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Because we believe that progressive and radical paradigms for a New World must embrace and complement artistic vision, a significant feature of WPA's Building a New World Conference will be the inclusion of venues for presenting creative works of poetry, dance, drama, photography and painting.
We look forward to making space for writing which expresses ideals related to pressing political, cultural and social issues in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, dramatic monologue, and experimental creative writing. In addition to featured artists, all those wishing to share their work with a wider progressive/radical audience in venues consisting of 25-1500 seats, are encouraged to participate.
Poster sessions are informal in nature, with excellent networking potential. We will provide ample space for poster sessions and encourage prospective participants to consider this option. Poster sessions present research or analysis on a topic by combining graphics and text on a 4' x 6' poster board. The poster session presenter is available during an assigned session time in order to interact on a one-to-one basis with the attendees viewing the poster. A well-planned poster communicates its message in a visually and textually powerful way, allowing the attendee to grasp the overview of information quickly.
Selecting this option increases the likelihood of acceptance.
All panel proposals must include complete contact information on participants, plus a non-presenting moderator. Incomplete panels with less than three participants will not be considered for review. Workshop and roundtable proposals that feature multiple participants must include all participants' names and contact information at the time of proposal submission. One-person workshops will also be considered.
Abstracts for all proposals should be 50-100 words. Abstracts explain to potential attendees the topic, foci and/or goals of the presentation reading in a clear and succinct manner in the conference program book. Abstracts may be revised or edited for the printed program.
One to two-page proposal descriptions (250-500 words) will serve as the basis for evaluation by the Proposal Review Committee and thus should include some or all of the following as appropriate: (1) Objective and purpose of the paper panel, workshop, etc. (2) Perspective and theoretical framework and/or reference to relevant, specific text, authors, or research, or on-going debates in related fields; (3) Results and/or conclusions and point of view; (4) Relevance to the conference theme; (5) Discussion of how the session will be structured. Proposal descriptions will assist proposal reviewers' evaluation of and appropriateness of the session or paper for inclusion in the conference program. Abstracts and proposal descriptions may not exceed the word limits given above.
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On-Campus Lodging
Residence hall guest rooms are arranged in suites (two rooms sharing a bathroom), or single rooms with private bathrooms. Radford University has premium residential housing air conditioned and ample non-air conditioned space as well. All residence halls are equipped with a working phone outlet, ethernet and wireless internet access, lounges, kitchens, laundry rooms, and TV lounges. Please bring your own phone, computer and appropriate accessories. Linens are provided in air conditioned rooms only which includes sheet set, pillow, pillow cloth, towel, wash cloth and blanket. Air Conditioned rooms $36.08/per night/per person for a single room (tax included) Non-air conditioned rooms $24.98/per night/per person for a single room (tax included) Note: Space is limited, you must pre-register lodging in order to guarantee space.
Area Hotels
There are a number of local hotels within driving distance to Radford University.
The Radford Best Western
1501 Tyler Avenue, Radford VA 24141 Telephone
Indoor pool - fitness center - restaurant - lounge - pet friendly hotel - high-speed internet Rooms have been reserved for the conference. Please indicate that you are attending the Building a New World Conference. Rate for reserved rooms is $70.00 per day plus tax. Rate for non-reserved rooms is $99.00 per day plus tax.
The Comfort Inn and Suites
2331 Tyler Rd. Radford VA US. Telephone (540) 639-3333
FREE high speed hard-wired and wireless internet access in all rooms. FREE deluxe continental breakfast, excersise room, guest laundry, indoor pool and hot-tub. All rooms have a microwave, refrigerator, hair dryer, iron and board, desk, coffee maker, and a 27 TV with expanded cable. Minutes away from Radford University. Please indicate that you are attending the Building a New World Conference. Rate for reserved rooms is $64.00 per day plus tax. Rate for non-reserved rooms is $73.99.
Directions: I-81 Southbound, Exit 109, bear right. Go apx. 1/4 mile, hotel on left. I-81 Northbound, Exit 109, take Left. Go apx. 1/3 mile, hotel on left.
La Quinta Inn in Radford
1450 Tyler Avenue, Radford, VA 24141, Telephone (540) 633-6800
Located 2 miles from downtown, free high-speed Internet access. Non-smoking, coffee maker, hairdryer, iron with ironing board. Fitness center. Complimentary continental breakfast and Bistro for dining. Please indicate that you are attending the Building a New World Conference. Rate for reserved rooms is $64.99 per day plus tax.
