World Social Forum 2009

From January 27th to February 1st 2009, the city of Belem will host the World Social Forum. During six days, the city assumes the position of being the center of planetary citizenship and a global reference for those who don´t agree with inequality, injustice, intolerance, environment destruction and prejudice.

Hundreds of self-managed activities – as campings, workshops, seminars, conferences, testimonies, marches, cultural and artistic activities, among others – during this six days will be spaces for exchange, reflection and building of proposals for another possible world.

The World Social Forum 2009 territory is composed by the Para Federal University (UFPA) and the Amazon Federal Rural University (UFRA) in a green area along the Guama river facing the rain forest one mile away on the other bank.

The registration of organizations or individual participants must be made through the site inscricoes.fsm2009amazonia.org.br The registration of selfmanaged events has closed (it is still possible to register cultural activities untill the 12th of December).

In this first stage, only organizations, networks, movements of civil society and individual participants are invited to register. Soon will also be open registrations for communication / press entities.


More information: www.fsm2009amazonia.org.br
www.forumsocialmundial.org.br (01/11/08)



News about the process of the Americas Social Forum

Various media and independent networks have covered the workshops and events at the 3rd Americas Social Forum 2008. See the latest news at: FSA al Día. FSA al Día is an independent broadcasting service about the process of the World Social Forum in the Americas (mainly Spanish Language). It is a joint initiative of several agencies, communication networks and other media committed to the diffusion of the process of the Forum.  (01/11/08)









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