Twin Cities U.S. Social Forum Mobilization Meeting

WHERE: Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis

WHEN: Sunday, August 26, 2-6 pm

BRING: Yourself, people from your organization and community, any materials you would like to share that help explain your work and/or will facilitate coalition-building, and a dish or drink to share.

DETAILS: A group of folks who went to the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta this summer, as well as those who could not make it but who are doing the work at home, have been meeting to discuss possibilities for cross-movement building in the Twin Cities. To this end, the Twin Cities U.S. Social Forum group is committed to exploring the question, "Is another Twin Cities possible, and if so, what might it look like?"

At our last meeting, the small group assembled decided that one of the problems with organizing in the Twin Cities is that the people who are most affected by harmful neoliberal, racist, sexist, homophobic, classist policies are never at the center of the discussion. Indeed, they are often completely left out of it.

To this end, we determined that our first course of action should be to invite as many people and organizations that we know to have a community discussion about what work is being done, how people can support it, where the power really is in the Twin Cities, and how we can go about advocating to distribute it more equally. We are therefore most interested in bringing people of color, immigrants, working people, women, and GLBT folks to the table at this gathering.

Please spread this message to all individuals, communities and organizations who might be interested in participating. This is an opportunity to share, critique and strategize. Bring any and all materials you would like to distribute, but please be ready to share the stage with many others.