Conference Program

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Film Schedule (25K in Adobe Acrobat format)
Information Booklet on Globalization (281K in Adobe Acrobat format)

Keynote Addresses:
Njoki Njehu (50 Year is Enough),
Carlos Zorrilla (Decoin, Ecuador), and
Debate: International Trade in Context: Understanding the "Free Trade" Paradigm and its Social and Environmental Impacts
Professor James Markusen (international trade economist) and Dr. Kevin Danaher (Director of Global Exchange) will discuss the advantages and negative consequences of "free trade." What does "free trade" provide and for who? What alternatives exist? What are the relative strengths and weakness of the prevailing free trade paradigm? Why are so many people opposed to the current free trade regime?
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Poetry, Drumming and Performance Art
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Contemporary Corporate Institutions Driving Corporate Globalization and Corporate Rule
Foundations of the Movement Track
This workshop outlines the corporate groups and institutions that actively promote corporate globalization and together constitute an undemocratic system of corporate governance. The workshop also explores their inter-relationship and suggests strategies for resistance. Facilitated by Karen Coulter (Blue Mountain Biodiversity Project).

How to Organize a Grassroots Campaign
Tools for Change Track
This workshop will show students how to successfully run a grassroots campaign. It will cover how to choose a campaign, the principles of organizing, and what tactics it takes to achieve the goals of a campaign. Facilitated by Amy Livingston (Campus Greenvote), Ginger Cassady (Wilderness Study Group), and Caroline Mitchell (CU Environmental Center)

Copwatch (Part 1)
Tools for Change Track
Copwatch Overview and Know Your Rights. Facilitated by Stephen Nash (Denver Copwatch).
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Women’s Rights as Global Rights
Inequality, Poverty and Power Track
This workshop will focus on incorporating women’s issues and experiences into globalization discussions and policies. Through small group activities, we will create strategies for examining how women’s daily lives are impacted by globally determined factors. Facilitated by Kayann Short (Women Studies, University of Colorado).

Non-Violence Training
FTAA and Direct Action Track
Participants will discuss the philosophy and history of non-violence, nonviolence as a way of life and nonviolence as a strategic tactic. Participants will learn strategies for reducing tensions and de-escalating tense situations. The workshop will include role-plays and a discussion of the legal issues, options and strategies if one is arrested. Facilitated by Betty Ball (Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center) and Dana Wilson (Filmmaker).

Jobs With Soul: Above and Beyond Corporate Treadmills
Labor Track
This workshop will provide participants with resources to help them find socially responsible and responsive organizations to work for. We will do guided exercises to help participants explore inner passions and hidden skills in order to find out how we might function in a much more fulfilled manner in the job market. The workshop will close with an exploration of ways in which society may be reorganized to increase access to more fulfilling work opportunities. Facilitated by the Corporate Ethics Resource Center.

Globalization and Beyond (Part 1)
This workshop will provide a theoretical and scientific overview of globalization (origin, actors, changes and answers). In an interactive discourse, we will combine our knowledge to understand and find solutions to current problems caused by globalization as we know it today. Facilitated by Thomas Dürmeier (Student Activist and Summit Organizer).

The Integrated Life: Transforming Global Problems into Sustainable Solutions
Tools for Change Track
This workshop will focus on (1) Understanding the new realities that face us as individuals in the context of our increasingly global society, (2) Moving beyond common obstacles that keep us from fully engaging in the world and making a difference, and (3) Creating new possibilities that more fully integrate our values and actions in a way that is both personally fulfilling and sustainable. Facilitated by Ellis Jones (Graduate Student, Sociology Department at University of Colorado).

Copwatch (Part 2): How to Observe Cops
Tools for Change Track
You know your rights, but many cops will not respect your rights. Denver Copwatch will train you on your rights and teach you cop watching skills. This workshop will include role-playing and video media. Facilitated by Stephen Nash (Denver Copwatch).

