[Antiracism] [WMJwJ] National Conference / Local Scholarships

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

The deadline for a discounted registration fee is Friday!  If you are
considering going to the National Jobs with Justice Conference, May 2-4 in
nearby Providence RI, can you decide now and get the discount?
 
I think our Delegation is 15 now and our goal is 55. If you've decided
you're going, please let me know. We'd like a complete list of everyone
going and a Western Mass Caucus when we get there. 
 
WMJwJ is raising a scholarship fund for low-income attendees. Can you or
your organization donate to it? Donations may be made to WMJwJ with
"Scholarship" on the memo line and mailed to Jobs with Justice, PO Box 296,
Granby MA 01033.
 
If you are considering going but cost is a problem, please let me know that
too. 
 
Our Executive Committee has decided we will grant equally per person for
low-income attendees who attend all three days. (Low-income is
self-determined, includes if you are on Unemployment.) Priority will go to
community activists affiliated with Organizational Members of Western Mass
JwJ. The grants will be to the orgs, and we expect them to help with
expenses too.
 
We will at least grant the $80 early registration fee. So far, we have
raised enough to register 20. Depending on funds raised (at least 10% of
Hightower and May Day and maybe 100% from a concert or two), we will next
help pay for hotel, up to $168 per person.  
 
Nothing for travel, but we are arranging carpooling. Please let me know if
you can give or need a ride.
 
Thanks!
 
Jon
(413) 827-0301
 



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National ConferenceJOBS WITH JUSTICE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
May 2-4, 2008 in Providence, Rhode Island

The Advance Registration Deadline is Friday, March 21st.  

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The 2008 JwJ National Conference will attract a diverse group of more than
1,000 labor, community, student, and religious activists from across the
country and the world for sessions on building power for workers, health
care for all, immigrant rights, the campaign for a floor wage in Asia,
student and youth organizing, low-income worker organizing, music, art, fun,
and more!

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For more than a decade, the Jobs with Justice National Conference has
provided activists with a space to come together to celebrate our victories,
share our experiences, learn new skills, and build stronger relationships.
Year after year this inspiring gathering brings together leaders and
activists from around the country and the world who are working to build
powerful coalitions for workers' rights and economic justice. The conference
combines skills-building and information-sharing workshops with
issue-focused strategy sessions to provide opportunities for participants to
deepen their commitment to Jobs with Justice at a national level, and to
take concrete plans of action back to their local coalitions. In addition to
plenary sessions with distinguished speakers and skills-building workshops,
the JwJ conference is an opportunity to celebrate the work that local
coalitions have done over the last year and to have some serious fun! At
each National Conference, we also identify a local campaign where national
presence can make a difference and we organize an action to call attention
to the campaign.

Stay tuned for more information about the conference!



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