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GGJ 4th Membership Assembly

Recap of GGJ's 4th Membership Assembly with key decisions, approved plans, and future steps for the grassroots justice movement. Review of strategic priorities, alliances, work structure changes, and upcoming events discussed at the assembly.

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GGJ 4th Membership Assembly

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  1. GGJ 4th Membership Assembly Feb. 26-28, 2010 Hosted by the Miami Workers Center

  2. Who Was There? • More than 80 participants • Reps from 29 member organizations • 1 funder • 18 local, national and international allies • International allies included reps from • The World March of Women • The Hemispheric Social Alliance • The Magreb Social Forum • Andean Coalition of Indigenous Organizations

  3. We affirmed • Our 20 year vision and 5 year goals in GGJ’s strategic plan • Our 3 strategic priorities: • 1) Build & consolidate GGJ’s base of grassroots organizations to contribute vision, inspiration and leadership to the broader social justice movements - within the US, and globally • 2) Build strategic partnerships within the US and globally, to expand our capacity to achieve global justice and global well-being • 3) Engage in key battles that shift public consciousness and defeat neoliberal globalization, ecological destruction, and US-led imperialism

  4. We unanimously approved • 2010 -2011 workplan areas, including: • Priority issue areas for GGJ work Globalization and Trade Anti-war and Militarization Global Well-Being • GGJ priorities for the USSF • Week of Action in October 2010, with 1 day to be prioritized for joint actions • New leadership development process/program

  5. Approved - GGJ Priorities for USSF • Our registered activity will be a large plenary type discussion with international allies on building a global movement. We will discuss challenges, opportunities and ways to build broad social movements and discuss alternative economic and governing models being developed around the world. • Our Peoples' Movement Assembly event will focus on the Day of Action planned for October.

  6. Approved - GGJ Joint Activity • Reps approved a GGJ joint action to build unity, practice acting together as an alliance, and as a way to promote our integrated analysis of the multi -dimensional crisis and its impact on our communities locally and internationally. • CC will develop deeper proposal to bring to membership. • Oct. 7th day of decent work • Oct. 12th IEN unplugged campaign • Oct. 17th intl. day to eradicate poverty

  7. Approved - work structure • Reps agreed to continue the following committees: • Political and Popular Education PPE will continue coordinate political and popular education work for the alliance • Globalization and Migration Move coordinated work on immigration to IAD, keep migration lens within name • Anti-War and MilitarizationNeed to rebuild working group and strategize with allies in the Anti-War movement • Global Well-Being Popular education key; integrate into overall GGJ frame

  8. Approved - work structure The following committees will be closed: • Resource Mobilization (move to IAD space) • Inter-Alliance dialogue committee (should integrate with other work groups) • Social Forums (discussions and decisions will be in the  CC as a whole to plan how we engage in our national and international work)

  9. We prioritized • Which convergences to prioritize for possible GGJ delegations (as part of new Leadership Development program) • World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba • COP 16 in Mexico • Global Forum on Migration and Development(Puerto Vallarta) • World Social Forum on Economic Crisis and Alternatives from Below (Mexico) (Connected to IC meeting of WSF) • Americas Social Forum (Paraguay) CC will flesh out how these happen based on new leadership development proposal.

  10. We elected 4 new Coordinating Committee members: • Vermont Workers Center • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities • Just Cause/Causa Justa • Labor Community Strategy Center

  11. We supported • Miami Workers Center’s Community-Building action • World March of Women’s third international action

  12. OUR NEXT STEPS:

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