Presenter : Dr. Komozi WoodardFor : Persons who are committed activists fighting for social justice.Description : Participants will discuss organizing strategies and tactics that they might employ in the struggle for justice. Lessons drawn from earlier struggles that aimed to build democracy and unity will also be offered. Topics to be covered will include: building coalitions and united fronts, mass mobilization, the nature of organizing traditions, the question of electoral politics, student organizing, and community organizing.Preparation : As an activist in some Black political or social movement, each participant will prepare a brief description of the movement and their participation in it.

About Dr. Komozi Woodard : Komozi Woodard is a professor of American History, Public Policy & Africana Studies at Sarah Lawrence College. Before becoming a professor, Komozi Woodard was an editor, political activist, elected representative, economic development advisor, community policy maker, and director of a grassroots urban planning institution in Newark, New Jersey that put together housing and community development directed by the local residents, as well as managing editor of 2 newspapers, a radio program and a children’s journalism program. As a longtime activist, Woodard has participated in the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee SNCC), Black Youth Organization (BYO) [Newark], Congress of African Students, Congress of African People, the Committee for a Unified Newark (CFUN), the National Black Political Assembly (NBA), the African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC), the Black Women’s United Front, the National Black United Front, and the Black Radical Congress as well as the Hip Hop Political Convention. Today, he advises NY area organizers about Katrina fallout.