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

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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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