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DESCRIPTION:Save the Date!\n\nSaturday, February 2, 2008, 9:00-5:00 Oakes College Room 
 105\nUniversity of California, Santa Cruz\n\nPublic Conference:  IMAGINING 
 INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY:  Models for U.S. Labor Solidarity with Workers in 
 Latin America and China\n\nSaturday, February 2, 2008, 9:00-5:00 Oakes 
 College Room 105\nUniversity of California, Santa Cruz\n\nHow can those of 
 us in the U.S. best support the labor struggles of working people in Latin 
 America and China?   Which models are most effective?  How can we ensure 
 the empowerment of working people and their activism at the grassroots? How 
 do we begin with respect for workers' own organizations and requests for 
 support?  This conference brings together a stellar list of experienced 
 activists and scholars from seven countries to share their ideas about new 
 models for building effective and democratic labor solidarity across 
 national borders.\n\nKeynote Speakers: \n \nJosé LaLuz, American 
 Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees\nKent Wong, UCLA 
 Center for Labor Studies\n\nParticipants Include:\n\nRalph 
 Armbruster-Sandoval, Chicano/a Studies, UC Santa Barbara\nTeresa Casertano, 
 AFL-CIO American Center for International Solidarity\nAnita Chan, 
 Australian National University\nJenny Chan, Students & Scholars Against 
 Corporate Misbehavior, Hong Kong\nStephen Coats, U.S. Labor Education in 
 the Americas Project\nJonathan Fox, Latin American and Latino Studies, 
 UCSC\nDana Frank, History, UCSC\nHomero Fuentes, COVERCO Guatemala\nPaul 
 Garver, International Union of Foodworkers\nEmily Honig, Feminist Studies, 
 UCSC\nJosie Mooney, Service Employees International Union (new title? DF 
 will tell me)\nJesper Nielsen, United Federation of Danish Workers\nKatie 
 Quan, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Studies\n\nFree and open to the public.  
  For more information contact UCSC Labor Studies:  Sara Smith, 
 sarars2@gmail.com    or Dana Frank, (831) 459-2542\n\nOrganized by the 
 Center for Labor Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz\n\nMap of 
 Oakes College:  http://maps.ucsc.edu/cmoakescollege.html\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/19/18462190.php
SUMMARY:Imagining International Solidarity: Models for U.S. Labor Solidarity
LOCATION:Oakes College Room 105, UC Santa Cruz\nMap of Oakes College:  
 http://maps.ucsc.edu/cmoakescollege.html
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/19/18462190.php
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