Following our collective commitment to ecological justice, eco-socialism and
liberation our Ecology Work Team wanted to highlight some of the
many awesome activities and discussions around Eco Justice happening at the USSF!
We all know that Detroit has been ravaged by neo-liberal capitalism and
disinvestment. The flip side to the devastation is a vibrant and
inspiring movement, based in working class, oppressed nationality
neighborhoods in Detroit, for ecological justice and community
resiliency. We hope the activities we highlight provide examples of
models, opportunities to engage with organizers around local
to global fights for climate justice, eco-socialism, bring a frame of
ecological justice into our mass work, and link the fight for food
sovereignty to community power and self-determination.
Knowing how overwhelming the choices at the USSF can be we have pulled
out a few key workshops that we think are particularly important; look further down for our full list of our recommendations.
Climate Connections: Thursday, 10:00 am at Woodward Academy 1436
Eco-Justice 101: Thursday, 10:00 am at WSU Cohn 224 There will also be a
section on Wednesday @ 1:00 pm in Spanish
The Eco-Justice People’s Movement Assembly: Friday, 1:00 pm-5:30 pm at Cobo
Hall D3-28
The growing movement for ecological justice recognizes capitalism as the
root cause of the wars, unemployment, the BP Deepwater Disaster,
immigration, and the Tea Party, and has a vision for putting our
movements in a forward stance. Let’s join this movement with both feet
in Detroit!
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Wednesday 10:00 am-12:00 pm |
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Mass Transportation for the Masses: Organizing for Climate Justice
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Cobo Hall: W2-70 (LCSC, LVEJO, WEACT, Urban Habitat)
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Eco-Justice 101: Ecological Crises, Impacts on Communities of Color & Strategies for the Future
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AFL-CIO Canopy (Movement Generation)
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Wednesday 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
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Eco-Justice 101 in Spanish
Eco-Justicia 101: Crisis Ecológica, Efectos sobre las Comunidades de Color y Estrategias para el Futuro
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Cobo Hall: DO-02A (MG)
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Wednesday 1:00 pm-5:30 pm
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Food Sovereignty People’s Movement Assembly
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Food Justice Canopy (Agricultural Missions)
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Wednesday 3:30 pm-5:30 pm
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Climate Justice & International Migration: Impacts of Climate Change on Communities in the US & Abroad
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Cobo Hall: DO-6B (MG, Rising Tide, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)
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Wednesday Evening
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TBA: a tour of Detroit urban agriculture & community resiliency projects
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Thursday 10:00 am-12:00 pm
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Climate Connections: Building the Movement for Social Change
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Woodward Academy: 1436 (MG, IEN, Women of Color United, others)
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Eco-Justice 101: Ecological Crises, Impacts on Communities of Color & Strategies for the Future
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WSU Cohn: 224 (Movement Generation)
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Reparations for Climate Debt: Linking the Global & the Local
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TWW: 2 (MG, IEN, others)
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Direct Action Strategies for Climate Justice & Community Resiliency
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Cobo Hall: DO-7A (MG and others)
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Building Ecosocialism
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Woodward Academy: 1476 (Joel Kovel, Capitalism Nature Socialism)
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Thursday 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
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Growing the movement for food sovereignty & biodiversity in North America: La Via Campesina resistance to GMO’s in Mexico, Canada, & the US
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WSU Old Main: O174 (La Via Campesina)
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Ground Zero on Climate Fights: Community Strategies to Win the Battle Against Dirty Energy
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WSU Old Main: 1133 (Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Pacific Environmental Network)
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Thursday 3:30 pm-5:30 pm
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Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining & the work to abolish it with Mountain Justice
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WSU Old Main: 1114 (Mountain Justice)
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Friday 10:00 am-12:00 pm
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Building Resilient Communities
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WSU Student Center: 29 (MG, Bay Localize, POWER and others)
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Friday 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
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Ecological Justice People’s Movement Assembly 1-5:30pm
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Cobo Hall: D3-28 (Movement Generation, IEN, MJ and others)
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Friday 3:30 pm-5:30 pm
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Green Zones for Environmental and Economic Sustainability
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WSU Old Main: 1119 (California Environmental Justice Alliance)
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Cultivating Solidarity with Appalachian Communities Impacted by Mountaintop Removal
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Woodward Academy: 1443 (Mountain Justice)
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Saturday 9:00 am-12:00 pm
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Detroit Waste Incinerator March & Action
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Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave.
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