Friday, March 26, 2010

[olympiaworkers] Labor Center News: Upcoming Special Events

LABOR CENTER RISING AND ON THE MOVE!

Upcoming Special Events

 

 

1.      WE ARE ALL WORKERS! IMMIGRATION REFORM NOW! RALLY AND DEMONSTRATION FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN SEATTLE, SATURDAY MAY 1, 2010. Rally at Noon, March begins at 12:30 at Judkins Playfield, behind St. Mary’s Church, 611 20th Ave S. Sponsored by El Comité Pro-Reforma Migratoria y Justicia Social; Washington Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (WA-IRAC); and many others, including The Labor Center! Volunteers are still needed to work security. If you are interested, email to WashingtonIRAC@gmail.com

2.      THE U.S. SOCIAL FORUM (USSF) JUNE 22 -26, 2010, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
20, 000 activists, including many from the labor movement, are expected to attend. The USSF is an important step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement. For information about the Forum, including registration; presenting a workshop; where to stay; how to get there; and how to volunteer for local projects while in Detroit, visit http://www.ussf2010.org and http://abc.ussf2010.org.

Get ready for the 2010 USSF in Detroit by holding or attending a People’s Movement Assembly (PMA) with your union, organization, community, or region! The Assembly process offers the opportunity to collectively create action plans and political directions for our movements. PMA’s are community meetings where the goals are to identify community issues, discuss solutions, and commit to actions. Communities make commitments at the Assemblies about what to bring to the Forum, and what to bring back. Throughout the 5-day Forum, organizations will hold Assemblies and on the last day, there will be a national Peoples Movement Assembly. In the NW so far two PMAs are scheduled: Portland OR, May 8, 2010, http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/ and Olympia WA, May 8, 2010, contact yacks26@yahoo.com for more information.

Labor Center Staff & Contact Information:

Peter Kardas, Director
     360-867-6526
     
kardasp@evergreen.edu

Nina Triffleman, Assistant Director
     360-867-6055
     
trifflen@evergreen.edu

Juan José Bocanegra, Labor Educator for Unions and Immigrant Workers
    360-867-5524
   
bocanegj@evergreen.edu

Sarah Laslett, Labor Educator for Union and Community Women
     360-867-6527
    
lasletts@evergreen.edu

The Labor Center has a Facebook page! Go to www.facebook.com and log in or join, then search for “solidarity works” and you will find the link to our page. Enjoy!

 

Want to know more? For more information about our programs, see our Labor Center newsletters. Check out our website at http://laborcenter.evergreen.edu.  Feel free to call or email us at any time with questions or ideas.

 

 

From: "Triffleman, Nina" <trifflen@evergreen.edu>
Date: Wed, March 24, 2010

LABOR CENTER RISING AND ON THE MOVE!

Upcoming Special Events

1. WE ARE ALL WORKERS! IMMIGRATION REFORM NOW! RALLY AND
DEMONSTRATION FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN SEATTLE, SATURDAY MAY 1,
2010. Rally at Noon, March begins at 12:30 at Judkins Playfield, behind
St. Mary's Church, 611 20th Ave S. Sponsored by El Comité Pro-Reforma
Migratoria y Justicia Social; Washington Immigrant Rights Action Coalition
(WA-IRAC); and many others, including The Labor Center! Volunteers are
still needed to work security. If you are interested, email to
WashingtonIRAC@gmail.com <mailto:WashingtonIRAC@gmail.com>

2. THE U.S. SOCIAL FORUM (USSF) JUNE 22 -26, 2010, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
20, 000 activists, including many from the labor movement, are expected to
attend. The USSF is an important step in our struggle to build a powerful
multi-racial, inter-generational, diverse, inclusive, internationalist
movement. For information about the Forum, including registration;
presenting a workshop; where to stay; how to get there; and how to
volunteer for local projects while in Detroit, visit
http://www.ussf2010.org <http://www.ussf2010.org/> and
http://abc.ussf2010.org <http://abc.ussf2010.org/> .

Get ready for the 2010 USSF in Detroit by holding or attending a People's
Movement Assembly (PMA) with your union, organization, community, or
region! The Assembly process offers the opportunity to collectively create
action plans and political directions for our movements. PMA's are
community meetings where the goals are to identify community issues,
discuss solutions, and commit to actions. Communities make commitments at
the Assemblies about what to bring to the Forum, and what to bring back.
Throughout the 5-day Forum, organizations will hold Assemblies and on the
last day, there will be a national Peoples Movement Assembly. In the NW so
far two PMAs are scheduled: Portland OR, May 8, 2010,
http://pma.creatingdemocracy.org/ and Olympia WA, May 8, 2010, contact
yacks26@yahoo.com for more information.

Labor Center Staff & Contact Information:


Peter Kardas, Director
360-867-6526
kardasp@evergreen.edu

Nina Triffleman, Assistant Director
360-867-6055
trifflen@evergreen.edu

Juan José Bocanegra, Labor Educator for Unions and Immigrant Workers
360-867-5524
bocanegj@evergreen.edu

Sarah Laslett, Labor Educator for Union and Community Women
360-867-6527
lasletts@evergreen.edu


The Labor Center has a Facebook page! Go to <http://www.facebook.com/>
www.facebook.com and log in or join, then search for "solidarity works"
and you will find the link to our page. Enjoy!

Want to know more? For more information about our programs, see our Labor
Center newsletters. Check out our website at
http://laborcenter.evergreen.edu
<https://gate2.evergreen.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://laborcenter.evergreen.edu/>
. Feel free to call or email us at any time with questions or ideas.

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