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YDS
Conference
LIFE AFTER BUSH: Youth Activism & the Fight for Our Future
Get involved in the dump Bush movement!
Online
Registration
Location:
City University of New York (CUNY)
Graduate Center
365
5th Ave (at 34th St. in Manhattan)
New York, NY 10016-4309 [yahoo map]
(a valid I.D. is needed to enter the Grad. Center)
Get involved in the dump Bush movement!
*Update (as of Feb. 18): schedule, getting ready, plenary sessions,
workshops, presentations, election preparation track and 'Bands Against
Bush' concert details and flyers*
Schedule:
Friday, Feb 20st
Registration begins at 6:15pm (in the downstairs lobby on floor
'C')
Opening session 7:00pm-9:00pm (details below)
Saturday, Feb 21st
Registration begins at 8:15am (in the downstairs lobby of floor
'C')
Conference introduction 9:00am-9:30am
Workshop block 'A' begins at 9:30am
Workshop block 'B' begins at 11:00am
Lunch break 12:30pm-2:00pm
Workshop block 'C' begins at 2:00pm
Afternoon plenary 3:30pm-5:30pm (details below)
Bands Against Bush concert 8:00pm-1:00am (details below)
Sunday, Feb. 22nd
Workshop block 'A' begins at 10:00am
Workshop block 'B' beings at 11:20am
Lunch break 12:40pm-2:00pm
Workshop block 'C' begins at 2:00pm-3:20pm
Conference ends at 3:20pm
Getting Ready:
Here's what you can do in preparation for the conference:
1) SPREADING THE WORD
Download updated flyers (see below) and pass them out to
friends, classmates and post them up around your campus and
community. We have flyers and quarter-cards ready to print
out. You may wish to write your local contact info on flyers to
help coordinate interest with others in your area. Email your
activist friends and post the conference update below to your
listservs.
Download flyers:
Conference Poster
(PDF)
Conference
Quarter-cards (PDF)
2) PLANNING YOUR TRIP
If you are coming from out of town, plan your transportation
today! You might want to get a group to carpool to the conference
together. We can let you know if there are other people from your
area that have registered and are planning to attend. Remember that
parking in NYC can be difficult and expensive. Do plan
ahead.
3) ARRANGE FOR HOUSING
We are trying to provide housing for everyone that needs it.
But if you have friends or family in the NYC area, please contact them
and see if you may be able to stay at their place. If you live in
NYC or have additional space where you are staying, please notify us so
we can help find everyone
accommodations. Out-of-towners
are encouraged to bring sleeping bags.
Plenary Sessions:
Beating the Bush Agenda
Opening plenary: 7-9pm Friday, Feb. 20th
-with-
Frances Fox Piven
Distinguished Professor of Political Science, the Graduate Center, CUNY;
author of Poor People's Movements and many other works; Honorary
Chair of Democratic Socialists of America;
Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice;
Joseph Schwartz
Chair, Dept. of Political Science, Temple University; Chair, Steering
Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America
The Future of Radical Democracy
Saturday plenary: 3:30-5:30pm Saturday
-with-
Cornel West
Department of Religion, Princeton University; author of Race
Matters and many other books; Honorary Chair of Democratic Socialists
of America;
Steve Max
Director of Organizing and Training, Midwest Academy;
Bertha Lewis
Executive Director, New York ACORN; Co-chair, Working Families
Party
(The above plenaries are $5 at the door if not registered for whole
conference)
Confirmed workshops and presentations:
Election 2004: What is to be Done?
Jessica Shearer, Field Director Arizona AFL-CIO; Co-Chair, Young
Democratic Socialists & Adina Berrios, Development Director Working
Families Party & Joseph Schwartz, Chair, Dept. of Political Science,
Temple University; Chair, Steering Committee of the Democratic Socialists
of America & Sharif Corinaldi, founder
and National Coordinator, Swing State Spring Break
Between Iraq and a Hard Place:
Towards a Democratic US Foreign Policy
John Mason, Chair, Dept. of Political
Science, William Paterson University, columnist, The Tribune (UK);
Board of Directors of the Socialist Scholars Conference and of
the Institute for Transitions to Democracy in New York and Zagreb,
Croatia.
