24 August 2012
Grenoble, France
Dear Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
We are please to invite you to attend this year’s series of international conferences on “Community Organizing” for a better future.
We encourage you to look into the possibility of attending one or more of these important events. There exists today many economical ways of traveling, among which are the Internet associations: “Co-voiturage/Car-pooling” (please see: http://www.carpooling.fr/?gclid=CM6evsHk_7ECFSTHtAodVDAAUg) and “Couch surfing” (please see: http://www.couchsurfing.org/ ).
Series of Three International Conferences : October, November & May 2012-2013
in Grenoble and the Paris Region“The Art and Science of Community Organizing”
A. Statement of Motivation for the Conference Series on "Community Organizing."
B. Invitation to the Conference Series, 2012-2013.
D. Conference #2 : (12 novembre 2012) « La résistance aux Etats-Unis : d’où viennent les stratégies et tactiques pour mobiliser des communautés ? », Université de Paris 10-Nanterre, Bât. B-2.
E. Conference #3 : (2-3 mai 2013) « Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: the Art and Science of Community Organizing, from the Intifada and the Indignados to the Arab Spring, the Greek Resistance and Occupy Wall Street in New York City and beyond . . . . », l'Université Stendhal, la Grande Salle des Colloques.
Sincerely,
Francis McCollum Feeley
Professor of American Studies
Director of Research
Université Stendhal Grenoble 3
http://dimension.ucsd.edu/CEIMSA-IN-EXILE/
P.S From The 100th Monkey: We recommend Bertell Ollman’s discussion in this 1-hour audio recording of :
Dialectics, Abstraction, Internal Relations (Jan 2012)