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Shut Down G8
DATE: June 6-8
PLACE: Germany
CONTACT: tinyurl.com/34oyvt
COMMENT: Protest against the G8 summit and its plans for a
huge new global expansion of nuclear power; protests also in home countries.
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Annual National Convention
DATE: June 8-10
PLACE: Washington, DC
CONTACT: www.adc.org
COMMENT: Consistently the largest annual gathering of Arab-Americans
in our nation's capital.
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
DATE: June 9-11
PLACE: Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-332-0994; www.endtheoccupation.org
COMMENT: On the 40th anniversary of Israel's illegal military
occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem,
global civil society will come together to say "The World Says No
to Israeli Occupation!" Join the US Campaign to END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION
for a lobbying day, massive protest, and teach-in to send a clear signal
to our elected officials.
Socialism 2007: Socialism for the 21st Century
DATE: June 14-17
PLACE: Chicago, IL
CONTACT: 773-583-8665; www.socialismconference.org
COMMENT: A weekend of debate, discussion, and entertainment.
9th Annual Southern Girls Convention
DATE: June 15-17
PLACE: Tallahassee, FL
CONTACT: www.southerngirlsconvention.org
COMMENT: Annual grassroots meeting of pro-woman activists devoted
to networking, organizing, educating, agitating to empower women and girls
in the South; discuss Southern culture, the radical history of organizing
in the South, views & stereotypes of the South, & the struggle
for social justice. Open to all genders.
Great Labor Arts Exchange
DATE: June 17-18
PLACE: Silver Spring, MD
CONTACT: www.laborheritage.org
COMMENT: Gathering of union members, union staff, union officials,
artists, labor educators, and youth interested in using songs, art, poetry,
theater, skits, posters, cartoons, and film to celebrate the rich culture
of working people and to strengthen the union movement.
Conference on Creative Organizing
DATE: June 17-18
PLACE: Silver Spring, MD
CONTACT: National Labor College, 10000 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring,
MD 20903; 202-639-6204; www.laborheritage.org
COMMENT: Trains union staff, organizers and activists to use
songs, chants, skits, game shows, costumes, theater, and other creative
strategies. Participants exchange experiences, brainstorm about specific
union campaigns, share resources and return home with a battery of new
ideas and tools that will make their campaigns more compelling.
Grassroots Radio Conference XII
DATE: June 21-24
PLACE: Lowell, MA
CONTACT: www.grassrootsradioxii.org
COMMENT: Join other community activists from grassroots, volunteer-powered,
community radio stations to connect, learn new skills, discuss issues
affecting community media.
Freedom Summer 2007: Confronting Apartheid
DATE: June 21-August 15
PLACE: Occupied Territories, Palestine
CONTACT: International Solidarity Movement,
www.palsolidarity.org
COMMENT: Stand side by side with villagers in places like Bil'in
as they continue their tireless non-violent struggle to save village land
from Israel's apartheid wall.
Allied Media Conference: From Truth to Power
DATE: June 22-24
PLACE: Detroit, MI
CONTACT: Allied Media Conference, POB 442339, Detroit, MI 48232;
www.alliedmediaconference.org
COMMENT: Brings together some of the most innovative and visionary
culture producers, media workers, artists and activists; largest grassroots
media conference in the US.
8th Annual Grassroots Use of Technology Conference
DATE: June 23
PLACE: Lowell, MA
CONTACT: conference.oc-tech.org/conference
COMMENT: Tools to ease the challenges nonprofits and organizing
groups face. Covers effective use of email, dynamic websites, ideal data
use, new social networking tools, and rich online media. Keynote: author
Allison Fine.
8th Annual Oglala Commemoration
DATE: June 26
PLACE: Oglala, SD
CONTACT: www.oglalacommemoration.com
COMMENT: A day of remembrance for those who lost their lives
during what is known as the "reign of terror" on the Pine Ridge
Reservation, and to bring awareness to Leonard Peltier. 32nd Anniversary
of the Oglala Incident. Invited are family, friends and supporters of
Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Joe Stuntz, the American Indian Movement, and
the public.
United States Social Forum
DATE: June 27-July 1
PLACE: Atlanta, GA
CONTACT: www.ussf2007.org
COMMENT: Provides space to build relationships, learn from
each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities
face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration. It will help develop
leadership and develop consciousness, vision, and strategy needed to realize
another world. The USSF sends a message to other people's movements around
the world that there is an active movement in the US opposing US policies
at home and abroad.
Past Debates, Present Possibilities, Future
Feminisms: A Women's & Gender Studies Conference
DATE: June 28-July 1
PLACE: St. Charles, IL
CONTACT: NWSA, University of Maryland, 7100 Baltimore Blvd.,
Ste. 502, College Park, MD 20740; 301-403-0524; www.nwsaconference.org
COMMENT: 28th Annual National Women's Studies Conference; Sandra
Cisneros, celebrated author speaking.
