BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:860-834-1312 Email:neseac@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Mission:\n\nAcross the country youth and students are standing up and fighting back for their planet and their communities. This gatheri ng seeks to empower grassroots organizersby supplying the tools to create lasting social change. We need to equip ourselves with the gear to disman tle systems of oppression and construct a world rooted in justice.\n\nThe Agenda:\n\nWorkshops will focus on skills for creating change and campaign s that you can run on your campus.\n\nThere will also be trainings focusin g on how we can combat racism\, sexism\, heterosexism\, and classism. \n\ nFinally\, there'll be lots of time for building connections with other ac tivists from around the Northeast\, making new friends\, sharing experienc es\, and strategizing about how we can build a strong regional network tha t can effect lasting change.\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031107 GEO:41.556500;-72.658200 LOCATION:Wesleyan University\, Middletown\, Connecticut\, 06459\, United St ates SUMMARY:Northeast SEAC Regional Activist Training UID:20091122T000511EST-ErX61UdL4W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/ne/nerat.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone:617-352-9235 Email:bugreens@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Campus Greens from across the Northeast will converge at Boston University on Saturday\, October 4th and Sunday\, October 5th for two day s of workshops\, speakers\, parties\, and strategy sessions. \n\n\n\nCONFI RMED: Maine State Representative John Eder will give a seminar on how to r un for office and win! \n\n\n\nCONFIRMED: Boston City Councilor Felix Arro yo will give the Saturday keynote! \n\n\n\nHousing and transportation opti ons available. \n\n\n\nFor more information on the conference\, contact Ka rlo Silbiger at 617.352.9235 o\;r\;k\;s\;i\;l\; 8\;i\;g\;e\;r\;@\;j\;u\;n\;o\;.\; 9\;o\;m\;\n or Brian Sandberg at 413.582.1271 or b\;r\; 5\;a\;n\;@\;c\;a\;m\;p\;u\;s\;g\;r \;e\;e\;n\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n. Geographica l Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031005 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20031004T090000 GEO:42.345100;-71.107700 LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02215\, United States SUMMARY:2003 Campus Greens Northeast Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-5UXUJ7pMbp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/bugreens END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:812-339-8710 Email:coordinators@getupconference.org DESCRIPTION:Grassroots Educational Training (GET UP!) is holding its second weekend long conference November 8th and 9th\, concentrating on the skill s of organizing for progressive social change. The purpose of GET UP! is to help share the immense amount of knowledge about grassroots organizing that exists in all of our communities\, introduce individuals with less ex perience with grassroots organizing to many of the different aspects and s kills involved\, and help groups and individuals network. \n\nThe weekend will include about twenty-eight workshops on topics such as consensus\, fu ndraising\, power-mapping\, research\, and more intensive courses for thos e with more organizing experience or those that attended the first confere nce.\n\nPlease visit our website at http://www.getupconference for more in formation or email us at c\;o\;o\;r\;d\;i\;n\;& #97\;t\;o\;r\;s\;@\;g\;e\;t\;u\;p\; c\;o\;n\;f\;e\;r\;e\;n\;c\;e\;.\; o\;r\;g\;\n with any questions. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031108 GEO:39.078800;-86.435100 LOCATION:909 E. 2nd St.\, Bloomington\, Indiana\, 47401\, United States SUMMARY:GET UP!: Grassroots Educational Training Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-gU7M2UAJMN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.getupconference.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:ssc.southeast@eudoramail.com DESCRIPTION:Learn about important things coming up\, such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas ministerial in Miami and what you can do to prepare for the 2004 elections. The conference will be held in Uwharrie National Forest in North Carolina\, and we will spend time hiking and enjoying autu mn. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031019 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031017 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Sierra Student Coalition Southeastern Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-5sOvVKIUSn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/networks/southeast/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:608-256-8662 Email:ktprosen@wisc.edu\,jess_mari@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:University of Wisconsin-Madison\, in conjunction with student g roup Stop the War!\, is hosting a Midwest Youth Activist Conference from O ct. 3rd to Oct. 5th. Free housing will be provided. The conference will address a variety of progressive concerns including\, but not limited to c ivil liberties violations\, corporate media\, the war and occupation of Ir aq\, history of activism (personal experiences and lessons from 60s activi sts)\, activism 101\, Palestinian-Israeli conflict\, the war on drugs\, th e military-industrial complex\, a history of U.S. imperialism\, a history of U.S. occupations\, popular progressive pedagogy\, veterans' stories\, t he prison-industrial complex\, environmental assaults by corporate America \, affirmative action\, gay rights and issues of globalization. What can we as students do to affect these issues?\n\nThis conference would be a gr eat opportunity to network and for a progressive alliance/structure among midwest schools. The conference will be followed on Sunday by a call for a demonstration against the occupation of Iraq.\n\nThe tentative schedule is as follows (this is tentative\, but just to give everyone a rough outli ne):\n\nFriday\, October 3rd: 5-7 pm: registration and housing assignmen ts\n\n7:30 p.m.: keynote speaker (t.b.a.)\n\n9:00 p.m. - whenever: party \, opportunity for students from different universities to meet and network\n\nSaturday\, October 4t h: 10-11:30 a.m.: 1st workshop (there will be between 3 and 5 workshops that participants can choose from)\n\n11:30-12:30: lunch\n1:00-2:30: 2nd workshop\n3:00-4:30: 3rd workshop\n4:30-6:00: dinne r\n6:00-7:30: 4th workshop\n8:00: panel discussion\n9: 30: movies\, live music and party\n\nSunday\, Oct. 5th:\n10: 00 - 11:30: 1st workshop\n12:00: rally against the occupation!\n\nCurre ntly\, we do not plan on charging a registration fee\, however it is the j ob of each campus to organize transportation and any other needs that aris e. If someone has a disability which needs to be accomodated for\, please e-mail.\n\nPlease respond with the number of people that may be intereste d and a contact phone number and e-mail. Also respond with other topics t hat you would like to see addressed or other general ideas about the confe rence. If you or someone you know are particularly knowledgeable about on e of the topics\, please email us.\n\nThanks\n\nMembers of UW-Madison grou p Stop the War! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031005 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031003 GEO:43.118700;-89.312600 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53714\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Youth Activist Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-HUdp3vA6tm@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:541-343-8548 Email:kokomojo@castleisp.com\, DESCRIPTION:OCT 9 - 12\, at University of Oregon Campus in Eugene\, Oregon\ ; \n\n3rd Annunal PEACE\, JUSTICE AND MEDIA CONFERENCE\, National Speakers \; Workshops\; San Francisco Mime Troupe\; Poets for Peace and Peace Forum \; Free Weekend Children's Program\, opening keynote speaker is populist j ournalist Jim Hightower\, info Justice Not War Coalition 541-343-8548 or w ww.justicenotwarcoalition.org \nor Jen Knowlton at 541-484-6671\, or Micha el Carrigan at 541-342-1953 or David Zupan at 541 484-9167.\n Geographica l Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031012 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031009 GEO:44.117900;-123.074000 LOCATION:Eugene\, Oregon\, 97401\, United States SUMMARY:Peace\, Justice\, and Media Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-kBi7Cez4Hx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.efn.org/~jnotwar/mediaconference.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:312-738-6209 Email:slap_chicago@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Grassroots Organizing Weekend. A training on learning how to be an effective organizer. Organized by the Chicago Student Labor Action Pro ject. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031019 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031017 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Chicago: Grassroots Organizing Weekend UID:20091122T000511EST-UvdGHSbd68@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-242-3002 Email:scale_ny@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Join hundreds of students and teachers from throughout the regi on and beyond\nfor organizing trainings\, issue-based workshops\, speakers \, networking\, and\nmore! Newcomers to the issue and experienced organiz ers all welcome.\nTravel scholarships\, housing\, and fundraising assistan ce available--call or\nemail for details. \n\n(Sponsors include SCALE\, C AUSE\, CLEA\, WNYSAP\, USAS\, Broad Meadows Middle\nSchool\, and the NLC)\ n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031025 GEO:40.727700;-73.980400 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, 10009\, United States SUMMARY:2nd Annual Northeast Regional High School Anti-Sweatshop Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-Drs4aaSj8M@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:mika_nagasaki@brown.edu DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 24\n6pm – 8pm\n\nArrivals and Registration\nDi nner\nRoom Assignments\nSaturday\, October 25\n9am – 9.45am\n\nBreakfast a nd Welcome\n10am – 11.15am\n\nWorkshop 1\n11.30am – 12.45pm\n\nWorkshop 2\ n1pm - 2pm\n\nLunch\n2.15pm – 5.30pm\n\nWorkshop 3 / Hiking / TBA\n6pm\n\n Dinner\n7.30pm\n\nKeynote address by\nRoss Gelbspan\, author of The Heat I s On\n9pm\n\nParty\nSunday\, October 26\n9.30am\n\nBreakfast and Thank You 's\n10am\n\nGoodbye for non-ILEC schools\nILEC annual planning meeting\nNo on\n\nGoodbye Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031024 GEO:41.826700;-71.397700 LOCATION:Brown University\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02912\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Northeast Environmental Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-fUo8XnNcam@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC/nec2003.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:517-282-9561 Email:dmitch@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:NO WAY FTAA!\nEducation and Mobilization Against the FTAA\n\nTh e conference is just days away\, have you regisered? If not please do so. For further information about workshops\, directions\, housing\,\nschedu les\, to register or anything relating to the conference\, check out\nthe conference website.\n\nWorkshops include:\n- FTAA 101-Global Exchange\n-In troduction to Global Economy-United for a Fair Economy\n-Whats up on the g round in Miami- Miami Southwestern Alliance\n-NAFTA and its effects on lab or-AFL-CIO\n-Womyn\, Globalization and the FTAA\n-Intellectual Property Ri ghts\n-Indigenous Peoples and the FTAA\n-'Artistic Resistance' of the FTAA \n-Anarchism and the Anti-Capitalist Movement-Night-Vision Anarchist\nColl ective\n-Street Health\n- NAFTA times 10-Labor Notes\n-Activist Self Defen se\n-Surviving Radical Demos\n-Connecting the FTAA\, CAFTA\, NAFTA\, IMF a nd World Bank\n-Padded Bloc-Pittsburgh Organizing Group\n-Direct Action\n- Environment and the FTAA\n-Non Violent Civil Disobedience\n-Indymedia and Corporate Globalization- Michigan IMC\n-Chapter 11 of NAFTA\n-CAFTA\n\nCon ference is being hosted by:\nStudents for Economic Justice www.msu.edu/~se j\nDirect Action! www.direct-action.net\nStudents for Peace and Justice\nT he Real Food Group\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031026 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031024 GEO:42.728300;-84.488200 LOCATION:Michigan State University\, East Lansing\, Michigan\, 48824\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:No to FTAA Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-XIUDu2xUN5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.msu.edu/~sej/ftaa.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:508-752-1952 Email:cconnor@clark.edu DESCRIPTION:*Report Back from Miami and Columbus\, GA (FTAA and SOA protest s) \n*Discuss Repression\, especially targeted repression towards people o f color \n*Continued oppression in our movement\, how do we deal with it? \n*Strategy discussion: what are some next steps? \n\nSponsored by the Wor cester Global Action Network Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Jefferson Building\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast FTAA/SOA Report Back and Strategy Session UID:20091122T000511EST-cVp2WXaZSM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wogan.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:301-565-4050 x322 Email:span@peace-action.org DESCRIPTION:From November 10-18\, 2003\, the Student Peace Action Network ( SPAN)\nSpeaking Tour\, 'The Real Face of War'\, will be visiting high scho ols and colleges in New Jersey\, New York\, Pennsylvania\, Maryland\, Dela ware\, and Washington\, DC. The SPAN tour will feature Nagasaki survivor M s. Kazuko Yamashina\, Veterans for Peace\, and 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows.\nThis is the second annual SPAN speaking tour of its kind\, and this year we aim to reach thousands of youth in the Mid-Atlantic region o f the country with our message of peace. We invite all students\, youth\, parents\, teachers\, veterans\, peace activists and community members to a ttend this special event.\n\nHere’\;s the schedule:\n\nTuesday\, Nove mber 11\, 4:00pm-6:30pm\nAmerican Friends Service Committee National Offic e\nRufus Jones Room\n1501 Cherry Street\nPhiladelphia\, PA 19102\n\nWednes day\, November 12\, 6:30pm-8:00pm\nLong Island University\n4th floor loung e-Humanities Bldg\n1 University Plaza\nBrooklyn\, NY\n\nThursday\, Novembe r 13\, 5pm-7:30pm\nTowson University\n8000 York Road\nTowson\, MD 21252\n\ nMonday\, November 17 \, 7pm\nCaesar Rodney High School Auditorium\n239 Ol d North Road\nCamden\, DE 19934\n\nTuesday\, November 18\, 4pm-6pm\nGeorge town University\n37th and O Streets\, NW\nWashington\, DC 20057\n\nFor mor e information\, please contact 301-565-4050 x322 or\ns\;p\;a\;& #110\;@\;p\;e\;a\;c\;e\;-\;a\;c\;t\; 5\;o\;n\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\n Geographical Scope: Regi onal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031118 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031110 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:SPAN's The Real Face of War Speaking Tour UID:20091122T000511EST-JtKGFa03hl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentpeaceaction.org/act.html#SPEAKINGTOUR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:emy643@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops Midwest Regional conference featuring workshops\, anti-oppression\, campaign strategy\, speakers\, and more! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031109 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031107 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Purdue University\, Purdue\, Indiana\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest USAS Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-M4BIf47srj@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:mblgtacc@iastate.edu DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040215 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040213 GEO:42.036000;-93.465200 LOCATION:Iowa State University\, Ames\, Iowa\, 50011\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-1ioh54ttev@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mblgtacc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:nhautonomists@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Register now for New Haven FTAA Consulta. See below for exact\nschedule times. Website now includes ride board and directions.\nR egistration deadline of Tue\, Oct 28 approaching soon\, so register now. I f you pre-register\, you get free entry to the Saturday night music show\, which features radical artists such as Dead Prez!\n\nNEXT STOP\, MIAMI!\n Autonomous Festival For Humanity and Against the FTAA Northeast FTAA Consu lta\n\nWhen: Oct 31 - Nov 2\, 2003\n\nWhere: New Haven\, CT\n\nWhy: Becaus e we are everywhere. There is a new left on the rise\, a left that seeks t o change the world without taking power\, a left that is almost invisible to the gaze of the corporate media and that has been pushed to the periphe ry of events such as the World Social Forum: the autonomous left. We seek to make the invisible visible. We are part of a network of solidarity arou nd a caravan of representatives from autonomous social movements in Brazil and Argentina. We are here to build connections and solidarity between lo cal and global movements for justice\, and to learn from their examples. C ome learn about the consequences of the neoliberal\nagenda (the new coloni alism)\, the positive alternatives that have emerged to challenge corporat e globalization (the most inspiring popular movement since the Zapatistas) \, and network\, train\, plan\, and strategize for the\nFree Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial in Miami (Nov 17 to 21).\n\nWe can shut i t down!\n\nHow: Food and housing will be provided. All housing will be wit h students and community members\, and all food will be vegan/vegetarian. We are requesting a sliding scale $5 to $10 donation to cover food costs. Please send registration form (at very end) to the listed email address\n\ nLogistics\nlike ride board and directions are up on the website: http://w ww.gpjo.org/yale.htm\n\nSchedule:\nFri\, Oct 31\n5 - 9 pm Registration\, D wight Hall Chapel\, 67 High St\n7 - 8 pm Dinner\, Dwight Hall Chapel\, 67 High St\n9 midnight Radical films / Party at 189 Mansfield St\n\nSat\, No v 1\nAll day events at Dwight hall\, 67 High St\nAll day screening of inde pendent films: Mardi Gras: Made in China\,\nKilometer Zero: WTO in Cancun\ , and Women and Prisons in Ecuador\nAll day tabling with publications such as Hemisphere Unbound by\nhttp://www.ftaaresistance.org \, We are Everywh ere by\nhttp://www.weareeverywhere.org \, medic street guides\, and UFPJ l iterature\nby http://www.unitedforpeace.org\n9 - 10 am Breakfast / Registr ation\, Dwight Hall Chapel\, 67 High St\n10 - 11:20 am Introduction to Glo balization\; Biotechnology and\nGlobalization\; Theater of the Oppressed W orkshop\; Medic Training\n11:30 12:50 pm Alternative Economics Panel\; arg entina autonomistaprojects que se vayan tod@s\, a cardboard piece\; Critic al Resistance\nInteractive Workshop\; Organizing 101\n1 2 pm Lunch / Gend er Caucus\n2 3:20 pm Autonomous Social Movements Caravan from Brazil and Argentina\n3:30 - 4:50 pm Prison Industrial Complex Panel\; Labor and Glo balization\;\nWorld War III Illustrated Interactive Workshop\; How to Buil d a Collective\nWorkshop\n5 -6:20 pm Indymedia Panel\; The Radical Spoken Word\; Planetary\nAlternatives Network Discussion\; Direct action trainin g\n6:30 - 7:30 pm Dinner / People of Color Caucus\n8 pm - late Music featu ring: Cipher (http://www.afropunk.com\, http://\nwww.cipheronline.com)\; R icanstruction (http://www.ricanstruction.net)\;\nDarren Deicide Kramer (ht tp://www.everreviledrecords.com)\; Lenelle Moise\n(http://www.lenellemoise .com)\; Hashim Allah of the Blackout Arts Collective(http://blackoutartsco llective.com)\; LO\; Totus Cru\; Dead Prez (http://\nwww.deadprez.com)\; a nd more\n\nSun\, Nov 2\nAll events at Dwight Hall\, 67 High St\n9 -10 am B reakfast\n10 - 11:20 am Affinity Group and Consensus Training\; Training o n 'effective\nmegaphone communication strategies in the defence of free as sembly'\;\nConsulta Agenda Working Group\n11:30 - 12:50 pm Consulta Agenda (open to change): Update on what to expect\nin Miami\; Update on previous consultas and virtual spokescouncils\n1 - 2 pm Lunch / Informal Music wit h Brad Will and others\n2 - 5 pm Consulta Agenda (open to change): Mass ac tion framework\; Support:\nlegal\, food\, medic\; Regional transportation coordination\; [Local Solidarity\nAction Planning]\n\nParticipants include :\n-Abe Walker\, Labor Notes (http://www.labornotes.org)\n-Alessandro Camp os\, psychologist\, in the struggle antimanicomial\, and\nwith Acao Local por Justica Global (Local Action for Global Justice)\,\nBrazil\n-Barbara F air\, People Against Injustice\n-Brad Will\, contributor to We are Everywh ere\n-Carlos Aramayo\, Bolivian labor activist\n-Dan Firger\, Rainforest A ction Network and Global Exchange Stop the FTAA\nRoadshow\n-David Graeber and Stevphen Shukaitis\, Planetary Alternatives Network\n-David Redmon\, f ilmmaker\n-Dyan Neary\, filmmaker\n-Doyle Canning\, Institute for Social E cology\n-Graciela Monteagudo\, argentina autonomista project (http://\nwww .autonomista.org)\n-Hipa Dzutsi'wa Top'Tiro\, of the Xavante\, and co-foun der of the self-\nsufficient and autonomous village Udzo'Uhu (http://www.w ara.org.br)\n-Immanuel Wallerstein\, founder of World Systems Theory\n-Jen nifer Bair\, Professor of globalization and gender studies\n-John Farris\, Poet with Bullet Space\n-Jonathan Wilson\, Critical Resistance\n-Justin R uben\, activist and skills trainer\n-Kaitlin Nichols\, Genetic Engineering Action Network (http://\nwww.geaction.org\, http://www.seac.org)\n-Mark W eisbrot\, Center for Economic and Policy Research\n-Matt McLaughlin\, Hart ford Independent Media Center\n-Moose\, How to Build a Collective workshop \n-Neka Jara\, Solano Unemployed Workers Movement\, Argentina (http://\nww w.solano.mtd.org.ar)\n-Rafael Mutis and Kat Lo\, Theater of the Oppressed\ n-Robert Krause\, activist and skills trainer\n-Sandro Mezzadra\, editor o f Italian autonomous magazine Derive Approdi\n-Seth Tobocman\, Artist of W orld War III Illustrated\n-Vermin Love\, Street Protest Trainer\n-and more \n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031102 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031031 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New Haven\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:Stop the FTAA Conference - New Haven UID:20091122T000511EST-mtOA1UUS8t@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.gpjo.org/yale.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:203-773-4991 Email:conference@climatecampaign.org DESCRIPTION:The major student energy/climate conference of the year! We aim to have 400+ students from the Northeastern U.S. and Southeastern Canada. \n\nCome to:\n-Meet and exchange ideas with hundreds of other students doi ng climate/energy work.\n-Strengthen the student climate networks in your state with state strategy break-out sessions.\n-Become involved with the 8 student networks working on climate issues\n-Get Trained in: basic organi zing skills\, campus sustainability\, legislative climate advocacy. \n-Hav e Fun! We will have time for music\, frisbee\, photo shows\, and lots more .\n\nThe Conference is sponsored by The Climate Campaign\, a coalition of 8 student networks: ECO-Northeast\, EnviroCitizen\, Free the Planet\, Gree npeace\, Sierra Student Coalition\, Student Environmental Action Coalition \, SustainUS\, The Student PIRGs\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040222 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:42.380400;-71.132900 LOCATION:Harvard University\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United State s SUMMARY:Northeast Climate Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-VOduSDw8XL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climatecampaign.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:330-287-3000 x5822 Email:mreisland@wooster.edu DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040229 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040227 GEO:40.830700;-81.895400 LOCATION:College Of Wooster\, Wooster\, Ohio\, 44691\, United States SUMMARY:Region 9 SEAC Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-RZuV5VF3ae@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:309-454-1836 Email:info@nukereality.org DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Nuclear Reality Conference (NRC) is to promo te environmental justice and to protect public health and safety by educat ing citizens about the many dangers inherent to the nuclear power industry \, while simultaneously offering information about available clean energy solutions.\n\nFor additional information\, please visit our website: http: //www.nukereality.org\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040222 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040220 GEO:40.530400;-88.798900 LOCATION:Illinois State University\, Normal\, Illinois\, 61761\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Nuclear Reality Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-M50L0n0THn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nukereality.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:860-649-7386 Email:tc@ourtruecolors.org DESCRIPTION:This is a 2 day GLBTQIA (Gay\, Lesbian\, Bisexual\, Transgender \, Questioning\, Intersex and Ally) issues conference. True Colors Confer ence is the largest GLBTQIA conference of its kind in the nation. We proje ct that more than 2000 people will attend this year. The conference is fi lled with youth\, young adult\, and professional workshops. Its a lot of f un and an amazing experience. COME AND JOIN US and SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040327 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040326T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Central Connecticut State University\, New Britain\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:True Colors GLBTQIA Conference : Opening Doors\, Opening Minds UID:20091122T000511EST-iTuC29kJEA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ourtruecolors.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:503-984-1196 Email:wou_mecha@yahoo.com\, rudysplash@hotmail.c om DESCRIPTION:FEB 6\, 7\, & 8\, at Western Oregon University\; REGIONAL MECHA CONFERENCE with the theme 'Our Culture\, Our Identity\, and Our Issues'. info Rodolfo 'Rudy' Rodriguez 503-984- 1196 or 503-838-8247 or w\; 1\;u\;_\;m\;e\;c\;h\;a\;@\;y\;a\;h\ ;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n or r\;u\;d\;y\ ;s\;p\;l\;a\;s\;h\;@\;h\;o\;t\;m \;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n Geographical Scope: R egional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040208 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Monmouth\, Oregon\, United States SUMMARY:Northwest Regional MEChA Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-2io3Z17G8W@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone:617-427-3598 Email:laura@envirocitizen.org DESCRIPTION:Road Trip with EnviroCitizen: Bird-dog the presidential candida tes!\n\nGive politicians a piece of your mind. This January\, join EnviroC itizen to travel to New Hampshire and move clean energy and climate justic e forward on the national agenda! In the days before the New Hampshire pri mary\, follow the candidates for president\, go to their events\, ask them questions\, and join us to get some serious media attention around clean energy and climate justice issues. New Hampshire will be the focal point o f the country this January -- let’\;s use this opportunity to pressur e politicians to commit to prioritizing these issues\, and let’\;s st art to see some change!\nFind out more and sign up online at: http://www.e nvirocitizen.org/bird-dogging/index.html\n\nWHEN: January 23rd-27th \nWHER E: New Hampshire -- Wherever the candidates are! -- We have Hotel rooms fo r you to stay at right near Concord. Yes- free housing!\n\nWHY: Move clean energy and climate justice issues forward on the national agenda and make some serious change.…\;and have a goooood time!\n\nHOW: Sign up onli ne at: http://www.envirocitizen.org/bird-dogging/index.html\nWe will have transportation for you leaving from the Boston area. We may be able to swi ng by other locations on the way up. If you are coming from somewhere else we will help you arrange carpools. So please let us know what your transp ortation needs are so we can plan!\n\nGET YOUR GROUP INVOLVED! The more pe ople\, the more fun\, and the larger the impact. Get your whole group to c ome along. Contact me (Laura) to come to your campus and give your group t he scoop in person. Make it a training tour stop and have me train on medi a\, messaging\, and bird dogging!\n\nQuestions or ideas? \nWant to volunte er?? \nJust contact Laura at l\;a\;u\;r\;a\;@\;e\ ;n\;v\;i\;r\;o\;c\;i\;t\;i\;z\; 1\;n\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n or 617-427-3598\nSign up online at : http://www.envirocitizen.org/bird-dogging/index.html\n\n\nlaura inkeles\ nnortheast organizer\nenvirocitizen\nwww.envirocitizen.org\n617-427-3598\n \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040127 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040123 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New Hampshire\, United States SUMMARY:EnviroCitizen Bird-Dogs the Pres Candidates: Clean Energy and Clima te Justice UID:20091122T000511EST-9au8vUcW4M@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.envirocitizen.org/region/ne/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:860-826-5958 Email:gauvreau@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Central Connecticut State University\, Semesters Meeting Room\, \nStudent Center\n\nHear trade unionists and military family members deter mined to end the Occupation and to defend labor rights in Iraq and the U.S .. \nSpeakers List:\nDavid Bacon-Labor Journalist\nClarence Thomas-Longsho reman's Union \nBoth participated in an international labor fact-finding mission to Iraq in October on behalf of US Labor Against War. They will pr esent with a slideshow based on their experience.\n\nCharles Richardson an d Nancy Lessin\, Co-founders of national Military Families Speak Out.\n\nA speaker from CT United for Peace\n\nGreetings from local unions and spons oring groups. \n\n*if your group would like to join the sponsors' list th en please call Chris at(860)826-5958 or email to g\;a\;u\;v \;r\;e\;a\;u\;@\;a\;o\;l\;.\;c\;o\; m\;\n\n\nGet ready for March 20\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040204T193000 GEO:41.666000;-72.778400 LOCATION:CCSU Student Center\, 1615 Stanley St.\, New Britain\, Connecticut \, 06050\, United States SUMMARY:Rally to Stop the War Against Working People at Home and Abroad UID:20091122T000511EST-z3C4dp7Hv8@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:919-619-5964 Email:energy@unc.edu DESCRIPTION:Come together for three days of skills workshops\, and amazing speakers and panels. Network with other students organizing for clean ene rgy and get the skills you need to organize in your community\, share succ ess stories and have fun! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:168 Hamilton Rd.\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27517\, United S tates SUMMARY:Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-7XEoF60RvT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.duke.edu/web/env_alliance/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:PETA2 & Student Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n \nDemand Lib eration\nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences http://www.Dema ndLiberation.com\n\nFeb. 14\, 2004 - New York City\nFeb. 22\, 2004 - Chica go\nMar. 6\, 2004 - Berkeley\n\nWant to meet and organize with other youn g activists in your region?\n\nThis Spring 2004 semester\, PETA2 and the S tudent Animal Rights Alliance are going cross-country in a series of regio nal action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite hundreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights movement.\n\nCome t o New York\, Chicago\, or Berkeley to join PETA2\, Student Animal Rights A lliance\, and hundreds of other young activists across the country to plan and organize in national and local campaigns to end animal exploitation!\ n\nRegistration is now open for all three of the 'Demand Liberation' regio nal student animal rights action conferences. The registration fee is just $5 with pre-registration –\; yummy vegan lunch and snacks are also i ncluded!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info.\n\n------ ------------------------------------\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nPO B ox 932\, New York\, NY 10013-0864\n212-696-7911 i\;n\;f\; 1\;@\;d\;e\;f\;e\;n\;d\;a\;n\;i\; 09\;a\;l\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\nwww.defendanimals.o rg\n\nEvery living\, feeling creature deserves\nthe right to live free fro m torture\,\nmutilation\, slaughter\, and exploitation.\n- Defend Animal R ights - \n------------------------------------------\n Geographical Scope : Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040214 GEO:40.722100;-74.003500 LOCATION:Student Animal Rights Alliance\, P.O. Box 932\, New York\, New Yor k\, 10013\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation - NY Regional Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-3o0US30htm@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:PETA2 & Student Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n \nDemand Lib eration\nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences http://www.Dema ndLiberation.com\n\nFeb. 14\, 2004 - New York City\nFeb. 22\, 2004 - Chica go\nMar. 6\, 2004 - Berkeley\n\nWant to meet and organize with other youn g activists in your region?\n\nThis Spring 2004 semester\, PETA2 and the S tudent Animal Rights Alliance are going cross-country in a series of regio nal action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite hundreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights movement.\n\nCome t o New York\, Chicago\, or Berkeley to join PETA2\, Student Animal Rights A lliance\, and hundreds of other young activists across the country to plan and organize in national and local campaigns to end animal exploitation!\ n\nRegistration is now open for all three of the 'Demand Liberation' regio nal student animal rights action conferences. The registration fee is just $5 with pre-registration –\; yummy vegan lunch and snacks are also i ncluded!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info.\n\n------ ------------------------------------\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nPO B ox 932\, New York\, NY 10013-0864\n212-696-7911 i\;n\;f\;o \;@\;d\;e\;f\;e\;n\;d\;a\;n\;i\; 9\;a\;l\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\nwww.defendanimals.or g\n\nEvery living\, feeling creature deserves\nthe right to live free from torture\,\nmutilation\, slaughter\, and exploitation.\n- Defend Animal Ri ghts - \n------------------------------------------\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040222 GEO:40.722100;-74.003500 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation Chicago Regional Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-SAO0golxax@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:\nPETA2 & Student Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n \nDemand L iberation\nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences http://www.De mandLiberation.com\n\nFeb. 14\, 2004 - New York City\nFeb. 22\, 2004 - Chi cago\nMar. 6\, 2004 - Berkeley\n\nWant to meet and organize with other yo ung activists in your region?\n\nThis Spring 2004 semester\, PETA2 and the Student Animal Rights Alliance are going cross-country in a series of reg ional action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite hundreds of you ng activists to take a leading role in the animal rights movement.\n\nCome to New York\, Chicago\, or Berkeley to join PETA2\, Student Animal Rights Alliance\, and hundreds of other young activists across the country to pl an and organize in national and local campaigns to end animal exploitation !\n\nRegistration is now open for all three of the 'Demand Liberation' reg ional student animal rights action conferences. The registration fee is ju st $5 with pre-registration –\; yummy vegan lunch and snacks are also included!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info.\n\n---- --------------------------------------\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance\nPO Box 932\, New York\, NY 10013-0864\n212-696-7911 i\;n\;f\;&# 111\;@\;d\;e\;f\;e\;n\;d\;a\;n\;i\;& #109\;a\;l\;s\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\nwww.defendanimals .org\n\nEvery living\, feeling creature deserves\nthe right to live free f rom torture\,\nmutilation\, slaughter\, and exploitation.\n- Defend Animal Rights - \n------------------------------------------\n Geographical Sco pe: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040306 GEO:40.722100;-74.003500 LOCATION:Berkeley\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation CA Regional Student Animal Rights Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-HDaOvt8uE1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:sgac@listhost.uchicago.edu DESCRIPTION:These trainings are geared toward next year's leaders of SGAC\, SCCS\, and GJ chapters. They are based on the Midwest Academy School of O rganizing's week-long trainings and will cover the information and skills that chapters need to plan and carry out sustained advocacy campaigns spec ific to their chapter and their legislators. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:University Of Chicago\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Global Justice Training UID:20091122T000511EST-EkDXIuc3E7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.fightglobalaids.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:cmeals1@swarthmore.edu\, pl57@georgetown.edu DESCRIPTION:Mid-Atlantic USAS conference! For affiliates and other schools in Pennsylvania\, New Jersey\, Delaware\, Maryland\, D.C.\, Virginia\, and West Virginia. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040321 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040319 GEO:39.897200;-75.344100 LOCATION:Swarthmore College\, 500 College Avenue\, Swarthmore\, Pennsylvani a\, 19081\, United States SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Regional USAS Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-0O0UU7p92F@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:207-777-6781 Email:markie@takingitback.net DESCRIPTION:A weekend of network and fun! Weather Underground\, the Provid ence Puppet Posse\, Ethan Miller/Kate Boverman\, The Insurectionists\, Rad ical Cheerleader Convergence\, and tons of workshops and discussion!!! \n \nPlease check the website for more information! Geographical Scope: Regi onal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040306 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040305 GEO:44.086300;-70.169300 LOCATION:Bates College\, Lewiston\, Maine\, 04240\, United States SUMMARY:DIY Workshop Weekend UID:20091122T000511EST-dTVARpv0bv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.takingitback.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A regional conference of lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transge nder\npan-Asian Pacific Americans to network\, organize\, agitate\, educat e\, and build capacity.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040307 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040305 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Queer Asian Pacific Legacy Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-XnwutAIwwj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.queerasianpacificlegacy.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Freedom from Fear: The Freedom of Peace\n\n26-27 March 2004 \n\ n2004 Annual Student Peace Conference \nKroc Institute for International P eace Studies \nUniversity of Notre Dame \n\nIn the future days\, which we seek to make secure\, we look forward to a world founded upon four essenti al human freedoms…\;The fourth is freedom from fear…\;That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of worl d attainable in our own time and generation. \n\n~Franklin D. Roosevelt \n \nCall for Presentations \n\nThe University of Notre Dame's annual Student Peace Conference will take place on March 26-27\, 2004. The conference is officially sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studie s\, and is planned and directed entirely by undergraduate students of the University.\n\nAdapted from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Message to Congress in January 1941\, this year's conference theme is 'Freedom fro m Fear: The Freedom of Peace.' The conference will attract participants fr om all over the United States and abroad. The two-day conference will feat ure seminars\, lectures\, artistic performances and exhibits\, and a keyno te speaker. \n\nWe welcome undergraduate and graduate peace visionaries of all majors to submit proposals regarding potential presentations. We enco urage presentations of peace in all forms\, and from all disciplines and p erspectives.\n\nThe Peace Conference Committee invites papers\, panel prop osals\, performances\, audio-visual presentations\, interactive sessions o r workshops and other programs broadly exploring the envisioning of peace as liberation from fear. The presentations may be completed research\, res earch in-progress or case studies\, especially those reflecting innovative practice. You will have approximately 10 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.\n\nSubmission themes could focus on\, but are not limited to:\n\n*World Religions and Peace-building\n*Changing Scholarly an d Popular Conceptions of War and Peace *Peace in Contemporary Literature\n *War and the Politics of Memory\n*Strengths and Weaknesses of the Existing Peace Movement\n*The Role of International Organizations in Peace-buildin g\n*Role of Youth in War and Peace\n*Issues of War and Peace in Comparativ e Perspective\n*Effects of Propaganda\n*The Role of the Mediator\n*NGOs an d International Dialogue\n*Peace despite Economic Condition\n*Rebuilding a fter War \n\nSubmission Guidelines \n\nSubmissions may be made via e-mail to Nadia Stefko (n\;s\;t\;e\;f\;k\;o\;@\;&# 110\;d\;.\;e\;d\;u\;\n) marked 'Attn: Peace Conference. ' Submissions will be acknowledged within 3 days. Notification of acceptan ce of proposals will be sent as soon as the reviewing process is completed \, not later than March 6\, 2004. \n\nEach submission should include a sep arate title page\, contact information and a brief 250-300 word summary of the presentation. \n\nDeadline \n\nTHE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS Monday F ebruary 23\, 2004!!! \n\nRegistration \nRegistration forms are available o nline at http://www.nd.edu/~mmurph11/confreg2004.html. Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040327 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040326 GEO:41.596800;-86.293000 LOCATION:Notre Dame\, Indiana\, 46556\, United States SUMMARY:2004 Notre Dame Annual Student Peace Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-iE30KV1d3v@69.73.141.125 URL:http://kroc.nd.edu/events/freedomfromfear.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:As part of its ongoing efforts to further the study of human ri ghts at the University of Washington and to promote scholarly inquiry in t he interdisciplinary law and society tradition\, the Comparative Law and S ociety Studies Center plans to sponsor a human rights speaker series begin ning spring 2003 and culminating during spring\, 2004\, with an internatio nal conference on the series theme\, Human Rights “From the Bottom Up”. \n \nRecent years have seen burgeoning interest in human rights on US univers ity campuses and a growth in the scholarly literature relating to human ri ghts themes. At the same time\, however\, existing approaches to the subje ct are often dominated by a “top-down” political/institutional approach wh ich explores human rights issues through analyses of the functioning\, or lack thereof\, of elite-centered legal and political institutions in vario us contexts. This abundant literature has advanced our understanding of ma ny human rights quandaries\, and indeed has been very influential in polic y circles\, helping to lend support for international initiatives aimed at furthering the rule of law. However\, some scholars have begun to point to the need for a more contextualized\, “bottom up” understanding of human rights from the perspective of the individuals and communities in whom ri ghts are vested – and particularly of those in marginalized communities\, whose rights are most frequently violated.\n\n\nAs the leading center for law and society studies in the U.S. with a significant commitment to compa rative/international research\, featuring the only cluster of human rights scholars within in an interdisciplinary law and society program\, CLASS c onsiders itself uniquely poised to address these issues. Our scholarship p oses such questions as: What are the sources of violence that infuse cultu re in specific settings\, such as in post-colonial societies? How are rig hts and justice imagined by victims\, rather than defined by exogenous pol itical and legal elites? How important are factors of trust and legitimacy \, and how can these be constructed in societies with high levels of viole nce or ethnic exclusion? What is the working relationship between interna tional human rights groups and indigenous populations\, and how much does this matter struggles for change? How are global human rights directives a bsorbed and reconfigured in specific and localized communities? These are just some of the types of questions concerning human rights\, emphasizing culture and agency “on the ground\,” that we consider. Research and discus sion of these important issues may shed light on what remains a puzzling q uestion after the work of so many top-down theorists: how do we understand disjunctions between the formal adoption of liberal democratic legal norm s and the widespread continued violation of individuals’ most basic rights ? Are so many splendid Constitutions dead-letter promises?\n\n\nSponsored by: The Comparative Law and Society Studies (CLASS) Center\, Simpson Cente r for the Humanities at the University of Washington\, and the Bartley Dob b Endowment for the Study and Prevention of Violence. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040403 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:47.432300;-121.803000 LOCATION:University Of Washington\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98195\, United S tates SUMMARY:Human Rights from the Bottom Up Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-UlTRweJwur@69.73.141.125 URL:http://depts.washington.edu/class/conference.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU) 2004 Spring C onference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 1st - 3rd. MAASU was created by students in 1990 as a support network to prov ide resources and unite the scattered populations of Asian Pacific Islande rs American (APIAs) across the Midwest. In the past thirteen years\, MAASU has grown to include many member schools and is continually developing ne w contacts. By exploring progressive issues\, such as APIA studies program s\, organizational development\, and APIA cultural centers\, MAASU has bec ome one of the primary advocacy resources for APIA students in the region. . \n\nThe goal of the MAASU Spring Conference is promote leadership\, assi st and encourage social change\, unite all communities against all forms o f oppression\, and address the educational needs among APIA students. Past MAASU Spring Conference boasts an average attendance between 500-700 stud ents from various colleges across the Midwest and is one of the oldest Pan -Asian conferences in the nation. This year's MAASU Spring Conferences is a FREE event (for students attending MAASU member schools) and paid for by the Asian Pacific American Council (APAC) and the University of Wisconsin -Madison. \n\nThe theme of this year's Spring Conference is 'Creative Dest ruction.' Creative Destruction was originally coined in Joseph Schumpeter' s 1942 work\, Capitalism\, Socialism\, and Democracy to explain a 'process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic struc ture from within\, incessantly destroying the old one\, incessantly creati ng a new one.' Although Schumpeter's idea of creative was meant to describ e and revolutionize economic\, the idea of Creative Destruction for the 20 03 MAASU Spring Conference is to create a forum for APIA to speak on socia l injustices and inequalities and to help encourage the fostering of activ ism. \n\nThe MAASU Spring Conference workshops seek to go beyond APIA 101 issues. Following under the theme Creative Destruction\, the workshop sess ions are designed to develop a new generation of APIA activists. The works hop sessions will help participants understand identity issues\, engage in the history of APIA culture and movements\, explore contemporary issues\, and finally find new ways to work towards social change. Each of the work shop sessions will focus on Pan-Asian coalition building\, identity\, hist ory\, contemporary issues\, expression\, and activism. We strongly encoura ge your participation in this exciting conference. \n\nSincerely\, \n\nMAA SU Committee Core \nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Geographical Scope: R egional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040403 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040401 GEO:43.077800;-89.413300 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53706\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Asian American Students Union 2004 Spring Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-VjCoziuMi7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.maasu.org/spring.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Phone:860-349-6925 Email:katjecita@aol.com DESCRIPTION:IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON HONDURAS \nRights Action Speaking Tour \nThe Honduran struggle against privitization\, mega-dams\, deforesta tion and harmful mining\, in the context of the unjust global economic ord er.\n \nWHEN: March 21 - April 3\, 2004\nWHERE: New England / New York \ nWHO: Gilberto Flores\, a community development activist from Honduras\, \nand Kath Golub\, a Connecticut-based activist who recently collaborated with Rights Action in Guatemala and Honduras.\n \nINTERESTED IN HOSTING EV ENTS:\nContact Kath Golub\,k\;a\;t\;j\;e\;c\;i\; t\;a\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;&# 109\;\n\, 860-349-6925\n \nGILBERTO and KATH will speak about the Honduras 's political situation in the past and present\, in the context of globali zation and the unjust global order\, and about community based efforts of Hondurans to fight for and defend their right to healthy\, sustainable com munity development. They will also speak about how North Americans can wor k on and support struggles for global justice.\n \nGILBERTO FLORES is a co mmunity activist from the municipality of \nGualaco\, Olancho\, Honduras. He is a member of CEPAVEG\, a community-based organization in Gualaco and La Venta\, which was created to oppose the\nconstruction of a hydroelectr ic dam on the Babilonia river in the \nregion. \n \nThe dam\, being built with international funding (from the Central American Development Bank of Economic Integration) falls within the buffer zone of the Sierra de Agalta national park and will have disastrous consequences on both the park`s bi odiversity and local community well-being. The construction process has b een plagued with legal irregularities and repression. \n \nGilberto is al so a member of the Environmentalist Movement of Olancho (MAO)\, which figh ts against issues such as deforestation\, repression and impunity. As a r esult of his activism\, Gilberto\, along with many others\, has been haras sed and intimidated by local authorities and other individuals suspected t o be linked to the logging industry. \n \nGilberto's name was circulated on a death list which included an activist assassinated in 2001. Carlos F lores\, cousin of Gilberto and also an opponent of the dam\, was gunned do wn outside his home by the Dam construction company`s security guards in J une 2001.\n \nKATH GOLUB is a student activist from Connecticut who recent ly spent \nThree months with Rights Action in Guatemala and Honduras. She has been\nresearching biosphere and water management projects in the east ern\nGuatemalan biosphere Sierra de las Minas and has traveled throughout\ nHonduras speaking with organizers about their struggles against the impac ts of neoliberalism. While her organizing and studies concentrate on the effects of US foreign policy and corporate-driven globalization\, she is s pecifically interested in exposing the connections between dam constructio n\, privatization\, and exploitation of natural resources in Latin America \, and US policy and the Northern culture of consumption.\n \nTHIS EDUCATI ONAL SPEAKING TOUR is being co-hosted by Rights Action\n[www.rightsaction. org] and the Central CT State University Progressive Students Alliance Ge ographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040403 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040321 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Impacts of Globalization on Honduras - Speaking Tour UID:20091122T000511EST-VWCHX166ht@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.rightsaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:917-468-2783 Email:studentglobalconscience@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Goals: The purpose of the Conference is to educate students on issues surrounding free trade agreements\, globalization and the bridges b etween movements. With this consciousness we will create a concrete netwo rk between students of all the student organizations in the northeast regi on. At the conference\, people will be thinking\, discussing\, skills sha ring\, training\, learning\, and strategizing on issues and campaigns rela ting to the process of globalization. \n\n\nREGISTRATION: \nThere is a reg istration fee of $20 that will be collected at arrival. However\, we would not want anyone to be turned away due to lack of funds. If $20 is too mu ch we offer a sliding scale email Pilar at p\;e\;m\;2\; 1\;@\;c\;o\;r\;n\;e\;l\;l\;.\;e\; 0\;u\;\n and let her know you need a reduced rate. Registration is im portant because then we would know how much food and housing spaces to get . To register visit our website at www.cnylabor.org/nrsc or go directly to http://globaljusticenow.org/index.php?module=phatform&PHAT_MAN_OP=view&PH PWS_MAN_ITEMS[]=6\n\n\nHOUSING: \nHousing space will be in houses\, church es and community organization space. Please indicate any special needs or requests you have when registering.\n\nFOOD: \nBreakfast and fair trade co ffee will be provided on Saturday and Sunday. In addition\, lunch will be provided on Sunday and dinner will be provided on Saturday and Sunday from local restaurants. On Saturday we will provide everyone the opportunity to go explore downtown Ithaca and support the local economy by purchasing food.\n\n\n\n\nENTERTAINMENT: \nIncludes the new film\, 'The Fourth World War' to be shown on Friday night at Cornell Cinema and a concert on Saturd ay night including Drop Beat Not Bombs\, Location (local punk band) and Sp ace Dawg (local blues rock band).\n\n\n\nFOR GENERAL QUESTIONS:\n--email & #115\;t\;u\;d\;e\;n\;t\;g\;l\;o\;b\ ;a\;l\;c\;o\;n\;s\;c\;i\;e\;n\;c\; e\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\ n\n\nFOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:\n--email Tomer at T\;M\;9\;9\; 4\;c\;o\;r\;n\;e\;l\;l\;.\;e\;d\; 17\;\n with regard to designing the network \nor becoming a network delega te for your school \n--email Glynis at G\;A\;R\;3\;7\;@\ ;c\;o\;r\;n\;e\;l\;l\;.\;e\;d\;u \;\n with regard to housing or transportation\n--email Tina at C\;I\ ;L\;4\;@\;c\;o\;r\;n\;e\;l\;l\;.\;& #101\;d\;u\;\n with regard to workshops and education\n\nJOIN OUR PLANNING LISTSERV:\nNEplanning@yahoogroups.com\n\n\nMORE? Check out the we bsite at www.cnylabor.org/nrsc\, the website will have updates all week.\n \n\nSpeakers and Organizations\n\nStewart Acuff\, Director of Organizing f or the AFL-CIO\,\nMedea Benjamin\, Director of Global Exchange \nAnna Lapp e\nNjoki Njoroge Njehű\, Director of 50 Years is enough\nMichael Parenti \ nLori Wallach\nStudent Action with Farm workers\nThe Ruckus Society\nTrain ers: John Sellers and Nadine Bloch\n\nHere is a tentative list of workshop s.\n\nDirty Metals: Mining’\;s Impact on Communities and the Environm ent\nGlobal Warming and Climate Control\nFair Trade 101\nGlobalization 101 \nAIDS advocacy\nAgricultural subsidies \nMilitarism and the Environment\n The nuclear questions\, a working class view \nFarm workers\nChanging Trad e Policies lead to Itinerant Apparel Industry\nThe Free Trade Agenda- NAFT A FTAA and CAFTA \nIndigenous movements\nCorporate responsibility: Bhopal India\nRaising the minimum wage and The Living wage movement\nGlobal Warmi ng \nRacism and the Ideology of Slavery\nRadical cheer leading\nArts of pr otests\nNon- Violent Direct Action \nArt as Activism\nDream Act\nSweatshop s and the Workers rights Consortium \nCintas\nCoca-Cola Awareness\nBlue &# 8211\; Green Purchasing task force \nRNC\nTree Free Campaign\nImpacting El ections\nGrassroots organizing 101\nGroup dynamic trainings\nCoalition bui lding\nMedia strategy\n\n\nPLUS MANY MORE!!!\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040405 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:42.402800;-76.484000 LOCATION:Cornell University\, Ithaca\, New York\, 14850\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast Regional Students' Conference for a Global Conscience UID:20091122T000511EST-bKn1zZXvLV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cnylabor.org/nrsc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:mkochka@cisunix.unh.edu DESCRIPTION:Solarfest May Day is a celebration of activism and workers righ ts. We will be powering the two music stages wil solar energy. There will be a ton of bands (local and national) and a ton of activist groups\, sust ainable technology providers\, and sustainable vendors. There will be work shops and networking opportunities as welll...ITS ALL FREE!!!! Email me fo r more info or if you want in on the action! Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040501 GEO:43.165800;-70.962800 LOCATION:University Of New Hampshire\, Durham\, New Hampshire\, 03824\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:SolarFest May Day Celebration UID:20091122T000511EST-tOROL9ZChJ@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:800-664-8647 Email:kelly@studentsagainsthunger.org DESCRIPTION:On Feb 28-29\, over 200 students\, community leaders\, and camp us staff will come together at the UC Berkeley to take part in a weekend o f workshops\, diverse panel discussions\, informative issue briefings\, ne w programming ideas\, networking opportunities\, and inspiring speakers on the issues of hunger and homelessness. If you want to make an impact in your community and work to permanently end hunger and homelessness\, this Summit is the place to start! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040229 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040228 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:UC Berkeley\, Berkeley\, California\, United States SUMMARY:West Coast Student Summit on Hunger and Homelessness UID:20091122T000511EST-zur3Z73o85@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org/summit END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Visions in Feminism was started in 2000 by an independent grass roots group of activists\, with the intent to create a low-cost\, accessib le conference for people of all races\, ages\, genders and experiences to come together to discuss some of the most complex issues facing modern fem inism. We held our first conference on May 6\, 2001. In the last three yea rs we have worked to create an event that addresses social\, political and cultural implications of feminism and develops tools to create an ongoing network of dialogue and action. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040508 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Maryland\, College Park\, Maryland\, United States SUMMARY:Visions in Feminism UID:20091122T000511EST-F47uPo4t6v@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.visionsinfeminism.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:513-236-9731 (cell) Email:ncc@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Antioch College and the Student Environmental Action coalition are hosting a networking bonfire! First\, hear a workshop on bridging race and class in your organizing in preparation for working on community and environmental justice struggles. Then\, sit around a fire\, chat with fell ow activists\, eat veggie dogs\, and get ideas for networking! Bring campi ng gear as we will be sleeping under the stars on Antioch's beautiful rest ored prarie (in the designated areas\, of course). The next day\, April 3n d\, a van will be going to Cincy Global Conference at the University of Ci ncinnati. Go to the conference\, or stick around in Yellow Springs and hik e in the Glen Helen Nature Preserve. Contact Kate Zaidan at n\;c\;& #99\;@\;s\;e\;a\;c\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n or call . Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040403 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:39.760500;-83.883600 LOCATION:Antioch College\, 795 Livermore St\, Yellow Springs\, Ohio\, 45387 \, United States SUMMARY:Ohio Regional Activist Bonfire/Campout UID:20091122T000511EST-wVXhnjvcnR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/ohio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:860-869-9668 Email:fourfingerpress@bboy.com DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY @ ARTSPACE in Hartford\nANARCHY AND ACTION: TAKING BACK OUR COMMUINITY\nA panel discussion on the principles of Anarchy\nSATURDAY @ UHART\nA DAY OF ORGANIZING AND SKILL SHARING\nview the website for more info\nSUNDAY: ESTABLISHING A NETWORK Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040229 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040227 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Hartford\, West Hartford\, Connecticut\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Northeast Gathering for Autonomy UID:20091122T000511EST-S83kLDLJuj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.NortheastAutonomy.