[HCCN] Going to the US Social Forum in Detroit in June, or can you help others to go?

[Larry Dansinger]

Hello (and please pass on to others in your group or area),



Are you planning to go to the US Social Forum from June 22-26, or do  
you know others who want to go? A large contingent of people from  
Maine would be a wonderful thing.



There are people who want to go but need help with transportation,  
either a donation to help them pay for travel, a space in a car if  
you are going or know someone who is, or a vehicle that could be  
borrowed and used to travel to and from Detroit.



IF YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WAY, SEND A DONATION MADE OUT TO MAINE PPEHRC  
(MAINE POOR PEOPLE'S ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION) and mail to  
Maine PPEHRC, PO Box 105, Fairfield, ME 04937 or, if you have room in  
a vehicle or know of a vehicle that can be borrowed for 8-9 days,  
please contact Jan/Marlene, 207-453-2353. (Donations are also tax  
deductible if made out to ROSC.)



What's the US Social Forum? Here are some details below, and there's  
a lot more on the web site. As many as 20,000 people are expected!



It won't get much press in mainstream media, but this will be a big  
event for peace, justice, and the environment movement in the US. I  
hope you can support it in some way.



Larry Dansinger





_WHAT IS THE US SOCIAL FORUM?_



The US Social Forum (USSF) is a MOVEMENT BUILDING process. It is not a

conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to

the economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most

important step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial,

multi-sectoral, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive,

internationalist movement that transforms this country, and changes

history.



The US Social Forum is more than a networking bonanza, more than a

reaction to war and repression. The USSF will provide space to BUILD

RELATIONSHIPS, learn from each others 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 challenging US Policies at

home and abroad.



WE MUST DECLARE WHAT WE WANT our world to look like and begin planning

the path to get there. A global movement is rising. The USSF is our

opportunity to demonstrate to the world Another World is Possible!



People world-wide know that another world is needed. The SOCIAL FORUM

movement has been building for years and believes that it's possible.

 From June 22-26, 2010 in DETROIT, folks from all over the country will

gather to think about what kind of world is needed and how we can get

there.



The US SOCIAL FORUM is a very special kind of gathering- one that has

never taken place in this country up to now. It isn't a conference

with an agenda and a program of events; it's a convergence of

movements, communities & cultures whose participants produce our own

agenda and our own programs.



The mere process of planning, organizing and building relationships

will move you, the people you're working with and the rest of us

forward. The moment you think of an idea, you are already

participating in the Social Forum.



Detroit & the Midwest are welcome folks from the US and abroad into

their home. Please join us.



http://www.ussf2010.org <http://www.ussf2010.org/> for logistics

details, registration & exciting updates.



*******

Goals for the 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit, MI, June 22-26, are to:



- TO CREATE A SPACE for social movement convergence and strategic

discussion



- TO ADVANCE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS agendas for action and transformation



* TO BUILD stronger relationships and collaboration between movements



* TO DEEPEN OUR COMMITMENT to international solidarity and common  
struggle



* TO STRENGTHEN OUR CAPACITY to improve local social conditions,

organizing and movement building in Detroit



  
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