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[edit] Working Groups in the OC

These Working Groups of the Organizing Committee lead the national efforts to plan and organize the USSF in Detroit. If you are interested in helping to build the US Social Forum, please contact them through the links below. You can also search for USSF Projects for project-based work organized through the Working Groups.

(in alphabetical order)

[edit] Communications/Media WG

Develop and implement multimedia technology plan
Implement an internal communication plan
Develop external communication strategies
Provide accessible information and background material for organizers and the public (See USSF Resources Page)
Help us spread the word! Join the USSF Writers Network

Contacts: National Communications Coordinator: Adele Nieves; National Co-Chairs: Reg McGhee (SE MI JWJ) and Karlos Gauna Schmieder (Center for Media Justice); Social Web & Multimedia: David Marques (Chicago USSF organizing); DLOC contacts: Reg McGhee and William Bryce (SE MI JWJ); Conference Calls:

[edit] Gender Justice Working Group

Purpose: Ensure that gender, transgender justice and LGBTQ issues are well-integrated into the planning, implementation and program of the USSF.

Contacts: Detroit Local Organizing Committee Representative: Oya Amakisi; National Planning Committee Reps: Susannah Bartlow and Jacqui Patterson; Organizing Committee Reps: Mayowa Alero Obasaju and Rose Brewer; Conference calls: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 12:00 P.M. (EST), 9:00 A.M. (PST) CALL IN INFO: 1-605-475-4333, 819050#

LEADERSHIP of the GJWG

The “Coordinating Circle” will be made up of the members of the Strategy Team, and the bottom liners from the Organizing and Events Team. It will also include regional representatives and other people who are designated representatives of organizing efforts.

The Coordinating Circle’s purpose is to coordinate the strategies of the GJWG to maximize success, communicate information, and provide resources and support to the members.

Coordinating Circle members will be responsible for communicating updates about projects they’re working on, bringing information from the Coordinating Circle back to the region, team, or group they’re working with, and staying up to date on all GJWG activities.

[edit] ICT Working Group Wiki

developing the technology to drive this work.

Website Committee

Contacts: National Chair: Alfredo Lopez (May First); DLOC contacts: Lou Novak (Detroit Greens), Nancy Brigham (web designer for UE & other labor, NLG International); Technology Coordinators: Mallory Knodel (May First), National; Tdka Kilimanjaro, Detroit; Conference calls: The ICT meets every other Thursday at 9:00 pm Eastern time. For call info/latest agenda, please see the ICT site.

[edit] Indigenous Peoples' Working Group (IPWG)

The IPWG is comprised of Indigenous Peoples volunteering to be point persons for conducting outreach to Indigenous Nations and Communities for participation in the 2010 USSF. The IPWG will be comprised of persons knowledgeable of North American and global Indigenous communities and issues. The IPWG will provide guidance to the USSF planning process on matters concerning Indigenous Peoples.

Contact Persons

Local Detroit Native Community: Sharon George, American Indian Health & Family Services of Southwestern Michigan, Inc., Detroit, MI. Phone: (313) 846-3718, Email: sgeorge@aihfs.org

Representative from the USSF National Planning Committee: Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network, Bemidji, MN. Phone: (218) 751-4967, Email: ien@igc.org

Point Person for Bay Area, California: Morning Star Gali, Community Liaison Coordinator, International Indian Treaty Council, Phone: (415)641-4482 Email: morningstar@treatycouncil.org

Point Person for New Mexico: Ozawa Bineshi Albert, Field Organizer - West and Native Strategy, Center for Community Change, Albuquerque, NM. Phone: (505) 205-1303, Email: balbert@communitychange.org

Point Person for Arizona: Jihan Gearon, Native Energy and Climate Organizer, IEN, Flagstaff, AZ. Phone: (928) 214-8301, Email:

Point Person for Oklahoma: JoKay Dowell, Watts, OK. Phone: (918) 422-4200. Email: jokaydowell@gmail.com

Point Persons for North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska:

Kandi Mossett, IEN Tribal Campus Climate Challenge Organizer, Bismarck, ND. Phone: (701) 214-1389, Email: iencampusclimate@igc.org

Ozawa Bineshi Albert, Field Organizer - West and Native Strategy, Center for Community Change. Phone: (505) 205-1303, Email: balbert@communitychange.org

Point Person for Minnesota: Tom B.K. Goldtooth, IEN Office, Bemidji, MN. Phone: (218) 751-4967, Email: ien@igc.org

Point Person for Wisconsin: Chaz Wheelock, Oneida Nation, Green Bay, WI. Email: iroone@hotmail.com

Point Person for New York and Eastern Region: Daygot Leeyos Edwards, Youth Representative, Oneida Territories, New York. Phone: (315) 363-7860, Email: daygot@gmail.com

Point Person for Seattle/Northwest: (Temporary contact)Shelly Vendiola, Email: msvendiola@yahoo.com

Point Person for Alaska: Carl Wassilie, Alaska's Big Village Network, Anchorage, AK. Phone: (907) 382-3403, Email: carlwassile.acyn@gmail.com

Point Persons for Canada:

Clayton Thomas-Muller, Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, Ottawa, Canada. Phone: (218) 760-6632, Email: monsterredlight@gmail.com

Ben Powless, Ottawa, Canada. Phone: (613) 614-4219, Email: powless@gmail.com

USSF Native Outreach Organizer: Heather Milton-Lightening. Email: heathermilton.lightening@gmail.com Phone TBA.

