The European Social Center MovementBluestockings Sunday, May 3rd @ 7PM Alan Moore and Emily Piper Forman 172 Allen Street (between Stanton and Rivington)

Organizers of "The European Social Center Movement Now and Then," an exhibit ABC No Rio, present the history of European squatted social centers and offer a model for reviving grass roots organizing and popular urban development in the United States.

The European Social Center Movement Now and Then A project exhibition begins at ABC No Rio to explore the long-running phenomenon of the squatted social center in the European metropolis. As this month-long show concludes, organizers will present and reflect on the accumulated data . Is this latest manifestation of social movement activism a quaint usage of the old world?, or does it offer a model for reviving grass roots organizing and popular urban development in the States?

Directions to Bluestockings: Bluestockings is located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan at 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington - which means that we are 1 block south of Houston and 1st Avenue.

By train: We are 1 block south of the F train's 2nd Avenue stop and just 5 blocks from the JMZ-line's Essex / Delancey Street stop.