US Social Forum Detroit 2010: Indigenous Peoples at the opening ceremony and march today, Tuesday, June 22. Photos by Brita Brookes published with permission.
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June 22, 2010
US Social Forum Detroit Photos by Brita Brookes
Photos by Brita Brookes. US Social Forum Detroit Opening March 2010. Photos published with permission: Britabrookes@gmail.com
DETROIT FREE PRESS: Thousands of people connected to social, political and labor groups from around the country walked down Woodward Avenue in Detroit on Tuesday in the opening march of the US Social Forum convention. The convention, which runs through Saturday at Cobo Center, was expected to draw 11,000 people. The marchers carried banners and signs dealing with the environment, unemployment, immigration and labor issues. "We want to make a stand for all conditions for all people to be better," said Joan Jacobs of Port Huron, a member of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Nation, based in Harbor Springs. She was marching dressed in a traditional buckskin dress with beadwork. Accompanying her was her daughter Marcy McDonald, 30, of Shelby Township and two granddaughters Julie McDonald, 4, and Aubrie, 9. Read article ...
http://www.freep.com/article/20100623/NEWS01/6230345/Social-Forum-kicks-off-with-Woodward-walk
RAW VIDEO: Indigenous lead opening march at US Social Forum
Watch raw video from Earthcycles: March include Indigenous Environmental Network, Navajos with banner, 'Respect Navajo Ban on Uranium Mining,' and AIM song;
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7833025
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RAW VIDEO: Indigenous lead opening march at US Social Forum
Watch raw video from Earthcycles: March include Indigenous Environmental Network, Navajos with banner, 'Respect Navajo Ban on Uranium Mining,' and AIM song;
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7833025
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Photos US Social Forum Detroit by Orin Langelle
Photos US Social Forum Detroit by Orin Langelle. Published with permission: orinl@globaljusticeecology.org
USSF Opening March Photo Essay
http://climatevoices.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/ussf-opening-march-photo-essay
Global Justice Ecology Project is attending and presenting at the US
Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan this week. All of the photos are by Orin Langelle unless otherwise noted.
Stay tuned to this blog for more updates, photos and reports from the US Social Forum throughout the week on GJEP's blog Climate Connections. http://climatevoices.wordpress.com/
On Saturday, we will have another photo essay from a direct action at the Detroit incinerator, which is the largest in the U.S.
Orin Langelle
Co-director/Strategist
Global Justice Ecology Project
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/
http://climatevoices.wordpress.com/
Earthcycles Live at US Social Forum Detroit
Indigenous Environmental Network at US Social Forum Detroit, Tuesday evening.
http://www.earthcycles.net/
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