2009 Social Justice Summit

Is there an issue that you are passionate about? Do you want to mobilize people to work for change? Do you have direct action skills that you can share with others? Do you want to share your social justice expertise, research, best practices? If your answers are YES! then we invite you to submit a workshop proposal for the 2009 Social Justice Summit –

"Art for Social Change"
Discovering the art in your activism; discovering the activism in your art!

The 2009 Summit organizers are calling for dynamic, interactive workshops that will be divided into two segments: KNOWLEDGE SHARING and SKILL SHARING. In the KNOWLEDGE SHARING workshops, we will work together to identify and educate ourselves on the change we need in our communities. Then in the SKILL SHARING workshops, Artists/Activists will teach and share their skills in order to empower participants with immediate, hands-on tools that can be used to reclaim spaces, empower communities, and work for social justice and change.

Knowledge Sharing

Knowledge sharing workshops are 1.5 hours in length. Here are ideas/guidelines for workshop proposals:

• "Yes We Can!" – Strategies for Social Change in Communities
• Intersectionality of Identities – Multicultural Queer Studies
• Learning Truth – Decolonization of Education
• Teaching for Social Justice – Integrating Social Justice in Curriculum
• Expanding Knowledge of Our Communities in Struggle (such as immigration, environmental racism, etc.)
• Deconstructing Privilege
• and more

Skill Sharing

Skill sharing workshops are 3 hours or 1.5 hours in length. Here are ideas/guidelines for workshop proposals:

• Wheat-pasting
• Graf Writing
• Poetry
• Spoken word
• Film Making
• Silk Screening & Stenciling
• Community Organizing
• Guerilla Theatre/Theater of the Oppressed
• Mural-ing
• And more

We highly recommend that your workshop title be “catchy” and the workshop description be “passionate and motivating.” Please fill out the Call for Proposal form and submit online or send to the MCC. Deadline for workshop proposals is Jan. 26, 2009 at 5:00 PM. Acceptance notifications will be sent out via email by Feb. 6, 2009.

Questions? Please contact Mona Mazzottii by email or 707-826-3369.