People Get Ready II is Back On!

Center for Political Education is excited to announce that we have rescheduled the People Get Ready 2 conference for January 20–same place, same time, same powerful opportunity to seize the time and push our movements forward!

People Get Ready 2, a one day conference organized by Center for Political Education, will offer discussions directly assessing the current political terrain while engaging local, national, and international struggles around militarism, worker-organizing, and displacement that shape our world and struggles to come.

We are excited to welcome back most of our speakers and panelists and will drop a detailed program ASAP. In the meantime, please save the date and help us spread the word about People Get Ready 2. And if you haven’t already pre-registered, you can do so by clicking here.

Conference Program (subject to change)

PART 1–UNDERSTANDING THE TERRAIN

opening session: 12-1pm, Dwinelle 155

• Maisha Quint, Center for Political Education – Emcee

• Welcome to the Land Ruth Orta (Bay Miwok, Plains Miwok)

• Keynote: Rachel Herzing, Center for Political Education

PART 1 BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1;15-2:45pm

• Hard Work: New Battles, New Organizing in the Workplace and Beyond, Dwinelle 215

  • Yulisa Elenes, UNITE HERE local 2850

  • Lourdes Martinez, Mujeres Unidas y Activas

  • Saba Waheed, UCLA Labor Center

  • Moderator—Kung Feng, Jobs with Justice, SF

• Spanning the Globe: Internationalist Solidarity vs. US Militarism, Dwinelle 219

  • Ellen Choy—Hella Organized Bay Area Koreans

  • Lara Kiswani, Arab Resource and Organizing Center

  • Walter Turner, Africa Today (KPFA)

  • Moderator—Jaron Browne, Grassroots Global Justice

• Taking Stock: Analyzing the Political Terrain after the Midterms, Dwinelle 155

  • Max Elbaum Organizing Upgrade

  • Tony Samara Urban Habitat/Right to the City

  • Linda Evans, North Bay Organizing Project

  • Nikki Fortunato Bas, Oakland City Councilperson-Elect

  • Moderator—Rachel Herzing, Center for Political Education

• Land: The Basis of Freedom, Justice, and Equality, Dwinelle 209

  • Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, writer and historian

  • Cathi Tactaquin National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

  • Edgar Xochitl and Alondra Aragon, PODER/Urban Campesinexs

  • Moderator—Jason Ferreira, Center for Political Education

Who’s Got the Power? How to Assess the Balance of Forces (workshop), Dwinelle 223

• • Rebecca Gordon, University of San Francisco

Reclaiming MLK’s Radical Legacy: A workshop with Third World Resistance

• Leslie Tran, Viet Unity

• Diyala Shihadih, Palestinian Youth Movement

LUNCH 2:45-3:15

PART 2– MOVING FORWARD

Part 2 opening session: 3:15-4:15pm, Dwinelle 155

• Francesca Fiorentini, Newsbroke (AJ+) – Emcee

• Poem: Donté Clark

• Keynote: Maria Poblet, LeftRoots

PART 2 BREAKOUT SESSIONS 4:30-6:00pm

• Fighting to Win: Cultivating a Successful Left Strategy, Dwinelle 215

  • Brace Belden Democratic Socialists of America, SF

  • Francesca Fiorentini, Newsbroke (AJ+)

  • Pierre Laboissiere, Haiti Action Committee

  • Maria Zamudio, LeftRoots

  • Moderator—Isaac Ontiveros, Center for Political Education

• Against Displacement: Freedom to Stay, Freedom to Move, Freedom to Return, Dwinelle 223

  • Vanessa Moses, Causa Justa :: Just Cause

  • Leila Sayed-Taha, Arab Organizing and Resource Center

  • Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco

  • Moderator – Elsadig Elsheik, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, UC Berkeley

• No Pasarán: Strategies to Defeat Fascism and the Authoritarian Right, Dwinelle 155

• • Meghan Whelan—Gabriela Oakland

  • Divya Sundar, Alliance of South Asians Taking Action

  • Bruno Tucunduva Ruvario, International Socialist Organization

  • Tur-ha Ak, Community Ready Corps

  • Moderator—Pablo Salazar

• Deep and Wide: Building Alliances with Teeth, Dwinelle 209

  • Ny Nourn, California Coalition for Women Prisoners and Survived and Punished

  • Mohamed Shehk, Stop Urban Shield Coalition

  • Vivian Huang, Asian Pacific Environmental Network

  • Claude Marks, Freedom Archives

  • Moderator—Greg Hom

• Toward 2020: Community Power at the Ballot Box and on the Streets, (workshop) Dwinelle 219

  • Calvin Cheung-Miaw– Left Inside/Outside Project

  • Emily Lee—SF Rising Action Fund