The first annual West Rising conference on radical organizing will be held
in Denver Colorado, October 23-25, 2009.
The spirit of liberation is growing in the west. In our workplaces and
homes, communities and open spaces, resistance is springing up in new and
exciting ways. As our struggles and movements grow, it is easy to find
ourselves isolated from each other, kept apart by the distance between us
and separate nature of our struggles.
If history teaches us anything, it is that we build a stronger movement
towards liberation by sharing our struggles and experiences with each
other. West Rising: A Growing Resistance, seeks to bring together
radicals from around the West for a weekend of learning, listening, and
sharing of our struggles and experiences. At the first annual West Rising
conference, we hope to find bridges between our communities and struggles
to further strengthen our movements and build upon the victories and
losses of the past. We hope to unite old friends and create space to make
new ones. West Rising is a place to bring together our many and diverse
movements and causes to share, learn, and build.
We are working to provide free housing. There will be a sliding-scale
registration fee, mostly to cover food. Childcare will be provided. Let us
know as soon as possible what other needs you have.
This conference will be what you make it, and we are looking for people to
facilitate workshops and discussions in a variety of areas. A more
detailed call for workshops including a timeframe is yet to come, but
start thinking about what you'd like to do and feel free to let us know.
More details about registration, schedule, workshops to come!
www.westrising.org
westrising@riseup.net
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Denver: West Rising Conference Canceled
September 24, 2009 by Rebel Insurgent, 8 weeks 4 days ago
Comment id: 4033
It's with a bit of heavy hearts that the West Rising Collective is canceling the West Rising Conference previously scheduled for Oct 23-25 here in Denver. This has come about for many reasons, namely frustrations with working with DU and difficulty pulling together solid logistics. We've learned our lessons (like DU can suck to work with), and we are still excited about future opportunities to network with other kick ass people from around Denver and the West and also focus on other rad projects we'rra have fun with this fall and winter. So we're super duper sorry to people who had made plans to present workshops, as well as to the awesome people who had set aside time in their busy schedules to come to Denver for the conference. If you're still planning on coming to Denver that weekend because of the conference, hit us up on the email and we'll totally hook you up with some cool people and cool shit.
west rising collective