands from us – a wo rld where the needs of the many out-weigh the needs of the few. The future of humanity is at stake. We have to craft a society that cares for mother earth\, and allows all people to thrive and not merely survive. You must help carry this March. Geographical Scope: National DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120630 GEO:38.881800;-76.994500 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20003\, United States SUMMARY:National March on Washington to End Poverty UID:20120204T000516EST-fDaapg5ukM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.oneclassonecause.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Why TransFaith In Color?\nIlluminating A History of Invisibilit y \n\nWithin the broad LGBT Movement\, there have been problematic disconn ects with the Transgender Community. These were particularly noticeable i n the 2009 Employment Non-Discrimination Act’s political and social orga nizing efforts. Allies and members within the LGBT community struggled wi th whether the Transgender population could be included in this first wave of those being given access to employment protection under the law. This disconnect is compounded by the challenges members of the transgender com munity face within communities of faith – even those who profess to be p rogressive and inclusive. To have the strongest communities of faith and social justice movement\, we must have one that not only affirms but activ ely includes those who are lesbian\, gay\, bisexual and yes\, transgender. One of the ways to fill this gap is to empower members of the transgende r community to engage with broader segments of the LGBT movement and beyon d. \n \nThe Solution: \nGrassroots Education + Empowerment \n\nTo addres s this\, the Freedom Center for Social Justice (FCSJ) invited a group of t ransgender people of color to the table to shape and frame a summit to tra in a cohort of transgender people of faith to work as grassroots activists and opinion leaders around issues of sexuality within their respective fa ith and general communities. Ultimately\, the Summit provided resources a nd technical support to educate\, develop appropriate strategies\, and inc rease networking opportunities for transgender men and women as they build \, grow\, and mobilize around ‘personal’ and policy relevant issues. \ n\nThe Summit has now led to a TransFaith In Color Conference. The Confer ence will be an annual event for transgender people and allies. For 2011 and 2012\, this event will be held in Charlotte\, North Carolina. Geograp hical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120819 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120817 GEO:35.260000;-80.804200 LOCATION:Hilton Hotel\, Charlotte\, North Carolina\, 28201\, United States SUMMARY:TransFaith in Color 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-B6VUTVFXLm@69.73.141.125 URL:http://transfaithincolor.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION: Demand Good Jobs\, Healthcare\, Affordable Education\, Equa lity and Peace\n Say NO to the Republican Agenda\n Money for human n eeds\, not for corporate greed\n\nOn August 27\, 2012\, while the Republic an National Convention selects a candidate for president\, we will be marc hing in the streets of Tampa\, Florida demanding jobs\, healthcare\, educa tion\, equality and peace. We will let the entire world know\, “We have had enough of the endless attacks on the rights of working people and our standard of living!” We will defend Medicare\, Medicaid and Social Secur ity. We will defend ourselves against union busting. We will defend our ch ildren\\'s right to an affordable\, quality education. We want money spent on human needs\, not on wars overseas and corporate greed.\n\nIn Congress and in states across the country\, the Republicans and their Tea Party al lies have unleashed a war on the people of this country. While the Republi cans bailed out Wall Street\, many of us lost our homes. While they push t ax cuts for the rich\, they are destroying working families and our way of life by cutting programs that serve us. The Republicans are trying to bre ak our unions and take away our right to bargain collectively. They are sp earheading attacks on immigrants and promoting an agenda of racism and hat red.\n\nFor too long\, too many politicians in both political parties have ignored our needs\, while serving the interests of the rich and powerful. We need to take things into our own hands and make them understand the co nsequences of their actions. Monday\, August 27\, 2012\, is the time to ad vance the cause of justice and make our voices heard. Tampa\, Florida is t he place for all of us to raise our demands. Whether you are working to de fend reproductive rights\, standing up against attacks on immigrants and r acist discrimination\, resisting attacks on working people\, or saying no to government cutbacks\, we can come together from across the country to l et our voices be heard. From California\, to Illinois\, to New York\, we c an join our brothers and sisters in the South in mobilizing and building a united protest with a clear message\, “No to the Republicans! We demand good jobs\, healthcare\, affordable education\, equality and peace!”\n\ nOn Monday\, August 27\, 2012\, the attention of the entire world will be focused on Tampa\, Florida. The Republican National Convention brings toge ther some of the worst politicians that this country has to offer. We\\'re calling on all those ready to fight back against the attacks launched by the Republican Party and their corporate masters to take to the streets an d demand a better future for our families\, our communities and our childr en. Geographical Scope: National DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120830 DTSTAMP:20120204T050516Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120827 GEO:27.956100;-82.457200 LOCATION:Tampa\, Florida\, 33602\, United States SUMMARY:March on the Republican National Convention 2012 UID:20120204T000516EST-VUmNbRXzOv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://marchonthernc.com/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR