conference

The City From Below conference is taking place this weekend in Baltimore, MD. The conference comes together from the drive that the city is a crucial space for organizing for social change. The participants organize for the rights of the poor, working classes, immigrants, refugees and people of color to live in the city.

Baltimore March 27th-29th, 2009 An upcoming conference will focus on developing a nationwide strategy to organize for cities that work for people not just for capital. There will be a focus on creating conversations between activists, analysts of the current financial crisis, and academics (and of course those who fit more than one label). As short as the left is on funding for think tanks, this event is aimed at a long standing need. We're particularly excited about one of the organizers United Workers out of Baltimore