EMPOWERING GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY & ASHA PARIVAR CONVENTION A workshop for activists and students of social movements offered by Asha Ashram and the Convention of Asha Parivar 14th to 19th May, 2010, Friday to Wednesday Venue: Asha Ashram, Village Lalpur, Post Atrauli, District Hardoi, U.P., India Schedule Date and Day Subject Speakers 14th May, Fri. Climate Change Abdhesh/Rashmi Gangwar, Centre for Environment Education 15th May, Sat. NREGS and Governance Anurag Yadav and Amod Kumar, IAS officers 16th May, Sun. Terrorism, Naxalism and Ajit Sahi, Tehelka and Advocate International Politics Mohammed Shoaib 17th May, Mon. Right to Education Act Madhu Prasad, Delhi University and Sarwat Ali, Jamia Millia Islamia 18th May, Tue Asha Parivar Convention Nandlal, Keshav Chand, Jayashankar RTI, PDS, NREGS, Pandey, Arvind Murti, Mamta Singh, Gender Equality, Human Mahesh, S.R. Darapuri, Yugal Kishore Rights, Communal Shashtri Harmony , India Pakistan Peace, Terrorism and Naxalism 19th May, Wed. Public Meeting on Right Leaders of various political parties and to Food social activists Programme Coordinator: Sandeep Pandey, Telephone: 91 522 2347365, [email protected] Asha Ashram Location: Rural area of Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh , India and other areas of social movements. Postal Address: Asha Ashram, Village Lalpur, Post Bharawan, District Hardoi, U.P. (60 km from Lucknow ) How to reach: Nearest railway stations – Lucknow , Sandila, Hardoi (on Lucknow-Delhi route). Private buses from Ghantaghar in Chowk, Lucknow and Sandila take one to Bharawan and/or Atrauli. Asha Ashram is located 1 km inside from the road connecting Bharawan and Atrauli and is walkable distance from either places. Buses also run between Hardoi and Sandila. Telephone: 0522-2347365, 9621116309 (in Lucknow ), 9542144454, 9919823845 (in the rural Hardoi area). e-mail: [email protected] Asha Ashram and the organization Asha Parivar are engaged in grassroots empowerment of marginalized communities and the larger objective of strengthening democracy so that a just and humane order may be created. To look at the mission of Asha Parivar, please visit www.ashaparivar.org Asha Parivar’s areas of interest: Right to Life, Right to Food, Right to Employment, Right to Information, Transparency and Accountability in governence, Human Rights, Communal Harmony, Traditional rights over natural resources of local communities, South Asia and Global peace and nuclear disarmament, gender equality, Decentralized political and economic systems, renewable energy, health care, humane education system, sustainablility of human activities and life, just human order. Financial Contributions: Financial contributions to Asha Ashram may be made in the name of ‘Asha’ (please note ‘Asha’ only and not ‘Asha Ashram’) and sent to: Vallabhacharya Pandey, Village Bhandahan Kalan, Post Kaithi, Varanasi-221116, U.P., India , Mobile : 9415256848, Ph: (0542) 2618201, 2618301, 2618401, [email protected] Asha Parivar team of activists: Mahesh Pandey, Mohan Lal, Bagwandeen, Arvind Murti, Keshav Chand, Jaishankar, Nandlal, Mahendra Yadav, Prem Kumar, Anil Mishra, Rajesh Maurya, Faisal Khan, Yugal Kishore Shashtri, Ram Krishna Raju, Gurdial Singh Sheetal, Nasir Pathan, Vallabhacharya Pandey, Bobby Ramakant, Usha Vishwakarma, Sirish Agarwal, Arundhati Dhuru, S.R. Darapuri and Sandeep Pandey. For more information please contact Sandeep Pandey ([email protected]) or Sirish Agarwal ([email protected]).