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Program
Transnational Assembly for Remitters and Families
May 12 - 15, 2008
Call for Workshop Proposals
TIGRA is accepting proposal submissions for our Transnational Assembly that will be held May 12-15, 2008 at the National Press Club in Mexico City, Mexico.
The Transnational Assembly for Remitters and Families is a historic event for grassroots migrant leaders around the world. For the first time, migrant communities will come together in a multi-racial, multi-national alliance to shape a common vision of sustainability for their families through the economic power of their remittances. This is a significant step in uniting migrant voices across borders to speak as one voice on the global political stage.
Before completing your proposal, please visit our website (www.ligaconvention08.org) to familiarize yourself with the goals of the assembly and the range of issues that will be covered. We encourage you to submit your proposal as soon as possible since space for workshops is limited to a total of 32 sessions and cannot be guaranteed. All presenters must register for the Assembly.
NOTE:Due to space limitations we may not be able to accommodate your request or we may ask you to merge your workshop proposal with others if we feel there are duplicate efforts or complementary proposals.
The Assembly is organized around 3 thematic tracks:
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Achieve economic security for our communities by redefining globalization to benefit families, by promoting sustainable development of communities of origin, and supporting innovations for creating sustainable economies and international fair trade. Ecological security and social development are integral to economic security. |
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Collectivize the power of migrant and home communities around the world to ensure migrant participation in global political spheres as a single constituency, to advocate for community needs and demand changes to policies that exacerbate migration. Propose a resolution of transnational rights that expand citizenship and human rights to include: transnational governance; freedom of human movement; legal status wherever a person resides; and the right to gainful employment everywhere. |
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Migrants and their families face different realities in their home and host countries and through their connections, these realities continually influence each other. Recognize the experience of women as a significant force of global providers and assert an evolving transnational identity that continues to transform race,
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- The general focus for all discussions on Tuesday, May 13, will center on analyzing the opportunities that present themselves at this historical moment in time for the global migration movement. Workshops will be organized as small panels of 2-3 presenters.
- The general focus for Wednesday, May 14, will center on exploring strategies for organizing communities underway around the world. Workshops can have any number of presenters.
- The total number of sessions available is 32 and each session will run 1 hour, 45 min in length.
- All sessions must provide reference materials or other handouts in at least Spanish and English. All sessions will have verbal interpretation also in Spanish and English. If a presenter speaks another language besides these, please indicate the language that needs interpretation.
- We encourage you to use interactive formats that include audience participation and discussion and are accessible to different educational levels.
- Complete the Workshop Proposal Form and submit it no later than April 20, 2008.
- Please indicate all audiovisual equipment you may need and include a short paragraph biography of each of the presenters.
- You may submit proposals by:
email to: convention@transnationalaction.org;
fax to: 1-510- 986-1062;
mail to: TIGRA, Att: Transnational Assembly, 900 Alice St., suite 320, Oakland CA, 94607, USA
- You will receive confirmation of acceptance by email, no later than April 30.
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