Rochester Activist Summit

Rochester is home to many dedicated activists and organizations, but sometimes it feels like we're fighting our struggles alone. Why isn't there more concrete, operational-unity, solidarity and support between Rochester activist groups? What links the work we are doing? How can we work towards unity and collective action?

The goal of the Rochester Activist Summit is to begin an ongoing process of building understanding, concrete, principled, operational-unity, solidarity and systems of support between local activists / organizations that are working to create change in the Rochester area. If we are serious about liberation, then we need to be serious about coming together, discussing the barriers that exist between us, and working towards unity and collective struggle.

Objectives: At the summit, we plan to:

• Learn from each other: We will teach each other about racism, sexism, homophobia/heterosexism, ableism, and all of the oppressions we face, the work we do, and our visions for social change.
• Build understanding regarding linkages between our struggles: We will work to better understand -- in concrete, practical terms -- how different oppressions reinforce and support each other.
• Start working together!: We will identify an issue that we can build a common campaign around and begin working on it.