South East Social Forum Launch New Website

www.freewebs.com/sesf/

The South East Social Forum have launched a new website: www.freewebs.com/sesf/ The website contains details of the protest and alternative summit at the EU environmental ministers meeting in Waterford in May.

As part of Ireland's EU Presidency, the EU environmental ministers will be meeting in Martin Cullen's constituency, Waterford on May 15th & 16th. The South East Social Forum is organising a protest and alternative summit under the title of 'People and Planet Before Profit - Another Europe is Possible'.

The protest assembles in the Glen, Waterford city centre at 2.45pm on Saturday 15th May to march to the Waterford Institute of Technology where the EU summit is happening.


Speakers at the alternative environmental summit include: Patricia McKenna MEP (Green Party), Mick O'Reilly (ATGWU), Karin Dubsky (Coastwatch), Richard Boyd Barrett (Irish Anti War Movement), Jean Somers (Debt and Development Coalition), also speakers from SIPTU, Zero Waste, AFRI, Feasta, DAPSE, CHASE, The Waterford Council of Trade Unions, Sustainable Ireland, Busworkers Action Group and many more.

The alternative summit opens on Friday 14th May and runs until Sunday 16th May in four venues -
Granville Hotel, The Quay, Waterford
The Showboat, The Glen, Waterford
The Forum Theatre, The Glen, Waterford
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford

See below for full list of speakers, times and venues.

For more information on the South East Social Forum contact 086-3274015 / southeastsocialforum@yahoo.com or go to our website: www.freewebs.com/sesf