(subject to change)

PLEASE NOTE: The Friday night event will be held at the Committee of Interns and Residents Union located on 520 8^th Avenue between 36^th and 37^th Street on the 12th floor.  You can take the A/C/E trains to 34^th Street-Penn Station stop and walk 2 blocks north.  The 1/2/3 trains exits for 34^th Street-Penn Station are on 7^th Avenue.  Walk one avenue west to get to 8^th Avenue.  On Saturday and Sunday the conference will be located at the Bayard Rustin High School.  Directions can be found here.

FRIDAY

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

"Justice Beyond Borders": Photography Presentation on Immigrant Rights by YDS’ Cultural Commission

SATURDAY

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Registration/Breakfast

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Icebreaker/Review of Program

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM

Workshop Block #1
1) "No Human Being Is Illegal": Changing the Immigration Debate
2) Coffee Talk: Democratic Socialism for Beginners
3) The Pink Tide: What Does the Left-wing Turn in Latin America Mean?
4) Breaking Bread: The Left and Right of Religious Movements

11:45 AM to 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM to 1:15 PM

A Talk with Noam Chomsky: Democratic Alternatives to Corporate America

1:15 PM to 2:25 PM

Lunch

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

A Talk with Barbara Ehrenreich and Joseph Schwartz: A Post-Republican Agenda for the American Left

4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Break

4:15 PM to 5:30 PM

Workshop Block #2
1) What "Workers of the World Unite" Really Means: Advanced Understanding of Democratic Socialism
2) Breakin’ It Down: Understanding Capitalism & What's Wrong With It
3) The Anti-War Movement: In the Streets, On Campus, and in Congress
4) Working Within or Outside the System?: Making Change Through Electoral Politics

5:30 PM to 5:45 PM

Closing/Directions to Dinner and Party 

SHAKE IT TO THE LEFT - Saturday Night Party Beyond Borders
Saturday night Party is free for all conference-goers and friends of YDS.  Directions available at registration tables.

SUNDAY
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Review of Program

10:15 AM to 11:30 AM

Workshop Block #3
1) Red and Green: Socialist Alternatives to Environmental Destruction
2) Sexual Liberation: Queer and Feminist Perspectives
3) The Push Factor: Global Capitalism and Immigration
4) Building YDS: How to Effectively Use Democratic Socialist Politics in Your Campus Activism

11:30 AM to 11:45 AM

Break

11:45 AM to 1:15 PM

Gayatri Spivak and Christian Parenti: War Without End?: US Foreign Policy and the Decline of Empire

1:15 PM to 2:15 PM

Lunch

2:15 PM to 3:30 PM

Workshop Block #4
1) Allies in Struggle: Building the Movement for Racial Justice
2) “The Folks that Brought You the Weekend”: The Labor Movement Today
3) Fight for Your Rights: The Student and Youth Movement for Justice
4) Whose World?: Understanding Capitalist Globalization

3:30 PM to 3:45 PM

Break

3:45 PM to 5:15 PM

Voices from the Front Lines: Immigrant Rights Activists Speak Out

5:15 PM to 5:45 PM

Closing

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