[solidarity] Fwd: May 19 Community Gathering & POTLUCK: Join the Local Delegation to the US Social Forum
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From: USSF Ann Arbor Organizing Committee <uss...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Subject: May 19 Community Gathering & POTLUCK: Join the Local Delegation to the US Social Forum
To: Ann Arbor Organizing Committee <uss...@gmail.com>
Over 30 organizations from Washtenaw County have already registered for the US Social Forum! Meet each other and let's build our local delegation to the Forum!....As we approach May 19th, consider these questions: What can the US Social Forum mean to Washtenaw County as a whole? How can this strengthen our community work and social justice efforts? How can we build across racial lines, socio-economic lines, gender-lines as part of this convergence?
Join the Washtenaw County Delegation
to the US Social Forum in Detroit! Please bring a snack or dish, if you can
Dear friends,
A
momentous movement moment is coming for communities in Michigan: the US
Social Forum (USSF) is happening in Detroit from June 22nd to June 26th,
drawing 20,000+ people from all over the state, the country and the
world who care about building healthy communities and working for social
justice.
Will you be there? And will your community,
organization, or congregation be represented at this amazing
convergence?
A Washtenaw County
delegation to the US Social Forum is growing and we want you to be a
part of it! Please join us on May 19, 2010 at 5:30PM at the First United Methodist Church, 120
South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, to learn the latest about the
USSF and to build together a delegation. Already more than 15
organizations from Washtenaw County are attending the Social Forum along
with numerous individuals. Come join us on May 19 so we can plan our
road to Detroit!
What is the US
Social Forum? The USSF is a process where regular people,
grassroots organizations and activists come together to learn and act on
a vision for a better world politically, socially, economically,
ecologically and morally. What will be happening there? Hundreds of
workshops, creative arts and social change projects, plenaries on
critical social issues, sharing, learning, action, building and
transformation! For more information about the USSF go to http://ussf2010.org .
Why
Detroit? The Midwest site of the USSF marks a movement for
social, racial, gender, and economic justice. Detroit has the highest
unemployment of any major city in the country—with nearly one in four
Detroiters unable to find work. Michigan has had the highest number of
unemployed people in all 50 states for nearly four years. Throughout it
all, tremendous community-based efforts in Detroit have provided
transformative solutions.
Why is this so important to Washtenaw County?
On May 19, we want to hear YOUR answer to this question! And as we
know, our communities are facing years of economic turmoil, social
inequalities, and families being unable to provide for their basic
needs. At the same time, we see around us powerfully innovative
community responses and solutions to these challenging times. We have
so much to share with and so much to gain from connecting with other
communities facing similar struggles. The US Social Forum provides the
perfect opportunity!
So, we hope to see you at the First
United Methodist Church on May 19 5:30pm-7:30pm! To RSVP email Jaimie at
uss...@gmail.com or call 734-926-8085.
Thank you,
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