Global Justice National Conference 2008 Schedule Opening Plenary Register Now Tell Others Main Page Click here to download a copy of the conference schedule. Friday, March 29th 5:30—9:00: Intercultural Center (ICC) Galleria, Georgetown University Pick up your registration packet, t-shirt, and get oriented! Saturday, March 29th 8:30am-9:15am: Breakfast and late registration, Copley Formal 9:30-11:15: Conference opening and welcome! - Copley Formal Global Apartheid: how systems of oppression marginalize people in DC, the U.S. and the World Featuring: Terra Moore - Metro Teen AIDS, Different Avenues Healy Thompson - long time gender rights and health advocate Marie Clarke - Deputy Director with Africa Action Dr. Vineeta Gupta - Human Rights Lawyer, Doctor, and Activist Carlos Jimenez - Organizer with the Student Labor Action Project 11:30am-12:45: Campaign break outs: Campaign updates, goals for coming, get to know you discussions, anti-oppression principles and more! SCCS - NS Riverside Lounge SGAC—McShain Large 12:45 - 1:45 Lunch - Copley Formal Workshop Session 1: 2:00pm-3:30pm (all workshops are in the ICC building) AIDS, Trade and Child Survival in an Election Year - ICC 234 Myths, Stigma and HIV - ICC 213 Trade 101 - ICC 210A Water Privatization - ICC 207B Legislative Process: Highlighting Global Health Issues - ICC 206A Child Survival Vs. AIDS - ICC 204A Advocating for Drug Research and Access - ICC 204A Gender and PEPFAR - ICC 117 Activism on AIDS in the US - ICC 211B IMF and the World Bank: Undermining Public Health - ICC 115 Workshop Session 2: 3:45pm-5:15pm (all workshops are in the ICC building) Gender-based violence in the context of HIV/AIDS - ICC 234 Corporate Globalization vs. Peoples Survival: Struggle to Defend Water in Latin America - ICC 213 Health Care Workers - ICC 211B Debt Cancellation 101 - ICC 210A Treatment Access Issues - ICC 209B Preventative HIV Vaccines - ICC 207B "Actually, we're not the ONE Campaign/condom club: Defining what SGAC Means to your Campus" - ICC 206A HIV/AIDS and Vulnerable Populations - ICC 207B Malaria—ICC 205B Students & Workers Unite: Building a National Movement for Social And Economic Justice - ICC 204A Defining Child Survival - ICC 115 Sunday March 30th 8:30-9:15am: Breakfast—Copley Formal 9:30 - 11:00: Campaign breakouts - anti-oppression follow up, what we are planning on learning today, etc. SGAC - McShain Large SCCS - NS Riverside Lounge Workshop Session 3: 11:15 - 12:45 (all workshops are in the ICC building) Birddogging 101: Getting Action from Policy Makers at Public Events - ICC 213 Water Fountains, Dirty Socks and Body Bags: Organizing a Successful an Creative action - ICC 115 Organizing for Power - ICC 205B Innovative Organizing: Using Technology to Mobilize, Advocate, and Fundraise - ICC 120 Fundraising and Stability as a Campus Chapter - ICC 119 Addressing Counter Arguments - ICC 118 12:45 - 2:00 Lunch - Featuring Speaker Dr. Paul Zeitz, Direction of the Global AIDS Alliance Workshop Session 4: 2:15 - 4:00 (all workshops in the ICC building) Working with the Media - ICC 213 Popular Education: Tricks and Techniques of Education for Social Change - ICC 108 Non Violent Direct Action Training - ICC 107 Toward an inclusive framework - ICC 106 Acting Up, Fighting Back: Focusing on Activism on your Campus and in your Community organizing - ICC 105 Basics of Coalition Building and its Benefits for Student Movements—ICC 104 4:15 - 4:45 Conference closing featuring Congresswoman Betty McCollum Copely Formal 5:00-6:30: Campaign breakouts: Lobby day training for those staying over for the lobby day.
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