hey guys,  i thought some of you might be interested in this...

see you at waterman memorial lounge at 7 tomorrow!

peace
em
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"I might run 'amok' against society, but I prefer that society should  
run 'amok' against me"
Thoreau




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> Da: "Sally Kim" <[log in to unmask]>
> Data: 21 febbraio 2007 13:58:31 EST
> A: [log in to unmask]
> Oggetto: [cutcokecontracts] Students Against Sweatshop Conference!  
> March -3-4th @ Cornell U.
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> ***** please forward this email to any high school or college  
> students who may be interested!****
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> United Students Against Sweatshops is an international student  
> network campaigning with workers to improve working conditions on  
> our campuses and in the workplace at home and abroad.  Students  
> campaign on living wage, campus-union, sweat-free and ethical  
> contracting campaigns in solidarity with workers and students  
> everywhere to collectively strengthen workers and human rights.  
> Students are using our collective power on our campuses to make  
> corporations accountable to workers' demands and to stop the global  
> rapid 'race to the bottom.'
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> USAS has over 200 affiliates in the US: Join!
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> Northeast United Students Against Sweatshops Conference!
> March 3-4th
> Cornell University, Ithaca NY
> Register Online!
> http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org//index.php? 
> option=com_mosforms&Itemid=118
> Unfortunately NO TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS are available due to lack of  
> funds.
> Free housing!  Register as soon as possible so we can make sure  
> there is housing and food for your!
> This is a-- bring your own sleeping bag/pillows/towels/ travel mug,  
> warm jacket and snowboots just in case - conference.  USAS does  
> crash housing on floors.
>
>
> SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
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> Laura and Sarah Bender, Starbucks Unionizers (NYC) with the IWW
> will speak about their unprecedented union campaign with the ever  
> expanding Starbucks. Sarah Bender has been a Barista for 7 years.   
> Hired at Starbucks in fall 2004, she was fired in May '05 for union  
> organizing; rehired in March '06 as a result of community support,  
> direct action and a settlement between the National Labor Relations  
> Board and Starbucks. Sarah has been a critical organizer of the  
> mayday coalition which includes groups like Make the Road by  
> Walking and the Million Worker March. Prior to the USAS conference  
> Sarah will be in Ethiopia engaging farm workers with a message of  
> solidarity from the Starbucks Workers Union & will return fired up  
> towards building a Justice from Bean to Cup campaign and holding  
> Starbucks accountable for its exploitation of Baristas and  
> Farmworkers.  USAS will explore the connection between an  
> aggressive onslaught of Starbucks onto our campuses and its ties to  
> slave-like coffee production and workers' rights
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> Amit Srivastava, Coordinator of India Resources Center, Director of  
> Global Resistance
> India Resource Center works to support movements against corporate  
> globalization in India, and educates and mobilizes key  
> constituencies in the US and other countries to take action in  
> support of campaigns in India. India Resource Center is a project  
> of Global Resistance. An IRC goal is to ensure that those most  
> impacted by globalization are engaged in and at the forefront of  
> the movement against corporate globalization. Amit worked for  
> CorpWatch prior to IRC, and was a Community Organizer with the  
> Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) in California. IRC is  
> campaigning against Coca Cola for Indian farmers' and consumer  
> health rights, water, land and environmental issues.
>
>
> Ray Rogers, Director of Corporate Campaign Inc;
> has been called one of labors "most innovative strategists," has  
> worked on numerous labor campaigns and is currently working on the  
> Stop Killer Coke campaign. For 25 years, Corporate Campaign has  
> championed union and community solidarity and membership and family  
> involvement in campaigns for social and economic justice.
>
> Hevily Ambriz Espinoza
> Hevily graduated from University of California (UCLA) with a degree  
> in Chicana/o Studies and a minor in Labor and Workplace Studies.
> As an undergrad, she was involved with Movimiento Estrudiantil  
> Chicana/o de Aztlan (MEChA) as Community and Labor Coordinator and  
> Internal Vice Chair. As Community and Labor Coordinator, she worked  
> on campaigns with the United Farm Workers, AFSCME Local 3299, and  
> the local LA organization.  As Internal Vice Chair, she worked with  
> the campus student initiated student run outreach and retention  
> centers to work on access to higher education for students of  
> color.  Hevily now works for United Students Against
> Sweatshops as the Domestic Campaigns Coordinator in Washington, DC.  
> She does campaign coordiantion as well as student leadrship  
> development and outreach for the organization.
>
>
> The rest of the conference is geared to develop student leadership  
> and skills to bring back to their respective campuses.
>
> Agenda for Conference:
> Northeast United Students Against Sweatshops Spring Regional  
> Conference
>
> Saturday, March 3rd  2007
>
> 9:00am – 9:45am Breakfast
> USAS Intro USAS Overview and Campaigns
> 9:45-11:15am  Anti-Oppression & Break out Discussion
> 11:15am-12:45pm  Coca Cola: India Resources / Stop Killer Coke  
> campaign Ray Roger and Amrit Srivastava
>  Coke & USAS
>  12:45pm- 1:30pm  Lunch & SUNY Break Out onSweatFree Schools Network
> 1:30m-2:45          v                  Track 1:
> Intro to nuts and bolts of USAS's 3 campaigns for new students
> ·       Ethical Contracting & Kick Coke Campaign
> ·       Campus-Community Solidarity Campaign
> ·       Sweat Free
>
> v                  Track 2:
> ·       Starbucks Campaign
> ·       McDonald's, SFA &  Immokalee Workers
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> 2:45pm-4:00pm
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>       v                  Track 1:
> Escalation & Strategizing time for groups with existing USAS campaigns
> ·       Ethical Contracting & Kick Coke Campaign:
> ·       Right to Organize
> ·       Sweat Free
> v                  Track 2:
> ·       Starbucks Campaign –
> ·       McDonald's,  SFA &  Immokalee Workers: Charlene & Cornell
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> 4:05pm – 5:30pm: Skill building workshops:   Using the Media,  
> Fundraising
> 5:30pm- 6:30pm    Screening of Garment Workers' Center Documentary
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> SUNDAY March 4th
> SKILL BUILDING & VISIONING
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> 9:00am- 9:30am Breakfast
> 9:30am – 10:45am: Fundraising Skill building
>                               Building your campaign each semester:  
> Grow Chart Exercise
> 10:45am - 12:15pm: Healthy Groups: Recruitment, Retention and Group  
> Dynamics
> 12:15pm – 1:30:   Group Go Around & Discussion: Direct Actions and  
> actions, what worked/didn't for groups.
> 1:30pm – 2:45pm Lunch & Visioning Strategy Session:
> Conference is over, go home and organize!
>
> Questions?
> Please contact:
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> Sally Kim
> United Students Against Sweatshops
> Northeast Regional Organizer
> 518.451.9469 (h)
> 518.364.2968 (c)  --accepts text messages
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> www.killercoke.org
> http://www.asje.org/rogue_target.html
> http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/rs/profile.cfm?id=204
> http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/27/1435213
> http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2003/1103baran.html
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5170745
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