Conference Program and Sessions

Sunday Events

DescriptionTimeLocation
NAFTA Gets Militarized: The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North AmericaNew Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival Workshop12:30PM2:00PMZeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blv
Street Theater Press ConferenceFeaturing the deportation of President Bush by Latino Day Laborers2:00PM3:00PMAshe Cultural Center Parking Lot, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
Special benefit for prison-industrial complex and criminal justice organizingNew Orleans Intl. Human Rights Film Festival7:30PM9:00PMZeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Ctr.

Monday Events

DescriptionTimeLocation
Community Tour of New Orleans & Story CirclesShuttle vans will meet folks at 9 AM at "The Village" parking lot People's Summit registration table.9:00AM12:00PMNext to the Canal St. Ferry on the riverfront in Algiers
Opening Ceremony and LunchFood, Live Music and Fun12:00PM1:30PM“the Village” – Next to the Canal St. Ferry on the riverfront in Algiers
Understanding Who Profits and How: Nafta Plus and Katrina Profiteering - Part I2:00PM5:00PMCraige Cultural Center, 1800 Newton Street in Algiers
Dinner and Networking5:00PM6:00PMCraige Cultural Center, 1800 Newton Street in Algiers
Understanding Who Profits and How: Nafta Plus and Katrina Profiteering - Part II6:00PM9:00PMCraige Cultural Center, 1800 Newton Street in Algiers

Other Tuesday Events

DescriptionTimeLocation
Trade Agreements, Economic Policies and Immigration Enforcement: Working Together to Displace Communities and Exploit WorkersColin Rajah National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights; Tamar McFarlane, New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice; Juan-Manuel Sandoval, RMALC (Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, Mexico, Gerald Lenoir, Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Jessica Walker-Beaumont, American Friends Service Committee.9:00AM12:00PMLoyola University – Dana Center, Clayborn 1
What the SPP is, and how our communities can respond --Part 1Alliance for Responsible Trade - ART-USA, Common Frontiers – Canada, Quebec Network on continental Integration (RQIC), Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Council of Canadians9:00AM12:00PMLoyola University – Dana Center, Clayborn 2
Building the ‘Blueprint’ to open NAFTA for re-negotiation or cancellation all togetherSouthwest Workers Union, Project South, Khalil, Grassroots Global Justice9:00AM12:00PMCraige Cultural Center Room 2
Changing Legal Systems That Cause Disasters And DisplacementAdvocates for Environmental Human Rights9:00AM12:00PMGreater Little Zion Baptist Church Room 1
Immigration Reconstruction and Documentation: Our Security Lies in our Fight for the Rights of AllUnited States Marxist-Leninist Party9:00AM12:00PMLoyola University - Dana Center, Audubon Room
Securing Profit: Globalizing the Prison Industrial Complex, Security Policies and the War on DrugsCritical Resistance New Orleans, Red Mexicana de Acción Frente al Libre Comercio, American Friends Service Committee9:00AM12:00PMMcKenna Museum of African American Room 1
Neo-liberalism, Disaster Capitalism, and the Assault on the Black NationMalcom X Grassroots Movement9:00AM12:00PMMcKenna Museum of African American Room 2
Community GED – Effects & Solutions for Education PrivatizationFarhad Karim, Claude Owens, & James Williams9:00AM12:00PMCraige Cultural Center Room 1
Re-taking control of our Farm and Food SystemMississippi Assn. of Cooperatives/Federation of Southern Cooperatives/National Family Farm Coalition and Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas Autónomas, farmers who sell at Crescent City Market in New Orleans1:00PM4:00PMCraige Cultural Center Room 1
What the SPP is, and how our communities can respond --Part 2Alliance for Responsible Trade - ART-USA, Common Frontiers – Canada, Quebec Network on continental Integration (RQIC), Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Council of Canadians1:00PM4:00PMLoyola University – Dana Center, Clayborn 2
SPP and Militarization of North America: Will Canadian troops come to NewUnited States Marxist-Leninist Party1:00PM4:00PMLoyola University - Dana Center, Audubon Room
Neo-Liberalism, Disaster Capitalism, and the Assault on Community Power: Housing and Policing in Post-Katrina New OrleansAdvancement Project, Safe Streets, Louisiana Justice Initiative1:00PM4:00PMMcKenna Museum of African American Room 1
Holy Cross Neighborhood AssociationPam Dashiell 1:00PM4:00PMGreater Little Zion Baptist Church Room 1
Border Crossings: Forced Migration in a Global EconomyJacinta Gonzalez, Dennis Soriana & Saket Soni, New Orleans Worker Center for Racial Justice1:00PM4:00PMLoyola University – Dana Center, Clayborn 1
Closing Dinner and Session: Breaking Inferiority & Superiority to Restore Ourselves & Our CommunitiesBBQ dinner5:00PM9:00PMTreme Community Center, 900 N. Villere, in the heart of Treme