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Lecture: "Is Another World Possible?" Reports from the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi
February 6, 2007 ( 04:15PM - 05:30PM )
- Sponsor(s): Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
- Location: Hesburgh Center, Room C-103
- Website: http://kroc.nd.edu/events/eventsspring07.shtml
Dawn West, a post-doctoral associate in the Sociology Department and the Kroc Institute, and Christopher Hausmann, a Ph.D. student in Sociology, will report on their research trip to the World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. Discussion will address the political issues raised by the African civil society organizations at the WSF, the challenges facing global civil society organizing, and ways to build upon the Nairobi meeting as U.S. activists prepare for the U.S. Social Forum (June 27-July 1, 2007).