Progressive Forum

The Crisis in our Democracy:
Sacramento Progressive Forum

October 4, 2007. CSU-Sacramento. University Union

Join us for a dialogue on current issues facing the progressive movements and their allies in our region. The Progressive Forum seeks to bring together scholars, students, social justice and union activists, and policy makers. The forum is created to nurture a new kind of conversation from within the campus and the social movements. We seek to move beyond the overly fragmented movements each competing with each other to find ways to cooperate and support each others work.
This gathering aims to enhance personal and organizational ties between those engaged in ongoing workplace and community organizing efforts, issues organizing and students and scholars.. The forum should become a place where the diverse movements gathers their energies and where activists learn from internal dialogue. This is an initial step toward elaborating, discussing and debating our visions and ours strategies.
If you wish to propose a session at the forum, please send your proposal to Duane Campbell, campd [at] csus.edu. Proposals are welcome until August 15.
The key thematic areas for the Fall 2007 Forum will include:

Immigration

The War

Democratic Party

Media and democracy

Crisis in public education

Race/ ethnicity and the political organizing .

Corporatization of University/ decline of public universities

Women’s work: Women’s issues

Working class life and culture

The state of our unions

Speakers.
Break out rooms . dialogue

Sponsors:
Bilingual/multicultural education. CSU-Sacramento
Democratic Socialists of America
Sacramento Progressive Alliance