ARC'09 Movement Summit, May 2nd

[Jorge Mujica]

ARC'09 Movement Summit: May 2nd

Marking the close of the first one hundred days of the new administration, the ARC'09 Movement Summit is intended to provide an opportunity for progressive activists to come together and take stock of the state of the world and the state of our movement.

Join us on May 2nd!

9:30 Arrival and Registration

10am - 5:30pm Program
Little Village Lawndale High School for Social Justice
3120 S. Kostner (Little Village)

All are welcome! Spread the word!

The day will include plenaries, breakout sessions connecting our various struggles, and dozens of local and national activists as facilitators. There will also be a collective peoples arts exhibition, live art & multimedia, resource fair, and words by local MCs/poets Rebel Diaz and FM Supreme & Deja Taylor.

Register Online!

10:00am Opening Plenary: What is the moment? What is the state of affairs and implications for movement building?

1:00pm Breakout Sessions, some topics include: What does a people's centered economy look like?, Feminist Organizing at the Grassroots, A Day at Statesville: re-thinking prisons, Democracy and Education, Palestine and its relevance to issues of regional and global instability, Immigration and Low-wage worker struggle

3:45 Closing Plenary: Making Connections, Making the Movement

Some of the day's participants include:

Carl Rosen, Western Region President of the United Electrical Workers, and co-organizer/supporter of the Republic Windows and Doors struggle.

Manju Rajendran, is with Females United For Action, young women and genderqueer youth from Chicago using media justice organizing to stop violence as part of the Women and Girls Collective Action Network. She is also a member of Ubuntu and Southerners On New Ground (SONG), and a contributor to Left Turn Magazine.

Christi Ketchum, Director of Atlanta-based Project South, youth organizer, and one of the coordinators and hosts for the U.S. Social Forum

Nadia Hijab, is a senior fellow at Institute for Palestinian Studies, a prominent Palestinian-American analyst, author and former journalist who comments frequently on human rights and the Middle East, and the situation of the Palestinians in particular. She is author of Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work

Barbara Ransby: historian, writer, activist and founding member of Ella's Daughters, a network of activists, artist, organizers, and educators working in Ella Baker’s tradition. One of the initiators of the Black Radical Congress in 1998 and a longtime feminist activist, Ransby is author of a biography of Ella Baker.

Bill Ayers: antiwar activist from 1960s to 2009, writer and educator for over thirty years.  Author or co-author of 20 books and educational reform advocate.

Jorge Mujica: Journalist and community activist. Mujica has been an active member of the labor struggle working with United Electrical Workers Union and UNITE. Mujica was also a journalist for univision, La Raza and Telemundo. In 2007 Mujica was the recipient of the Freedom of Expression award.

Look forward to seeing you!

Please help us promote by forwarding this widely- flyers attached. Also on facebook HERE.

The Movement Summit is being organized entirely by dozens of volunteers and we would be extremely appreciative if you would like to make a donation to cover costs of space, food, and accesible participation for the community. If your organization would like to sponsor the event with a substantial donation, PLEASE drop a line to in...@arc109.org. Thank you!

For updates and more information on the day and ARC'09, visit www.arc109.org. Dont hesitate to contact us.



Please join us later that night for...

Roots of Change (ARC'09 After Party!)
9pm - 2am
Where: Quennect4: 2716 W. North Ave (North & California); look for the ARC'09 banner
Featuring:

•  REBEL DIAZ: Chicago & NYC-based hip hop/activists
•  Rebel Rhythm Collective: African Liberation-Infused   Jazz
•  Bagwis: Filipino Cultural Works Collective
•  Los Vicios De Papa: Latin Ska Fusion
•  DJ Brotha Onaci
•  Plus arts gallery, resources, vendors, and doc audio installation.
  

Cost: $10 donation at the door

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Jorge Mujica