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:309-452-2006 Email:jkwilso2@ilstu.edu DESCRIPTION:A conference about the today's controversies about the US meat industry\, framed by Upton Sinclair's famous novel. Speakers include Howar d Lyman (the Mad Cowboy)\, Carol Adams\, and more. Geographical Scope: Re gional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040402 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040331T190000 GEO:40.530400;-88.798900 LOCATION:Illinois State University\, Normal\, Illinois\, 61761\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:The Jungle\, 100 Years Later: A Conference on the Meat Industry UID:20091122T000511EST-Cl3tOKvxE8@69.73.141.125 URL:http://jungle.pabn.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:603-862-2343 Email:kelseyb@cisunix.unh.edu DESCRIPTION:A series of workshops focused on various issues concerning food ending with a concert. Examples of topics include: Genetic Engineering\, Wild Edibles\, Organic Gardening\, Animal Rights\, History of Staple Foods etc. Also\, Free Vegan Food from Susty's Radical Vegan Cafe and Open Mic at 6 pm.\n\nLearn\, Listen\, Eat :) Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041120T110000 GEO:43.165800;-70.962800 LOCATION:University Of New Hampshire\, Durham\, New Hampshire\, 03824\, Uni ted States SUMMARY:Food Fest! UID:20091122T000511EST-wLERdlcCso@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:smithrj@lfc.edu DESCRIPTION:Student Labor Week of Action\nAnti-Oppression Training\n\nApril 2nd-4th\nLake Forest IL\n\nJoin Midwest student labor activists for a wee kend of learning and discussing \nthe ways in which identity and oppressio n (racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, etc.) \nplay out in the context of our o rganizing. \n\nFree food and housing will be provided. Transportation to a nd from Lake Forest \nis on your own. There is no cost for the training.\n \nRegister Soon! Space is limited. To Register email Becky at s\;m \;i\;t\;h\;r\;j\;@\;l\;f\;c\;.\;e \;d\;u\;\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Lake Forest\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:Student Anti-Oppression Training UID:20091122T000511EST-4vVKVTUgJ5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.chicagoslap.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:413-559-5416 Email:clpp@hampshire.edu DESCRIPTION:REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM – The 18th annual activist conference\, “F rom Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproduct ive Freedom\,” is scheduled for April 2-4\, 2004 at Hampshire College in A mherst\, Massachusetts. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040402 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hampshire College\, Amherst\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:Annual Activist Conference for Reproductive Freedom UID:20091122T000511EST-9joAlG4G51@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:312-348-9380 Email:midwestsocailists@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 3…\;\n***2004 Midwest Socialist Conferenc e***\n\nRESISTING U.S. EMPIRE**fighting for a better world\n\nJoin hundred s of socialists\, activists\, students and trade unionists to discuss the pivotal debates in the reviving opposition and how the capitalist system i tself can be challenged to create a society based on human need\, real dem ocracy and equality.\n\n2004 MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE SESSION INFORMAT ION\n\nOPENING SESSION (10:30)\n\nIs a revolution possible in the U.S.?\nW ar\, poverty and racism dominate the political landscape\, and many people who want real change aren’\;t sure if it is possible. SHARON SMITH w ill make the case that a revolution is possible and necessary to win a fun damentally different and better society.\n\nWORKSHOPS SESSION 1 (1:00)\n\n Separate is not equal—\;the fight for gay marriage\nSince the Massach usetts court decision on gay marriage and weddings in San Francisco\, the right has swung into action. But gay rights activists have also organized& #8212\;from Iowa to Oregon\, New York and Chicago—\;even though some in the gay and lesbian community question whether or not the right to marr y is important. Others see the Democrats and the courts as the solution. K EEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR argues that gays and lesbians should have the right to marry and that we need to organize to fight for this right nationwide. \n\nIn Defense of Leninism\nFrom day one of the 1917 Russian Revolution\, the right wing has attacked Lenin and his ideas for building a political p arty to lead a working class revolution. With the rise and fall of Stalini sm\, much of the left abandoned Lenin’\;s ideas and even joined the r ight in attacking his theories\, strategies\, and actions. KIRSTIN ROBERTS offers a defense of Lenin and argues that Leninism is the way forward in building a new left today.\n\nHow can we rebuild the labor movement?\nDuri ng the current recovery\, corporations have escalated their assault on uni onized and non-unionized workers. To boost profits\, they are closing plan ts\, laying off workers\, busting unions\, and demanding concessionary con tracts that cut wages and benefits to the bone. This workshop will assess the state of the labor movement and argue for long-term strategies to turn back the bosses offensive.\n\nFrom Vietnam to Iraq: U.S. soldiers against war\nThousands of U.S. soldiers are now being told to put their lives on the line for a colonial occupation of Iraq for US control over middle-east ern oil. As in Vietnam\, the U.S. government is only too happy to use immi grants\, minorities and workers as cannon fodder. JOE ALLEN describes the roots and impact of the Vietnam soldiers’\; rebellion\, and how worki ng class troops and families in today’\;s military are beginning to s peak out against a war for empire.\n\nFrom Civil Rights to Black Power: Le ssons for Fighting Racism\nStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chair Stokely Carmichael coined the phrase 'Black Power' in 1966\, after being arrested 27 times for civil disobedience. SAM JORDAN will discuss what Bla ck Power meant to the civil rights movement\, the radical transformation o f the 1960s struggle\, and the lessons we can learn for the fight against racism today.\n\nSocialists in movements—\;building a United Front\nB uilding mass movements requires unity in action. But as the struggle devel ops it confronts questions and debates about ideas\, demands\, strategies and tactics. During the fight against fascism in the 1930s\, Leon Trotsky developed the idea of the United Front as a way for socialists to build in dependent organization\, intervene in movements to influence the outcome o f debates and at the same time fight for unity in action. DENNIS KOSUTH wi ll look at this approach as a guide for socialists today.\n\nWORKSHOPS SES SION 2 (3:00)\n\nFighting the racist criminal injustice system\nOne in eve ry 8 Black men between the ages of 20 and 34 is currently behind bars̵ 2\;seven times the rate for white men the same age. More than 2 million pe ople are either in jail or prison in the United States. But people are beg inning to fight back against the racist criminal injustice system—\;f rom protests in California to stop the execution of Kevin Cooper\, to peop le standing up to police torture and brutality on the South Side of Chicag o. Come hear about the fight against the racist criminal injustice system from activists working on the front lines of the struggle.\n\nNo restricti ons! How can we defend abortion rights?\nWith a 'pro-choice ' president in office in the 1990s\, abortion actually became less affordable and more r estricted. Today\, outraged by the increasing attacks on a woman’\;s right to control her own body\, activists are planning a mass pro-choice r ally in April. ELIZABETH LALASZ talks about what’\;s behind the attac ks\, how we can we keep abortion legal and make it accessible for all wome n.\n\nAnybody but Bush?—\;The politics of lesser evilism\nMost people \, including those on the left\, believe that our top priority should be t o get rid of Bush in the 2004 election. They’\;re advocating a vote f or any Democrat\, no matter how bad their politics\, as a lesser evil. Thi s approach has moved politics further and further to the right. ADAM TURL will argue that the strategy of voting for the Democrats may get Bush out of office\, but that it will fundamentally weaken the fight against war\, poverty and racism.\n\nOccupation & Resistance from Iraq to Palestine\nIn the wake of its conquest of Iraq\, the US plans in conjunction with its re gional sheriff\, Israel\, to attack and bully more countries and install c lient states so it can control the world ’\;s energy supplies. And Ir aqis\, as in Palestine\, far from welcoming their would-be colonial maste rs\, have fought the U.S. occupation from its inception. Socialist Worker reporters NICOLE COLSON and ERIC RUDER will argue that the occupations of Palestine and Iraq are part of U.S. imperialism’\;s plans to dominate the Middle East—\;and that antiwar activists in the U.S. should supp ort self-determination and the right of Iraqis and Palestinians to resist. \n\nRecovery for whom? The Wal-Martization of America\nBush claims his $1 trillion tax cut for the rich pulled the U.S. out of recession and toward a strong economy. But the price of the recovery has been high—\;mount ing job losses\, slashed wages and benefits. MATT NICHTER looks at the bas is of the new boom\, explains why it cannot overcome the problems in the w orld economy\, and the impact on class struggle in America.\n\nU.S. Coup i n Haiti—\;regime change by another name\nThe U.S. has ousted Haiti 217\;s President Jean-Bertrand Aristide\, adding another victim to the lon g list of democratically elected foreign leaders overthrown by the U.S. Ho urs after Aristide left the capital\, U.S. Marines poured into Port-au-Pri nce\, becoming effective occupiers of yet another country. But the mainstr eam media has painted this new occupation as 'humanitarian' and coup leade rs as rag-tag democratic rebels. KATHERINE DWYER takes on the lies about t he U.S. coup\, the real history of U.S. bullying and regime change in Hait i and how activists should respond.\n\nCLOSING SESSION (6:30)\n\nThe strug gle for socialism: A world to win\nAnother world is not only possible\, bu t necessary. What kind of world are we fighting for and how should we orga nize ourselves to win it? AHMED SHAWKI will discuss the tasks facing our m ovement\, and why a socialist society based on human need is the best alte rnative to the horror and destruction of a world driven by profit.\n\nREGI STRATION: $5\n\nSaturday\, April 3\nUniv. of Illinois—\;Chicago\nChic ago Circle Center\, 750 S. Halsted\n\n\nMORE INFORMATION:\nFor more inform ation please call 312-458-9380 or\ne-mail m\;i\;d\;w\; 1\;s\;t\;s\;o\;c\;i\;a\;l\;i\;s\; 16\;s\;@\;y\;a\;h\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\; 9\;\n\nChild care available on request.\n\nINTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZ ATION\npublisher of Socialist Worker newspaper\nwww.socialistworker.org\n\ n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040403 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:750 S. Halsted\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60640\, United States SUMMARY:2004 Midwest Socialist Conference * Resisting US Empire UID:20091122T000511EST-2U4JXOxP8W@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.socialistworker.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:415-398-4404 Email:dfirger@ran.org DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by: Rainforest Action Network (RAN)\, Genetic Engin eering Action Network (GEAN)\, Student Environmental\nAction Coalition (SE AC)\, and Envirocitizen\n\nAPPLICATIONS OPEN NOW! Apply Online: www.ran.or g/training/\n\nIf you have questions or are interested in hosting a worksh op please contact: Dan Firger\, 415 398 4404\, dfirger@ran.org\n\n\nAfte r Rainforest Action Network's recent victory against Citigroup\, we're in great shape to begin tackling the rest of the banking sector and cut off t he flow of investment to destructive projects once and for all. But succe ssful campaigns only happen with the support and participation of well-tra ined\, well-informed activists. That's why we're proud to announce a two day 'Strategic Action Training' in Boston\, MA from March 26-28.\n\nThe tr aining is being co-hosted by SEAC and GEAN\, and will feature speakers and trainers from other groups in the Boston area. The Strategic Action Train ing Program enables individuals and organizations to become more effective social change activists. For years\, RAN has been at the forefront of the radical ecology and environmental movement\, using strategic non-violent direct action to win protection for the world's endangered forests and the cultures and creatures that call these places home.\n\nRAN is committed t o giving activists the tools they need to build their local environmental movement\, and manage safe\, effective and media-savvy campaigns against t he world's largest corporations.\n\n\nTraining workshops include:\n\n* Mar ket Campaign Strategies\n\n* Media Work\n\n* Volunteer Recruitment and Org anizing\n\n* Non-violent direct action basics\n\n* Blockade Training\n\n* Creative Action Planning\, such as Street Theatre\n\n* Grassroots Fundrais ing\n\n* Activist communication\n\n* Organizing Protests\n\n* Movement Bui lding\n\n* Campaign Strategy and Powermapping\n\n* Running Fun and Effecti ve Meetings\n\nA two-day program costs $30.00. Scholarships are available\ , and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For further informatio n please\ncontact Dan Firger at 415 398 4404\, dfirger@ran.org\n Please forward this email on to people who might be interested in participating.\ n\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040328 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040326 GEO:42.351000;-71.059400 LOCATION:Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02111\, United States SUMMARY:Boston Strategic Action Training UID:20091122T000511EST-CLmu7bp1M5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ran.org/training/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@njsolidarity.org DESCRIPTION:*~please forward widely!!~*\n\nIntifada Records and SKR Product ions\nPresent:\n\n'The Truth'\n\nA HIP HOP SHOW UNLIKE ANY OTHER!\n\nHIP H OP ARTISTS AND POETS HITTING YOU WITH EMOTION AND THOUGHTS ON THE STRUGGLE IN PALESTINE AND AROUND THE WORLD! \n\nCOME GAIN SOME KNOWLEDGE AND EXPER IENCE ART\, CREATIVITY AND EXPRESSION FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERATION! \n\nFree for EVERYONE!!!\n\nThursday\, March 11th\n8PM - 11PM\nCollege Hall\nLivin gston Student Center\nLivingston Campus \nRutgers University-New Brunswick \n\nFeaturing performances by: \nAli\, Napoleon\, Kontrast\, Soul Purpose\ , Lord Sin\, Salat\, \nJihad\, Dj Infamous\, Reef Ali\, Don Revo\, DraciN\ , \nAbdul Rahman\, Malik Ali\, Proteus\, Trisecta\, Nina Velez\, \nplus ma ny more!!!\n\nSponsored by: New Jersey Solidarity\nwww.njsolidarity.org\n& #105\;n\;f\;o\;@\;n\;j\;s\;o\;l\;i\ ;d\;a\;r\;i\;t\;y\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n\n\ n*~Contact us for DIRECTIONS and all other questions!~*\n\n\n Geographica l Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040311T200000 GEO:40.513900;-74.445100 LOCATION:College Hall\, Livingston Student Ctr.\, 84 Joyce Kilmer\, Piscata way\, New Jersey\, 08903\, United States SUMMARY:THE TRUTH: Hip-Hop for Palestine UID:20091122T000511EST-PpVCZUc2FU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.njsolidarity.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:310-568-3380 Email:tradeconf@radicalgrace.net DESCRIPTION:WHO: Student leaders interested in taking a leadership role in \nprotecting the environment\, fighting poverty and promoting labor rights \, food security\, access to medicines\, good jobs and democratic particip ation.\n \nWHAT: Student Leadership Trade Justice Convergence to build our Action\, Skills and Knowledge to Make Trade Fair and Stop the Central Ame rican Free Trade Agreement. Sponsored by Oxfam America\, Global Justice\, Sierra Student Coalition\, United Students Against Sweatshops and United Students for Fair Trade. \n \nWHY: On February 20th\, 2004 Bush issued hi s intent to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Central America (CAFTA)\, thr eatening to push millions further into poverty\, undermine rural developme nt\, indigenous rights\, workers' rights\, environmental rights\, access t o essential medicines\, family farms\, democracy\, women\, essential servi ces\, health care\, and education. Congress will vote on the agreement as soon as June of 2004. By urging our representatives to Vote NO on CAFTA w e can play a crucial \nrule in helping to protect the livelihoods of milli ons. We have no choice but to act! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040328 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040327T090000 GEO:33.786600;-118.299000 LOCATION:1 LMU Drive\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90045\, United States SUMMARY:Southern California Regional Trade Justice Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-OMGHNtouZL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.tradeconference.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:917-921-2978 Email:canecconference@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:The East Coast regional conference of the Campus Antiwar Networ k. Join students from around the regions for workshops and discussions on how to take this movement forward. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040403 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hunter College\, New York\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Campus Antiwar Network East Coast Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-VolHpCoHuv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusantiwar.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:831-459-5356 Email:convergence@usft.org DESCRIPTION:If you live in the states of Arizona\, Nevada\, New Mexico\, Te xas\, Colorado\, Utah\, or Wyoming\, then sign up for the 2004 USFT Southw est Regional Conference. \n\nThe Southwest Regional USFT Fair Trade Confe rence will strengthen the work students are currently doing on our their o wn coffee and other Fair Trade campaigns\, expand the Fair Trade student m ovement to other campuses and create an infrastructure for students and un iversities in the Southwest to coordinate their efforts and collaborate wi th one another. \n\nUnited Students for Fair Trade (USFT) is a national or ganization which coordinates student Fair Trade campaigns from Alaska to F lorida. USFT will collaborate with Trinity University in hosting a two day conference that will establish a regional group to coordinate and educate campuses on Fair Trade work. This two-day conference will bring together students already involved in Fair Trade organizing as well as new students who hope to learn about Fair Trade and bring campaigns to their universit ies.\n\nGoals of Conference \n\nTo educate students and staff on the benef its of Fair Trade and how we can support producers by buying Fair Trade \n To create a Southwestern Regional Group of United Students for Fair Trade \nTo give students the skills\, information and support to create Fair Tra de campaigns on their campus \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040404 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040401T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Trinity University\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade Southwest Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-Rrt5MT7xUP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:202-345-2734 Email:mdixon@oxfamamerica.org DESCRIPTION:We have a historic opportunity to shape a new global trade agen da which puts the needs of people first!\n\n...only one thing is missing . ..\n...you!\n\nJoin the Movement for Trade Justice\, and help defeat CAFTA !\n\nAttend the West Coast Trade Justice Convergence: Organizing to STOP C AFTA Training\n\nVisit www.tradeconference.org and register now to help Ma ke Trade Fair and Stop CAFTA! \n \nWHERE and WHEN: Los Angeles\, CA March 27\n \nWHO: Students and others interested in taking a leadership role in protecting the environment\, fighting poverty and promoting labor rights\ , food security\, access to medicines\, good jobs and democratic participa tion.\n \nWHAT: Trade Justice Convergence to build our Action\, Skills and \nKnowledge to Make Trade Fair and Stop the Central American Free Trade Ag reement. Sponsored by Oxfam America\, Global Justice\, Sierra Student Coa lition\, United Students Against Sweatshops and United Students for Fair T rade. \n \nWHY: On February 20th\, 2004 Bush issued his intent to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Central America (CAFTA)\, threatening to push mi llions further into poverty\, undermine rural development\, indigenous rig hts\,\nworkers' rights\, environmental rights\, access to essential medici nes\, family farms\, democracy\, women\, essential services\, health care\ , and\neducation. Congress will vote on the agreement as soon as June of 2 004. By urging our representatives to Vote NO on CAFTA we can play a cruci al\nrule in helping to protect the livelihoods of millions. We have no ch oice but to act! \n \nHOW: Visit www.tradeconference.org to register now. \n\nIn Solidarity\,\n\nMichelle Dixon\, Oxfam America\n\n**Limited finan cial aid is available. For more information on financial aid and how to ap ply e-mail m\;d\;i\;x\;o\;n\;@\;o\;x\;& #102\;a\;m\;a\;m\;e\;r\;i\;c\;a\;.\; 11\;r\;g\;\n.\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040327T090000 GEO:33.786600;-118.299000 LOCATION:Loyola Marymount University\, 1 LMU Drive\, Los Angeles\, Californ ia\, 90045\, United States SUMMARY:West Coast Trade Justice Convergence UID:20091122T000511EST-HmuhD31iod@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.tradeconference.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:703-615-3837 Email:pl57@georgetown.edu\, DESCRIPTION:This is a regional conference for United Students Against Sweat shops. We will address issues such as living wage campaigns\, ways to get your campus to sell sweatshop free apparel\, and campus labor policies. There will also be a electoral politics training for the first 40 people w ho sign up. Led by the USSA\, this will focus how to win grassroots campa igns of all kinds by focusing on messaging\, organizing skills\, and strat egy building. \n\nRegistration is $5-$15. Housing and some meals provide d. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040418 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040416 GEO:39.897200;-75.344100 LOCATION:Swarthmore College\, Swarthmore\, Pennsylvania\, 19081\, United St ates SUMMARY:USAS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference - Swarthmore UID:20091122T000511EST-MdvAatgvC1@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-854-8041 Email:aapf@law.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Affirmative Action is at a critical juncture. The landmark vict ory in the University of Michigan case Grutter v Bollinger not only reaffi rmed the value of affirmative action\, it also broadened its scope in many significant ways. Yet\, while supporters of affirmative action have reaso n to be hopeful\, the Grutter decision remains vulnerable to a host of cou nter-initiatives that seek to limit\, if not completely eliminate\, affirm ative action in higher education and beyond . \n\nAs we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education\, it appears that advocates of racial equity may have to accomplish infinitely more in half the time\, g iven Justice O’Connor’s intimation that reasonable equity in educational o pportunities will be realized within 25 years. This will require an enorm ous collaborative effort\, beginning now\, among the many stakeholders who defended affirmative action in Grutter.\n\nToward this end\, we invite yo u to attend the “Strategy Summit on Affirmative Action: Reclaiming the Hig h Ground 50 Years after Brown\,” at Columbia University Law School\, April 22nd-23rd\, 2004. \n\nFree and Open to the Public. Registration Required. \n\nFor more information and to register visit www.aapf.org or call 212-85 4-8041.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040424 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040422 GEO:40.812200;-73.953200 LOCATION:Columbia University Law School\, Jerome Greene Hall\, 435 West 116 th Street\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States SUMMARY:Strategy Summit on Affirmative Action UID:20091122T000511EST-upUUeRRpNN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.aapf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:kelty@grinnell.edu DESCRIPTION:Hoedown in the Heartland: Reloaded\nApril 16th-April 18th\, Gri nnell College\, Grinnell\, IA\n\nThis April\, join some of the nation's le ading environmental and\nprogressive trainers and organizers for the secon d annual Hoedown\nin the Heartland. With the Midwest shaping up to be the\ nbattleground region for 2004\, students from across the Heartland\nhave a giant opportunity to ensure we have Regime Change here at\nhome. The Hoed own\, organized in memory of Greg Schrieber\, one of\nthe nation's leading student activists\, will bring together\ntrainers from such organizations as ForestEthics\, Greenpeace\,\nGreencorps\, Project Democracy\, the Apol lo Alliance and many more.\n\nBut the Hoedown is more than just a training conference. It?s also\na time to meet amazing activists from all over the Midwest. With\nthis in mind\, this year?s Hoedown promises to continue th e\ntradition of throwing the best activist party in the Midwest.\n\nPlus t his year you'll get to listen to singer-song writer Brenda\nWeiler\, free of charge.\n\nDon't miss this incredible event.\n Geographical Scope: Reg ional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040418 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040416 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Grinnell\, Iowa\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Environmental Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-V7x04H4V4O@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:218-724-5386 Email:mpirg@d.umn.edu DESCRIPTION:PLEASE JOIN US\n\nThe summit is a weekend full of amazing works hops and panels\, a 'call to consiousness' rally and march\, and art and m usic all over town to celebrate the role of creative expression in activis m. We're connecting peace\, labor\, human rights\, the environment\, and democracy to the best in youth culture. Bridging the gaps with 40+ worksh ops and presentations\, 20+ bands\, and 1 powerful march - to build a move ment that will take down the man.\n\nPower to the People Geographical Sco pe: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040425 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040423 GEO:46.800400;-92.094600 LOCATION:Duluth\, Minnesota\, 55805\, United States SUMMARY:Free Democracy Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-IusoOuOwds@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.freedemocracysummit.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:916-716-981 Email:can_wc_conf_2004@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:West Coast Regional Conference of the Campus Antiwar Network(CA N)\nApril 24th\, Evans Hall\, University of California\, Berkeley\nto regi ster\, contact: c\;a\;n\;_\;w\;c\;_\;c\;o\;& #110\;f\;_\;2\;0\;0\;4\;@\;h\;o\;t\; 9\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\nKeynote Speaker:\nK hury Paterson-Smith: A member of the Campus Antiwar Network and student at the Rochester Institute of Techology. He recently visited Iraq with the U FPJ delegation.\n-----------------------------------------------------\nSa ve the date! West Coast CAN is proud to announce the second regional confe rence happening this April at UC Berkeley. We want as many students from t he West Coat\nas possible to come out and plan the future of our movement! \n\nWith Bush's popularity ratings at an all time low\, with intensifying resistance to the occupation in\nIraq\, and with deepening demoralization within the ranks of the military\, the US government has found itself in a quagmire. The antiwar movement has been vindicated on every count\, inclu ding the WMD lies\, and we have a broad audience for our ideas. Also the I sraeli government\, while recieving support from the Bush Administration\, has continued to tighten its grip on the Palestinian people.\n \nOn March 20\, one year after the war in Iraq began\, close to two million people a cross the world expressed\nfrustration with the Bush administration and th e devestation in middle east by taking to the streets in protest of the oc cupations of Iraq and Palestine. \n\nNow more than ever we need to organiz e so that the millions of students who opose these brutal\noccupations can have a voice in the world and so that together we CAN help end all unjust occupations.\n\n--------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe West C ost CAN Conference will take place at a critical time for our movement\, a nd it's important\nthat we discuss our strategies for successfully organiz ing in this period:\n\nWhat are the challenges and opportunities facing ou r movement right now?\n\nWhat does CAN think about the important political debates in the antiwar movement - occupation\,\nself-determination\, the UN\, presidential elections\, Palestine and Haiti?\n\nWhat will CAN on the West Coast do as part of a national student organization to strengthen ou r\nresistance to the US occupation of Iraq and Palestine?\n \nWhat will we do to end the occupation of Iraq and to bring the troops home?\n\nAll ant iwar organizations are invited to participate.\nWe welcome antiwar organiz ations and supporters to help make this conference an important event for the entire movement! Also Campus-based antiwar and anti-occupation organiz ations are invited to affiliate with CAN and to send two delegates per cam pus to vote at the conference\, plus all other students that wish to take part in disscusions and workshops.\n\n------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------\nThe conference will be from 9 am to 6 pm on Saturday A pril 24th at UC Berkeley.\n\nProposed Agenda to be approved by all delegat es is as follows:\n\n9:00-10:00am - Registration\n10:00-10:30am - Greeting s/agenda vote/Keynote\n10:30-11:15am - State of the movement discussion\n1 1:30-12:30pm - Workshop Session I\n12:30-1:30pm - Lunch break\n1:30-2:30pm - Workshop Session II\n2:30-2:45pm - Break\n2:45-3:45pm - Presentation of Proposals/ Discussion\n3:45-4:00pm - Break\n4:00-5:00pm - Workshop Sessio n III\n5:00-6:00pm - Voting session\nFollowed by dinner/party\n\nThe propo sed workshop sessions are as follows:\nWorkshop Session I:\nA. Debate on I raq (Pro-UN\, Pro-phased removal\,\nPro-'out now!' speakers)\nB. Debate on Elections 2004\n(Democrat/Green/Independent)\nWorkshop Session II:\nA. Ha iti\nB. Palestine and the history of Zionism\nC. Vietnam and the anti-war movement of the sixties\nWorkshop Session III:\nHow to organize CAN w/ bre akouts for different focus\ngroups (Literature\, Media\, Events\, Strategi es\, etc)\n\nIf you want to find out more about CAN check out\ncampusantiw ar.net. Please send this email out to all\nthe antiwar organizations and s upporters that you know\n- in particular to any campus antiwar group that might\nnot yet be a part of CAN.\n\nTo register\, to propose workshops or speakers\, to\noffer your help in planning the conference\, or ask\nquesti ons\, email the conference address:\nc\;a\;n\;_\;w\;c\ ;_\;c\;o\;n\;f\;_\;2\;0\;0\;4\;@\; 4\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n \nCAN Points of Unity:\nWe stand opposed to all US wars of aggression.\nW e stand opposed to the occupation of Iraq.\nWe support the right of the Ir aqi people to\nself-determination.\nWe demand the immediate withdrawal of all troops from\nIraq.\nWe demand that the US government pay reparations t o\nthe Iraqi people.\nWe stand opposed to the oppression of the Palestinia n\npeople and the occupation\nof the West Bank and Gaza Strip.\nWe stand o pposed to racist scapegoating and all\nattacks on civil liberties.\nWe dem and money for education\, jobs and healthcare\,\nnot war and occupation! Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040424T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Evans Hall\, UC Berkeley\, Berkeley\, California\, United States SUMMARY:West Coast Regional Conference of the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) UID:20091122T000511EST-SCCpUx7X4U@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusantiwar.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Greenpeace and The Climate Campaign will be powering up events at 16 campuses throughout the northeast with Greenpeace's Rolling Sunligth solar demonstration truck. \n\nThe complete tour schedule can be found a t www.cleanenergynow.org\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040512 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040423 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Northeast Rolling Sunlight Tour UID:20091122T000511EST-04Vp1Rb4Hv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.cleanenergynow.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:608-262-1420 Email:info@havenscenter.org DESCRIPTION:RadFest is an annual weekend conference for progressive activis ts and academics organized by the Havens Center each spring on the weekend following Memorial Day. Also known as the Midwest Social Forum\, the cent ral goal of the conference is to provide an opportunity for progressive ac tivists\, organizers\, and intellectuals to come together to discuss issue s\, strengthen networks\, and devise strategies for progressive social\, e conomic and political change. The conference has grown significantly in re cent years\, becoming an important annual gathering for progressives. Last year\, for example\, approximately 425 people attended the conference\, w hich included nearly 40 workshops and panels addressing a wide array of so cial\, political\, and economic topics (for last year's program\, click he re). This year\, there will be a larger program and we expect a considerab ly larger turnout.The conference will take place on the weekend of June 4- 6\, 2004 at the George Williams – Lake Geneva Campus of Aurora University –240 acres of rolling\, wooded hillside located on the shores of Lake Gene va\, about 50 miles southwest of Milwaukee\, 70 miles southeast ofMadison\ , and 80 miles northwest of Chicago. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040606 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040604T160000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:William Lake Campus Of Aurora University\, Williams Lake\, Wiscons in\, United States SUMMARY:RadFest - Midwest Social Forum UID:20091122T000511EST-uVBk8Ldl70@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.havenscenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:jhd2001@columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:The Climate Campaign\, the Ivy League Environmental Coalition\, and the Green Umbrella at Columbia University/Barnard College invite you to join us in pursuit of a cleaner\, healthier\, more sensible world!\n\nR egister NOW at www.nec.coolerweb.com\n\nSpeakers include:\n**Michael Gerra rd - Chair\, ABA Environment\, Energy\, and Resources Section\; Partner\, Arnold and Porter\, LLP\n**Ben Packard - Director of Environmental Affairs \, Starbucks Corp.\n**Michael Oppenheimer - Former Chief Scientist\, Envir onmental Defense\; Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and Internat ional Affairs\, Princeton University \n**Nsedu Obot Witherspoon\, Chair\, APHA Environmental Section\; Executive Director\, Children's Enviornmental Health Network\n**Mitch Bernard\, Legal Director\, NRDC\n**and many more! !\n\n**Please note that we do not have any funds to cover transportation\, but we will be providing hosted housing (sleeping bag required)\, as well as most meals (although you will need to bring your own non-disposable di shware)** Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041017 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041015T170000 GEO:40.812200;-73.953200 LOCATION:Lerner Hall\, Columbia University\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast Environmental Conference 2004 UID:20091122T000511EST-Us51xhTskJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nec.coolerweb.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:630-347-9721 Email:mark@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:The gathering will include introductions to all facets of USAS\ , campaign workshops focusing on education and strategy\, anti-oppression trainings\, speakers from the BJ&B factory in the Dominican Republic\, ski ll building workshops\, and lots of fun people\, parties and whatnot.\n\nR egistration is *free*\, as will food and crash housing\, but if your schoo l will give you money to attend\, please use that. Travel scholarships wil l be available if need be. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041114 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041112T190000 GEO:40.133700;-88.182100 LOCATION:1406 W. Green\, Urbana\, Illinois\, 61801\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest United Students Against Sweatshops Gathering UID:20091122T000511EST-NZiKlMuiwE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/register.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:732-319-0966 Email:phillynemagathering@resist.ca DESCRIPTION:Calling all anarchists\, autonomistas\, anti-authoritarians\, a nd Zapatistas!\nClear your calendars!\n\nNORTH EAST MUTUAL AID GATHERING H ITS PHILLY\n\nSchedule\n\nFriday July 9\nPotluck Picnic and Movies in Clar k Park\n43rd and Baltimore Ave\n6:30 PM\n\nSaturday July 10\nOrganizing Me eting\nPhiladelphia Ethical Society\n1906 S. Rittenhouse Square\nBreakfast and Registration 9:30am\nMeeting 10am\n\nSunday July 11\nWorkshops and Fo llowup\nLAVA Space\n4134 Lancaster Ave.\n11am\n\ninfo\, housing\, want to help? email: p\;h\;i\;l\;l\;y\;n\;e\;m \;a\;g\;a\;t\;h\;e\;r\;i\;n\;g\;@ \;r\;e\;s\;i\;s\;t\;.\;c\;a\;\n or\n732.3 19.0966\n\nsite for the philly gathering: http://defenestrator.org/nema/\n \n\n\nAbout NEMA\nNorth East Mutual Aid is an informal network of anti-cap italist\nanti-authoritarians. Our purpose is to open lines of communicatio n so that existing groups and individuals throughout the Northeast can bet ter coordinate support for each other in our local actions and struggles.\ n\nA call for a national anticapitalist\, antiauthoritarian network was pu t out on the internet. The aim was for a continental network in the style of\nthe People's Global Action (PGA). Regional networks got started and\ne ndorsed the PGA hallmarks.\n\nOut of that came SEANet (south east anarchis t network) and NEMA (north\neast mutual aid).\n\nA large meeting took plac e at the National Conference on Organized\nResistance in DC\, which was fo llowed by others in Hartford and NYC\, the latter 2 being where NEMA took on its currently recognizable form. At the NYC meeting we agreed to take o n the People's Global Action Hallmarks\, which tie us in to a global anti- capitalist direct action network (see www.agp.org). As it stands\, NEMA ho lds a lot of potential to take up some of the slack and continue the hands on learning process left off by\nanti-authoritarian anti-capitalists sinc e the disappearance of activist\nformations like DAN (Direct Action Networ k) and PDAG (Philadelphia Direct Action Group who co-ordinated the direct action element at the RNC protests before last election) as well as the op portunity for working with\nan inspiring global network of anti-capitalist s.\n\nCurrently people involved in NEMA are involved in a variety of diffe rent projects including\n\nfor more background info\, check out these link s:\n\nDraft Proposal for a Continental Anti-Authoritarian Anti-Capitalist\ nNetwork - the first document many of us saw and discussed about\nintitati ng part of what is now NEMA: \n\nThe People Global Action Hallmarks which we adopted at the NYC meeting.\n(The general PGA site is here:\nhttp://www .nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/en/index.html) Geographical Scope: Regiona l DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040711 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040709 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast Mutual Aid Gathering UID:20091122T000511EST-If9bCvhpZv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://defenestrator.org/nema/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:510-684-7072 Email:lggwwt@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Education not Incarceration (www.ednotinc.org)\nPre-Conference to the NEA Representative Assembly\nWorkshops Explore Shrinking Education Funding\nand Rising Prison Budgets\n\n\nDATE & TIME\nThursday\, July 1\, 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.\n\nLOCATION\nPaul Robeson Center\nat the All Souls Church\ n1500 Harvard St. NW\n(Near Columbia Heights stop on the\nGreen Line of th e Metro subway)\n\nThis event is hosted by\nNEA Peace & Justice Caucus\n\n This exciting pre-conference to the NEA Representative\nAssembly has attra cted some of the top thinkers and\nadvocates in the education and justice policy\ncommunity.\n\nThis powerful pre-conference will make the clear\nco nnection between prison issues and education issues.\nIt will provide netw orking and support for people\nlooking to build Education Not Incarceratio n\ncoalitions through their local. Speakers include Vinny\nSchiraldi\, Exe cutive Director of the Justice Policy\nInstitute and Cameron E. Miles\, Co mmunity Outreach\nDirector of the Maryland Juvenile Justice Coalition\nand other special guests.\n\nCheck out these workshops:\n\nWHY ARE WE CLOSING SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF PRISONS?\nMartin Eisen\, Washington DC teacher\nRepres entative from Critical Resistance\n\n\nTEARING DOWN BARRIERS TO RE-ENTRY\n Ryan S. King\, Assoc. Researcher\, The Sentencing\nProject\nNkechi Taifa\, Senior Policy Analyst\, Open Society\nInstitute\n\nCRIMINALIZATION VS. EM POWERMENT OF YOUTH\nPaul Weckstein\, Co-Director\, Center for Law and\nEdu cation\nLiz Ryan\, Advocacy Director\, Youth Law Center\n\nZERO TOLERANCE FOR ZERO TOLERANCE\nPOLICIES AND MILITARY RECRUITMENT\nMonique L. Dixon\, Senior Attorney\, Advancement Project\nWalisha Clay\, Chapter/Training Pro grams Director\,\nFamilies Against Mandatory Minimums\nAndy Griggs\, Pacif ic Regional Coordinator\, NEA Peace\nand Justice Caucus\n\n\nTO REGISTER:\ nE-mail Lisa Gutierrez Guzman at l\;g\;g\;w\;w\;t\ ;@\;h\;o\;t\;m\;a\;i\;l\;.\;c\;o\; m\;\n\nyour name\, local\, e-mail\, phone #\, address and grade\nlevel / position you teach. Questions\, call Mary's\nCell Phone: 510.684.7072\n \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040701T130000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States SUMMARY:DC Education Not Incarceration NEA Pre-Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-JdzPv9KO9s@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ednotinc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:An annual grassroots meeting of pro-woman activists devoted to networking\, organizing\, educating\, and agitating\, to empower women and girls in the South. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040812 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040808 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Memphis\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:Southern Girls Convention 2004 UID:20091122T000511EST-avUpsd4jbU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.southerngirlsconvention.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:207-721-5751 Email:mboyle2@bowdoin.edu DESCRIPTION:NO REGISTRATION FEE. FREE HOUSING WILL BE PROVIDED! \n\nAugust 10th-18th at Columbia University in New York City\, The Climate Campaign is bringing together the best northeast student organizers to build the en ergy/climate movement for the coming year. Come for as much or as little as you can! During these 9 days\, we will have: \n\nSkills and Issue Trai nings: New York Times editors\, professional activists\, foundation direct ors\, climate scientists\, energy advocates and more.\nCampaign Planning S essions: refining state network goals with other state leaders\, planning state summits for the fall\, doing outreach to new groups\, building the c oalition and more.\nFun Activities in New York: free concerts in central park\, poetry slams\, an arts festival downtown\, communal cooking\, frisb ee/soccer/lounging in the park\, and more. \n\nWe did this summer training and strategy session last summer and it was really successful. The stude nts that came learned valuable skills\, had a lot of fun and became state and regional leaders in the campaign. Space is limited\, so Register ASAP ! All students who want to work on these issues and build the movement are welcome!\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040818 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040810 GEO:40.808100;-73.965700 LOCATION:100 William St.\, NYC\, New York\, 10024\, United States SUMMARY:Climate Campaign Northeast Summer Training UID:20091122T000511EST-4BTFb78P2G@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climatecampaign.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:602-373-3210 Email:lnavran@progressleaders.org DESCRIPTION:CPL aims to meet the needs of progressive\, non-profit organiza tions around the country who are looking for trained field organizers. We will train you to work as a field organizer for a progressive non-profit organization\, and will hold a job fair following the training to pair you up with an organization. All jobs will be full time\, paid positions and will last until election day. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040802 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040731 GEO:33.786600;-118.299000 LOCATION:405 Hilgard Ave (UCLA Campus)\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90095\, United States SUMMARY:Center FOr Progressive Leadership Campaign Training and Job Fair UID:20091122T000511EST-pShAV51K4A@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.progressleaders.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Northwest Social Forum (NWSF) will build relationships of m utual support among activists\, organizations\, and communities in the Nor thwest as we share our visions of a just and sustainable world and find co llective solutions to the daunting social and environmental challenges of our time. \nWe aim to bring together activists\, organizers\, and citizens from Alaska\, British Columbia\, Idaho\, Montana\, Oregon\, and Washingto n who are working on issues of social justice\, economic inequality\, and environmental degradation. The first Northwest Social Forum event will tak e place October 15-17 at Seattle Center. \n\nModeled on the four World Soc ial Forums that have taken place in Brazil and India and on the burgeoning number of regional social forums\, the NWSF will host plenary sessions an d open space workshops where participants can share ideas\, struggles\, an d successes. It will also celebrate and demonstrate that 'another world is possible' with cultural events and exhibits.\nThe first Northwest Social Forum event on October 15-17\, 2004 will include a variety of open space w orkshops based on the following themes: \n\nGlobalization\, Economic Justi ce\, & New Economic Models\nProtecting the Public Good \nPeace\, Justice\, & Militarism \nEnvironment & Environmental Justice \nIndigenous Wisdom \n Human Rights\, Racial Justice\, Gender Justice\, Indigenous & Immigrant Ri ghts\nArt\, Culture\, & Resistance\nSoon it will be possible to register f or attendance online. \n\nTo be alerted by email once online registration is active\, please join any email group that interests you.\n\n\n Geograp hical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041017 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041015 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Seattle Center\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States SUMMARY:Northwest Social Forum UID:20091122T000511EST-oTaNJVXITh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.nwsocialforum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-449-1065 Email:jmartin@progressleaders.org DESCRIPTION:This summer\, the Center for Progressive Leadership will suppor t the greatest mobilization of progressive political activists this countr y has ever seen. \n\nProgressive non-profit organizations around the count ry are looking for trained field organizers to help them identify\, educat e and mobilize voters supportive of their issues. \n\nCPL aims to meet tha t need through targeted Voter Mobilization Training and Job Fair programs for individuals prepared to travel and work full time as a Field Organizer managing a 60-day push to Election Day. \n\nGet the Training You Need:\n- Developing a strategy to communicate with voters about progressive issues. \n-Recruiting and managing volunteers to implement your strategy. \n-Comm unicating with voters door-to-door\, on the phones and online. \n-Identify ing\, educating and mobilizing voters for Election Day! \n\nFor the Job Yo u Want: \n-We will help place you in full time\, paid field organizing pos itions with key progressive organizations running direct voter outreach ca mpaigns. \n\nEach training will conclude with a Campaign Job Fair where yo u will learn about paid opportunities to work full time as a Field Organiz er on a progressive field campaign. Opportunities last from August-Novembe r -- trainees should be prepared to travel to live in the regions where th ey will be organizing. \n\nAvailable Trainings:\n-Sat\, July 31 - Mon\, Au g 2: UCLA (Los Angeles\, CA) \n-Sat\, Aug 7 - Mon\, Aug 9: CA State Univ. at Hayward (near Oakland\, CA) \n-Sat\, Aug 14 - Mon\, Aug 16: Temple Univ ersity (Philadelphia\, PA) \n\n$95 training fee includes housing\, materia ls and meals. \nLimited scholarships available based on demonstrated need. \n\nRegister online for our Summer 2004 Voter Mobilization Training and J ob Fair: http://www.progressleaders.org/leadershipprograms/apply.htm \n\nF or more information: \n-Download the Voter Mobilization Training Flyer (pd f) \nhttp://www.progressleaders.org/leadershipprograms/CPL%20Voter%20Mobil ization%20Training.pdf \n\n-Download the training FAQ (pdf) \nhttp://www.p rogressleaders.org/leadershipprograms/CPL%20Voter%20Mobilization%20Trainin g%20-%20FAQ.pdf \n\n-Email f\;i\;e\;l\;d\;t\;r \;a\;i\;n\;i\;n\;g\;@\;p\;r\;o\; 3\;r\;e\;s\;s\;l\;e\;a\;d\;e\;r\;&# 115\;.\;o\;r\;g\;\n \n\n-Call 202-449-1065 and ask to speak with Jessie Martin. \n\n\nThe following organizations have jobs available for trained organizers. More organizations are being added daily - check back often! \n\nAcorn \nClean Water Action \nDemocraticGAIN \nLeague of Co nservation Voters \nNAACP National Voter Fund \nNational Coalition for Bla ck Civic Participation \nNational Hip Hop Civic Engagement Project \nNew V oters Project\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040816 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040814T220000 GEO:39.977500;-75.141300 LOCATION:Temple U\, 1801 North Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19122\, United States SUMMARY:Progressive Voter Mobilization Training and Job Fair - Philadelphia UID:20091122T000511EST-uUwcGOv7XD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.progressleaders.org/vmt04 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:925-443-7148 Email:tara@trivalleycares.org DESCRIPTION:*BOOKS NOT BOMBS* \n\nPlease join us for a Rally and March to t he Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab! \n\nTELL THEM TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS. \n \nOn the 59th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of the Japanese citi es Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, we will gather at Livermore Nuclear Weapons La b. \n\nThis year\, $28 million is requested to develop the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator at Livermore and Los Alamos labs. Yet\, two schools will close in Livermore in order to save $1 million. All over California teache rs are laid off and educational programs are being cut while $6.6 billion is requested for nuclear weapons work - more than during the Cold War! An analysis of the U.S. nuclear weapons budget can be downloaded at: http://w ww.trivalleycares.org/FY2005_Nuclear_Weapons_Budget_Request.pdf \n\nWe are demanding: \n\n*The Abolition of All Nuclear Weapons!* Nuclear weapons ar e the ultimate weapon of terror and their elimination begins with our oppo sition to them right here in the San Francisco Bay Area! In 2004 the Mayor s of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Abolition 2000 have launched a worldwide e mergency campaign to abolish nuclear weapons: http://www.abolition2000.org /groups/mayors/\; \n\n*Books Not Bombs!* Stop all cuts to public education . Don't raise tuition. Invest in education\, not weapons of mass destructi on. More information on the Books Not Bombs campaign http://www.nyspc.net \n\n*A *Healthy Environment!* Clean-up nuclear weapons sites! Stop buildin g up the US nuclear arsenal. Livermore Lab has already leaked over 1 milli on curies of air-borne radiation in the Bay Area biosphere. In the next fe w years Livermore Lab proposes to store and work with even larger quantiti es of radioactive materials. \n\n*Jobs For Peace!* Expand jobs in civilian sciences\, end government-sponsored violence\; and \n\n*Universities for Peace!* The Livermore and the Los Alamos weapons laboratories are managed by the University of California. Every nuclear warhead in the US arsenal w as designed by a University of California employee. UC should stop providi ng a fig leaf of respectability for the creation of nuclear weapons. http: //www.fiatpax.net \n\nTRANSPORTATION \n\nBART: Free shuttles from Dublin/P leasanton BART provided by ALAMEDA \nCOUNTY PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY. \n\nD RIVING: Directions to Jackson Elementary: I-580\, exit on Vasco Rd go \nSo uth (continue past Livermore nuclear weapons lab)\; Turn right on East \nA ve\; Turn Right on Loyola\; Left on Jackson Ave\; Jackson school is on lef t. \n\nBRING A BOOK! Show your support for education. If you can't come\, mail a book (at book rate) to: WSLF\, 1504 Franklin Street\, #202\, Oaklan d\, CA 94612. Books will be donated to the Buenas Vidas Youth Ranch\, a Sa fe Home for Boys\, in Livermore. \n\nPEACE CAMP: Sunday\, August 8\, there will be a peace camp at Del Valle (15 minute drive from the Lab). RSVP st rongly recommended (space is limited): Will Parrish w\;i\;l\;& #108\;p\;a\;r\;r\;i\;s\;h\;@\;y\;a\;& #104\;o\;o\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n or call Will at (925) 443 -7148. Camping is $5 per person\, children 12 and under are free\; make ch ecks payable to Livermore Conversion Project. Mail checks to 2582 Old Firs t St.\, Livermore\, CA 94551: Attention Will. Please write for 'peace camp ' in memo line. \n\nNONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION: We are calling for nonviolen t direct action on Monday\, August 9. Meet at 7:30 AM at William Payne Par k\, 5800 Patterson Pass Rd. Take I-580\, exit on Vasco Rd\; go South 2 mil es. August 9 is the anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing. We are calling fo r this action in honor of Father Bill O'Donnell\, who was raised in Liverm ore. See Nonviolence Guidelines below. \n\nPEACE RIBBONS: Nevada County Pe ace Center is displaying quilted and painted panels at the rally and carry ing them to the Lab. Many panels are part of a historic collection that wa s part of the Ribbon Around the Pentagon project from the 1980's. You can visit http://www.theribboninternational.org if you would like to mail a pa nel to the Books Not Bombs action send them to 13929 Quaillan Way\, Nevada City\, CA 95959. For more info contact Nettie: l\;e\;l\;d \;r\;e\;d\;g\;e\;@\;i\;s\;p\;w\; 01\;s\;t\;.\;c\;o\;m\;\n\n\nSPEAKERS AND MUSICIANS C onfirmed: Father Roy Bourgeois\, founder of the School of the Americas Wat ch\; Cesar Cruz\, Fast4Education\; Fariba\; Clan Dyken\; Miguel Molina\, L a Onda Bajita. \n\nNATIONAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACTION: In July and August ove r 35 events will occur across the nation demanding a precautionary approac h to nuclear weapons\, marking the Hiroshima\, Nagasaki and Trinity Test a nniversary. The days will conclude on August 9 with a national call in day to President Bush and Democratic nominee\, Senator Kerry demanding: real clean-up\, not the continued build up of the US arsenal. For more info on the National Nuclear Weapons Days of Action and a national calendar of eve nts: http://www.besafenet.com \n\nSPONSORS AND ENDORSERS: Bay Area Nuclear Waste Coalition\; Berkeley Citizens Action\; Berkeley Fellowship of Unita rians\, Social Justice Committee\; Berkeley Friends Church\; Berkeley Soci ety of Friends\, Peace Committee\; Buddhist Peace Fellowship\, East Bay Ch apter\; East Bay Sanctuary Covenant\; El Cerrito Democratic Club\; First C ongregational Church\; Fresno Center for Nonviolence\; Global Exchange\; G randmothers for Peace\, Hayward Chapter\; Grandmothers for Peace\, Interna tional Office\; Green Party of Alameda County\; Humanist Hall\; Lawyers' C ommittee on Nuclear Policy\; Livermore Conversion Project\; Marin Interfai th Task Force on the Americas\; Middle East Children's Alliance\; Modesto Peace/Life Center\; Monterey Peace and Justice Center\; Nevada Desert Expe rience\; New Fellowship Church\; Northern California District of the Commu nist Party USA\; Pax Christi Fremont\; Peace and Freedom Party\; Peace Cen ter of Nevada County\; Peace Coalition of Monterey County\; Peninsula Peac e and Justice Center\; Physicians for Social Responsibility\, Bay Area Cha pter\; Sacramento Area Peace Action\; Salinas Action League\; San José Pea ce Center\; Sisters of St. Dominic\, San Rafael\; St. Joseph the Worker Ch urch\; Tri-Valley CAREs\; United for Peace & Justice\, Bay Area\; Veteran' s for Peace\, San Francisco\; Veterans for Peace\, Humboldt Bay Chapter 05 6\; War Resisters League - West\; Western States Legal Foundation\; WILPF Berkeley-East Bay\; and Women for Peace \n \nContact Sherry: (510) 663-806 5 to sponsor or endorse with your financial contributibution. \n\nNONVIOLE NCE GUIDELINES: Nonviolence has always been a core value of the anti-nucle ar movement. Perhaps that is because nuclear weapons represent the ultimat e form of violence. The atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima killed some 2 00\,000 people. Most of the 30\,000 nuclear weapons in the world today hav e much larger explosive yields than that first nuclear weapon. Nonviolence is more than the absence of violence. Many of us believe that the active practice of nonviolence is a direct challenge to the violent policies of o ur governments. As we extend our hands to people new to our movement\, we invite you to join us in our nonviolent direct action. \n\nWhile participa nts in this action are not required to embrace the philosophy of nonviolen ce\, in order to create an atmosphere that is welcoming and safe for all p articipants\, including newcomers\, children and families\, the organizers ask you abide by the following practical guidelines to keep the rally and march peaceful and safe. \n\n1. We will use no violence\, physical or ver bal\, towards any person. We consider speech or acts that are racist\, hom ophobic\, sexist or against persons with disabilities to be violent. \n2. We will carry no weapons. \n3. We will not bring or use any alcohol or ill egal drugs. 4. We will not destroy property 5. We will respect the rights of all people. \n6. We will accept the legal consequences of our actions a s we continue our struggle in the courts. \n\nSPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\, managed by the University of Cali fornia (UC) is one of the two principal U.S. nuclear weapons design labora tories and as such\, is one of the highest security facilities in the coun try. It is believed that over 1\,500 pounds of plutonium is stored on site \, protected by guards who have been given 'shoot to kill' orders in the c ase of unauthorized intruders. In these times of heightened security\, cro ssing the facility boundaries or climbing on or over the Lab fences carrie s an elevated risk of injury or death. In addition\, UC police over the pa st 20 years have consistently demonstrated a zero tolerance policy for peo ple who go limp at the time of arrest. If you choose to risk arrest and go limp\, be aware that you risk extreme pain and possible injury. If past p ractice holds\, in general those who choose to risk arrest and cooperate w ith their arresting officers will not be subjected to pain holds or injury .Additional Information: \n\n*Additional Information*: \n\n- on Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating 'bunker buster' Nuclear Weapons: http://www.fas.org/fasp ir/2001/v54n1/weapons.htm \n\n- on Depleted Uranium Munitions: http://www. phoenix.liu.edu/%7Elawrence/gl/duproject/cwpaper.htm \n\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040808T130000 GEO:37.680200;-121.922000 LOCATION:Jackson Elementary School\,\, 554 Jackson Ave.\,\, Livermore\, Ca lifornia\, 94551\, United States SUMMARY:Rally and March 'Books not Bombs' to the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab! UID:20091122T000511EST-wDOotZMMSJ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trivalleycares.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:atc@bard.edu DESCRIPTION:We have organized this conference to bring together college act ivists from around the region to gather and figure out how to create or im prove our networking systems in an effort to strengthen our community and make us more effective in our struggles. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040926 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040924 GEO:42.035400;-73.909200 LOCATION:Bard College\, Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York\, 12504\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Northeast Regional College Activist Training Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-AUWREzm6Vk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://inside.bard.edu/community/projects/atc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:202-449-1065 Email:susannah_nichols@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Voter Mobilization Training – a crash course on how to effectiv ely educate and mobilize progressive voters. You will:\n\n- Learn how to g et involved in the upcoming election\n\n- Develop skills in field organizi ng and direct voter contact\n\n- Learn the keys to a successful get-out-th e-vote campaign\n\n- Connect with local progressive organizations in need of skilled volunteers \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20040918T090000 GEO:42.276300;-83.711200 LOCATION:Michigan League - UM Campus\, 911 N. University Ave.