Black Radical Congress and Black Out in Unity with the GSU African American Studies Dept & Sankofa present ※Confronting Empire: The Fight for Global Justice§ June 17-19, 2005 ↓ Georgia State University 44 Courtland Avenue ↓ Atlanta, GA 30303 Friday, June 17 每 University Center (Gilmer and Courtland Avenues) Noon-4:00 pm Registration 每 University Center 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Youth Organizing Institute( 2nd Floor) Interactive Breakouts on Barriers to our Organizing-how various dynamics affect and afflict our organizing work; how to make organizations more culturally competent with regard to young people and youth issues; strategies to resist the forces that tear us a part.; Anti-War/ Counter Recruitment-Discussion about the war, anti-war activism and strategies to be effective in anti-war organizing; Everyday Activism/Everyday Acts of Resistance- Discussion about non- traditional modes of activism, how we see activism in our own everyday lives. 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Feminist Organizing Institute (4th Floor) The Radical Black Feminist Organizing Tradition will explore how have radical Black feminists organized for social change. Areas of discussion include radical black lesbian organizing; black feminists* response to the HIV/AIDS crisis; organizing issues for black women workers; and organizing models for reproductive justice. Presenters are Loretta Ross (SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective); Dazon Dixon Diallo (SisterLove Women*s AIDS Projects); Layli Phillips (Women*s Studies-Georgia State University); and Rukiya Dillahunt (Black Workers for Justice). Friday, June 17 每 Classroom South Building ( 95 Decatur Ave. between Central and Courtland) 6:00 pm-9:00 pm Registration 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Opening Program Keynote Speaker-Attorney Chokwe Lumumba; Also Jay Woodson, National Hip Hop Convention; Jamala Rogers, BRC National Organizer; and more. Saturday, June 18- Student Center Building (Courtland and Gilmer Avenues) 8:00 am-8:00 pm Registration (all day) 8:30 am-9:30 am Continental Breakfast 9:00 am-9:30 am Welcome; Introduction of candidates for BRC Coordinating Committee and voting guidelines 9:30 am-10:30 am Morning Plenary ※Democracy Beyond the Vote: Organizing in the Bush Empire-building Period§; Panelists are Dr. Charles Jones; Latosha Brown; Ajamu Baraka; and Adelina Nicholls 10:45 am-12:15 pm Workshop Session I Building an Anti-War Movement; Reparations as a Political Response to Slavery & Racism; Messaging for our Issues/Campaigns; Building Effective Coalitions and Alliances. 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch (provided on site) 1:45 pm-2:45 pm Afternoon Plenary ※Building an Intergenerational Movement§; Panelists are Dr. Makungu Akinyele, Charles Stephens, Zindzhi Olugbala 3:00 pm- 4:30 pm Workshop Session II Radicalizing Hip Hop; Fighting the Prison Industrial Complex; Challenges Facing Black Workers; Homophobia and the Black Community Dinner on your own 4:00 pm 每 7:00 pm. Juneteenth Festival sponsored by Project South at their center 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Evening Program featuring the Iraqi Federation of Workers Councils & Unions Delegation Sunday, June 19 每 Student Center Building (Gilmer and Courtland Avenues) 8:30- 9:30 am Continental Breakfast 9:30 am -11:30 Closing Plenary ※Bring Peace and Justice Together to Confront the Empire§; Panelists are Bill Fletcher; Erica Smiley; Janvieve Comrie 11:30 am-Noon Presentation of elected BRC Coordinating Council; Discussion of BRC National Campaign and Million More March proposals; Announcements, etc. _______________________________________________ www.blackradicalcongress.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/networkafrica/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [log in to unmask] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中 To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] 中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中中