The session of Cross Cultural Movement Building in the Southwest will focus on the current struggles and success in AZ, CO, and NM, as well as, give a historical perspective of movement building. The stuggles and successed within the SW will be shared by those communities that are being directly affected and taking leadership in grassroots orgainizing. Movement building strategies will also be shared in this session and connections will be made between struggles and successes in the SW. This session will be representative of a diverse intergenerational community. Also, as part of this session a discussion of continued movement building, relationship building and solidarity will conclude this session.

This session will be conducted in English. At this point, no interpretation nor translation devices have been confirmed. This session will have small group discussions and an opportunity to develop deeper relationship to further movement building. This session connects with many of the USSF crosscutting themes, for example, Indigenous Sovereignty, Immigrant and Migrant Rights, War, Militarization and Prisons, Workers Rights and Women and Queer Liberation.