Join us this May at the Highlander Center for the Popular Economics Education Institute - an intensive Bilingual Training of Trainers for activists working for social and economic justice.
It is important that participants plan to attend the full Institute session in order to get the maximum benefit of the training.
A $25 deposit is required to apply for and hold a place in the TOT Institute. If accepted, the deposit will be applied toward the final fee. A payment of at least 50% of the fee must be paid two (2) weeks prior to the institute. Payment in full is due one week before the start of the institute.
From March 19 – 22, 2009 close to 400 people found their way to University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the first national gathering of the US Solidarity Economy Network (SEN), a group formed out of the Solidarity Economy Caucus meetings of the U.S. Social Forum held in Atlanta in June 2007.UFE was present at the US Social Forum and was represented at the SEN forum by six staff members. April 9, 2009
The Obama administration faces great challenges as well as great opportunities in our future relationship with Latin America. UFE believes he should develop a new comprehensive foreign policy that will support Latin American social movements and governments that aim to advance the rights of workers, women, the indigenous, small farmers, and other historically oppressed majority populations as they struggle for social, economic, cultural, and environmental justice.
April 1, 2009
Come to an immigrant tenant learning session to learn about how
foreclosure is affecting the Immigrant Latino community and how your
organization can get involved in helping tenants & homeowners to
save their homes. Lawyers and dedicated community housing activists
will be guiding you in this learning session.
March 24, 2009
The killing of Marcello Lucero has stirred tensions that were all but buried in the political fervor
of the presidential race, a grim reminder that genuine change in race
relations still eludes many communities. The tragedy has resonance throughout the country. Newsday.November 12, 2008
A UFE workshop led by Jeannette Huezo at a conference sponsored by the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) in Houston, TX. This workshop engages participants in sharing personal stories of their family or ancestors emigrating to the US, explores the history of the "push" and "pull" events, trends, policies, and laws that drive workers and families from their homeland, and identifies strategies to bring immigrant and native-born workers and communities together in a movement for economic justice.
Neoliberal globalization has resulted in the displacement of millions of workers and small farmers. Many neoliberal economies refuse to recognize that free trade policies cause many of the world's current immigration and emigration struggles. This blind eye only intensifies the lack of progress in solving these problems both in industrialized nations and in countries where people are forced to migrate.
The free trade race to the bottom in pursuit of cheap labor and natural resources creates employment and social instability both at home and abroad.