Tree Climbing Workshop to teach Climbing-Techniques for Trees & Banners
FTAA and Direct Action Track
For beginners this class will discuss basic climbing covering equipment, safety, and basic techniques. For more experienced people, this class will provide very experience trainers to discuss and practice banner and tree climbing Techniques. Facilitated by Yuri Koslen (Steelworkers, Big Mountain Support), Joe Hall (Earth First!), Nell Geiser (Student Worker), Shannon Service (Direct Action Network) & Amy).

"Workshop on Sweatshops"
Labor Track
This workshop is designed as an introduction to the fundamental issues involved in the trend toward the transnational use of sweatshops as sites of corporate labor. Political and economic factors involved in sweatshop use and sweatshop activism will be discussed. Facilitated By: Uproot

The New Tools for Breaking News: Independent Media Center’s End Run Around the Corporate Media Blockade
Alternative Media & Tools for Change Tracks
The Indymedia workshop will outline an internet alternative press model for independent media makers. The session will provide a background of the IMC's, how they got started, how they've worked in Seattle,
DC, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Prague, and many other cities around the world. The focus will be a hands-on interactive guide on how to cover events/protests and tell the story in descriptive and informative
ways as well as digging a little deeper into the story using the Freedom of Information Act. The workshop will detail and demonstrate how to actually use the indymedia websites to post photo/video and print stories
directly to the InternetFacilitated by: Eric Galatas (Free Speech TV), Andrew Dieringer (Free Speech TV and the Activist Media Project), and Michael de Yoanna (the Colorado Daily).

Globalization and Beyond (Part 2)
This workshop will provide a theoretical and scientific overview of globalization (origin, actors, changes & answers). In an interactive discourse, we will combine our knowledge to understand globalization and find solutions to current problems caused by globalization as we know it today. This will be an advanced workshop designed for conference participants having substantial experience with issues of global economic development. Facilitated by Thomas Dürmeier (Student Activist and Summit Organizer).
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History of Neoliberalism, International Trade and Finance
Foundations of the Movement Track
Since 1945 and the establishment of the Bretton Woods institutions, namely the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, international trade and tariff reduction has accelerated under the auspices of treaties and organizations such as the WTO (formerly GATT). This panel will provide a historical blueprint on the origins and development of international trade, as well as the internationalization of the financial markets and the debt burdens they impose on developing countries. Panelists: Sergio Finardi (Writer, Italian El Manifesto), Don Roper (Economics Department, CU-Boulder), Joel Edelstein (University of Colorado at Denver).

Combating Environmental Injustice
Inequality, Poverty and Power Track
This panel will explore the socio-economic and political factors at play in the environmental injustices imposed upon various communities, as well as the associated health and human rights consequences. The panelists will discuss the role of grassroots activism in addressing injustice and the importance of strengthening sustainability on the road to environmental and human recovery. Panelists: Orrin Williams (AIDS Research Alliance and Center for Urban Transformation), David Pellow (Professor of Ethnic Studies and Sociology, University of Colorado), Danny Kennedy (Project Underground), Asante Riverwind (Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project).
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Break the Bank: World Bank Bonds Boycott
Tools for Change Track
World Bank policies devastate communities around the world. This workshop will present background on World Bank policies, and provide a specific strategy, the World Bank Bonds Boycott, for eliminating the bank and its power. Facilitators: Kevin Danaher (Global Exchange), Nell Geiser (Student Worker), and Carolyn Bninski (Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center),Carlos Zorrilla (Decoin, Ecuador).

How to Do Activism in the New Globalization Movement
Tools for Change Track
This is an open forum discussion on the topic of enacting and organizing activism in the new globalization movement. Uproot members will offer their wisdom in this area, but the forum is designed to invoke knowledge from anyone (and everyone) who has something substantive to contribute on the topic of effective activism. Facilitated by: Uproot

Street Medic
FTAA and Direct Action Track
This workshop includes an overview of health and safety for street activists, the role of the street medics in large scale demonstrations, and information on how to become a fully trained medic. Instructed by Doc Rosen (Copwatch).

