Conference Convenor

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.