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February 14, 2008
Dream Reborn Conference. Green for All in Memphis Apirl 4-6, 2008
The Dream Reborn (www.dreamreborn.org), a conference Green for All is producing in Memphis at the Cook Convention Center on April 4th-6th. We are holding this gathering of over 1000 people from across the nation to commemorate Dr. King Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his assassination, and to hear positive solutions from today's generation of visionary leaders. The Dream Reborn will be a forum for learning about the new green economy and the opportunity it provides to fulfill Dr. King's dream of racial and economic equality and justice.
The conference will bring together the practitioners of the new green economy, to strengthen our work for ecological solutions that can heal the Earth while bringing jobs, justice, wealth and health to people most in need. Together, we will build a movement for a green economy that is healthy, sustainable, and strong enough to lift people out of poverty.
We will hear from Van Jones (Ella Baker Center/Green For All), Majora Carter (Sustainable South Bronx), LaDonna Redmond (Institute for Community Resource Development), Mary Ann Hitt (Appalachian Voices), Reverend Yearwood (Hip Hop Caucus), Adrienne Maree Brown (Ruckus Society), Tony Anderson (Morehouse College President), Ian Kim (Oakland Green Jobs Corps), Rinku Sen (Applied Research Center), and many more.
Attendees will include:
entrepreneurs of color promoting natural products
food justice growers and sellers
job training program coordinators
city officials implementing green policies
educators in community colleges working on green jobs curricula
policymakers advancing green jobs
youth of color working for climate justice
We are seeking to engage those in the prison reform and abolition movement, and hope The Real Cost of Prisons Project will join us at the conference. We also hope you'll reach out to those in your community who may be interested in the Dream Reborn. To ensure that the event brings together effected communities and empowers people and organizations of color to spark the green jobs wave, we are focusing our outreach on these communities. While all people are welcome at this event, we especially want allies and friends from communities of color to attend.
Register: www.dreamreborn.org/register
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE! Green For All is committed to making low income and communities of color the center of this movement, and are doing our best to provide financial support to get members of these communities to Memphis. We do not want financial barriers to prevent anyone from attending, and are waiving the cost of registration to those that need it. We understand that travel and rooming costs will also be substantial, but unfortunately as a new nonprofit, cannot fully cover these costs. We are calling on schools, community groups, and other partner organizations to work with us to help pay for travel and the cost of accommodations. We are working to provide partial or full stipends as our budget permits, but will rely on the support of our ally organizations to make sure that the people that need financial support can make it to Memphis.
Green for All is also suggesting a few ways our allies who cannot make the conference can be of tremendous help to the movement:
Organize events in conjunction with the national day of action that will take place in the months after Memphis.
Outreach to your friends and acquaintances in organizations that represent communities of color.
Support a young person or someone from a low-income neighborhood, send them to The Dream Reborn with your contribution: Donate: www.dreamreborn.org/donate
Thank you for your invaluable work to build a brighter world. Please contact me with questions. I hope to see you in Memphis!
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Ada McMahon
The Dream Reborn Outreach Team
www.dreamreborn.org
Posted by lois at February 14, 2008 05:58 PM