Puppets & Protest
Art and Activism Track
A hands-on workshop. Join Zach Brandau in making huge puppets for demonstrations and protests! A discussion about art and activism will take place as well. This workshop will culminate in a puppet parade on Sunday! Facilitated by Zachary Brandau.
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What are We Fighting for?
Foundations of the Movement Track
It has been said that anti-globalization activists can articulate what they are fighting against, but not what they are fighting for. Are we fighting to reform globalized capitalism or crush it all together? What are the visions for a democratic society and a world where economic justice prevails? Panelists: Mary Hal Collis (Socialist Party), Jeff Milchen (Reclaim Democracy), Karen Coulter (Blue Mountain Biodiversity Project), Dean Myerson (Green Party), Joel Edelstein (University of Colorado).

Immigrant Labor in the Global Economy
Inequality, Poverty & Power Track
Ranging from workers in the hi-tech industry of Silicon Valley, California to Chili pickers along the US-Mexico border, this panel will examine the effects of government policy and corporate globalization on immigrants. In particular, the panel will focus on community-based initiatives to improve the working and living conditions of immigrants. Panelists: Raquel Sancho (Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health), Lisa Park (Professor of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies, University of Colorado), Ignacio Ibarra (Border Agricultural Workers Project).

Effects of Global Development on the World’s Ecosystems
Resource Development or Exploitation? Track
All of the world’s major ecosystems are increasingly threatened by economic development. The panelists will discuss the state of ecosystems around the world, the role of the WTO in dismantling environmental protections, and the need to prioritize the protection of ecosystems in the movement to transform the current trends in corporate globalization. Panelists: Roy Young (Global Response and Nature’s Own), Chet Tchozewski (Global Greengrants Fund), Asante Riverwind (Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project), David Pyles (Biometeorologist, NOAA), Carl Bock CU Professor of Biology.

Cyberspace: Transcending Borders, Community-Building, and Activism
Alternative Media Track
The new information revolution is said to have rendered borders obsolete, enabled cross-national communities to communicate in ways not possible before. What role does cyberspace play in the battleground of an increasingly internationalist struggle? Panelists: Forian Schneider (No One is Illegal Campaign), Michael Khoo (Graduate Student, Anthropology), Manse Jacobi (Free Speech Internet Television).
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Keynote Addresses:
Ignacio Ibarra (Border Agricultural Workers Project),
Danny Kennedy (Project Underground).
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Concurrent Events:
Julie Davids (ACT-UP! Philadelphia),
and Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!).
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Slam Poetry and Hip Hop Show
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Organizing an Effective Campaign to Reform the Citigroup Corporation.
Tools for Change Track
This workshop will examine the environmental and social injustices caused by Citigroup’s investment policies. Rainforest Action Group will teach you the skills to effectively organize a local campaign to reform Citigroup. Facilitated by the Rainforest Action Group.

Campaigning and Culture Jamming
FTAA & Direct Action Track
This workshop covers the basics of building a successful grassroots campaign as well as the use of subversion to interrupt commercial culture and insert alternative messages. Facilitated by Tom Liacas (Campaigns Manager, Adbusters).

What is Radical Cheerleading?
Art and Activism Track
Radical Cheerleading is Protest + Performance. It’s activism with pom- poms and middle fingers extended. It’s screaming F___ CAPITALISM while doing a split. Come join us! Bring lots of energy! Get ready to cheer! Facilitated by the Boulder Radical Cheerleaders.

Rethinking Urban Communities: Sustainable Community and Economic Development
Resource Development or Exploitation? Track
This workshop will address the importance of a solution-driven approach to urban re-development as it relates to the impact of globalization on inner-city communities. Topics covered will include environmental justice, clean energy production, ecological design and architecture, and human rights vis-à-vis their role in urban redevelopment strategies. Facilitated by Orrin Williams (Center for Urban Transformation).

