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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
face="Gill Sans Ultra Bold"><span style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";
text-decoration:none'>* Be a part of building the <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h2><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=6
face="Gill Sans Ultra Bold"><span style='font-size:22.5pt'>Western</span></font></st1:City>
<st1:State w:st="on">Mass.</st1:State></st1:place> Social Forum *<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>The
next planning meeting for the Western Mass Social Forum is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Wednesday, June 7<sup>th<o:p></o:p></sup></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> and
we warmly invite you to participate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Time:</span></font> 5:30 PM for a potluck
dinner/meeting<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Location: </span></font> Nuestras
Raices (at the new farm at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Jones
Ferry <font color="#993300"><span style='color:#993300'>Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
color="#993300"><span style='color:#993300'> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Holyoke</st1:City></st1:place>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>Rain</span></font><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>space:</span></font> <font color=maroon><span
style='color:maroon'>The Nuestras Raices office at <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">329 Main Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Holyoke</st1:City></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>D</span></font><font
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>irections<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> can be found at</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.nuestras-raices.org/directions.htm">http://www.nuestras-raices.org/directions.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Questions that day: Call the AFSC cell
phone number 413-695-6059<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h5><strong><b><u><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>WHAT IS THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM ANYWAY?</span></font></u></b></strong><font
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h5>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=2 face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Under the banner of
‘Another World is Possible’, tens of thousands of people, including
community organizers, trade unionists, students/youth, NGO’s, and social
movements, gather for a conference filled with dialogues, workshops, debates,
marches, rallies, and cultural events. Social Forums are a form of
movement building, not just a series of meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The WSF was launched in <st1:City
w:st="on">Porto Alegre</st1:City> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place> to discuss and strategize
about alternatives to the neo-liberal economic model that caters to
multi-national corporations, banks and the wealthy. This model has led to
the suppression of workers and human rights, a growing poverty/wealth divide,
privatization of schools and water, environmental degradation, and cutbacks in
social programs. (For the more detailed description of neo-liberalism
contact someone below.)</span></font><font face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=2 face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Since <st1:City w:st="on">Porto
Alegre</st1:City>, the WSF has taken place throughout the world, from Europe
to Asia to Africa and Latin America, as well as more localized social forums
such as <st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>. The first ever United States
Social Forum will take place in June 2007 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:City></st1:place>. The current plan is for the Western
Ma forum to take place in Spring 2007. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h5><b><u><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>WHY A <st1:place w:st="on">WESTERN MASS.</st1:place>
SOCIAL FORUM?-<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h5>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>To
build a more powerful and unified movement for social and economic justice and
sustainability in <st1:place w:st="on">Western Massachusetts</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>To
link local struggles and organize with the larger global justice movement. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>To
advance discussion, debate, understanding, common interests and strategies for
economic and social change.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>To
celebrate, create and experience a bit of our visions of the future </span></font><font
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>To
build awareness and mobilization for the first U.S. Social Forum, June 27-July
1, 2007 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:City></st1:place>.
http://www.ussf2007.org/home.html</span></font><font face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h5><b><u><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></h5>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Attend
the next general potluck meeting (contact us for date/time/location)<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Join
the Coordinating Committee, or sign up for specific tasks such as
outreach, fundraising, program, youth, etc. (attend meeting or contact us
to learn how)<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Host
a future meeting at your organization/location<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Your
organization can endorse the W. Mass Social Forum. (Contact us for the
form) </span></font><font face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-family:
"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><font size=2
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Email
afsc@crocker.com to get on the listserv, with subject “WMA social
forum listserv”</span></font><font face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=3
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";
font-weight:bold'>For more info<i><span style='font-style:italic'>:</span></i></span></font></u></b><b><i><font
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b><i><font
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style";
font-style:italic'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=3
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";
font-style:italic'>Carlos Fontes 413- 259-1762 Carlos@rcn.com, <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=3
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";
font-style:italic'>Emily Kawano 413-545-0743 <a
href="mailto:emily@populareconomics.org">emily@populareconomics.org</a>, <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=3
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";
font-style:italic'>Jo Comerford cell 413-695-6059 <a
href="mailto:afsc@crocker.com">afsc@crocker.com</a>, <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><i><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Bookman Old Style";font-style:italic'>Susan Theberge</span></font></i></st1:PersonName><i><font
face="Bookman Old Style"><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style";
font-style:italic'> 413-253-2161- <a href="mailto:reneandsusan@comcast.net">reneandsusan@comcast.net</a>,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=3
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