Local to Global Justice 25th Annual Forum and Festival
Call for Proposals
Reflection, Repair, and Renewal
Local to Global Justice is celebrating the 25th anniversary of our founding by students at Arizona State University. In our early years, we did extensive collaborative community organizing and started our annual Teach-In, which evolved to our current Forum and Festival. Over the years, our event has created a space for community activists, students, faculty, and staff to connect an array of local issues to global struggles for justice. Our free events have focused on an array of justice issues, environmental, racial, land, women and gender, immigrant rights, and broad themes of restorying justice, reclaiming the commons, and weaving webs of justice.
The anniversary event will again feature interactive sessions, tabling and vendors, healthy (mostly vegan) food, arts, entertainment, and activities for all ages, bringing together former student leaders and co-founders to celebrate our first 25 years on February 13-14, 2026. In our 25th year, we pause to reflect and honor our founders, community and student leaders, and all those who work for social and environmental justice. We also recognize that, now more than ever, there is both an ongoing and increasingly urgent need for repair on many fronts – from personal to community, national, and global contexts. Repair and renewal go hand in hand toward transformational approaches to justice,
Reflection, repair, and renewal can all occur concomitantly and represent personal, material and collective experiences – requiring work on many levels and in community. More specifically, we envision an event that unpacks our anniversary theme in several ways, as follows.
Reflection: We open Friday evening with a panel of founders and former student leaders, reflecting on the history of Local to Global Justice.
Repair: Sessions on Saturday morning, particularly a keynote panel, will discuss ways in which personal, community, and environmental repair may occur, as informed by Indigenous practices, mutual aid, radical inclusion, and other strategies.
Renewal: Large and small group discussion on Saturday afternoon will focus on visions for the future and ways to renew our commitment to long-term action and mutual support.
In the spirit of our “Teach-In” legacy, we invite proposals for interactive 45-minute Saturday morning and afternoon sessions that share ideas and experiences, build skills, or offer activities for young activists.
The deadline for submitting a proposal is December 15, 2025.
About the Forum and Festival
Promoting diversity, freedom of speech, and academic freedom of discussion.
The Local to Global Justice Forum and Festival is a gathering for sharing knowledge that doesn’t rely entirely on “experts.” At this annual event, we recognize that everyone has something to teach and something to learn. Similar to the Social Forums that have been held around the world, this L2GJ event feels more like a festival than a conference.
Since 2001 our primary goal has been to educate ASU students and the greater community about local and global justice, while promoting diversity, freedom of speech, and academic freedom of discussion. We believe it is vital to connect local diversity, sustainability, and social justice issues to larger global struggles.
The Forum and Festival is absolutely FREE of charge. While we certainly appreciate donations, we are dedicated to providing free speakers, food, workshops and entertainment.
