Once a year, the Left Forum creates a space to analyze the great political questions of our times. Activists, intellectuals, trade unionists, movement-builders and others come together to identify new strategies for broadening the "anti-corporate capitalist" movement. NESRI and various allies will be presenting at workshops throughout the conference. Below are two workshops that NESRI and its allies will be participating in:
HUMAN RIGHTS AT HOME: MEDIA AND MOVEMENT ROUNDTABLE
Abstract: Grassroots groups organizing in the U.S. around a Human Rights framework have used media and communications to build a class-based movement that is breaking the conventional media “blackout,” developing leadership among members, and disseminating a clear vision of economic and social justice. Watch four, five-minute samples of media used by the United Workers, Vermont Workers Center, Media Mobilizing Project, and the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, and participate in a roundtable discussion with organizers about media’s role and potential in advancing a Human Rights movement.
Building a Social Movement: Leaders, Infrastructure, and Victories
Abstract: The Poverty Initiative is thrilled to welcome a large delegation of Poverty Scholars from our Statewide Organizing Collaboration--leaders from Media Mobilizing Project, Northeast Organizing Center, United Workers, Vermont Workers Center and follow NYC-based NESRI--to New York next week. Our Collaboration is sponsoring an exciting track called Building a Social Movement: Leaders, Infrastructure and Victories! at the Left Forum to be held at Pace University March 17 & 18. Please join us for a walking tour of NYC's abolition history, a centerpiece panel on Statewide Organizing Strategies, as well as panel discussions on movement media and VWC's organizing model which has successfully changed what is politically possible in Vermont.
To register please visit http://www.leftforum.org/civicrm/event/info?id=632&reset=1
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