\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48109\, United States SUMMARY:Voter Mobilization Training - Michigan UID:20091122T000511EST-jUtUDVPVF3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.progressleaders.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-449-1065 Email:tamara@progressleaders.org DESCRIPTION:Voter Mobilization Volunteer Trainings - Center for Progressive Leadership\n\nEnhance your political impact with a one-day voter mobiliza tion training!\nLearn more below or register online today at www.progressl eaders.org/vmt04\n\nThis fall thousands of progressive volunteers will be working to turn out voters on Election Day. To support that effort the\nCe nter for Progressive Leadership will be hosting a series of one-day Voter Mobilization Volunteer Trainings. Through a series of interactive\, highly focused training sessions with top progressive organizers\, we'll be prep aring activists to be\neffective in communicating a progressive message to voters and ensuring they make their voices heard in this critical electio n. \n\nAt the end of the training you'll have an opportunity to sign up as a volunteer on voter mobilization activities in your community!\n\nTraini ng Dates & Locations:\n\n- Washington\, DC: Sat\,October 2\n- Pittsburgh\, PA: Sat\,October 2\n- Philadelphia\, PA: Sun\,October 3\n- Phoenix\, AZ: Sun\,October 10\n\nProgressive Experts Will Teach Sessions On:\n\n- The ba sics of campaign field tactics and strategy\n- Communicating with voters a bout progressive issues\n- Mastering door-to-door\, phone and electronic o utreach & organizing\n- Learning the legal details of voter registration a nd voter rights\n- Strategizing on methods to be an effective progressive electoral activist\n\nLogistics:\n\n- When:1:00-6:00pm(agenda at www.progr essleaders.org/vmt04)\n- Cost: $10 in advance\, $5 for students. Includes materials.\n\nRegistration Information:\n\n- Full details and registration online at www.progressleaders.org/vmt04\n- Email fieldtraining@progressle aders.org with any questions\n\nOther Ways to Get Involved:\n- Is your non -profit organization looking for trained volunteers for your electoral out reach activities? Complete the\nform at www.progressleaders.org/vmt04\n\n- Are you unable to attend one of the programs above but want to be kept in formed about future trainings? Email\nfieldtraining@progressleaders.org an d we'll add you to our announcements list.\n\n- And of course - forward th is message to your progressive friends who are interested in making a diff erence this\nelection year!\n\n******************************************* *************************\n\nThe Center for Progressive Leadership (CPL) i s a non-partisan\, non-profit political training institute dedicated to bu ilding the next generation of progressive political leaders. Through inten sive training programs for youth\, activists\, and candidates\, CPL provid es progressives with the skills and resources needed to become effective p olitical leaders.\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041002T130000 GEO:38.900700;-77.039900 LOCATION:805 21st St NW\, George Washington University\, Washington\, Distr ict of Columbia\, 20036\, United States SUMMARY:Voter Mobilization Volunteer Training - Wash DC UID:20091122T000511EST-VJhmsC9jzS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.progressleaders.org/vmt04 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:215-735-3615 Email:reenajwj@earthlink.net DESCRIPTION:Do you Want to understand the relations of power\, build strong student organizations that make real change and win concrete victories on your campus?\n\nCome to a GROW Training \nOctober 1 - October 3 \n@ Commu nity College of Philadelphia\, School of Business and Industry Room C2-5 ( 18th and Callowhill)\n\nLearn how to:\n *Develop strategies to win specif ic issue campaigns\n *Gain hands-on organizing experience\n *Build more effective coaltions\n *Increase the membership\, reputation\, funding\, a nd influence of your\n organization\n *Learn effective GOTV strategies \n\nFor more information or to register please\ncontact Reena Desai\, 215- 735-3615\, reenajwj@earthlink.n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041003 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041001T170000 GEO:40.001200;-75.169700 LOCATION:Camden County Community College\, 18th & Callowhill\, Philadelphia \, Pennsylvania\, 19130\, United States SUMMARY:Philly GROW-GrassRoots Organizing Weekend-Training UID:20091122T000511EST-FBiGNcC5v3@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:617-747-4300 Email:taustin@masspirg.org DESCRIPTION:This fall the elections are hard to ignore\, but if you listen to the issues\, politicians are talking about its stuff like perscription drugs and social security--not things that people our age care about\, lik e acess to higher education or the environment. This semester we are aimi ng to turn this around and make politicians pay attention to us by registe ring nearly 1/2 a million young people nation-wide. \n\nAs part of this\, we are holding the New Voters Conference to train and inspire student lead ers in the skills to do organizing back on their campuses. The event is O ctober 1st-2nd at Emerson College in Boston\, Massachusetts. More details on the event can be found on our website at http://www.masspirg.org/newvo ters. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041002 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041001T170000 GEO:42.353800;-71.102400 LOCATION:Emerson College\, 10 Boylston Place\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 021 08\, United States SUMMARY:New Voters Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-tvfhvANSDK@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.masspirg.org/newvoters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:14th Anual Women's Studies conference.\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041023 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041022 GEO:41.328700;-72.964200 LOCATION:Southern Connecticut State University\, New Haven\, Connecticut\, 06515\, United States SUMMARY:Women\, Power\, and Politics Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-BgSdg0UOrA@69.73.141.125 URL:http://southernct.edu/departments/womensstudies/conference/index.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:Want to meet and organize with other young activists in your re gion? \n\n\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n\nDemand Liberation \nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences \nhttp://www.DemandLib eration.com \n\nAustin\, TX - Boston\, MA - Gainesville\, FL \nMinneapolis \, MN - Philadelphia\, PA\n\nReady to take action with other young activis ts in your region? Want to find out more about how to build-up your group at school? \n\nIn addition to our 'Liberation Now!' national conference in Berkeley\, CA\, Student Animal Rights Alliance is going cross-country in a series of regional action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite h undreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights mov ement.\n\nCome join us at Demand Liberation to plan regional actions with other young activists and work together to build a stronger and bigger you th movement for animal rights!\n\nRegistration is just $10 if you pre-regi ster now. ($20 at the door.) Yummy vegan lunches and snacks are INCLUDED i n the registration fee!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info. \n\n'Demand Liberation: Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confer ences' are also nationally-sponsored by:\n\nAnimalsVoice.com\nFarm Sanctua ry\nFund for Animals\nPETA2.com\nSaving Our Resources Today \n\n\nVisit ou r website at http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info and to sign up for email updates!\n\n \n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041114 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041113 GEO:42.380400;-71.132900 LOCATION:Harvard Law School\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United State s SUMMARY:Demand Liberation: MA Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confere nce UID:20091122T000511EST-a3VubxLatm@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:Want to meet and organize with other young activists in your re gion? \n\n\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n\nDemand Liberation \nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences \nhttp://www.DemandLib eration.com \n\nAustin\, TX - Boston\, MA - Gainesville\, FL \nMinneapolis \, MN - Philadelphia\, PA\n\nReady to take action with other young activis ts in your region? Want to find out more about how to build-up your group at school? \n\nIn addition to our 'Liberation Now!' national conference in Berkeley\, CA\, Student Animal Rights Alliance is going cross-country in a series of regional action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite h undreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights mov ement.\n\nCome join us at Demand Liberation to plan regional actions with other young activists and work together to build a stronger and bigger you th movement for animal rights!\n\nRegistration is just $10 if you pre-regi ster now. ($20 at the door.) Yummy vegan lunches and snacks are INCLUDED i n the registration fee!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info. \n\n'Demand Liberation: Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confer ences' are also nationally-sponsored by:\n\nAnimalsVoice.com\nFarm Sanctua ry\nFund for Animals\nPETA2.com\nSaving Our Resources Today \n\n\nVisit ou r website at http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info and to sign up for email updates! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041107 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041106 GEO:39.960900;-75.196700 LOCATION:University Of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation: PA Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confere nce UID:20091122T000511EST-TzkRwoRsWU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:Want to meet and organize with other young activists in your re gion? \n\n\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n\nDemand Liberation \nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences \nhttp://www.DemandLib eration.com \n\nAustin\, TX - Boston\, MA - Gainesville\, FL \nMinneapolis \, MN - Philadelphia\, PA\n\nReady to take action with other young activis ts in your region? Want to find out more about how to build-up your group at school? \n\nIn addition to our 'Liberation Now!' national conference in Berkeley\, CA\, Student Animal Rights Alliance is going cross-country in a series of regional action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite h undreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights mov ement.\n\nCome join us at Demand Liberation to plan regional actions with other young activists and work together to build a stronger and bigger you th movement for animal rights!\n\nRegistration is just $10 if you pre-regi ster now. ($20 at the door.) Yummy vegan lunches and snacks are INCLUDED i n the registration fee!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info. \n\n'Demand Liberation: Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confer ences' are also nationally-sponsored by:\n\nAnimalsVoice.com\nFarm Sanctua ry\nFund for Animals\nPETA2.com\nSaving Our Resources Today \n\n\nVisit ou r website at http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info and to sign up for email updates! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050213 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050212 GEO:30.285200;-97.735400 LOCATION:University Of Texas - Austin\, Austin\, Texas\, 78712\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Demand Liberation: TX Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confere nce UID:20091122T000511EST-cb5mCmfvAR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:Want to meet and organize with other young activists in your re gion? \n\n\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n\nDemand Liberation \nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences \nhttp://www.DemandLib eration.com \n\nAustin\, TX - Boston\, MA - Gainesville\, FL \nMinneapolis \, MN - Philadelphia\, PA\n\nReady to take action with other young activis ts in your region? Want to find out more about how to build-up your group at school? \n\nIn addition to our 'Liberation Now!' national conference in Berkeley\, CA\, Student Animal Rights Alliance is going cross-country in a series of regional action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite h undreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights mov ement.\n\nCome join us at Demand Liberation to plan regional actions with other young activists and work together to build a stronger and bigger you th movement for animal rights!\n\nRegistration is just $10 if you pre-regi ster now. ($20 at the door.) Yummy vegan lunches and snacks are INCLUDED i n the registration fee!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info. \n\n'Demand Liberation: Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confer ences' are also nationally-sponsored by:\n\nAnimalsVoice.com\nFarm Sanctua ry\nFund for Animals\nPETA2.com\nSaving Our Resources Today \n\n\nVisit ou r website at http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info and to sign up for email updates! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050206 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050205 GEO:29.681300;-82.353900 LOCATION:University Of Florida\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Demand Liberation: FL Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confere nce UID:20091122T000511EST-vkcrnaemzF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-696-7911 Email:regionals@defendanimals.org DESCRIPTION:Want to meet and organize with other young activists in your re gion? \n\n\nStudent Animal Rights Alliance presents:\n\nDemand Liberation \nRegional Student Animal Rights Action Conferences \nhttp://www.DemandLib eration.com \n\nAustin\, TX - Boston\, MA - Gainesville\, FL \nMinneapolis \, MN - Philadelphia\, PA\n\nReady to take action with other young activis ts in your region? Want to find out more about how to build-up your group at school? \n\nIn addition to our 'Liberation Now!' national conference in Berkeley\, CA\, Student Animal Rights Alliance is going cross-country in a series of regional action conferences - 'Demand Liberation' - to unite h undreds of young activists to take a leading role in the animal rights mov ement.\n\nCome join us at Demand Liberation to plan regional actions with other young activists and work together to build a stronger and bigger you th movement for animal rights!\n\nRegistration is just $10 if you pre-regi ster now. ($20 at the door.) Yummy vegan lunches and snacks are INCLUDED i n the registration fee!\n\nVisit http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info. \n\n'Demand Liberation: Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confer ences' are also nationally-sponsored by:\n\nAnimalsVoice.com\nFarm Sanctua ry\nFund for Animals\nPETA2.com\nSaving Our Resources Today \n\n\nVisit ou r website at http://www.DemandLiberation.com for more info and to sign up for email updates! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050220 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050219 GEO:45.038400;-93.298400 LOCATION:University Of Minnesota\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, 55455\, United States SUMMARY:Demand Liberation: MN Regional Student Animal Rights Action Confere nce UID:20091122T000511EST-P0c4xbxI7u@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.DemandLiberation.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:312-458-9380 Email:chicago_socialists@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:***please forward***\n\nThe Fall 2004 Midwest Socialist Confere nce: \n\nWar\, Poverty\, Oppression: Building a Left Alternative\n\nChicag o\, Saturday\, October 9\n\nRepublicans and Democrats are telling us that everything depends on who is sitting in the White House. But the most impo rtant issues--such as the war in Iraq\, higher wages\, ending discriminati on against gays and lesbians--aren’t going to be on the ballot. \n\nShould activists accept what 'choices' are on offer from Washington\, D.C.? How can we really make the struggles on the street\, in our unions and in our schools stronger? Can we build a movement that overcomes the idea of votin g for the 'lesser of two evils?'\n\nCome to Chicago for a day of discussio n and debate at the Midwest Socialist Conference on everything from 'Shoul d Progressives Vote for Ralph Nader?' to 'America’s Hidden Labor History' and the 'Struggle for Palestine.'\n\n*WITH SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS ON...\n\ nCan We Do Better Than 'Anybody But Bush?' * Should Progressives Vote for Ralph Nader? * The Occupation of Iraq: The Case for Withdrawal * The Fight for Immigrant Rights: No Human Being Is Illegal * Will They Bring Back th e Draft? * Reform or Revolution: How Can We Change Society? * Class Strugg le in Latin America * Organizing the Unorganized: America’s Hidden Labor H istory * Where Does Racism Come From? * Socialism and the Fight for Women’ s Liberation * Stop the Attacks: Defend Public Education * What do Marxist s Say About Elections? * From Stonewall to Gay Marriage: The Fight for Equ al Rights * The Russian Revolution: The Bolsheviks Come to Power * The Str uggle for Palestine * Art and Revolution: Can Art Change the World?\n\n*SP EAKERS INCLUDE (organizations for ID only)...\n\nPETER MIGUEL CAMEJO\n.... ..2004 vice-presidential candidate with Ralph Nader\n\nALAN MAASS\n......E ditor\, Socialist Worker newspaper\n\nKEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR\n......Equal Marriage Now!\n\nALICE KIM\n......Campaign to End the Death Penalty\n\nBI LL LINVILLE\n......Wisconsin State Field Coordinator for the 2004 Nader-Ca mejo Campaign\n\nLORETTA CAPEHEART\n......Executive board\, University Pro fessionals of Illinois\, Local 4100\n\nELIZABETH LALASZ\n......Editorial b oard\, International Socialist Review\n\nJESSE SHARKEY\n......Delegate\, C hicago Teachers’ Union\n\n*INFORMATION...\n\nThe 2004 Midwest Socialist Co nference is at the University of Illinois-Chicago\, Chicago Circle Center\ , 750 S. Halsted\, in Lecture Center A. Registration begins at 10am. Regis tration is $5.\n\nFor more information call 312-458-9380 or e-mail chicago _socialists@yahoo.com. \n\nFree childcare will be provided\, but please le t us know ahead of time by contacting us at 312-458-9380.\n\n*SCHEDULE...\ n\n10am Registration\n\n11am First Workshops Session\n\n12:30pm Lunch Brea k\n\n2pm Second Workshops Session\n\n4pm Third Workshops Session\n\n5:30pm Dinner Break\n\n7:30pm Evening Plenary\n......'Can We Do Better Than Anyb ody But Bush?' with Peter Camejo and Alan Mass\n\n9:00pm Post-Conference P arty\n\n*SPONSORED BY...\n\nThe 2004 Midwest Socialist Conference is spons ored by the International Socialist Organization\, publisher of Socialist Worker\, available online at \n\nhttp://www.socialistworker.org\n\n Geogr aphical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041009T100000 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:University Of Illinois-Chicago\, 750 S. Halsted St.\, Chicago\, Il linois\, 60620\, United States SUMMARY:Fall 2004 Midwest Socialist Conference: Building a Left Alternative UID:20091122T000511EST-ZudXlFa97p@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.socialistworker.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:midwest.heartland@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Join us for a weekend of skill building\, networking with other student and movement leaders\, and planning regional Fair Trade strategy! \n\nLearn more about the Fair Trade movement\, as well as leadership and o rganizing skills!\n\nMore information\, such as a detailed schedule and lo gistical information will be available soon. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080203 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080201 GEO:39.775100;-86.108400 LOCATION:Indianapolis\, Indiana\, 46201\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade: Midwest/Heartland Regional Converge nce UID:20091122T000511EST-TGKXu749Ft@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/node/179 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:225-405-2125 Email:sgc_org@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:An annual grassroots meeting of pro-woman activists devoted to networking\, organizing\, educating\, and agitating\, to empower women and girls in the South.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050619 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050617T170000 GEO:30.443000;-91.156000 LOCATION:Louisiana State University\, Coats Hall\, Baton Rouge\, Louisiana\ , 70802\, United States SUMMARY:Southern Girls Convention 2005 UID:20091122T000511EST-w9W2EuNNxC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.southerngirlsconvention.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:781-643-5911 Email:cambclimact@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Mass. Climate Action Network & MIT's Students for Global Sustai nability present the\n\n4th Annual MA & N.E. GRASSROOTS CLIMATE ACTION CON FERENCE\n\nSunday\, Nov. 14\, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm\nMIT Stata Center\, 32 Vas sar St\, Camb.\, MA\n\n• Learn what citizens\, students\, business\, towns \, and states can and are doing to curb climate change\n * Hear about climate protection progress in MA\, New England & beyond.\n * Seven tr acks / 20 + workshops\n• Network with climate activists\, technical & poli cy experts.\n\nKeynote Speaker:\nMindy Lubber\, Exec. Dir.\, CERES – Coali tion for Environmentally \nResponsible Economies\, & former US EPA NE Regi onal Admin.\n\nProgram & registration: http://www.massclimateaction.org\ n\nWorkshops:\n* Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies\n* Climate change science & impacts\; \n* Transportation Challenges\n* Campus sustainability & climate activism \n* What’s RGGI?\n* School Energy Cu rricula & Projects. \n* Efficiency Fund Dialogue\n* Regional Climate Plan & Realities \n* Green Power Outreach\n* Boston’s Green Building Initi atives \n* Social Marketing\n* Cape Wind Environmental Impact Report \n * Allied Efforts\n* Media \n* Framing the Climate Message \n* Anti-idlin g campaigns\n* Pushing state & regional policy & action \n* Organizing Skills - Communications & Fundraising\n\nRegistration: $35 by Nov 1\, $45 at door\; includes breakfast & lunch.\n\nExhibit tables\; student\, group & volunteer discounts by arrangement.\n\nChecks payable to: Commonwealth F oundation. Mail to: Michael Charney/MCAN Conf.\, PO Box 390554\, Cambridg e\, MA 02139.\n\nProgram & registration: http://www.massclimateaction.or g \n\nFYI: Enviro Calendar: http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041114 GEO:42.365100;-71.101800 LOCATION:M.I.T. Stata Center\, 32 Vassar Street (at Main St)\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02139\, United States SUMMARY:New England Grassroots Climate Action Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-ZFGAoNUB3t@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.massclimateaction.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:860-399-4528 Email:great_land_trust@sbcglobal.net DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration in honor of the preceeding Tuesday's election results. If perchance\, things don't turn out the way we need the m to you can consider this event a strategy meeting. In either case please join us in an an excellent opportunity to network with people from around Connecticut and the surrounding states. More details to follow\, save the date in the meantime. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20041107T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Wesleyan University\, Middletown\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:Student Activist Potluck UID:20091122T000511EST-40XPsRPZ4z@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:amazingpeawoman@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Conferences are a great way to get training in campaign strateg y\, grassroots organizing\, ‘Teaching Tibet\,’ fundraising\, media and mor e – skills that will make a big difference to the impact you can have for Tibet in your own community. Conferences are also valuable as a way to mee t fellow SFTers – share problems and successes you’ve had and make contact s that will help you do better work for Tibet.\n\n**All participants must register with the Sector Contact. Please email the Midwest Sector 7 Contac t Lindsey for details and/or a registration form at amazingpeawoman@hotmai l.com\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041107 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041105 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Wisconsin - Madison\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, United S tates SUMMARY:Students for a Free Tibet Midwest Sector Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-6fe72pXsE0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://studentsforafreetibet.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Conference Mission\n\nThe mission of the Western Regional Lesbi an\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender\, Queer\, Intersex\, Allies (LGBTQIA) Co llege Conference is to empower students\, staff\, and faculty to create ca mpus environments that welcome and value LGBTQIA people. The conference wi ll include speakers\, workshops\, and entertainment that address issues fr om colleges and universities in the western region. We strive to examine o ur practices and planning through a social justice lens. We are committed to creating a conference that addresses issues of homophobia\, heterosexis m\, transphobia\, biphobia\, gender oppression\, racism\, sexism\, ableism \, classism\, religious oppression\, and all other forms of oppression. \n \n2005 Conference Visions\n\nVISIONS FOR \nTHE WESTERN REGIONAL LGBTQIA CO LLEGE CONFERENCE 2005\n“Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecting Communitie s & Identities”\n\nINTRODUCTION\n\nAs we embark on a new adventure of crea ting a collaborative approach to conference planning\, it is crucial that we all are looking toward the same vision. This document is one component to communicate across campuses and across states to define the direction w e intend to go. Based on preliminary feedback from the 2004 UCLGBTIA confe rence and discussions held at the 2005 host campus\, University of Califor nia\, Davis\, I have compiled our collective ideas.\n\nThe vision of the 2 005 Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference is based on discussions am ong those in the LGBTQIA community at the University of California\, Davis and was sent to the other campuses involved in the planning including: al l University of California schools\, Stanford University\, Sacramento Stat e University\, San Jose State University\, Arizona State University\, Wash ington State University\, St. Mary's College of California\, Weber State U niversity (Utah) and to the University of California Student Association. Any feedback received was incorporated into this final document.\n\nSTRUCT URAL VISIONS\n\nUnity With Theme\n\nA theme is developed to provide a fram ework for a conference that could address an endless amount of topics and ideas. Careful consideration was given to the title and theme of the 2005 conference. We will strive to weave this theme throughout the entire confe rence through our workshops\, keynote speakers\, and entertainment. We ack nowledge that there may be various components of the conference that do no t directly relate to the theme but are important and should be incorporate d.\n\nThe first draft of the theme was developed at our March 15\, 2004 me eting. It was “Putting the Puzzle Together: Embracing Culture & Sexuality. ” It was adjusted to “Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecting Communities & Sexuality” at our April 26\, 2004 meeting. The final theme approved at t he May 8\, 2004 planning meeting is “Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecti ng Communities & Idenities.' It is designed to bring our individual identi ties together within ourselves and collectively to celebrate our uniquenes s.\n\nWorkshop Track System \n\nA common observation at past conferences w as the difficulty in providing workshops to a community that ranges in dev elopment stages/levels of “outness” and interest areas. To assist in creat ing a conference that meets such a large range of needs\, we plan to imple ment a track system of workshops. Although\, some participants may find wo rkshops that interest them offered at the same time\, we hope to have trac ks that would generally attract different types of participants.\n\nNetwor king\n\nA valuable component of this conference continues to be networking opportunities among participants. We would like to provide space and enco urage participants to engage in idea sharing with members of other schools to strengthen our collective efforts.\n\nVisibility\n\nDue to the often i nvisibility of an outwardly unidentifiable community\, we must continue to have a visible presence on our campuses and in our communities. This conf erence is an opportunity to create visibility on the host campus\, UCD. We hope to maximize this opportunity.\n\nISSUES & THEMES\n\nRacism & Activis m\n\nA web-based survey was administered by UC Davis to evaluate topics th at the community was interested in addressing at next year’s conference. 1 66 people responded to the survey. Respondents could choose one of the lis ted categories or “other” with the opportunity to type in additional topic s. Racism & activism were the top two marked as the topics respondents wer e most interested in seeing addressed at the conference in 2005. The visio n for the 2005 Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference\, and hopefully beyond\, is to have a strong representation of queers of color. This incl udes having speakers of color and/or who speak about issues that affect qu eers of color\, which in turn affect our entire community. \n\nSexism\n\nS exism was also a top rated category on the web-based survey\, coming in at 4th place after commercialization. Our content and approach to planning a nd implementing the conference will include women’s voices and issues. \n\ nMulticultural Issues & Multiple Oppression\n\nWe would like to acknowledg e and address the distinctions between the many issues queers of color exp erience that are different from white people. Discussion and examination o f white privilege and the necessity to address issues of oppression in our own LGBTQIA community is crucial to building a solid and effective social justice movement. We want to strive to continue to make this conference a place that celebrates and values difference.\n\nTransgender & GenderQueer \n\nTransgender and gender queer issues are often lumped into the list of letters without addressing specific issues that affect transgender people. Breaking out of binary thinking is not only a challenge for society as a whole\, but often within our own community. The 2005 conference strives to raise awareness and create a safe and empowering space for Transgender id entified and gender queer attendees. \n\nIntersex\n\nWe would like to incr ease representations of Intersex people and their concerns. This is an ide ntity that many have little knowledge or experience. Through this conferen ce\, we hope to provide information and resources by\, for\, and about Int ersex issues. \n\nBisexuality\n\nThe bisexual community and bisexual issue s are often mentioned as part of the LGBTQIA spectrum\, without thought to the unique voices and needs of the bisexual community. Bisexual voices ch allenge the binary system that often makes bisexual people invisible withi n sexual minority communities and to society at large. The 2005 conference will address the biphobia within the LGBTQIA community and in wider socie ty by raising awareness of bisexual issues and creating a safe and empower ing space for bisexual people and their allies.\n\nDisability\n\nAbleism i s still thriving within the LGBTQIA community. We often do not take into c onsideration accommodations and/or needs of those who are disabled. We wou ld like to keep the physical accessibility issues\, as well as invisible d isabilities\, in the forefront of our minds while planning and implementin g the conference. Likewise\, we feel the conference content should include space and discussion time to talk about issues that disabled queers face. \n\nCONCLUSION \n\nAs we literally and figuratively come together to plan the 2005 Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference\, we strive to examin e our practices and planning through a social justice lens. This includes providing safe spaces\, critical thinking\, challenging workshops\, and op en mindedness to consider new ideas. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050220 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050218 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of California\, Davis\, California\, United States SUMMARY:Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-u6vAvbnUow@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uclgbtia.org/conference2005 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:508-999-8275 Email:nmadsen@umassd.edu DESCRIPTION:This Year's Theme: How do we define activism? How do we 'do' ac tivism? How do interdisciplinary perspectives engage activism? How is acti vism relevant to our communities today? Proposals are welcome connecting a ctivism and art\, diversity\, theory\, history\, teaching\, learning\, and community initiatives. Display tables will also be available. This year' s conference will include an embedded student conference\, and we encourag e undergraduate and graduate students to submit proposals that consider th e theme Performing Activism. We ask faculty to encourage their students to get involved and attend the conference. \n\nProposal Format: Faculty\, st udents\, staff\, administrators\, and community activists from all discipl ines and fields are invited to submit proposals for individual papers\, co mplete sessions\, panels\, or round tables. Poster sessions\, performance pieces\, video recordings\, or other visual works are also encouraged. For individual papers\, submit a one-page abstract. For complete panels\, sub mit a one-page abstract for each presentation plus an overview on the rela tionship among individual components. For the poster sessions and art work \, submit a one-page overview.\nhttp://ase.tufts.edu/womenstudies/newsa/co nference/proposalsubmit.html Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050305 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050304 GEO:41.639300;-71.007600 LOCATION:285 Old Wesport Road\, N. Dartmouth\, Massachusetts\, 02747\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:2005 NEWSA Conference 'Performing Activism' UID:20091122T000511EST-Tx30XjszSZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ase.tufts.edu/womenstudies/newsa/conference/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A weekend of democratic discussion\, workshops and speakers que stioning and growing our individual and collective responses to corporate globalisation. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050225T100000 GEO:51.108500;-114.138000 LOCATION:Calgary\, Alberta\, T2L 0E3\, Canada SUMMARY:Alberta Social Forum UID:20091122T000511EST-DKcSc0bVbP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://albertasocialforum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:GenderQueer / QueerGenders \nConversations Among Artists\, Acti vists & Academics \n\nFebruary 11\, 12\, and 13\, 2005\n \nGenderQueer/Qu eerGenders is a multidiscplinary\, multimedia co nference that will take p lace in Santa Barbara\, CA\, this coming February. It will be a forum for people who’ve been thinking about queerness and gender from different plac es (institutions\, geographic locations\, identities) and through differen t means (performance\, scholarship\, organizing \, cultural politics\, etc ). The confere nce will bring together artists\, scholars and activists as equal contributors to conduct workshops\, exhibit and perform art\, and p resent academic research. A priority of this conference is to reflect the diversity and complexity of gender expressions and the meanings gender has in different racial and cultural locations. To that end\, we particularly encourage proposals by and for people of color\, working-class people\, a nd people with disabilities. \n\nGenderQueer/QueerGenders will be a forum for discussing the multiplicity of queer gender identities as they are exp erienced and expressed simultaneously with race\, region\, class\, access\ , ability and other identities. One catalyst for this project has been our collective frustration with the lack of certain critical discourses about intersections of genders and sexualities. Specifically\, we are concerned about the limited discourse on “emerging” queer genders including\, for e xample\, queer femininities\, heterosexual queers\, and the ways that gaps like these overlap with existing silences about race\, class and privileg e. We fear that these discourses are sometimes overshadowed by homogenizin g “conventional” narratives of genderqueer and transgender communities. We hope to create a space to theorize a wider range of queer genders more fu lly representative of our identities\, communities\, and political/artisti c work. \n\nHIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING EVENTS :\n-community art project \n-evening of performances \n-keynote speaker se ries\n-drag cabaret night Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050213 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050211 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Santa Barbara\, California\, United States SUMMARY:GenderQueer / QueerGenders Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-HB9aC4JRWx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/queergender/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:energycon@utk.edu DESCRIPTION:Hosted by: Student Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville and the \nSouthern Alliance for Clean Energy.\n\nSponsored by: The Univers ity of Tennessee\, Environmental Semester 2005 and \nthe Southern Alliance for Clean Energy\n\nDo you remember the excitement from last year s confe rence in North \nCarolina? You weren t there!! Now is your chance\, don t miss out on the \nfastest growing student activism movement in North Amer ica the push for a \nclean energy future!\n\nIf you would like to learn mo re about the renewable energy movement in\nthe Southeast or are interested in starting a renewable energy campaign\nat your school\, now is your cha nce to&.\n\nSEE GREAT SPEAKERS:\n\n\nGET NETWORKED TO BUILD THE MOVEMENT:\ n\n* Meet and exchange ideas with other like-minded students\n* Learn camp aign strategies and hear success stories from students across \nthe Southe ast\n* Network with representatives from renewable energy organizations\n\ n\nGET THE SKILLS TO EMPOWER YOURSELF AND OTHERS:\n\nMastering Organizing Workshops:\n\n* Campus clean energy plans\n* Craft a strategic state plan with universities in your state to work \ncollectively towards a common go al\n* Help craft the vision for the growing Southeast Energy and Climate \ nStudent Network\n* University of Tennessee as a model\n* and many more!\n \nFind the answers to these questions:\n\n* How do you buy renewable energ y?\n* Is climate change and global warming real?\n* What is a Green House Gas Inventory?\n* What IS and is NOT green energy?\n* Are there solutions for Renewable Energy in Transportation?\n* and many more!\n\nLOGISTICS:\n\ n* Housing will be provided for all conference participants! Bring a \nsle eping bag and get ready to share floor space.\n* Vegetarian food will be p rovided for all. Bring a bowl & silverware to \nreduce waste and help conf erence organizers!\n* Register for $25 before January 18th. Registration a fter January 18th\n is $35. Registration is closed February 11th.\n \nREGISTER ONLINE: \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050220 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050218 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Knoxville\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:The 2nd Annual Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-IKJslkVsxv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://energyconference.utk.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:poetryslam@pfaw.org DESCRIPTION:young people for - a project of people for the american way fou ndation\n\nPresents …\n\nRHYME AND REASON\n\na spoken word event\n\nAt the Young People For National Summit\nSaturday\, January 15\, 2005\n8:00 to 1 0:00 p.m.\nFREE with RSVP\n\nColumbian Square at the Marvin Center\nThe Ge orge Washington University\n800 21st Street NW\nWashington\, DC 20052\n\nJ oin us at the 2005 Young People For Summit for a special event featuring s ome of the nation’s top slam poets\, including noted poets Rich Nichols\, Beau Sia\, Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit) Andrews.\n\nRICH NICHOLS i s a community activist and the manager of the world-renowned hip hop group The Roots.\n\nBEAU SIA is a nationally acclaimed poet who was featured in the movie Slam.\n\nSTEVE CONNELL is the 2002 Hollywood Grand Slam Poetry Champion\, the 2003 L.A. Slam Poetry Champion and won the 2003 National Sl am Poetry Contest with Team Los Angeles.\n\nSEKOU 'THA MISFIT' ANDREWS\, i n addition to his critically acclaimed CD releases\, is currently the Nati onal Poetry Slam Competition champion\, winning the 2003 team championship with Team Los Angeles and the 2002 individual championship.\n\n**To RSVP* *\nPlease email poetryslam@pfaw.org by 5 p.m. Friday\, Jan. 14\nInclude yo ur name and contact information. Seating is limited.\n\n[[Young People For \, a project of People For the American Way Foundation\, is a long-term\, youth-driven program that identifies and invests in campus activists and l eaders and connects them to others in the progressive movement. The progra m will provide a network for emerging leaders and help them cultivate skil ls in message development\, media and communications\, community activism\ , fundraising\, research\, and leadership.]] Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050115T200000 GEO:38.900100;-77.047900 LOCATION:Columbian Square At The Marvin Center\, GWU\, 800 21st Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20052\, United States SUMMARY:RHYME and REASON: A Spoken Word Event UID:20091122T000511EST-CEuiOu6D75@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=17640 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:860-399-4528 Email:colin.bennett@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The Sierra Student Coalition is hosting a two-day conference/tr aining at Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut. The conference wi ll focus on Clean Energy and campus sustainability but will also include w orkshops and trainings on a variety of environmental and social justice is sues. More than just providing the skills necessary to fight the environme ntal degradation so rampant in our society\, this conference seeks to buil d a network of activists across Connecticut and the region. Hopefully part icipants will leave the conference not only with the tools and motivation needed to win their campaigns\, but with new friends and allies too. \n\nT o register please visit: \nhttp://www.ssc.org/states/ct.php \n Geographic al Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050403 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050402T083000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Wesleyan University\, Middletown\, Connecticut\, United States SUMMARY:Connecticut SSC Spring Conference and Training UID:20091122T000511EST-gVNX03icEv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/states/ct.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:tic@uvm.edu DESCRIPTION:Translating Identity is a free conference focusing on gender an d gender identities. Open to the public\, this event hopes to reach out th e University of Vermont\, the Burlington community\, and the nation as a w hole to educate us all further about transgender issues. With multiple pan els to choose from at any time\, some panels will be directed towards tran s people and others will be for those who are fairly unfamiliar with the t ransgender movement and the topic of gender identity.\n\nThis conference s eeks to translate gender identity to both the queer community and its alli es.\n\n\nThis conferece is open to the national public\, but space is limi ted!\nPlease register as soon as possible to guarantee your spot.\nRegistr ation and attendance are free. \n\n\nHelp keep TIC free by:\n- donating\n- telling our admistration how important TIC is! \n\n This year's keynote speaker is Leslie Feinberg\, author of Transgender Warriors\, Trans Liber ation: Beyond Pink or Blue\, and the underground classic Stone Butch Blues . Ze came of age as a young butch in Buffalo\, New York\, before the Stone wall Rebellion and is a journalist and typesetter by trade. One of Curve m agazine's fifteen most influential in the battle for gay and lesbian right s\, Feinberg is also winner of the ALA Gay and Lesbian Literature Award\, the Lambda Literary Award\, and the Firecracker Alternative Book Award for nonfiction. Ze has spoken internationally and at pride rallies\, colleges and conferences around the nation. modified from Trans Liberation and St one Butch Blues \n\nOur opening plenary presenter will be Eli Clare. Gend erqueer poet\, essayist\, and activist\, Eli Clare has a B.A. in Women’s S tudies\, a M.F.A. in Creative Writing\, and most importantly a penchant fo r rabble-rousing. He is the author of Exile and Pride: Disability\, Queern ess\, and Liberation (South End Press\, 1999) and pays his rent by working at the University of Vermont's LGBTQA Services. He has spoken and read at numerous universities and conferences about disability\, LGBT identities\ , and other social justice issues. A long-time activist\, Eli has\, among other things\, walked across the United States for peace\, coordinated a r ape prevention program in Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, and helped organize the f irst ever Queerness and Disability Conference Geographical Scope: Regiona l DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050305 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Burlington\, Vermont\, United States SUMMARY:Free to Be Translating Identity Conference - Third Annual UID:20091122T000511EST-uutVHwMAcF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uvm.edu/~tic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Equal Justice Society\, & the Center on Corporations\, Law & Society at Seattle University School of Law Present New Strategies For J ustice: Linking CORPORATE LAW WITH PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS\; Respondi ng to these social and economic justice concerns\, progressives have focus ed their efforts on addressing specific problems\, such as racial equality \, environmental protection\, human rights\, living wages\, health care\, safe workplaces\, and peace and security. This wide array of concerns ofte n has splintered progressives as they attempt to stem erosion of fundament al principles of justice without fully appreciating common factors that ru n through all of these issues. One such systemic issue is the misuse of co rporate power. This conference will explore the evolution of corporate inf luence in the United States\, as well as new intellectual\, political\, pr ivate sector and grassroots trends that are emerging to address how corpor ations can support public interest values of justice and equality. Hosted By UCLA School of Law. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050409 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050408 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Los Angeles\, California\, United States SUMMARY:New Strategies for Justice: Corporate Law and Progressive Movements UID:20091122T000511EST-6OpDv6X5tN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.equaljusticesociety.org/ucla2005 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:509-963-1685 Email:webble@cwu.edu DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050423 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050422 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Ellensburg\, Washington\, United States SUMMARY:LGBT Queer Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-vCXZPpLBm3@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Our vision is to both forge and strengthen coalitions amongst v arious communities\, creating an environment that will educate people abou t all forms of oppression\, discrimination and injustice faced by GLBTA co mmunities. We plan to create dialogues around how these various issues aff ect members of the GLBTA communities and other marginalized groups. To emb race our individual differences and our similarities coming to a common gr ound to support one another in those differences while celebrating our sim ilarities. To strive not to leave anyone behind and help everyone feel wel come\, by learning from our mistakes and the mistakes of other movements. To establish a network of coalitions to share information and ideas\, to u ltimately give the conference back to the community. Provide knowledge tha t will allow conference attendees to return to their respective communitie s with the ability to create a more affirming and safe environment for all individuals Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050220 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050218 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:St. Cloud\, Minnesota\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest BLGTA College Conference - 2005 UID:20091122T000511EST-oT1SnjhBom@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mblgtacc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:lrussell@unca.edu DESCRIPTION:Gender Difference & Cultural Resistance \n2005 GLBTQ Studies Co nference at UNC Asheville \nMarch 31-April 3\, 2005\, Asheville\, NC \nKey note Speaker Judith Halberstam \n \nThe UNCA glbtq conference is dedicated to the investigation of genders and sexualities. This year\, we invite su bmissions on the theme of gender resistance and queer counter knowledges. Elaborations on this theme might include: \n∇\; queer representations \, expressions and cultures \n∇\; insider/outsider status in queer co mmunities \n∇\; gender roles and identity politics \n∇\; queer a ctivism \n∇\; same-sex marriage \n∇\; intersections of race\, di sability\, and/or class \n∇\; queer pedagogy\, curriculum and campus activism \n\nWe welcome a range of approaches and participants\, including faculty\, graduate\, and undergraduate students. All formats will be cons idered\, including paper presentations (15-20 minutes)\, panels\, workshop s\, exhibitions and performances. Panels will consist of 3 or 4 papers. \n Costs: \nEarly Registration ($60 faculty\, $50 graduate students\, $35 und ergraduate students) due January 31\, 2005. Full Registration ($70 faculty \, $60 graduate students\, $45 undergraduate students) payable at time of conference. \nJudith Halberstam\, a leading scholar of gender and sexualit y studies\, is a Professor of English at the University of Southern Califo rnia. Her writings include Posthuman Bodies (1995\, co-editor with Ira Liv ingston)\; Female Masculinity (1998)\; The Drag King Book (1999\, co-autho r with LaGrace Volcano)\, and the forthcoming The Transgender Moment: Gend er Flexibility and the Postmodern Condition (2004). \n Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050403 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050331 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Asheville\, North Carolina\, United States SUMMARY:2005 GLTBQ Studies Conference - UNC Asheville UID:20091122T000511EST-w27ouIxaOI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unca.edu/glsc/home.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:302-598-8035 Email:lcunningham@veic.org DESCRIPTION:The Northeast Climate Conference is to bring college students t ogether to collaborate on effective ways to combat climate change on their campuses\, in their states\, and in OUR region. Throughout the weekend st udents will be trained in organizing skills and strategies for getting the ir campuses to join the growing list of colleges and universities that are addressing global warming. Some of the workshops will deal with Climate C hange\, Running Effective Campus Campaigns\, State Networking\, Environmen tal Justice\, Water System Management\, Transportation alternatives\, and much much more. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050220 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050218T160000 GEO:44.507400;-73.151400 LOCATION:Burlington\, Vermont\, 05401\, United States SUMMARY:3rd Annual Northeast Climate Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-UJWrbeDZGW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climatecampaign.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:214-929-5995 Email:christina.billingsley@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:Join the Sierra Student Coalition and the Sierra Club Padre Cam paign this Spring Break to enjoy and take action to preserve the beauty of the world's longest undeveloped barrier island - Padre Island National Se ashore.\n\n-camp out on the beach at the Padre Island National Seashore\n- take advantage of guided hikes/bike rides around the island\n-hang out at the beach front with other awesome student activists from around the count ry \n-take part in service activities to clean up the beach\n-learn the ba sics of grassroots organizing from experienced SSC student trainers on how to win campaigns\, hold events\, utilize the media\, and recruit for your cause\n-get involved with the Padre Campaign and help save the island’s n atural beauty from reckless exploitation\n-practice your grassroots activi sm skills with an advocacy action benefiting Padre\n\nFor decades students have come to Padre Island to enjoy the sun and surf provided by this nati onal treasure. Although it is home to 17 endangered or threatened species and serves as a crucial remnant of Texas' natural heritage\, BNP Petroleum wants to drill on this national seashore for only one day's worth of natu ral gas\, in addition to sending all profits overseas. Join the Texas SSC and Sierra Club Padre Campaign to stop this reckless drilling for Alternat ive Spring Break 2005! \n\nREGISTER TODAY AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT! Go to www .ssc.org for registration and more information. \n Geographical Scope: Re gional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050313 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050310 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Padre Island National Seashore\, Padre Island\, Texas\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Alternative Spring Break to Save Padre Island! UID:20091122T000511EST-USnLxSFubO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:206-256-6429 Email:crystal@envirocitizen.org DESCRIPTION:Power the Clean Energy Revolution!\n EnviroCitizen Northwest Cl ean Energy Summit\n\n\nApril 1-3: Seattle\, WA @ University of Washington\ n\nWorkshops and panels include:\n\nCampus Organizing and Recruitment\nPla nning Your Campus Clean Energy Campaign\nEnvironmental Justice \nNonviolen t Direct Action\nMedia and Messaging \nClean Car Bill\nCorporate Campaigni ng\n \nContact Andrea at acuccaro@envirocitizen.org or 206.256.6429\nwww.e nvirocitizen.org/nw\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050403 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050401T170000 GEO:47.432300;-121.803000 LOCATION:Seattle\, Washington\, 98121\, United States SUMMARY:Clean Energy Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-lCIaR72P2r@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.envirocitizen.org/nw END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:214-929-5995 Email: DESCRIPTION:*note: There is a March 10-13 program AND a March 11-14 program to accommodate different spring break dates. \n\nJoin the Sierra Student Coalition and the Sierra Club Padre Campaign this Spring Break to enjoy an d take action to preserve the beauty of the world's longest undeveloped ba rrier island - Padre Island National Seashore.\n\n-camp out on the beach a t the Padre Island National Seashore\n-take advantage of guided hikes/bike rides around the island\n-hang out at the beach front with other awesome student activists from around the country \n-take part in service activiti es to clean up the beach\n-learn the basics of grassroots organizing from experienced SSC student trainers on how to win campaigns\, hold events\, u tilize the media\, and recruit for your cause\n-get involved with the Padr e Campaign and help save the island’s natural beauty from reckless exploit ation\n-practice your grassroots activism skills with an advocacy action b enefiting Padre\n\nFor decades students have come to Padre Island to enjoy the sun and surf provided by this national treasure. Although it is home to 17 endangered or threatened species and serves as a crucial remnant of Texas' natural heritage\, BNP Petroleum wants to drill on this national se ashore for only one day's worth of natural gas\, in addition to sending al l profits overseas. Join the Texas SSC and Sierra Club Padre Campaign to s top this reckless drilling for Alternative Spring Break 2005! \n Geograph ical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050314 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050311 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Padre Island National Seashore\, Padre Island\, Texas\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Alternative Spring Break - Padre Campaign UID:20091122T000511EST-LpHD087LDF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:800-664-8647 Email:info@studentsagainsthunger.org DESCRIPTION:The National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness i s very excited to announce our 3rd Annual West Coast Summit\, the elite tr aining ground for students working on the West Coast to end hunger and hom elessness.\n\nSeeing the Big Picture: Piecing Together the Puzzle to End H unger and Homelessness\n\nWest Coast Student Summit on Hunger and Homeless ness\nUniversity of California\, Berkeley ~ February 26-27\, 2005\nRegist er today at www.studentsagainsthunger.org!\n\nCome to the 3rd Annual West Coast Summit of the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessn ess and join the movement of students making an impact nationally! On Feb ruary 26-27\, 2005\, over 200 students\, community leaders\, and campus st aff will come together at the University of California\, Berkeley to learn and work with the best organizers and advocates in the anti-hunger and ho melessness movement. The weekend is an invaluable experience that will gi ve students the latest information on the issues and actions taking place\ , and build on students’ skills for running incredible projects to end hun ger and homelessness locally\, nationally\, and internationally. This yea r’s Summit will help students see the big picture\, and teach them how to piece together the puzzle of ending hunger and homelessness with real tool s for change. Don’t miss this weekend! \n\nUC Berkeley has a strong hist ory of student activism\, from the Free Speech movement in the 1960s to th e anti-war movement of the 1970s and today\; Berkeley has long been a cult ural center for students raising their voices to demand social change. Th ere is no better place to build the student movement to eradicate hunger a nd homelessness\, so join us this February!\n\nRegister right away at www. studentsagainsthunger.org!\n\nDuring one of the most hotly contested elect ion seasons on record this past November\, both parties filled the airwave s with talk of a safe\, secure America\, strengthening our economy\, and s trong moral values. In the midst of all of the political rhetoric\, there was little more than lip service given to discussing the issues of hunger and homelessness\, despite the fact that 36.3 million of our neighbors wi ll suffer from hunger this year\, and 3.5 million Americans will experienc e homelessness\, with those numbers rising every year. \n\nWhile it is cl ear to most Americans that hunger and homelessness are large problems in o ur society\, this widespread concern is not reflected in the policies of o ur country. Real discussion of how to end these unnecessary social proble ms simply does not take place in the media\, in the halls of Congress\, or in the White House. The double-speak of many of those in power praises c ommunity initiatives like food pantries\, meal programs\, shelters\, and c haritable events\, while slashing budgets for effective programs like Sect ion 8 housing assistance and programs that provide emergency services to p eople who are homeless. \n\nThis contradiction has not gone unnoticed. Students and community members must join with advocates and service provid ers to create a society that demands an end to hunger and homelessness. T here are many pieces to the puzzle of ending hunger and homelessness: comm unity service\, fundraising\, and educating the general public and decisio n-makers. Taken alone\, each of these pieces addresses a part of the prob lem\, but we need to put all of these pieces together and see the big pict ure in order to alleviate the immediate needs in our communities\, and pus h our decision-makers to prioritize ensuring that everyone has access to f ood\, shelter\, healthcare\, and education.\n\nJoin us for a great weekend filled with education\, action\, and the opportunity to meet and network with hundreds of other activists.\n\nSpeakers and Panel Discussions: Learn more about the issues of Hunger and Homelessness from the country’s most effective organizers\, service providers\, advocates\, and activists. Pan el topics include the following: Homeless Families and Children\, Legislat ive Updates\, Hunger in America\, International Poverty\, and many more.\n \nWorkshops: Choose from over 30 workshops to help build skills\, knowledg e\, and gain creative ideas for effective action. Topics include everythi ng from planning a huge Hunger Cleanup\, starting a student-run soup kitch en\, running a local grassroots campaign\, and building your campus organi zation.