Detroit Greens a local of the Green Party of Michigan

Hey friends, help spread the word to 20,000 people about Detroit!

5 EASY WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:

1. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS VIA FACEBOOK & the 'event' page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111695722194402

(click "Invite People to Come" to the right under the poster graphic). Also 'share' this Note to your status & favorite groups and encourage friends to do the same!

2. REGISTER ONLINE NOW
Head to www.USSF2010.org and click on the big register button. This is step #1 and gets you in the mix.

3. POST FLYERS & SHARE VIDEOS/AUDIO/PHOTOS/WRITING
Check out www.USSF2010.org/outreachmaterials for flyer downloads, online badges/banners, blogging ideas & ways to hit the streets & spread the news.

4. TWEET (@ussf)
"#USSF2010. June 22-26 - Another World is Possible at the US SOCIAL FORUM in Detroit. Register now and bring your 20,000 closest friends!"

5. GET INVOLVED BY ORGANIZING LOCALLY
Check out www.USSF2010.org/get-involved for ideas on organizing info sessions, assemblies, brigades, caravans & delegations. Or join a National Working Group for ways to support the heavy lifting - from communications to logistics to outreach to program and culture.

If folks want to do work towards the forum that isn’t necessarily part of the official process, they can form a committee and do their thing- we'll see you there for sure.

SEE YOU IN DETROIT!

It's hard to imagine folks not wanting to be a part of this historic process. The Midwest site of the USSF marks a fierce resistance movement for social, racial, gender, and economic justice. Detroit has the highest unemployment of any major city in the country—23.2% (March 2009)—with nearly one in four Detroiters unable to find work. Michigan has had the highest number of unemployed people in all 50 states for nearly four years. Thousands of living wage jobs have been permanently lost in the automotive industry and related sectors. Some think that it will take at least until 2025 for Michigan to recover from the economic collapse and social dislocation, and what's happening in Detroit and in Michigan is happening all across the United States.

As grassroots activists, organizers, and community members we struggle daily to address the indignities against our people and protect our human right to the basic necessities of life. The Social Forum process presents an opportunity for us all to help build a US that works for everyone. Let's Plan it. Build it. Bring it.

Analía Rodriguez wished to share this with you all:

“The forum for us is an opportunity to gather with others who live on the margins and place ourselves at the center. We have to stop letting others speak for us and speak for ourselves. We are in the struggle because we are the struggle, its up to us."

Visit www.USSF2010.org