Social Welfare Action Alliance’s
The Rumble for Human Rights, a social work and human services track at the 2nd International Gathering of Social Movements on Water and the 2nd National Legal and Legislation Summit on Water. Organized in conjunction with the Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) and the New Poor People’s Campaign.
International Gathering of Social Movements on Water
A social movement gathering of allies and advocates from across the U.S. and internationally who work on issues of clean, affordable, and accessible water, especially for low income communities.
Legal and Legislation Summit on Water
A convening to describe and investigate legal strategies, and—in collaboration with movement organizations–develop legislative efforts for bills and ordinances at local, state, and federal levels.
SWAA’s Rumble for Human Rights
A gathering of people involved in the social welfare and human services in any capacity to analyze how the denial of water rights is connected to the struggle for all human rights, adapt lessons from the water rights movement to our other work for justice, and create a practice model of radical resistance and transformation.
Rumble Highlights
- Opening panel with other frontline human service workers & people in poverty
- A Social Movement Assembly, Human Services Challenges in Our Times: Resist, Reflect, Act
- Self-Organized Interest & Action Groups , for example:
– Dismantling White Supremacy
– Radical SW Practice
– Solidarity as Self Care
– Social Workers against Solitary Confinement
– Guaranteed Basic Income
– Homeless Bill of Rights Campaign/Criminalization of Homeless
– Others to be organized at the SMA - Historical reflections, lessons and political analysis, including
– The Civil Rights Movement: Conditions then, why this moment is different, and what lies ahead
– Understanding U.S. Fascism
– A national report and video from the New Poor People’s Campaign - Strategy & Next Steps Discussions & Reports
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Event Information
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