Eco-Physiological Awareness
Resource Development or Exploitation? Track
This workshop will engage participants in a lively discussion on the effects of economic globalization on climate systems. The workshop will emphasize how activities such as large-scale deforestation might directly alter weather and climate patterns. Also discussed will be the role of economic globalization in altering the structure and health of the biosphere. Facilitated by Davis Pyles (Atmospheric Scientist).
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The Role of Direct Action: Resistance to Trade Agreements
Foundations of the Movement Track
How can the strategies used in Seattle, Prague, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Switzerland, and DC continue to be effective and improved upon? In a media market that is more concerned with portraying "the violence of protesters" than covering the people’s issues, how can direct action develop better coalitions with people of color and rural communities in order to broaden and diversify the movement to transform corporate globalization Panelists: Asante' Riverwind (Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project) Karen Colter (Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project), Michael Morill (People’s Global Action).

Answers to Globalization for Global Justice
Resource Development or Exploitation? Track
Panelists will brainstorm alternatives to global capitalism and discuss numerous possible paths to global justice. Facilitated by Thomas Dürmeier (Student activist and summit organizer).
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"Alphabet Soup for the New World Order"
Foundations of Movement Track
This panel/discussion is an introduction to the acronym-laden world of the globalization era. The discussion will provide a general framework for the political and socioeconomic arena which is emerging in light of current trends in globalization. Facilitated By: Uproot

Legislative Efforts for Social Justice
Tools for Change Track
Learn how to run an effective legislative campaign. This workshop will help you understand how to organize your community around a piece of legislation as well as the ins and outs of communicating with elected officials. Facilitated by: Christi Donnor (Colorado Prison Moratorium Coalition), Bill Vandenburg (Colorado Progressive Coalition).

Blockades: From Land to Water
FTAA and Direct Action Track
This class will focus on tactics used to block roads, harbors, and entrances to buildings. We will discuss what has worked historically and go over basic principles of constructing these types of blockades. Facilitated by: Joe Hall (Earth First!), Asante Riverwind (Blue Mountains Biodiversity project), Yuri Koslen (United Steelworkers, Big Mountain Support).

Puppets & Protest
Art & Activism Track
A hands-on workshop. Join Zach Brandau in making huge puppets for demonstrations and protests! A discussion about art and activism will take place as well. This workshop will culminate in a puppet parade on Sunday! Facilitated by Zachary Brandau.

Neo-Classical Economic Theory: Why is it Wrong?
This workshop introduces the neo-classical world of economic theory (market, utility, efficiency, distortions) and explains its weaknesses and failures. Facilitated by Thomas Dürmeier (Student Activist and Summit Organizer).
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The Race to Incarcerate--Understanding the Prison Industrial Complex
Inequality, Poverty and Power Track
The explosion in the number of people in prison, particularly people of color, in the US over the last 15 years has become one of the most defining civil rights struggles of our time. This panel explores the dynamics behind the growth of the prison industrial complex in Colorado from the "get tough on crime" policies to communities embracing a new prison as a form of rural economic development. Find out more about who’s going to prison, the impact on their families, who is profiting from incarceration, and what we can do to reverse this trend. Panelists: Penfield Tate (Colorado State Senator), Fleet Maull (Prison Dharma Network & Prison Hospice Network), Stephen Raher (Colorado Prison Moratorium Coalition), and moderated by Christie Donner (Colorado Prison Moratorium Coalition).

Organized Labor in a Globalized Free Market
Labor Track
Organized labor has been one of globalization's most outspoken critics. At the Seattle protests, labor organizations joined in the largest act of international labor solidarity in many years. While we’ve heard about the virtues of "fairy-tale" economic growth, wages and conditions for the working class have stagnated. As capital has become more internationalized, bargaining power has shifted more and more to transnational businesses. Panelists will discuss the role of organized labor in defending workers’ rights in today’s "free market." Panelists: Chol Soon Rhie (Korean Women Workers Association United), Felicia Hilton (Jobs with Justice), Tom Mayer (Sociology Department).

