The Peoples’ Summit, a program of informed dialogue about the economic, social and political problems facing the world, took place from Saturday, September 19 to Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at several locations in the city of Pittsburgh. Over 700 people attended the Peoples' Summit. Some of the speakers that spoke at the Summit included Howard Zinn, Walden Bello, James Quilligan, Tim Stevens, State Senator Jim Ferlo, Carl Redwood, Molly Rush, Anthony Arnove, Jeremy Scahill and Anna Pinto.

Over the next few months this site will be dedicated to collecting and sharing videos and notes from the talks and workshops at the Peoples' Summit. If you have videos or notes from the Summit that you'd like to share, please contact us.

For now, here are some updates:

Check back for more updates. To the US Social Forum in Detroit from June 22-26, 2010!

The Peoples' Summit

Vision Statement of the Peoples’ Summit:
“Another World is Possible”

In Pittsburgh, on September 19-22, a Peoples’ Summit has assembled to engage in a dialogue about the economic, social, and political problems facing the world, in the days preceding the G-20 Summit, scheduled to meet in this city September 24-25.

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