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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>Please try to make it for part or
all of this unique opportunity to learn from and interact with each other!
Thirty plus organizations will be offering workshops and discussions over
the two days. Please spread the word!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=6><STRONG>2 Days -
This Weekend - Saturday and Sunday</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=5><STRONG>Program Schedule On the
Webpage:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000><FONT size=2>More info at </FONT><A
href="http://www.westernmassafsc.org/wsf/wsf.html"><FONT
size=2>http://www.westernmassafsc.org/wsf/wsf.html</FONT></A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>or check out today's Gazette
- Section B1</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#ff0000 size=5>Western Massachusetts Social
Forum</FONT></SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
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align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=3><SPAN
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color=#000080 size=5>April 14-15</FONT></SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
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align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT size=3><SPAN
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color=#000080 size=5>University of Massachusetts, Amherst</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To link local struggles and
organizing with the larger global justice movement. To learn from and
contribute to struggles around the world.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To build a more powerful and
unified movement for social and economic justice and sustainability in Western
Mass. </SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">To
advance discussion, debate, understanding, common interests and strategies for
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4><STRONG>Other
Information</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>You can register on
site.</FONT></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>BYO lunch on Saturday or pay $3.00 for a pizza
party at the Newman Center. Saturday's provided vegetarian dinner will
be catered by Earth Foods. Refreshments for breaks provided.</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can facilitate a discussion about the issue
you are most concerned about in Sunday's open space.</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Over the course of the two days we will collect
participants' visions for "another world is possible." Come prepared to offer
your vision of that "other" and better world!</FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Forum is an official event of Step-It-Up 2007
in which over a 1000 events will be held across the country to raise awareness
and generate actions to address global warming.</FONT> Decrease CO2 Emissions
by 80% by 2050!
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>We'll hear reports from the latest World Social
Forum in Kenya in January (66,000 participants) and the first U.S. Social
Forum in Atlanta, June 27-July 1. We'll begin plans for a delegation of
Western Mass folks going to the U.S. Social Forum.</FONT></LI></UL>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=5><STRONG>See you at the
Forum!</STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>