HOUSTON: Sweatshops 101 Tour -- NOV 14

USAS Presents: Sweatshops 101 Tour-

The tour will be stopping in Houston, Tx on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007. The discussion will take place starting at 6:30 @ Bohemeos Cafe (708 Telephone Road in the East End about 5 minutes from UofH-Central)

http://www.bohemeos.com

This tour will be a great opportunity to learn more about United Students Against Sweatshops. People already involved and other people interested in learning about USAS's goals are all invited. It is an open event. The talks and focus of the tour include:

• how we can develop valuable organizing skills to take back to our respective campuses
• how we can use our power as students to affect an industry that thrives in secrecy, exploitation, and the power relations of a flawed system
• brainstorming/ strategizing around campus campaigns
• learning about how workers are organizing to make change on the ground

and, most importantly,

• meeting other activists and organizers!

These are links to the flyers:
( there is space on the kids shirt and underneath "sweatshops 101" for you to write whatever you want)

quarter page flyer:
http://www.box.net/shared/ri43ro0ni2

half page:
http://www.box.net/shared/fbougsa75e

jpeg file for emails/web:
http://www.box.net/shared/epym5flabl

Questions/Comment? Please contact Gabriel M. (USAS-San Antonio) 210-254-4757

Thanks to:
Deniz Lopez
queenstrawberry782@yahoo.com

LOS ANGELES: Conference on Colonialism -- Nov.10th

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----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Mujeres Revolucionarias
Date: Nov 6, 2007 6:53 PM




Conference on Colonialism & Urban Education:
Towards a De-colonial Education, Research and
Social Justice!!

Saturday, November 10, 2007, 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Location: Cal State LA

Conference Program is now Available:
http://www.decolonizing.com/conferenceprogram.htm

Six Days Until the Conference!
Over 500 People Have Registered!

Online Registration Closes Thursday @ 12 Noon!
Onsite Registration Opens @ 9am the Day of the Event

Map: http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.htm

For more information: comunidad@decolonizing.com
To register: http://decolonizing.com/2007conference.htm

Conference is FREE; Parking is FREE,
Parking: top floor, Parking Structure C.

All donations and proceeds will go to
the Association of Raza Educators Undocumented Student Scholarship Fund.


CONFERENCE PROGRAM
ON-SITE REGISTRATION:
9AM - 10AM, GOLDEN EAGLE BALLROOM 3

OPENING SPEAKERS:
10AM - 11AM, GOLDEN EAGLE BALLROOM 3

1. Dr. Carlos Tejeda, CSULA
"Thoughts on Colonialism in Contemporary Contexts"


2. Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade, CSUSF
"T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. Pedagogy"

SESSION I:
11:15AM - 12:15PM, Rooms TBA

1. T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. Pedagogy: A Pedagogy of Indignation, Love, and Hope
Jeff Duncan-Andrade, CSUSF, San Francisco, CA

2. Colonialism and the African Experience
Lawson Bush, V., Director of the CSULA/UCI Joint Ed.D. Program in Urban Educational Leadership

3. Freedom Got an AK (Anti-colonial Knowledge): Decolonizing Elementary Students and Learning Towards Mass Action
Laurence Tan, 122nd St. Elementary School, and the Watts Youth Collective, Watts, CA

4. Stopping the Immigration Raids as an Exercise in Decolonial Social Justice
Guillermo Suarez, Frente Contra Las Redadas, LA, CA

5. Youth Organizing Against the Colonial High School: Exercises in Self-Determination
Somos Raza, Santee Education Complex, Los Angeles, CA

6. Day Labor Organizing: The Anti-Colonial Struggle
Mark Jimenez, Sindicato Jornaler@s- Los Angeles, LA, CA

SESSION II:
1:30 - 2:30PM, Rooms TBA

1. Unshackling the Standards-Based Classroom: Putting a Decolonizing Pedagogy to Practice
Patrick Camangian, Association of Raza Educators, Los Angeles, CA

2. Social Justice Beyond the Four Walls of the Classroom: Organizing for Undocumented Students
Jose Lara, Association of Raza Educators, Los Angeles, CA

