Proposed Agenda
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. 47th St. & 1st Ave.
Special focus panels & breakouts, including:
Defending Immigrant/Worker Rights
Why do migrants leave their homelands? What is behind the anit-immigrant
climate? How can we build a workers’ rights movement that includes
legalization, EFCA, etc?
This and more will be discussed in a panel by members of May 1st
Coalition, Bayan-USA, La Pena del Bronx, Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum,
Million Worker March and others.
Building a Struggle of Youth & Students
Hear youth from member organizations – Anakbayan, FiRE, Malcolm
X Grassroots Movement, and FIST, along with students from Hunter
College, BMCC, and others – join forces to deliver a perspective
on combating not only the crisis of the capitalist system, but also
the struggles against national, women and LGBT oppression, imperialism,
etc.
Communities of Faith for Peace with Justice
As people of faith and conscience, we will discuss the failed
economic system and its impact on our poor and oppressed communities,
and how we can change it by denouncing the social sins of male supremacy,
hetero-sexism/homophobia, classism, racism, ethnocentrism and xenophobia
(to just mention a few). Participation of San Romero Church and
others.
Capitalist Crisis, Racism, Political Repression & the
Prisons
The lack of jobs or a future has resulted in the U.S. having the
largest prison population in the world with majority Black, Latino/a
and Native prisoners, and growing repression against youth, immigrant
workers, and Arab and Muslim peoples. With participation of: NY
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, Millions for Mumia, Lynne Stewart,
N.Y. Committee to Free the Cuba Five, N.Y. Friends of MOVE (9).
People’s Speakout in Two Parts:
A discussion of strategy and tactics from those who have lost jobs,
homes, healthcare, and their future.
Workers’ Struggles in the U.S. – The fight for
jobs; the EFCA and against layoffs; growing unemployment; foreclosures;
evictions – with Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Million Worker
March Movement, NYC Labor Against the War, Picture the Homeless, Take
Back Our Union.
Struggles Against U.S. Corporate Power Around the World
– The impact of the capitalist crisis, militarism, environmental
destruction and imperialist policies in Africa, Asia, Middle East,
Caribbean and Latin America.
Full Plenary Sessions
Starts at 1 p.m.
Invited Speakers to Include: UN Delegates, Cynthia McKinney, Ramsey
Clark, Howard Zinn, Nawa El Saadawi, Medea Benjamin, Ajamu Sankofa,
Vinie Burrows, Nellie Bailey, City Councilperson Charles Barron, Chris
Silvera, Brenda Stokely, Larry Hamm, Lynne Stewart, Rev. Lucius Walker,
Sonny Africa, Paul Quintos, Dulphing Ogan, Curtis Doebbler
First Plenary – 1 to 2:30 p.m.
A NEW WORLD IS URGENTLY NEEDED…
Panelists examine the roots of the economic meltdown and present
the case for alternatives to capitalism and imperialism.
Second Plenary – 2:30 to 4 p.m.
But We Must Fight for it!
Panelists discuss building the mass movement; formulating programs
and strategies to force a struggle for jobs, an end to foreclosures
and evictions, and new rights and powers for working and poor people.
Third Plenary – 4 to 6 p.m.
RESISTANCE!
Special session on preparing for the G20 Summit in September in
NYC and plans for the Detroit People’s Summit and Tent City..
ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS
for MAY 31 Peoples Summit
(partial listing)
Action Center for Justice, NC
Al Awda, NY Palestine
Right to Return Coalition, NYC
Anakbayan
Arab Muslim American Federation
Arab Women’s Solidarity Assoc.
Artists & Activists United for Peace;
Asia Pacific Alliance
Bayan USA– National Alliance
for Filipino Concerns
Code Pink
FiRE– Filipinas for Rights
& Empowerment
FIST– Fight Imperialism
Stand Together
Guyanese American Workers United
Haiti-Liberté
Harlem Tenants Council
Int’l Action Center
Int’l League of Peoples Struggle
Int’l Migrants Alliance
Jersey City Peace Movement
Katrina-Rita Diaspora Solidarity, NYC
La Peña del Bronx
League of Filipino Students–SFSU
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
May 1st Coalition for Worker
& Immigrant Rights
Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice-MECAWI
Million Worker March
Millions for Mumia
Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures & Evictions
Movement in Motion, Bronx NY
Network to Stop Foreclosures
& Evictions
New Abolitionist Movement, NYC
NYC Labor Against the War
Nodutdol for Korean Community Development
Nord Sud XXI
Pakistan USA Freedom Forum
Peoples Organization for Progress
Phil Berrigan Inst. for Non-Violence
Picture the Homeless
Resist!
San Romero de Las Américas Church
Take Back Our Union Movement
U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange
Womens Fightback Network