\n\nDiscussions and Networking: Network with students from across t he West Coast to share success stories\, discuss effective strategies\, an d learn how to establish programs that will benefit your community.\n\nFac es of Homelessness Panel: Currently and formerly homeless individuals sha re their personal experiences of homelessness\, explain who becomes homele ss and why\, and present ways to get involved in the solutions for ending homelessness.\n\nNational Host\n\nThe National Student Campaign Against Hu nger and Homelessness\nThe National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Ho melessness was established on the belief that students are a critical forc e in the fight against hunger and homelessness. Recognizing the incredibl e potential of the collective power of young people\, USA for Africa and t he state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) combined resources to est ablish the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness in 19 85. The Campaign works to increase student community service and action t o end hunger and homelessness by offering resources and guidance to concer ned students. Over the past twenty years\, the Campaign has developed sev eral national programs\, become a clearinghouse of information and a liaso nbetween national and student organizations\, and expanded students’ leade rship skills to become better organizers and activists. The Campaign has engaged tens of thousands of students in community service and political c ampaigns\, developed local long-term projects\, and rasied $1.5 million to fight national and international hunger and homelessness. \n\nSummit Host s\n\nUniversity of California\, Berkeley\nThe University of California is one of the world's leading academic institutions. The school\, known throu ghout the world as 'Cal\,' is truly a prototype of a contemporary universi ty. It attracts what many consider the finest applicant pool in the countr y\, generates an ethnically and culturally diverse student population on c ampus\, and provides one of the finest learning experiences in the world t oday.\n\nCalifornia Student Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG)\nCALP IRG was established more than 30 years ago by students wanting to study\, learn about\, and act on the pressing social problems they were facing. St udents involved with their CALPIRG chapter have learned how to investigate problems\, come up with practical solutions\, and convince the media and decision-makers to pay attention and take action. Through CALPIRG\, studen ts gain an educational experience in democratic citizenship. They get a ch ance to face society’s big problems\, take action\, and win concrete chang es that improve the quality of our lives. Last year\, students involved wi th CALPIRG raised more than $10\,000 for hunger and homelessness relief pr ograms.\n\nThe ASUC Office of the President\nThe ASUC Office of the Presid ent allows all students on campus to make the most of their years at Cal. The vision of the office is to help students understand the opportunity th ey have as Cal students. The office\, as a direct spokesperson of the stud ent body\, spearheads many of the social\, political and academic student programs that help promote the Cal spirit amongst students.\n\nOnline Regi stration- Do it Today!\n\nRegistration for the 3rd Annual West Coast Summi t is easy. Simply point your browser to www.studentsagainsthunger.org\, a nd click on the section for the West Coast Summit. Registration is $50 fo r students\, and $65 for non-students. Registration fee includes all Summ it materials\, breakfasts and lunches\, and housing (if needed.)\n\n Geog raphical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050227 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050226T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of California\, Berkeley\, Berkeley\, California\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:3rd Annual West Coast Student Summit on Hunger and Homelessness UID:20091122T000511EST-Glu9T1iZof@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:charlie_fredrick83@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:We’re focusing on Organizing 101\, Communication Skills\, Campa ign Organizing\, and Environmental Issues. We are looking for College & HS students who want to help build the Midwest into an environmental powerho use. Our program is limited to 30 students\, we know it’s a crime… but we want to be able to give the one on one time that you deserve. HURRY! The d eadline to register is March 5th! The cost of the week-long program is $12 0\, but financial assistance is available to those who qualify. To registe r e-mail Charlie or visit SSC's website www.SSC.org Geographical Scope: R egional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050717 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050711 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Pere Marquette State Park\, Grafton\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:SPROG - Sierra Student Coalition Summer Training Program UID:20091122T000511EST-mvCjeUbWed@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:928-523-3300 Email:rwb@dana.ucc.nau.edu DESCRIPTION:Conference Program: Themes and Topics include: \n Women of C olor and Multiple Identities \n Laboring in the University \n Multic ultural Centers and Spaces of Empowerment \n Dangerous Scholarship \n Decolonizing Pedagogy: Women of Color in Science\, Engineering\, and Tec hnology \n Women of Color and Cultural Production \n Women of Color and Spirituality \n The Color of Feminist Theory: Beyond Isolation and Exclusion \n Women of Color Activism and Collaboration \n Feminist R esponses to the War on Terror \n What Can We Do? Responding to the 2004 Election and the Morality Agenda \n Counseling Women of Color\n A cademic Activism for Social Justice \n Sexuality: The Final Frontier?\ n Affirmative Action: Needs and Issues \n Women of Color in Arts a nd Literature Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050402 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050401T080000 GEO:35.630800;-112.052000 LOCATION:Northern Arizona University\, Flagstaff\, Arizona\, 86011\, United States SUMMARY:Decolonizing the University: Women of Color in Arizona Higher UID:20091122T000511EST-pkuTC0OwjI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.geocities.com/wocconf/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone:336-202-5038 Email:catgeary@peoplepc.com DESCRIPTION:March 19\, 2005 marks the second year anniversary of the United States’ illegal invasion of Iraq. In solidarity with military resisters a nd their families we will be marching in Fayetteville\, North Carolina to “Bring the Troops Home\, Now!” \n\nAs youth and students we have seen tuit ion hikes\, budget cuts\, and the increased militarization of our schools. We have seen the belligerent and often racist repression of our classmate s and our professors. We have seen our loved ones and our friends' loved o nes lied to and sent off to die--all so that Washington can wage an endles s war on the world. \n\nWe and many of our brothe rs\, sisters\, classmates and friends have considered joining the military for college money. But\, no one should have to sign up to kill and be kil led for an education. We refuse to sit by as our lives are marred and deni grated by the military and their wars for conquest. We demand money for sc hools and job training not for war and occupation! We won't be made canno n fodder for oil and empire!\n\nJoin us on March 19 in Fayetteville\, Nort h Carolina to say: “We Won’t Go: End the Occupation\, Now!”\n\nSPONSORED B Y THE CAMPUS ANTIWAR NETWORK\n*ALL STUDENTS AND YOUTH WELCOME* Geographic al Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050319T110000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Fayetteville\, North Carolina\, United States SUMMARY:We won't go! Student Antiwar Contingent\, Ft. Bragg\, NC UID:20091122T000511EST-26ZrvdCECM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ncpeacejustice.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-354-1252 Ext 290 Email:information@educatorstostopthewar. org DESCRIPTION:This is a unique opportunity for students and educators to gath er forces to build a stronger anti-war movement and discuss the effect of war on our schools. \n\nStudents and educators (kindergarten through gradu ate school) will come together in opposition to the war in Iraq. We want t o challenge the war in many venues: our unions\, our schools and colleges\ , our classrooms and the streets. \n\nThe conference\, a project of US Lab or Against the War\, will have plenaries and workshops on strategies to st op the war\, organizing in teacher unions\, organizing schools and campuse s\, curriculum and pedagogy\, analyzing the roots of war and critiquing id eologies that support the war. Topics will include resisting the draft\, r esisting military recruitment\, examining imperialist ideologies and using materials to bring the anti-war movement into the classroom. \n\nCheck ou t our website for a complete listing of workshops. \n\nRegister online: ww w.educatorstostopthewar.org Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050305T083000 GEO:40.781000;-73.951600 LOCATION:Hunter College High School\, 71 East 94th Street\, At Park Avenue\ , New York City\, New York\, 10128\, United States SUMMARY:Students and Educators to Stop the War - East Coast Regional Confer ence UID:20091122T000511EST-c0aXPV1Jnv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.educatorstostopthewar.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:828-255-3678 Email: DESCRIPTION:a gathering of anarchist/radical people of color. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050327 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050325T190000 GEO:35.602700;-82.567300 LOCATION:University Of North Carolina Asheville\, Asheville\, North Carolin a\, 28801\, United States SUMMARY:Anarchist People of Color\, South East Regional Confrence UID:20091122T000511EST-LKVWC8kiPW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.illegalvoices.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:mountainjusticesummer@hushmail.com DESCRIPTION:In the tradition of Mississippi Freedom Summer \nAnd Redwood Su mmer… \nGreedy\, giant coal corporations have decided that Appalachia is t he nation’s sacrificial zone for cheap electricity. Mountain top removal i s an intensely destructive form of surface mining for coal. It is the fina l solution for the forests\, mountains\, waters and culture of Appalachia. We are calling on all residents of Appalachia\, traveling activists\, uni onists\, and concerned human rights and environmental activists to join us in defending the world’s most productive and biodiverse temperate forest ecosystems. Come to Appalachia in the Summer of 2005 and stop mountain top removal dead in its tracks. \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050827 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050522 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Appalachia\, West Virginia\, United States SUMMARY:Mountain Justice Summer UID:20091122T000511EST-0nXljaJuwi@69.73.141.125 URL:http://mountainjusticesummer.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:All health professional students interested in health and human rights are welcome and encouraged to attend this exciting conference!\n\n The Conference is an opportunity to:\nLearn new skills\, such as influenci ng policy makers and media outreach.\nDeepen your understanding of health and human rights issues like Global AIDS\, racial disparities in health ca re\, and the impact of war on health. \nBe inspired by speakers\, includin g Joia Mukherjee\, MD\, MPH and Bryan Stevenson\, JD\nMeet outstanding stu dent activists from around the nation\nBuild connections that you will use throughout your health professional career Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050305 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Birmingham\, Alabama\, United States SUMMARY:2005 Conference for Students Sponsored by Physicians for Human Righ ts UID:20091122T000511EST-gfVogURZOr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.phrusa.org/students/conference_2005/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:womensst@montgomerycollege.edu DESCRIPTION:Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Studies Association\nMapping the Fu ture of Women's Studies and Women's Leadership = Building Bridges\, Crossi ng Borders\, Blending Worlds\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050402 GEO:39.144000;-77.207600 LOCATION:Rockville\, Maryland\, 20848\, United States SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Studies Association 2005 Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-cInlSu9xL2@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-347-8772 Email:helene@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:Organize to build POWER\, create CHANGE and win concrete VICTOR IES! \n\nHey young activists and student organizers\, check out the GROW a FREE training based on the principles of direct action organizing.\n\nApp lied knowledge = POWER.\nLearn about:\n-Coalition building\n-Relation of P ower\n-Direct Action Organizing\n-Recruitment & Sustainability\n\n& MORE!\ n\nQuestions? Interested? Register now. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050227 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050225T170000 GEO:47.432300;-121.803000 LOCATION:Seattle University\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98122\, United States SUMMARY:Seattle GrassRoots Organizing Weekend (GROW)! UID:20091122T000511EST-WWZRxue0FP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usstudents.org/foundation/GROW/index.asp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:360-301-6467 Email:ajlarson@ups.edu DESCRIPTION:Goodmorning Westside!\nAnd all yall who are up for trecking out to Seattle for the USFT’s NW Regional Gathering\nand the\n2005 Specialty Coffee Association of America Convention\nSeattle\, WA\nApril 15th through 18th\n\nOnce again United Students is gathering at the Specialty Coffee A ssociation of America's annual convention. Over fifty students will be con verging from across the region and the country to Celebrate the possibilit ies of Fair Trade. This is an amazing opportunity to show our motivation\, passion\, imagination\, and commitment to the possibilities for real chan ge in business as usual\, and Fair Trade is a powerful portal. It is a cha nce to muster our energy from the Chicago convergence\, the recent victory of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers negotiating withTaco Bell\, and all the awesome events happening on our campuses\, and boldly let the coffee industry know we are present\, powerful\, and excited to find innovative w ays to make the coffee trade FAIR.\n \nThe weekend in Seattle will focus o n celebrating the progress students\, farmers and producers\, and business es are making to address the coffee crisis. It will also develop the North west region to have an amazing impact in Fair Trade. It will be an energiz ing combination of the power of students inside the coffee industry\, the expansion of knowledge and possibility of Fair Trade\, and a celebration o f our goals and successes past\, present\, and future.\n\nOur goals for th e weekend are:\n\n * For coffee businesses to hear our voice and feel o ur presence at the table\,\n * Charge up students beyond a '101' unders tanding of Fair Trade\, and\n * Strengthen the Northwest region to real ize its very powerful potential.\n\nThe SCAA is the world’s largest coffee trade association and their annual conventions are organized to bring eve ryone involved in coffee production\, distribution\, and retail together i n one forum to promote quality coffee\, sensitivity to the environment\, c onsciousness of social issues\, and sound business practices and ethics.\n USFT will host a booth to provide information on the Fair Trade movement a nd its impact. Additionally\, fifty students ill be working the floor\, ma king connections with the 10\,000 vendors and encouraging them to be a par t of the Fair Trade coffee movement. The gathering will be an opportunity for students who are new to Fair Trade to develop their interest\, as well as for more experienced activists to dig deeper into the challenges and p ossibilities of the movement.\n\n * The events for the weekend in addit ion to the four days at the convention are:\n * A Gathering to bring to gether all the USFT student representatives attending to share what we hop e to accomplish at the convention. This will also be a chance to provide s ome basic knowledge on fair trade as well as more in-depth information to prepare everyone to rock the SCAA.\n * A Celebration to exhibit the ama zing work being done by Fair Trade businesses\, farmers and coops\, and st udent activists.\n * A Fair Trade Forum presented by TransFair USA prec edes the convention on Thursday the 14th. This will include presentations on innovative partnerships between industry and producers\, updates on the development of the US Fair Trade market and Fair Trade Certified’s contin ued expansion into new products\, and discussion of creative marketing app roaches to Fair Trade Certified products.\n * The convention will featu re Jane Goodall as the keynote speaker.\n\nThis is an amazing chance for a nyone to learn a huge amount about Fair Trade\, as well as to have a massi ve impact on the coffee industry. USFT has been a powerful and clear voice at the past two SCAA conventions\, and we know this one will be our best yet.\n\nCome join us and have a blast making a very tangible difference in the coffee world! This event is open to everyone\, so feel free to spread the word and make this an opportunity to introduce USFT and Fair Trade to new people.\n\nTo reserve a spot at the convention\, email haley@mackrow. com. There are about 60 spaces available\, and the sooner you respond the more likely you are to get one. Please let us know if you would like to co me by Friday April 1st so that we can make housing arrangements. We will a ccept responses after that but we would appreciate them ASAP.\n\nStudents will also be responsible for their food and miscellaneous expenses over th e weekend. However\, we do not want to exclude anyone for financial reason s\, so if that is a matter of concern for you\, let us know and we will do everything we can to accommodate your needs. Financial assistance for tra vel is available from Interfaith Fair Trade Initiative.\n\nAdalante!\n~Hal ey\, Matt\, Isaac\, and the USFT-SCAA Team Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050418 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050415 GEO:47.432300;-121.803000 LOCATION:Seattle\, Washington\, 98102\, United States SUMMARY:Converging in Seattle--USFT at the SCAA 2005 UID:20091122T000511EST-1hmupKHk3s@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:safecolleges@tufts.edu DESCRIPTION:Tufts 8th Annual Safe Colleges Conference.\n\n Conference backg round\n\nLesbian\, gay\, bisexual and transgender issues are at the forefr ont of mainstream American culture as never before. You can hardly open a newspaper or watch the news without hearing about the debate over gay mar riage\, and dozens of questions follow\, from adoption to whether being L GBT is a choice. The issues addressed by the mainstream media represent o nly a small portion of the issues that affect LGBT individuals\, however. The needs of LGBT youth in particular are not often addressed adequately. \n\nThe passage of 11 state constitutional amendments banning same-sex m arriage this election season further highlights the importance of fosterin g open dialogue and activism around these topics. While some college camp uses address the needs of lesbian\, gay\, bisexual and transgender student s\, faculty\, and staff\, many are still sorely lacking in the resources t hey provide. Tufts University has been a forerunner in the field of LGBT issues to ensure that students continue to feel safe and accepted. \n\nThe Safe Colleges Conference provides a safe space for LGBT students\, facult y and administrators who do not attend institutions with the same supporti ve\, welcoming atmosphere as Tufts\, and empowers them to change their ins titutions for the better using the tools\, information and connections the y gain at the conference. The conference program also makes available aca demic topics in queer theory that many colleges and universities still do not offer as part of their curricula. The result is obvious in the evalua tions received from past conferences: One 2004 participant wrote\, “I fee l that [Safe Colleges] has expanded my horizons and helped me open my mind .” Another called it “informative\, academic and socially responsive…brin gs people together.”\n\nThe Tufts University LGBT Center first hosted and organized the Safe Colleges conference in 1998. The conference has grown f rom an attendance of 100 in 1998 to over 400 in 2004. On April 9\, 2005\, college students\, staff\, faculty\, and administrators from the Northeas t will gather again at Tufts University for the Safe Colleges 2005 confere nce. Throughout the course of this one-day event\, participants will engag e in dialogue with significant figures in the LGBT community. \n\nThe co nference has brought notable individuals to Tufts such as Mary Bonauto in 2003\, who argued for the plaintiffs in the gay marriage case Goodrich v. Dept of Public Health before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court\, an d Barbara Smith in 2004\, African American feminist and co-author of Comba hee River Collective Statement\, to deliver keynote addresses. Other keyn ote speakers have included Keith Boyken\, author and former special assist ant to President Clinton\, Kate Bornstein\, acclaimed author and performan ce artist\, and Leslie Feinberg\, renowned grassroots activist and journal ist. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050409 GEO:42.422100;-71.109300 LOCATION:Medford\, Massachusetts\, 02155\, United States SUMMARY:LGBT Safe Colleges Conference - 2005 UID:20091122T000511EST-iUt1Vb5ZgN@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ase.tufts.edu/lgbt/safecolleges/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:trigga@berea.edu DESCRIPTION:Student Environmental Action Coalition regional conference host ed by Berea College HEAL.\n\n\nYOU are invited to\n 'Earth Roots : Local R oots Sowing Seeds of Change' \n\nApril 15th -17th at Berea College in Cent ral Kentucky \n\n An annual Berea celebration of the earth and our connect ion with the environment\, expanded for a regional SEAC conference. \n\nLe arning\, Networking\, Celebrating\, Sharing\, and Much More \n\nConference Activities and Workshop Themes Include: \n\nArt in activism ? Student Org anizing ?Live Music? Outdoor Hikes and Camping ? Tampaction? Sustainable L iving ? Tours of the Berea College Eco-Village ? Renewable Energy ? Critic al Mass Bike Ride ? Eco-Feminism ?\nLocal Activism ? Spirituality and Sust ainability\n\nCheck out the attached flyers!\n\nWEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS \n\n8p m Friday 'Environmental Racism: Hip Hop and Spoken Word' \nSome environmen tal policies and practices differentially affect or \ndisadvantage communi ties of low-income and people of color. Grab a \nblanket and come hear th e beat of local artists who address this issue and kick off Berea's annual EarthRoots festival. \n\nSaturday Morning Workshops and Afternoon Eco Fai r in the Park *Tables available\, let us know if you want one for sharing information or vending \n\nCritical Mass - You can borrow a community bike for the ride\n\nDinner and Presentation by the Bee Hive Collective \n\nOp en Mic 'Feminism and The Environment' featuring the Afro Latin Percussion Ensemble. \n\nCamping Saturday Night (housing also available) \n\n------- ---------------\n\nLOGISTICS \n\nFriday Evening Registration and Dinner at Union Church. Group Housing provided. Please bring your own bedding and camping gear for Saturday Night. \n\nThe church will be your home base fo r the weekend with events around\ncampus. \n\nDIRECTIONS: Berea is located 42 miles south of Lexington\, Ky.\, just off\nInterstate 75. The driving time from Louisville\, Ky.\, Knoxville\, Tenn.\, or Cincinnati\, Ohio is s lightly more than two hours. Check out attachment\nfor more detailed dir ections. \n\nWHAT TO BRING - your friends\, a dish and a cup\, drums and i nstruments\,\ncamping gear\, food - if you can score some free food let us know\,\notherwise don't worry- creativity\, and your ideas. \n\nWe are as king for DONATIONS on a sliding scale to help cover the costs of the confe rence. Please give what you can when you check in on Friday. \n\nWHO TO CO NTACT: heal@berea.edu \n\nHeal 859-985-3613 or Leah Devine 859-985-4449\n\ nPLEASE EMAIL US IF YOU PLAN ON COMING OR BRINGING A GROUP SO WE CAN \nEST IMATE FOOD PREPARATION. Also let us know what time you think you'll\narriv e \n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050417 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050415 GEO:37.716400;-84.299700 LOCATION:Berea\, Kentucky\, 40404\, United States SUMMARY:Earth Roots\, Local Roots: Sowing Seeds of Change UID:20091122T000511EST-lCpNs3HdO0@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:312-641-5151 Email:chicagosocialforum@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Participate in the 2005 Chicago Social Forum!\n\nOn May 1\, 200 5 the Chicago Social Forum\, a network of local social-movement organizati ons\, peace and justice groups\, NGOs\, representatives of civil society\, activists and interested citizens\, will return for its second year. \n\n The Chicago Social Forum (CSF) is based on the principles of the World Soc ial Forum\, which began in Porto Alegre\, Brazil in 2001. At its inaugural event on January 31\, 2004\, the CSF attracted more than 500 participants under the slogan\, 'Another Chicago is Possible.'\n\nPoliticians and busi ness interests are pushing Chicago to become a 'Global City.' The Chicago Social Forum aims toward building a different kind of globalization\, one that is rooted in solidarity\, equity\, and environmental protection and h uman rights. Of particular importance to this process is the linking of local struggles with global concerns. \n\nWe want a broad representation o f the organizing\, cultural\, artistic\, and activist work that is taking place all over Chicago. Themes include (but are not limited to) \n\n* Regi onal and local diversity\, integration\, and solidarity in and around Chic ago: affordable housing\, education\, health care\, welfare\, etc.\n* Eart h and Environmental balance / Sustainable\, democratic development \n* Alt ernative forms of globalization: sovereign economies for and of people - a gainst neo-liberal capitalism\n* Globalization: relationship between pover ty\, trade\, and debt\n* Peace\, demilitarization\, and struggles against war\n* Models\, philosophies\, & styles of organizing for social change / direct action training\n* Art\, culture\, and diversity: Relationship betw een art/culture and social change \n\nAccording to the World Social Forum charter of principles\, neither political parties nor military organizatio ns shall participate in the forum. Government leaders and party representa tives who register as individuals and commit to the Charters of Principles are welcome to participate in a personal capacity.\n\nTo learn more about the 2005 Chicago Social Forum and to get information on proposing worksho ps and becoming a part of the forum\, visit www.chicagosocialforum.org\n\n Chicago Social Forum Contact Information:\n\nWEB: www.chicagosocialforum.o rg\n\nPHONE: Stephanie Dernek at 312.641.5151 during business hours \n\nE- MAIL: chicagosocialforum@yahoo.com \n\nMORE INFORMATION\n\nWorld Social Fo rum: \nhttp://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/home.asp \n\nLinks to Regional Social Forums:\nhttp://www.northamericansocialforum.org/links.html \n\nBE NEFIT FOR THE CHICAGO SOCIAL FORUM:\n\nOn Saturday\, April 2\, 2005 there will be a benefit show for the Chicago Social Forum from 5-9pm at the Soul House\, 2548 W. Chicago Ave.\n \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050501T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Jones High School\, 660 S. State St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:May 1\, 2005 - Chicago Social Forum - Another Chicago Is Possible UID:20091122T000511EST-cTVeoX27wd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.chicagosocialforum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:828-507-5276 Email:melanie@usasnet.org\, DESCRIPTION:What: United Students Against Sweatshops South East Regional Co nference\n\nWhen: April 15-17 (the 15th is just to come and hang out and g et some sleep before the main agenda begins Saturday morning).\n\nWhere: A tlanta-- Little Five Points Community Center\nWhy? Because it is going to be fun…\n\nAccommodations and Meals will be provided in the 20 dollar (sli ding scale) registration fee.\n\nThere will be Workshops and strategy sess ions around the following issues: \n\n-- Campus/Community Solidarity Campa igns- Learn about how to run a living wage campaign\, what unions are and why they're important\, the service worker solidarity campaign (Aramark\, Compass and Sodexho) and trends in outsourcing! \n\n-- Worker Rights Conso rtium Affiliation- What is the WRC and how can affiliating help your schoo l to becoming sweat-free?\n\n-- Multi-Fiber Arrangement Phase-Out Solidari ty- With the phase-out of garment and textile quotas in January of 2005 we are seeing more and more cutting and running...Strategize about wage disc losure\, sweatfree clothing and code strengthening! \n\n-- Ethical Contra cting Code of Conduct- Use this new code that covers purchasing and contra cting as a tool in your campaign! \n\n-- Coke Boycott—Come find out about the boycott about Coca-Cola Corporation and how you can join the campaign .\n\n***Also build your skills around media\, organizing\, fundraising\, l abor history\, anti-oppression training\, networking and more!!***\n\nRegi stration form for the SE USAS Regional Conference\nContact Information\n\n Name:\n\nAddress:\n\nCity/State/Zip:\n\nCell phone:\n\nHome/Dorm phone: \n \nEmail: \n \nLevel Of Experience:\nNew Organizer (0-2 Years)\nLead Organizer\nOrganizing Director\nResearch\nCommunity/Political \nOther: Student activist: Yes\n\n**********\nTravel \nWill you need a tra vel scholarship? Yes/No\n\n\nBest way to contact you:\nEmail: \nPhone:\n\n Date of arrival:\nTime of arrival:\n\nDate of departure:\nTime of departur e:\n\n\nDo you require accommodation: Yes/No\nEat Anything:\nVegetarian Me al Request:\nVegan Meal Request:\nOther:\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050417 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050415T180000 GEO:33.762900;-84.357400 LOCATION:Little Five Points Community Center\, 1083 Austin Avenue\, Atlanta \, Georgia\, 30307\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops South East Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-wfuv6fGahZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usasnet.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Come to the 18th Annual CAAPS Conference on 'Peacemaking\, Dive rsity and Social Change'\nSaturday\, 23 April 2005 \n9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m .\nRegistration is free and begins at 8:30 a.m.\nThe conference is an all- day event\, designed to bring together people\, ideas\, and resources arou nd the themes of peacemaking\, diversity and social change. Students--both graduate and undergraduate--actively engaged in\nintellectual\, academic\ , and activist endeavors related to these themes constitute the core of\n the conference. The opportunities for their involvement include presenting or responding to papers in panels\, participating in roundtable discussio ns\, giving or otherwise taking part in workshops\, or moderating a panel or roundtable session. Apart from attending sessions\, conference attendee s also have the opportunity\nto hear keynote speakers\, interact with repr esentatives of invited non-profit organizations\, and join in other sorts of collective activities (e.g. meals\, music\,\n movement\, etc.).\n\nSee the web-site for more information and registration forms. Registration is open to undergraduate and graduate students and to peace activist organiza tions. Registration is free and open until 16 April 05. Notification of th e finalized Program for the conference will be sent via email on or about 19 April. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050423T083000 GEO:38.933200;-76.996300 LOCATION:Hannan Hall\, The Catholic University Of America\, 620 Michigan Av e. NE\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20064\, United States SUMMARY:Capitol Area Association of Peace Studies Student Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-o1UFgocX5h@69.73.141.125 URL:http://pjsp.cua.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:216-233-4400 Email:aguy@frognet.net DESCRIPTION:The SSC’s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings are week-l ong programs\, led by the nation’s top student activists\, to teach you ho w to develop strong\, effective groups that can tackle serious environment al issues. Throughout the week\, the program focuses on helping you prepar e to take what you have learned and put it to the test at your school.\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050730 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050723 GEO:40.357200;-75.940200 LOCATION:French Creek State Park\, Reading\, Pennsylvania\, 19601\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Leadership Training (SPROG) Pennsylvania UID:20091122T000511EST-fWUrRtV2cL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/t/sprogs.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:climatecampaign@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:CLIMATE CAMPAIGN SUMMER SESSION 2005\n \nSave the date! The Cl imate Campaign's 3rd Annual Summer Session will be held in Boston August 1 1 th-15th\, with the possibility of an additional campaign training sessio n August 16th-17th! Food and housing will be provided. This year's sessi on will include fieldtrips to local environmental organizations\, presenta tions by a range of topic experts\, a diversity training\, and lots of tim e for the play\, planning\, and visioning that will make the Climate Campa ign a continued force for cohesive\, meaningful Northeast Climate Action! \n Check back at www.climatecampaign.org for registration info and more de tails in the coming weeks. Email us to make sure you get the latest infor mation!\n \nThis training is geared toward young climate activists of all backgrounds and levels of experience as well as interested others.\n \nSee you in Boston this August!\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050817 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050811 GEO:42.342000;-71.096800 LOCATION:Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115\, United States SUMMARY:Climate Campaign Summer Session 2005 UID:20091122T000511EST-6O6WZAunee@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climatecampaign.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:engagingourworld@berea.edu DESCRIPTION:The objective of the conference is “raise awareness among stude nts\, in our region of the country to contemporary problems confronting ou r global society\, empower them to creatively engage these problems and pa rticipate in the creation of a better and safe world.” Ultimately\, we hop e that out of this tradition we can begin to build a rich culture of globa l and national civic engagement among students in the South. It would be n aďve to assume that we can immediately make activists out of all the stude nts attending\, but we believe that the conference would have been a succe ss if students are exposed to the issues the conference will cover. \nThe conference will cover such topics as: Trade and Economic Justice\, Global Aids\, Environmental Justice\, World Peace\, Human Rights\, World Hunger\, Mountaintop Removal\, GMO’s and Biodiversity\, Climate Change and Peak Oi l.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051023 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051021 GEO:37.716400;-84.299700 LOCATION:CELTS\, CPO 2170\, Berea College\, Berea\, Kentucky\, 40404\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:Engaging Our World: A Southeastern Global Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-PoHaPBj2Va@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.engagingourworld.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:katherine.mceachern@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:We’re focusing on Organizing 101\, Communication Skills\, Campa ign Organizing\, and Environmental Issues. We are looking for College & HS students who want to help build the Southeast into an environmental power house. Our program is limited to 30 students\, we know it’s a crime… but w e want to be able to give the one on one time that you deserve. The cost o f the week-long program is $120\, but financial assistance is available to those who qualify. To register e-mail Katherine or visit SSC's website ww w.SSC.org\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050619 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050613 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chattanooga\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Summer Training Progam- Tennessee UID:20091122T000511EST-R9k0i4nZNR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Every two years\, alternating with the National Conference\, we hold a regional conference for the purpose of growing workplace democracy and educating the cooperative workforce. This year's conference is hosted by the School of Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester\, New Hampshire. \n\nThere will be more than 30 workshops covering topics that include building the workplace democracy mo vement and creating and managing democractic workplaces. A keynote by Will iam Greider\, bestselling author of The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy\, will happen on Saturday\, as well as other special ev ents. Find out more about the 2005 Conference. Geographical Scope: Region al DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050717 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050715 GEO:42.988500;-71.462100 LOCATION:Manchester\, New Hampshire\, 03101\, United States SUMMARY:Democratic Workplaces: Growing Stronger Together UID:20091122T000511EST-wsU1FB5JE5@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.east.usworker.coop/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:communitiesagainstcoal@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Students and youth from across the country have traveled to App alachia to help organize MOUNTAIN JUSTICE SUMMER. We are working with coa l residents and activists from all walks of life to put a stop to mountain top removal coal mining (MTR)… and We Need Your Help.\n \nINTERNATIONAL D AY OF ACTION \nON THE ROOT CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE\nConvergence against M assey Coal and Mountaintop Removal\n Noon July 8th Monroe Park--Richmond\, VA\nOn July 8th as the rulers of the eight most powerful nations meet in Scotland to decide our fates\, communities around the world will take to t he streets to fight back against the fossil fuels industry’s devastation o f our Earth and its people. No longer can we stand by as our air is pollut ed\, our water poisoned\, our mountains destroyed\, and our communities te rrorized by these careless corporate thugs. On this day\, in conjunction w ith Venezuelan communities fighting coal mines in their country\, the peop le of Appalachia and folks from all across the east coast will descend on Richmond\, VA to confront one of the most ruthless coal companies in the U S\, Massey Energy Co. Massey is systematically destroying the mountains an d people of Southern Appalachia through a form of mining called mountainto p removal (MTR). \n \nWhat is MTR?\nMassey literally blows the tops off mo untains to get to the thin seams of coal that lie beneath. The rock is pus hed into valleys\, burying the streams many communities depend on for food and water. In West Virginia alone\, MTR mining has leveled over 500 squar e miles of mountains and buried over 1\,200 miles of streams. More pounds of explosives are used to destroy the mountains of West Virginia each day than were used during the entire US invasion of Afghanistan! To add insul t to injury many coalfield residents have been poisoned by the coal dust i n the air and heavy metals released into the water. \n But all is not los t! There is growing resistance to the coal barons who have turned Appalac hia into a national sacrifice zone. And we want you to be a part of it\n J oin Mountain Justice Summer to take direct action* against Massey Energy C o. Help the residents of Appalachia defend their communities from coal com pany thugs and toxic waste. Help stop Global Warming at its source. Dema nd the absolute abolition of Mountain Top Removal Mining and help bring ab out a sustainable and just future for the people of Appalachia and the Wor ld. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050708T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Monroe Park\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 23173\, United States SUMMARY:Convergence against Massey Coal and Mountaintop Removal UID:20091122T000511EST-f16nOjtgwk@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.moutainjusticesummer.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:304-886-3389 Email:trouserdude@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:To empower young adults with a knowledge of global issues combi ned with specialized skills and training sessions that will enable them to make a positive difference in the world around them.\nOur hope is to faci litate an open forum for discussion and to promote a movement of unity in our communities and beyond.\n\nFeatured Workshop: Ewuare Osayande's Anti-R acism Training (3 hours)\n\nConcurrent Workshops:\n# Genocide\n# Immigrati on\n# Sustainable Energy\n# Human Rights Violations\n# Global Apartheid\n# Women's Health Issues\n# Child Survival/Orphans & Vulnerable Children\n# Commercialism & Our Lives\n# Fair Trade\n\n........many others....... Geo graphical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051113 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051112T093000 GEO:39.389600;-77.838300 LOCATION:101 N King St.\, Student Center\, Shepherdstown\, West Virginia\, 25443\, United States SUMMARY:Global - Local Issues Convergence UID:20091122T000511EST-I6I25lObp2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globallocalconvergence.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Teach-In CONTACT:Phone:636-667-1077 Email:charlie@forestethics.org DESCRIPTION:Victoria's Secret\, part of Limited Brands\, claims to be a goo d global citizen. Yet by mailing more than a million catalogs a day\, the company is leading the way in global forest destruction.\n\nThe VDS road s how is heading through five states in the Midwest (IL\,KS\,MN\,MO\,WI)... If you want to learn about victoria's dirty secret and get your campus gro up involved please call me!!! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051031 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050821 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Victoria's Drity Secret Road Show UID:20091122T000511EST-rRwIUd9OoF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:413-586-0974 Email:liana@sweatfree.org DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops\, SweatFree Communities\, an d New \nYork State Labor-Religion Coalition have teamed up to offer an ant i-\nsweatshop organizing conference for high school students from across \ nthe Northeast.\n\nDuring the weekend\, we will: \n*learn about the sweats hop economy and free trade\n*strategize on how we can make a difference by campaigning in our \nhigh schools\n*learn skills in leadership developmen t\, building a student \norganization\, coalitions and grassroots power\, media\, fundraising\, \nfacilitation\, anti-oppression\, and more\n*build and strengthen a high school network of anti-sweatshop leaders\n*... and h ave fun!\n\nREGISTER NOW! Go to www.sweatfree.org Geographical Scope: Reg ional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051002 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050930T190000 GEO:42.415200;-72.769300 LOCATION:Smith College\, Northampton\, Massachusetts\, 01060\, United State s SUMMARY:Northeast Anti-Sweatshop Conference for High School Students UID:20091122T000511EST-DRrDBntVMz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.sweatfree.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:wayne@seac.org DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)\n\n Co-Sponsored by USAS\, ACTION-NW\, and Culture Jammers.\n\n*-Learn valuabl e organizing SKILLS!\n*-Learn about important environmental and social ISS UES!\n*-Combat OPPRESSION within the movement and in society!\n*-Get invol ved with exciting CAMPAIGNS!\n*-NETWORK with other awesome student and you th activists from\nthroughout the Northwest!\n*-Build the MOVEMENT for env ironmental and social justice in your region!\n Geographical Scope: Regio nal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060122 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060120 GEO:47.432300;-121.803000 LOCATION:Seattle University\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98102\, United States SUMMARY:Northwest Student and Youth Activist Conference - 2006 UID:20091122T000511EST-XB1MEZsrPd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/northwest END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:set@trainings.org DESCRIPTION:This fall is a critical time for our country. We are faced wit h huge challenges and our leaders are making momentous decisions. \n\nHur rican Katrina is now considered the worst natrual disaster in United State s history. And while we mobilize to provide the needed aid to the Gulf re gion\, we can’t forget that some in Congress are intent upon using this di saster as an excuse to pursue other goals. Under the guise of responding to the Katrina disaster\, proposals are being made to\, among other things \, cut over 9 billion dollars from federal financial aid programs\, open t he Arctic to oil drilling\, and make drastic cuts to anti-poverty programs like foodstamps and medicaid.\n\nStudents can play a huge role in adressi ng these problems and influencing our decision makers. Disaster relief is needed right now and will be needed over the coming weeks and months. Co ngress will be making decisions on higher education funding and Artic dril ling in the next 7 weeks. How students respond will make a big difference .\n\nTo that end\, we are pulling together action conferences to stop the Raid on Student Aid\, protect the Artic from oil drilling and organize a s tudent response to Hurricane Katrina. The three action conferences will t ake place this September 30\, October 1 and 2 in Boston MA as part of the already planned Northeast Regional Student Leadership Conferences. The g oal of each action conference is to better train ourselves on the issues a nd the skills we’ll need to provide the strongest possible student respons e on these three urgent campaigns.\n\nIf the Katrina disaster hasn’t “chan ged everything\,” then it has changed many things and our plans for the St udent Leadership Conferences are no exception. Please join us as we build an effective student response to the critical issues of the day!\n\nEvery one who wants to take action on one of these campaigns should come to the conference. You can sign up for the conference at:\n\nwww.trainings.org\n \nIn addition to these intensive action tracks\, the Northeast Student Lea dership Conference\, which will host these action tracks\, will also provi de an array of general leadership workshops on different campaigns and ski lls. The cost of the conference is $65 and there will be free housing ava ilable for students that need it.\n\nFor more information\, visit the conf erence website at www.trainings.org.\n\nAt this critical time\, students h ave an important role to play in shaping the future for the better. We ne ed to take action now to do so. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051002 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050930T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Mass College Of Art\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:North East Student Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-cfbrzzBzGL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trainings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:set@trainings.org DESCRIPTION:This fall is a critical time for our country. We are faced wit h huge challenges and our leaders are making momentous decisions. \n\nHur rican Katrina is now considered the worst natrual disaster in United State s history. And while we mobilize to provide the needed aid to the Gulf re gion\, we can’t forget that some in Congress are intent upon using this di saster as an excuse to pursue other goals. Under the guise of responding to the Katrina disaster\, proposals are being made to\, among other things \, cut over 9 billion dollars from federal financial aid programs\, open t he Arctic to oil drilling\, and make drastic cuts to anti-poverty programs like foodstamps and medicaid.\n\nStudents can play a huge role in adressi ng these problems and influencing our decision makers. Disaster relief is needed right now and will be needed over the coming weeks and months. Co ngress will be making decisions on higher education funding and Artic dril ling in the next 7 weeks. How students respond will make a big difference .\n\nTo that end\, we are pulling together action conferences to stop the Raid on Student Aid\, protect the Artic from oil drilling and organize a s tudent response to Hurricane Katrina. The three action conferences will t ake place this September 30\, October 1 and 2 in Denver CO as part of the already planned Rockies Student Leadership Conferences. The goal of each action conference is to better train ourselves on the issues and the skill s we’ll need to provide the strongest possible student response on these t hree urgent campaigns.\n\nIf the Katrina disaster hasn’t “changed everythi ng\,” then it has changed many things and our plans for the Student Leader ship Conferences are no exception. Please join us as we build an effectiv e student response to the critical issues of the day!\n\nEveryone who want s to take action on one of these campaigns should come to the conference. You can sign up for the conference at:\n\nwww.trainings.org\n\nIn additio n to these intensive action tracks\, the Rockies Student Leadership Confer ence\, which will host these action tracks\, will also provide an array of general leadership workshops on different campaigns and skills. The cost of the conference is $65 and there will be free housing available for stu dents that need it.\n\nFor more information\, visit the conference website at www.trainings.org.\n\nAt this critical time\, students have an importa nt role to play in shaping the future for the better. We need to take act ion now to do so. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051002 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20050930T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Colorado Denver\, Denver\, Colorado\, United States SUMMARY:Rockies Student Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-uubZK4WVFT@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trainings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES CONTACT:Phone: Email:set@trainings.org DESCRIPTION:This fall is a critical time for our country. We are faced wit h huge challenges and our leaders are making momentous decisions. \n\nHur rican Katrina is now considered the worst natrual disaster in United State s history. And while we mobilize to provide the needed aid to the Gulf re gion\, we can’t forget that some in Congress are intent upon using this di saster as an excuse to pursue other goals. Under the guise of responding to the Katrina disaster\, proposals are being made to\, among other things \, cut over 9 billion dollars from federal financial aid programs\, open t he Arctic to oil drilling\, and make drastic cuts to anti-poverty programs like foodstamps and medicaid.\n\nStudents can play a huge role in adressi ng these problems and influencing our decision makers. Disaster relief is needed right now and will be needed over the coming weeks and months. Co ngress will be making decisions on higher education funding and Artic dril ling in the next 7 weeks. How students respond will make a big difference .\n\nTo that end\, we are pulling together action conferences to stop the Raid on Student Aid\, protect the Artic from oil drilling and organize a s tudent response to Hurricane Katrina. The three action conferences will t ake place this October 14-16 as part of the already planned Midwest Stude nt Leadership Conference. The goal of each action conference is to better train ourselves on the issues and the skills we’ll need to provide the st rongest possible student response on these three urgent campaigns.\n\nIf t he Katrina disaster hasn’t “changed everything\,” then it has changed many things and our plans for the Student Leadership Conferences are no except ion. Please join us as we build an effective student response to the crit ical issues of the day!\n\nEveryone who wants to take action on one of the se campaigns should come to the conference. You can sign up for the confe rence at:\n\nwww.trainings.org\n\nIn addition to these intensive action tr acks\, the Midwest Student Leadership Conference\, which will host these a ction tracks\, will also provide an array of general leadership workshops on different campaigns and skills. The cost of the conference is $65 and there will be free housing available for students that need it.\n\nFor mor e information\, visit the conference website at www.trainings.org.\n\nAt t his critical time\, students have an important role to play in shaping the future for the better. We need to take action now to do so. Geographica l Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051016 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051014T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Wisconsin\, Madison\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, United S tates SUMMARY:Midwest Student Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-MRLVWtDcTG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trainings.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:red_riot83@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE OF THE LEFT\n\nOctober 15th at the Univers ity of Central Arkansas in Conway\, Arkansas.\n\nThe Young Democratic Soci alists (YDS) are hosting a one-day conference that focuses on the struggle for justice and equality in the American South. The conference will featu re panel discussions\, interactive workshops and grassroots trainings from groups such as Planned Parenthood\, Not With Our Money\, the AFL-CIO\, th e Democratic Party\, and various local progressive organizations dealing w ith the issues facing southern activists. \n\nTOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED INCL UDE:\n*The South's ongoing legacy of racism\n*The politics & aftermath of Katrina\n*Workers' rights & anti-union legislation\n*The growing prison in dustry \n*Widespread rural poverty \n*Anti-gay ballot initiatives & queer rights \n*Working with the media\n*Wal-Mart & the low-wage economy (Wal-M art's HQ is in Arkansas)\n*Feminist organizing\n*Counter military recruitm ent\n*Art & politics\n*Religious progressives & the Christian Right\n*Iraq & the anti-war movement\n*Living wage campaigns\n*Challenging the GOP in 'Red State' America\n\nKEYNOTE SPEAKER: CHRISTIAN PARENTI\nParenti is the author of The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq. His a rticles and ground-breaking reporting regularly appear in The Nation magaz ine. Parenti is the author of numerous other books including\, The Soft C age: Surveillance in America from Slavery to the War on Terror and Lockdow n America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis. \n\nThere will also be a presentation on Democratic Socialism & Progressive Politics on Friday e vening (Oct. 14) with YDS National Organizer\, Lucas Shapiro.\nJoin us for the friday night social event and a BBQ and party on Saturday.\n\nThe Mid -South Conference of the Left is an excellent opportunity for progressive youth and students from the surrounding region to network and have fun wit h each other.\n\nLimited housing and transportation available. \n\nREGISTE R ON-LINE: www.dsausa.org/yds/confreg-ar.html \n\nThe conference is $5 for YDS members and $15 for pre-registrants (the $15 special pre-registration rate is only available if paid on-line by October 10th - $20 at the door) Registration is free to UCA students.\n\nFor more information email UCA YDS at red_riot83@yahoo.com.\n\nPlease email the above address if you have any questions or if you are looking to carpool with activists in your are a.\n\nClick here for directions to the UCA campus: www.uca.edu/uca/directi ons.php\n\nFor more information about YDS: www.ydsusa.org\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051015 GEO:35.105300;-92.354900 LOCATION:University Of Central Oklahoma\, Conway\, Arkansas\, 72035\, Unite d States SUMMARY:MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE OF THE LEFT UID:20091122T000511EST-GrwiKRiLv4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ydsusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:203-508-2310 Email:info@fszproductions.com DESCRIPTION:Two of New York's up and coming new music ensembles\, NOW and N ewspeak\, will bring their ground-breaking program of political music to t he east coast. The program features premieres by John Halle and Missy Maz zoli\, new work by Patrick Burke\, Judd Greenstein\, David T. Little and K eeril Makan\, and a performance of Frederic Rzewski's seminal masterpiece Coming Together. Along with the music\, the show will feature politically -oriented film by some of today's brightest young filmmakers.\n11/9 Knitti ng Factory\, New York\, NY 9:30pm\n11/11 Galapagos Art Space\, Brooklyn\, NY 7pm\n11/12 Firehouse 12\, New Haven\, CT 8:30pm\n11/13 Killian Hall (MI T)\, Cambridge\, MA 3pm Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051113 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051109 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:New York\, New Haven\, Cambridge\, New York\, New Haven\, Cambridg e\, United States SUMMARY:Free Speech Zone Tour of political music and film UID:20091122T000511EST-V7KTfVolVG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.fszproductions.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:703-522-2214 Email:saglobalconference@feminist.org DESCRIPTION:Building on the foundation laid by the Feminist Majority Founda tion's National Collegiate Global Women's and Human Rights Conference this past April\, the fall conference will educate and mobilize young people t o make the connection between a range of feminist and human rights issues. The goal of this conference is to create a network of progressive U.S. a ctivists to confront problems facing women halfway across the world\, as w ell as in our own backyard! \n\nLearn more and take action on women's issu es such as sweatshop labor\, reproductive rights and health\, corporate ir responsibility\, HIV/AIDS\, education and literacy\, slavery and human tra fficking\, foreign policy\, women in conflict\, and violence against women .\n\nDon’t miss this great opportunity to meet activists from organization s such as the National Center for Human Rights Education\; SisterSong Wome n of Color Reproductive Health Collective\; United Students Against Sweats hops\; Women’s Actions for New Directions\; Eleanor Smeal\, President of t he Feminist Majority Foundation\, and many more!\n Geographical Scope: Re gional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051029T083000 GEO:33.757800;-84.433600 LOCATION:Spelman College\, 350 Spelman Lane SW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30314\ , United States SUMMARY:FMF South Atlantic Global Women's and Human Rights Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-WuNZP61WIj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.feministcampus.org/global_conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:703-522-2214 Email:mwglobalconference@feminist.org DESCRIPTION:Building on the foundation laid by the National Collegiate Glob al Women's and Human Rights Conference this past April\, the fall conferen ce will educate and mobilize young people to make the connection between a range of feminist and human rights issues. The goal of this conference i s to create a network of progressive U.S. activists to confront problems f acing women halfway across the world\, as well as in our own backyard! \n\ nLearn more and take action on women's issues such as sweatshop labor\, re productive rights and health\, corporate irresponsibility\, HIV/AIDS\, edu cation and literacy\, slavery and human trafficking\, foreign policy\, wom en in conflict\, and violence against women.\n\nDon’t miss this great oppo rtunity to meet activists from organizations such as the National Center f or Human Rights Education\; SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective\; United Students Against Sweatshops\; Women’s Actions for New Directions\; Eleanor Smeal\, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation \, and many more!\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051105T083000 GEO:41.504700;-81.602800 LOCATION:Case Western Reserve University\, Cleveland\, Ohio\, 44106\, Unite d States SUMMARY:FMF Midwest Global Women's and Human Rights Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-VA7A6lV9tB@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.feministcampus.org/global_conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Register today at www.feministcampus.org/global_conference \n\n Building on the foundation laid by the National Collegiate Global Women's and Human Rights Conference this past April\, the fall conference will edu cate and mobilize young people to make the connection between a range of f eminist and human rights issues. The goal of this conference is to create a supportive network of progressive U.S. policies to confront problems fa cing women halfway across the world\, as well as in our own backyard! \n\n Learn more and take action on women's issues such as sweatshop labor\, rep roductive rights and health\, corporate irresponsibility\, HIV/AIDS\, educ ation and literacy\, slavery and human trafficking\, foreign policy\, wome n in conflict\, and violence against women.