JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
239 THOMPSON STREET (Note address change, it's not in the main church building)
(Directions below and at www.judson.org)
CONTACT PERSONS:
-sung e bai: jbai@caaav.org
-mike menser: morphospace@gmail.com
-phone: 631 512 0587 (Victor Rosado, SUNY/Communication Workers of America)
SCHEDULE/FORMAT
6-7pm: UPDATE ON THE US SOCIAL FORUM WITH SUNG E BAI FROM CAAAV (CAAAV/Organizing Asian Communities is a member of the US Social Forum (USSF) national planning committee and Sung E will briefly reportback from the most recent meeting in Chicago.)
-this session is for persons/groups who want to get the basics on the USSF and be updated on all the plans for this summer's events from June 27-July 1st in Atlanta, Georgia. Dozens of NYC groups are already planning on attending. COME JOIN US! (If you don't need an update, just show up at 7pm sharp.)
7-9:30PM WORKSHOP ON REGISTRATION AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
-Would you like help in registering your organization for the USSF? We will have organizers from the Northeast Regional USSF organizing committee on hand to help.
-WOULD YOU LIKE ASSISTANCE IN SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL? We will have NYC organizers on hand to help your group with questions or concerns
such as: how do you submit a proposal? What groups have already submitted proposals? We would like to collaborate with other local groups, how can we get in touch with them? (The proposal deadline is April 27th, 2007.)
-NOTE: REGISTRATION AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION CAN BE DONE ON-LINE. So if your group feels comfortable do all this on
the web, please do. The purpose of this meeting is to allow groups to meet face to face, get a feel for what is going on, and ask questions directly. But even if you have already submitted a proposal, you/your group is welcome to attend this meeting to meet others and share info/strategies and so on.
The USSF is a truly grassroots operation where groups and organizations from all over the country are organizing sessions to
create the analyses, coalitions, visions and strategies to help the US Left in all its diversity move its multidimensional agenda forward during these times of war and right-wing neoliberalism. Like all Social Forums, the USSF is organized from the bottom-up and this meeting is being organized in that spirit: to promote collaboration and foster inclusion (and avoid the phenomenon where similar groups submit similar proposals because they are unaware of what other groups are doing). Because organizations must be registered to submit a proposal, this meeting would also facilitate that process. We will
have lap tops in the room to do registrations and submissions on site.
For more info on the northeast region planning group go to www.ussf2007.org/ne.
thanks,
Sung E Bai (CAAAV/Organizing Asian Communities)
Stephen Bradley (Community Voices Heard)
Mike Menser (Brooklyn College/PSC-CUNY)
Liz Mestres (Brecht Forum)
Ramona Ortega (Urban Justice Center)
DIRECTIONS
The meeting is at 239 Thompson St. which is one and a half blocks south of the Church (down Thompson St.)
Judson Memorial Church is located on the south side of Washington Square Park between Thompson and Sullivan Streets. Take the A, C, E, F (and B or V on weekdays only) to West 4th Street station; the R to 8th Street-NYU; or the 1 train to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square. The M1, M2, M3, M5, M6 and M8 bus lines serve the area.
If you'd like to drive to Judson, from the West Side Highway exit at 14th Street. Drive east on 14th to 7th Avenue, turn right on Seventh Avenue and go south to West 4th Street. Turn left onto West 4th Street and go about 4-5 short blocks. Judson is on the Corner of West 4th Street (aka, Washington Square South) and Thompson Street. Parking can (hopefully) be found along West 4th or on Thompson Street. Those coming down FDR drive should exit at Houston Street, drive west and turn right onto 6th Avenue. Drive north to West 4th and make a right. Drive 2 1/2 blocks and we are on your right, across from Washington Square Park, at the corner of Thompson Street. (still aka Washington Square South).
