[ssf] Bristol Social Forum Launch

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Thu Apr 28 15:41:37 BST 2005


Hello,

Here's the finished timetable for the Bristol Social
Forum Launch on Saturday 30th April. Food + Drinks
will be available all day (Pitta Bread + Fillings). 

TIME. 1:00pm - 6:00pm. Free Entry (donations welcome).
VENUE: St. Werburgh's Community Centre, Horley Rd.
(off Mina Rd.) St. Werburgh's, Bristol. BS2 9TJ. MAP:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=360342&Y=174535&A=Y&Z=1


BRISTOL SOCIAL FORUM LAUNCH TIMETABLE

1:00 - 1:30pm: 	Red Notes Choir / Open Mike
1:30 - 2:00pm: 	Intro / Invited Speakers*
2:00 - 2:50pm: 	Workshop Choices 1
2:50 - 3:10pm: 	Tea Break / Stall Time
3:10 - 4:00pm:	Workshop Choices 2
4:00 - 4:50pm: 	Gigantonas Theatre* 
4:50 - 5:20pm: 	Open mike / Report Backs
5:20 - 6:00pm: 	Discuss Constitution

FOOD WILL BE SERVED ALL DAY

*There will be two main speakers – one from Cardiff
Social Forum and the other from Nicaragua - Giaconda
Perez Arostegui. She is a youth and community worker
and will speak on how globalisation is being
challenged in her country. She will also lead an
interactive session with Gigantonas, or ‘giant women’
puppets. These are used as a way of encouraging and
unifying resistance in Nicaragua through music, dance
and poetry.


WORKSHOP CHOICES 1 - 2:00-2:50pm

a.)	Housing For All / Not For Profit
b.)	Direct Action – G8 Summit : (Dissent!)
c.)	‘Using The Media’
d.)	Sustainable Transport : (Transport Alliance)


WORKSHOP CHOICES 2 - 3:10-4:00pm

a.)	Work / Benefits / Pensions
b.)	Arms Trade, Global & Local - (Campaign Against
Arms Trade)
c.)	Billboard Subvertising
d.)	World Water Crisis - (World Development Movement)


CONFIRMED STALLS

Campaign Against Arms Trade  -  Bristol Dissent!  - 
Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways  -  World
Development Movement  -  Bristol Inner City Credit
Union  -  Bristol Co-Housing  -  Bristol Green Party 
-  Red Notes Choir  -  Feminist Activism in Bristol  -
 Workers Power  -  Revolution Youth Group  -
Simultaneous Policy  -  Queer Mutiny - Kebele Kulture
Projekt


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Extra Info Has Been Provided For Some Workshops.

Topic: "Using The Media". Led by Rowland Dye and
Margaret Jones. "Have you got a campaign or burning
issue that you want to get out to a wider audience but
unsure how to us the media to do this? Have you got
experience of media work that you want to share with
others?! The aims of this workshop are:- * Share
experience of using the media for campaigning, both
locally in Bristol and Nationally. * Discuss the nuts
& bolts and practical tips of how media work can be
done. * Discuss the pros and cons of using main stream
and alternative media. * Encourage and empower
newcomers to get involved."

Topic: "Sustainable Transport". "The Transport
Workshop will be a chance to find out about the newly
formed Transport Alliance. - Provide information about
current transport planning thats happening in Bristol
and the  Avon area. - Explore ways to win councillors
over to support sustainable integrated transport
plans."

Topic: "The Arms Trade, Global & Local". "It will be a
presentation on current issues in the arms trade and
the role of local companies, followed by a disussion
of how the arms trade can be challenged in the Bristol
area. (newly formed: BCATT)."

Topic: "The World Water Crisis". "A look at WDM's new
campaign on Dirty Water Dirty Aid, against UK aid
money going into the pockets of consultants pushing
water privatisation as the solutions to the water
crisis in developing countries, and broader issues
around the government's lip service to the Make
Poverty History campaign and its continued support of
policies that have caused the problem in the first
place."


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