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ENGAGE Convergence 2010 - Morehead State University, KY
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 5:00 PM - Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM (ET)
Morehead, KY
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Welcome!
The Annual ENGAGE Convergence brings students, educators, organizers, community members, and other allies together to reflect on the year's work, to share victories and struggles, to learn from one another, and to set a course for the coming year. Click here for more background and to read notes from past years on the ENGAGE wiki.
Announcements:
• REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JUNE 7th
We need your registration information by this date in order to guarantee you housing, food, and materials.
• WORKSHOP PROPOSALS WANTED: Due May 30th
Participant and member-led workshops are an important part of the Convergence each year. Whether you are an old or new ENGAGE member, or a new friend or ally who wants to come meet the network this summer, this is your space to bring what you have to offer to ENGAGE.
Click here to submit a workshop proposal by May 30th!
LOCATION
This year's Convergence will be held at Morehead State University in eastern Kentucky. Thanks to Sue Tallichet, Morehead professor and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth member, for making this location possible!
To learn more about eastern Kentucky and why we chose this location, check out Voices from Appalachia, a human rights report written by ENGAGE members in collaboration with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC) and residents of Floyd County who are directly impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining. In gathering in Kentucky this year, we will be highlighting the ongoing devastation caused by mountaintop removal, the urgent need to move away from coal to clean energy, and efforts to create economic alternatives in a region so dependent on coal.
This convergence is an opportunity to support the ESCR US working group (Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the US) within ENGAGE and explore specific themes: our roles as both "outsiders" and allies to communities we work with, and how this tension is currently playing out in Appalachia; how a human rights framework can contribute to broad-based coalition building; and how we can support grassroots exchanges between communities affected by mining, in the US and internationally.
MAIN PROGRAM (tentative)
Friday, June 18th:
• Welcoming Dinner, including...
• Facilitated introductions
• Highlights of our past year's work
• Cultural sharing
Saturday, June 19th:
• ENGAGE 101
• Anti-oppression session
• Sharing network-wide projects and local work from the past year
• Panel Discussion: Organizing in Appalachia, with representatives from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and other organizations in the region
Sunday, June 20th:
• Issue-centric workshops, such as..
• Decolonizing solidarity
• Human Rights and social change
• Local action on climate change
• Skill-based workshops, such as...
• Theatre of the Oppressed tools for organizing
• How to organize and
facilitate student exchange trips
• Strategic planning
• Recruiting peers, members, and allies
• Evaluation and closing activities
PRE-Convergence opportunities:
- Friday morning: ENGAGE leadership and strategy meeting. This meeting is open for any ENGAGE member who wants to learn more about how the network is coordinated, and especially for anyone interested in taking on a coordinating role for ENGAGE in the fall or beyond. Contact shintaro@engagetheworld.org if you want to attend.
- Friday afternoon: Tour of Mountaintop Removal site and exchange with local community members. Scheduled to leave Morehead University at 12:00pm. Contact mariela.rich@gmail.com if you're interested in participating!
POST-Convergence:
Join ENGAGE at the US Social Forum! Several of us will be heading up to Detroit for the US Social Forum June 22-26, following the Convergence. Contact mandy@engagetheworld.org if you are planning on going, or want to go, so we can work out transportation.
TRAVEL
If you are flying to the convergence, the most convenient airport is the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky (LEX). Please email your itinerary to Liz Aeschlimann at e.aeschli@gmail.com as soon as you can so she can coordinate rides to the convergence from the airport. Feel free to email Liz with any questions regarding travel plans. For those driving to the convergence, the address for Morehead State University is on the right. More specific directions for parking and convergence housing will be available closer to the dates of the convergence.
REGISTRATION COST
The Convergence funds itself from what participants contribute, on a sliding scale.
This year, the sliding scale is between $50 and $100.
Your registration fee goes towards: Food for Friday night, all day Saturday, and Sunday morning and afternoon; two nights of dorm housing; printed materials and other supplies for facilitators; gas expenses for local coordinators during the Convergence, and honorariums for guest speakers/workshop facilitators and community hosts. Please bring extra money if you intend to purchase anything outside of basic meals.
You may pay through paypal on this registration page, but paying by check is also an option. Please contact mariela.rich@gmail.com if you prefer to send a check.
Is cost an issue for you this year? Don't let that stop you from coming to the Convergence! Please contact us to discuss options for reduced registration at info@engagetheworld.org
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