\n\n\nQuestions? Contact the G lobal Conference Team at 1.866.444.3652 or visit us on the web: www.femini stcampus.org/global_conference. \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051112T090000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of North Texas\, Denton (Dallas)\, Texas\, United State s SUMMARY:FMF South Central Collegiate Global Women's and Human Rights Confer ence UID:20091122T000511EST-DfDicb1bDd@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:630-347-9721 Email:mark@usasnet.org\, tommy@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:USAS MIDWEST REGIONAL CONFERNCE\n\nEnding Sweatshops\, Kicking Killer Coke\, Winning Living Wages\, Organizing in Solidarity with workers ! Become a part of United Students Against Sweatshops!\n\nFriday Nov 4th t o Sunday Nov 6th\n\nPurdue University\, West Lafayette\, IN \n\n\n- Meet a nd greet great USASers from all across the Midwest!\n- Learn skills to mak e your group awesome!\n- Hear and strategize about USAS’ fab campaigns – S weat-Free Campus\, Coke\, and Living Wage\n- The best USAS parties ever! \ n- Memories to last a lifetime\n- and MUCH MORE!!!\n\n\nPlease register at : http://studentsagainstsweatshops.org/regional/mwregister.php \n\nTo hel p with planning email: \n\nSee y’all in the W. Lafayette!\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051106 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051104T180500 GEO:40.467300;-86.928100 LOCATION:101 N Grant St\, West Lafayette\, Indiana\, 47906\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest United Students Against Sweatshops Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-LTVrh3jA3A@69.73.141.125 URL:http://studentsagainstsweatshops.org/regional/mwregister.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:919-680-3181 Email:truthactioncamp@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:The military is recruiting young\, poor people like crazy. We'v e got racist schools\, wack jobs\, brothas & sistas in prison\, and no leg it health care\, so it's no wonder a lot of us feel like we have to join t he military to get by.\n\nBut what if we organized some new options? What if no one signed up for their war?\n\nIf you are age 12-19 and live in the South East\, come to our camp & bring a friend.\n\nNot Your Soldier Activ ist Training Camps will give youth the tools they need to stop the militar y invasion of our schools and our communities. The camp will help develop political organizing skills and create real-life strategies to fight milit ary recruitment\, the poverty draft\, and the corporations that profit off of war.\n\nWhen: Nov.4\, 7pm- Nov.6\, 3pm\n\nSubmit an application at www .notyoursoldier.org\n\nApplication deadline is Oct. 14\, 2005\n\nSuggested donation: $20-$150 sliding scale\n\nQuestions? email truthactioncamp@yaho o.com or call 919-680-3181 Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051106 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051104T190000 GEO:36.004600;-79.054500 LOCATION:Camp New Hope\, 4805 Highway 86\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 2 7514\, United States SUMMARY:Not Your Soldier Truth in Recruitment Youth Action Camp UID:20091122T000511EST-svBduURMAh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.notyoursoldier.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:865-521-1776 Email:usasregionalconference05@gmail.com\, DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops\, southeast regional\, will meet in Knoxville\, TN\, for a weekend of workshops\, coalition building\, and merrymaking.\n\nJoin us on the first weekend of November! Geographic al Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051106 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051104 GEO:35.933800;-83.973600 LOCATION:University Of Tennessee\, Knoxville\, Tennessee\, 37916\, United S tates SUMMARY:USAS Southeast Regional Conference 2005 UID:20091122T000511EST-LvSaRcsid9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/regional/seregister.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:571-334-7121 Email:mosaic_conference05@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Our conference aims to help LGBT Students of Color build skills and knowledge to amplify ourr voices in campus\, state\, and regional con texts and connect us to regional and national resources. By strengthening our networks and skills\, we hope to further our communities' ability to s hape awareness at our respective campuses. \n\nFREE REGISTRATION!!! Geogr aphical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051120 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20051118T150000 GEO:42.402800;-76.484000 LOCATION:Cornell University\, Ithaca\, New York\, 14850\, United States SUMMARY:Building Bridges As We Walk: LGBT Students of Color Northeast Regio nal Conferenc UID:20091122T000511EST-kRGCfSjk44@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.lgbtrc.cornell.edu/qpoc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email:sjaramillo2003@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:This is a rally in support of the Dream Act. The Dream Act\, p roposed by senators Richard Durbin and Orrin Hatch\, is a proposal that wo uld allow the children of illegal immigrants\, who inherited their undocum ented status from their parents\, certain rights. These children are esse ntially American\, as they have grown up in this country most of their lif e and America is all that they know. The Dream Act would allow them to pa y in-state tuition to attend college\, as opposed to paying the tuition of a foreign student. It would also allow them to join the military\, and p rovided they exhibit good conduct\, it would also make it easier for them to attain residency status. Once again\, I stress that these students are as American as you or I. This country is all that they know. This act m akes too much sense from a moral\, ethical\, economic\, and social standpo int. Come and show your support. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060330T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:State Capitol Building\, West State St.\, Trenton\, New Jersey\, U nited States SUMMARY:Dream Act Rally UID:20091122T000511EST-rUw9FUnFi1@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:hzloven@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Research for documentary film on youth writers/poets and activi sts. Please email Hillevi\, NYC Hunter grad student\, if you want to be i nterviewed and share your thoughts and contribute to the research process of this film celebrating youth activism and creativity. Please only from t he tri-state nyc area\, thanks! Please email your age\, your type of activ ism\, poetry and or performance. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051206 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051204 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:Interviews for activist documentary film UID:20091122T000511EST-DlV40VzEKw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ovoland.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@thirdwavefoundation.org DESCRIPTION:10 in 10: The Young Women's Collaborative announces a Southwest Regional Leadership Training dedicated to training leaders and building c apacity in the movement for reproductive justice in AZ\, CO\, NM and South ern NV. February 24-26\, 2006 is the first of three weekend long gatherin gs consisting of trainings\, workshops and advocacy campaigns around the r eproductive justice movement. More information and applications can be fo und at www.latinainstitute.org/mobilization.html\n\nAs activists and leade rs\, we come from a variety of backgrounds – many of us have fought for im migrants’ right to education\, campaigned for improved heath care access\, advocated for racial justice\, or worked for family planning clinics. The SRLT is designed to link our diverse experiences to a broader vision of c ross-movement change through trainings on reproductive justice\, a framewo rk which recognizes that our many movements share a common history of resi stance to control and exploitation of bodies\, sexuality\, and reproductio n. In addition to educating leaders in the reproductive justice framework\ , the SRLT provides you with concrete and culturally relevant skills that you can use in your communities and connects you to national and regional networks of activists\, organizations\, and funders working on women’s hea lth and reproductive rights issues. \n\nThrough training sessions and jo int projects\, 30 to 40 leaders will conduct advocacy work on reproductive justice issues through organizing at the local and state levels\, researc hing policy initiatives\, and conducting media outreach. During 18 months of work together\, we will build a stronger reproductive justice movement in the Southwest that both nurtures local\, community-based organizations and engages a national social justice movement and human rights agenda. \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060226 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060224 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Tucson\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:Southwest Regional Leadership Training UID:20091122T000511EST-LzUFsc0EIa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.latinainstitute.org/southwest.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:meganegbert@boisestate.edu DESCRIPTION:Progressive Advocacy Training starts Friday night with a big po tluck for all those who want to participate. Saturday and Sunday are fill ed with progressive workshops\, and Monday we use our new knowlege and par ticipate in a direct action. The event is free and open to the public. I f you need housing we can try to arrange it for you. This event is an ama zing way to make connections throughout different areas. Geographical Sco pe: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060220 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060217 GEO:43.662000;-116.195000 LOCATION:Boise State University Student Union Building\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83 702\, United States SUMMARY:Progressive Advocacy Training UID:20091122T000511EST-DpcKuWpmoz@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:919-960-6886 Email:surgenc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:SURGE Conference 2006\, cosponsored by scores of progressive or ganizations\, will be an amazing gathering of hundreds of progressive stud ents from all over North Carolina and beyond. There will be a great keyno te speaker on Friday evening (Feb 24) and then Saturday (Feb 25) will be f ull of informative workshop and strategy sessions on relevant issues and s kills\, networking opportunities with dozens of nonprofits and fellow stud ents\, and much more. Food is included in the inexpensive registration\, and we will even have some space on Durham hosts' futons\, couches and flo ors for Friday evening available on a first ask & register\, first serve b asis. Go to our website at www.surgenetwork.org for an updated descriptio n and schedule of the conference.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060225 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060224T170000 GEO:36.004300;-78.875500 LOCATION:Lawson & Fayetteville Streets\, Durham\, North Carolina\, 27701\, United States SUMMARY:SURGE Conference 2006: Empowering a Progressive South\, Community b y Community UID:20091122T000511EST-bE18uBEk14@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.surgenetwork.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Translating Identity is a FREE conference focusing on gender an d gender identities. Open to the public\, this event hopes to reach out th e University of Vermont\, the Burlington community\, and the nation as a w hole to educate us all further about transgender issues. \n\nWith multiple panels to choose from at any time\, some panels will be directed towards trans people and others will be for those who are fairly unfamiliar with t he transgender movement and the topic of gender identity. This conference seeks to translate gender identity to both the queer community and its all ies.\n\nRegistration and attendance are FREE although registration will no t open until December 15th 2005. Optional meal tickets are available for $ 5\, though no one will go hungry for lack of funds. Since space is limited \, the TIC committee asks all attendees to reserve your spot by registerin g online at www.uvm.edu/~tic\n\nThe TIC Committee is currently accepting p roposal submissions for workshops\, talks\, and other presentations. There are three ways to submit a session proposal. You can download the proposa l submission form as a Microsoft Word Document (.doc) or as an Adobe file (.pdf)\, both located on the website\, to print out and snail mail to us\, or you can use the online form\, also located on the website. You only ne ed to complete one of these options\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060226 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060225 GEO:44.448100;-73.098200 LOCATION:University Of Vermont\, Burlington\, Vermont\, 05403\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Free to Be - 4th Annual GLBTA Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-BFunDEVgoo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uvm.edu/~tic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:mwconference@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Global Warming is the issue of our time. Students all over the \ncountry know this and are organizing for solutions.\n\nNow is the time t o come together from our individual campuses to unite\nour energy and solu tions! Imagine what we could accomplish if we\neducate ourselves\, get gr assroots organizing and campaign training\,\nand then go back to campus to make an even bigger impact.\n\n The Midwest Student Energy Conference wil l feature:\n\nTrainings and Briefings from\nProminent energy policy and gl obal warming experts\nState and national environmental organization advoca tes and directors\nProfessional grassroots organizers\n\n\n Forums and pan el discussions on\n\nThe Campus Climate Challenge (www.campusclimatechalle nge.org ). The\nEnergy Action Coalition nation-wide effort to get 500 Univ ersities to\nreduce their global warming gases by 90% by 2050.\nCase studi es on winning campus energy efficiency campaigns\nState campaigns for rene wable portfolio standards\n\n\n Opportunities to:\n\nLearn a ton about the issues\, campaigns and organizing\nNetwork with organizations and other s tudents\nDiscuss regional campaign possibilities \n\nRegistration is FREE! !!\n(Includes housing and breakfast)\n\nIf you are interested in attending \, email Dan Kohler –\ndankohler@pirg.org . or Renae Steichen - renae24@gm ail.com\n Register online Here (www.energyaction.net/midwest it should b e up\nby January 16)\n\n\n Please forward this invitation to others.\n\n T he Midwest Student Energy Conference is being organized by groups\nincludi ng:\n\n Student PIRGs – www.studentpirgs.org\n\n Energy Action – www.energyaction.net\n\n Global Exchange – www.globalexchange.org\n\ n Apollo Alliance – www.apolloalliance.org\n\n Sierra Student Co alition – www.ssc.org\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060305 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060303 GEO:43.069600;-89.423900 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53701\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Student Energy Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-OhWFf5foCg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.energyaction.net/midwest END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:205-652-2004 Email:makinganation@aol.com DESCRIPTION:Planning meeting sponsored by the Ad Hoc Committee for a Call f or Atonement Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060211T090000 GEO:33.519200;-86.807900 LOCATION:Civil Rights Activist Committee Headquarters\, 1707 4th Ave. N\, B irmingham\, Alabama\, 35203\, United States SUMMARY:We Were Wrong. There Were No Weapons of Mass Destruction. UID:20091122T000511EST-LgZnZUxMG0@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:240-672-2523 Email:jgriffin@unitehere.org DESCRIPTION:UNITEHERE will host a specialized 2 Day Training on Feb 10th an d 11th in the DC/VA area to teach and evaluate basic organizing skills. N ewly trained organizers who complete the training program will develop str ong organizing and leadership skills while assisting their coworkers in fo rming a union. Full-time and Part-time positions are available. People of color\, bilingual speakers\, are highly encouraged to apply.\nUNITEHERE T wo Day Training\nFriday\, Feb 10th through Sat Feb 11th\nUNITEHERE Norther n VA area\nHow to Apply: email Patrick Griffin with your resume at jgriffi n@unitehere.org\nFor More Information: Patrick Griffin 240-672-2523\n Geo graphical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060211 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060210 GEO:38.980200;-77.026300 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20012\, United States SUMMARY:2 Day Training - DC/VA UID:20091122T000511EST-VHLAgj6aHr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://unitehere.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:530-898-6105 Email:rce@csuchico.edu DESCRIPTION:Towards Sustainability: Western Regional Conference and Expo is a collaborative effort between academic\, student\, community\, governmen t and industry leaders to provide a forum for information sharing\, though tful inquiry\, and enhanced commitment to the benefits of sustainability. \n\nJoin us for Towards Sustainability and you will discover: \n\nTeaching Towards Sustainability - the integration of sustainability concepts acros s the curriculum \n\nProven and emerging renewable energy systems and tech nologies \n\nBuilding industry sustainable practices and resources \n\nStu dent life. Learning and applying appropriate technology on campus and beyo nd.\n \nField trips and art activites too! Tell a friend! Geographical Sc ope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060309 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060307T090000 GEO:39.731400;-121.801000 LOCATION:California State University\, Chico\, 400 West First Street\, Chic o\, California\, 95929\, United States SUMMARY:Towards Sustainability: Western Regional Conference and Expo 2006 UID:20091122T000511EST-mBj0sED3bo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://rce.csuchico.edu/sustainability/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:317-274-5860 Email:sage4@iupui.edu DESCRIPTION:The 2006 summit will strive to bring together students\, commun ity activists and concerned citizens to share ideas and work cooperatively for positive social and political change. A special feature of this summi t will be an advocacy fair where non-profit advocacy organizations can rec ruit interns and volunteers as well as educate the public about their prog rams. Our keynote speaker is former Colonel and ambassador\, Ann Wright. \n We invite other activist groups to present a workshop at the summit. Please email sage4@iupui.edu for more information.\n Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060409 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060407 GEO:39.762400;-86.143700 LOCATION:Indianapolis\, Indiana\, 46202\, United States SUMMARY:2nd Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-oHGduBuFaH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.iupui.edu/~sage4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:203-285-6647 Email:climatecampaign@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Yale 2003\n\nHarvard 2004\n\nUniversity of Vermont 2005\n\nToge ther\, we have connected our campuses\, our networks\, our states\, and ou r region. We've pushed state action plans\, helped bring renewable energy to our campuses\, brought mainstream media attention to climate issues\, t rained hundreds of youth climate leaders\, lobbied international delegates \, and so much more. There is much to celebrate\, and much more still to do. So the Climate Campaign's bringing it back to where it all began…\n\n and we want you to be there. \n\n\nTHE 4th ANNUAL NORTHEAST CLIMATE CONFER ENCE\n\nYALE UNIVERSITY\, NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT\n\nFRIDAY- SUNDAY\, APRIL 7-9 2006\n\nREGISTER TODAY AT www.climatecampaign.org \n\nQuestions? clim atecampaign@gmail.com and 203.285.6647\n\nConference details will be poste d in the coming weeks \n\n\nHosted by the Yale Climate Campaign\, the Yale Student Environmental Coalition\, and the Climate Campaign\n\nwith the su pport of Energy Action\, the Sierra Student Coalition\, and our partner ne tworks \n\n\nNortheast students and climate activists of all levels of exp erience will gather for a weekend of workshops and trainings\, speakers\, tours\, and fun activities to: \n\n\nLearn about and start actions on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative\, the Campus Climate Challenge\, intern ational climate negotiations\, and much more \nBuild state networks and co llaborate with climate activists new and old from across the region \nHear from visionary keynote speakers \nLearn the skills to organize and win re al climate victories from the campus level to the international level \nCe lebrate the movement we're building \n \n \n\nRegistration open until Frid ay\, March 24 or until full.\n\nSliding scale donation of $0-50 to help co ver conference costs. Free housing (floor\, sleeping bag style) and food will be provided.\n\nThis conference will target a primarily college stude nt/youth audience\, but all are welcome \n\n\nPlease contact Meg at 203.28 5.6647 if you're interested in more information on conference sponsorship opportunities\, volunteering as a conference coordinator\, or presenting a workshop at the conference. \n\n\nwww.climatecampaign.org \n\n\nThe Clima te Campaign is a youth-based network of students\, environmental groups\, and local organizations that strives to reduce the Northeast's contributio ns to global climate change by fostering student leadership\, leading succ essful campus- and state-level greenhouse gas emissions reductions campaig ns\, and supporting the initiatives of its partner organizations. The Cli mate Campaign is rooted in a system of strong state networks led by studen t coordinators and on a series of annual regional and state gatherings. F ounded in 2003\, the Climate Campaign is now active on hundreds of college and university campuses across nine Northeast states. The Climate Campai gn is also a founding member of Energy Action\, a North American youth cle an energy coalition based in part on the Climate Campaign model. \n Geogr aphical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060409 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060407T140000 GEO:41.328700;-72.964200 LOCATION:Yale University\, New Haven\, Connecticut\, 06515\, United States SUMMARY:The 4th Annual Northeast Climate Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-1eC77E8kuh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climatecampaign.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:smoore@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:Student Pugwash USA is kicking off the New Year with a series o f regional conferences! The first of which will be held at Purdue Univers ity\, March 31- April 1\, and will feature Dr. Arden Bement\, director of the National Science Foundation\, as keynote speaker. The focus of the co nference is as follows: 'The integrity of objective scientific work is be ing compromised by political\, ideological\, religious\, or financial moti ves and is confusing and dividing the American public. How can scientists and engineers strengthen the public’s image of science and technology?' Students from across the nation are encouraged to attend. \n\nStudent Pu gwash USA empowers science\, technology\, and policy students to make soci al responsibility a guiding focus of their academic and professional caree rs. Please visit our website and join our listserv at www.spusa.org. (Th e next regional conference will be held at Rockefeller University in New Y ork City\, May 20- 21\, focusing on mental health and society.) \n Geo graphical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060401 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060331 GEO:40.424900;-86.916200 LOCATION:Purdue University\, West Lafayette\, Indiana\, 47907\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Student Pugwash Regional Conference: Pharamaceuticals and Scientifi c Integrity UID:20091122T000511EST-iIFjeFVfeu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pugwash/articles/category/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:History\n\nIn the Spring of 2003\, The University of North Caro lina – Chapel Hill\, and Duke University were the first Southeast Universi ties to successfully implement student driven initiatives focused renewabl e energy support at the campus level. Typical of great leaders\, the Nort h Carolina students then decided to create a forum to share what they had learned with neighboring schools in the Southeast. The concept of the Sou theast Student Renewable Energy Conference (SSREC) was born. \nStudent o rganizers from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill\, Duke Universit y\, and North Carolina State University began planning for the conference in the Fall of 2003\, adding Southern Alliance for Clean Energy to the pla nning committee in December of 2003. On April 2nd\, 2004\, over 200 stude nts from around the Southeast descended upon Durham and Raleigh\, North Ca rolina for a weekend full of learning\, networking and laughs. Visit the site of the 2004 Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference.\n\n The a tmosphere of the first conference was charged with excitement and anticipa tion realizing the possibilities of transforming Southeast universities in to sustainable living communities. Since the April conference\, many acti vists have continued to work on energy issues\; some have even lead succes sful initiatives on their campuses since April including MTSU\, TN Tech\, Sewanee\, ASU! \nIn August 2004\, the Southern Energy Network was formed t o serve as both a catalyst and guiding agent as institutions of high learn ing from the shores of Florida\, to the hills of Appalachia\, to the banks of the Mississippi River drive their communities towards a clean energy f uture.\n\nAlso in the summer of 2004\, a North American coalition\, Energy Action was formed. In June\, over 30 North American activists working on energy issues at the youth/student level came to Washington DC for a week end of strategizing\, brainstorming and fun! After 3 days of intense disc ussions and activities\, it was resolved that the clean energy movement ne eded a driving force to help collectively pool the amazing work happening from Canada to the east coast to the west coast. \nAfter a North American Day of Action in October 2004 where 280 campuses took action in solidarit y\, it is clear that the student clean energy movement is here to stay. T raditionally\, students have been on the leading edge of social change in the United States. With the looming threats of fuel shortages\, disruptiv e climate changes\, environment and societal health problems associated wi th dirty energy production\, and rising sea levels\, energy issues will be no different\; students will play an instrumental role in transforming th e ideals and convictions of this country and continent. Campuses\, epicen ters of thought and action and microcosms that reflect the greater society \, play a large role towards confronting our energy epidemic and responsib ly enacting energy efficiency initiatives\, conservation measures\, and th e growth of the renewable energy market – all vital components of the clea n energy revolution! \n\nThe 2nd Annual SSREC attracted over 300 student s\, youth and community members to Knoxville\, TN for a weekend of network ing\, learning\, and sharing. Students visited Buffalo Mtn\, TN (left)\, the only commercial wind farm in the South on Friday and viewed one of the premire Southern documentary films on energy: KiloWatt Ours by Jeff Barri e. One of the most powerful workshops was on the destructive practice of Mountain Top Removal mining while there were other sessions with topics su ch as Climate Change\, Air Pollution\, Energy Efficiency\, and Wind. Stat e breakout sessions energized students to collaborate with other local stu dents on state\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060409 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060407 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Knoxville\, Tennessee\, United States SUMMARY:Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference 2006 UID:20091122T000511EST-FILL17cGeO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://energyconference.utk.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Regional meeting of northeastern SDS chapters. SDSers arriving on Saturday 4/22 are invited to a dinner (social event)\, details TBA. Any one needing housing should email ne_regional AT studentsforademocraticsoci ety.org There is a listserv on the main SDS website. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060423T110000 GEO:41.826700;-71.397700 LOCATION:List Hall\, Brown University\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02912\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast Regional S.D.S. (Students for a Democratic Society UID:20091122T000511EST-jN7mwB33ZE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsforademocraticsociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:412-901-4563 Email:pog@mutualaid.org DESCRIPTION:Counter-Recruitment Conference\nFriday\, April 7th 2006\nPittsb urgh\, PA USA\n\nPittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) is pleased to announce a regional Counter-Recruitment Conference to be held April 7-9\, 2006 at C arnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh\, PA. The purpose of the conferenc e is to explain\, share\, build\, expand\, and otherwise support the growi ng counter-recruitment (CR) movement. From Friday night to Sunday afternoo n\, we will host a variety of hands-on workshops and presentations\, facil itated strategy sessions\, an exchange of materials\, a participatory acti on or two\, as well as nightly entertainment.\n\nThe conference is schedul ed to run from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon\, and will offer a wi de variety of events:\n\n* Workshops. Workshops are planned for long time activists and newcomers to CR issues\, campaigns\, and concepts. They will cover basic military recruiting and counter-recruitment\, expanding and e scalating your CR campaign\, non-violent direct action\, conscientious obj ection\, the criminalization of dissent\, media coordination\, legal and k now-your-rights training\, action materials\, skillshares and other creati ve workshops that activists may propose. (If you would like lead a worksho p\, visit our website to submit a proposal.)\n\n* Discussion. In addition to facillitated strategy sesssions\, the conference will have a space for CR activists to meet and greet and talk about their efforts with one anoth er.\n\n* Materials exchange. Throughout the conference there will be a lar ge area for the exchange of anti-war/counter recruitment materials\, inclu ding flyers\, stickers\, videos and more. See the materials that groups ar e using and be inspired to make your own.\n\n* Participatory action. We wi ll put our theories to the test during the conference weekend!\n\n* Social events. There will be a low key party for activists and newcomers to get to know each other on Friday evening as well as a blow out bash on Saturda y night.\n\nTo attend the conference please register and pay a small slidi ng-scale registration fee of $10-5.\n\nRegister online at http://www.organ izepittsburgh.org/conference\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060409 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060407T190000 GEO:40.423100;-79.980600 LOCATION:Carnegie Mellon University\, Porter Hall 100\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsy lvania\, 15213\, United States SUMMARY:Counter-Recruitment Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-F7bzBjZjxt@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.organizepittsburgh.org/conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:New England's Largest Conference for Citizen Activists protecti ng public health and the environment!\n\nMEET THE EXPERTS - LEARN NEW SKIL LS - NETWORK - AND BE INSPIRED!\n\nFor details\, visit www.toxicsaction.or g.\n\nToxics Action Center and the New England Grassroots Environmental Fu nd invite you to Environmental Action 2006\, our 20th annual environmental leadership conference on March 18\, 2006 at Wentworth Institute of Techno logy in Boston\, MA.\n\nOur keynote speaker this year is Craig Williams\, Director of the Chemical Weapons Working Group and the Kentucky Environmen tal Foundation. Against overwhelming odds\, Craig led a successful grassro ots campaign to stop the US Army from disposing chemical weapons with inci nerators at four locations across the country. Dr. Marshall Ganz\, lecture r in Public Policy at Harvard University\, is our featured speaker. Marsha ll got his start as a civil rights organizer in Mississippi and later as t he Organizing Director with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers in Ca lifornia. He now teaches and writes on leadership\, organization\, and str ategy in social movements\, civic associations\, and politics.\n\nThe conf erence will offer over 35 workshops to help you develop skills and strateg ies to win your fights against pollution in your communities\, including:\ n\n- Generating Front Page Media Coverage\n- Winning the Support of Electe d Officials\n- Recruiting New Members for Your Group\n- Planning a Winning Campaign\n- Fundraising and Grant Writing\n\nOther workshops will focus o n the particular issues all of us are working on\, including hazardous was te cleanup\, pesticide-free lawns\, safe cosmetics\, global warming\, liqu id natural gas\, landfills and trash transfer stations\, recycling\, land protection\, sprawl\, greenways and rails to trails\, and diesel and air p ollution.\n\nYou will have the opportunity to discuss environmental and pu blic health threats and solutions with experts in the field. You can netwo rk throughout the day with other activists and decision-makers\, including Bob Golledge\, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmen tal Protection\, who will be there to answer your questions about any loca l concerns. You can make connections with other activists at one of our is sue summits on pesticides\, energy\, and solid waste. You can visit with o ld friends and make new ones at the post-conference party. \n\nEnvironment al Action 2006 is a day to recognize our many victories over the year and be inspired to go back to our communities and continue the fight to protec t the health and safety of our families.\n\nSee all of the conference work shops\, browse the silent auction prizes\, learn more about the speakers\, see who is cosponsoring the event\, register\, and get directions to Went worth at www.toxicsaction.org over the upcoming weeks.\n\nRegistration is $50 to cosponsor\, $30 pre-paid and $35 at the door. Breakfast\, a recepti on\, and childcare are included.\n\nEmail Jamie at jamie@toxicsaction.org\ , or call her at (617) 747-4362 with questions.\n Geographical Scope: Reg ional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060318 GEO:42.342000;-71.096800 LOCATION:Wentworth Institute Of Technology\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115 \, United States SUMMARY:Environmental Action 2006 - New England Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-WnsZnrFunj@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-627-2227 x 238 Email:acardenas@thenyic.org DESCRIPTION:This Conference will train youth from NJ\, NY\, PA\, MA\, NH\, RI & MD that are committed to the DREAM Act Campaign and the broader Immig ration Reform Campaign. The training will teach them how to organize a ca mpaign\, how to build political power through such things as lobbying\, an d how to frame their pro-immigrant message to the media. Were also going t o be having a RALLY within the Conference. If you are interested and will ing to commit to the campaign then please email Angie Cardenas at acardena s@thenyic.org with your name\, age\, address\, phone #\, and email. We nee d this by Wednesday\, March 22nd. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060402 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060401T090000 GEO:40.735600;-74.174000 LOCATION:303 University Ave.\, Newark\, New Jersey\, 07102\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast Regional Conference - DREAM Act UID:20091122T000511EST-K0asxNwmvi@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.thenyic.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:908-872-4779 Email:monkeywithsoda@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:Recently the US government has stepped up its bombing campaign in Samara to the highest level of intensity since the onset of the war. E ven though public support has turned against the war and active resistance has begun in many sectors of the country and in the military\, the moveme nt is not at the necessary organizational levels to attain a complete with drawal of American forces from the Middle East. Meanwhile\, large demonst rations are being planned in cities across the country in April. This com es at a time when many politicians\, Democrat and Republican\, are support ing policies of “re-deployment” or outright military action against Iran.\ n \nStudents are becoming organized and have been making great strides in fighting recruitment\, fostering debate\, and demonstrating for civil libe rties. At this crucial time in the antiwar movement it is essential that a unified student front emerge to fight campus repression and to end the wa r. Real strategies for active resistance need to be developed to motivate the overwhelming public support into viable solutions.\n \nCampus Antiwar Network is establishing regional conferences to develop the true student power needed to breakdown the military machine that has relentlessly torn several countries asunder. Workshops will look at concrete steps to end t he war. Anyone is welcome to attend and campuses are encouraged to send a s many people as they can. With the spirit of grassroots democratic action \, we can truly set in motion the catalyst to change.\n Geographical Scop e: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060430 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060428T200000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Columbia University\, New York City\, New York\, United States SUMMARY:Eastern Regional Campus Antiwar Network Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-D8cFUjmiZH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://campusantiwar.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:502-209-5382 Email:iarras@kdva.org DESCRIPTION:This is the Migrant Network Coalition's annual conference. Thi s year our speakers include: \n\n--Mark Potok\, Southern Poverty Law Cent er \nwww.splcenter.org\n--Dr. Paul C. Gorski\, Hamline University\, EdCha nge www.edchange.org\n--Dr. Marta Umanzor\, St. Micheal's College\, Vermo nt\n\nCome and join us in July. Please call or email with questions. Mor e information will be available soon. \n\nRegistration: Early bird (Unti l June 16th\, 2006): $85\, Late Registration: $100\n\nPlease contact Ise la if you are interested in submitting a proposal for a workshop. Geograp hical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060728 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060727T080000 GEO:38.045600;-84.496000 LOCATION:140 E. Main St.\, Lexington\, Kentucky\, 40507\, United States SUMMARY:The Keeping Perspective and Challenging Perceptions II Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-raPUruoz8g@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mnclex.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:ethan@culturechange.org DESCRIPTION:A conference on the effects of peak oil and the growing global energy crisis will take place in Washington\, DC on May 6th at the All Sou ls Church\, Unitarian from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. Speakers include peak-oil auth or Richard Heinberg.\n**Please forward widely**\n\n~*~*~*~*~*~*~*\n\nSURVI VING PEAK OIL:\nSOCIAL ISOLATION OR SOLIDARITY?\n\nSponsored by Culture Ch ange (culturechange.org) the May 6th DC 'PetroCollapse' Conference must no t be missed!\n\nWith its focus on the critical emerging issue of PEAK OIL (i.e. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil) and on envisioning strategic\, grass roots responses to our 'oil-addicted' culture's unfolding 'permanent energ y crisis\,' the DC PetroCollapse Conference should be attended by all loca l activists!\n\nThe DC PetroCollapse Conference will be:\nSaturday\, May 6 th\, 9 am to 7 pm\nat the All Souls Unitarian Church\n(16th and Harvard St reets\, NW) in Washington DC.\n\nFEATURING DC PREMIER OF THE NEW DOCUMENTA RY FILM:\n'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil' (www.commun itysolution.org/cuba.html)\n\nDC PETROCOLLAPSE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS WILL IN CLUDE:\n*Albert Bates Global Ecovillage Network\; author\n*Diana Leafe Chr istian Communities Magazine\n*John Darnell\, Ph.D Energy advisor\n*Richard Heinberg Author\, The Party's Over and Powerdown\n*Michael Kane From the Wilderness publications\n*Jan Lundberg Oil industry analyst\; culturechang e.org\n*Jenna Orkin Moderator\; World Trade Center Environmental Org.\n*Jo el Salatin Organic Agriculturalist\, polyfacefarms.com\n*Mark Robinowitz O ilempire.us\; author\, Permatopia\n*David Room Post Carbon Institute\; Glo bal Public Media\n\nYOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!\n\nPlease register online a t petrocollapse.org/register.html\n\nThe registration cost is sliding scal e ($10 - $100)\, payable on the website via PayPal. No one turned away!\n\ nIf you have any problems registering\, or for more details\, please conta ct the registration coordinator -- Ethan Genauer -- by email at : ethan (a t) culturechange.org\n\nFor more information\, see and the DC PetroCollap se Conference press release below\n\n*********\n\nMEDIA ALERT -- FOR IMMED IATE RELEASE\n\nDC Petrocollapse Conference: May 6\, 2006\nAll Souls Churc h\, Unitarian 16th & Harvard\, Washington\, D.C\n\nBerkeley\, March 22 - A conference on the effects of peak oil and the growing global energy crisi s will take place in Washington\, DC on May 6th at the All Souls Church\, Unitarian from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. Speakers include peak-oil author Richard H einberg.\n\nExperts on peak oil\, small-scale agriculture and alternative energy will discuss 'petrocollapse\,' the imminent failure of the petroleu m infrastructure to continue to provide the myriad goods and services that our consumer economy has grown accustomed to. Multimedia presentations wi ll suggest solutions to the audience.\n\nConference organizer and speaker Jan Lundberg is a former oil industry analyst who ran the market research firm Lundberg Survey. Lundberg\, who quit serving the oil industry so he c ould put his knowledge to use to protect the environment\, says 'M. King H ubbert\, who developed the theory of peak oil\, observed that we do not ha ve an energy crisis but rather a culture crisis. This fits with the theme of the Washington DC Petrocollapse Conference that there is no technofix f or our energy dilemma. Society will have to bring about a closer level of community and rediscover what local economics are about.'\n\nThe May 6th c onference will feature Richard Heinberg\, the most-read peak oil author (T he Party's Over\, and Powerdown). Films and music will be also offered as part of a varied program to stimulate discussion and action by attendees. Heinberg and Lundberg and others will perform music including oil-satire s ongs. Films will include premiers of 'Our Synthetic Sea' (plastics polluti on in oceans) and 'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil.'\n\ nLundberg says the Petrocollapse Conference asks\, 'What we can do in adva nce of the social upheaval and chaos that may produce a 'national New Orle ans\,' to prepare or mitigate? What will the future look like during and a fter a transition to non-petroleum living?'\n\nFor more information\, see \n\n# # # # # #\n\nBackground briefing for:\n\nPetrocollapse Conference: M ay 6\, 2006 9 A.M. - 7 P.M. All Souls Church\, Unitarian 16th & Harvard\, Washington D.C.\n\nMost independent oil experts agree that the peak in glo bal oil extraction is occurring approximately now. The pressures of the ma rket to distribute the fuels and materials made from petroleum are already creating intense competition for energy supplies around the world. As the gap between supply and demand widens and prices skyrocket\, supply will t ighten as never before due to hoarding. This will cause massive repercussi ons in daily living and the global economy. Not only will people have to a dapt to an energy-poor world by concentrating on sustainably working with their regional ecosystems for all their needs\, but also have to cope with climate change which is rapidly accelerating. This scenario is referred t o by oil expert and conference organizer Jan Lundberg as Petrocollapse.\n\ nAs stated in the conference brochure\, 'the world's peak in oil extractio n is about now -- although there is uncertainty and debate. The pressures of the Market to smoothly spread around the fuels and materials made from petroleum promise to create intense competition for energy supplies\, as s een already today on the world stage. As the gap between supply and demand widens and prices skyrocket\, supply will tighten as never before due to hoarding. This will cause massive repercussions in daily living and the gl obal economy. Not only will people have to adapt to an energy-poor world b y concentrating on sustainably working with their regional ecosystems for all their needs\, climate change is accelerating.'\n\nRichard Heinberg pre sents irrefutable evidence in his books and powerpoint presentations that the world's maximum oil extraction has most likely been reached. He also s hows what limited contributions can be offered by various countries to inc rease their oil output\, and what alternative\nsources of energy can possi bly provide to replace petroleum. Besides his solutions of 'powerdown' and 'lifeboats\,' Heinberg promotes the Oil\nDepletion Protocol proposed by C olin Campbell\, the geologist who founded the international Association fo r the Study of Peak Oil and Gas.\n\nSpeakers will include:\n\nDC PETROCOLL APSE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:\nAlbert Bates Global Ecovillage Net work\; author\nDiana Leafe Christian Communities Magazine\nJohn Darnell\, Ph.D Energy advisor\nRichard Heinberg Author\, The Party's Over and Powerd own\nMichael Kane From the Wilderness publications\nJan Lundberg Oil indus try analyst\; culturechange.org\nJenna Orkin Moderator\; World Trade Cente r Environmental Org.\nJoel Salatin Organic Agriculturalist\, polyfacefarms .com\nMark Robinowitz Oilempire.us\; author\, Permatopia\nDavid Room Post Carbon Institute\; Global Public Media\n\nTo register and for more informa tion\,\nplease visit petrocollapse.org\nand contact conferences (at) cultu rechange.org\n \nRelated\n\n * http://petrocollapse.org\n * http://c ulturechange.org Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060507 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060506T090000 GEO:38.932700;-77.030300 LOCATION:16th & Harvard Streets\, NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20010\, United States SUMMARY:CultureChange.org's DC 'PetroCollapse' Conference : SURVIVING PEAK OIL! UID:20091122T000511EST-4xNmrEO9pS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://petrocollapse.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:schwartz2020@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Campus Antiwar Network regional conference. Geographical Scope : Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060422 GEO:41.811900;-87.687300 LOCATION:University Of Illinois\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United State s SUMMARY:Midwest Campus Antiwar Network Conference - Spring 2006 UID:20091122T000511EST-fTZWJpSxB9@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.campusantiwar.net/index.php?option=content&task=view& ;id=155 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:smoore@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Student Pugwash USA's 2006 Northeast Regiona l Conference at Rockefeller University\, May 19-20th. Student Pugwash USA promotes socially responsibility in science and technology by preparing s cience\, technology\, and policy students to make social responsibility a guiding focus of their academic and professional endeavors. The conferenc e will focus on issues of scientific integrity and policy in the mental he alth community. The conference will feature a variety of experts from fie lds such as psychology\, neurology\, public health\, law\, and autism. Yo u can learn more about SPUSA and the conference\, including registration\, speaker bios\, articles\, mental health news\, and more at www.spusa.org. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060520 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060519T170000 GEO:40.768800;-73.960300 LOCATION:1230 York Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10021\, United States SUMMARY:Scientific Integrity and the Implications of Mental Health Research \, Policy\, Law UID:20091122T000511EST-FVznAauVEr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:ftp@grinnell.edu DESCRIPTION:Hoedown in the Heartland is an annual student activist training conference held at Grinnell College in memory of environmental activist G regory Schrieber and will feature a variety of speakers\, workshops\, and opportunities to get to know student activists from all of the Midwest.\n\ nThis year’s Hoedown will be held April 28-30. Our lineup of trainers\nthi s year includes:\nLiz Butler\, Organizing Director for ForestEthics\nJenni fer Krill\, Jumpstart Ford Campaign Director for Rainforest Action Network \nMatt Ewing\, Operation Democracy Director for Moveon.org\nDavid Osterber g\, Director for Iowa Policy Project\n\nFor more information please visit our website!! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060430 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20060428T190000 GEO:41.685300;-92.630300 LOCATION:Grinnell College\, Grinnell\, Iowa\, 50112\, United States SUMMARY:Hoedown in the Heartland UID:20091122T000511EST-0wSpNbAupI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.grinnell.edu/student/groups/ftp/hoedownintheheartland/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Wild Rockies Rendezvous is a gathering of citizens and acti vists sponsored by conservation groups working throughout the Wild Rockies region of Montana\, Idaho\, Wyoming\, Washington and Oregon. Join us for informal discussions related to wilderness protection\, forest restoration \, ecosystem defense & the people and critters who call the Wild Rockies h ome. \n\nThis year\, the Rendezvous will be held in conjunction with the N ational Forest Protection Alliance’s Eight Annual Forest Convention. NFPA holds a national convention in a different part of the country each year t o invigorate the national and state effort to protect and restore national forests.\n\nCo-Sponsored By:\n\nWildWest Institute\, Friends of the Clear water\, Alliance for the Wild Rockies\, Bitterroot-Mission Sierra Club\, W ilderness Watch\, Conservation Northwest\, Great Bear Foundation\, Western Lands Project\, Swanview Coaltion\, Friends of the Bitterroot\, Deer Lodg e Defense Fund\, The Lands Council\, Predator Conservation Alliance\, Sout hern Appalachian Biodiversity Project\, Heartwood\, Eyak Preservation Coun cil and American Lands Alliance. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060924 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060922 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Birch Creek Center\, Dillon\, Montana\, United States SUMMARY:Wild Rockies Rendezvous 2006 UID:20091122T000511EST-IcJTi2BOev@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wildrockies.org/rendezvous END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:sstopslavery@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:This two day conference will look at the demand side of human t rafficking. We have numerous experts in field ranging from academics to state department officials who will be guest speakers. Please send e-mail s for more information. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061028 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061027 GEO:38.893300;-77.014600 LOCATION:Georgetown University\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20057\ , United States SUMMARY:Students Stopping the Trafficking of People (SSTOP) Down with Deman d Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-hKvEl2l7h3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://explore.georgetown.edu/organizations/sstop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Workshops\, speakers\, and programs.\n\nConnecting neighbors & providing sustenance for body and mind. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061020 GEO:44.816200;-85.575100 LOCATION:Traverse City\, Michigan\, 49685\, United States SUMMARY:Great Lakes Bioneers Conference 2006 UID:20091122T000511EST-aVEd7OVAw8@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.glbconference.org/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:kgrand3@hotmail.com DESCRIPTION:The University of Central Arkansas Young Democratic Socialists will be hosting the second-annual Mid-South Conference of the Left at the UCA Student Center. It is an activist education/community outreach event open to the general public. Admission is free and housing can be arranged for those who need it.\n\nOur keynote speaker will be Stephen Eric Bronne r\, Rutgers university professor\, world traveller\, and solid socialist.\ nhttp://polisci.rutgers.edu/FACULTY/BIOS/Bronner.html\n\nThe following top ics will be covered:\n\n\nBasic American Economics 101: \nExplaining the r elations of budget deficits to the failure to raise the minimum wage to at tempts to repeal the estate tax to lack of universal healthcare to trade d eficits to.... Basically a jargon-free big-picture explanation of Capitali sm as its operating today in the US\n\nThe Politics of Race:\nA study of i nstitutional racism in contemporary America.\n\nRealizing Utopia:\n Gaviot us\, The Paris Commune\, and other historical utopias.\n\nA world at stake \; A planetary health check:\nAn assessment of the current state of the en vironment. We’ll cover basic topics such as global warming\, deforestat ion\, strip mining\, and fossil fuel usage and then illustrate relationshi p to American culture.\n\nEnvironmental Sustainability:\nA workshop on bot h large-scale and DIY environmentally-friendly lifestyle alternatives.\n\ nUtilizing Technology in Movement Building:\nTutorial on modern techno-act ivist techniques. \n\nCross-Generational Activist Dialogue:\nA multigenera tional discussion of activist techniques.\n\nBuilding Social Movements:\nA workshop on coalition-building and public discourse.\n\nLeftist Participa tion in Electoral Politics:\nA point-counterpoint discussion on the progre ssive thinker’s role in electoral politics.\n\nThe Ethics of Transhumani sm:\nTranshumanism is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of new sciences and technologies to enhance human physi cal and cognitive abilities and ameliorate what it regards as undesirable and unnecessary aspects of the human condition\, such as disease and aging . This workshop would be an overview of transhumanism and an ethical deba te.\n\nGLBTQ rights:\nThe progress and current obstacles of the southern g ay rights movement.\n\nImmigration\; The True Issues at Hand:\nThis worksh op will examine the root causes of the influx of Mexican immigrants and ou tline possible solutions that remain unaddressed in mainstream political d iscourse.\n\nReligion and Feminism:\nIs it possible to reconcile western r eligion with feminist ideology?\n\nThe Whiskey Rebellion: \nThe first majo r civilian insurrection in US history. This discussion will cover the eve nts leading up to and following the Appalachian liquor tax conflict.\n\nCo llective Bargaining- The Necessity of Unionization:\nAn issue that is regr ettably overlooked in the South. The advantages and pitfalls of collectiv e bargaining.\n\nThe Prison System\; Debtors Prisons and Labor Camps in th e 21st Century:\nA discussion on the prison industrial complex and the nat ure of the contemporary American prison system.\n\n\nWe’ll also be holdi ng discussions on the economic and social tenets of the following politica l systems:\n\nMarxism\nFascism\nDemocratic Socialism\nAnarchism\nFrederick Taylor and Fordism\n\n\nContact Kenny Grand for more info:\n\nkgrand3@hot mail.com Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061028 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061027T170000 GEO:35.105300;-92.354900 LOCATION:University Of Central Arkansas Student Center\, 201 Donaghey Ave\, Conway\, Arkansas\, 72035\, United States SUMMARY:Southern Conference of the Left UID:20091122T000511EST-uubD0arcZv@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:312-291-0395 Email:set@trainings.org DESCRIPTION:The North East Student Leadership Conference is going to be hos t to hundreds of student leaders from around the region – it’ll be a g reat place to meet student leaders\, build skills and learn about importan t issues – we’re also going to use these conferences to get out the yo uth vote for the fall mid-term elections\, tackle climate change on our ca mpuses\, and build a network of student activists across the northeast.\n\ nYou can register for the conference at www.trainings.org.\n\nThe conferen ce is co-hosted by the Student Empowerment Training Project\, the Student PIRGs and the Energy Action Coalition\, and is being hosted by the Harvard Institute of Politics. All these groups have a lot of experience working with and training students – you’ll be able to learn from student orga nizers as well as experts from a variety of fields.\n\nWe’ve got big pro blems – Politicians aren’t paying attention to young people\, college is getting more and more expensive\, our leaders aren’t effectively addr essing climate change\, 30 million Americans are hungry or homeless - the list\, unfortunately\, goes on and on and on.\n\nWe’re inheriting these problems\, so we’ve got to be ready. This fall\, we’re coming together as a region to figure out how to address these problems right now.\n\nThi s event is for:Student Leaders from Accross the North East! Student Govern ment leaders\, students running voter registration effforts\, students run ning clean energy campaigns. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061020T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School Of Government\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:2006 North East Student Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-JfO9p10nGH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trainings.org/conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:312-291-0395 Email:abe@trainings.org DESCRIPTION:The Mid West Student Leadership Conference is going to be host to hundreds of student leaders from around the region – it’ll be a gre at place to meet student leaders\, build skills and learn about important issues – we’re also going to use these conferences to get out the yout h vote for the fall mid-term elections\, tackle climate change on our camp uses\, and build a network of student activists across the northeast.\n\nY ou can register for the conference at www.trainings.org.\n\nThe conference is co-hosted by the Student Empowerment Training Project\, the Student PI RGs and the Energy Action Coalition\, and is being hosted by University of Wisconsin\, Madison. All these groups have a lot of experience working wi th and training students – you’ll be able to learn from student organi zers as well as experts from a variety of fields.\n\nWe’ve got big probl ems – Politicians aren’t paying attention to young people\, college is getting more and more expensive\, our leaders aren’t effectively addres sing climate change\, 30 million Americans are hungry or homeless - the li st\, unfortunately\, goes on and on and on.\n\nWe’re inheriting these pr oblems\, so we’ve got to be ready. This fall\, we’re coming together a s a region to figure out how to address these problems right now.\n\nThis event is for:Student Leaders from Accross the Mid West! Student Government leaders\, students running voter registration effforts\, students running clean energy campaigns. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061020T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Wisconsin\, Union South\, Madison\, Wisconsin\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:2006 Mid West Student Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-JmgvSVM55u@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trainings.org/conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:312-291-0395 Email:abe@trainings.org DESCRIPTION:The South West Student Leadership Conference is going to be hos t to hundreds of student leaders from around the region – it’ll be a g reat place to meet student leaders\, build skills and learn about importan t issues – we’re also going to use these conferences to get out the yo uth vote for the fall mid-term elections\, tackle climate change on our ca mpuses\, and build a network of student activists across the northeast.\n\ nYou can register for the conference at www.trainings.org.\n\nThe conferen ce is co-hosted by the Student Empowerment Training Project\, The Arizona Students Association\, the Student PIRGs and the Energy Action Coalition. All these groups have a lot of experience working with and training studen ts – you’ll be able to learn from student organizers as well as expert s from a variety of fields.\n\nWe’ve got big problems – Politicians ar en’t paying attention to young people\, college is getting more and more expensive\, our leaders aren’t effectively addressing climate change\, 30 million Americans are hungry or homeless - the list\, unfortunately\, g oes on and on and on.\n\nWe’re inheriting these problems\, so we’ve go t to be ready. This fall\, we’re coming together as a region to figure o ut how to address these problems right now.\n\nThis event is for:Student L eaders from Accross the South West! Student Government leaders\, students running voter registration effforts\, students running clean energy campai gns. