[mgj-announce] Upcoming meetings; notes from 3/31 General Meeting

[Dan Coe]

MGJ GENERAL MEETING NOTES
March 31, 2004

Thanks to everyone who made it to this week's lecture and organizational 
meeting.  If you missed this week, you can catch us next week:

Wed. 4/7: The World Trade Organization (WTO)
[NOTE Special location: La Casa, 3166 Mt. Pleasant NW, Wash., D.C.,
3 blocks west of Columbia Hts. Metro, Greenline]
* 6 pm: The WTO from its birth in 1995, to the mass movement of labor, 
environmental and human rights advocates fighting it (Seattle, DC, 
Cancun...) Presenter: United for a Fair Economy
* 7pm Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's <http://www.citizen.org/trade/> 
Global Trade Watch

Mike will be faciliatating the next meeting.
He needs a co-facilitator (any volunteers?).

There will be working group meetings / conference calls leading up to next 
Wednesday's meeting:

UPCOMING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
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Tues 4/6
SCENARIO & OUTREACH will both meet
Fifty Years is Enough Office (3628 12th St., NE, near Brookland/Catholic U 
Metro stop on redline)
6:00-7:00PM Outreach
7:00-9:00   Scenario (for Sat. 4/24)
9:00-       Scenario (for Fri 4/23) - there will be a conference call in 
advance of this meeting

Logistics, Housing, & Food
Mon 4/5 6:00PM
Jubilee USA Network Offices - 222 E. Capitol St. NE
For more info, contact: jonjon7s at yahoo.com

Media - conference calls constantly throughout the week
800/377-8846. Passcode: 329657#

Fundraising - conference call 4/9 
For more info, contact: hope at 50years.org

Arts & Action - Easter Sun 4/11 - 1:00-5:00PM
After (or instead of) painting your Easter eggs, come to the "doghouse" in 
Takoma Park to paint puppets, banners, flags, etc. for the March for 
Women's Lives on Sun. 4/25
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Directions to the DOGHOUSE:
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by METRO: 1 mile from Takoma Metro, walk down Carroll Ave towards the 
7-11, keep going, @ the TPSS Coop, go Right on Sycamore, Left on Beech, 
garage behind 405 Beech Ave.
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DRIVING: Beech is a one block long street between Sycamore and Woodland 
Aves, both of which run between Route 410/East West Highway and Elm Ave.  
Sycamore is next to TPSS Coop on 410! From WDC, take 13th to Piney Branch, 
Right on 410/East West Highway/Philadelphia @ Firehouse go Left, get in 
Right Lane, go Right onto Sycamore, Left on Beech, garage behind 405 Beech 
Ave.
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email or call if you need more info!!! Bring SNACKS, drinks if you want...
and friends!
nbloch at igc.org
301-891-3680


MOBILIZATION 4/21-4/25
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IMF & WB will be meeting in DC and IMF will be turning 60
street demonstrations, teach-ins, flyers
women's rights & health care: MGJ's focus this year

4/21 Unhappy 60th B-day party for IMF
 Noon: Jubilee will be delivering birthday cards it has collected to the 
IMF

4/22 Earth Day -- Global Justice Ecology Project

4/23 G-8 Meeting

4/24 - Major Mobilization
 12:00 meet outside McPherson Square Metro
 short rally - Argentinian form of protest - banging pots, or other 
festive noise: whistles, drums...
 then will march past evil corporations: Bechtel, Haliburton
 the route is being negotiated with police
 pass World Bank? On Thursday, a fence will go up around it
 conclusion: "Festival of Resistance" speakers, guerilla poetry, games:
   games will be set up at booths: dunk the IMF boss, pin the structural 
adjustment on the country
   *** Other booths are welcome, especially if you / your group / 
organization can set it up and sponsor it. *** 
   MGJ will sponsor 1, maybe 2 booths
   *NEED* more organizations to sponsor booths
 bands, DJ's: if anyone knows a band / DJ who would like to play...
   good because they may bring their own following
   need to mix music & speakers to keep in line w/ permit

4/25 March for Women's Lives - MGJ has endorsed & is a contingent (women's 
rights & health are MGJ's focus this year)
 paper machee puppets, flags, banners
 * will be made Easter Sunday (see above) *
 *** sponsors are needed to refurbish puppets (organization, affinity 
group, or just group of friends) ***

A woman from Pacifica Radio was at the meeting and she offered to record a 
statement from MGJ.  She also offered helpful suggestions about involving 
the local community (MGJ is involved w/ DC Jobs for Justice and the 
Safeway & Giant workers) like having the community help make banners; to 
get out on Sunday in time for the morning news shows; and to have the 
events (bands, etc.) going on during the press conference (better for the 
air).


OTHER EVENTS
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Global Justice Film Festival (see www.50years.org)

4/8 7PM American Friend's Service Committee
Thursdays at Noon at IMF headquarters: SEIU leafletting IMF headquarters 
for security guard union organizing

4/10 Baltimore 50 Years Is Enough education event - co-op workshop to 
follow

4/22 50 Years Is Enough activists converence 7:00PM - National Baptist 
Memorial Church