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Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teachers Program:
A Summer Study
DATE: July 2-23
PLACE: Poland and Israel
CONTACT: www.jewishlabor.org
COMMENT: Sponsored by Jewish Labor Committee.
26th Earth First! Round River Rendezvous
DATE: July 3-10
PLACE: Jefferson National Forest, near Coeburn, VA
CONTACT: www.rtc.revolt.org/node/248
COMMENT: Workshops, direct action, music, emphasis on fighting
mountain-top removal coal-mining and climate change.
Our Way Home: Reunion for Viet Nam Draft Resisters
DATE: July 4-8
PLACE: Castlegar, British Columbia
CONTACT: www.ourwayhomereunion.com
COMMENT: A tribute to the US immigrants that came to Canada
during the Vietnam War and to the thousands of Canadians that assisted
them; featured speaker Daniel Ellsberg.
National Convention of the League of United
Latin American Citizens
DATE: July 9-14
PLACE: Chicago, IL
CONTACT: 202-833-6130; www.lulac.org/events/convent.html
COMMENT: Theme: "Empowering Latinos: Building Prosperity
Through Partnerships"; representatives from Hispanic communities
from across the country determine the positions and strategies of a national
Hispanic organization.
3rd International Women's Peace Conference
DATE: July 10-15
PLACE: Dallas, TX
CONTACT: www.womenspeaceconference.org;
214-421-6707
COMMENT: Plenary sessions, lectures, seminars, facilitated
discussion groups, interactive workshops, and special programs for Peace
Teens (ages 12-17) and Emerging Leaders (ages 18-24).
National Organization for Women National Conference
& Young Feminist Leadership Institute
DATE: July 13-15
PLACE: Detroit, MI
CONTACT: NOW Conference, 1100 H Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington,
DC, 20005; 202-628-8669; www.now.org
COMMENT: Join NOW members from across the country for three
days of fun and friends, fast-paced workshops, great speakers and entertainers,
skill-building sessions, special interest caucuses.
Adirondack Council Annual Meeting
DATE: July 14
PLACE: Essex, NY
CONTACT: www.adirondackcouncil.org
COMMENT: Hear updates on the council's work to help keep the
Adirondack Park wild.
Summer of Resistance
DATE: July 19-29
PLACE: Washington, DC
CONTACT: info@summerofresistance.org;
202-244-0951
COMMENT: Youth from around the world will come to Washington,
DC to change US government policies. This will be an Action Camp. Training
in political theater, organizing, street speaking and then relentless
work downtown confronting and cajoling the powers that be to Listen To
Youth perspectives.
Animal Rights 2007 National Conference
DATE: July 19-23
PLACE: Los Angeles, CA
CONTACT: FARM/AR2007, 10101 Ashburton Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817;
800-327-8688; www.arconference.org
COMMENT: Sponsored by 50 organizations; plenaries, workshops,
rap sessions, campaign reports, videos, exhibits, newcomer orientation,
awards banquet, vegan cuisine, music.
5th Annual Green Anarchist Gathering
DATE: July 25-August 5
PLACE: Sierra Nevada Mountain Range of Central/Northern CA
CONTACT: Green Anarchy - FV, PO Box 11331, Eugene, OR 97440;
www.greenanarchy.org
COMMENT: Theme "Feral Visions Against Civilization 2007";
share, collaborate, workshops.
18th US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan
DATE: July
PLACE: leaves from many points in US/Canada
CONTACT: www.ifconews.org
COMMENT: The US embargo of Cuba causes shortages of food, medicine
and other important supplies for eleven million people; the embargo is
an immoral policy that uses hunger and disease as political weapons.
Pax Christi National Conference
DATE: August 10-12
PLACE: Seattle, WA
CONTACT: Pax Christi, 532 West 8th St, Erie, PA 16502; 814-453-4955;
www.paxchristiusa.org
COMMENT: Theme "The Pursuit of Peace in a Culture of Violence."
33rd Northeast Organic Farming Association Summer
Conference
DATE: August 10-12
PLACE: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
CONTACT: NOFA, 411 Sheldon Rd, Barre, MA 01005; 978-355-2853;
www.nofa.org
COMMENT: Keynote speakers Hazel Henderson, Bill McKibben; join
1000 other farmers, gardeners, activists; more than 150 workshops.
Veterans for Peace Annual Convention
DATE: August 15-19
PLACE: St. Louis, MO
CONTACT: www.vfpnationalconvention.org
COMMENT: Workshops, speakers.
Katrina Survivors Assembly
DATE: August 25-28
PLACE: New Orleans, LA
CONTACT: www.peopleshurricane.org
COMMENT: Help build a strong, independent gulf coast self-determination
and reconstruction movement.
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