The World Bank: Whose Bank is it?
Resource Development or Exploitation? Track
Professor Keith Maskus (international trade economist and World Bank Adviser) and Njoki Njehu (Director of 50 Years is Enough!) will discuss the policies of the World Bank. What are the World Bank’s priorities? How is the World Bank pursuing its priorities? Why are so many people criticizing the World Bank and what is its response? Panelists: Njoki Njehu (50 Years is Enough), Kieth Maskus (Department of Economics, University of Colorado)

Grassroots and Globalized Media
Alternative Media Track
Rocky Mountain Media Watch presents this panel to explore the history of how institutions such as the World Bank and IMF facilitate the domination of the world’s media by a handful of corporations, the impact of this domination on global environmental and social conditions and the grassroots responses to the globalized media. Panelists: David Barsamian (Alternative Radio), Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!), Pamela White (Colorado Daily), Tom Liacas (Adbusters), Eric Galatas (Free Speech TV).
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Making Trouble: Youth Agitate for Justice
Foundations of the Movement Track
This interactive roundtable will bring together high school and college-age activists in order to discuss overarching strategies along with the nuts and bolts of youth activism around social justice issues. Participants will learn about successful youth mobilization efforts and discuss the keys to effective youth organizing. Facilitated by Nell Geiser.

Strategies for Organizing Against GM Foods
Tools for Change Track
Was your sandwich born in a test tube? Come learn how you can work to keep the food you eat safe for you and the environment. Facilitated by Carolyn Bninski (Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center).

Media Workshop for Direct Action
FTAA & Direct Action and Alternative Media Tracks
Media skills are crucial for successful direct action. Too often, activists spend a great deal of time and money on actions and then blow it on the news. Get the skills you need to effectively contact the media and speak eloquently about your cause on the camera. Facilitated by Shannon Service (Direct Action Network & Rocky Mountain Media Watch) and Jason Salzman (Founder of Rocky Mountain Media Watch).

Radio Communications
FTAA & Direct Action Track
This workshop will provide an introduction to radio communications for activists, including familiarity with equipment, realistic uses, monitoring public service frequencies, etc. This workshop will take into account attendees’ prior experience and be adjusted accordingly. Facilitated by Joe Hall (Earth First!).

Know Your Rights on the Job
Labor Track
Facilitated by Jobs with Justice

Bag o' Theater Tricks for Activists
Art & Activism Track
Energize with a sampler of games and exercises from Augusto Boal’s "Theatre of the Oppressed"—then concoct on-the-spot street theatre shtick with cohort actor-visits! Mary Suprunger-Froese, director of First Strike Theatre, loved learning Boal techniques from the man himself, and laps up people’s explosions of creativity for change. Facilitated by Mary Sprunger Froese.

Anarchism: A Cure For The New World Disorder?
Explore ideas of order and disorder in our society. See how Anarchism might give us a more humane social order. Discuss problems and possibilities of an Anarchist society in the future. Facilitated by Ira Chernus (Professor of Religious Studies, CU-Boulder)
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The Politics of Sanctions: The Case of Iraq
Inequality, Poverty and Power Track
United Nations reports claim that over 1.5 million people have died in Iraq as a direct result of the sanctions, 500,000 of which are children under the age of five. This panel will examine how global interests are asserted through sanctions, as well as the growing movement to end the failed and devastating sanctions against the Iraqi people. Panelists: David Barsamian (Alternative Radio and co-author of Iraq Under Seige), Dan Winters (Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center), Stephanie Ghibbs (Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace).