To register, please visit:
https://www.123signup.com
Or contact:
RU Conference Services
PO Box 6911
Radford, Virginia 24142
Phone: (540) 831-5800
Fax: (540) 831-6036
Email: conf-serv@radford.edu
To register online, please visit
https://www.123signup.com
Registration per person is $110.00.
Tote bag inserts are $210.00
NGO/Exhibitor/Vendor registration is $310.00.
All persons participating in the conference are required to register.
Building a New World Conference
Date: May 22-25, 2008
Location: Radford, Virginia
Theme: Building a New World: Radical Visions
Thursday, May 22, 2008
9:00 am - 6:00 pm - Registration
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Get Acquainted Social
7:00 pm - Keynote Speech, followed by Speaker Introductions
Friday, May 23, 2008
9:00 - 11:00 am
Plenary session: End of Empire
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
IVAW Speak Out Against War, Torture, Genocide
Domestic Violence
Indigenous Peoples Speak Out
Homelessness and Surviving Economic Depresion
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Taking Back the Media
Monetary Policy
Immigrant Rights
Facing Fundamentalism
Workshop and Paper Presentations
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Economic Exploitation
Climate Change and Water Crisis
Palestine
Workshop and Paper Presentations
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Banquet
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Cultural Program
Saturday, May 24th
9:00 - 11:00 am
Right to Health Care
Undoing Racism
Fight for Economic Democracy
Trial and Indictment of Bush-Cheney
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Victims of Oppression Speak Out
Animal Rights
Venezuela: Bolivarian Revolution
Why Cooperatives? Localization
Election Fraud
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Resistance and Social Change
Katrina - the Epilogue
Secession and Sustainability
Ending Poverty the Henry George Way
Workshop and Paper Presentations
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
Academic Freedom
No More Income Tax
Civilian Democratic Earth Federation
Workshop and Paper Presentations
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Banquet
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Cultural Program
Sunday, May 25th
9:00 am - Noon
Collective Brainstorming for Solutions Session
12:00 noon
Closing Ceremony
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Peace Walk to downtown Radford
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Dinner at Selu Conservancy
March 15, 2008
Deadline for Paper and Workshop Proposals to be received at wpaeditor@gmail.com.
April 1 2008
Accept and decline notifications will be sent via email.
April 15, 2008
Last day for Exhibitor/Vendor requests.
April 15, 2008
Last day for Tote Bag Insert requests
April 15 2008
Conference attendees with disabilities should request accommodations by this date.
Additional deadines will be listed here as they become available.
World Prout Assembly Advisory Board
Dr. Arun Ahluwalia
Center of Advanced Study in Geology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA
Dr. As'ad AbuKhalil
Political Science Dept., California State University, Turlock, California, USA
William Bagby
World Prout Assembly, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Dr. Carolyn Baker
Author and Editor, Speaking Truth to Power, USA
Vedran Banaj
World Prout Assembly, Croatia, CROATIA
Dr. Rafael Barrozo
P.R. Sarkar Institute of Strategic Studies, University of the Philippines, Los Banos, MAHARLIKA (PHILIPPINES)
Dr. Ravi Batra
Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
Medea Benjamin
Founding Director, Global Exchange; Co-Founder, CodePink, San Francisco, California, USA
Pranav Bihari
London School of Economics, London, ENGLAND
Jeff Blankfort
Former editor, Middle East Labor Bulletin, Radio host, KPOO, San Francisco, and KZYX, Mendocino California, USA
Albino Bordieri
President, Movement for Economic Democracy, Treviso, ITALY
Dr. Angana Chatterjee
Social and Cultural Anthropology Program, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California, USA
Arnab Roy
Research Fellow, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Orissa, INDIA
Jonathan Cook
Journalist and Author, Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State, Nazareth, ISRAEL
Dr. William Cook
Department of English and American Studies, LaVerne University, California, USA
Hazel Corcoran
Executive Director, Canadian Worker Cooperatives Federation, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
Dr. Gary Corseri
Writer, Editor and Educator, Washington, D.C. USA
Shermon Cruz
