This Is How We Do It

Something remarkable is happening all over the world —
a kind of rising energy of visionary practice that operates beyond
protest & traditional notions of revolution. There's barely even
language for it yet – some use the phrase "building a new world in
the shell of the old," others quote Gandhi and call it "be(ing) the
change you want to see."

However words may fail, millions of people are actually building
new economies, politics, media, safety practices and so much
more. Some of these people are coming to NYC – from Argentina,
South Africa, Brazil and the USA – to speak with us and each
other; to share the experience – both creative and practical – of
remaking the world around us from the inside out.

RJ and I are overjoyed to bring so many inspiring and vibrant
people to join us here in NYC. We want you to meet them and
we want them to meet you. We've instituted a sliding scale ticket
system inviting you to choose a price based on your economic ability.

We hope you'll join us.

Melanie

www.thefoundrytheatre.org

(+1)212 .777.1444

FRIDAY NIGHT PLENARY (April 20): $10 / $15

SAT & SUN BREAKOUT SESSIONS (April 21 & 22): $5 / $10 [each]

WEEKEND FESTIVAL PASS (April 20-22, all inclusive): $20 / $30 / $40

SEE SCHEDULE BELOW

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THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

SCHEDULE AND GUEST PRESENTERS*///

FRIDAY, APRIL 20 @ 7PM

OPENING PLENARY///

WHERE: COOPER UNION'S GREAT HALL

(7 East 7th Street, between Third & Fourth Avenues)

FEATURING:

GRACE LEE BOGGS: One of the great philosophers and political

visionaries of our time. Boggs has been a part of almost every major movement in the United States over the last 75 years; she's 96,

intellectually ageless and still going strong.

joined by:

NELSON JOHNSON: Executive Director of the Beloved Community

Center of Greensboro, North Carolina and a leader of the Greensboro

Truth & Community Reconciliation Project, the first of its kind in the US.

and:

ANDREA SMITH: Longtime anti-violence and Native American activist

and scholar, Smith is a proponent and innovator of new political practices.

She currently teaches in media and cultural studies at UC, Riverside.

SAT & SUN: 4 AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS

WHERE: COOPER UNION'S ROSE AUDITORIUM

(41 Cooper Square, on Third Avenue between 6th & 7th Streets)

SATURDAY APRIL 21 @ NOON

ANOTHER POLITICS///

FEATURING:

MZWAKHE MDLALOSE: President of the South African Shackdwellers'

Movement (Abahlali baseMjondolo), the largest organization of the poor

to emerge in post-apartheid South Africa, AbM's struggle for land and

housing has become a catalyst for deepening democracy.

[awaiting confirmation] BRAZIL'S LANDLESS WORKERS' MOVEMENT (Movimento Sem Terra): One of the largest social movements in the world; with over a million members, the MST peacefully occupies unused land to establish cooperative farms, homes, clinics and schools for children and adults.

SATURDAY APRIL 21 @ 3PM

ANOTHER MEDIA///

FEATURING:

CLAUDIA ACUÑA: Investigative journalist and founding member

of the communications cooperative La Vaca in Buenos Aires,

Argentina

DIANA NUCERA: Program Director of Allied Media Projects in

Detroit, Michigan

SUNDAY APRIL 22 @ NOON

ANOTHER SAFETY///

FEATURING:

MIMI KIM: Founder of Creative Interventions in Oakland, California