Building the Student Movement: The March
4th Books Not Bombs Day of Action and Beyond
A panel discussion with representatives from National Youth &
Student Peace Coalition member organizations & Christene Kelly,
former national student activist; Assistant Professor of Political
Science, William Paterson University; author of forthcoming book,
Chimes of Freedom: Student Protest and the Changing American
University & Preston Smith, Associate Professor of Politics and
African American Studies, Mount Holyoke College; Co-National Coordinator,
Free Higher Education campaign of the Debs-Douglass-Jones Institute
Looking at the Global Justice Movement
Doug Henwood, editor, Left Business Observer; contributor, The
Nation
ABC's of Democratic Socialism
Stephen Eric Bronner, professor, Dept. of Political Science, Rutgers
University; author of Imagining the Possible: Radical Politics for
Conservative Times
The March for Women's Lives: Organizing for the April 25th Pro-Choice
Demonstration
Zenaida Mendez, Director or Racial
Diversity Programs, National Organization of Women (NOW)
& Eliyanna Kaiser, former National
Organizer, Young Democratic Socialists; staffer, New York State
Assembly
Student-Labor Solidarity
Lenore Palladino, National Organizer, United Students Against
Sweatshops & Dan Calamuci, US Campaigns Coordinator, National Labor
Committee & Fabricio Rodriguez, Director, Philadelphia Jobs With
Justice; Co-Chair, Young Democratic Socialists
LGBT Activism: Student Organizing, Civil Rights and the Culture
Wars
Joseph Troung, Resource Coordinator, National Youth Advocacy
Coalition
Making Media Work For Us: Breaking Down the Divide
Selina Musuta, DC based freelance journalist; member DC Radio
Co-op
Understanding the Economy: Slideshow Presentation
Steve Max, Director of Organizing and Training, Midwest
Academy
High School Organizing
Molly Jean, New York Youth Bloc & Mikki Halpan, author of You
Can Change The World Even If You're Under 18
Creative Resistance: Art as Activism
Mike GW, Poets Against the War; Shadowbox Arts Collective
Worse than We Could Have Ever Imagined: Civil Liberties in W.s
America
Abraham Kneisley, Free Speech Director, Berkeley American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) Chapter & Jane Kim Hong, Field/Legal Intern,
ACLU.s Immigrants. Rights Project
Looking Back, Looking Forward: A reflection on student anti-war
organizing during the build up to the invasion of Iraq - and a look
towards the future
Naomi Gordon-Loebl, NY-Youth Bloc; NYSPC & Max Uhlenbeck, United
for Peace and Justice; NYU Peace Coalition & Francesca Fiorentini,
NYU Peace Coalition; APOC
The Republicans are Coming! Organizing "New York City
Summer" and the RNC Protests
Yvonne Liu, Youth Organizer, New York City Summer (100 Days of
Democracy in Action) & Lucas Shapiro, National Organizer, Young
Democratic Socialists
Introduction to the Young Democratic Socialists: Politics, Activism
and Chapter Building
Maria Svart, Feminist Issues Coordinator, Young Democratic
Socialists; national recruiter for the Organizer-in-Training Program of
the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Election Preparation Track:
While electoral activism may not be for everyone, for those of you
committed to bringing change through the ballot box during this critical
year, we have put together an excellent series of workshops led by some
of the best grassroots organizers and election campaigners around
including:
Jonathan Rosen, Founder New York Unemployment Project
Rachel Berkson, Organizing Director, Working Families Party
Ericka Bozzi-Gomez, Political and Organizing Lead SEIU 32BJ
Election 2004: What is to be Done?
(see above)
Nuts and Bolts 1: Running a Campaign
Nuts and Bolts 2: Student Involvement as Volunteers and Voters
How to Hold Candidates Accountable
After the conference on
Saturday...
Bands Against Bush benefit show for the "Life After Bush"
conference:
flyer (GIF)
There will be four bands playing an all-ages venue in Brooklyn
from 8pm to 1am. The space is huge, has a great sound system, a
concession stand, a smoking room, vintage pinball, friendly staff and a
large dance studio where we will be screening radical documentaries and
experimental videos throughout the night. Proceeds from the $5
cover will help cover conference costs.
http://www.officeops.org/directions.html
Featuring:
Battlestar America
(www.battlestaramerica.com)
"The Best Socialist Country Hip Hop Band Ever!"
"Hip Hop Country. Take a second to digest that. Believe it or not,
they make a pretty interesting and complementary couple. With everything
from Bluegrass to twangy, banjo and fiddle-driven country to R&B
tinged tracks, the underground, alternative hip hop beats bring an urban,
sassy, forthright feeling to these unusual explorations. Not wavering
from the country vocals and country influence, Battlestar's danceable
mating with hip hop make these Country-born tracks feel joyously jacked
up on pop culture. "
-CDBaby.com
The Dead Betties
(www.thedeadbetties.com)
Best (Yet) Undiscovered Act: "The Dead Betties. If you love punk,
you gotta love this hard, fast, smart-as-hell combo of cute, young boys.
Look for them. Lead singer Josh may be the gay Kurt Cobain (or is that
redundant?)."
-Dean Johnson, Promoter (HX, 12-03)
The People's History
Open door collective of singer-songwriters exploring the roots of
American folk music. Named after and inspired by the acclaimed book
by Howard Zinn, The People's History of the United States of America is
Beau Johnson, Lenny Molotov, Danny Kelly, Langhorne Slim, Ossei Essed,
Curtis Eller and Will Orzo.
The Swears
(www.theswears.com)
"The Swears are a party band that plays music from the heart.
It's been said they're reminiscent of an american Pogues or the Pixies
with a lap steel or banjo thrown in--and that's all very flattering-- but
really they sound like a house party where if the people weren't having
such a damn good time, they'd probably be crying."
Organized by the Young Democratic Socialists and the Democratic
Socialist Club at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Co-sponsored by the
Continuing Education Program at the CUNY Graduate Center and the
Democratic Socialists of America Fund.
Young Democratic Socialists
c/o DSA 180 Varick St. 12th Floor
New York, NY, 10014
office: (212) 727-8610 ext. 24
fax: (212) 727-8616
www.ydsusa.org
yds@dsausa.org
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