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061015 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061013T050000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Arizpna State University\, Tempe\, Arizona\, United States SUMMARY:2006 South West Student Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-uuD8vDtfIZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.trainings.org/conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:304-741-2299 Email:mt.rhythm@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Student Activists from Ohio Pennslyvania and West Virginia meet ing each other and community activists to plan how to live in a future wit hout coal. Campaigning for the Campus Climate Challenge with a solidarity focus with those affected by Mountain top removal mining and coal burning facilities. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061020T180000 GEO:39.646500;-79.951500 LOCATION:Mountainlair\, University Avenue\, Morgantown\, West Virginia\, 26 505\, United States SUMMARY:Penn/OH/WV Energy Gathering UID:20091122T000511EST-vNVtGzTw2B@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:dina@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:The USAS regional conference is an opportunity for students to strategize and work on campaign development and regional collaboration aro und both domestic campaigns (campus worker solidarity) and international c ampaigns (sweatfree campus campaigns). it is also a time for new USAS grou ps and folks interested in learning more about USAS to connect with more e xperienced USASers. media training and anti-oppression work will be includ ed as well as campaign specific discussion. in addition to work we will ha ve a local philly hip hop group come down on friday night as well as a spo ken word group + justice league party on saturday night! register for the conference online at www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org Geographical Scop e: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061105 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061103T190000 GEO:40.185600;-75.448700 LOCATION:Ursinus College (outside Of Philadelphia)\, 601 E Main Street\, Co llegeville\, Pennsylvania\, 19426\, United States SUMMARY:Mid Atlantic Regional United Students Against Sweatshops Conference ! UID:20091122T000511EST-j39TJwKtAM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:cotterm3@msu.edu DESCRIPTION:A weekend of fun\, skill building\, and stratagizing for USAS c ampaigns. Come meet cool people and network with schools through out the M idwest! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061020T170000 GEO:42.747900;-84.471400 LOCATION:Campus Of Michigan State University\, East Lansing\, Michigan\, 48 823\, United States SUMMARY:USAS Midwest Regional Conference - Fall 2006 UID:20091122T000511EST-zZu0RfU4n6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://usasnet.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:773-817-3266 Email:mwsocialists@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:http://www.midwestsocialistconference.org/\nhttp://www.socialis tworker.org/\nhttp://www.internationalsocialist.org/\n\n***2006 Midwest So cialist Conference\n***Fight the Right!\n***Build the Socialist Alternativ e!\n\n***Chicago\, Illinois * November 4-5\n***University of Illinois-Chic ago\n***Registration: Stevenson Hall\n\n***MILLIONS HAVE protested for imm igrant rights and against the ongoing U.S. war in the Middle East. But the Democrats—the \\'opposition\\' in Washington—seem unable to provide a ny opposition to the policies of Bush and the Republicans. There is a burn ing need to build a Left alternative. The 2006 Midwest Socialist Conferenc e aims to be a place to discuss what we can do to fight the right\, rebuil d the Left\, and win a new world.\n\n***WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT THE MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE:\n\n* Two days of discussion and debate on today\\'s movements\, and the questions facing radicals and the Left.\n\n* Special p lenary with Ahmed Shawki\, editor of the International Socialist Review* a nd board member of the National Council of Arab Americans on “Confrontin g U.S. Empire” and MartĂ­n Sanchez\, Venezuela’s consul general in Chi cago on “The Struggle for Self-Determination in Venezuela.” *organizat ions cited for identification only.\n\n* More than 25 workshops on: The Fi ght Against Oppression * Imperialism and War * A People\\'s History * The Revolutionary Tradition * Revolution * Socialist Organization * Struggle a nd Politics Today\n\n* Haymarket Books fair with dozens of titles on every thing from the struggle for immigrant rights and imperialism to the German Revolution.\n\n* Forums with Haymarket Books authors like Paul D\\'Amato\ , author of The Meaning of Marxism.\n\n* Parties and more.\n\n***CONFERENC E SCHEDULE\n\nSATURDAY\, NOV. 4\n\n9-10am REGISTRATION\n\n10-11:30 WORKSHO PS\n\n* Capitalism\, Slavery and the Origins of Racism\n* Insurgent Mexico : Zapata and the Mexican Revolution\n* Labor\\'s Giant Step: Class War in the 1930s\n* The Meaning of Marxism\n* Where does gay oppression come from ?\n\n12-1:30pm WORKSHOPS\n\n* The Chicano Power Movement\n* The Democrats: The World\\'s Second Most Enthusiastic Capitalist Party\n* Torture to Pol ice Brutality: What\\'s Wrong with the \\'Justice\\' System\n* In Defense of Socialist Planning\n* Marxism vs. Anarchism\n\n2:30-4 WORKSHOPS\n\n* Bu ilding Strong Branches\n* Engels and the Origins of Women\\'s Oppression\n * Never Again: Why We Confront the Far Right\n* Race\, Class and the Rise of the Civil Rights Movement\n* Venezuela and the Struggle for 21st Centur y Socialism\n\n4:30-6 WORKSHOPS\n\n* Lenin on Imperialism: The Highest Sta ge of Capitalism\n* No to Racism: Fighting the Rise of Islamophobia\n* Pro fiting off Borders: From NAFTA to \\'Guest Worker\\' Programs\n* Rosa Luxe mburg on Reform or Revolution?\n* Zionism: False Messiah\n\n7:30-9 PLENARY : RESISTING EMPIRE\n\nSUNDAY\, NOV. 5\n\n10:30-11am REGISTRATION\n\n11-1pm WORKSHOPS\n\n* Is Cuba a Model for Socialism?\n* Lenin on State and Revol ution\n* Maoism: Another Road to Revolution?\n* When Workers Ran Society: The 1917 Russian Revolution\n\n1:30-3:30 WORKSHOPS\n\n* The Lost Revolutio n: Germany 1917-1923\n* Mistaken Identity: What\\'s Wrong with Identity Po litics?\n* Trotsky\\'s Marxism\n* Why We Need a Revolutionary Party\n\n*** CONFERENCE LOCATION:\n\nThe conference will be held at the University of I llinois-Chicago\, at 750 S. Halsted in Chicago. All workshops and registra tion will be in Stevenson Hall. The closest CTA train stop is the UIC-Hals ted stop on the Blue Line.\n\n***MORE CONFERENCE INFORMATION:\n\nFor more information e-mail mwsocialists@yahoo.com or call 773-817-3266. Visit our website at: http://www.midwestsocialistconference.org\n\nFree child-care i s available on request (please e-mail mwsocialists@yahoo.com a week prior to the conference to reserve space). Spanish translation will be provided. \n\n***REGISTRATION:\n\n$10 (donation) student/low income\n$15 (donation) regular rate\n$25 (donation) solidarity rate\n\n***SPONSORED BY:\n\nThe In ternational Socialist Organization (ISO). The ISO publishes Socialist Work er and Obrero Socialista\, available online at: http://www.socialistworker .org\n\n\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061105 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061104T090000 GEO:41.860000;-87.618700 LOCATION:Stevenson Hall\, University Of Illinois-Chicago\, 750 S. Halsted\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60605\, United States SUMMARY:2006 Midwest Socialist Conf.: Fight the Right! Build the Socialist Alternative! UID:20091122T000511EST-7pLdxisI5e@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.midwestsocialistconference.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:cbogil01@louisville.edu DESCRIPTION:The University of Louisville will be hosting the Engaging Our W orld conference this November 3-5. The workshops\, speakers\, and panels w ill cover: global health\, fair trade\, homelessness\, inequality\, Hurric ane Katrina and many more engaging issues. Any university students/faculty interested in social justice and global issues are invited to join us. Ch eck it out and register now at www.engagingourworld.org! \n\nYOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS CONFERENCE!\n\nPlease forward this to any groups who mig ht be interested.\nThanks a lot\, and hope to see you there!\n\nQuestions can be sent to:\nColin - cbogil01@louisville.edu\nJen - jlwall01@louisvill e.edu \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061105 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061103 GEO:38.189000;-85.676800 LOCATION:University Of Louisville\, Louisville\, Kentucky\, 40292\, United States SUMMARY:Engaging Our World UID:20091122T000511EST-B19GNDeHpR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.engagingourworld.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:jetomiello@ursinus.edu DESCRIPTION:A conference to explore and act on clean energy activism\, envi ronmental justice\, campus organizing\, community organizing\, and more. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061111 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20061110T120000 GEO:40.185600;-75.448700 LOCATION:Ursinus College\, 601 Main Street\, Collegeville\, Pennsylvania\, 19426\, United States SUMMARY:Eastern PA Clean Energy Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-HVBbFDDfFD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.seac.org/conferences/pa/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:aeg@antioch-college.edu DESCRIPTION:\\'Reclaim Yourself!\nphysical\, mental\, and spiritual health in a disempowering world\nA conference primarily by and for young people w ho want to have autonomous knowledge of their own bodies. Workshops\, ski llshares\, and discussions centered around principals of self-empowerment\ , with sessions involving nutrition\, herbs\, alternative therapies\, and living the revolution.\\'\n\nSponsored by: Antioch Wellness Center\, Antio ch Environmental Group\, and with the help of numerous staff\, faculty\, a nd students.\n\nSchedule:\n9:00-9:30 am Check-in coffee and maybe fruit av ailable.\n9:30-10:30 am Intro: Get-to-know you and facilitated discussion on the philosophy of health (what is health? what is alternative health?) and issues of responsibility and self-awareness.\n11:00am-12\;45pm Nutrit ion and Food Preparation Workshop: learn about cooking with foods ideal fo r your personal risk factors including how to balance proteins and vitamin s if you choose a diet with limited or no animal products. Includes cooki ng and eating lunch together.\n1:00-2:30 The Revolution is Inside of You- collaborative presentation on the historical context of the Western medial establishment’s connection with racism and genocide and the revolutiona ry act of and resistance through holistic health practices.\n2:45-3:30 Int ro. to Capoeira class/skillshare: Capoeira is a physical tool developed by African-Brazilian slaves to practice fighting skills in an somewhat acrob atic and physically intense dance movement. A fun\, athletic\, and well-d eveloped resistance technique.\n4:00-6:00 Herbal Healing Workshop which ut ilizes the Wise Wombman path to healing as taught by Queen Afua and Susun B. Weed. Discussion and sharing of testimonies will aid us in creating ov erstanding for the whole person\, whole health\, and whole community. Val uable information for people of all genders.\n6:15-7:30 Intergenerational panel discussion on abortion and reproductive empowerment in American hist ory. Includes a brief discussion of today’s political and social enviro nment surrounding access to abortion\, and a panel women who experienced t he abortion rights movement from before Roe vs. Wade until today. Snacks a nd drinks will be provided at beginning of session.\n7:30 and on- Dinner o n your own. Relaxation\, skillshare\, and networking over food and massag e. Antioch hosts GenderFuck\, gender-bending party.\n\nFlyers available f or your campus! \n\nPlease contact Anne Fletcher at afletcher@antioch-col lege.edu or the Antioch Environmental Group at aeg@antioch-college.edu if you are interested in attending- we need to be sure food is all set up bef ore the conference. Housing for the prior evening and following evening c an be arranged\, but please contact us in advance! The campus visitor and housing policies are important to keep our small campus safe. \n\nThis c onference is sliding scale donation. Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061202 GEO:39.797200;-83.892400 LOCATION:Antioch College Campus\, 795 Livermore St.\, Yellow Springs\, Ohio \, 45387\, United States SUMMARY:Reclaim Yourself! Health Empowerment Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-UWB3r9GNoW@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:509-592-0294 Email:info@wsuprogressive.com DESCRIPTION:The goal of the Northwest Progressive Conference is to reach ou t to the Northwest community in an effort to bring together activists\, ar tists\, academics\, advocates\, and anyone who is interested in social cha nge and social justice to share skills\, ideas\, and educate one another.\ n\nNWPC seeks to include a wide range of events\, including academic panel presentations\, artistic presentations (including independently-produced short film\, art exhibitions\, and performance art)\, and educational work shops\, presentations\, and skill-shares.\n\nNWPC will provide open forum for discussion among people empowered by personal expression\, engaged in social movements\, and invested in social change. We hope to include a bro ad range of issues and topics over the course of 3 days – the NWPC will be shaped as much by the people who attend as the people who are organizin g it. As volunteers\, as presenters\, performers\, and workshop leaders\, and as conference participants\, you will help us create this year’s NWP C experience. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070421 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070419 GEO:46.732700;-117.186000 LOCATION:Washington State University\, Pullman\, Washington\, 99163\, Unite d States SUMMARY:2007 Northwest Progressive Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-uzZNjjdS3b@69.73.141.125 URL:http://wsuprogressive.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:liz@climateaction.net DESCRIPTION: Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070218 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070216 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Clemson\, South Carolina\, United States SUMMARY:Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference - Foruth Annual UID:20091122T000511EST-RNlCuT3UcO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climateaction.net/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_ op=view_page&PAGE_id=11 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Carnegie Mellon Student Pugwash Presents \n\n\\'Emerging Techno logies and Social Responsibility \\'\n\n2007 Mid-Atlantic Regional Confere nce\n\n\n\n \n\nMarch 23-25\, 2007 \n\nPittsburgh\, PA\n\n\n\n\nWorking Gr oups and Speakers on:\nGenomics and Privacy\nSynthetic Biology\nEthics of Nanotechnology\nDesign\, Robotics\, and Quality of Life \n\n\n**Registrati on will be available in January\, 2007** Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070325 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070323 GEO:40.366200;-79.894200 LOCATION:Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, 15122\, United States SUMMARY:Emerging Technologies and Social Responsibility: 2007 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conf UID:20091122T000511EST-Bpls2bmkVu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:info@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition hosts a regional confe rence to train students on how to be better organizers and advocates to st op the genocide in Darfur. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070128 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070126T190000 GEO:41.826700;-71.397700 LOCATION:Brown University\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02912\, United Stat es SUMMARY:STAND Northeast Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-7EEVfuJfAC@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.timetoprotect.org/conferences END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-481-8220 Email:midwestconference@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition hosts a regional confe rence to train students on how to be better organizers and advocates to st op the genocide in Darfur. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070128 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070126T190000 GEO:40.087800;-105.374000 LOCATION:University Of Colorado - Boulder\, CO\, Boulder\, Colorado\, 80309 \, United States SUMMARY:STAND Midwest Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-eKwrkiT4Jv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.timetoprotect.org/conferences END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-481-8220 Email:westernconference@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition hosts a regional confe rence to train students on how to be better organizers and advocates to st op the genocide in Darfur. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070204 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070202T190000 GEO:37.866800;-122.254000 LOCATION:University Of California - Berkeley\, Berkeley\, California\, 9472 0\, United States SUMMARY:STAND Western Confernce UID:20091122T000511EST-Rk2kHVjvxh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.timetoprotect.org/conferences END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-481-8220 Email:info@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition hosts a regional confe rence to train students on how to be better organizers and advocates to st op the genocide in Darfur. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070204 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070202T190000 GEO:33.793800;-84.323800 LOCATION:Emory University\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30322\, United States SUMMARY:STAND Southeast Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-mGOXlrTamZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.timetoprotect.org/conferences END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:214-929-5995 Email:crajan@u.washington.edu DESCRIPTION:NORTHWEST CLIMATE JUSTICE SUMMIT\nFebruary 2-4 th \, 2007\nUniv ersity of Washington\, Seattle\nBringing Climate and Clean Energy Activism to the Northwest\n\nJoin us at the first ever\, Northwest Climate Justice Summit\, hosted by the Sierra Student Coalition with the support of the E nergy Action Coalition.\n\nDuring the past several years\, the youth clima te movement has been sweeping campuses across the country. It\\'s time to bring it to the Northwest in full force. To fight global warming\, we nee d to act TOGETHER and NOW.\n\nRegister Online TODAY!\n\nJoin us to...\n\nâ €˘ Get Skillz. Receive trainings (by experienced SSC student organizers) on starting student organizations\, working with the media\, running energ y and climate campaigns at your school and more!\n\n• Connect with alli es. Help build a strong\, active\, and successful network of student clima te activists in the Northwest.\n\n• Get inspired. Witness human side in the fight against global warming- hearing stories of direct victims of cl imate change from Global Exchange.\n\n• Share experiences. See how othe r students in the Northwest have responded to the challenge- learning from each other\\'s work to bring clean energy\, efficiency\, and renewables t o campus\n\n• Make friends. Eat delicious food and have a grand time wi th cool\, new\, like-minded students from across the region\n\n• Hear t he Rumble of a Movement. Listen to awesome speakers in the Climate Movemen t\, including leaders of the Energy Action Coalition and Seattle\\'s own M ayor Greg Nickels- creator of the Mayor\\'s Climate Protection Agreement.\ n\nRegister online TODAY! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070204 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070202T180000 GEO:47.432300;-121.803000 LOCATION:University Of Washington\, Seattle\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98195\ , United States SUMMARY:Northwest Climate Justice Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-tK9APH7DJR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/states/wa.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:617-442-1322 ext 12 Email:kbanfield@thefoodproject.org DESCRIPTION:Community gardens\, urban farms\, rooftop gardens and other foo d lots in cities have become an innovative way to address food insecurity\ , environmental issues\, and a host of other public problems that urban re sidents face. The emerging importance of urban agriculture as a solution t o many public problems is the focus of the 2007 Urban Agriculture in the C ity Conference entitled\, “Urban Agriculture: Changing the Way We Think about Food\, Hunger and Health.” The conference will highlight research\ , policies\, and programs from the grassroots and up that are utilizing ur ban agriculture to address problems that relate to the health of producers \, consumers\, land and community. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070414 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070413T090000 GEO:42.332100;-71.096500 LOCATION:1234 Columbus Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02120\, United States SUMMARY:Urban Agriculture: Changing the Way We Think About Food\, Hunger & Health UID:20091122T000511EST-UV1UGeu5k1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.thefoodproject.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Annual Midwest LGBTA conference. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070218 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070216 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, United States SUMMARY:2007 Midwest BLGTA College Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-us6BGmDKgv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.alphabetsoup2007.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Join us February 16-18\, 2007\n\nPre-Conference Registration De adline is January 26\n\nDownload a conference flyer (*pdf) or conference h andbill (*pdf)\n \n\nFeaturing:\nStaceyann Chin - Friday performance\nWri ter/Performer/Political Activist\nDragonsani Renteria - Saturday keynote\n Founder of the National Deaf Queer Resource Center\nCherrie Moraga - Sunda y closing\nPoet/Playwright/Essayist\n\n50+ Workshops & Programs\n\nFrom th e creator/performer of \\'Mastering Sex & Tortillas!\\' comes a new and da ring performance art piece...\n\nREQUIEM FOR QUEER AMOR - Saturday evening \npresented by ASPB\, Cultural Events\, LGBTRC\n\nWritten and performed by Xicana lesbian\, Adelina Anthony\, this commissioned UCR workshop premier e traverses the complex terrain of queers\, anti-migration\, and other tab oo frontiers. Set at the turn of the century\, the Wild West gets even wil der when SANCHA\, a queer ancestor\, comes to life. SANCHA is a pistol car rying womyn lover\, shrewd cantina owner\, and harmonica playing aficionad o. Her story celebrates the struggle of survival\, love\, y claro... good whiskey.\n\nREQUIEM FOR QUEER AMOR features invited queer ranchera singer\ , Magaly: La Voz de Oro.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070218 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070216 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Riverside\, California\, United States SUMMARY:2007 Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-oLXAWiBFaa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.uclgbtia.org/conference2007/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Purdue University Student Pugwash \n\n2007 Midwest Regional Con ference Agenda \n\n\\'Space and Society: \nChallenges and Opportunities\\' \n\n \n\nFriday\, April 6\, 2007 \n\n1:00pm- 5:00pm: Career Opportunity Pr esentations with Corporate Sponsors \n\n5:30pm-6:30pm: Reception & Check-i n (STEW 301) \n\n6:30pm-7:45pm: “How Can Society Benefit from Space Expl oration?” \n\n7:45pm-9:00pm: “Human Space Exploration: Moon\, Mars\, a nd Beyond” \nDan Dumbacher (Deputy Director of Exploration Launch Projec ts\, NASA) \n\n \n\nSaturday\, April 7\, 2007 \n\n 8:00am-9:00am: Conferen ce Registration & Breakfast\n\n9:00am- 10:15am: \\'Space Weaponization and Defense” \nIntroduction: Dr. Normand Laurendeau (Professor\, Purdue Uni versity) \nOpening Speaker: Victoria Samson (Research Analysis\, Center fo r Defense Information) \n\n10:15am-10:30am: Refreshment Break\n\n10:30am-1 2:00pm: “Rocket Scientists and Politicians”\nPanelists: John Elliott ( Systems Engineer\, JPL-NASA)\, TBA \n\n12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch Break \n\n1:1 0pm-2:30pm: Keynote Speaker “Space and Society”\nBill Nye the Science Guy \nOpening Remarks: Sally Mason\, Provost\, Purdue University\n\n2:30pm -2:45pm: Refreshment Break\n\n2:45pm-3:45pm: “Other Worlds and the Searc h for Life\\'\nDr. John Rummel (Planetary Protection Officer\, NASA) \n\n4 :00pm-5:00pm: Discussion Workshop (refreshments provided) \nMediated by Pu rdue Student Pugwash Executives\n\n5:00pm-6:00pm: Group Reports and Closin g Remarks \nClosing Remarks: Alex Webster (President\, Purdue Pugwash)\n\n Questions about the Conference? Email contact@spusa.org. Geographical Sco pe: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070407 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070406 GEO:40.461000;-86.936600 LOCATION:Purdue University\, West Lafayette\, Indiana\, 47906\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Student Pugwash 2007 Midwest Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-UUVpgiWenm@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:304-546-5841 Email:franksalzano@riseup.net DESCRIPTION:This conference exists to promote accountable and radical stude nt activism. Skills building and trainings for student activists who are i nterested in popular education methodologies\, anti-oppression theory and practice\, and working in solidarity with community-led resistance. Issue s include mountain justice\, alternative women\\'s health\, Palestinian so lidarity\, immigration\, and more! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070401 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070330T180000 GEO:39.434500;-77.811300 LOCATION:Shepherd University\, Shepherdstown\, West Virginia\, 25443\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:Global Local Convergence UID:20091122T000511EST-BURJLKuvET@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globallocalconvergence.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:423-364-8018 Email:brian@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:This conference we will learn skills for actibism and organizin g on campuses around sweatshops and other labor activism ( Press releases\ , campaign building\, etc). We\\'ll also talk about specific campaign we r un on campuses that support worker\\'s rights. We have scholrships availab le for travel. It will be lots of fun! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070304 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070302 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hattiesburg\, Mississippi\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Southeast Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-6OeHVv582B@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit:\nForging Solutions at Col leges and Universities\nFebruary 22-23\, 2007\nUniversity of Colorado at B oulder\n\nThe Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit will provide a networki ng forum for representatives from campuses in the Rocky\nMountain region t o learn about a variety of environmental issues facing institutions\, expl ore ways of improving campus practices and policies\, and ultimately work toward boosting the triple bottom line of environmental\, social and econo mic sustainability.\n\nInstitutions of higher education have a crucial rol e to play in advancing the goal of a sustainable society\, through their r oles in both research and education. Successful efforts to increase sustai nability at colleges and universities can have a large impact in the conse rvation of both natural and financial resources and by providing an exampl e for the larger community and by helping to shape the values and behavior s of students.\n\nBy sharing success stories\, networking\, and exploring opportunities for collaboration\, the Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit will help students\, faculty\, staff\, administrators\, community members and state leaders replicate past successes and innovate new programs to m ake the region’s colleges and universities national leaders in campus su stainability.\n\nThe 2007 Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit will featur e sessions\, workshops and facilitated discussions on:\n\n * Institutio nalizing Sustainability: Policy and structural approaches\n * Best prac tices for operationalizing sustainability: Building core knowledge\; nuts and bolts for campus programs (ie\, energy\, water\, recycling\, transport ation\, green building)\n * Creating a culture of sustainability: Educ ation approaches to fostering sustainable behavior among the campus commun ity\; building systems and awareness for lifestyle sustainability\n * C urrent and cutting edge issues such as sustainable food\, zero waste and c limate\n * Collaborative peer group networking\n * Opportunities for regional sustainability strategies\n\nThe Summit features:\n\n * Multi ple Sessions and Workshops\n * Featured Speakers: David Orr\, Hunter Lo vins\, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson\, Representative John Salazar ( invited)\, Senator Gary Hart\, Governor-Elect Bill Ritter (invited)\n * Plenary Panels on \\'Elevating Sustainability in the Mountain States Regi on\\' and \\'Campus Leadership for Climate Action\\'\n * Pre-Summit Wor kshop on February 21st: \\'Fostering Sustainable Behavior\\' with Doug McK enzie Mohr\n * Screening of \\'Rules of the Game\\' and discussion with Solitaire Townsend of Futerra\n * Green Products Expo with the latest sustainable products and services\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070222 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Boulder\, Colorado\, United States SUMMARY:Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-nnHCctBfPE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ecenter.colorado.edu/rmss2007/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:contact@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:“Ethics of Emerging Technologies” will provide students wit h a unique opportunity to explore ethical dilemmas in emerging technologie s. Participants will have the opportunity to register for one of three tho ught-provoking tracks: genomics and privacy\; nanotechnology\; and design\ , robotics\, and quality of life. Emerging technologies have the potentia l to enhance our lives\, but\, left unexamined\, they also pose ethical ch allenges. \n\nDon’t pass up this unique opportunity to join experts and students from the region to discuss and debate the social implications of emerging technologies! \n\nThis Meeting is for: All college and graduat e students interested in the ethical intersection of science\, technology\ , and policy. \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070331 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070330T080000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Carnegie Mellon University\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, United St ates SUMMARY:Ethics of Emerging Technologies UID:20091122T000511EST-z85oVKD9cZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:ashley.brichter@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:A weekend long conference for high school students hosted by Ha verford College (20 minutes outside of Philadelphia) Education on importan t issues\, Collaboration between college and high school activists\, Netwo rking for young organizers. Contact ashley.brichter@gmail.com by Monday Fe bruary 26th. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070304 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070302T190000 GEO:40.012700;-75.308800 LOCATION:370 Lancaster Ave\, Haverford\, Pennsylvania\, 19041\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Youth For a New Student Movement UID:20091122T000511EST-WKxirru0WI@69.73.141.125 URL:http://studentsforademocraticsociety.org/haverford/?page_id=121 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The eighth annual SURGE Conference will be held at Duke Univers ity on March 30 - April 1\, 2007. This year\\'s conference will focus on a variety of environmental\, social justice and economic justice issues. Fr iday evening will kickoff with keynote speaker Mary Anne Hitt of Appalachi an Voices at the Love Audoritorium\, and Saturday/Sunday will include a wi de selection of workshops and panels plus skills and strategy sessions. Mo re details coming soon!\n\n\n\nPLANNING INFO\n\nWe are currently working w ith a group of Duke students and staff members to secure space at the Levi ne Science Research Center for the event and arrange for speakers and work shop panelists. If you have ideas on workshop topics and/or keynote speake rs you would like to see this year\, please let us know. Our next planning meeting will be held on Feb 9 @ 8:45am at the Perkins Library Cafe - plea se come if you\\'re a student or community member interested in helping. \ n\nIf you are a member of a student group or nonprofit organization that w ould like to display at our conference\, please contact Alison Carpenter a t 919-960-6886. Conference sponsors and SURGE affiliates/partners will rec eive top priority as we arrange for vendor/informational displays.\n\nDIRE CTIONS \n\nThe conference will be held at Duke University\\'s Levine Scien ce Research Center and Love Auditorium at 450 Research Drive\, Durham NC 2 7708. For a campus map and parking information\, click here.\n\nOVERNIGHT ARRANGEMENTS\n\nIf you need a homestay for the conference weekend\, please let us know by sending an email to surgenc@yahoo.com. You can also arrang e your own stay using http://www.couchsurfing.com. Geographical Scope: Re gional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070401 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070330 GEO:36.028700;-78.924000 LOCATION:Duke University\, Durham\, North Carolina\, 27708\, United States SUMMARY:SURGE Conference 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-X6jiIVTWJM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.surgenetwork.org/conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Join students from across the Midwest for the second annual Mid west Climate Action Conference focusing on energy\, global warming and the power of students and young people to help stop the climate crisis by org anizing both on and off campus for clean energy solutions. \n\nSpeakers w ill include community activists fighting dirty energy across the Midwest \ , young people forging the way towards a clean energy future through the C ampus Climate Challenge\, organizing skills trainings\, sessions focusing on energy production in the region\, state level networking and hands on w orkshops and actions that will inspire and empower you and your group. \n\ nSign up today for this exciting weekend that will help build bridges betw een students and their surrounding communities and help empower young peop le to tackle what is truly the defining issue of our generation – global warming. Get more info and register here. \n\nDownload the Agenda\n\n When: March 2-4\, 2007 \n(Registration will begin at 2pm and the program w ill begin at 6pm on Friday\, we\\'ll end around 4pm on Sunday)\n\nWhere: U niversity of Wisconsin-Madison\n\nCost: FREE includes dinner Friday\, brea kfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday. \n\nHousing: FREE housing will be provided by students at UW-Madison. Please let us know if you have any spe cial hosing needs by contacting Tamara at drossart [AT] wisc.edu. You will be contacted with you specific housing information by the Wednesday befor e the conference. \n\nTravel: If you\\'re driving or looking for a ride\, please check out our rideboard. \nDirections and other travel information to UW-Madison.\n\nWhat to Bring: \nReusable dishware (we\\'d like to make our meals waste-free)\nSleeping Bag\nPad\nBlanket\nPillow \nToiletries\nTo wel\nNotebook or Laptop\nSomething to write with\n\nHelp spread the word! Send this outreach email to everyone you know any lists you have access to on campus and in your state!\n\nRegister online by February 27!\n\nSponso ring Organizations:\nSierra Student Coalition\nWISPIRG\nGlobal Exchange\nM OPIRG\n2020 Vision\nEnergy Justice Network\nStudent Environmental Action C oalition\nCampus Progress Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070304 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070302 GEO:43.069600;-89.423900 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53701\, United States SUMMARY:Mid-West Challenge Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-XDhdbEVE9f@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/states/wi.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:215-280-0111 Email:dina@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:The Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for United Students Agains t Sweatshops is a campaign-based student labor rights conference that look s at campaigns that support worker rights internationally (through the swe at-free campus campaigns)\, on campus (through campus worker solidarity ca mpaigns) and ethical contracts (killer coke campaign). For more informatio n check out our website or email regional organizer at dina@usasnet.org Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070225 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070224T090000 GEO:38.907700;-77.017300 LOCATION:American University\, Washington\, District Of Columbia\, 20001\, United States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference - 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-3Z3h24BLlZ@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:518-451-9469 Email:sally@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:Northeast Regional Conference for United Students Against Sweat shops\, an international network of students allied with workers campaigni ng for workers\\' rights. \n\nAmit from India Resources and Ray Rogers fr om Stop Killer Coke campaign will be speaking\, along with Starbucks/IWW c ampaign workers\, among many other exciting workshops and speakers!\nWeeke nd promises to be educational\, inspiring\, and awesome all around. Geog raphical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070304 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070303T090000 GEO:42.449500;-76.496800 LOCATION:Cornell University\, Ithaca\, New York\, 14850\, United States SUMMARY:USAS NorthEast Regional Conference - Spring 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-rxZF5SRpbS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:212-818-1815 Email:coordinator@globalactionpw.org DESCRIPTION:Rutgers School of Law-Newark \ nGlobal Legal Studies Program \nInternational Law Society &\nG lobal Action to Prevent War\nInvite you to attend\n\nPreventing Genocide a nd Crimes Against Humanity: \nDiverse Perspectives on a Standing\, Rapid-R eaction UN Emergency Peace Service\n\nThursday\, March 29\, 2007 (9:30 AM – 5PM)\nRutgers School of Law-Newark \n123 Washington Street\nBaker Tria l Courtroom\n\nDespite the longstanding need to address threats of genocid e and crimes against humanity\, the United Nations still has no reliable a nd rapidly deployable mechanism to protect the lives of civilians. The Rwa ndan genocide is only one of the tragedies that illustrate this incapacity \, as are the massive killings in Cambodia\, Bosnia\, Sierra Leone\, East Timor\, the Darfur Region in Sudan and elsewhere. \n\nA growing global mov ement of students\, citizens groups\, academics\, government officials and UN agencies is coming together to create a permanent UN Emergency Peace S ervice (UNEPS) to ensure that the tools and capacities are in place to pre vent the next humanitarian disaster. A service like UNEPS could have preve nted many of the atrocities that have killed millions of innocent people\, wounded millions more\, forced tens of millions from their homes\, destro yed entire economies\, and wasted hundreds of billions of dollars. As a co mplement to other national\, regional\, and United Nations efforts\, a UN- based Emergency Peace Service could provide immediate\, stabilizing protec tion in some crises while serving as an advanced\, integrated capacity tha t could lay the groundwork for subsequent peacekeeping and peacebuilding o perations. The proposed service would consist of highly trained\, individ ually recruited personnel with a wide range of skills\, including civilian police\, judicial experts\, military\, and humanitarian assistance profes sionals.\n\nA full roster of global civil society leaders and academic exp erts are scheduled to speak\, including:\n\nSir Brian Urquhart\, Fmr. UN U nder-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs\nDr. Lois Barber\, Di rector\, EarthAction\nDr. Alcides Costa Vaz\, Director\, Institute of Inte rnational Relations\, Brazil\nStephanie Nyombayire\, Representative\, Geno cide Intervention Network \nDr. Hussein Solomon\, Director\, Centre for In ternational Political Studies\, South Africa\n\nFor a final agenda and dir ections to this event\, please contact Waverly de Bruijn at: coordinator@g lobalactionpw.org\, ph: (212) 818-1815 \nSee www.globalactionpw.org for u pdates and more information.\n\n \n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070329T093000 GEO:40.735300;-74.173300 LOCATION:Rutgers School Of Law-Newark\, Baker Trial Room\, 123 Washington S treet\, Newark\, New Jersey\, 07102\, United States SUMMARY:Conference on Preventing Genocide : Proposal for a UN Emergency Pea ce Service UID:20091122T000511EST-UVpCTgihOW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalactionpw.org/UNEPS/index.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:sdsmeconvention@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Students for a Democratic Society Mid East Conference\n\nKeepin g It Local\n\nThe William and Mary SDS Chapter in Williamsburg\, Virginia\ , will be hosting a Mid-East Conference on Friday\, April 20th thru Sunday \, April 22nd\, 2007.\n\nToo often\, the citizenry of the United States is blinded by the hegemonic mechanics of our State and National legislatures . The distance between our representatives and ourselves is widening\, evi dent in the direction of the Iraq War\, our nation’s weakening economy\, our President’s monarchial disposition. We then focus on these broad sp ectrum problems and dedicate ourselves at trying to change the most protec ted and intrinsically corrupt institutions.\n\n\nChange takes place when w e inspect our immediate surroundings\, and recognize our immediate contrib ution to the overall problem. Then\, the ways in which we can fix these pr oblems are made clear.\n\nThe Mid-East Conference will focus on the intera ction of citizens and their local governments\, and the way local governme nt should be operating to most efficiently convey the demands of its citiz ens to State and Federal government. William and Mary is located in the he art of Williamsburg\, and has hosted its share of dissent from the Student Body towards the local governments Voting laws\, Housing laws\, Police ac tivity and Homeless and Indigent policies. Williamsburg students are tax-p aying citizens of Williamsburg\, and a misconstrued and misinterpreted def inition of residence and domicile have left them largely disenfranchised. Beyond the campus boundaries\, Williamsburg practices housing policies tha t have displaced a disproportionate number of working-class poor\, primari ly African American and Mexican construction workers. As a result\, many p eople have had to move 20 or 30 miles away\, and have difficulty maintaini ng a job in Williamsburg. Furthermore\, there are close to 700 working hom eless in Williamsburg\, rotating between motels and the woods for shelter. The local code has no language pertaining to the care\, or even existence \, of a homeless population in Williamsburg.\n\nWe must know our communiti es and understand what our communities want and need. This weekend will se rve as a forum for relating experiences that we all share\, exposing the w eaknesses and building our collective knowledge of the solutions. Please t ry and clear this weekend and come out in numbers. Please check for weekly updates\, email back with questions or suggestions and start planning. We are looking for speakers\, activities\, ideas and art-work.\n\nAt this po int\, housing will be provided\, as well as some meals. Please stay tuned\ , email Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070422 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070420 GEO:37.223500;-76.783300 LOCATION:Williamsburg\, Virginia\, 23081\, United States SUMMARY:Students for a Democratic Society Mid East Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-8WLpwmj9OH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsforademocraticsociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:molly@usasnet.org\, margo@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:United Students Against Sweatshops Midwest regional conference. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070325 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070323 GEO:43.069600;-89.423900 LOCATION:Madison\, Wisconsin\, 53701\, United States SUMMARY:USAS Midwest Conference - Spring 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-2KM6bc1Vhp@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/index.php?option=com_mosforms& amp;Itemid=118 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:This spring\, we’d like to invite you into our community for a networking\nevent. If all goes well\, our networks will allow us to be r eady for\nanything\; tours\, prisoner support\, actions\, collaboration on projects\nand much more.\n\nThis event has its eyes on 2008\, the year a well-known and widely\ndespised event will occur in our state. The idea be hind the convergence\nis primarily to meet face-to-face and exchange ideas and information.\nBesides networking\, workshops relevant to the issues a t stake will be\npresented.\n\nAs stated\, we are welcoming you into our c ommunity. We hope that you\nwould treat it as such. We hope you will give our community the same\nrespect you’d give your own. You should expect u s to respect you as\nwell. We have a few requests to those who will be com ing to our town.\n\n*Requests*\nThe organizers of this convergence have so me requests to make of\neveryone who participates. Sure\, it’s not “de mocratic” to make up a\nbunch of rules before most people arrive—but l aying basic guidelines for\nhow people take advantage of locals’ organiz ing is a necessary condition\nof that organizing. Please respect the wishe s of those who have worked\nto make this event happen. If you don’t like these policies\, make use of\nthis time to find others with whom to organ ize your own convergence\naccording to your own desires.\n**\n*Consent *†” any interaction you have with others here\, whether sexual or\notherwise \, should be consensual. Silence and passivity do not count as\nconsent. I f someone says no to something or is unsure and you badger\nthem until the y say yes\, that’s not consent\; if someone is intoxicated\nthey may not be in a position to give you consent. If someone says you\nviolated their wishes\, that counts as breach of consent\, whatever a\ncourt of law woul d say. By the same token\, don’t define others’\nexperiences for them: the person who has an experience gets to decide\nwhether or not their wis hes were respected in it\, and also what\, if\nanything\, the community sh ould do about it.\n**\n*Security *— Security is a consent issue just as much as sex is. Don’t\nsay or do anything that puts others at risk witho ut their express\npermission: don’t speak about their involvement in ill egal activity\,\ndon’t endanger them by your own actions. Be aware that you may be under\nobservation by your enemies at all times. Don’t aliena te others by\nspeculating about whether they are informants or ostracizing them based\non suspicions\; at the same time\, don’t put yourself at ri sk by trusting\npeople just because they’re here.\n**\n*Drinking and Dru gs* — there is a strict policy of no alcohol or drug\nuse on the campsit e. This is for several reasons\, but the most important\nare to comply wit h the express wishes of our host and to avoid giving\nthe authorities a pr etext for harassing us. If you do wish to drink or\nuse intoxicants\, plea se do so elsewhere\, perhaps in a home to which\nyou’ve been invited. Th ere is no judgment or morality attached to this\npolicy\; the last thing w e want is an obvious division between people who\ndrink and people who don ’t.\n**\n*Photographs* — don’t photograph anyone or anything without permission.\nThis should be common courtesy\, but some people have picked up bad\nhabits from the corporate media.\n**\n*Exclusion *— because we need this convergence to be a safe space for\neveryone\, people who violat e these policies may be asked to leave. In\ncases of breach of consent\, b oth sexual and security\, we will 1) trust\nthe survivor and 2) abide by t he survivor’s wishes. For example\, if you\ngave information to the poli ce about someone without their permission\nand they doesn’t want you in this space\, we will ask you to leave\;\nlikewise\, if you have sexually a ssaulted someone and they are\ncomfortable with you being here as long as you participate in a mediated\ndiscussion about their boundaries during th is event\, we will ask you to\ndo so\, or else leave. is is not a matter o f permanently excluding\n“undesirables” from the anarchist movement\, but simply of making things\nwork in a limited space for a limited time. P eople can be asked to leave\nthe campsite without being exiled from our co mmunities. If anything\,\nthis simply provides an incentive for individual s and communities to\nwork out their conflicts in advance of events like t his\, so we won’t all\nhave to deal with unresolved conflicts here.\n*To state the obvious\, known informants\, snitches\, and law enforcement\nof ficials will not be welcome.*\n\nWe wish this event to be all inclusive. W hether you are young or old\,\ntrans-bodied or non-trans bodied\, queer or straight\, parent or child (we\nwill provide childcare)\; however you ide ntify you are welcome in our\ncommunity!\n\nWe are in need of people willi ng to do workshops and skill shares themed\naround RNC 2008 issues (i.e.: First Aid\, Prisoner Support\, Direct\nAction\, etc.). Do you have somethi ng you’d like to share? Contact us.\n\nBe prepared for the possibility o f camping in Minnesota during the\nspring. This means varied weather\; one day it could be 72 degrees and\nsunny\, the next 23 degrees and rainy. We are working on housing\, but\nplease be prepared for this possibility. Al so\, if you could bring food\nfor yourself and to share\, we would appreci ate the help. We are also\nworking on food issues\, but could use some hel p.\n\nA redirect point has been established at the junction of Highway 61 and\nHuff Street (Winona Visitors Center). We will meet you there with ope n\narms\, as well as information about this event and our town. Hope to se e\nya soon!\n\nContact us if you plan to come at:\n*march_crimethinc_conve rgence(at)yahoo.com* Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070401 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070329 GEO:44.033900;-91.651100 LOCATION:Winona\, Minnesota\, 55987\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest** Anarchist Networking Convergence*** Spring 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-Gve4HtduFe@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:DGR will be mainly participant-led\; some \nworkshops and prese ntations will be \nscheduled beforehand\, and others will be\ndecided upon by the participants at the \nbeginning of and throughout the weekend. \nW e expect that most people will have read \nsome of the recommended reading or spent \nsome time exploring similar topics by \nother means before the weekend. Bring \nyour passion\, skills\, and understanding\, \nand there will be space for you to convene \nor facilitate a workshop or discussion. DGR\nis not a chance to come and hear from \n\\'experts\,\\' though some of us will have more \nexperience than others in different areas. \nAs org anizers\, we are sharing the ability to \nmake this a succuessful event wi th everyone\nwho comes with a deep desire to explore \neffective ways to s top the dominant culture\\'s \ndrive to destroy life.\n\n\nFRIDAY\n\n4 PM -- DGR begins!\n5:30 dinner\n6:30 clean up\n7:00 intros and facility info \n security culture overview\n Open Space basics\n8:30 A fun\, i nstructive and political\n small group activity (isn\\'t that\n intriguing?)\n10 quiet time upstairs\n\nSATURDAY\n\n7:45-8:30 breakfast\n8 :30-9 clean up\n\n9-9:30 Set the Open Space agenda\n9:30-11 Session 1\n11- 11:15 Break\n11:15-12:45 Session 2\n\n1-1:30 lunch\n1:30-2 clean up\n\n2-3 :30 Session 3\n3:30-3:45 Break\n3:45-5:15 Session 4\n5:15 Free time\n\n6 Dinner\n\n7:30 evening activities--open mic\, music\, games\n\n10 quiet ti me upstairs\n\nSUNDAY\n\n7:45-8:30 breakfast\n8:30-9 clean up\n\n9-10:30 S ession 1\n10:30-10:45 Break\n10:45-12:00 Session 2\n\n12:00-1 lunch\n1:00- 1:30 group clean up\n1:30-2 wrap up and goodbyes\n(sniff\, sniff) Geogra phical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070408 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070406 GEO:42.472700;-72.624500 LOCATION:Deerfield\, Massachusetts\, 01373\, United States SUMMARY:Deep Green Resistance: Confronting Industrial Culture UID:20091122T000511EST-5gusf0GL6O@69.73.141.125 URL:http://deepgreenresistance.blogspot.com/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Eliminate the expert and do it yourself at this national confer ence. You have the smarts\, come get the skills in Columbia\, Mo\, April 1 3-15\, 2007.\n\nThis conference will offer hands-on workshops for a variet y of skills such as brewing your own beer and setting up a health collecti ve and a freeschool. Here is a complete list of workshops.\n\nWe will prov ide quality child care and kid-friendly workshops\, housing and meals. If you would like to take advantage of child care and housing\, please regist er here or mail us a letter stating your needs.\n\nWorkshops\nscreen print ing\nbookbinding\nrecording music\nclothing alteration\nhip hop dancing\nb ike mechanics\nauto mechanics\nmaking tofu and tempeh\nhome brewing\nurban farming\npermaculture\neating locally\ndeisel conversion to veggie oil\ns etting up a health collective\naccountability process\nmidwifery\nhealth a dvocacy\nsetting up mental health support systems\nself-cervical exams\nst reet medics\nfirst aid\ngender subversion\nbuying property collectively\ns etting up a freeschool\ncooperative child care\ncommunity organizing\nsett ing up a community grocery store\nfilmmaking\npublishing and making your o wn media\nradical economics\nbuilding and using non-corporate computers\np rison support and prison abolition\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070415 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070413 GEO:38.926800;-92.290000 LOCATION:Columbia\, Missouri\, 65201\, United States SUMMARY:Create! Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-ENNImt0tsz@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.createconference.net/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The 2007 Great Lakes Anarchist Gathering is moving full steam a head and is well on its way to becoming a great opportunity for Midwest an archists to come together and for a more tightly knit community while exch anging knowledge and ideas\, and having a lot of fun doing it.\n\nOur list of guests thus far includes John Zerzan (Green Anarchy\, Running on Empti ness)\, Kevin Tucker (Species Traitor)\, Fifth Estate magazine\, and Chica go Anarchist Black Cross\, in addition to numerous individuals and collect ives that have committed to participating in various ways.\n\nWorkshop and presentation slots are still available\, but are filling quickly\, and so far involve topics including prisoner support\, hand-to-hand combat\, com munity gardening\, and some special surprises\, along with presentations f rom John Zerzan\, Kevin Tucker\, and Fifth Estate magazine.\n\nAdditionall y\, a ten day survival camping excursion will take place immediately follo wing the gathering for those interested. All are welcome\, and help provid ing transportation is appreciated.\n\nAnyone interested in contributing or participating in the gathering in any way should contact us at typea@rise up.net\, or contact the October Fifteenth Anarchist Collective at october1 5ac@hotmail.com Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070415 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070414 GEO:41.720700;-83.569400 LOCATION:Toledo\, Ohio\, 43601\, United States SUMMARY:Great Lakes Anarchist Gathering UID:20091122T000511EST-NvsjUoBea1@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Finding Our Roots is a conference that is being planned in Chic ago to discuss anarchist theory. The date: April 27-29. Within the last se veral years\, Chicagoland anarchists and radicals have become disconnected and disorganized and there appears to be a lack of critical theory. We ai m to change this! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070429 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070427 GEO:41.720000;-87.555700 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60617\, United States SUMMARY:Finding Our Roots: Anarchist Theory Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-juVzzz5VSR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://mayfirst.wordpress.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:This conference is designed for LGBT college students and their allies. Participants should have an interest in developing intentional le adership skills\, learning more about LGBT issues and establishing coaliti ons within their campus. We strongly encourage advisors and directors of L GBT organizations and centers to attend. All are welcome. \n\nApril 27 & 2 8\, 2007 \nSouth Puget Sound Community College \nOlympia\, Washington\n\nR egistration is open now. CLICK HERE to register.\n\nWhat you will get out of this conference: \nParticipants will gain learning opportunities and le adership development for the lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender commun ity and their allies. \nTake-home resources so participants can bring prog ram\, services to their institutions with a how-to tool kit. \nStrengthen existing organizations and bolster membership. \nIncrease campus coalition building. \nStrong networking with other student organizations and indivi duals in the tri-state area. \nConference sessions will be focused around four tracks: \nAlly Development \nGender Awareness \nLeadership \nHealth a nd Wellness Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070428 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070427 GEO:47.014700;-122.882000 LOCATION:South Puget Sound Community College\, Olympia\, Washington\, 98501 \, United States SUMMARY:3rd Annual Power of One Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-0GIVvP46sd@69.73.141.125 URL:http://saw.spscc.ctc.edu/Diversity/pow/powerofone.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Community Strategic Training Initiative (CSTI) has been the mov ement-building mainstay of Western States Center for 16 years. After a suc cessful inaugural event in 1991\, Center staff anticipated 60-100 particip ants at CSTI the following year. When 300 people registered\, we realized we were onto something big. CSTI has since become a vibrant annual \\'radi cal sabbatical\\' for over 400 Western organizers.\n\nTaking place annuall y during the summer\, the event fills an important leadership development and strategic convening role in the region. Through intensive all-day work shops\, participants come away with an in-depth understanding of how to so lve organizational issues from fundraising to working with the board to ad ministrative systems. Programmatic workshops help groups expand and deepen their knowledge of issues in the region\, and each year Center staff iden tify key trainers who have valuable expertise to share with participants.\ n\nIt is at CSTI that progressives working in predominantly conservative a reas find kindred spirits hundreds of miles away. For people of color work ing in overwhelmingly white communities\, CSTI demonstrates that \\'critic al mass\\' they feel is there\, but often cannot see. Despite the conserva tives\\' rise to power\, CSTI reminds us that the movement for social just ice is alive and well in our region\, led by some of the most inspiring\, thoughtful\, and passionate individuals and groups in the country.\n\nRegi stration begins in early May \nScholarship materials due June 7 \n\nCSTI 2 007 FOCUS:\nCommunity Organizing\nOrganizational Management\nImmigrant Rig hts\nRacial Justice\nInspirational Speakers\nWomen\\'s Leadership\nGender Justice\n\nLook for brochures in early May! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070805 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070803 GEO:45.481800;-122.641000 LOCATION:Reed College\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97202\, United States SUMMARY:Community Strategic Training Initiative - 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-NCgstvuvOH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.westernstatescenter.org/programs/leadership/csti/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070624 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070618 GEO:43.525500;-72.280700 LOCATION:Kimball Union Academy\, Meriden\, New Hampshire\, 03770\, United S tates SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Training Program (NH) UID:20091122T000511EST-XHZir7Z6Ds@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070624 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070618 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Iowa 4-H Center\, Iowa\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Training Program (IA) UID:20091122T000511EST-uE0VJgvkUa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070715 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070709 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Prince William Forest Park\, Virginia\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Training Program (VA) UID:20091122T000511EST-FjXM5DJ14s@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070716 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Hidden Oaks Family Campground\, Louisiana\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Training Program (LA) UID:20091122T000511EST-jIFfo2V6cl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070723 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Glorietta Lifeway Conference Center\, New Mexico\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Training Program (NM) UID:20091122T000511EST-pru5z0Lvub@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070618 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Loyola Marymount University\, California\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Training Program (Los Angeles) UID:20091122T000511EST-UUhOxjnsvM@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070616 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Lewis & Clark State Park\, Washington\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Training Program (WA) UID:20091122T000511EST-aSVjWHNMaL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:SDS NE Regional Conference in Madison\, NJ\n\nThe next SDS Nort heast Regional Convention will be Friday through Sunday May 4 - 6 at Drew University in Madison\, NJ.