[USFT] The Generation FAIR Conference April 1-3, 2005 Washington, D.C.

[Lina Musayev]

The Generation FAIR Conference April 1-3, 2005 Washington, D.C. 

Stop the fragmentation that weakens our global justice campaigns!

Connect the issues we work on!

Take collaborative action!

Develop a shared vision and inspire a new type of movement!

For registration, workshops, agenda details, logistics, travel, and
background information, check out our website:
<http://www.generationfair.org/> www.generationfair.org or email
<http://us.f313.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=generationfair@yahoo.com>
generationfair at yahoo.com 

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The Generation FAIR Conference is dedicated to recognizing the
interconnectedness of the numerous global justice issues, spurring
collaborative action across these issue groups, and developing a mentality
and vocabulary that transcends single-issue causes, so that over time young
people will become stronger in our movement. This conference will support us
in creating a strong, unified youth movement that will address our diverse
demands and help us win campaigns.

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Seed Grants will be Awarded to Projects Planned at Conference How can we
come out of this conference with real campaigns that advance a unified
agenda and stop the fragmentation of our efforts? Small seed grants will be
awarded to collaborative projects planned at the conference (time is set
aside for this Sunday, April 3) to make sure the end of the Generation FAIR
Conference is the beginning of new organizational relationships that
strengthen the progressive youth infrastructure.

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A variety of collaborative workshops will address the connections between
issues and how to build movements around these: Energy Policy, the
Environment, and Militarization; AIDS, Poverty, and International Debt;
Reproductive Rights Are More than Just a Women's Issue; CAFTA, trade, and
immigrant rights; Militarization and Education; Coalition-building, Campaign
Strategy, and case studies of past collaborative campaigns. Local to global
connections will be examined, comparing for instance the economic structure
of urban areas in the U.S., the Caribbean, and African countries. 

Before workshops and discussions begin Saturday, a three-hour
anti-oppression training will form the basis from which our groups can
better create a more unified movement.

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Young speakers as well as movement veterans will address both the climate of
youth organizing today and share practical, tactical tips on how to run
successful collaborative campaigns BASED ON THEIR OWN PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE!

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Monday, April 4, 2005 Optional Lobby Day coordinated in conjunction with the
conference. Activate the cross-issue concepts and relationships built at the
conference to immediately effect the power structure! Conference
participants, with the help of FAIR Network members, will lobby their local
representatives based on their STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE; this might not be your
usual focus of your efforts. For instance, if someone usually would lobby on
AIDS issues, but finds that their congressperson is more strategically
important for issues surrounding CAFTA, this person would lobby on CAFTA,
thereby strengthening his or her lobbying perspective, knowledge, and
strategy by lobbying on a campaign that is intimately connected to her own!

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This conference is organized by the Generation FAIR Network (Young People
for a Fair, Accountable, Interdependent, and Responsible U.S. Global
Engagement) is a loose network of 12 nonprofit organizations working to
mobilize young people around progressive values and policies that unite our
campaigns. Our goal is to link together campaigns for global justice and
strengthen our collective advocacy efforts by developing more unified
messages on the role of the U.S. globally.

 For registration, workshops, agenda details, logistics, travel, and
background information, check out our website:
<http://www.generationfair.org/> www.generationfair.org or email
<http://us.f313.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=generationfair@yahoo.com>
generationfair at yahoo.com 

 

 

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