<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Dear
Friends, </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">This year's
Left Forum, held March 16 to March 18 at Pace University, will be our largest
conference ever, with about 1,400 panelist/speakers and 400 panels. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">With
speakers including Michael Moore, Cornel West, Medea Benjamin, Michael Klare,
Barbara Ehrenreich, M1 of Dead Prez, Occupy poets, Occupy think tank and Occupy organizers from around the country coming we expect sizable
crowds.<span style> </span>And we really need a helping
hand. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Much of
the<span style> </span>Left Forum is self organized and produced
mainly through in-kind support and volunteerism.<span style> </span>And while the speakers and panel organizers
contribute all their time and energy towards making the panels happen, the
success of the conference depends upon the willingness of the larger community
to step in when the need arise.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">We
especially need people to help with the registration process; we need folks to
help direct conference attendees to the hundreds of panels, the plenary
sessions and the book exhibits. We also need help with media, and to anyone
who has or knows people with video recorders, please consider contacting them
and/or helping by recording two sessions. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Signing up
for one shift does of course get you free entry into the conference, but we
hope that you can do more. Signing up for two shifts creates the consistency
that is immeasurably helpful to both the organizers and to the conference as a
whole. Please note that we need all those who sign up to meet their
commitments, and to inform us at least three days us in advance if that is not
possible.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.leftforum.org/content/volunteer-2012-conference"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Click here to sign up!</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">Thank you in
advance for helping make the Left Forum possible. Please feel free to forward
and pass this on to anyone you think may be interested.<span style> </span>Please help us in bringing these critical
voices to the public!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">The crew at
LF</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%">If you have
any questions feel free to call us at 212-817-2002 or email at
<a href="mailto:volunteer@leftforum.org">volunteer@leftforum.org</a></span></p>
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