United States Social Forum

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The United States Social Forum is a gathering which grew out of the World Social Forum process,[1] bringing together activists, organizers, people of color, working people, poor people, and indigenous people from across the United States. The goal of the gathering is to build unity around common goals of social justice, to build ties between organizations present at the event, and to help build a broader social justice movement. Planning for the first event was spearheaded by Project South, but dozens of other organizations from around the US were involved in the process.

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[edit] 2007 forum

The first US Social Forum took place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on June 27-July 1 2007. Planning for the forum began in 2005. In June 2006, the Southeast Social Forum took place in Durham, North Carolina. One of the main priorities of the Southeast Social Forum was to plan for and build momentum for the US Social Forum.

On June 27 an opening march from the GA capitol building to the Atlanta Civic Center took place. Organizers estimated the crowd to be at 15,000.

The goal of the first US Social Forum was to assist a movement that will end harmful US practices against all people.[2]

Activist librarians from the Progressive Librarians Guild[1] and Radical Reference collected materials that were sent to the Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan.

[edit] 2010 forum

The 2010 US Social Forum currently is scheduled for June 22-26 in Detroit, Michigan.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Campbell, Eric (April 27), "Detroit draws 2010 U.S. Social Forum", The Michigan Citizen, http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=7246&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com 
  2. ^ "On New Ground: Liberating Gender & Sexuality". National Radio Project: Making Contact. 2007-08-19. No. 38, season 10. Direct link to audio file.

"PLG – ¡Presenté! Report from the United States Social Forum." Progressive Librarian 30 (Winter 2007/2008, pp.79-102.

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