[Leftforumvolunteers] VOLUNTEER AT LEFT FORUM 2009! PLEASE READ!

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Friends and Allies of Left Forum,

Thanks for your interest in volunteering at Left Forum 2009, taking
place this year at Pace University April 17-19! This year will be the
largest conference ever, with about 200 panels and workshops planned
so far.

Just a short list of the hundreds of speakers include Walden Bello,
Arlie Hochschild, Eve Ensler, Adolph Reed, Michael Albert, Frances Fox
Piven, Gihan Perera, Gayatri Spivak, Barbara Epstein, Bill Fletcher,
Jr., Laura Flanders, Jose LaLuz, Ai-jen Poo, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz,
Benjamin Chavis, Anwar Shaikh, Peter Kwong, Nomi Prins, Leo Panitch,
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Cindy Milstein, Dave Zirin, and many many more.

Every year the conference is made possible by tons of remarkable
volunteers. We need your help. Volunteering also gets you into the
conference for free and contributes to the overall character of the
event.

Here are some ways you can help:
1. Registration tables: We need people to staff registration tables on
conference weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The most important
shifts are on Friday afternoon, and Saturday morning and afternoon.
Please sign up for a shift below, and we’ll show you what to do. Email
me and say which shift(s) you want to cover, and include your phone
number too. Thanks.

Friday, April 17: 3pm-7pm
Saturday, April 18: 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm
Sunday, April 19: 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm

2. Office: We need help in the office right now, but especially in the
week leading up to the conference, between April 10 – April 16. We
staff the office from noon to night every day. Let us know when you
are available and we’ll find a way to plug you in.

3. Security and Grounds: We will need a few people to help us support
the staff at Pace for this large event. This involves helping with
exhibit tables and the bookfair, cleaning, producing signs and helping
the event run as smoothly as possible.

4.  Volunteer Saturdays: Every Saturday from now until the conference
we will be in the office. Please let us know if you can make it in to
help out. We need help distributing postcards, flyers, and posters.

Thanks for supporting Left Forum! It only works because you do. Please
email Jamie at volunteer at leftforum.org and let us know what you want
to do. Include your phone number and address too. Thanks.

See you in April,
Left Forum Organizers