anonymous kumquat writes:

On Monday & Tuesday, December 8-9, 2003 in Washington DC, the
Religious Working Group on the IMF/ World Bank will hold an
extraordinary national conference on

"Faith in Practice:
Connecting the Dots for Global Economic Justice."

For anyone who wants to develop a deeper spiritual/ religious
understanding of "globalization" from the top-down and from
the bottom up, combining knowledge of the facts with wisdom
about the choices, this could be am important education.

Shalom, ArthurDecember 8-9, Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC

For more information on the conference, please contact
Susan Thompson at 703 624 1454 or at
susanstarrsthompson@juno.com.
Website: http://www.sndden.org/rwg/conf/index.htm

Monday, December 8

10:30 Panel: Faith in Practice ? Marie Dennis (Maryknoll),
Rabbi Arthur Waskow (Shalom Center)

12:00 Workshop Session 1


        Environment and the International Financial Institutions
(IFIs)
Daphne Wysham, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
Carol Welch, Friends of the Earth

                Work and the IFIs

                        Elizabeth Drake, AFL-CIO

                        Severina Rivera, Campaign for Labor Rights

                The Latest News and Action on Debt and the Global Jubilee
Movement

                        Marie Clarke, Jubilee USA Network

                        Njoki Njoroge Njehu, 50 Years is Enough Network

                The IFIs: Hazardous to Global Health?

                        Salih Booker, Africa Action

                        Ruth Caplan, Sierra Club

1:15 Lunch

2:15 Plenary ? Keynote Speaker ? Fred Azcarate, Jobs with
Justice

3:00 Workshop Session 2


                The Politics of Food and Food Security

                        Larry Goodwin, Africa Faith and Justice Network

                        Kathy McNeely, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

                Governance, Power, Corruption, and the IFIs

                        Graham Saul, Bank Information Center

                        Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern

                Intersections of IFIs and Trade

                        Nancy Alexander, Citizens? Network on Essential Services

                        Rob Weissman, Essential Action

                Challenging Privatization: Protecting Essential Services

                        Bea Edwards, Public Services International

                        Sara Grusky, Public Citizen?s Water for All Campaign

                        Stephen Gasteyer, Rural Community Assistance Program

                Gender, Trade, and the IFIs

                        Alexandra Spieldoch, International Gender and Trade Network

4:30 Workshop Session 3


                Whose Development? Financing for Development and the
Development Model

                        Emira Woods, Foreign Policy in Focus/Institute for Policy
Studies

                        Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

                Militarization and Globalization: Security in Whose Image?

                        Erik Gustafson, Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC)
(invited)

                        Karen Orenstein, East Timor Action Network (invited)

                        Lisa Haugaard, Latin American Working Group (invited)

                Experiences in Engaging with the IFIs: SAPRIN, the WCD, and
the EIR

                        Doug Hellinger, Development Gap
Nadia Martinez, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN)
(invited)

                        Gila Neta

                Bringing it Home: The World Bank and IMF in Washington, DC

                        Flavia Jimenez, Casa de Maryland

                        Roger Newell, Black Radical Congress

6:00 Reflection on the Day/Wrap-Up ? Jacob Fain, UAHC
Religious Action Center and Judy Coode, Maryknoll Office for
Global Concerns

Tuesday, December 9

9:00 Opening Reflection - Imam Hendi

9:30 Plenary - Action/Alternatives - Dr Dennis Brutus, Ms
Marie Clarke-Brill, Ms Njoki Njehu, Ms Magda Lanuza

11:15 Strategy Sessions
World Bank Bonds Boycott
Jubilee Congregations
Corporate Accountability
UN and the IFIs
Building the Movement Locally and Globally (Project South)

2:00 Closing Plenary ? Ms. Susan Thompson, Medical Mission
Sisters, facilitator
Report Back on Strategy Sessions
Commitments to Action ? Marie Clarke
U.S. As Empire ? Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies

4:00 Closing Reflections