hey guys, i thought some of you might be interested in this... see you at waterman memorial lounge at 7 tomorrow! peace em -- "I might run 'amok' against society, but I prefer that society should run 'amok' against me" Thoreau Inizio messaggio inoltrato: > 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. > > > ***** please forward this email to any high school or college > students who may be interested!**** > > > 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.' > > USAS has over 200 affiliates in the US: Join! > > > 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: > > 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 > > > > 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 > > 2:45pm-4:00pm > > 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 > > > > 4:05pm – 5:30pm: Skill building workshops: Using the Media, > Fundraising > 5:30pm- 6:30pm Screening of Garment Workers' Center Documentary > > > SUNDAY March 4th > SKILL BUILDING & VISIONING > > 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: > > Sally Kim > United Students Against Sweatshops > Northeast Regional Organizer > 518.451.9469 (h) > 518.364.2968 (c) --accepts text messages > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwY881wQtKU > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2819893448957844381 > > > > > > 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 > > __._,_.___ > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13020.htm > http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5365.htm