Call for Workshop Proposals - 4th Latin America Solidarity Conference (LASC4)

The 4th national Latin America Solidarity Coalition conference (LASC4), held next spring in Chicago, is looking for workshop proposals!!  

LASC Call for Workshop Proposals!

THE LATIN AMERICA SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE

The Latin America Solidarity Conference planning committee is accepting workshop proposals for the 4th Latin America Solidarity Conference, which will take place April 14-15, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. LASC4 will bring together US grassroots solidarity activists with activists and organizers from Latin America and the Caribbean to plan, evaluate and celebrate the growing US Latin America solidarity movement.

The theme of LASC4 is ALTERNATIVES TO EMPIRE . The Americas have a strong legacy of resistance. From the Mapuche struggle for land and autonomy against the conquistadors to the successful fight to force U.S.-owned Occidental Petroleum out of Ecuador earlier this year; from Simon Bolivar's struggle for freedom from Spain and slavery to the Cuban, Sandinista, and modern day Bolivarian Revolutions -- no decade has passed without seeing people coming together to fight subjugation. Millions of Latin Americans, dispossessed by neoliberal capitalism, imperialist looting, militarization and repression are defying the racist system of violence and domination with increasing frequency and effectiveness. Popular movements are gaining influence throughout the hemisphere.

See initial call for the conference and endorsers here: http://www.lasolidarity.org/lasc4/lasc4_call.html

WHAT ARE THE WORKSHOPS?

Workshops at LASC4 will fall under one (or all) of the following tracks:

1) Campaigns against military, political, and economic U.S. Intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean and the development of action plans. Workshops in this track can also address other related issues (including but not limited to immigration, indigenous issues, gender issues, ecological justice, labor, human rights and democracy)

2) Art and culture, an integral part of grassroots movement building throughout the Americas.

3) Reflection and discussion about vision, theory, strategy and tactics. This track will include workshops that explore questions about what is means to be anti-capitalist, how to implement strategies that challenge current power structures without being "reformist", how to build multi-cultural, multi-ethnic movements, and more...

Workshops can be presented in a lecture or discussion format, they can include or consist of presentations, performances, video screenings, roundtables, teach-ins, dialogues, debates, caucuses, and networking meetings.The time allocated for each workshop is generally 1 1/2 hours.

HOW DO I SUBMIT MY PROPOSAL?

To propose a workshop for LASC4, a one to two page description of your workshop is needed by February 10. In addition, please submit your name, the organization you are representing (if applicable), full contact information, one reference, a short biography of yourself and/or your organization and a short-description of your workshop (up to 150 words).

Please send in your proposals via email to info@lasolidarity.org

You will be notified of the status of your workshop by the second week in February. Should your proposal be accepted, a confirmation of your availability is needed immediately thereafter.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

If you want more information about LASC4 but do not plan on presenting, please visit http://www.LASolidarity.org

National and local grassroots organizations that practice the solidarity model of organizing and agree with the core principles of the Latin America Solidarity Coalition are invited to join the LASC and participate in planning and shaping the conference. Send an email to Info [at] LASolidarity.org to endorse or volunteer.

To join the LASC IV announcement list, send an email to lasc4-subscribe@lists.mutualaid.org.

If you individually or organizationally are able to contribute financially to this project, please send a check or money order to LASC, c/o CISPES, P.O. Box 8560, New York, NY 10116. The organizing of a national conference like this is a huge undertaking and wouldn't be possible without the support of grassroots activists. Your contribution will help to cover the expenses for outreach materials, transportation costs, food, money for scholarships and equipment needs.

Also, if you're interested in renting a table at the conference, please email us with "table" in the subject line.

The Latin America Solidarity Coalition Planning Committee

http://www.LASolidarity.org

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