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Social Forum Aotearoa Agenda - DRAFT PROGRAMME Thursday, 6 November 2003, 2:41 pm Press Release: Oceania Social Forum Anyone interested in group travel (ie minivan) contact me urgently: Mike Treen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Social Forum Aotearoa 'another world is possible' 21-23 November 2003 Porirua - Te Wananga o Aotearoa Todd Park Campus 1 Heriot Drive, Porirua DRAFT PROGRAMME ------------------- Friday, November 21 ------------------- 1:00 Powhiri 2:30 Introducing The World Social Forum and Social Forum Aotearoa 3:00 Empowering Local Communities and Whanau Tangata Whenua Presentation Roger Blakely, CEO, Porirua City Council Local democracy under the new Local Government Act Panel discussion : Meg Williams, Paekakariki, Kane Forbes Residents Action Movement, Auckland, Porirua Representative 5:00 Open Space opportunity for participants to propose and organize additional workshops 7:30 Te Wananga O Aotearoa Performances --------------------- Saturday, November 22 --------------------- 9:00 Opening Speakers Dr. Jane Kelsey, The global agenda after Cancun Deborah Manning The Ahmed Zaoui case, implications for Human Rights Colin Fox, MP Scotland : European perspective on the Global Agenda Dr. Ralph Petterman Making sense of the world Panel Discussions The GE Debate after the lifting of the moratorium Lessons from the Peace Movement Economic Rights and sustainability Workshops · ARENA (Action Research and Education Network Aotearoa) Globalisation, Colonisation and Militarism · Universal Income Trust · Mobilising and organizing in Aotearoa :Peace Movement Aotearoa, Global Peace and Justice Coalition, Auckland, Peace Action Wellington, Peace Action Network Christchurch · Human Rights Network National Plan of Action 8:00 Gig local bands and performers ------------------- Sunday, November 23 ------------------- 9:00 Opening Speakers Sandy Morrison: Maori educational leader John Roughan : Solomon Islands Civil Society Network Maxine Gay: Trade Unionist Susan Hawthorne: Australian feminist Clifford Wallace: ³America¹s foremost anti-drug war African- American activist² Edwina Hughes: Peace Movement Aotearoa Workshops Universal Income Trust Social & Civic Policy Institute: engaging communities through deliberation and sustained dialogue East Side Porirua local perspectives on economic development Paul Bruce, Latin American Committee participatory democracy Marian Mc Donald: Teaching Social Justice & Social Change an adult learning perspective 3:00 Plenary Session 4:00 Close -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]