Starting Date: 10-22-2010
Ending Date: 10-24-2010
University Of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
United StatesThe 2010 national convention for Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) will be taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 22-24.
Coast to coast, SDS chapters and allies will arrive to build connections, campaigns, and political clarity in these times of economic crisis, environmental catastrophe, racist, anti-immigrant attacks, and continuing
wars overseas.
Through workshops and plenaries, SDS chapters will share their many rich experiences, including helping lead the national struggle for education rights, organizing protests against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, coordinating mass action against Arizona's SB1070, and boycotting Israel.
Rachel Matteson, of Milwaukee SDS, was one of the 16 arrested during UW-Milwaukee's March 4th national day of action to defend education rights. She continues to help lead the education rights struggle, and says: "Milwaukee is succeeding in building a strong and committed chapter. We look forward to extending this unity and to the opportunity to learn from the many committed organizers in SDS, to share our experiences and to inspire a new wave of SDS to take up the struggle for revolutionary change."
SDS is a radical, multi-issue organization grounded in the principles of participatory democracy. With dozens of chapters nation-wide, we encourage newcomers to also attend.
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Fund Education, Not Occupation!
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For questions, please contact: students4democraticsociety@gmail.com
Housing: We will provide free housing.
Food: We are preparing to provide free meals (vegan friendly).
Cost: We have a limited amount of money available for reimbursements for low-income youth.
If you need other accommodations, please contact us.
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We are planning workshops on:
Education Rights
Class/Classism
Flier Design
Presswork
Anti-War
Race/Ethnicity
Sex/Gender
Recruitment
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