NYC MEETING FOR REGISTERING AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
FOR THE UPCOMING US SOCIAL FORUM (this June in Atlanta)
WEDNESDAY APRIL 4TH, 6PM-9:30PM
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 AT
WWW.USSF2007.ORG 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).