U.S. Social Forum Info Session at CounterPulse
U.S. Social Forum: Detroit, June 22-26, 2010
Wed., April 14, 7:30 pm
Join us for an information and strategies session on the subject of the
upcoming US Social Forum, to be held in Detroit in June. The session
will include a history of the Social Forums and discussion of their
roles and uses, in particular the US Social Forum, by members of groups
from the Bay Area planning on participating. Co-sponsored by Shaping San Francisco.
Participants include:
Katharine Wallerstein, moderator - Global Commons Foundation director
Andrej Grubabic - militant sociologist/historian; World Social Forum regular participant
Zhivka Valiavicharska - UCSF student and organizer in the recent education mobilizations
David Zlutnick and Ian Paul - Friendly Fire Collective
Sharon Lungo - The Ruckus Society
Women's rights discussion at World Social Forum, Bel้m, Brazil, Jan. 2009
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