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Making Worlds
The COMMONS are resources that belong to everyone: AIR, WATER, ECOSYSTEMS,
LANGUAGE, TRADITIONS, CULTURE. We need to nurture them for future generations.
The market system is transforming our commons into profit centers,
stealing from us all as well.
Join us for three days of sharing resources and ideas on how we can reclaim
traditional commons, shape the new digital commons, and create a livable
world for today and tomorrow.
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The forum will bring together OWS working groups and other networks of people
working on alternative economies, open source, education, environment, technology,
labor, politics, race, gender, sexuality, and more. It is a working forum with meals provided.
Date, time and Location Details
Church of the Ascension February 16, 17th, 18th
122 Java Street Thursday 16th from 5 PM to 9 PM
Greenpoint, Brooklyn Friday 17th from 5 PM to 9 PM
(G train to Greenpoint Avenue) Saturday 18th from 10 AM to 9 PM
Hey guys, here is the schedule for the event:
THURSDAY, February 16
5pm
WELCOME: Sign-In, Food.
6-6:45pm
OPENING:
Introductory words / Making Worlds Organizers.
Introduction to the Commons / Silvia Federici and Priscilla Gonzalez
6:45-7:15pm
Dawn Diaz – Women Against Domestic Violence.
Dinner
7:15-9pm
George Caffentzis.
James Quilligan – Global Commons Trust
Christopher Rude – Union for Radical Political Economics.
Alicia Godberg – OWS Antiwar WG and Peace Action.
FRIDAY, February 17
5pm
WELCOME: Sign-In, Food.
6-7:30pm
SESSION 1: ENVIRONMENT
- Reclaiming the Commons, Alexa Bradley
- Water struggle in Bolivia. Marcela Olivera
- Occupy Food: Seeds. Paula Winograd
- Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development Update. Sara Burke
7:30-8:15pm
Update on Global Commons with David Bollier.
Dinner.
8:15-9:45pm
SESSION 2: ARTS, CULTURE AND EDUCATION
- Art and the Commons: Beyond the Tangible Maria Byck, Antonio Serna (OWS Artists)
- From Copyrigth to Copyleft: Commons for arts and sciences. Marcos Wasem
- Student Debt Refusal Campaign. Chris Casuccio
SATURDAY, February 18
9-10am
WELCOME: Sign-In, Breakfast.
10AM-11:45pm
SESSION 3: RACE/GENDER/LANGUAGE/ETHNICITY
11:45-12pm
Break (15 min)
12-1:45pm
SESSION 4: ECONOMY – Economics of the Commons
Public Goods, Externalities. Capitalist definitions of the Commons. John McGloin
Solidarity Economics. Caroline Woolard-Solidarity NYC
An Introduction to the Commons, James Quilligan, Nancy Roof
The Anti-commons of the Commodity, Chris Rude, URPE
1:45-2:15 LUNCH
2:15-2:45pm
Health as Commons. Mini-Session.
2:45PM-4:30pm
SESSION 5: ECONOMY – Money and Banking
- Alternative Banking and Alternative Economies, Jim Constanzo (and possibly others).
- Questions and answers about money, banking and finance. Chris Rude and Sara Burke (URPE)
4:30-4:45pm Break (15 min)
4:45-6:30pm
SESSION 6: NURTURING THE COMMONS – OLD & NEW
Moderation. David Bollier
- Creating New Commons with City Top Level Domains. Tom Lowenhaupt
- Network. Ron Suarez
- Immigrant, Resident Voting Rights. David Andersson
- Occupy-Commons strategy workshop. George Pór, Mary Beth Steisslinger, Tina Bakolitsa, Mark Jagdev
6:30-6:45pm
Break (15 min)
6:45-9pm
FINAL SESSION: ASSEMBLY
Good to see: finally a conference with at least half of the speakers being women! Good sign to me!
You can watch live broadcasting from the OWS Forum on the Commons here.