Social Forum Aotearoa Agenda- DRAFT PROGRAMME
Anyone interested in group travel (ie minivan) contact me urgently.
Mike Treen miket@pl.net
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, 2003
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 22nd, 2003
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 23rd
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