San Francisco Peoples’ Organization

Founding Convention Agenda

 

Saturday, June 11, 2005 – 8:30 am to 5 pm

St. Mary’s Cathedral Conference Center, 1111 Gough Street

 

Keynote Speakers: Mike Casey, President, HERE Local 2, Medea Benjamin, Founder, Global Exchange

 

8:30 am                 Registration – Coffee, tea, juice and pastries

 

9:15 – 10               Plenary #1   - Intros of Board of Directors, First Keynote Speaker

 

10 – 11                  Organization Caucuses – rooms A and B

q       CBO (only CBO delegates may vote)

q       Labor (only Labor delegates may vote)

Individual Caucuses -- held in Patron’s Hall or room C.

q       Youth/ Student

q       Seniors and Persons with Disabilities

q       Women

q       Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

q       People of Color

 

11:15 – 12:45      Issues Workshops #1 (choose one to attend)

                                1. City Revenue/Tax Reform/Health and Human Services/Safety Net

     Facilitators:  John Avalos - Excelsior Community Leader; Jenny Friedenbach – Coalition on

                         Homelessness

                                2. Tenants Rights/Rent Control

                     Facilitators:  Rebecca Logue Bovee - Housing Rights Committee; Gen Fujioka – Asian Law

                                          Caucus

                                3. Environmental Justice

                                     Facilitators:  Antonio Diaz - PODER; Marie Harrison - Green Action

                                4. Public Education

     Facilitators:  Karen Zapata - Teachers for Social Justice; Jeremiah Jeffries – Teachers 4 Change

                5. Labor Struggles

                     Facilitators:  John Kosinski - United HC Workers West; Jocelyn Wan - UESF

 

12:45 – 2               Plenary #2  -- Lunch

                                1:00         Cultural Performance

                                1:30         Second Keynote Speaker

 

2 – 3:30                 Issues Workshops #2 (choose one to attend)

                                6. Affordable Housing/Homelessness

                     Facilitators:  James Tracy - Community Housing Partnership; Barbara Blong – SAN

                                7. Neighborhoods/Urban Planning and Transportation

                     Facilitators:  Christina Olague - Mission Agenda; Bob Planthold - SAN

                                8. Economic Development/Job Creation

                                     Facilitators:  Don Hesse - Community Leader; Laura Ware - Housing Consultant

                                9. Violence Prevention/Alternatives to Detention/Police Brutality

                                     Facilitators:  Ntanya Lee - Coleman Advocates; Sharon Hewitt - CLAER 

                                10. Immigrant Rights

     Facilitators:  Renee Saucedo - Day Laborers Program; Ivy Lee - API Legal Outreach

 

3:45 – 5:00           Plenary #3 

·         Report backs from issues workshops

·         Approve By-Laws

·         Introduce caucus elected Directors

·         Next Steps

 

5.00                        Adjourn