ARC’09 Movement Summit

ARC’09 Movement Summit
YCA/file
ARC’09 Movement Summit
YCA/file

ARC’09 Movement Summit

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Convened the end of the first hundred days of the Obama administration, the ARC’09 Movement Summit gave over 400 activists a chance to assess the state of national politics and the progressive movement

This is a recording of the day’s opening plenary. Speakers included:


Carl Rosen, Western Region President of the United Electrical Workers and co-organizer of the Republic Windows and Doors struggle

Christi Ketchum, director of Atlanta-based Project South, youth organizer and one of the coordinators of the U.S. Social Forum

Manju Rajendran, with Females United For Action, Ubuntu and Southerners On New Ground (SONG) and a contributor to Left Turn Magazine

James Thindwa, executive director of Chicago Jobs with Justice and a member of the In These Times board of directors

Nadia Hijab, senior fellow at Institute for Palestinian Studies and author of Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work

Bill Ayers (moderator), antiwar activist, writer and educational reform advocate.

Recorded Saturday, May 02, 2009 at Little Village Lawndale High School.