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DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS
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June 26, 2007
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DSA AT THE U.S. SOCIAL FORUM IN ATLANTA
DSA members and friends attending the Social Forum should join DSA at the following events:
WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 1:00PM
DSA joins the Social Forum Opening March. DSA Members will gather at the State Capitol. Look for DSA's red banner.
THURSDAY JUNE 28
Thursday June 28th 10:30 AM
Workshop: Government as an Agent of Social Change
Library Room at Trinity United Methodist Church
265 Washington Street (Corner of Trinity & Washington)
MARTA: North-South line - Garnett Street station. Exit the station to Broad Street. The first cross street you come to is Trinity Avenue. Take a right and walk about 3 blocks to Washington Street. The church is on your right.
A discussion of the importance of using the power of a well financed government to counter corporate power and build the power of social movements. Discussion Leaders: Frank Llewellyn, DSA’s National Director; Emahunn Campbell, the leader of the Black Student Union and Young Democratic Socialists clubs at the University of Virginia at Wise; Will Emmons, Brown University Student Labor Alliance, Students for a Democratic Society and YDS
Thursday June 28th at 1 PM
Workshop: As Radical as Reality: Pragmatic Politics and the Student Left
Progressive Sunshine Room at Trinity United Methodist Church
265 Washington Street (Corner of Trinity & Washington) ( MARTA directions see above)
Speakers: Edward Elam: Edward is a leader in the progressive Hand Party and spearheading a literacy project in Louisville. Emahunn Campbell: Emahunn is the leader of the Black Student Union and Young Democratic Socialists clubs of University of Virginia at Wise. Mary Smith: Mary sits on the Student Advisory Board for Campus Progress and was active in the United Leftist Front at the University of Central Arkansas. David Duhalde: David is the National Organizer for the Young Democratic Socialists and will moderate the discussion.
Thursday June 28th at 1PM
Workshop: US Working Class and Socialist Perspectives
Room 9 Trinity United Methodist Church
265 Washington Street (Corner of Trinity & Washington) (MARTA directions see above.) Organized by Solidarity. DSA/Democratic Left speaker Milt Tambor, Chair Atlanta DSA
FRIDAY JUNE 29
Friday, June 29th 10:30 AM
Workshop: Refunding Government: Responding to 30 years of Budget Cuts
Cosponsored with: United for a Fair Economy
Library Room at Trinity United Methodist Church
265 Washington Street (Corner of Trinity & Washington) (MARTA directions see above)
A discussion of restoring progressive taxation and the need for appropriately funded government to respond to the challenges of the 21st Century. Participants: Adrián Boutureira, education specialist from United for a Fair Economy; Alan Essig Executive Director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute; Frank Llewellyn, DSA’s National Director. Barbara Joye, Secretary of Atlanta DSA, will moderate the session.
Saturday June 30
Saturday, June 30th 3:30PM
Toward an Economic Justice Agenda
Cosponsored with United for a Fair Economy
Poseiden Room of the Marriott Hotel
160 Spring Street NW (Corner of International Blvd. and Spring ST.)
MARTA: Peachtree Center
The Economic Justice Agenda (EJA) is DSA’s new project to build a progressive coalition on economic justice issues. Speakers: DSA Honorary Chair Frances Fox-Piven, DSA Vice-Chair Jose LaLuz, and Steven Schnapp, Education Coordinator of United for a Fair Economy. Copies of the most recent draft of Toward an Economic Justice Agenda will be available.
Saturday June 30th 7PM
DSA BOOK SIGNING
Writer, educator, activist and DSA Honorary Chair Frances Fox Piven signs her new book Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America plus a discussion on the prospects for radical change in the United States.
Where: A Capella Books, 484-C Moreland Ave. NE, Atlanta, 404-681-5128 (Little Five Points)
Frank Llewellyn
National Director
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Paid for by the Democratic Socialists of America PAC, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 505, New York, NY 10038; not approved by any candidate or candidate's committee.
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