\n\nYou are strongly encouraged to arrive Frida y evening to party/sleep/make friends/plan an action\, which will make it much easier when\n\nCaucuses\, Meetings\, Trainings\, etc will begin Satur day at 10am. please arrive by 9:30 at the latest.\n\nREGISTER\nif you want to eat and have a place to sleep.\nthis is a standard form\, so you can i gnore the questions regarding age\, housing\, and arrest.\nif you’re rei gstering on behalf of a group\, definitely include the number of people.\n if you require any specific accommodations\, let us know.\n\nFOOD\nwe will be providing breakfast\, lunch\, and dinner saturday and sunday.\nthe mos t likely fare is bagels\, sandwiches or wraps\, and pasta or stew.\nto ens ure that everyone can share our meals\, they will be 100% VEGAN.\nplease n ote any further dietary concerns or resitrictions in your registration.\nb ring a BOWL and UTENSIL\, snacks\, and food donations.\n\nHOUSING\ndone an d done. members of Drew SDS open their floors\, beds\, couches\, and batht ubs to you.\nbring sleeping bags and expect somewhat cozy (read: crowded) accommodations.\n\nTRANSPORTATION\nclick “Convention Transportation” a t right for directions and the rideboard.\nuse the rideboard! no empty sea ts! (especially if you’re driving from/through/past NYC\, Newark\, or Ph illy)\n\nAGENDA\nwe will be composing a detailed agenda and schedule over the next two weeks (to be voted on at the start of the convention.) please submit all proposals\, agenda items\, and scheduling requests immediately .\nthus far\, the schedule inclues: interim working group reportbacks\, ca ucuses (meeting\, role and power within regional structure)\, high school chapter meeting\, regional structure\, voting procedure\, MDS inc.\, and a ction camps.\nproposals and a schedule will be available by Friday the 4th (if not sooner) so that people can begin discussions and familiarize them selves with the topics.\n\nNOTE\nSDS is NOT a recognized group at Drew. th e convention was pitched to admins by another group as an “Environmental Organizing Conference.”\n\ncoinciding with our convention is an annual daylong event called “sloppy saturday.” it’s probably in everyone’ s best interest if we keep these two events as separate as possible. becau se of sloppy saturday\, the administration is on edge and making us pay pu blic safety overtime to police our convention. SDS is very visible\, oft-p rofiled\, and personally familiar with most of the officers. We want to k eep our guests safe adn prevent your being harassed. be mindful of any †śincriminating” substances and materials you bring or keep on your perso n. (We like our trouble to be carefully chosen and premeditated)\n\nwe are all working very hard to expand and maintain the support of the general s tudent body. the future of Drew SDS will be greatly dependent on the mode l we exhibit with this event. this is a fantastic opportunity to show Drew a twinkling example of democracy and student power\, and we thank you for helping us strengthen our community. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070506 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070504 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Drew University\, Madison\, New Jersey\, United States SUMMARY:SDS Northeast Regional Convention - Spring 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-cuZ6hjvk9x@69.73.141.125 URL:http://newsds.org/neregional/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Seattle University\; Join community leaders from Washington\, I daho\, Oregon & Montana at Washington CAN! 2007 SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFEREN CE. Learn how you can make a difference in your community!\; Attend inspir ing issue workshops on Health Care for All\, Immigrant Rights & Police Acc ountability!\; Receive dynamic training on community organizing skills!\; Participate in a March & Rally for Health Care Justice!\; Youth are encour aged to participate in a dedicated youth organizing track! Registration de adline June 11. Registration is Free\, at http://action.washingtoncan.org or 206-389-0050 x109 Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070805 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070803 GEO:47.632900;-122.323000 LOCATION:Seattle\, Washington\, 98102\, United States SUMMARY:CAN 2007 Summer Leadership Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-a1Juhi7rkR@69.73.141.125 URL:http://action.washingtoncan.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=31793 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Attention Activists and Organizers:\nJoin The Fight for Worker and Immigrant Rights!\n\nApply for the Washington\, DC 2 Day Training on\n July 27th and 28th 2007\n\nUNITE HERE ( www.unitehere.org ) is leading the fight to organize hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers in hotels\, c asinos\, industrial laundries\, and airports throughout North America. Our union\, with over 450\,000 members\, is at the forefront of battles for w orkers\\' rights\, immigrants\\' rights and living wages. UNITE HERE organ izes the women\, people of color and immigrants washing dishes\, making be ds and folding laundry. We are looking for passionate and committed people who want to become full-time union organizers. \n\nRequirements: desire to fight for justice and organize the unorganized. Bilingual English/Spani sh a plus.\n\nHow to Apply: Fill out an online application at \nhttp://job s.unitehere.org/organizerapp.php \n \nFor More Information contact: unitem oe@aol.com\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070728 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070727T090000 GEO:38.881800;-76.994500 LOCATION:UNITE HERE Regional Jt Board\, Washington\, District Of Columbia\, 20003\, United States SUMMARY:UNITE HERE Social Justice Organizing Training UID:20091122T000511EST-DxZMCFmVJc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.unitehere.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:864-597-4000 Email:fullerry@wofford.edu DESCRIPTION:Engaging Our World is a conference that will bring together col lege students from all over the South East to engage in learning and discu ssion of social justice issues such as fair trade\, global health\, sustai nability\, diversity\, and etc. Our keynote speaker will be Gillian Sorens en\, senior advisor at the United Nations Foundation.\nConference particip ants will learn about a variety of social justice issues in engaging panel discussion\, workshops\, film\, and group discussion. You will also have the opportunity to meet and network with other college students from your state and the South East who share the same passions as you.\n Geographic al Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071014 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20071012T190000 GEO:34.980600;-81.956600 LOCATION:Wofford College Service Learning\, 429 North Church Street\, Spart anburg\, South Carolina\, 29303\, United States SUMMARY:Engaging Our World Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-JnvvvGg1Ci@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wofford.edu/engagingourworld END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:757-389-2022 Email:ryanh@peta2.com DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, September 29\, student activists from all over th e Northeast will descend on the campus of Harvard University for peta2\\'s Take Action conference—a jam-packed day of workshops led by peta2 staff ers covering a variety of topics\, from starting a student group and makin g your campus more animal-friendly to dealing with friends and family who aren\\'t exactly supportive of your decision to get involved with animal r ights. The day will finish with a massive demonstration outside a local KF C\, with peta2 staffers leading the protest!\n\nThis will be a unique oppo rtunity to meet your fellow Street Teamers\, other peta2 supporters\, and peta2 staff\, so be sure to register now to reserve your spot! We want to meet all the amazing folks who are making big changes at their schools and in their communities. It only takes a $5 donation (to cover food costs)\, which includes catered lunch from T.J. Scallywaggle\\'s Vegan House of Pi zza! Everyone in attendance will also receive as many leaflets\, stickers\ , and posters as they can carry to help spread the word back at home. \n\n Reserve your spot NOW: http://www.peta2.com/takecharge/t-studentconference .asp Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070929T100000 GEO:42.379100;-71.128000 LOCATION:Harvard University\, Sever Hall Rm 113\, At The Intersection Of Qu incy St. And Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States SUMMARY:Take Action Conference: Boston UID:20091122T000511EST-ONSFu6h6o7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.peta2.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:304-462-5066 Email:saogsc@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Powerveg is a regional gathering for students and youth to \n-s hare\, learn\, and strategize around energy issues from climate change to mountaintop removal\, \n-build solidarity among youth and community groups working on energy campaigns\, \n-integrate environmental and social activ ism\, \n-and become the foundation for a youth environmental justice coali tion in West Virginia. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070930 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070928T180000 GEO:38.940000;-80.848900 LOCATION:Wesley Foundation\, Glenville State College\, Glenville\, West Vir ginia\, 26351\, United States SUMMARY:Powerveg - West Virginia Energy Gathering UID:20091122T000511EST-ubla24pK40@69.73.141.125 URL:http://powerveg.wvussc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:college@peta2.com DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, September 29\, student activists from all over th e Northeast will descend on the campus of Harvard University for peta2\\'s Take Action conference—a jam-packed day of workshops led by peta2 staff ers covering a variety of topics\, from starting a student group and makin g your campus more animal-friendly to dealing with friends and family who aren\\'t exactly supportive of your decision to get involved with animal r ights. The day will finish with a massive demonstration outside a local KF C\, with peta2 staffers leading the protest!\n\nThis will be a unique oppo rtunity to meet your fellow Street Teamers\, other peta2 supporters\, and peta2 staff\, so be sure to register now to reserve your spot! We want to meet all the amazing folks who are making big changes at their schools and in their communities. It only takes a $5 donation (to cover food costs)\, which includes catered lunch from T.J. Scallywaggle\\'s Vegan House of Pi zza! Everyone in attendance will also receive as many leaflets\, stickers\ , and posters as they can carry to help spread the word back at home. So w hat are you waiting for? \n\nRegister NOW: http://www.peta2.com/takecharge /t-studentconference.asp Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20070929T100000 GEO:42.379100;-71.128000 LOCATION:Harvard University\, Sever Hall\, Rm. 113\, Corner Of Quincy Stree t And Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States SUMMARY:Peta2 Take Action Conference: Boston UID:20091122T000511EST-E95FV4w8gF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.peta2.com/takecharge/t-studentconference.asp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:yujean@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:On October 27&28\, 2007\, students from all over the Midwest wi ll gather at UChicago for the annual regional conference. Come out to lear n about USAS campaigns\, strategic tactics\, immigrant worker rights\, oth er opportunities within USAS\, and fighting oppression to build a successf ul movement.\n\nCampus Community & Solidarity - Living Wage/Right to Organ ize Campaigns\nEthical Contracting - Killer Coke\nInternational Solidarity - Sweatfree Campus/Designated Suppliers Program\n\n\nThere will also be q ueer\, womyn/genderqueer\, person of color and working class caucuses as w ell as ally training for these groups.\n\nAlso possibly an involvement in the antiwar rally that weekend!\n\nhttp://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.or g/index.php?option=com_mosforms&Itemid=118\n\nIf you have any questions co ntact yujean or nate\, your regional organizers.\nyujean@usasnet.org\nnate @usasnet.org Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071028 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071027 GEO:41.779400;-87.605400 LOCATION:Universty Of Chicago\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60637\, United States SUMMARY:Midwest Regional United Students Against Sweatshops Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-BWga2j6BZ0@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone:636-667-1077 Email:charliefredrick83@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Come learn how the biggest and oldest catalog producer\, Sears\ , is destroying Endangered Forests by sending out over 425 million catalog a year. \n\nFind out how you can help ForestEthics put an end to their de struction while becoming a leader in the fight against the catalog industr y. \n\nGain skills through activist trainings\, including issue briefings\ , coalition building\, and direct action training.\n\nRegistration is free \, but space is limited so register now by sending an email to charliefred rick83@gmail.com. \n\nSee you there! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071111 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20071109T180000 GEO:40.003700;-83.021500 LOCATION:St Stephen\\'s Episcopal Church\, 30 W Woodruff Ave\, Columbus\, O hio\, 43210\, United States SUMMARY:ForestEthics Regional Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-wxc30v9U2f@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.catalogcutdown.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Northwest Student Planning Retreat\nOctober 5th (12pm) - Octobe r 7th (1pm)\nFor more information\, contact Nathan Jones: nejones7@gmail.c om\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071007 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071005 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:United States SUMMARY:SSC Northwest Student Planning Retreat 2007 UID:20091122T000511EST-FFWe21AcGL@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-628-7700 Email:jfixler@rcrc.org DESCRIPTION:Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) Regional Traini ng Institute (RTI) registration is open. Visit the new section on the SYRF website (www.syrf.org) to learn more about the Institute and complete a r egistration form.\n\nThe SYRF Regional Training Institute is an activist a nd organizing training program for young adults that will take place in fo ur cities across the country between October 2007 and March 2008. We will be making stops in DC\, Atlanta\, San Francisco\, and Chicago.\n\nTraining dates are as follows:\n\nWashington\, DC: October 22-23\, 2007\nAtlanta\, GA: November 17-18\, 2007\nSan Francisco\, CA: February 8-9\, 2008\nChica go\, IL: March 3-4\, 2008\n\nEach training will feature intensive skills s essions preparing participants to galvanize community support for reproduc tive justice in a faithful context. Trainings will be led by experts in th e fields of organizing\, religion\, and reproductive justice. Session topi cs include event planning\, communications\, theology\, personal leadershi p development\, and more.\n\nSYRF Regional Trainings are completely free t o accepted participants. Registrations for the first training in Washingto n\, DC are due before October 8\, 2007 so apply today! E-mail info@syrf.or g with questions. SYRF is a program of the Religious Coalition for Reprodu ctive Choice.\n\nThis event is for: Young adults\, college students\, and young professionals\, ages 18-30. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071023 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20071022T110000 GEO:38.904500;-77.030900 LOCATION:1025 Vermont Ave\, Suite 1130\, Washington\, District of Columbia\ , 20005\, United States SUMMARY:Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) Regional Training I nstitute UID:20091122T000511EST-PnGVWTRbo1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Join me in New York for a weekend of skill building and network ing with other regional Fair Trade activists and movement leaders to ensur e that the 2007-2008 school year is our strongest one yet! You\\'ll meet a nd network with other student leaders throughout the region\, learn more a bout fair trade\, and gain organizing skills that are applicable for any l eadership position throughout your life. More information will be availabl e this week at www.usft.org or feel free to contact strengtheningtheroots@ gmail.com.com with any questions. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071111 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071109 GEO:40.732500;-73.989300 LOCATION:New York\, New York\, 10003\, United States SUMMARY:Strengthening the Roots: A USFT Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Con ference UID:20091122T000511EST-UPOigH42wP@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/node/84 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The beautiful Coal River Valley is hosting the 2007 Anti-MTR St udent Summit. One hour south of Charleston\, WV it is home to wild bears\, ginseng hunters\, and strip mining. Activities include visiting and learn ing about Marsh Fork Elementary\, precariously placed under a 2.8 billion gallon sludge dam\, and visiting Larry Gibson\\'s homeplace on Kayford Mou ntain and viewing the MTR site there. Hear the stories of affected communi ty members. Come to learn\, to strategize and to network with student acti vists from around the country. \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071021 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071019 GEO:37.978200;-81.532900 LOCATION:Whitesville\, West Virginia\, 25209\, United States SUMMARY:Anti-Mountain Top Removal Student Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-EcNxOgaKz3@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.crmw.net/mtrtrip07/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-628-7700 Email:jfixler@rcrc.org DESCRIPTION:Applications DUE THIS FRIDAY (November 2)—Please forward…\n \n \n\nThere are still a few spaces open for the Atlanta Spiritual Youth f or Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) Regional Training Institute taking place No vember 17-18\, 2007. If you are an exceptional pro-choice young adult (ag es 18-30)\, complete an application as soon as possible\, before all open spots are filled! \n\n \n\nThe training is completely free of cost (inclu ding travel) to all accepted participants.\n\n \n\nThe SYRF Regional Train ing Institute is an activist and organizing training program that will tak e place in four cities across the country between October 2007 and March 2 008. We will be making stops in DC\, Atlanta\, San Francisco\, and Chicag o. Each training will feature intensive skills sessions preparing partici pants to galvanize community support for reproductive justice in a faithfu l context. Trainings will be led by experts in the fields of organizing\, religion\, and reproductive justice. Session topics include event planni ng\, communications\, theology\, personal leadership development\, and mor e. \n\n \n\nRead answers to frequently asked questions on our website. C ontact info@syrf.org with other questions. \n\n \n\nSpiritual Youth for Re productive Freedom is a program of the Religious Coalition for Reproductiv e Choice (RCRC). \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071118 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20071117T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Atlanta\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, United States SUMMARY:Pro-Choice Regional Training Institute UID:20091122T000511EST-pxoSRXJpw2@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Northeast Anarchist Network is a horizontal network linking those in\nthe Northeast region of North America committed to anti-authori tarian\,\nanti-capitalist\, and anti-oppressive struggles. The Network (NE aN) is\nbased on the voluntary association of autonomous local groups\,\nc ollectives\, assemblies\, and individuals committed to these aims. NEaN ha s\nbeen in formation since February 2007 and has thus far seen 4 region-wi de\ngeneral assemblies and various sub-regional gatherings with representa tion\nfrom Maine to Pittsburgh and Cape Cod to Syracuse.\n\nThrough this p rocess we have built relationships and structures through\nwhich to suppor t our own local struggles\, but also create region-wide\ncampaigns and wor king groups. The coming assembly will solidify these\nstructures and regio n-wide committees through which we function\, and\nencourage more collecti ves to officially affiliate with the Network.\n\nAs a network\, we support and are informed by our various identity based\ncaucuses. These caucuses are designed as safe spaces for historically\nmarginalized groups through which we may empower our voices\, in what some\nmay find to be intimidatin g discussions and actions. Our caucuses have\nincluded in the past\, but a re not limited to\, people of color\,\nwoman-identified/female bodied\, ge nderqueer\, working-class/poor folks\, and\nqueer caucuses.\n\n___________ _________________________\n\nWE ARE CALLING FOR:\n---Submissions to the As sembly\\'s agenda\n---Concerns about previous consultas\n**Please send the se to neanarchistconsulta@riseup.net with subject line\nAGENDA or CONCERN\ n\nWOULD YOU LIKE MORE INFORMATION or LITERATURE?\nContact: neanarchistcon sulta@riseup.net with subject line INFORMATION\nWebsite: www.neanarchist.n et\n\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO COME? Please inform of us any certain needs you ma y have.\n\n*****HOUSING?*****\n--CONTACT cgallus@student.umass.edu and inc lude:\n------when you will need housing\n------# of people\n------housing needs such as ability specific accommodations\, allergies\,\nrequests for quiet or sub-free housing\, and anything else you may need to\nfeel comfor table and safe while you are here!\n\n*****CHILDCARE?*****\n---Contact us with how many children you will be bringing and any specific\nneeds they m ay have.\n\n*****DIETARY NEEDS?*****\n---Tell us about food concerns such as allergies\, preferences\, and\nintolerences.\n---We will providing vega n and vegetarian options at every meal.\n\n*****Need Help Getting Here?*** **\n---Tell us where you will be coming from and we can try to get you in\ ncontact with folks in your area.\n\nCONTACT neanarchistconsulta@riseup.ne t for childcare\, food\, or\ntransportation needs.\n\n*****Entertainment** ***\n-----Do you have any ideas for saturday or friday night activities?\n -----Do you want to show a movie? or does your band want to play?\n--CONTA CT cassano.jay@gmail.com Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071118 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071117 GEO:42.377700;-72.503200 LOCATION:Amherst\, Massachusetts\, 01002\, United States SUMMARY:5th General Assembly of the North East Anarchist Network UID:20091122T000511EST-JeWN4ZbHCp@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:206-448-7348 x334 Email:nwwoca@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:NOV 9 - 11\, at Korean Women\\'s Center\, Tacoma\; NW WOMEN OF COLOR AND ALLIES (WOCA) Summit. \n\nThis gathering reaches out to women an d men in the Pacific Northwest region working to advance reproductive just ice\, promote diversity\, end racism\, stop violence against women\, secur e lesbian rights\, achieve full equality for all\, and sustain economic ju stice for women Some of the issues participants have already raised: Racis m\, un-livable family wages\, women in the military\; Family violence and sexual abuse\; We can\\'t afford to ignore why so many in our society are becoming more violent. How do people access resources in rural and under-s erved communities\; Why are there a growing number of women of color in ja ils and prison\; Health care that isn\\'t there and legitimate research th at doesn\\'t include women of color\; Education that isn\\'t meeting expec tations\, immigration reform and more\; What is your employer doing for yo u\, for women and your community\; The US food system and its historic imb alance of social and economic justice\; What is its connection to health c are\, environment\, worker rights and immigration\; How do we support the men in our communities while strengthening ourselves as women\; Organizati ons participating include: A. Philip Randolph Institute\, Tacoma Chapter\; Community to Community Development\, Bellingham\; Hispanic Women\\'s Netw ork\, Thurston County\; Inland NW Women\\'s Leadership Program\; and WSU W omen\\'s Resource Center\, Pullman\; Korean Women\\'s Association\, Tacoma \; Mujeres Unidas de Idaho\, Boise. info nwwoca@gmail.com or 206-448-73 48 x 334 Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071111 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071109 GEO:47.253700;-122.444000 LOCATION:Korean Women\\'s Center\, Tacoma\, Washington\, 98401\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Northwest Women of Color and Allies Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-8l0v9zcccC@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:423-619-0498 Email:ssrec@climateaction.net DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the 5th Annual Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference (SSREC) planning committee\, the Southern Energy Network\, Envi ronmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative and Valdosta State Univers ity\, we invite you to participate in this historic continuation of the de velopment of the Youth Climate Movement in the Southeast. Creating a just and sustainable energy future is our generation’s greatest challenge. Th is February 8th-10th\, 2008 at Valdosta State University in Valdosta\, Geo rgia we will continue to train to next generations leaders to meet this ch allenge. \n\n\n\nThe SSREC began in 2004\, co-hosted by the University of North Carolina\, Duke University\, and North Carolina State University. Si nce then\, it has been hosted by schools in Tennessee and South Carolina. Last year\, over 300 university students joined us from 10 states and over 40 institutions across the Southeast. In planning for its monumental 5th year the SSREC has broadened its scope to build an inclusive movement in t he southeast encouraging diversity in all forms. We are excited to announc e our new partnership with the Environmental Justice and Climate Change In itiative\, as well as tracks that reach beyond campuses. These include Env ironmental Justice and Anti-oppression\, Community\, High School\, and Fac ulty tracks. These changes represent the values within the youth climate m ovement and the realization of the need for our movement to go beyond that of past environmental movements\, to build a truly inclusive energy futur e that will provide for all people. \n\n\n\nThis year\\'s conference inclu des 3 days of speakers\, panels\, and workshops that will address the issu es of energy\, climate change\, and environmental justice. Throughout the weekend all participants will be introduced to these topics and attend han ds on workshops that will empower them to return to their communities and campuses ready to implement the changes necessary to build a just and sust ainable energy future. Conference speakers include inspiring leaders from throughout the southeast who\\'s work is making this future a reality. \n\ n\n\nPlease join us for the 5th annual Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference February 8-10\, 2008 at Valdosta State University. The future i s ours\, let’s change it. \n\n\n\nSincerely\, \n\nThe SSREC conference planning committee \n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080210 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080208T140000 GEO:30.848500;-83.287800 LOCATION:Valdosta State University\, Valdosta\, Georgia\, 31698\, United St ates SUMMARY:Fifth Annual - Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-stsBSDBFFV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://climateaction.net/ssrec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:484-213-6747 Email:sdsphilly@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Calling all Northeast Students for a Democratic Society!!\n\nPh illy SDS invites you to the City of Love (for All Genders) to participate in the SDS Northeast Regional Convention\, Friday Nov. 30th through Sunday December 2nd!\n\nAre you ready to build a movement?\n\nThere will be Netw orking\, Workshops and Skill-Building\, Caucusing\, Campaign and Strategy Meetings\, and LOTS and LOTS of Food and Fun.\n\nThe convention will be he ld at Drexel University\, at 31st and Market Sts.\, Philadelphia\, PA.\n\n Philly SDS is organizing the Logistics for the convention\, such as Space\ , Food\, Housing\, Transportation and Materials.\n\nFood and Housing will be provided to everyone free (huzzah!)\, though there may be a sliding sca le for registration to help cover convention costs.\n\nOutreach and the Ag enda/Schedule for the convention are being organized by SDSers from around the region. To get involved\, please join the email listserv:\nhttp://gro ups.google.com/group/sds-northeast-regional-convention\n\n\nWe will likely be discussing campaign and action items at the convention\, so start thin king\, preparing\, and collaborating NOW.\n\n\nAll available info about th e convention will be posted on the sds wiki page:\nhttp://newsds.org/wiki/ index.php?title=Northeast_Convention\n\ncheck back often!\n\n\nWe\\'ll see you soon and keep kicking the ass of the ruling class!\n\n♥Philly Stude nts for a Democratic Society Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071202 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20071130T170000 GEO:39.961600;-75.199600 LOCATION:Drexel University\, 31st And Market St.\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylva nia\, 19104\, United States SUMMARY:SDS Northeast Convention UID:20091122T000511EST-BEA1ULIjGe@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5780922429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) Regional Traini ng Institute\n(RTI) registration is open. Visit the new section on the SY RF website\n(www.syrf.org) to learn more about the Institute and complete a registration\nform. The SYRF Regional Training Institute is an activist and organizing\ntraining program for young adults that will take place in four cities across\nthe country between October 2007 and March 2008. We will be making stops in\nDC\, Atlanta\, San Francisco\, and Chicago. \n\n Training dates are as follows:\n\nSan Francisco\, CA: February 8 – 9\, 2 008 \n(APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 31\, 2008)\n\nChicago\, IL: March 3 â €“ 4\, 2008 \n(APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 18\, 2008)\n\n\nEach trainin g will feature intensive skills sessions preparing participants to\ngalvan ize community support for reproductive justice in a faithful context. \nTr ainings will be led by experts in the fields of organizing\, religion\, an d\nreproductive justice. Session topics include event planning\, communic ations\,\ntheology\, personal leadership development\, and more. \n\n\nSY RF Regional Trainings are completely free to accepted participants. \n\n\n E-mail info@syrf.org with questions. SYRF is a\nprogram of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080209 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080208 GEO:37.748700;-122.415000 LOCATION:San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States SUMMARY:Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom Training - San Francisco\, 2008 UID:20091122T000511EST-tbRu4LF0tX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org/getinvolved/rti.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom (SYRF) Regional Traini ng Institute\n(RTI) registration is open. Visit the new section on the SY RF website\n(www.syrf.org) to learn more about the Institute and complete a registration\nform. The SYRF Regional Training Institute is an activist and organizing\ntraining program for young adults that will take place in four cities across\nthe country between October 2007 and March 2008. We will be making stops in\nDC\, Atlanta\, San Francisco\, and Chicago. \n\n Training dates are as follows:\n\nSan Francisco\, CA: February 8 – 9\, 2 008 \n(APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 31\, 2008)\n\nChicago\, IL: March 3 â €“ 4\, 2008 \n(APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 18\, 2008)\n\n\nEach trainin g will feature intensive skills sessions preparing participants to\ngalvan ize community support for reproductive justice in a faithful context. \nTr ainings will be led by experts in the fields of organizing\, religion\, an d\nreproductive justice. Session topics include event planning\, communic ations\,\ntheology\, personal leadership development\, and more. \n\n\nSY RF Regional Trainings are completely free to accepted participants. \n\n E -mail info@syrf.org with questions. SYRF is a\nprogram of the Religious Co alition for Reproductive Choice.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080304 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080303 GEO:41.886500;-87.623300 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, 60601\, United States SUMMARY:Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom Training 2008 - Chicago UID:20091122T000511EST-vfPSxINl6b@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org/getinvolved/rti.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:609-405-1032 Email:thfacchine@vassar.edu DESCRIPTION:n order to ensure job security\, benefits\, and livable wages y ou have to throw yourself tens of thousands of dollars in debt to get a Ba chelors Degree.\n\nIn order to feed a family as a kitchen worker in some c olleges you have to work over 12 hours a day.\n\nAre you sick of feeling p owerless in the face of College Administrations? Are you sick of feeling p owerless in the face of the government and its inadequate labor and educat ion policies?\n\nIt\\'s time to organize.\n\nAnnouncing the First Annual N ortheast Class Issues Conference. For three days this spring\, visit Vassa r College to discuss the many and complex issues that face students and em ployees of the working class. Brainstorm with other students\, teachers\, and workers to organize ourselves and begin the long process of solving th ese problems. Meals and housing will be provided. Donations welcomed!\n\nE vents will include:\n\nPanels: Panels are larger events that include guest workers\, students\, teachers\, and others to discuss\, in a Q&A format\, their various experiences with class related issues. One panel will be he ld before lunch\, and another after lunch on Saturday.\n1. On-Campus Class Issues\n2. Community Class Issues\n\nWorkshops: Workshops are smaller\, m ore decentralized events that focus more on active participation\, problem solving\, and networking.\n1. Past Experiences: Successes and Failures\n2 . Parallel Structures: Non-hierarchical organization\n3. Means and Ends: S olidarity and Sensitivity to Afflicted Peoples\n4. Campus Workers as Part of the Community\n5. Financial Aid and the Need for Need Blind Colleges\n6 . Bodacious Bottled Beverages: Killer Coke and Take Back the Tap\n7. Campu s Subcontracting and Its Devastating Consequences\n8. Transfer Students\n\ n-Film screening: Smith College Documentary\n-Dance Party: Saturday Night at The Mug (on campus)!\n\n***PLEASE NOTE***\n\nThis schedule is tentative and not finalized. If you have any suggestions\, questions\, comments\, o r concerns\, PLEASE do not hesitate to email. Geographical Scope: Regiona l DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080330 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080328 GEO:41.759900;-73.743700 LOCATION:Class Issues Alliance Vassar College\, 124 Raymond Ave\, Poughkeep sie\, New York\, 12604\, United States SUMMARY:First Annual Northeast Class Issues Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-lnZc9pd1aZ@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:ecaasu2008@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Three decades ago\, ECAASU’s founders fought along side Civil Rights activist to create equal rights for people of color. They wanted t o build and strengthen the Asian American student organizations so that th ey can meet the social\, political and educational needs of Asian and Asia n American students.\n\nThis year we are going to take a look at ECAASU’ s mission statement and understand the changes that we as Asian Americans have gone through\, the challenges that we still need to overcome and how we can overcome them together.\n\nOur vision for ECAASU 2008 at Cornell is to revive the passion that was in the hearts of ECAASU’s founders. Thro ugh workshops\, speakers\, and discussions\, we will examine the progress of Asian American activism over the past three decades and what is to come in the next three decades.\n\nOur conference will focus on the following aspects of awareness and action:\n\n * Reflections: Overview of the las t 30 years of ECAASU\, the vision of ECAASU’s founders and reasons to co ntinue the efforts of ECAASU.\n * Progress: What are the issues going o n now? How does this compare to issues that challenged ECAASU 30 years ago ?\n * Opportunities: What can students do to improve the lives of Asian Americans\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080217 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080215 GEO:42.447400;-76.483700 LOCATION:Cornell University\, Ithaca\, New York\, 14853\, United States SUMMARY:ECAASU 2008 Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-IbKkJaTuts@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ecaasu2008.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Confe rence (MBLGTACC) is an annual conference that works to encourage and promo te diversity\, activism and network development among LGBTQA students\, st aff and faculty throughout the regional Midwest. The conference\, created by students for students\, serves as an open forum for education and aware ness of issues that affect the LGBTQA community.\n\nThe goal of this confe rence is to motivate students and provide them with the tools to help them make a difference locally within their college campuses and communities a nd\, ultimately\, to create a strong foundation for powerful LGBTQA leader s of the future. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080224 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080222 GEO:40.109600;-88.212500 LOCATION:University Of Illinois\, Champain Urbana\, Illinois\, 61801\, Unit ed States SUMMARY:Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference 20 08 UID:20091122T000511EST-S25kPUR8SX@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mblgtacc2008.org/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:For the past few years\, universities across California have ho sted numerous conferences for the LGBT Queer community\, with topics that have explored the diversity of our community. These conferences have been an amazing experience for those who attended\, as well as for those who he lped organize them. Spaces like these do not happen often. Some of us are privileged college students and others live in cities where for the most p art we feel safe\, but sadly\, that is not the case for everyone. People i n our community are the victims of hate daily\; discrimination against Que er people in this world persists and it needs to STOP! We\, as the new gen eration in the Queer movement\, need to be the ones at the front lines of the fight\, the ones creating the change in our community.\n\nOn April 18- 20\, the Queer Alliance at UCLA is excited to announce that the 2008 Weste rn Regional UCLGBTIQAA Conference will be at UCLA!\n\nThe struggle continu es and we\, the new generation of Queer activists\, need to be the ones at the front lines of action\, demanding equality and equal rights for ALL m embers of the LGBT Queer community.\n\nThe theme for the 2008 Western Regi onal Queer Conference is: \nViva la Queervolution! A new generation on the front lines of action!\n\nWith this\, we hope that you are excited an d ready to attend the 2008 Western Regional Queer Conference at UCLA!\n\nS incerely\,\n--- The Queer Alliance at UCLA Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080420 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080418 GEO:33.786600;-118.299000 LOCATION:UCLA\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90095\, United States SUMMARY:2008 Western Regional Queer Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-8vCAITaFLh@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.queerconference.com/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:strengtheningtheroots@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Join us in Washington\, DC January 25-27 for a weekend of train ings\, sharing and collaboration! \n\nStarting up a group? Had a group for a couple years and looking for new ideas? Trying to bring more fair trade products on campus? Want to make sure students know whats behind the labe l? Struggling to incorporate anti-oppression into your organizing? Come sh are the challenges and successes you\\'ve faced on your campuses!\n\nThis conference is all about YOU - learning more about the core fair trade issu es\, discovering your strengths and weaknesses as an organizer and tapping into amazing resources to make your campaigns stronger.\n\nWe will be abl e to provide a limited amount of free housing via local students couches a nd floors\, so you\\'d need to bring a sleeping bag. This housing is avail able on a first-come first-serve basis\, so register early! \n\nThe confer ence venue has not yet been finalized (we hope to have that to you by Dec 1) - but will be definitely be public transport accessible (near a metro s top). I will post information on that as soon as we get a confirmation! I\ \'ve also contacted several hotels in the area about group rates and will post that information soon. They will probably be somewhere between $80 - $120/per night/per room. You can also find similar deals online yourself a t Kayak.com and Sidestep.com under their \\'hotels\\' search. These are al so great sites for finding cheap airfare! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080127 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080125 GEO:38.881800;-76.994500 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20003\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Conf erence - 2008 UID:20091122T000511EST-8Oc3IkeWt1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/node/84 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:505-385-8038 Email:goodin.andrew@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The goal of the Northwest Progressive Conference is to reach ou t to the Northwest community in an effort to bring together activists\, ar tists\, academics\, advocates\, and anyone who is interested in social cha nge and social justice to share skills\, ideas\, and educate one another.\ n\nNWPC seeks to include a wide range of events\, including academic panel presentations\, artistic presentations (including independently-produced short film\, art exhibitions\, and performance art)\, and educational work shops\, presentations\, and skill-shares.\n\nNWPC will provide open forum for discussion among people empowered by personal expression\, engaged in social movements\, and invested in social change. We hope to include a bro ad range of issues and topics over the course of 3 days - the NWPC will be shaped as much by the people who attend as the people who are organizing it. As volunteers\, as presenters\, performers\, and workshop leaders\, an d as conference participants\, you will help us create this year\\'s NWPC experience.\n\nThe date of the Northwest Progressive Conference is set for April 3 -5\, 2008.\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080405 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080403T170000 GEO:46.732700;-117.186000 LOCATION:Washington State University\, Todd Hall\, Pullman\, Washington\, 9 9163\, United States SUMMARY:2008 Northwest Progressive Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-Gm2FsgldJH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://wsuprogressive.com/2008NWPC/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:westcoastconvergence@gmail.com DESCRIPTION: This Presidents Day weekend\, United Students for Fair Trade (USFT) is joining forces with the California Student Sustainability Coalit ion (CSSC) to create a super-convergence uniting the food systems and soci al justice worlds. The event will be hosted by the Community Agro ecology Network (CAN) at UC Santa Cruz. This is YOUR opportunity to get involved i n engaging dialogue\, eye-opening workshops and practical activism trainin gs working towards a more sustainable and just world ...not to mention han g out with like-minded awesome activists from all over the West Coast! Th is conference will provide a means to:\n\n•Develop and strengthen inter- school connections and collaboration in order to deepen and expand the Sus tainable Food & Fair Trade movement \n•Increase the number of skilled\, knowledgeable and confident youth leaders throughout the Western United S tates. \n•Broaden the scope of the convergence to integrate Fair Trade & Sustainable Food-based Initiatives in an effort to foster new alliances a nd partnerships toward creating more just and sustainable communities and institutions. \n•Form relationships\, light fires\, and have fun.\n\nTo view the tentative conference schedule and register go to http://www.usft .org/node/178. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080218 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080215T170000 GEO:39.106300;-120.536000 LOCATION:UC Santa Cruz\, Santa Cruz\, California\, 95604\, United States SUMMARY:Strengthening the Roots: Food\, Justice\, and Fair Trade UID:20091122T000511EST-VnfUzrraM4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/node/178 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:midatlanticconference@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:STAND students have led the fight to end the first 21st century genocide. As global citizens\, we have a responsibility to educate oursel ves and build our abilities in the fight to end the genocide in Darfur. We ’ll learn about tools for prevention and join together as the Anti-Genoc ide Generation to Make This the Year to End Genocide.\n\n STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is hosting 6 Regional Conferences across the coun try that will provide you with new tools and resources that you can use to become a more effective anti-genocide advocate. Geographical Scope: Regi onal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080210 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080208T170000 GEO:39.326000;-76.606000 LOCATION:Johns Hopkins University\, 3400 N. Charles St\, Baltimore\, Maryla nd\, 21218\, United States SUMMARY:STAND Mid-Atlantic Conference on Genocide UID:20091122T000511EST-hmTJI9vVIw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.standnow.org/conferences/midatlantic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:greatlakesconference@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is hosting 6 Regional Conferences across the country that will provide you with new tools and re sources that you can use to become a more effective anti-genocide advocate .\n\nSTAND students have led the fight to end the first 21st century genoc ide. As global citizens\, we have a responsibility to educate ourselves an d build our abilities in the fight to end the genocide in Darfur. We’ll learn about tools for prevention and join together as the Anti-Genocide Ge neration to Make This the Year to End Genocide. Geographical Scope: Regio nal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080302 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080229T170000 GEO:41.507800;-81.608800 LOCATION:10900 Euclid Avenue\, Cleveland\, Ohio\, 44106\, United States SUMMARY:STAND Great Lakes Conference on Genocide UID:20091122T000511EST-3ddWT34vud@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.standnow.org/conferences/greatlakes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:westcoastconference@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:Regional Conferences 2008\n\nSTAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coa lition is hosting 6 Regional Conferences across the country that will prov ide you with new tools and resources that you can use to become a more eff ective anti-genocide advocate. \n\nSTAND students have led the fight to en d the first 21st century genocide. As global citizens\, we have a responsi bility to educate ourselves and build our abilities in the fight to end th e genocide in Darfur. We’ll learn about tools for prevention and join to gether as the Anti-Genocide Generation to Make This the Year to End Genoci de.\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080217 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080215T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of California At Davis\, Davis\, California\, United St ates SUMMARY:STAND West Coast Conference on Genocide UID:20091122T000511EST-fGD9zCMDFV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.standnow.org/conferences/westcoast END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:midwestconference@standnow.org DESCRIPTION:STAND students have led the fight to end the first 21st century genocide. As global citizens\, we have a responsibility to educate oursel ves and build our abilities in the fight to end the genocide in Darfur. We ’ll learn about tools for prevention and join together as the Anti-Genoc ide Generation to Make This the Year to End Genocide.\n\nSTAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is hosting 6 Regional Conferences across the count ry that will provide you with new tools and resources that you can use to become a more effective anti-genocide advocate. Geographical Scope: Regio nal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080217 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080215T170000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:University Of Austin\, Texas\, Austin\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:STAND Midwest Conference on Darfur - Texas UID:20091122T000511EST-UijMESpagD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.standnow.org/conferences/midwest END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:lastseptember@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:It\\'s only two weeks from today until the New England Action C onvergence & we need to know if you\\'re coming! Please REGISTER & encoura ge the rest of your chapter to do so ASAP!\n\nhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/ s.aspx?sm=6cKdoyS6cjfxo9ModGNQ2g_3d_3d\n\nThis is an incredible opportunit y for both new & old SDS organizers to come together\, share our knowledge & build leadership for a youth-led radical movement! Don\\'t be shy about coming if you have a young or forming chapter or even if you\\'ve never d one anything with SDS before -- this is a welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds & levels of experience. We\\'re here to win!\n\nBackgr ound:\nThe New England Action Convergence will be held on February 23 & 24 in Providence\, Rhode Island with some minor festivities the night of Feb ruary 22. We\\'re planning a two-day extravaganza of workshops\, skill-sha res\, festivities & even an action! Each day is going to be really great & you are welcome to come for one or both days!\n\nWe really need help plan ning & executing this event... join in!\n\nPlease join our listserv for th e planning at http://groups.google.com/group/NewEnglandAction. Geographic al Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080224 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080222T180000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Providence\, Rhode Island\, United States SUMMARY:SDS New England Action Convergence UID:20091122T000511EST-20VrUZsm4x@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6cKdoyS6cjfxo9ModGNQ2g_3d_3d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-429-8900 Email:contact@spusa.org DESCRIPTION:Purdue Student Pugwash is proud to present its third annual Mid west Regional Conference\, “Energy and the Environment: Powering the Fut ure Responsibly.” This conference will examine how the consumption of en ergy interacts with the global environment. We will explore a wide variety of topics\, including: nuclear power as a possible climate change solutio n\, the economics of energy production and consumption\, renewable energy and its benefits/disadvantages\, hydrogen fuel\, and global warming soluti ons.\n\nFeatured Speakers:\n* Peter Lyons\, Head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission\n* Mike Heben\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory\n* Don Wu ebbles\, University of Illinois\n\nAnd more!\n\nYour conference registrati on includes:\n* Conference T-shirt\n* Conference Informational Booklet\n* Guaranteed seating at Keynote\n* Admission to formal banquet Friday night. \n* Breakfast and lunch on Saturday.\n\nVisit http://www.purdue.edu/pugwas h to learn more! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080322 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080321T173000 GEO:40.424900;-86.916200 LOCATION:Purdue University\, West Lafayette\, Indiana\, 47907\, United Stat es SUMMARY: Energy and the Environment: Powering the Future Responsibly UID:20091122T000511EST-BwOHhUuglw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.spusa.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Mark Your Calendar: True Colors XV\nA Global Perspective\n\nFr iday\, March 14 and Saturday\, March 15\, 2008\nUniversity of Connecticut\ , Storrs\, Connecticut\n\nThe 2007 conference\, True Colors XIV: Building Inclusive Communities - A Best Practices Conference\, was another huge su ccess. In 2007\, True Colors XIV:\n\nHad more than 2\,700 participants\n \nRepresented people from 16 states\, including attendees from 70 cities a nd towns in Connecticut\n\nWas an authorized field trip for 76 schools - i ncluding two middle school groups for the first time!\n\nHad the assistanc e of 175 volunteers\n\nPresented a total of 143 workshops and five enterta inment venues\n\nOffered our first ever\, and very successful\, best pract ices track which attracted professionals from all over the country\n\nWhet her you are an organizer\, a veteran attendee\, or have never been to a co nference\, we\\'d like to hear from you! Begin thinking about workshops y ou\\'d like to present or see presented. Submit a workshop proposal or if you know somebody who’d make a great presenter\, send us their name an d address — we’ll take it from there! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080315 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080314 GEO:41.807400;-72.250300 LOCATION:University Of Connecticut\, Storrs\, Connecticut\, 06269\, United States SUMMARY:True Colors XV: A Global Perspective UID:20091122T000511EST-oMRvoHwaIj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://ourtruecolors.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:morgan.goodwin@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community!\n\nHere\\' s what you\\'ll learn:\n\n * ORGANIZING 101: How to start and run an ef fective organization. We cover everything from recruitment\, to running a meeting\, to developing new leaders to ensure that your organization conti nues once you graduate.\n * CAMPAIGN PLANNING: How to plan\, implement\ , and run an effective environmental campaign. We use the Sierra Club Matr ix to teach the most essential skills needed to effect real change.\n * COMMUNICATION SKILLS: How to define your message and get it across confid ently and persuasively to the media\, to fellow group members\, and to the public.\n * GUEST SPEAKERS: You\\'ll see and meet some amazing special guests-- Sierra Club experts and other speakers from organizations leadin g the national environmental movement. They\\'ll brief you on today\\'s mo st critical environmental issues and leave time for debate and discussion. \n\nOf course\, the program isn\\'t all work and no play. In addition to t he main focus of the program\, you can expect to enjoy:\n\n * The beaut iful surroundings of a serene state park\n * Hikes\, games\, and energi zing evening activities\n * Delicious vegetarian cooking\n * The com pany and friendship of like-minded students\n\nOnce you\\'re back at schoo l\, you and the other great student activists you\\'ve met will be prepare d to tackle serious environmental and social justice issues. . .and win! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080713 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080706 GEO:42.749800;-72.010300 LOCATION:The Meeting School\, Rindge\, New Hampshire\, 03461\, United State s SUMMARY:New Hampshire Sierra Student Coalition Summer Program (SPROG) UID:20091122T000511EST-zu4omve7V6@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:402-990-4170 Email:french.aaron@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The Sierra Student Coalition\\'s Student Environmental Leadersh ip Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-lon g sessions where you\\'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle ser ious environmental issues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared t o take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080724 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080717T100000 GEO:46.008100;-92.793500 LOCATION:30065 St. Croix Park Road\, Hinckley\, Minnesota\, 55037\, United States SUMMARY:Minnesota Summer Environmental Leadership Program (Sprog) UID:20091122T000511EST-HiM4ljIvhl@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog/index.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email:dana@seac.org DESCRIPTION:A week long camp that leads into amazing actions and environmen tal justice organizing opportunities all summer long throughout appalachia . Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080523 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080517 GEO:38.351200;-81.582000 LOCATION:Harlan County\, Charleston\, Kentucky\, 25311\, United States SUMMARY:Mountain Justice Summer 2008 UID:20091122T000511EST-UGMPUnGf0j@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080728 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080721T150000 GEO:30.120400;-97.309900 LOCATION:TX-P1A\, Bastrop\, Texas\, 78602\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Leadership Training Program - Texas UID:20091122T000511EST-euvW795G8H@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080803 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080727T150000 GEO:34.793800;-85.499500 LOCATION:122 Cloudland Canyon Park Road\, Rising Fawn\, Georgia\, 30738\, U nited States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Leadership Training Program - Georgia UID:20091122T000511EST-z7xLHf7UTS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080713 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080706T150000 GEO:36.299600;-106.406000 LOCATION:HC77\, Box 11\, Abiquiu\, New Mexico\, 87510\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Leadership Training Program - New Mexico UID:20091122T000511EST-Cl66cDrEiL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080817 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080810T150000 GEO:40.042900;-80.188300 LOCATION:155 Plumsock Road\, Amity\, Pennsylvania\, 15311\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Leadership Training Program - Pennsylvani a UID:20091122T000511EST-7ucZNlbKi4@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community! Geographi cal Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080705 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080629T150000 GEO:38.557500;-77.357300 LOCATION:18100 Park Headquarters Road\, Triangle\, Virginia\, 22172\, Unite d States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Leadership Training Program - Virginia UID:20091122T000511EST-xp9bw7DPMg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:jon@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, led by the nation\\'s top student organizers\, are week-long sessions where you\ \'ll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental is sues. By the end of the week\, you\\'ll be prepared to take what you have learned and put it into action on campus and in your community!\n Geograp hical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080614 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20080607T150000 GEO:18.055400;-66.726000 LOCATION:HC 01\, Box 8606\, Penuelas\, PR\, 00624\, United States SUMMARY:SSC Student Environmental Leadership Training Program - Puerto Rico UID:20091122T000511EST-IvEuZZ4ct1@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:This summer\, join people from throughout the Southeast and bey ond for the second annual Southeast Convergence for Climate Action. After the resounding success of last year\\'s convergence\, we are excited to co ntinue the struggle for climate justice in the Southeast with an engaging week of workshops\, strategizing\, and direct action! This year\\'s conver gence will be hosted in Virginia where communities are fighting uranium mi ning\, nuclear power\, mountaintop removal coal mining\, and new (as well as old) coal plants. Once again we will unite to fight the coal industry\\ 's stranglehold on our region while rejecting the deadly nuke industry\\'s attempt to position themselves as the solution to the climate crisis.\n\n The convergence is a place to strengthen our movement\, network with new a llies\, and take action against dirty energy while working to build a sust ainable world. Workshops will include: community organizing\, direct actio n 101\, debunking false solutions to climate change\, blockades\, sustaina ble living systems\, media\, disaster response\, fighting nukes and coal\, and much more. The convergence will culminate in a collective action to c onfront the climate crisis.