When and where?

10am - 5.30pm. 27th March 2004.

Institute for the Blind, Mappin Street, S1.

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What?

The day starts with Hilary Wainwright sharing her experiences of working with international social forums. Most of the programme is locally-focussed with participant-led workshops aimed at sharing skills and knowledge and investigating issues identified as urgent by the participants we have been in contact with so far.

In addition we'll be entertained by live music, good food, and short films from independent film-makers.

This will be the first in a series of events and the aim is to let the participants shape the forum; so come along, and if what we're doing is wrong, tell us.

Who?

The launch event has been organised by a group of Sheffield activists and community organisers who have been working together for about six months. They are not the Sheffield Social Forum. The Forum is made up of the participants on the day, who will include members of political campaigns, community initiatives and the general public.

Why?

We're organising this event because we know that there are many people in Sheffield who believe in putting people before profit, and who believe that another world really is possible. Hopefully putting all of those people in a room together will add creativity and enthusiasm to ongoing projects, and spark innovative new intiatives, campaigns or actions.

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