John Atlas
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Democratic Agenda
More than 1,200 people attended the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee initiated Democratic Agenda Conference held November 16-18, 1979, at the International Inn and Metropolitan AM Church in Washington 1 DC. The conference focused on "corporate power'; as the key barrier to "economic and political democracy," concepts many Democratic Agenda participants defined as "socialism.'
The Democratic Agenda meetings attempted to develop anti-corporate alternatives" through influencing the direction of the Democratic Party during the period leading to the July 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York.
Workshops included "Housing:Tenants' Movements" - Nancy Kleniewski, moderator; John Atlas and Ruth Yanatta Goldway.[1]
DSA activist
John Atlas and Peter Dreier were active Democratic Socialists of America members in New Jersey in the mid-1980s.[2]
Campaign for America's Future
In 1996 John Atlas, National Housing Institute was one of the original 130 founders of Campaign for America's Future.[3]
America's Future Now!
Gar Alperovitz was one of the 148 speakers who spoke at the 2010 America's Future Now Conference.[4]
Left Forum 2011
In March , John Atlas addressed a panel at Left Forum 2011, Pace University New York.[5]
Building Solidarity through Community Power: Community-Labor Coalitions:
- Abby Scher, Brooklyn College/CUNY
- Gerardo Dominguez, Mexican-American Workers Association
- John Atlas, National Housing Institute
- Stephen Lerner, SEIU
Left Forum 2013
Urban redevelopment. From NJ Nets and Atlantic Yards to FreshDirect’s Plans to move to the Bronx. Can Gentrification and Corporate Development Benefit the Poor? Sponsored by: The Black Institute, The National Housing Institute/Shelterforce Magazine
- John Atlas, Chair, National Housing Institute/Shelterforce Magazine
- Bertha Lewis, The Black Institute
- Miriam Axel-Lute , National Housing Institute/Shelterforce Magazine
- Rachel LaForest, Right to the City Alliance
References
Template:Reflist Template:Campaign for America's Future co-founders
- ↑ Information Digest, December 14, 1979, page 370/371
- ↑ [http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng115.html New Ground 115 November - December, 2007]
- ↑ CAF Co-Founders
- ↑ Our Future website: Take Back America 2010 Speakers (accessed on July 12, 2010)
- ↑ Left Forum: Panels (accessed on March 8, 2011)