Schedule of IPWG teleconference calls TBA.

[edit] Language Access WG

Translation and Interpretation of USSF materials and coordination of tools and workshops

Contacts: National Co-Chairs: Roberto Tijerina and Maria Poblet; DLOC contacts: TBD; Conference calls:

[edit] Logistics WG

Address local and national logistical issues
Develop local infrastructure for the proceedings, this includes site from all programs, volunteers recruitment and coordination, national and local transportation, sanitation, event planning, security, housing, materials for the proceedings
Work closely with Program and Culture Working Groups

Contacts: National Co-Chairs: Maureen Taylor and Kimberly Richards; DLOC contact: Tapeka Dixon; Logistics Coordinator: Tapeka Dixon; Conference Calls:

[edit] Outreach

Seek out, develop, network, and engage organizations and sectors in order to connect them to the movement building work and the USSF process

Contacts: National Co-chairs: Tammy Bang Luu (Labor/Community Strategy Center), Ahmina Maxey (East Michigan Environmental Action Council); DLOC Co-Chairs: Andre Martin and...; Conference calls:

[edit] People's Movement Assembly

To support participatory gatherings and convergences for communities to discuss and analyze conditions and to make collective decisions toward shared visions and actions

support People's Movement Assemblies as part of the organizing process before, during and after the USSF

CONTACTS:

National Co-Chairs: Stephanie Guilloud (Project South) and Rubén Solís (SWU)

DLOC reps: Fred Vitale (MWRO/MI Greens/Centro Obrero BOD) and Elena Herrada

Conference Calls: January 21 - 2 PM PST/3 PM MT/4 PM CST/5 PM EST

Conference Call Number: 219-509-8222 Code: 152587

Email stephanie@projectsouth.org if you are interested in the People’s Movement Assembly process & for more information on joining the Working Group

The PMA Organizing Kit is now available!

[edit] Poverty WG

Contacts: National Co-Chairs: Marian Kramer (MWRO) and Mary Bricker-Jenkins (PPEHRC); DLOC reps: Maureen Taylor, Gwen Gaines, Ann Grimmett; Conference Calls:

[edit] Program/Culture WG

Program/Culture WG organizes workshops and cultural events for the USSF.

Oya Amakisi: Detroit. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Detroit Women of Color, Inc, Hush House
Rishi Awatramani: Washington, DC. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, Virginia New Majority, Leftist Lounge
Walda: Maryland. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America. Teaches at Howard University in DC. On NPC for 2007 USSF, was part of Project South at the time
Jerome: Atlanta. Co-chair of Culture and Programming Committee, League of Revolutionaries for a New America.
kiran nigam: Ann Arbor/Chicago. US Solidarity Economy Network, North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

[edit] Program Subgroup Description

Program Subgroup will be working on the review process for self organized workshops submissions, actually doing the preliminary reviews, working with submitters and suggesting collaboration, if possible, starting in February. We will begin doing final reviews of all workshop proposals in March and sending out acceptance letters/emails in May. We are collaborating with logistics, language access, ICT and other working groups to match workshops with venues and develop the printed/online program.

Contacts: Walda Katz-Fishman at 301.367.1079 or wkatzfishman@igc.org / Kiran Nigam ateleveneven@gmail.com.

[edit] Culture Subgroup Description

The United States Social Forum 2010 has created performance and visual art showcase opportunities for those interested in volunteering to present their work. We are seeking artists who are interested in helping to build a movement and heal our communities through social justice and the arts.

The USSF 2010 will showcase art, culture and entertainment in ways that convey momentum and hope. The USSF 2010 shares a vision that challenges poverty, exploitation, oppression, militarism/war and environmental destruction-- locally, nationally and globally. Cultural expressions representing diverse communities include: performance art, visual art, and film at the Hart Plaza and Cobo Center in downtown Detroit.

Contact: Oya for more information at amakisi@gmail.com

Please note that Groundswell does not handle the cultural submissions for the United States Social Forum.

Please visit the Program/Culture WG contact information and meeting dates.

[edit] Resource Mobilization Working Group

Resources WG Conference Call Agendas, Notes, and more (aka Fundraising)

* Develop long term fundraising plans that includes ways to secure and organize resources including people, in-kind donations, organizational support, and registration

National: Michael Leon Guerrero (GGJA), Genaro Lopez-Rendon (SWU), Priscilla Hung (GIFT)

Local: Diana Seales (EMEAC-Anchor)

Conference calls:

[edit] Youth WG

National Co-Chairs: Derek Rankins, People's Institute, New Orleans, LA and Corina McCarthy-Fadel, Project South, Atlanta, GA

DLOC rep: William Copeland

Youth Working Group, Conference call schedule and notes, Timeline, Youth Outreach Packet contact: youthussf@gmail.com

[edit] External Links

2007 list

Working Groups