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Feb 7, 2010 02:06 pm 2 Comments

Hey there!

We got some E X C I T I N G  N E W S to share... and an invitation, just for YOU! 

So which do you want first?

Ok, ok, ok... the news.

F i n a l l y , we have started renovating our bus!  woo-hooooooo!

Basically, we are going to go from this.....

to this...

In June 2008 we purchased a diesel-engine bus off e-Bay, and spent the Summer with an "organic mechanic" converting it into a green whip...

Our film will premiere in Ithaca at the beginning of April... and we plan to debut our mobile media studio just in time for our Green Grease Guzzlers 2010-2011 Biodiesel/Veggie Oil Bus Tour.

More details coming soon...

In the meantime... here's the invitation we promised!  Join Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective... our Bus... and over 20,000 activists from all over Turtle Island and beyond at the United States Social Forum June 22-26, 2010 in Detroit.  Register now!

What is the USSF?

The US Social Forum is more than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression. The USSF provides a space to build relationships, learn from each others experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration to social movement organizations. Through the USSF process, grassroots groups, coalitions and networks build leadership and develop collective consciousness, vision, and strategies needed to realize another world.

The USSF sends a message to other people’s movements around the world that there is an active movement in the US opposing government and corporate policies at home and abroad.

We must declare what we want our world to look like and begin planning the path to get there. A global movement is rising. The USSF is our opportunity to demonstrate to the world that Another World is Possible!

People worldwide know that another world is needed. The Social Forum movement process makes that possible. At the USSF organizations from all over the country gather to think about what kind of world is needed and how we can get there.

The US Social Forum is a very special kind of gathering--one that, up to now, has never taken place in this country. The USSF is a mass movement convergence where we produce own agenda, our own program and our own solutions to change.

The mere process of planning, thinking, talking and preliminary organizing will move you, the people you're working with and the rest of us forward. The moment you begin to think of alternative ideas, you are already participating in the Social Forum process!

2010 USSF Goals:

• Create a space for social movement convergence and strategic discussion
• Advance social movements agenda for action and transformation
• Build stronger relationships and collaboration between movements
• Deepen our commitment to international solidarity and common struggle
• Strengthen local capacity to improve social conditions, organizing and movement building in Detroit

another world is possible...

another u.s. is necessary...

another detroit is happening...

where will you be?

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Jen_Changents
February 10, 2010 - 1:35pm

Sounds like you guys have a busy, but very exciting, schedule! The plans for the bus look pretty amazing and I'm excited to see how it turns out. Are there any other groups like yours that you're meeting with at the USSF or think we should check out? I checked out its site and it's cool they're doing a climate summit too. Are you going as well?

guerrilla griots
February 10, 2010 - 6:12pm

Hey Jen! YES... we will be busy in 2010. To answer your questions, so many others inside and outside of Detroit will be attending the USSF... we are looking forward to networking with other grassroots crews like ours, connecting with our comrades from all over the country who are planning to join us, and sharing our work with a wide variety of everyday people. We also plan to learn a lot too! GGs are helping to organize for USSF 2010, so we will keep everyone posted on the latest developments. As for the climate summit in April, Bolivian President Evo Morales has actually called for the People's need for climate justice in light of what happened in Copenhagen. While WE FULLY SUPPORT HIS CALL, unfortunately, we will not be able to travel to Bolivia. We look forward to hearing the reports, though... and will keep everyone in the loop for sure.

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