Globalization and the World Food Supply
Resource Development or Exploitation? Track
What effect is corporate globalization having on our world’s food supply? Biotechnology firms are gaining more and more control over the world’s food supply without being held accountable for the associated environmental, societal, and health impacts. This panel will examine genetically modified organisms, the patenting of genetic material, and the effects of chemically intensive agricultural practices on the environment and farm workers. Panelists will explore sustainable alternatives such as permaculture, organic farming, and the use of native seeds. Panelists: David Schaller (Sustainable Development Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency), Ron Forthofer (Rocky Mtn Peace and Justice Center), and You (Consumer Coalition for Food Labeling), Eric Johnson (Local Organic Agriculture Activist).
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Concurrent Event:
Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer (School of the Americas Watch),
Ward Churchill (American Indian Movement),
Raquel Sancho (Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health), &
Paul Hawken
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First Strike Theater
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Building an Organization--One Door at a Time
Tools for Change Track
Some groups are built entirely on door-to-door organizing. Some groups never ring a bell. Why do we need to use canvassing & door-knocking to build community and build an organization? Learn from experienced canvassers what works and what doesn’t. This workshop offers practical guidance and advice to those who seek to expand their outreach efforts and raise money by canvassing. Facilitated by ACORN & Jayme Springer.

Que es Comunidad? A Community Growing Workshop
Tools for Change Track
What is community? How many communities do you belong to? In how many of them do you feel at home, respected and valued? In this workshop we will explore together the nature and principles of healthy community, examine how corporate consumerism and corporate-dominated globalization affect communities in the Western World and in the countries of the South. We will brainstorm creative and fun ways to nurture and grow our communities. Facilitated by the Corporate Ethics Resource Center.

Speaking Truth to Power: Effective Organizing to Close the School of the America
Inequality, Poverty & Power Track
The US Army’s School of the Americas (recently renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) is known by many as the flipside of the corporate globalization coin, backing the IMF and World Bank with military power. We will creatively discuss and explore tactics for resistance against the SOA. This workshop will be useful for anyone interested in organizing against military oppression. Facilitated by Boulder School of the Americas Watch.

Zapatismo: The Struggle in Chiapas
Inequality, Poverty & Power Track
This session relates to the fight for indigenous rights by the EZLN in Chiapas, Mexico, and what we can learn and apply to our struggles here. Facilitated by Jason Wallach (Mexico Solidarity Network).

Action Planning and Strategy
FTAA & Direct Action Track
A simulated role-play of an action taking place in Quebec, Canada. Participants will plan, execute and deal with the repercussions of a large-scale direct action where all the skills from Direct Action Track will be put to the test. Instructors: Karen Coulter, Joe Hall, Asante’ Riverwind and Yuri Kolsen,Shannon Service (Direct Action Network).

Labor Organizing Workshop
Labor Track
Facilitated by Jobs With Justice
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US Counter Insurgencies: Vietnam and Colombia
Inequality, Poverty & Power Track
The panelists will discuss the escalating US intervention in Colombia and compare current US involvement to the political rhetoric and military strategies used by the US in Vietnam. The panel will also explore current local organizing efforts to resist US intervention in Colombia. Panelists: David Martin, Erin McCarley, and Fernando Perez (Colombia Support Network).

Effects of Global Development on Land-Based Communities
Resource Development or Exploitation? Track
Ranging from Arizona, to Ecuador, to the coasts of Kenya, communities of land-based people are under attack as corporations exploit community resources in the quest to maximize profits and secure a reliable source of natural resources for their industries. The panelists will present case studies to highlight some of the ways Indigenous and Land Based Communities are resisting exploitation and colonization.
Panelists: Dr. Deward Walker (Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado), William Begay, Jr. (Dine Tribal Member), Carlos Zorrilla (Ecuadorian Activist), Danny Kennedy (Project Underground), Paula Palmer (Global Response), Irungu Houghton (Policy Analyst, Kenya).
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Concurrent Event:
Irungu Houghton (Policy Analyst, Kenya)

Panel:
The Free Trade Area of the Americas:
What Does the Future Look Like?
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Keynote Address:
Chol Soon Rhie ( Korean Women Workers Associations United)
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