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OY
SUMMER 2005 - PROGRAM ELEMENTS
Also see the OY 2005
Schedule page
WORKSHOPS
Workshop I:
Power, Privilege and Oppression
Part 1: Tuesday
Aug 9, 2pm - 4.30pm
Part 2: Wednesday
Aug 10, 9.30am - 12.00pm, 1.30 to 2.00pm
This workshop
will provide creative ways for us to reflect on power, privilege
and oppression
and how they affect our lives, using our personal experiences as a
starting point.
We will understand how oppression is practised along the lines of race,
class, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, etc. We will
examine stereotypes and norms that exist in society, and how they work
in insidious ways. We will begin to seek out and understand the
perspectives of the marginalized. All this understanding will help us
begin our search for ways to work toward social justice.
Workshop II: Systems
of Oppression
Part 1: Thursday
Aug 11, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Part 2: Friday
Aug 12, 9.30am - 12.30pm
In this
workshop we examine the role various institutions play in perpetuating
different forms
of oppression. We continue with the discourse from the previous workshop, but shift
the focus to systems of
oppression such as capitalism, racism, patriarchy, heterosexism, and
imperialism. We explore
the role that law, economics, and cultural hegemony play in
perpetuating systemic inequalities. We will use the prison and
military industrial complex as examples to map out these systemic
oppressions and illustrate their interconnections.
Workshop III:
Resistance and Solidarity
Part 1: Saturday
Aug 13, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Part 2: Sunday
Aug 14, 9.30am - 11.00am
In this workshop,
we explore the need for resistance,
and learn about strategies of popular struggles around the world. We will discuss the importance of
organizing, linking struggles, and building solidarity, and identify
ways for us to participate in social change.
ORGANIZING
SKILLS - TRAINING SESSIONS
Wednesday August
10, 2 - 5 pm: Campaign
Strategy
Thursday August
11, 2 - 5 pm: Media Strategy
Friday August 12,
2 - 3.30pm: Participatory
Action Research
Friday August 12, 3.45pm - 5.15pm: Fundraising/Resource Development
Saturday August
13, 2 - 5pm: Direct Action
The Organizing Skills trainings at OY will be presented in five
sessions. These
sessions are designed to
provide participants an opportunity to train in specific organizing skills and think
through various elements of organizing. These trainings will be
facilitated by experienced
trainers and organizers who
are engaged in using these tools in various community struggles.
PANELS
Some of the evenings at OY Summer
2005 will be spent in panel discussions,
which will feature
community resources and organizations in allied movements. Being grounded in the stories
and experiences of real-world activists and movements, these sessions will help us
make the connection from the abstract to the practical, and understand better the
interconnected-ness of issues and the necessity for interlinking struggles.
This year, we expect to feature two panels.
Note: All panels are free and open to the public. You do
not need to be a registered participant of the OY 2005 program to
attend.
Corporate
Globalization: The Fourth World War?
Wednesday
August 10, 7 - 9pm
Center
for Political Education, 522 Valencia St., SF (map)
Join us
for a discussion that examines how far the onslaught of corporations has progressed, how corporations have
weakened the sovereignty of nations, and how people are fighting back.
Workers'
Struggles: Voices from the Community
Thursday August 11, 7- 8.30pm
Center for Political Education, 522 Valencia St., SF (map)
This panel will explore what various workers'
rights struggles and campaigns have achieved, how the multiple
challenges of class and immigrant status affect workers, and why
building alliances amongst all workers is critical today.
ARTS
AND ACTIVISM NITE / PARTY
Friday, August 12,
8pm - 12 am
Kearny Street Workshop - Space 180, 180 Capp St., SF (map)
The arts
and activism panel/nite/party will showcase and celebrate works that
infuse politics into serious artistic endeavor, and demonstrate how the
medium
of art is being used to participate in struggles worldwide. The
evening will feature different kinds of performance art, including
spoken word, song, music, film, etc. The evening is free and open to
all. Donations are welcome.
There will be opportunity for brief Q/A, an open mic, followed by a
party!
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