[Antiracism] [Workers' Rights] New Strategies Conference 3/27-29 at Tufts University

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

New Strategies Conference <http://www.afsc.org/newstrategies2009>  


 <http://www.afsc.org/newstrategies2009> 

 

Barack Obama's election and the Democratic Congressional majority signal new
opportunities and new challenges in a period when our nation and the world
are suffering a series of disastrous wars, the most serious economic crisis
since the Great Depression, and potentially catastrophic environmental
degradation, including global warming.

 

As President Obama's election demonstrates, real change comes from below,
from our efforts for greater peace, justice and environmental
sustainability. In a new era, we need new movement strategies to stop wars
and violent conflicts and to guarantee ourselves and others meaningful
security. This requires peace, a dynamic economy, universal access to health
care, and a clean environment.

 

This is a critical moment for peace, justice and environmental movements; a
time to organize and lead the Obama Administration and Congress to deliver
the changes that we and the world need.  Unfortunately, the composition of
the Obama cabinet, other senior appointments, and some of his policy
commitments are sources of deep concern. President Obama intends to escalate
the war in Afghanistan and Central Asia, to increase the size of the U.S.
military, and to leave tens of thousands of "residual forces" in Iraq. His
economic stimulus package has been criticized as inadequate, and there is
much to do to protect the environment.

 

The Obama Administration and Congress  will deliver some of changes that we
and the world need, but powerful grassroots pressure on the new
Administration and Congress will be required if our hopes for change are to
be realized.

 

To provide clear and profound visions, campaigns, and movements for change,
the American Friends Service Committee, Tufts University's Peace and Justice
Studies Program, and a growing number of co-sponsoring organizations have
organized "New Strategies for the Obama Era: Are You Ready?"  This New
England-wide, multi-generational movement conference will be held the
weekend of March 27-29. "New Strategies" will provide strategies,
information, analysis, campaigns, resources and networking essential to
build the movements needed to impact and lead Washington. As the slogan has
it, "When the people lead, the leaders will follow."

 

As our list of speakers and workshops indicate, "New Strategies" will be an
extraordinary and critically important opportunity for our movements. Please
join us if you can, and help us get the word out and around. Please complete
the registration form that can be found on the conference flyer or web page,
and please share this news about the conference with others.

 

*A youth caucus will be held on Sunday, March 29th for young leaders of
today.  Participants in the caucus will have the space to connect with one
another, reflect on their power in the Obama Administration, and strategize
campaigns for the future.

 

The conference will provide an opportunity for in-depth exploration and
campaign development for three priorities:


US FOREIGN POLICY

  <http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/72819> 

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

  <http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/72821> 

ECONOMIC CRISIS

  <http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetImageAction/i/72823> 

Featured speakers include:

Noam Chomsky, renowned author and linguist
Bill Fletcher Jr., radical trade unionist
Zia Mian, of the Woodrow Wilson School of Policy, Princeton University
Joseph Gerson, author and veteran peace activist
Raed Jarrar, half Iraqi and half Palestinian architect and political analyst
William Moomaw, director of the Center for International Environment and
Resource Policy
Anna Galland, of MoveOn.org
Emily Kawano, of the Center for Popular Economics
Phyllis Bennis, of the Institute for Policy Studies
Arjun Makhijani, of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Tom Hayden, renowned peace activist and prolific writer


 <http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/76071> Download
registration form

 

 <http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/76336> Download
agenda <http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/73698> 

 

 <http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/75229> Download
conference flier
<http://www.afsc.org/cambridge/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/73702> 

 


Dates and times: 5 pm on Friday, March 27th to 9 pm on Sunday, March 29th

Location: Tufts University - Cabot Intercultural Center; 170 Packard Ave,
Medford MA

Prices:  Regular participants: $27
Students: $5
Tufts community: free
Saturday lunch: $8
*Additionally, there will be slots done on a sliding scale.

Registration: Download form using link above.

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