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, MAHARLIKA (PHILIPPINES)
Jack Dalton
Co-Editor, Project for the Old American Century, Portland, Oregon, USA
Tom Feeley
Editor, Information Clearinghouse, USA
Victor Gabriel Barbosa Garcia
Proutist Universal de Mexico, Morelia, MEXICO
Garda Ghista
Freelance journalist and author, The Gujarat Genocide; President, World Prout Assembly, Kentucky, USA
Carl Gunther
World Prout Assembly, Los Angeles, USA
Alanna Hartzok
Co-Director, Earth Rights Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Liila Hass
Naturopath, Hobart, TASMANIA
Kent Hesselund
Proutist Universal, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Jyotirmaya Hull-Jurkovic
Proutist Universal, London, ENGLAND
Anwaar Hussain
Journalist, Al Ain, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dr. Sohail Inayatullah
Tamkang University; Sunshine Coast University, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
Alex Jackimovicz
Proutist Universal, Portland, Maine, USA
Dr. Sally Jacobsen
Dept of Literature and Language, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, USA
Dahr Jamail
Journalist, Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches, Juno, Alaska, USA
Peter Jenssen
Oslo State Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, NORWAY
Max Kantar
Sociology Department, Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Jake Karlyle
Futurist, author and founding member, Prout Institute of Australia, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Slyusar Konstantin
Proutist Universal, RUSSIA
Dr. Franklin Lamb
American University of Beirut, Beirut, LEBANON
Prakash Laufer
Editorial Board, United for a Fair Economy; Proutist Universal, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Tom Lavrih
P. Eng. Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS), Toronto, CANADA
Stephen Lendman
Freelance author, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Alexander Lesnichev
Doctor of Naturopathy, RUSSIA
Honorio Lopez
Freelance Journalist, Porto Allegre, BRAZIL
Dr. Glen Martin
Dept of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, USA
Dr. Lars Mazzola
English Department, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, New York, USA
Jason Miller
Freelance journalist and author, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Richard Moore
Freelance writer and author, Escaping the Matrix, Wexford, IRELAND
Greg O'Neill
Founding member, Big Idea, Northwest Territories, CANADA
Matt Oppenheim
ABD, California Institute of Integral Studies, Los Angeles, California, USA
Juan Osegueda
Proutista Universal de Mexico, Cuernavaca, MEXICO
Shree Padre
Rainwater Harvesting Educator and Consultant, Kerala, INDIA
Ranjan Panda
Founder/Secretary, Manav Adhikar Seva Samti (MASS); Convenor, Water Initiatives, Sambalpur, Orissa, INDIA
Pratik Pande
Jagaran Media Center (JMC), Katmandu, NEPAL
Chuck Paprocki
Proutist Universal, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dr. John Parks
Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis (AAP), Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Sourabh Bikas Paul
Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. CANADA
Dale Pfeiffer
Geologist, journalist, novelist, editor, The Mountain Sentinel, Kentucky, USA
Terri Proulx
Business Counsellor, Community & Worker Ownership Program, SEED Winnipeg, Inc. Manitoba, CANADA
Hadiyah Rashid
ABD, University of Cincinnati, Educator, Conflict Resolution Mediator; Dept of Sociology, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, USA
Gennaro Rotoli
Proutist Universal, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
Jhu Elno Rubio
Proutist Universal, MAHARLIKA (PHILIPPINES)
Dr. Saajidha Sader
School of Education and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, SOUTH AFRICA
Dr. Kerin Schell
Psychologist, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Alan Serilo
Proutist Universal, AngKaSaMa, MAHARLIKA (PHILIPPINES)
Nina Shapiro
Social worker, alcohol & drug rehab counsellor, Women Proutists, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mehmooda Shekiba
Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), Kabul, AFGHANISTAN
Dr. Sauli Siekkinen
M.D., Psychiatrist, Helsinki, FINLAND
Dr. Morton Skorodin
M.D. and Founder, Concerned Americans of Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Dr. J.W. Smith
Director, Institute for Economic Democracy, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Dr. Doug Soderstrom
Department of Psychology, Wharton Community Jr. College, Wharton, Texas, USA
Jonathan Stephenson
Public Advocate, Manchester, Vermont, USA
Giulio Stocchi
Poet, ITALY
Ac. Sudhiirananda Avt.
