Anonymous Comrade submits:

A Call For An Anarchist People of Color founding conference.

ANARCHIST PEOPLE OF COLOR CONFERENCE SET FOR OCTOBER 3-5, 2003

WHAT: An organizers' conference of people sympathetic to the
Anarchist movement in various communities of color.

WHEN: October 3-5, 2003 [ October 3rd schedule: Friday 6:00-9:00
PM] orientation and registration; [Saturday, Oct. 4th all-day
workshops*]; breakfast 9:00-10:20, 10:30-12 noon morning session;
12:00-1:30 for lunch; 1:30-8:30; [ breakfast on Sunday October 5th]
9:00-10:00] morning session 10:00-12 noon, break for lunch 12:00-
1:00, conference resumes at 1:00 and ends at 3:00 (or later, if
majority of participants agree).

WHERE: Wayne State University, Student Center Building, Room 289,
5221 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI. (For directions: please check the WSU
online directory at: www.ucomm.wayne.edu/fsd/all.shmtl for
directions, or Shemon Salam at smj_shemon@yahoo.com

WHY: to lay the foundations for an anti-authoritarian, grassroots
movement of peoples of color that will organize in their communities
against racism and repression.

WHO: This conference is for community activists, oppressed and Indigenous
peoples, Anarchists and anti-authoritarians of color.
THIS IS A PEOPLE OF COLOR ONLY EVENT, sponsored by the Students
Movement for Justice at Wayne State U., the Black Autonomy Network of
Community Organizers-S.W. Michigan chapter, and our friends in the
Anarchist movement.

SUPPORT: To all Anarchists and @ organizations: This is a chance for us to
diversify the Anarchist movement. We ask that you support this effort.

Although this is a people of color only event, white Anarchists and
supporters should encourage individuals and groups of color they know about
the event to attend, and organize to help them attend this conference by
raising money for them, and publicizing this event widely.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

1. Form *local organizing committees* in your city, region or state to make
this conference as large and as significant as possible. The local organizing
committees are primarily responsible for distributing news locally about the
conference, identifying and assembling the persons who wish to attend,
distributing literature, and raising funds to be used to bring people to the
conference.

2. We recommend that you begin raising money now for travel and housing,
since we will only be able to house a limited number of persons. It may be
necessary for you to obtain campus housing or a local hotel if you wait until
the last minute.

3. Begin selecting delegates from your organization now for your tribe,
community, or organization who can attend.

4. Anarchist groups should financially sponsor such delegates by paying them
directly for travel expenses, or by contributing to the Conference
Scholarship fund so that we can pay for the expenses of such a conference
delegate. [P.O. Box 19962, Kamalmazoo, MI. 49106.

5. Participants pay a $ 10-20 fee for each person for all food and other

expenses of the conference. We are working to obtain catering and Food Not
Bombs for this event, and the expenses and details for food will be put
forward in another message.

6. Although we will have guerrilla workshops on the day(s) of the event, we
are asking conference participants to please advise us well in advance if you
or your group wants to put on a workshop for conference attendants, what the
nature of the workshop will be, who the facilitator(s) and when it will be
held

7. We ask that all Anarchist movements support the event by donating money
so that we can pay for the expenses of the conference. P.O. Box 19962, K’zoo,
MI. 49109

8. Please advise us if your group wants to table and sell literature at this
event. ($20-40 fee).

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For general information about the conference, check our weblog, Anarchist-POC-
conference.blogspot.com, (for FAQ, general issues and updates).
email contact: komboa@hotmail.com,
BANCO, P.O. Box 19962, Kalamazoo, MI. 49019-0962"