NYU Conference Schedule (April 7-8) (fwd)

[Michael Hoover]

> forwarded by Michael Hoover
> 
> > Labor's Next Century: New Alliances, Sweatshops and the Global South
> > 
> > An international conference at New York University on the future of
> > post-Seattle alliances, international organizing and the struggle for
> > human rights
> > 
> > April 7-8 at Judson Memorial Church, Washington Square
> > South and Thompson Street
> > 
> > Organized by the NYU Program in American Studies
> > 
> > Co-sponsors: United Students against Sweatshops and the Workers Rights
> > Consortium, the National Labor Committee, UNITE, UAW and the NYU Graduate
> > Student Organizing Committee, People of Faith Network, United Steelworkers
> > of America, Scholars, Artists and Writers for Social Justice, Local
> > 3882-AFT, Global Exchange, the Harvard Trade Union Program, Campaign for
> > Labor Rights, New York State Labor-Religion Coalition, Massachusetts
> > Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Direct Action Network at NYU,
> > Students for Social Equality at NYU, DSA at NYU, Amnesty International at
> > NYU, NYU Departments of History, Sociology, Anthropology, Institute for
> > Law and Society, Africana Studies, Metropolitan Studies, Center for Gender
> > and Sexuality, and Cinema Studies, Tamiment Library and Wagner Labor
> > Archives at NYU, Impact Visuals, the Nation Institute, and the Ford
> > Foundation
> >  
> > 
> > CONFERENCE AGENDA
> > 
> > Friday, April 7, Sanctuary of Judson Church  
> > 
> > 4:00 p.m. Opening Remarks: Charles Kernaghan, National Labor Committee
> > 
> > 4:15 p.m.-5:45--United Students against Sweatshops: Political Directions
> > for the Student Movement
> > 
> > Moderator--Bill Capowski, Center for Campus Organizing
> > 
> > Smriti Rana, USAS
> > Tim Waters, United Steelworkers of America
> > Andy Burns, USAS and 180 Movement for Democracy and Education
> > Representatives from Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and the General
> > Strike Council for UNAM, National Autonomous University of Mexico
> > 
> > 5:45--Introductory Comments: Andrew Ross, NYU American Studies
> >  
> > 6:00 pm.-8:00--Whose World Is It Anyway? A Nation Institute Roundtable 
> > 
> > Moderator--Betsy Reed, The Nation
> > 
> > Thea Lee, AFL-CIO
> > Naomi Klein, author, No Logo
> > Anuradha Mittal, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
> > Maritza Paredes, Colectivo de Mujeres Hondurenas (CODEMUH)
> > Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer 
> > 
> > Reception in Sanctuary balcony
> > 
> > Saturday, April 8
> > 
> > 10:00 a.m.-11:30, Judson Church Sanctuary
> > 
> > Nike: A Case Study in International Strategies
> > 
> > Moderator--Rev. David Dyson, People of Faith Network
> > 
> > Jeff Ballinger, Press for Change
> > Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange
> > Thuyen Nguyen, Vietnam Labor Watch
> > 
> > 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Sanctuary
> > 
> > Ron Blackwell, AFL-CIO
> > Frances Fox Piven, CUNY
> > Cheryl Payer, author
> > Daniel Seligman, Sierra Club
> > 
> > Building a High School No Sweat Network, Room 713, Main Bldg
> > 
> > Moderators: Lauren Stephens-Davidowitz, Yale-USAS; Dan Hennefeld, UNITE
> > Open meeting for high-school students
> > 
> > 4:00 p.m.-6:00, Sanctuary, Judson Church
> > 
> > A Domestic Front: The Shape of New Alliances
> > Moderator--Nikki Bas, Sweatshop Watch
> > 
> > Alexander Cockburn, Co-editor, Counter-Punch
> > Robin D.G. Kelley, New York University
> > Bob Muehlenkamp, Coordinator, 14-union campaign at General Electric
> > Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz
> > 
> > Closing Comments: Rev. Peter Laarman, Judson Memorial Church, People of
> > Faith Network--Introduced by Kitty Krupat, NYU American Studies
> > 
> > 
> > *SATELLITE MEETINGS
> > 
> > Friday, April 7:
> > 
> > 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (by invitation only): Founding meeting of the International
> > "Worker Rights Consortium for the Enforcement of University Licensing
> > Codes of Conduct"--Sanctuary, Judson Church
> > 
> > 11:00 a.m-1:00 p. m.--Colombia Human Rights Network, Judson Church Garden
> > Room at Thompson Street off Washington Square South 
> > 
> > 4:00 p.m.-6:00 --Northeast Regional Meeting of Students United for a
> > Responsible Global Environment (SURGE), Thompson Student Center, Thompson
> > Street across from Judson Church, Room 200 Series
> > 
> > Saturday, April 8
> > 
> > 10:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.--SURGE meeting, Thompson Student Center Auditorium 
> > 
> > For pre-registration: (212) 998-3721.  Donations Suggested
> > For more information, see NYU AmericanStudies
> > website: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/amerstu/
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