Proutist Universal, Bataam, INDONESIA
Charles Sullivan
Photographer, freelance writer and social activist, West Virginia, USA
T.J. Templeton
Owner/editor, Project for the Old American Century
Valerie Thibodeau
Herbalist, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
Leonardo de Amorim Thury
Political Scientist, Proutist Univesal, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Dr. Michael Towsey
Prout Institute of Australia, Maleny, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Horen Tudu
Research Scholar, Los Angeles, California, USA
Dr. Will Tuttle
Prayer for Animals, San Diego, California, USA
Marina Urquidi
Editor, Global Citizens Report, Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World, Acquitaine, FRANCE
Sylvia Valle
Women's rights activist, Montevideo, URUGUAY
Ami Vitale
Photographer, Washington, D.C. USA
Barbara Walker
Educator, PBS, Kentucky, USA
Abraham Weizfeld
ABD, Universite du Quebec, Direct Democracy Movement, Montreal, CANADA
Dr. Cornel West
Dept of Religion, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Mike Whitney
Freelance journalist, Portland, Oregon, USA
Mary Wiese
Owner, Barnes Brothers Books, Carrollton, Kentucky, USA
Jeroen Willems
Yoga Teacher, Huize Sundaram, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Huei Yueh Wu
Pharmacist, TAIWAN
Mari York
Dept of Literature and Language, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, USA
Conference Convenor: Garda Ghista
Organization: World Prout Assembly
The World Prout Assembly was established in January 2005 to study ways to create a holistic, socio-economic, political, cultural and spiritual transformation throughout the world. The vision is for activisits in all countries fighting for justice in all spheres of life to come together to form one universal coalition so as to create global change. By providing solidarity to all local and global anti-exploitation struggles, the World Prout Assembly envisions the mobilization of humanity to end the economic hegemony of Empire and to usher the revitalization of local community and local, self-sustaining economies. Specific topics of concern include (1) economic democracy and cooperatives, including worker, producer and consumer cooperaives; (2) energy and water self-sufficiency, including solar, wind and water cooperaives, and (3) bioregional, independent, self-sustaining, locally self-sufficient, ecological-agricultural communities that can provide the minimum necessities of life to all inhabitants; (4) countering racisms and fundamentalisms; (5) health and health care; (6) immigration and (7) future visions.
The Call for Proposals for 2008
Building a
Towards New Local and Global Paradigms
May 22-25, 2008,
The Building a New World Conference will open on Thursday, May 22, with Registration and the Keynote Address. The General Conference begins on Friday morning, May 23 and concludes Sunday morning, May 25. It will feature Major Sessions and Paper, Poster and Workshop presentations. Evenings will offer documentaries, entertainment, veterans’ voices, and roundtable brainstorming for solutions.
Conference Location
The Building a New World Conference will be held at
Important Deadlines
About the Theme: Building a
Faced with the fact that over a billion people live in abject poverty, missing one or more of the five necessities of life: food, clothing, shelter, health care and education; and that war crimes and crimes against humanity are daily perpetrated by governments and mega-corporations committing economic genocide and terrorism, it then behooves the morally committed seekers of justice to educate each other on the issues in order to determine courses of action to alleviate to the best of our ability the suffering of other sentient beings.
We need to move past the military and economic crimes of Empire and seek new local and global paradigms. Thus motivated, the First Summit of the World Prout Assembly is sponsoring the “Building a New World Conference,” with sessions focusing on both problems and solutions, including, but not limited to: Ending Empire, After Capitalism, Immigration Rights, Health Care Rights, Reform and New Directions, Fundamentalisms and terrorisms, Undoing Racism, Economic Exploitation, Cooperatives on the Ground, Localization and the fight for economic democracy, The Fight for Economic Democracy, Bioregionalism, Secession, Neohumanism, Predatory Lending, Short and long-term effects of global warming, A New Monetary Policy, Animal Rights, Vegetarianism, Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution, Solidarity Economy, Civilian Democratic Earth Federation, The Water Crisis, Women's local and global, economic, intellectual and spiritual liberation, Surviving Economic Depression, Community Currencies, and Iraq Veterans Speak Out.
The overall theme of "Building a
We invite all of those interested to submit proposals for panels, papers, workshops, and performances that represent the wide range of anti-hegemonic scholarship in the
Guidelines for Submitting All Proposals
All proposals must be submitted electronically to wpaeditor@gmail.com or gghista@gmail.com, or may be mailed to World Prout Assembly,
No submissions will be returned. E-mail submissions will be deleted after the "Accept or Decline" notifications are sent. Hard copy submissions will be re-cycled. Please keep your own copies!
We especially encourage complete panel/session submissions. Full panels must include at least three presenters with complete contact information and affiliation for ALL panel participants as well as a non-presenting moderator, who will be charged with introducing speakers, keeping time, and coordinating discussion. Moderators will be listed in the conference program and must register for the conference. WPA will assist with assigning moderators for individual proposals.