\n\nThis year we are excited to come together a t a beautiful 200-acre site in Louisa County\, Virginia.\n\nTo read about the action after last year\\'s Climate Convergence that shut down the Bank of America in downtown Asheville\, click here.\n\nWant to get more involv ed? We would love help from groups and individuals in shaping this year\\' s Climate Convergence! Get in touch with us to get plugged into the organi zing collective or for more details.\n\nFor more information check out: ww w.climateconvergence.org\nEmail: southeast@climateconvergence.org\n\n\nAnt i-oppression Policy\n\nThe organizers of the Convergence for Climate Actio n believe that anti-oppression work is vital to community organizing and t o building a movement to eliminate the exploitation of people and the plan et. The Convergence for Climate Action will have anti-oppression workshops and participants will be strongly encouraged to participate. In order to create a safe and productive environment for activism and community\, we w ill not be tolerating behavior that demeans\, marginalizes\, or threatens people. Examples are offensive remarks about a person\\'s gender\, age\, s exual orientation\, race\, mental health\, culture\, general appearances\, income status\, being a parent or a child\, employed or unemployed\, leve l of experience in activism\, etc.... Any type of sexual\, verbal\, or phy sical assault will be taken especially seriously by the convergence organi zers. On account of the short nature of the event and limited resources\, convergence participants may be asked to immediately leave the event shoul d they be accused of oppressive behavior. We thank everyone for helping to make the convergence a safe\, comfortable\, productive and super fun envi ronment!\nDirty Energy / False Solutions Policy\n\nThe Convergence for Cli mate Action is committed to Earth-centered\, community-based solutions to the climate crisis that foster local autonomy and self-sufficiency. We see corporate led\, business friendly \\'solutions\\' to the climate crisis a s inherently opposed to this vision. We do not accept alternative energy s ources that externalize their costs onto human and natural communities in the name of reducing carbon emissions. This includes but is not limited to nuclear power\, \\'clean\\' coal\, large scale ethanol and biofuels\, car bon sequestration\, trading\, or offsets\, and large dams. These technolog ies have social and environmental costs that far outweigh any benefits the y provide in regards to fighting climate change. We firmly believe that an y conversation on alternative energy must address the issue of consumption . No future form of energy can be considered sustainable without drastic r eductions in our energy and resource consumption.\nThings Not to Bring\nDo gs\nWeapons\nDrugs\nBad Attitude (unless you mean bad as in good) Geograp hical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080811 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080805 GEO:37.995100;-78.046100 LOCATION:Louisa County\, Louisa\, Virginia\, 23093\, United States SUMMARY:Southeast Climate Convergence - Summer 2008 UID:20091122T000511EST-LEC9vxPEoL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climateconvergence.org/southeast/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:to share ideas and skills\, strengthen our relationships\, and create solutions to take care of our basic needs. There will be workshops\ , performances\, trainings and strategy sessions about the issues affectin g our communities and our planet\, from prisons and police brutality to fo od sovereignty\, healthcare and disaster relief. It will also include a da y of action in coordination with similar gatherings around the world.\n\nC onfluence\nthe point where multiple rivers or weather patterns flow togeth er to mix and become stronger. When weather fronts merge\, a series of sto rms is created…\n\nPEOPLE OF ALL AGES and backgrounds will have somethin g to offer to the confluence! Young people will play a particularly import ant role during the Youth Track\, a set of workshops organized by and for youth to empower them to make positive change in their communities and the world. Childcare for younger children will also be provided and parents a re encouraged to come.\n\nJOIN THE FUN AND FESTIVITIES! Enjoy and share mu sic\, art and good food while meeting people from all over the Northeast. Epworth is a beautiful outdoor space with lots of room for camping\, and t ents and gear will be available for those who don’t have them. There are wheelchair accessible indoor spaces and beds as well. Donations of any si ze encouraged to cover costs. No one turned away for lack of funds.\n\nCli mate change (aka global warming)\nis about more than just carbon in the at mosphere. It directly affects people’s lives. The communities hardest hi t by climate disasters are already the most impacted by the injustice that causes environmental devastation: indigenous people\, women\, LGBTQ folk\ , people of color\, youth\, elders\, people with disabilities\, and the wo rking class. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080803 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080727 GEO:42.265300;-71.879400 LOCATION:Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01601\, United States SUMMARY:Northeast Climate Confluence - Summer 2008 UID:20091122T000511EST-UAaPBV8Lvj@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climateconfluence.org/blog/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Convergence CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Activists and families\, the young and old\, experienced and br ight-eyed are coming together for the 2nd Annual West Coast Convergence fo r Climate Action. Take a week to share skills\, tactics\, ideas and fun wh ile building a social and political movement for climate action!\n\nThis y ear\, we are joined by Climate Convergences around the world on four diffe rent continents. Come join the global movement for earth-centered and comm unity-based solutions to climate change.\n\nWorkshops will include: sustai nable living skills\, lower-impact technologies\, creative non-violent dir ect action\, organizing skills\, strategies to beat Liquefied Natural Gas\ , organic gardening\, protecting small farms\, building communities beyond cultural boundaries\, and dozens more.\n\nWith massive fossil fuel develo pment projects threatening our region\, and concerns over food prices and accessibility growing\, we can find strength in people power and work towa rds building the strong communities we need.\n\nIf you are interested in h elping with a workshop\, getting the word out\, or anything else\, please feel free to contact us Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080814 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080808 GEO:43.863800;-122.999000 LOCATION:Eugene\, Oregon\, 97440\, United States SUMMARY:West Coast Climate Convergence - Summer 2008 UID:20091122T000511EST-GErnJO3ETb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.climateconvergence.org/west/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Connect\, Communicate\, Collaborate\n\nSaturday\, June 28\, 200 8\, marks our ninth annual Grassroots Use of Technology conference!\n\nThi s year\\'s theme is \\'Connect\, Communicate\, and Collaborate\\'\; it foc uses on the new technologies and organizing tools available for connecting organizers and their communities.\n\nOur registration is now open. We hav e online registration or if you are paying by check click here to download the form and mail it to us.\n\nA highly motivated team of 19 organizers a re planning this year\\'s event\, and additional volunteers are welcome. F or more information on volunteering\, please contact Suren at (617) 720-61 90.\n\nYou can help spread the word by sharing our Save-the-Date! postcard .\n\n\n \n \nThe \\'premier annual event for anyone interested in helping grassroots groups and nonprofits make more effective use of technology to achieve their missions\\' will take place in Lowell\, MA\, on Saturday\, J une 28th\, 2008. I\\'ve made my arrangements to attend\, and if you haven\ \'t already done so\, then mark your calendars and plan to be there. \n\nT he 2008 conference\, Connect\, Communicate and Collaborate\, will bring pe ople together for a day of connecting\, learning\, educating - and playing \, so that we don\\'t forget how much fun technology and changing the worl d can be.\nCollaborators\, colleagues\, and clients in the nonprofit and t echnology sectors will have the opportunity to share resources and learn a bout what works\, what doesn\\'t work\, and what is in the works when it c omes to using technology to help make the world a better place.\n\nNo matt er what your connection to nonprofits and technology\, the Grassroots Use of Technology Conference has something to offer. The conference will addre ss common issues faced by nonprofit leaders\, program staff\, development professionals\, IT staff\, Circuit Riders\, and other technology support p roviders\, and topics on the agenda will span a broad range of technology expertise.\n\nTopics on the agenda will span a broad range of technology e xpertise - including such things as Managing Your Website with Today\\'s T ools to Managing & Recruiting Tech volunteers to The Untapped Power of Soc ial Networks . With more than 20 sessions planned\, you\\'re bound to find what you\\'re interested in. To see more topics that will be covered\, br owse the agenda and see what other activities are planned.\n\nI\\'ll certa inly be there from beginning to end because it\\'s the best opportunity I will have to meet colleagues and learn a tremendous amount about this sect or. If you are going to the conference\, leave a comment here or send me a n email (happycamper_2@yahoo.com) and we\\'ll try to meet up before or aft er the conference.\n\nSee you all there! \n\n \n\n \nMartha Rogers\nConfe rence Co-Chair and Organizers Collaborative Board President\n \n\nWorkshop Topics include\nSession Proposals\nNon-profit Internet Starter Kit\nGetti ng the Clicks\nKeeping it Simple\nOnline Mentoring\nHAVA Great Idea?\nStra tegies for shaping the media/tech future\nBuilding a News Portal with Drup al\nSEO for Nonprofits\nThe Untapped Power of Social Networks\nManaging Yo ur Website with Today\\'s Tools\nFacebook to Phone Trees: Multi-Generation al Outreach Strategies\nManaging & Recruiting Tech volunteers\nHelping You r Computer System Grow Up\nCollaborative eLearning\nSocial Networks - Tran sforming knowledge creation and Dissemination around the world\nChoosing t he Right Software\nOrganizing the Organic Internet\nThe Point\, a Web-Tool for Collective Action\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080628 GEO:42.655800;-71.305000 LOCATION:University Of Massachusetts - Lowell\, Lowell\, Massachusetts\, 01 850\, United States SUMMARY:9th Annual Grassroots Use of Technology Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-NfBnNfpoFn@69.73.141.125 URL:http://organizerscollaborative.org/conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:sunysocialjustice@gmail.com DESCRIPTION: \nThe SUNY Social Justice Conference\, November 7-9 at SUNY-Bi nghamton\, will be a staging ground for students\, organizers\, activists and allies to build a united movement across our diverse communities for s olidarity and social change. Budget cuts and privatization close doors to public higher education\, but the state\\'s prison system drains away fund s into an ever-expanding industrial complex. As more young people of color enter penitentiaries than enroll in the SUNY system\, campuses reap the b enefits of forced prison labor. As educators and students fight to be hear d\, the state suffocates the power of unions to organize and negotiate. An d as endless wars rage overseas\, vital resources are wrested from communi ties back home. Drawing upon the rich history of vital student participati on in struggles for social change\, we will gather in November to build ne w movements for justice. Join us for a weekend of organizing\, learning\, networking\, and connecting\, featuring workshops\, strategy-sessions\, di scussions and a keynote address by people\\'s historian Howard Zinn.\n\n-- --------------------------------------------------------\nCallout for Work shops!\n\nWe\\'re looking to organizers and activists to host workshops on a wide range of social justice projects for the November Conference. Thes e can range from ongoing campaigns\, to movement strategy\, to anti-oppres sion trainings.\n\nTo propose a workshop\, contact sunysocialjustice@gmail .com\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\nWorksh op List Thus Far:\n\nAddress by Howard Zinn\nPopular Education/Frearian Pe dagogy\nHistory of Race in the SUNY System\nUnion Organizing on Campus\nEn ergy\nVeterans for Peace/Iraq Veterans Against the War\nPrisoner Support N etwork/Prison Abolition\nCombating Sexual Violence\nPeople\\'s Justice/Pol ice Accountability\n\\'The Bad Side of Town\\': Racism\, Communities & Hou sing\nHealth care\nPost-Academia\nOnondaga Land Rights Action/Universities on Stolen Land\nWelfare Poets Workshop\nTeaching Peace\nThe Green Scare\n Women\, Incarceration & Resistance\nMovement Building Strategy Sessions\nK iller Coke\n----------------------------------------------------------\nHo using!\n\nWe\\'ll have an official housing board up on the website at some point\, but for now\, if you\\'re looking for housing in Binghamton durin g the conference\, contact Ben Farrer at benjaminfarrer@googlemail.com Ge ographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081109 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20081107T160000 GEO:42.105400;-75.887600 LOCATION:SUNY-Binghamton\, 4400 Vestal Parkway\, Vestal\, New York\, 13902\ , United States SUMMARY:SUNY Social Justice Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-NScn4MV4gG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.sunysocialjustice.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The mountains of rural Appalachia are among the most biodiverse ecosystem in the world. Our viable economic options for individuals and f or local communities are limitless.\nOur vision is that Appalachia\, and s pecifically the coalfields of Central Appalachia\, need community-based\, diversified and appropriate economic development that sustains both the cu lture and the environment of the mountains. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080921 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080919 GEO:36.728600;-82.008500 LOCATION:Abingdon\, Virginia\, 24210\, United States SUMMARY:Appalachian Community Economics Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-8w8lrUFaOc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.appalachiancommunityeconomics.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:matt@usasnet.org DESCRIPTION:The USAS Midwest Regional Conference will be held at Purdue Uni versity on the weekend of October 10.\n\n\nThings that will be covered at this conference include:\n\nOrganizing Skills\nAnti-Oppression workshops\n Sweat-Free Apparel\nWorkers\\' Rights Consortium\nDesignated Suppliers Pro gram\nKiller Coke\nCampus Community Solidarity\n\nRegister now at:\nhttp:/ /www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4Ir3JpyEJLlOCpifdIaQEw_3d_3d\n Geographic al Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081012 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20081010T180000 GEO:40.424900;-86.916200 LOCATION:504 Northwestern Avenue\, West Lafayette\, Indiana\, 47907\, Unite d States SUMMARY:United Students Against Sweatshops Midwest Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-Uce92OF2Vc@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Protest CONTACT:Phone: Email:notwithourmoney@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Environmental and social activists are gathering in Harvard Squ are for a day of protest. Follow the money trail. Big Banks are funding destruction and injustice worldwide. From dirty coal plants and mountain top removal to risky investments that leave working families homeless\, ba nkers and CEOs are profiting big from this so-called economic crisis. We say: NOT WITH OUR MONEY! Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20081007T120000 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Bank Of America In Harvard Square\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, Un ited States SUMMARY:Mass Protest in Harvard Square UID:20091122T000511EST-fDGm8curxF@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Apply by December 22\, 2008\n\nEach training will feature inten sive skills sessions preparing participants to galvanize community support for reproductive justice in a faithful context. Trainings will be led by experts in the fields of organizing\, religion\, and reproductive justice. Session topics include event planning\, communications\, theology\, perso nal leadership development\, and more. Download a sample schedule and see what we\\'ve got in the works.\n\nSYRF Regional Trainings are completely f ree to accepted participants. We welcome both alumni of last year’s Inst itute and first time participants. We’ll have special programming for di fferent levels of experience. But whether you’re a newcomer\, very exper ienced\, or somewhere in-between\, be sure to complete an application soon – before all our spots fill up.\nApply for a Regional Training\nDownloa d a sample schedule (PDF)\nDownload resources from 2007-2008 trainings\nSe nd us an e-mail with questions\nFind out what people are saying about the SYRF RTI\nRead our Regional Training FAQs\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n \n\n Regional Training Institute Buzz \n\nSYRF Institute participants had rave reviews for last year\\'s trainings: \n\n\\'This was one of the most inten se and satisfying experiences of my young adult life-it incorporated every thing that is most important to me as a method of reaching a goal about wh ich I am very passionate. I met people that I never would have known exist ed\, and learned invaluable facts that I will use for years to come.\\'\n\ n\\'Thank you all so much for the wonderful opportunity to learn\, create\ , and inspire others. I have taken this experience to heart\, and I am bet ter for it.\\'\n\n\\'I absolutely adored the interfaith panel discussion a t the conference\, and the lobby experience during the 2nd day. These are both going to translate into practical skills I will be able to use in fut ure activism.\\'\n\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090202 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090201 GEO:38.881800;-76.994500 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20003\, United States SUMMARY:Spirtitual Youth for Reproductive Freedom - DC Training UID:20091122T000511EST-naWMI3P254@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org/web/guest/regionaltraininginstitute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Apply by January 30\, 2009\n\nEach training will feature intens ive skills sessions preparing participants to galvanize community support for reproductive justice in a faithful context. Trainings will be led by e xperts in the fields of organizing\, religion\, and reproductive justice. Session topics include event planning\, communications\, theology\, person al leadership development\, and more. Download a sample schedule and see w hat we\\'ve got in the works.\n\nSYRF Regional Trainings are completely fr ee to accepted participants. We welcome both alumni of last year’s Insti tute and first time participants. We’ll have special programming for dif ferent levels of experience. But whether you’re a newcomer\, very experi enced\, or somewhere in-between\, be sure to complete an application soon – before all our spots fill up.\nApply for a Regional Training\nDownload a sample schedule (PDF)\nDownload resources from 2007-2008 trainings\nSen d us an e-mail with questions\nFind out what people are saying about the S YRF RTI\nRead our Regional Training FAQs\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n \n\nR egional Training Institute Buzz \n\nSYRF Institute participants had rave r eviews for last year\\'s trainings: \n\n\\'This was one of the most intens e and satisfying experiences of my young adult life-it incorporated everyt hing that is most important to me as a method of reaching a goal about whi ch I am very passionate. I met people that I never would have known existe d\, and learned invaluable facts that I will use for years to come.\\'\n\n \\'Thank you all so much for the wonderful opportunity to learn\, create\, and inspire others. I have taken this experience to heart\, and I am bett er for it.\\'\n\n\\'I absolutely adored the interfaith panel discussion at the conference\, and the lobby experience during the 2nd day. These are b oth going to translate into practical skills I will be able to use in futu re activism.\\' Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090308 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090307 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States SUMMARY:Spirtitual Youth for Reproductive Freedom - Austin TX Training UID:20091122T000511EST-KFNj5wk6nv@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.syrf.org/web/guest/regionaltraininginstitute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Speakers\n- Jennifer Schelter\n\nEvents\n- Cheesecake and Resol utions \n- Film Screening \n- Ideas Fair \n- Offsite Action: Learn about h istoric Harpers Ferry and participate in Aerial Art Action \n- Love Lesson s from Abu Ghraib with Jennifer Schelter\n- Building a Human Rights Moveme nt\n- 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Agenda.\n- 2008 Mid-Atlantic R egional Conference Agenda (PDF).\n\nRegistration\n\nConference Registratio n\nWhen:November 14-16\, 2008\nWhere:Quality Hotel Conference Center\n4328 William L Wilson Freeway\nHarper\\'s Ferry\, WV 25425\n304-535-6302\nWhy: Protect the Human\n\nMid-Atlantic Regional Conference Registration »\n\n Early-bird (by October 5): $30 general\, $20 student/senior/limited income \nPre-Registration (October 5-November 5): $40 general\, $30 student/senio r/limited income\nOn-Site: $50 general\, $40 student/senior/limited income \nPLEASE NOTE: (All rates listed are for national members of Amnesty Inter national USA. Non-members pay an additional $10.)\n\nRegistration will be available beginning June 1. You will have the option of registering online \, via mail-in form\, or by phone. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081116 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081114 GEO:39.272300;-77.779800 LOCATION:Quality Hotel Conference Center\, 4328 William L Wilson Freeway\, Harper\\'s Ferry\, West Virginia\, 25425\, United States SUMMARY:Amensty Intl Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008 UID:20091122T000511EST-0wItmPFZrO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.amnestyusa.org/regional-conferences/mid-atlantic/page.do?id= 1091660 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Western Regional Conference of Amnesty International USA is an opportunity for activists\, scholars\, communities\, and students to c ome together to learn about\, discuss\, and act upon some of the most impo rtant human rights issues facing our world today.\nNews and Events\nFeatur ed Speaker\n\nMia Kirshner\, actress and author of I Live Here. I Live Her e is a visually stunning narrative - told through journals\, stories\, ima ges\, and graphic novellas - in which the lives of refugees and displaced people become at once personal and global. Bearing witness to stories that are too often overlooked\, it is a raw and intimate journey to crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya\, ethnic cleansing in Burma\, g lobalization in Mexico\, and AIDS in Malawi.\nSpecial Events\n- Teach-In w ith Jaguares: Youth Organizing\n- Ideas Fair \n- Book-signing with Mia Kir shner \n- Film Screening: \\'A Jihad for Love\\' \n- More Program Informat ion for 2008 Western Regional Conference \n- Conference Schedule (PDF) (Dr aft)\nResolutions\n\nPolicy-Making Sessions - AIUSA Resolution and Voting News:\nAmnesty International is a grassroots organization. Any individual member or group of members has an opportunity to impact the mission\, meth od\, policy\, organization or allocation of resources. Resolutions are a m eans by which members can influence policy on a regional\, national\, or i nternational level. A resolution is a statement directing a change in AI t hat can\\'t be accomplished by simply asking a staff member or volunteer l eader.\n\nEach registered Amnesty International group (student or local) i s allotted one Voting Card for resolutions at the Regional Conference. AIU SA individual members are also eligible to vote. To obtain a Individual Vo ting Card to vote on resolutions at the Regional Conference\, you be recor ded as a voting member of AIUSA (having paid dues to AIUSA or submitted a valid dues waiver in the last year\, and no later than September 10\, 2008 ). You may join by calling 1-800-AMNESTY or online.\nRegistration\n\nWhen: November 7-9\, 2008\nWhere: Hilton Pasadena\n168 S Los Robles Ave.\nPasad ena\, CA 91101\n1(626) 577-1000\nWhy: Protect the Human\nRegister for the Western Regional Confrence \n\nIf you prefer to pay by check\, print out a nd mail in a conference registration form (PDF).\n• Early-bird (by Octob er 17): $30 general\, $20 student/senior/limited income\n• Pre-Registrat ion (October 16-November 7): $40 general\, $30 student/senior/limited inco me\n• On-Site: $50 general\, $40 student/senior/limited income\n(Rates l isted are for national members of Amnesty International USA. Non-members p ay an additional $10.)\n\nThe Hilton Pasadena is offering Amnesty Internat ional conference attendees a special room rate of $139 single or double\, plus local taxes and fees.\n\nConference attendees must make their own res ervations directly with the hotel at the phone number listed above. Be sur e to mention \\'Amnesty International Regional Conference\\' to obtain thi s special group rate. You can also book your hotel online through the spec ial Conference-only hotel website. Reservations must be made by Friday\, O ctober 24\, to take advantage of the special rate! Geographical Scope: Re gional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081109 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081107 GEO:34.146600;-118.139000 LOCATION:Hilton Pasadena Hotel 168 S.\, Los Robles Avenue\, Pasadena\, Cali fornia\, 91101\, United States SUMMARY:Amnesty Intl 2008 West Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-dlvUPpPwHb@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.amnestyusa.org/regional-conferences/west/page.do?id=1091479 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:AGENDA\nSpeakers\n\nJuan E. MendĂ©z\, President\, International Center for Transitional Justice.\n\nA native of Lomas de Zamora\, Argenti na\, Mr. MendĂ©z has dedicated his legal career to the defense of human ri ghts and has a long and distinguished record of advocacy throughout the Am ericas. As a result of his involvement in representing political prisoners \, the Argentinean military dictatorship arrested him and subjected him to torture and administrative detention for more than a year. During this ti me\, Amnesty International adopted him as a \\'Prisoner of Conscience.\\' After his release from detention in the late 1970s\, Mr. MendĂ©z moved to the United States.\nLearn more:\nAmnesty International Justice\nThe Intern ational Center for Transitional Justice \n\n\n\n\n\nGrace Akallo\, author of GIRL SOLDIER\n\nGrace Akallo speaks about decades of brutal armies of r ebels raiding villages in northern Uganda\, kidnapping children and turnin g them into soldiers or wives of commanders. More than 30\,000 children ha ve been abducted over the last twenty years. Grace Akallo was one of these . Her story recounts her terrifying experience.\nLearn more: child soldier s \n\n\n\n\nI Live Here - a visually stunning narrative\n\nI Live Here: Re ading by Mia Kirshner \nMia Kirshner works as an actress in film and telev ision\, most recently in Showtime\\'s The L Word and Brian De Palma\\'s Th e Black Dahlia. She will be reading from her new book I Live Here\, publis hed with support from Amnesty International\, and in conjunction with thei r celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal De claration of Human Rights\, to assist displaced people around the world.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFocus Panels\n\nHuman Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: Challe nges for the New Administration in the First 100 Days • Libya-Human Righ ts Under Gaddafi • The Challenge of Human Rights In Africa\nWORKSHOPS\n\ nAdvocate for Change: Put Stopping Violence Against Women at the Center St age • Build to Win\, Build to Last! From Issues to a Human Rights Moveme nt • Building diverse coalitions & working effectively with them while m aintaining AI\\'s identity • Campaigning on behalf of the Death Penalty • Campaigning techniques and advanced actions: Spotlight on the NE Speci al Focus Case • Consultation with the Resolutions Process Review Committ ee (RRC) • Corporate action focus on US investment companies tied to oil companies operating in Sudan • Counter Terror with Justice: Teach-in an d Stop Torture • Dialogue: Engaging Amnesty\\'s Members • Displaced: B ring the Darfur Experience to Your Community and End the Violence • Huma n Rights & the Arts • Journalist at Risk • Media 101 • Planning \\'s uccessful\\' public events • Rock the Vote: Taking Legislative Action †˘ Student Group Organizing 101 • Student/Local Group Organizing • What does the role of Private Military Security Contractors working abroad hav e to do with the \\'War on Terror\\'? • \\'Why Some Arms Deals are Dead Wrong\\' • Zimbabwe: The Protection of Human Rights in Political Transit ions \nCORE ACTIONS TO GO\n\n\n\nWe have assembled information and campaig n actions for you to participate in while you are attending the Northeast Regional Conference. In addition\, the actions are designed \\'To Go\\'. T ake back the information and ideas for action to your student or community group and plan to hold a public events or action.\nRESOLUTIONS\n\nAmnesty International is a grass roots organization. Any individual member or gro up of members has an opportunity to impact the mission\, method\, policy\, organization or allocation of resources. Resolutions are a means by which members can influence policy on a regional\, national\, or international level. The purpose of a resolution is to direct a change in policy\, in th e method for instituting policy\, or in Amnesty\\'s organizational structu re. A resolution can be as simple as asking for clarification of current p rocedures\, or as complex as requesting a change in AI\\'s mission. Learn more: Resolutions\nAt the AIUSA Regional Conferences\, Resolutions may be voted on by Individual Voting Members who have paid dues to AIUSA or submi tted a valid dues waiver within the last year and by the September 10 reco rd date and by one designated delegate from each AIUSA Student or Local Gr oup. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081115 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081114 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Boston University\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States SUMMARY:Amnesty Intl 2008 Northest Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-h6io3PeIkS@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.amnestyusa.org/regional-conferences/northeast/page.do?id=109 1789 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:\\'Our Rights\, Our History\, Our Vision\\'\n\n40 years ago\, D r. King went to Memphis to support Black sanitation workers organizing for just labor conditions. Tragically\, he was assassinated there\, but his l egacy and our human rights movement continues. King knew that for people t o have dignity\, they needed all their rights-not just civil rights\, but also economic rights.\n\n60 years ago\, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed at the United Nations. It\\'s the foundation of the international human rights framework\, enshrining the full spectrum of ou r rights - civil\, political\, economic\, social and cultural.\n\nPlease j oin us this year for our annual Southern Regional Conference. We will expl ore the connections between these indivisible rights\, celebrate our histo ry of struggles\, study today\\'s global and domestic rights issues\, lear n skills to make change and build stronger ties with each other to advance our vision of universal human rights for today and tomorrow.\n\nSave the date! Plan ahead! Ask for student activity funds early!\nNews and Events\n Speakers\n- Dr. Carol Anderson (PDF)\n- 1968-2008 Memphis Workers Strike t o Today - Embracing the Full Spectrum of Human Rights\n- Bill Lucy\, Secre tary Treasurer of AFSCME (American Federation of State\, County and Munici pal Employees)\n- Jaribu Hill\, Executive Director\, Mississippi Workers\\ ' Center for Human Rights. \n- Alfredo Pena\, Worker\\'s Interfaith Networ k (Memphis)\n- Gouri Sadhwani\, Deputy Executive Director\, AI USA\\'s Org anizing\, Membership and Campaigns Department \n- Larry Cox\, Executive Di rector\, AI USA \n- Yunis Haji Haji (PDF) \nEvents\n- 1948-2008 UDHR Celeb ration Download Event Flyer (PDF)\n- Civil Rights Museum \n- Aerial Art ev ent - come and make a massive human art piece! Event Flyer (PDF) \n- Regis ter for Sunday\\'s aerial art event\n- 2008 Southern Regional Conference D raft Agenda \n- Conference Brochure (PDF) Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081102 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081031 GEO:35.073500;-89.997900 LOCATION:Holiday Inn Select - Memphis Airport\, Memphis\, Tennessee\, 38132 \, United States SUMMARY:Amensty International 2008 Southern Regional Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-UsiGE4KpG7@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.amnestyusa.org/regional-conferences/south/page.do?id=1103892 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:512-863-1215 Email:hagerj@southwestern.edu DESCRIPTION:After a successful inaugural year\, Southwestern has decided to host its 2nd Annual Youth Environmental Summit (Y.E.S.). This one-day eve nt is open to all high school aged students and chaperons. We hope partici pants will leave with a wide range of perspectives regarding environmental issues\, which in turn can be used to affect change in your personal comm unities and schools. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and ta lk with passionate college and high school activists who are working to fi ght climate change in Central Texas! We invite you to join us in working t owards a more educated and healthy world! Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20081115T100000 GEO:30.643100;-97.647100 LOCATION:Southwestern University\, 1001 E. University\, Georgetown\, Texas\ , 78626\, United States SUMMARY:Youth Environmental Summit UID:20091122T000511EST-jI1VIR0hZV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.southwestern.edu/enviro_summit END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email:lao5j@virginia.edu DESCRIPTION:\n\nPermaculture Design Course in Spring 2009 with Ted Butchart \, Christine Gyovai\, Dave Jacke\, Dave O\\'Neill and Joel Salatin. Offere d by the Blue Ridge Permaculture Institute\n\nDates: Feb. 13-15\, Feb. 28- Mar. 1\, Mar. 14-15\, Mar. 27-29\, and Apr. 4-5\, 2009\n\nFor more informa tion\, email tygerlilley@gmail.com or visit the website www.blueridgeperma culture.net Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090405 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090213 GEO:38.077400;-78.420400 LOCATION:305 Rolkin Rd\, Charlottesville\, VA\, VA\, 22911\, United States SUMMARY:Sustainability Strategies for the Blue Ridge UID:20091122T000511EST-vk5E6fR4XD@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.blueridgepermaculture.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The Strengthening the Roots: Food\, Justice\, & Fair Trade Conv ergence will be held in Santa Cruz\, CA from February 13th to the 15th. Th e convergence is organized by the California Student Sustainability Coalit ion\\'s Foods Initiative/West Coast Real Food Challenge\, United Students for Fair Trade\, & the Community Agroecology Network. This regional gather ing of students\, allies\, and other key members of the Fair Trade & Susta inable Food Movement will build upon past accomplishments and serve as a c atalyst for regional integration and leadership development. In addition t o strengthening the roots of the movement through content explored\, the c onvergence will broaden the leadership community by actively engaging new high school and middle school youth and deepening the commitment of our co llege level affiliates.\n\nStudents will gain skills to act for greater so cial\, environmental\, and economic justice in their local communities & i nstitutions\, learn from successful models and case studies\, build lastin g relationships toward future collaborations\, and return home with an enr iched skill set to foster problem-solving and change-based solutions.\n\nO utcomes of Attendance: \n\n* Develop and strengthen inter-school connectio ns and collaboration in order to deepen and expand the Sustainable Food an d Fair Trade movement.\n* Increase the number of skilled\, knowledgeable\, and confident youth leaders throughout the Western United States.\n* Inte grate Fair Trade & Sustainable Food based initiatives in an effort to fost er new partnerships toward creating more just and sustainable communities and institutions.\n* Forming relationships\, lighting fires\, and having f un! \n\nThe Convergence will provide an opportunity for students and allie s to build relationships with each other and with those within the Fair Tr ade & Sustainable Food movements whose ideals and goals are similar. It ca n revitalize and motivate\, which is necessary to cultivate healthy and ha ppy activists. Students will leave the Convergence with a greater sense of solidarity and with a deeper com mitment to the movement. USFT & CSSC wil l share their creativity and experience to provide the resources necessary for action in local communities and around the world.\n\nIt will be the l argest regional meeting in CA exclusively dedicated to students and young leaders working on Fair Trade and Sustainable Food. The convergence will b e a rallying point that will inspire continued engagement throughout the 2 008-2009 school year! \n\nContact us at westcoastconvergence@gmail.com wit h any questions. \n\nFor more information about the California Student Sus tainability Coalition\, click here. \n\nFor more information about the Com munity Agroecology Network\, click here. \n\nFor more information about th e Real Food Challenge\, click here. \n\nEarly registration (before Februar y 1) is $25\, which can be paid at the time of the convergence. Registrati on after February 1 is $35. This covers most meals and all programming for the weekend. Checks should be made out to Tides Center/USFT Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090216 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090213 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Santa Cruz\, California\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade - West Coast Superconvergence 2009 UID:20091122T000511EST-afCbUEclmf@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/node/178 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Come join other rad youth organizers for a weekend of learning\ , sharing\, and celebration! February 20th-22nd in the great Windy City US FTers from across the Heartland and the Midwest will come together to buil d off the momentum gained in our International Convergence and discuss how we can act as a region and in our communities to really stir things up!! Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090222 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090220 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Chicago\, Illinois\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade - Midwest/Heartland Convergence 2009 UID:20091122T000511EST-4RVUrkuvrg@69.73.141.125 URL:http://usftheartlandcoordinator@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for a convergence i n Washington\, DC. More details to follow soon! Geographical Scope: Regio nal DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090301 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090227 GEO:38.881800;-76.994500 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20003\, United States SUMMARY:United Students for Fair Trade - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Co nvergence 2009 UID:20091122T000511EST-RXhEIRJKNV@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.usft.org/node/258 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:480-965-9011 Email:localtoglobaljustice@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION:Local to Global Justice Teach-in attracts hundreds of participa nts from all over the Southwest seeking ways to improve their communities and make a difference in the world. Local to Global Justice\, a registere d ASU student organization that includes faculty\, students\, and communit y members\, organizes an annual\, weekend-long “Teach-in” with invited guest speakers\, workshops\, musical entertainment\, films\, creative act ivities\, and food. The entire event is free and open to the public and in cludes a full line-up of activities for children and teens ages 3-17. Loca l to Global Justice is committed to addressing local human rights and soci al justice issues with an understanding of their greater global context. T his year’s theme\, “Reclaim the Commons\,” focuses on regaining demo cratic control of the spaces and resources\, such as public parks and publ ic education that were once shared freely but are increasingly being priva tized and commodified. The Teach-in kicks off Feb. 27 at 10am with the “ Procession for the Future\,” organized by the Backbone Campaign with mus ical guests the The People\\'s Party. The event also features 36 workshops presented by local and regional grassroots organizations and featured spe akers. The Teach-in workshops and events take place Saturday and Sunday\, Feb. 28 – March 1\, from 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. A complete schedule of eve nts\, directions and parking information are available online at www.local toglobal.org. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090301 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090227 GEO:33.426900;-111.927000 LOCATION:Arizona State University Tempe Campus\, Farmers Education Building \, Tempe\, Arizona\, 85281\, United States SUMMARY:8th Annual Local to Global Justice Teach-in UID:20091122T000511EST-kU10z8tuZx@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.localtoglobal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:The beautiful Appalachian South Folklife Center\, located deep in the West Virginia hills near Pipestem State Park is our location for th e 2009 Mountain Justice Summer Training Camp. \n\nFounded by poet\, radica l labor organizer and civil rights advocate Don West in 1965\, the Appalac hian South Folk honors a long tradition of struggle in the West Virginia c oalfields. Mountain Justice held its first two Training Camps here\, and s ome Mountain Justice members say they still dream of Pipestem.\n\nSurround ed by beautiful mountain views\, with a nice main lodge/dining room and fi replace\, plus a chapel\, outdoor stage and bonfire pit\, the Folklife Cen ter also indoor dorm-style accomodations as well as pleasant tent campsite s with plenty of room. \n\nThe weather for the 2005 and 2006 Mountain Just ice camps was perfect\, and we have some great speakers and bands lined up for this years\\' camp\, including \\'United States of Appalachia\\' auth or Jeff Biggers\, Earth First! co-founder Mike Roselle\, Former Mine Safet y and Health Academy Director Jack Spadaro\, \\'To Save The Land and Peopl e\\' author Dr. Chad Montrie\, Dr. Lynda Anne Ewen\, Professor Emeritus at Marshall University\, plus prominent coalfield activists and leaders\, an d ... you!\n\nWith an emphasis on education\, strategy\, non-violence and cultural sensitivity the 2009 Mountain Justice Training Camp will provide participants with comprehensive workshops covering the impacts and politic s behind mountaintop removal mining and the hands-on tactical training to take to the mountains and do something about it. Take this opportunity to share strategies and build relationships that will create an even stronger network of allies and coalitions organizing resistance to MTR this summer and beyond!\n\nFolks attending training camp are asked to contribute a mi nimum of $20 plus $10/night at time of registration. This will help tremen dously in planning and purchasing food and supplies and paying for the cos t of renting the facilities for the week. Any additional contributions wil l allow us to offer scholarships for those without the funds to attend cam p. If there are any funds remaining after camp they will be used for ongoi ng campaigns to fight the destruction of our mountains and communities. Yo ur registration contribution includes camping\, parking\, delicious health y food (vegetarian\, vegan and meat options available) and all workshops.\ n\nMountaintop removal is no joke. This is an important time in a very ser ious campaign. Mountain Justice Training Camp is open to all activists who want to see all forms of mountaintop removal coal mining and valley fills abolished and who are willing to abide by our Mountain Justice policies o f non-violent direct action. Although we often joke that we will \\'win\\' because we have more fun (and we will!) many fruits will be born of our h ard labor\, our ability to focus\, and our tendency to come together as co mmunity to get things done. Please know that as we hope there will be much music/merry making and you will be fed for the duration of the camp\, opp ortunities to learn and share skills will be abundant and we expect each p articipant to be just that - a participant\, with an emphasis on fully par ticipating in workshops\, discussions\, and at least two community volunte er shifts (kitchen\, clean up\, etc.). We rock because we work and play to gether. Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090523 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090517 GEO:37.496700;-80.914000 LOCATION:Appalachian South Folklife Center\, Pipestem\, West Virginia\, 259 79\, United States SUMMARY:Mountain Justice Training Camp 2009 UID:20091122T000511EST-W3uE0TGudo@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/events.php?id=139 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE! Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090726 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090719 GEO:33.960000;-118.395000 LOCATION:1 LMU Drive\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90045\, United States SUMMARY:California Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-dC2jb4sUpa@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE!\n\n Geographical S cope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090705 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090628 GEO:35.755300;-105.999000 LOCATION:401 Old Taos Highway\, Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, 87501\, United Stat es SUMMARY:New Mexico Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-edvSTZg2HG@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202.548.4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE! Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090704 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090627 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:PO Box 20000\, Suite 39\, Candeanas\, Puerto Rico\, 00729 SUMMARY:Puerto Rico Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-BsLL275muW@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE! Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090823 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090816 GEO:45.498900;-122.688000 LOCATION:2145 SW Naito Parkway\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97201\, United States SUMMARY:Oregon Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-u5cVDwX3WL@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE! Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090726 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090719 GEO:43.967000;-71.158900 LOCATION:PO Box 2280\, Conway\, New Hampshire\, 03818\, United States SUMMARY:New Hampshire Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-RGcVVezcug@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE! Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090726 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090719 GEO:30.188400;-97.740400 LOCATION:5808 Mckinney Falls Parkway\, Austin\, Texas\, 78744\, United Stat es SUMMARY:Texas Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-Uf93oaIIhu@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE! Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090713 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090706 GEO:38.985100;-90.445600 LOCATION:Route 100\, P.O. Box 158\, Grafton\, Illinois\, 62037\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Illinois Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-IojxF5nPNr@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE!\n\n Geographical S cope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090628 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090621 GEO:47.193700;-121.919000 LOCATION:65301 State Hwy 410\, Greenwater\, Washington\, 98022\, United Sta tes SUMMARY:Washington Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-8vbAA2KkbE@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:202-548-4592 Email:trainings@ssc.org DESCRIPTION:The SSC\\'s Student Environmental Leadership Trainings\, are we ek-long peer-to-peer programs led by the nation\\'s top youth organizers. Develop your grassroots organizing and leadership skills\, network and bon d with fellow students\, engage in fun activities and enjoy tasty vegetari an cooking (the low carbon diet for the climate). Most sites allow you to enjoy activities like spending time in the woods\, swimming\, hanging out around a campfire\, etc. Not only will you come away changed\, you\\'ll ha ve the skills and confidence to be a FORCE for CHANGE! Geographical Scope : Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090712 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090705 GEO:38.557500;-77.357300 LOCATION:18100 Park Headquarters Road\, Triangle\, Virginia\, 22172\, Unite d States SUMMARY:Virginia Sprog \\'09 UID:20091122T000511EST-kDsVDgii5i@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.ssc.org/sprog END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Members and friends of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the Pacific Northwest travel to Seabeck each July to spend a few short\, early summer days building the beloved community. Seabeck sits beside a beautif ul sheltered bay with snow-capped mountains in the distance\, surrounded b y century-old buildings and remnants of ancient forest. \n\nThis year our theme is: \\'How to build a just and sustainable world.\\' As part of a 94 -year-old international peace organization\, we chose this theme because w e agree with the idea \\'if you want peace\, work for justice.\\' A peacef ul planet can only be achieved if there is true justice. Further\, with ea ch passing year\, it is becomes more clear that if we want a world at all\ , we need to work toward a sustainable one. FOR is part of the huge number of people around the planet who are moving toward that goal\, looking at personal\, local\, regional\, and national ways to think\, act\, and live sustainably. Our few days together at Seabeck will give us just enough tas te of such a world that we can return to our work-a-day lives refreshed an d recommitted. \n\nWe invite you to join us as we sing and play\, enjoy na ture and one another\, learn from nationally known keynote speakers - Anto nia Juhasz and John Lindsay-Poland - and participate in guided workshops\, serious and fun. \n\nThanks in advance to the Seabeck Planning Committee: Brenda Collier (chair)\, Glen Anderson\, Jean Buskin\, Ellen Finkelstein\ , Jean Gant\, Karen Kirkwood\, Louise Lansberry\, Joshua Liljenstolpe\, Ma rcia Mullins\, Paul Pruitt\, John Repp\, Barbara Sardarov\, Kathy Shuman\, Jo Walter Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090705 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090702 GEO:47.596100;-122.895000 LOCATION:Seabeck\, Washington\, 98380\, United States SUMMARY:Fellowship of Reconciliation Annual Northwest Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-AI4LKvBcuO@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wwfor.org/seabeck/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:Their Lives\, Our Voices gathers activists from around the coun try for an inclusive\, high-quality\, hands-on conference focused on empow ering advocates in their efforts to help farmed animals. This event is acc essible to all animal advocates\, showcasing diverse topics and perspectiv es within our movement. Networking and attendee participation are vital to TLOV\\'s success\, so please come and help make our second annual TLOV co nference an exceptional event. What Conference\nWhen Jun 12\, 2009 01:30 P M to \nJun 14\, 2009 05:20 PM \nWhere Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center \, 301 19th Avenue South\, Minneapolis\, MN 55455 \nContact Name info@tlov .org \nContact Phone 612-626-5785 \nAdd event to calendar vCal\n iCal \n\ n\nRegistration is now open!\n\nThe early-bird price is $15 for students a nd low-income individuals\, $30 for everyone else. Both rates will increas e by $15 on Friday\, May 22. Attendees will be able register at the door\ , but we cannot guarantee you meals if you do so. Refunds will be availab le\, minus our transaction costs\, up until June 5th.\n\nNo one will be tu rned down due to lack of funds! We\\'re offering a \\'travel scholarship\\ ' program to help offset travel costs for some attendees. See the TLOV web site for details http://tlov.org\n\n \n\n\nBenefits for attendees will inc lude:\nDynamic presentations by leaders in the national and regional anima l advocacy movement\, which will provide you with practical information on activist approaches and skills.\nComplimentary breakfast and lunch on Sat urday and Sunday\, plus refreshments and snacks throughout the conference. \nFree or cheap lodging options at the homes of local activists or at a ho tel with a discounted group rate.\nA goodie bag with swag from our sponsor s.\nA chance to sample the Twin Cities\\' veg-friendly dining and shopping \, as well as many bike paths\, walkways\, and an active nightlife.\nOppor tunities to mingle with activists from all across the Midwest and greater US.\nAnd much more!\n\n\nFor more information and to register\, please vis it the TLOV 2009 website. For questions\, please contact us at info@tlov. org or call us at 612-626-5785. We hope to see you there! Geographical Sc ope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090614 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090612 GEO:44.972000;-93.235900 LOCATION:Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center\, 301 19th Avenue South\,\, M inneapolis\, Minnesota\, 55455\, United States SUMMARY:Their Lives\, Our Voices 2009: Second Annual Midwest Animal Advocac y Conference UID:20091122T000511EST-Nu8ocZMOHU@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.exploreveg.org/events/their-lives-our-voices-2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone:973-642-7848 Email:terra.meierdierck@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Regional Climate Change Alliance\n \nSeptember 25th\, 2009\, 9 :00 am to 4:00 pm\nThe Trustees Pavilion\, Ramapo College of NJ \n\nN o fee for NJHEPS members\, but participants must register. Please register and/or notify others to register at http://www.acteva.com/booking. cfm?bevaid=185337 \n\nHas your university signed the Presidents Climate C ommitment or designed their own target for Greenhouse Gas reduction? Find out how other institutions are addressing climate change in their universi ty? Meet staff members from other universities and enjoy presentations add ressing climate change through: curriculum\, design\, energy and farm to t able. \n\nThe workshop will kick off with a Presidents Panel lead by Dr. P eter Mercer\, Ramapo College of New Jersey. \n\nWho should attend? \nSusta inability Coordinators \nSteering Committee Members \nFaculty\, Administra tors\, Students\, Staff \nPresidents Climate Commitment Signatories \n\n9 :00 am to 9:30 am ~ Registration\, Networking Breakfast and Welcome from N JHEPS Climate Change Committee and Executive Director \n\n9:30 am to 10:30 am ~ Presidents Panel\, Moderated by Dr. Peter Mercer\, Ramapo College of New Jersey \nDr. G. Jeremiah Ryan\, Bergen Community College\nDr. Rosemar y Jeffries\, RSM\, Georgian Court University\nDr. Susan Cole\, Montclair S tate University (Invited)\nDr. John Larson\, Ocean County College (Invited ) \n\n10:30 am to 11:00 am ~ The AASHE Stars Program\, Meghan Fay\, Progra m Manager of the AASHE Stars Program \n\n11:00 am to 11:15 am ~ Coffee/Tea Break \n\n11:15 am to 12:00 pm ~ GCU – meeting the challenges of the Co mmitment - Georgian Court University\, Andrew Christ\, Assistant Vice Pres ident for Operations\nWhy they chose to sign The Commitment\, operational challenges\, using students to calculate your footprint\, lessons learned and how they decided to purchase offsets. \n\n12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ~ Lunch 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm ~ Round Table Thread One \n* Curriculum – Dr. Tom Bry ant\, Newark School of Theology \n\n* Facilities – Tracy Hall\, Sullivan County Community College \n“The Sullivan County Community College Appro ach” \n\n* Campus Culture – Dr. Nick Smith – Sebasto\, Kean Universi ty and Priscilla Hayes\, Esq.\, Solid Waste Policy Group\n“Taking the In itiative with Food\, Post Farm to Table – The Composting Initiative” \ n\n1:45 pm to 2:30 pm ~ Round Table Thread Two \n* Curriculum – Jamie Cl oud\, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability \n\n* Facilities - Dr. Nick S mith – Sebasto\, Kean University and Joe Porrovecchio\, FSAME\, LEED AP\ , CRM\n“How to use the campus as an example of Sustainability to the Soc iety”\n\n* Campus Culture – Rachel Weiland & Nirva Singh\, Bergen Comm unity College\nPaul Coraggio\, Ramapo College of New Jersey\nCarlos Rymer\ , NJ Climate March\n“The Student Powershift” \n\n2:30 pm to 3:30 pm ~ Refreshments\, Open Networking and Student Organization Fair\n\n3:30 pm to 4:00 pm ~ Closing Remarks from the NJHEPS Climate Change Management Commi ttee and Adjournment \n\nRegister now via Acteva: http://www.acteva.com/bo oking.cfm?bevaid=185337 \n\nPlease contact Terra Meierdierck if your stud ent organization/group is interested in participating in the Student Organ ization Fair. \nterra.meierdierck@gmail.com Geographical Scope: Regional DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART:20090925T090000 GEO:41.077100;-74.161500 LOCATION:Ramapo College Of New Jersey\, 505 Ramapo Valley Road\, Mahwah\, N ew Jersey\, 07430\, United States SUMMARY:Regional Climate Change Alliance UID:20091122T000511EST-phFBj2urAw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.njheps.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Phone:945-30 Email: DESCRIPTION:Community leaders of Richmond\, CA and the international climat e justice community invite you to spend 3 days learning\, building\, & pre paring for action!\n\nTired of hearing about climate change? Then do somet hing.\n\nIn order to bring our climate back to the safe zone and avoid cat astrophic consequences\, we need to make massive emissions cuts now. There ’s only one way we can achieve that: we need to turn the political heat way up — and push back the corporate and business lobbyists who use fals e solutions (clean coal and carbon offsets) to keep polluting and profitin g. Climate change is rooted in an unjust economic system controlled by co rporations at the expense of people and planet. Climate justice means we need to address these root causes and create positive alternatives\; local ized\, low-carbon communities and economies.\n\nThe 2009 West Coast Conver gence for Climate Justice is a three-day training and movement-building co nvergence followed by a mass action. Join us to learn about climate chan ge and climate politics\, support local communities in their ongoing fight s for climate justice\, & build a stronger Climate Justice movement on the West Coast leading up to the international days of action on October 24th and November 30th and international climate change negotiations in Copenh agen in December.\n\nOrganized by Mobilization for Climate Justice West\, mcjbay[at]gmail[dot]com\, 510-550-2836 Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090921 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090918 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Richmond\, California\, United States SUMMARY:West Coast Convergence for Climate Justice and Action UID:20091122T000511EST-CTfHjZUeRw@69.73.141.125 URL:http://west.climateconvergence.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:theanarchon@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The 2009 SDS Northeast\nRegional Convention!\nRochester\, NY\nO ctober 23-25th\n\nHey Northeast SDS-ers!\n\nIt\\'s that time of the year a gain! Get ready for the Northeast SDS regional convention\, hosted by Roch ester SDS. This year\\'s convention has been combined with the Northeast A ction Camp - meaning that there will be lots of excellent workshops and sk ill sharing alongside discussions about strategy and collective liberation .\n\nThe Top 6 Reasons why you and your chapter should come to this conven tion:\n\n 1. Meet other SDS chapters from around the Northeast\n 2. Co me to awesome trainings to build organizing skills\n 3. Workshops by all y organizations\n 4. Collective liberation - discussions and workshops t o help move us forward on fighting oppression inside and outside SDS!\n 5. Less structure! We swear!\n 6. Halloween party. \\'nuff said.\n\nTo r egister\, please click this link.\nhttp://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform ?hl=en&formkey=dFRBNFdINk9LQmJoVjU2aFd4NTdzYnc6MA..\n Geographical Scope: Regional DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091025 DTSTAMP:20091122T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091023 GEO:43.286000;-77.684300 LOCATION:Rochester\, New York\, 14602\, United States SUMMARY:2009 SDS Northeast Regional Convention UID:20091122T000511EST-elakNfT9Xk@69.73.141.125 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR