US Social Forum
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The US Social Forum is a gathering scheduled to take place in Atlanta, Georgia in June 27-July 1 2007. Growing out of the World Social Forum process, the US Social Forum is intended to bring together activists, organizers, people of color, working people, poor people, and indigenous people from across the United States. The goal of the gathering is to build unity around common goals of social justice, to build ties between organizations present at the event, and to help build a broader social justice movement. Planning for the event is spearheaded by Project South, but dozens of other organizations from around the US are involved in the process.
Planning for the forum has been ongoing since 2005. In June 2006, the Southeast Social Forum took place in Durham, North Carolina. One of the main priorities of the Southeast Social Forum was to plan for and build momentum for the US Social Forum.
As of June 2006, organizers hoped to bring 20,000 people to Atlanta for the event.