Proposals for poster sessions* (please see below) are also invited. Selecting this option increases the likelihood of acceptance.
All speakers, panelists and presenters should provide a one-page synopsis of their material for presentation along with their proposal, which later can be distributed to participants and posted on the WPA Conference website.
Panel vs. Paper and Other Session Formats
WPA has a variety of formats for examining and presenting the conference themes: panel sessions, paper sessions, poster sessions, performances, workshops and roundtables.
Panels provide 3-5 participants an opportunity for examining specific problems or topics from a variety of perspectives. Panels may present alternative solutions, interpretations, or contrasting points of view on a specified subject or theme. Panel members are expected to prepare papers addressing central questions described in the proposal. We especially encourage prospective participants to network and find colleagues with whom to develop complete panel sessions.
Paper proposals are typically submitted individually and arranged into sessions by the Proposal Review Committee. In paper sessions, authors present 10-12 minute papers followed by audience discussion. A typical structure with four papers allows approximately 5 minutes for the moderator to introduce the session, 10 minutes for each presenter, and 30 minutes for discussion.
Creative Writing Series Because we believe that progressive and radical paradigms for a New World must embrace and complement artistic vision, a significant feature of WPA's “Building a New World Conference” will be the inclusion of venues for presenting creative works of poetry, dance, drama, photography and painting. We look forward to making space for writing which expresses ideals related to pressing political, cultural and social issues in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, dramatic monologue, and experimental creative writing. In addition to featured artists, all those wishing to share their work with a wider progressive/radical audience, in venues consisting of 25-1500 seats, are encouraged to participate, join the open poetry sessions, etc.
Film Series - The two-day Film Series runs concurrently with the panels and papers and is a supportive and lively venue for screening films and videos. We are interested in receiving work that responds to the conference themes of (1) Resisting hegemonies and Empire; (2) The politics of race in and across nations and regions; (3) After capitalism: modeling new economic, political, agricultural and cultural paradigms.
Films will be accepted until March 15, 2008, and selections will be made by April 1, 2008. The films selected are then loaned to the WPA for projection during the conference and are returned to their sponsors by mid-July 2008. Films are projected as CD/VHS/DVD. The Conference Program Book will carry: (1) a 75-100 word description of the film; (2) Name of the film producers/sponsors; and (3) Ordering information, including names, addresses, and websites of distributors. Videos should be submitted with a cover sheet to: World Prout Assembly,
Roundtables typically include a moderator and 4-6 presenters who make brief, informal remarks about a specific idea or project. The format allows for extensive discussion and audience participation.
*Poster sessions are informal in nature, with excellent networking potential. We will provide ample space for poster sessions and encourage prospective participants to consider this option. Poster sessions present research or analysis on a topic by combining graphics and text on a 4' x 8' board. The poster session presenter is available during an assigned session time in order to interact on a one-to-one basis with the attendees viewing the poster. A well-planned poster communicates its message in a visually and textually powerful way, allowing the attendee to grasp the overview of information quickly.
Workshops provide an opportunity to exchange information or work on a common problem, project or shared interest. Workshops are typically experientially oriented and include brief presentations that allow adequate time for reflective discussion and interaction.
Note: All panel proposals must include complete contact information for participants, plus a non-presenting moderator. Incomplete panels with less than three participants will not be considered for review. Workshops and roundtable proposals that feature multiple participants must include all participants' names and contact information at the time of proposal submission. One-person workshops will also be considered.
Abstracts for all proposals should be 50-100 words. Abstracts explain to potential attendees the topic, foci and/or goals of the presentation or reading in a clear and succinct manner in the conference program book. Abstracts may be revised or edited for the printed program.
One to two-page proposal descriptions (250-500 words) will serve as the basis for evaluation by the Proposal Review Committee and thus should include some or all of the following as appropriate: (1) Objective or purpose of the paper, panel, workshop, etc. (2) Perspective and/or theoretical framework and/or references to relevant, specific texts, authors, or research, or on-going debates in related fields; (3) Results and/or conclusions and points of view; (4) Relevance to the conference theme; (5) Discussion of how the session will be structured. Proposal descriptions will assist proposal reviewers’ evaluation of the appropriateness of the session or paper. Abstracts and proposal descriptions may not exceed the word limits given above.
We look forward to receiving your proposals, to your participation, and to dialoguing with you next May in
Garda Ghista
