[mobglob-discuss] Fw: [van-announce] Northwest Social Forum - Oct. 15 - 17

[Paul Browning]

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Subject: [van-announce] Northwest Social Forum - Oct. 15 - 17


> 
> Northwest Social Forum - Oct. 15 - 17
> 
> Where:
> Seattle Center, Seattle WA.
> 
> When:
> Friday, 15th of October 2004 from 3:00 PM until approximately 1:00 AM
> 
> Cost: TBA
> 
> A Call to Participate in the Northwest Social Forum
> October 15-17 2004, Seattle Center, Seattle WA
> 
> In 1999 thousands of Canadians crossed the border to say NO to corporate 
> globalization during the WTO meetings in Seattle. On October 15 - 17 2004 we 
> have been invited back to build alternatives to corporate rule.
> 
> Groups and individuals can participate by:
> - Hosting workshops alone or with other groups
> - Proposing action plans or alliances
> - Contributing art and culture
> - Attending, networking and celebrating
> 
> The Vancouver Community Social Forum is the BC Network Liaison for the first 
> Northwest Social Forum (NWSF) and will be promoting and coordinating 
> participation from BC individuals and organizations.
> 
> The Vancouver Community Social forum will be holding information sessions for 
> groups and individuals leading up to the NWSF. Please contact us to get 
> involved or to arrange a presentation for your group. Another World Is 
> Possible. LET'S BUILD IT!
> 
> The Northwest Social Forum  www.nwsocialforum.org
> 
> The Northwest Social Forum (NWSF) will build relationships of mutual support 
> among activists, organizations, and communities in the Northwest as we 
> share our visions of a just and sustainable world and find collective 
> solutions to the daunting social and environmental challenges of our time.
> 
> The NWSF aims to bring together activists, organizers, and citizens from 
> Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington 
> who are working on issues of social justice, economic inequality, and 
> environmental degradation. 
> 
> Modeled on the four World Social Forums that have taken place in Brazil and India and 
> on the burgeoning number of regional social forums, the NWSF will host 
> plenary sessions and open space workshops where participants can share 
> ideas, struggles, and successes. It will also celebrate and demonstrate 
> that "another world is possible" with cultural events and exhibits.
> 
> The first Northwest Social Forum will include a variety of open space workshops 
> based on the following themes:
> 
>     * Globalization, Economic Justice, & New Economic Models
>     * Protecting the Public Good
>     * Peace, Justice, & Militarism
>     * Environment & Environmental Justice
>     * Indigenous Wisdom
>     * Human Rights, Racial Justice, Gender Justice, Indigenous & 
> Immigrant Rights
>     * Art, Culture, & Resistance
> 
> The World Social Forum www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
> 
> The World Social Forum (WSF) was conceived as an international forum built 
> around the slogan "Another World is Possible" to contest the 
> formulations offered by neo-liberal economic policies and corporate globalization.
> 
> It seeks to provide a space for discussing alternatives, for exchanging 
> experiences and for strengthening alliances between social movements, 
> unions of working people and NGOs, and for providing an opportunity for 
> cross-sectoral dialogue.
> 
> WSF has emerged as a counterweight to the worldview of the World Economic Forum. 
> The WSF has become a symbol of the gathering strength of forced fighting 
> against globalization and war. WSF 2004 had over 100,000 participants and 
> became a rallying point for the protest against the war in Iraq.
> 
> The Vancouver Community Social Forum www.bcsocialforum.org
> 
> The Vancouver Community Social Forum works to bring together the various 
> progressive communities, groups, networks and organizations working 
> towards alternatives to the neoliberal agenda in BC and beyond. Our mission 
> includes participating as the network liaisons for the NWSF and organizing 
> a British Columbia Social Forum in 2005. 
> 
> 
> More information on the Northwest Social Forum, including its charter of 
> principles, is available from www.nwsocialforum.org.
> 
> Vancouver Community Social Forum information available from 
> www.bcsocialforum.org . Email - gvsocialforum at yahoo.ca
> 
> 
> For more information:
> 
> www.bcsocialforum.org
> 
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