CANCELLED: Building Latin American Solidarity in the US through LASC
Submitted by banbose@afgj.org on April 27, 2007 - 1:54pm.
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This session will be on: June 30, 2007 - 3:30pm It will be held at: Choir Room room at the Trinity United Methodist Church View scheduleOrganization DescriptionThe Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) is an association of national and local US-based grassroots Latin America and Caribbean solidarity groups, many of which have long histories of working with grassroots organizations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. LASC’s goal is to define common goals and shared strategies for these groups. LASC’s work circles around several hemisphere-wide issues as well as country-specific topics.
We operate and structure our work from a solidarity model: we operate on the principle of self-determination; it is not up to us to determine what our partners in the Global South should or should not do. Nor is it up to us to determine the strategies and methodologies they use. We determine our strategies based on the needs of our partners in Latin America and the Caribbean.
As a movement we must have ongoing critiques of our internal power dynamics, especially regarding the issues of race, class and gender. In our research and analysis, and in presentation of that research and analysis, we will take into account the affects on men, women, and society distinctly, recognizing that most research and analysis of "society" excludes the experience of women.
We must always attempt to put a "human face" on our work – that the policies we are working for or against affect real people to whom we have a connection.
We recognize how many issues are inter-connected and that there is potential to make links between Latin America solidarity issues and the work of local community groups.
Proposal Demographicsidentify as people of color are immigrants (not born in U.S.) Session DescriptionThe workshop will discuss the “solidarity model,” what is our role as US-based organizations in supporting governments and social movements in Latin America and the Caribbean that are offering alternatives to US empire, and what are our priority campaigns to challenge in our own country US economic and military hegemony in the hemisphere. The LASC’s mission and campaigns incorporate all three of the USSF’s Cross-cutting themes. The workshop would hope to draw participants who formally or informally represent organizations working in solidarity with Latin American and Caribbean groups and to excite their organizations to join in shaping and carrying out the mission of the LASC. The workshop will be conducted in English with oral translation into Spanish for those who need it. We will have printed materials to distribute in Spanish and English. The biggest adversaries or challenges to our work are capitalism and US militarism. The LASC has concrete grassroots organizing proposals in the following areas: First NameBanbose Last NameShango Contact E-mailbanbose@afgj.org Proposing OrganizationAlliance for Global Justice/LASC Organization Websitewww.lasolidarity.org Position or TitleVenezuela Solidarity Network Regional Coordinator Contact Telephone202-544-9355 Alternate Telephone202-340-5623 Event DaySaturday, June 30th (Strategizing the Achieving of Another World) Contact Address1247 E St., SE FormatPanel & group discussion Contact CityWashington KeywordsEconomies Anti-corporate power Capitalism Cross border trade Cross sector movement work Hemispheric relations (see also North-South relations) Movement building Audience Number25-50 people Contact StateDC Contact ZIP20003 Person Reviewingjerome |