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Agenda Summary

Key Goals for the Transnational Assembly of Remitters and Families:

  • Give shape to the formation of La Liga de Sustentadores de la Comunidad Mundial/ The Global League of Community Sustainers, including its organizational and political frameworks.
  • Assert the right of global workers and transnational community sustainers to participate as key stakeholders in the development of global policies and programs that shape their lives.
  • Engage other constituencies and stakeholders to discuss La Liga's vision and find points of unity and collaboration, including global institutions, governments, corporations, media, and funding institutions.

SCHEDULE

STUDY TOUR Saturday, May 10 – Monday, May 12
SAT. 5/10 17:00 Orientation for Study Tour Group
SUN. 5/11
8:00 Depart for Puebla, Mexico
MON. 5/12

8:00

Return to D.F.

CONFERENCE Monday, May 12 – Thursday, May 15
MON. 5/12
OPENING DAY
  8:00 Registration opens for all delegates: (entrance hall)
  17:00 Reception for Major Sponsors: (back patio)
Press Conference: (media room)
  18:30 Opening Ceremony and Dinner
Keynote speakers: Marcelo Ebrard, Luis Alfonso de Alba (main hall)
 
TUE, 5/13
SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR HISTORICAL MOMENT
 
8:00
Continued registration (entrance hall) / Breakfast (back patio)
 
9:00
Welcome
 
9:30
Opening Keynote – TBA (main hall)
 
10:30
Morning Plenary: Transnational Realities Moving Forward (main hall)
 
12:30
Lunch (back patio)
 
13:30
6 simultaneous workshops on 3 tracks: Economic Security, Political Power, Transnational Realities
 
15:30
Break
 
15:45
6 simultaneous workshops on 3 tracks: Economic Security, Political Power, Transnational Realities
 
17:45
Free Evening
WED. 5/14
STRATEGIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
 
8:00
Breakfast (back patio)
 
9:00
Opening Keynote Speaker – Gender and Migration (main hall)
 
10:00
6 simultaneous workshops on 3 tracks: Economic Security, Political Power, Transnational Realities
 
12:00
Lunch (back patio)
 
13:00
6 simultaneous workshops on 3 tracks: Economic Security, Political Power, Transnational Realities
 
15:00
Break
 
15:15
Afternoon Plenary: La Liga: An Emerging Transnational Strategy (main hall)
 
17:15
Cultural Event
THUR. 5/15
ASSERTION OF OUR TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENT
 
8:00
Breakfast (back patio)
 
9:00
Round Table: Stakeholders' Dialogue on the Vision for La Liga (main hall)
 
10:30
Affinity Group Deliberations (breakout rooms)
 
12:00
Lunch (back patio)
 
13:00
Affinity Group Report-backs (main hall)
 
14:30
Affirmation of Declaration for La Liga (main hall)
 
15:30
Closing Presentation
 
16:00
Closing Keynote Speaker: Vijay Prashad (main hall)

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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