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When the Harvard Social Forum (HSF) was conceived last March, its founders did not expect it to outlive its first weekend. As far as they were concerned, the organization would begin and end with a massive three-day retreat; seminars on activism would be held, workshops teaching political involvement attended and progressive speeches delivered and that would be that...
Indeed, that conference was the Forum until its creators got ambitious and decided to convert it into a full-time student group coalition. They would appeal to every relevant student group on campus and encourage them to pool their resources—connecting their leaders so they could work more cooperatively for their various social justice causes. By the end of last school year, the Forum had organized a massive labor rally in the Yard and, just a few weeks ago, they hosted an Alternative Activities Fair...
...another school-wide conference this spring, they are planning to host regular “alternative parties,” open mics and “weekly speakouts” and a self-produced ’zine called the Disorientation Guide featuring articles by members of the Forum...
They’re budding in all directions, in other words, but according to Gould-Wartofsky, their future lies in the Mt. Auburn house, a former fraternity purchased by the Foundation for Civic Leadership that the Forum has been using since they started working together. If the house comes through—Gould-Wartofsky would not comment on how likely that is at this point—it would unite the groups in the Forum in a much more palpable way. After all, the coalition’s roster, which features everybody from the Harvard Initiative for Peace & Justice...
...fortunate few who scored seats walked out of the forum wowed...