[van-announce] Correction - Northwest Social Forum Meeting Tues. Sept 28 (Original Notice Read Wed. 28th)

[Eric Doherty]

Correction - Meeting is on Tues. Sept 28 (Original Notice Read Wed. 
Sept. 28th) - Sorry for any confusion



Northwest Social Forum Preparatory Meeting:
7pm Tuesday Sept. 28, 2004
SPEC Hall - 2150 Maple Street, Vancouver BC


The World Social Forum meets every year to find alternatives to 
corporate globalization and neoliberal economics. Millions around the 
world have participated in hundreds of regional social forums. Now the 
social forum movement has arrived in our region – Come and find out how 
you can participate in the Northwest Social Forum in Seattle (Oct. 15 – 
17 2004).

Organized by the Vancouver Community Social Forum – for more information 
please visit www.bcsocialforum.org or email vcsf at resist.ca.

Co-sponsored by the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation

The SPEC building is located at the corner of 6th and Maple (2 blocks 
West of Burrard St.) it can be conveniently accessed by a number of bus 
routes (#4, #7, #9, #17, #16) and 2 bike routes (Cypress and 7th Avenue).



*Vancouver Community Social Forum – Call to Participate!*

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 (VCSF) 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 August, 
September and October of 2004. 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

For more information on the Northwest Social Forum, including its 
charter of
Principles please visit: www.nwsocialforum.org.

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 neo-liberal 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.

Contact the Vancouver Community Social Forum: vcsf at resist.ca

More information on the Vancouver Community Social Forum please visit: 
www.bcsocialforum.org or contact the above email address.