9 AM Registration

Coffee and muffins served.
Info table--bring your literature early!

09:30-10:00 Opening Ceremonies: Rhyme & Resist

Hosts: Native Youth Movement (NYM)
NYM will welcome people to the conference, introduce the main themes and give schedule updates. Plus check out these native youth activists - fierce rhyming vocabulary in a live (early morning!) hip hop performance.

10:00-12:00 Workshop Series #1

1- No to NATO!

Facilitated by David Morgan (Veteran Against Nuclear Arms) and Harold Lavender. NATO parliamentary leaders are meeting in the fall 2001 in Victoria, B.C. Discuss building a political campaign to demand Canada OUT of NATO and NO to NATO.

2- One year later...

Taking action in solidarity with the Chinese refugees Facilitated by Direct Action Against Refugee Exploitation (DARE) A workshop intent on presenting the larger framework of global migration and examine the reception of refugees from Fujian throughout the First World.

3 - Mexican Election: Turning Point or Same old Story?

Facilitated by Adriana Tagle and Nayieli Suentes What are the deep social, political and economical problems of Mexico? Who is Vicente Fox? What are his solutions for Mexico?

4- Decolonization: Residential School and genocide

Facilitated by Akka Anise
Native activists will attempt to show that the process of colonization and extermination of aboriginal people by by the government, the police and military forces still continues today.

5- Mass Movement For Mass Movements

Facilitated by Denise Nadeau and Allanah Earl Young A workshop to explore new ways we can bring our body/spirits to the struggle.

12:00-12:45 Lunch

12:45-2:15 Workshop Series #2

1- Radical Cheerleaders

Facilitated by the Radical Cheerleaders
An interactive workshop, teaching the basics in radical cheerleading.

2- Queer Pride or Corporate Pride?

Alexander Gagnon, Queers United Against Kapitalism (QUAK), will discuss how are class division experienced within the queer community? Can we subvert corporate pride and reclaim queer pride as an anti-capitalist movement?

3- Male Violence Against Women

Presented by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women^Òs Shelter How schemes like ^ÓJohn Schools^Ô for men caught buying women don^Òt work, and in fact make the problem of violence against prostituted women worse.

4- Pan Colombia: The next Vietnam?

Speakers of Committee of Solidarity with Colombia/FARC-EP, will discuss the situation of the civil war in Colombia, and the major increases in direct military intervention of the US in its so-called ^Ówar-on drugs^Ô.

5- Free Leonard Peltier: There will be no surrender

John Graham, a member of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee will focus on raising awareness on Leonard Peltier^Òs case and to build support at this critical time in the struggle for his freedom.

6- Stop the Legal Lynching: Free Mumia

Speakers: Vancouver Coalition to Save Mumia
Members of the coalition will show a recent film around the case and struggle to save Mumia's life, as well as learn about recent changes in the case and what Vancouverites can do to free Mumia.

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-4:00 Workshop Series #3

1- Defending Immigrant & Refugee Rights in Canada

Speakers: The Campaign to Stop Bill C-31
This workshop will cover the proposed new Immigration and and Refugee Act, Bill C-31 and how we can stop it.

2- Prisoners' Justice Day: Resistance on the Inside and Out

Speakers: Prisoners' Justice Day Committee
The local PJDC will share information on the history of August 10th ( Prisoners' Justice Day ) and issues relating to prison (in)justice in Canada.

3- Gustafson Lake: the NDP, RCMP, CBC and ... the JTF!

Splitting the Sky will present new result of his investigations into the feds use of the Joint Task Force ( JTF )--the same deepcover Canadian military forces used in Yugoslavia.

4- The Rise of the Right: The Pro-Choice Movement in BC & Canada

Speakers: Erin Kaiser & Will Offley
Attacks on Choice are on the rise in BC and Canada. This workshop aims to provide activists with a feminist analysis of these attacks and bring the discussion to the point where we can answer the question: Which Way Forward?

4:00-4:30 Dinner Break

4:30-6:30 Closing Sessions

1- Panel Discussion: Since Seattle, Which Way Forward?

Five panelists, each social activists and involved in organizing opposition to corporate globalization, will discuss the issues involved, their experience and their vision of the movements future. A public debate will be structured to constructively analyze the political face of Vancouver and the movements^Ò responsibility in bridging and alliance building.

2- Follow-up Session

For conference participants who want to explore in more detail issues which emerged from conference.