National Planning Committee
After the 2005 World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, the US Social Forum National Planning Committee was formed with the group Grassroots Global Justice. The National Planning Committee includes over 45 groups, who oversee the fiscal and political responsibilities of the US Social Forum.
The National Planning Committee for the US Social Forum includes a number of big labor rights and social justice organizations, including the AFL-CIO, Amnesty International USA, AFSCME, Center for Third World Organizing, Indigenous Environmental Network, Jubilee USA, Sociologists Without Borders, and a host of other organizations.
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