Join Grassroots International at the United States Social Forum, Atlanta, June 27-30

Please join Grassroots International at the United States Social Forum, Atlanta, June 27-30, 2007. The US Social Forum is more than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression, more than a collection of local solutions. It’s an important moment to further build the global movement for social justice.

Grassroots is participating in the following sessions:

Workshop – Fixing the Broken Food System

Grassroots International, National Family Farm Coalition, Food & Water Watch, and Border Agricultural Workers Project

Thursday, June 28th at 3:30PM

Balcony Right Room at the Atlanta Civic Center

Panel – Food Sovereignty Perspectives on Crises and Conflicts

Grassroots International, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Haitian Platform to Advocate for Alternative Development, Haiti, The Stop the Wall Campaign, Palestine, World Hunger Year, and Action Aid-USA

Friday, June 29th at 1PM

Norcross Room at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown

Panel – Food Sovereignty Perspectives on Biofuels

Grassroots International, Rede Social de Justica e Direitos Humanos, Brazil, UNORCA-Union Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas Autonomas, Mexico and La Via Campesina, Food First, and Friends of the Earth-USA

Friday, June 29th at 3:30PM

Arcadia Room at the Atlanta Marriott Downtown

Panel – 2007 U.S. Farm Bill

Grassroots International, National Family Farm Coalition, UNORCA-Union Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas Autonomas, Mexico and La Via Campesina, Rural Coalition, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and Food & Water Watch

Saturday, June 30th at 1PM

Room 1401 at the Westin Hotel

The following related Food Sovereignty panels are also taking place at the United States Social Forum:

Panel – Promoting Food Sovereignty in Agriculture & Fisheries: A Follow-up to Nyéléni Forum for Food Sovereignty, Mali Feb, 2007

Food and Water Watch

Friday, June 29th at 10:30AM

Arcadia Room at the Atlanta Marriott Downtown

Panel – Food Sovereignty: Land and ‘People’ (Life Communities) in Harmony and Abundance

Agricultural Missions, Inc

Friday, June 29th at 1:00PM

Atlanta Ballroom D at the Westin Hotel

Panel – Food Sovereignty Action Gathering

Agricultural Missions, Inc

Saturday, June 30th at 10:30AM

Atlanta Ballroom E at the Westin Hotel