Bolivian Ambassador Pablo Solon closing speech at US Social Forum 2010 Detroit, MI

Introduction by:

Manual Pino (Acoma Pueblo) – Manny is a founding member of Laguna-Acoma for a Safe Environment, a community-based, tribal organization working on uranium contamination issues in Pueblo communities in New Mexico. He is also an instructor in and Director of the Tribal Development Program at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona.

Speaker:

Pablo Solon – is the ambassador of Bolivia at the United Nations. Salon is an environmental and social justice activist and prior to his role in government he participated in an aggressive campaign against the privatization of water in Bolivia by the multinational corporation Bechtel and Biwater.

Event:

The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our
 struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational,
 diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and
 changes history.

We must declare what we want our world to look like and we 
must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn 
from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems 
our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international 
brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.