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<DIV style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=4><SPAN lang=EN-US>Invitation to
participate in the "Local Forum / Urban Space"</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-US> </SPAN></DIV>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>We, local social forums all over </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US>Europe</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US> and the urban list invite you to
participate in our co-managed open space at the European Social Forum in Athens
from the 4th to the 7th of May 2006. This space is thought to be of an inclusive
and participatory character. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>You can have a exhibition, informal meetings, contribute to
the café or with a banner of some sort. Or just hang around with us. There will
be a big wall were you can advertise for initiatives or joint campaigns, persons
interested in the same specific fields or issues. Or just write your
enthusiastic viewpoint of the forum so far! There will also be a information
desk where someone almost anytime will be present to answer your question about
the local social forums or urban spaces. Or at least try to get you in contact
with the right person or organizaton. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>You can be a person, an urban group, an organization, a
network or a social forum which have experiences of organizing local struggles,
initiatives and campaigns on global and local issues connected to your local
environment. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>If you want to participate and share your experiences send
an e-mail to <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:annasofiakjellen@gmail.com"
target=_blank>annasofiakjellen@gmail.com </A>and please answer the following
questions (we need the information to know who's participating in our open space
and also for administrative reasons) :</SPAN></P>
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<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US>Who are you (if you're a person) and what are you
affiliated to?</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN> </SPAN>What kind of group, organization,
network or social forum are you? Who are participating?</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US>How do you work?</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US>You are contributing with? (exhibition, movie, posters
i.e)</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US>What space do you need? (m2)</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US>What equipment do you need? (like a tv and a dvd-player,
screens and so on)</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US>Can your group, organization, network or social forum
contribute financially?</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN lang=EN-US>Can your group, organization, network or social forum
help in some other way? (like administrating the open space
i.e)</SPAN></LI></OL></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>