3. Real Talk on da Block: Flip da script on Hip Hop
G. Reyes, and Youth Roots, Oakland, CA

4. Only Struggle and Organization Will Do It: Surviving The Institution
Juan Orozco, Ernesto Bustillos, Association of Raza Educators, San Diego, CA

5. Rethinking Dialogue in Freirean Pedagogy
Carlos Tejeda, Shirin Vossoughi, CSULA/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

6. Students Not Soldiers!
Arlene Inouye, Salvador Garcia, Coalition Against Militarism in our Schools, East Los Angeles, CA

SESSION III:
2:45 - 3:45PM, Rooms TBA

1. Parent Inclusion & Advocacy Committee: A Curriculum for Transforming School Culture and Politics
Aremi Lopez, Mariana Ramirez, & Belinda Samacona, Association of Raza Educators, San Diego, CA

2. US Imperialism as Democracy and Genocide as Freedom--What the War on Terror Teaches Communities of Color
Arshad Ali, Shirin Vossoughi, Yousef Baker

3. Silence is Oppression: Path to Liberation through a Social Justice Curriculum
Guillermo Gomez, Eduardo Ochoa, Association of Raza Educators, San Diego, CA

4. People's Theatre: Community Education & Organizing Through the Arts
Angela Mascarenas, Pintig Theatre Group, Chicago, IL

5. Decriminalizing Immigrants in the High School Community through an Anti-Imperialist Pedagogy
Nikhil Laud, and L.A. High School Youth, Los Angeles, CA

6. The Truth Will Set Us Free: Steps for Liberatory Elementary Education
Salina Gray, Culture and Language Academy and Success, Inglewood, CA

7. The Struggle of Puerto Rican Liberation and De-Colonization
Lawrence Reyes, Puerto Rican Alliance, Los Angeles, CA


CLOSING SPEAKERS:
4 - 5PM, GOLDEN EAGLE BALLROOM 3

1. Mzuri Pambeli, All African People's Revolutionary Party
"Urban Education: Path to Liberation Consciousness"

2. Ernesto Bustillos, Unión del Barrio
"Community Organizing and the Struggle for the Liberation of Our People"


Association of Raza Educators
www.razaeducators.org

Thanks to:
Lady binx of Almas Intocables

Border Strategy Conference -- NOV 29-30

There will be a conference in El Paso, TX to develop guidelines for alternative border enforcement policies and practices.

Link to conference info: http://www.borderstrategyconf.org/

Courtesy of:
Martin Hagne
martinhagne@sbcglobal.net

AUSTIN: Save our Youth! Community Forum -- NOV 13

MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!!

Join us for a Community Conversation about improvements in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC)

TYC is a center run much like a prison for youth. The majority of youth in TYC are youth of color. TYC has had a history of verbally and physically abusing these youth.

Come hear reccommendations and give your input on what needs to change!

WHEN: TUESDAY - NOVEMBER 13, 2007

WHERE: CONLEY GUERRERO CENTER

808 NILE ST.

TIME: 6:00 - 8:00pm

FOOD AND REFRESHEMENTS WILL BE SERVED

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL PODER: 472.9921 or visit www.poder-texas.org / www.myspace.com/poder_austin_texas

Sponsored by PODER and TCAJJ (Texas Coalition Advocating Justice for Juveniles)

Courtesy of:
Erika
erika-poder@sbcglobal.net

No Borders Camp Update / Boletín del Campamento Contra las Fronteras

ALSO SEE: http://la-nueva-raza.blogspot.com/2007/10/califas-no-borders-camp-nov-5-11.htm

please forward widely / por favor manda por todos lados

español al fondo

No Borders Camp Update

November 1, 2007

Greetings campamentistas! There's only one week(!) left until the first ever No Borders Camp on Turtle Island, AKA North America. noborderscamp.org is being updated daily with bilingual information and analysis so please check it out.

NEW!

Logistics

noborderscamp.org/logistics

Legal, transportation, health and wellness, what to bring and how to plug in.

