[mgj-discuss] Re: July Free School

[Ethan X]

Who is doing this? I'd want to help! This overlaps with the July 9th
teach-in /
skillshare @ Al Fishawy :-)

D. A local activist is planning a series of free educational/skill-sharing
events in July, that are free and open to the public. She approached MGJ
asking us to participate. Some background about the series:
•       Could be a one-time event or a series.
•       Most events likely to be at Al-Fishawy.
•       In addition to the outreach for the series as a whole, it would help
if
we did some of our own.

On 6/4/06, basav at igc.org <basav at igc.org> wrote:
>
> MGJ meeting minutes – 5/31/2006
>
> NEXT MEETING: Wednesday June 7, 7 pm., St. Stephen's Church, 16th & Newton
> St. NW (Columbia Heights Metro)
>
> A. National Immigrant Solidarity Conference
>
> Jesse White of the National Immigrant Solidarity Network came to the
> meeting to talk about the National Grassroots Immigrant Strategy
> Conference
> (July 28-30, American University). The purpose of the conference is to
> strategize about where to go next with the movement, as a followup to
> racist legislation passed by both the House and Senate, and to the awesome
> organizing of the last few months. Check out www.immigrantsolidarity.org
> for more details.
>
> NISN would like MGJ to assist and participate. Specific asks are:
> •       Provide leads on housing (St. Stephen's and other churches).
> •       Connect our website to the conference housing board.
> •       Help spread the word about the conference through e-mail, website
> posts,
> etc.
> •       Identify delegates to attend the conference. (It costs $45 a
> person, so
> not everyone can go. We need to talk at one of our next meetings about if
> we can pay for one person to go.)
> •       Come up with a workshop proposal on how to make the
> neoliberalism-immigration connection for popular education and organizing.
> (Given the thrust of the conference, as well as the level of analysis of
> those expected to attend, Jesse pointed out that, rather than presenting
> analysis of the neoliberalism-immigration connection, it would be more
> appropriate to propose a discussion about how one does popular education
> around the issue, and uses this analysis as a starting point for
> organizing.)
>
> We reached a general sense of supporting this conference, including
> providing leads on housing and doing outreach. However, we need to reach a
> consensus at a subsequent meeting about specifics such as delegates and a
> workshop proposal.
>
> B. U.S.-Korea FTA
>
> Quick report: the march and rally on Sunday June 4 was AWESOME!!! There
> was
> a 15-person MGJ contingent there, with our banner and a very appropriate
> puppet.
>
> Upcoming events:
>
> MGJers, please come out for as many of these as you can!
>
> Monday 6/5, 7:30 pm.
> Candlelight vigil at Lafayette Park (White House), 16th and H St. NW.
>
> Tuesday 6/6, 12:45 pm.
> Meet at McPherson Square (Metro: McPherson Square on Blue/Orange, Farragut
> North on Red) to protest at offices of corporations lobbying for the FTA.
>
> Tuesday 6/6, 4:00 pm - 6:00pm.
> Deepening Solidarity: Afternoon of Parallel Discussions. Small group
> discussion on various aspects of the FTA and people's resistance. New York
> Ave. Presbyterian Church, New York Ave. and H St. NW (Metro: Metro Center)
>
> Friday 6/9 morning.
> Closing rally at Lafayette Park.
>
> C. Tollbooth action
> Postponed because of potential bad weather. Will be announced later.
>
> D. July Free School
> A local activist is planning a series of free educational/skill-sharing
> events in July, that are free and open to the public. She approached MGJ
> asking us to participate. Some background about the series:
> •       Could be a one-time event or a series.
> •       Most events likely to be at Al-Fishawy.
> •       In addition to the outreach for the series as a whole, it would
> help if
> we did some of our own.
>
> We decided to do a one-time educational event on local-global connections,
> Saturday July 22 morning. We have already submitted our proposal, drawing
> upon the 3-4 local-global teachins and workshops we've done over the last
> two years.
>
> E. Next meeting facilitator: Basav
>
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