Anti-Racist Action History Panel
Mic Crenshaw is an educator, Hip-Hop artist and activist. Mic got started organizing against racists in the streets of Minneapolis in the 80's and is a founding member of ARA. Michael currently resides in Portland where he is the co-founder of Global Fam, does freelance educational work and manages his independent music career.
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Michael Novick is a long-time anti-racist, founding member of the former John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and of People Against Racist Terror, now the Los Angeles chapter of the Anti-Racist Action Network. He is author of White Lies, White Power/The Fight Against White Supremacy and Reactionary Violence, editor of "Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action, Research & Education," and a second generation union shop steward.
History and Reaction to White Supremacy and Violent Racism in Eugene
Cimmeron Gillespie works with Breaking Bigotry, a coalition for safer communities, in collaboration with Eugene's Black Tea Society and the Community Alliance of Lane County. These groups responded to and uprooted the Pacifica Forum, a 'free speech' white supremacist group at the main University of Oregon campus. They counter-informed targeted youth to break-up white supremacist recruiting and held educational events to build cross movement solidarity.
The Belly of the Beast: Anti-Racist Organizing in Rural Communities.
Rural communities are often targeted by the radical right and white supremacist organizations, building on people's fear, economic conditions, faith and racism to create environments for extremism to thrive. In the last year we have seen the rise of the racist Tea Party movement and the Aryan Nation's public attempt to move into rural Oregon. This workshop will share the Rural Organizing Project's experiences with organizing against the Aryan Nation & other scenarios of responsive organizing, but also our constant efforts to build a pro-active anti-racist movement within traditionally conservative communities.
Kari Koch is an organizer with the Rural Organizing Project in Oregon. She was born and raised in rural Oklahoma and has a particular love of working with rural and more traditionally conservative communities to talk about race, oppression and social justice. She also enjoys writing, urban farming, traveling & building community in her urban Portland neighborhood.
Kari Koch is an organizer with the Rural Organizing Project in Oregon. She was born and raised in rural Oklahoma and has a particular love of working with rural and more traditionally conservative communities to talk about race, oppression and social justice. She also enjoys writing, urban farming, traveling & building community in her urban Portland neighborhood.
Portland Anti-fascist History Panel
Cecil Prescod is the Christian Education Director at Ainsworth United Church of Christ. He is an activist with various human rights organizations, including Coalition for Human Dignity, Love Makes A Family, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
M.Treloar was a member and organizer for the Coalition for Human Dignity in Portland during the period that it actively organized resistance to neo-fascist boneheads and the Christian Right. He is the author of Portland History in Review, an article that originally appeared in the journal "Little Beirut," available for download on our Literature page.
He is now a member of Bring the Ruckus and Raider Nation Collective.
M.Treloar was a member and organizer for the Coalition for Human Dignity in Portland during the period that it actively organized resistance to neo-fascist boneheads and the Christian Right. He is the author of Portland History in Review, an article that originally appeared in the journal "Little Beirut," available for download on our Literature page.
He is now a member of Bring the Ruckus and Raider Nation Collective.
Prepared, Not Paranoid: Conflict Resolution & Confrontation Management
This session focuses on furthering our understanding of violence, specifically fascist violence: how it occurs, how to prevent it, and how to survive it.
Sensei Gregory C. Lewis has been practicing martial arts since 1978 and teaching off and on since 1991. His formal training includes Boxing, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Wing Chun Kung Fu, and Brazilian Jujitsu. He holds a 2nd degree black belt in Karate. He has been a dedicated anti-racist activist since 1992.
In the wake of the 1998 murders of Lin "Spit" Newborn and Dan Shersty of ARA-Las Vegas, Sensei Lewis accepted an invitation to go on a 3 month teaching tour of ARA chapters, making stops in Toronto, Detroit, and Montreal.
Sensei Gregory C. Lewis has been practicing martial arts since 1978 and teaching off and on since 1991. His formal training includes Boxing, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Wing Chun Kung Fu, and Brazilian Jujitsu. He holds a 2nd degree black belt in Karate. He has been a dedicated anti-racist activist since 1992.
In the wake of the 1998 murders of Lin "Spit" Newborn and Dan Shersty of ARA-Las Vegas, Sensei Lewis accepted an invitation to go on a 3 month teaching tour of ARA chapters, making stops in Toronto, Detroit, and Montreal.
Left Antisemitism: Building Bridges to the Right?
Antisemitism has existed on the Left from its very beginning. This presentation will explain antisemitism's unusual dynamics (such as projection, denial, scapegoating, and "the socialism of fools"); show where antisemitic frameworks exist, and where they do not; and talk about how these narratives provide openings to the Right. A moderated Q&A will follow.
Spencer Sunshine is an editor at "Fifth Estate" magazine and is active in Green Scare support work. His article Rebranding Fascism: National-Anarchists recently appeared in "Public Eye" magazine.
Spencer Sunshine is an editor at "Fifth Estate" magazine and is active in Green Scare support work. His article Rebranding Fascism: National-Anarchists recently appeared in "Public Eye" magazine.
The Far Right and the Ecology Movement
This workshop will cover attempts made by the far right to tap into radical and moderate environmental constituencies. We will go over specific organizations, their connections to each other and respective white nationalist networks. Existing anti-immigrant frames link conversations on U.S. population with current debates on immigration and resource scarcity. Our workshop will include ways to combat this form of far right “environmentalism.”
Becca Sandor is a member of Bring the Ruckus. She has done immigrant rights work with the Repeal Coalition of Arizona fighting for the right for all people to “live, love and work wherever they please.” She is now doing work around the environment and the far right.
Becca Sandor is a member of Bring the Ruckus. She has done immigrant rights work with the Repeal Coalition of Arizona fighting for the right for all people to “live, love and work wherever they please.” She is now doing work around the environment and the far right.
The Portland Police and White Supremacy: Past and Present
Local author Kristian Williams will discuss the history of the Portland Police Bureau, focusing on its role in maintaining racial inequality. He will outline both the historical linkages between the Portland Police and avowedly racist organizations like the Klan, and will also describe the racism inherent in policing a stratified society.
Kristian Williams is the author, most recently, of American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination (South End Press, 2006). His first book, Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, was initially published in 2004, and has been re-released by South End. His work on policing and torture has also appeared in "Counterpunch," "New Politics," "In These Times," and in the collection Confrontations (Tarantula Publishing, 2007). Williams is a volunteer with Rose City CopWatch.
http://www.kristianwilliams.com/
Kristian Williams is the author, most recently, of American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination (South End Press, 2006). His first book, Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, was initially published in 2004, and has been re-released by South End. His work on policing and torture has also appeared in "Counterpunch," "New Politics," "In These Times," and in the collection Confrontations (Tarantula Publishing, 2007). Williams is a volunteer with Rose City CopWatch.
http://www.kristianwilliams.com/