Frequently Asked Questions

noborderscamp.org/frequently-asked-questions

Events/Workshop/Actions Schedule

noborderscamp.org/camp-schedule-days

Monday and Tuesday 11.5 & 11.6 Convergence and Regional Prep Events
Wednesday 11.7 Camp Begins, Binational Rally and March
Thursday 11.8 Day of Action Against Capitalism and for Mutual Aid and Respect
Friday 11.9 Day of Action Against Detention and for Freedom of Movement
Saturday 11.10 Day of Action Against the Wall and for a World Without Borders
Sunday 11.11 Solidarity Events and Day of Artistic Expression

Are you planning a workshop, event or action at the No Borders Camp?

Post it here - noborderscamp.org/node/add/event

Boards

noborderscamp.org/forum

Find/offer a ride/couch. Post your individual or your group's needs for the camp or hook other people up. Start to plan to physical organization of the camp by posting who you want to camp with. All this can be found on the boards.

Global Solidarity Actions

noborderscamp.org/solidarity-actions

Check out the awesome solidarity actions being planned in Tacoma and Montreal!

Donate

noborderscamp.org/donate

We need funds to be able to pull off all the amazingness that we have planned!

Calls to Action

noborderscamp.org/calls-action

Check out new calls to action for media makers, artists, food not bombs, medics, musicians and clowns.

Contacts/Get involved

noborderscamp.org/2007-no-borders-camp-contact-info

No Borders Media

noborderscamp.org/no-borders-media

Check out two new trailers for the camp as well as tons of video, audio and images related to the border and the camp.

Invitation to the Camp

noborderscamp.org/toward-camp

List of Endorsers

noborderscamp.org/list-endorsers

Points of Unity

noborderscamp.org/hallmarks

Boletín del Campamento Contra las Fronteras

1 de Noviembre 2007

¡Saludos campamentistas! Solo falta una semana(!) hasta el primer Campamento Contra Fronteras en Isla de Tortuga (Norte América). noborderscamp.org diario se esta actualizando con información bilingüe y análisis. ¡Míralo!

NUEVO!

Logística

noborderscamp.org/logistica

Información de transportación, salud y bienestar, que se debería traer y como involucrarse.

Preguntas Frecuentes

noborderscamp.org/preguntas-importantes

Calendario de Eventos, Talleres y Acciónes

noborderscamp.org/es/event/2007/11/02

Lúnes y Martes 11.5 & 11.6 Convergencia y Eventos de Preparación Regionales
Miércoles 11.7 El campamento empieza, Manifestación binacional
Jueves 11.8 Día de acción contra capitalismo y por autogestión y respeto
Viernes 11.9 Dia de acción en contra de las detenciónes y por el movimiento libre
Sábado 11.10 Dia de acción en contra del muro y por un mundo sin fronteras
Domingo 11.11 Eventos de solidaridad y un día de expresiones artísticas

¿Estas planficando un taller, evento o acción durante el Campamento Contra Las Fronteras?

Publicalo aqui – noborderscamp.org/es/node/add/event

Foros

noborderscamp.org/forum

Busca/ofrece un raite/sofa. Publica tus necesidades o las de tu grupo para el campamento o ayuda a otras personas. Empieza a planificar la organización fisica del campamento y publica con quien quieres acampar. Todo eso puede estar encontrado en los foros.

Acciones de Solidaridad Globales

noborderscamp.org/solidarity-actions

¡Chequea las acciones de solidaridad que han planificado en Tacoma, Washington y Montreal, Canada!

Donate

noborderscamp.org/solidaridad

¡Necesitamos fondos para poder realizar toda el espectaculo que hemos planificado!

Llamadas de Acción

http://noborderscamp.org/es/llamadas-de-acci-n

Chequea las nuevas llamadas de acción para los medios independientes, artistas, comida no bombas, médicos, músicos y payasos.

Información de Contacto/Involucrate!

noborderscamp.org/informaci-n-de-contacto

Media sin Fronteras

noborderscamp.org/no-borders-media

Chequea los dos trailers nuevos para el campamento y también un monton de video, audio y imagenes relacionados con la frontera y el campamento.

Invitación al Campamento

noborderscamp.org/hacia-el-campamento

Lista de Endosantes

noborderscamp.org/lista-de-endosantes

Puntos de Partida

noborderscamp.org/puntos-de-partida

Courtesy of:
Carina
carina_souflee@hotmail.com