Meeting Venue

The meeting location is at the Historic YWCA Building, within 4 blocks of the University of Arizona. The YWCA building is currently owned by a
private individual, who rents to theatre groups, the Audubon Society, private counselors and acupuncturists, the YWCA, the Sonoran Desert Protection Coalition, and to groups who meet there, such as the Green
Party of Pima County, the Sierra Club, etc.

It will be a delight to support, and interact with, a Green friendly venue that includes: Audubon Society Gift Shop, ZUZI's Theater, Desert
Archeology, the Paulo Freire Freedom School, the Environmental
Education Exchange, the YWCA of Tucson, the Arizona League of Conservation Voters, the Sky Island Alliance, ArtsReach, Voices for Education / Arizona Children First, IATSE Local 415 - Stage Hands Union, the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, the Sierra Club, the US Fish & Wildlife Service / Sonoran Joint Venture, the Friends of Saguaro National Park, and Tucson CSA - Community Supported Agriculture.

For an extraordinarily competitive rate, we will have access to:

• Auditorium (For plenaries. This area once included a swimming pool, and then the gymnasium, back in the day, but now is floored over and houses the theatre group and other large events.)
• One decent sized conference room, and two large classrooms
• Three smaller rooms (approx 12X15 feet, for 20 people or less)
• Vestibule to the auditorium, for registration
• Shared use of building lobby, for information tables, vendors on the weekend, etc
• An enclosed courtyard with patio, and a smaller enclosed sun room, where delegates may congregate or picnic
• A staffed computer room, rented from a charter school [the Paulo Freire Freedom School], which has 40 laptop computers, powered by a satellite dish, with web and e-capacity, available 9am-9pm. (For more information on this incredible school, see www.elpueblointegral.org).

Additional space may be rented from the church across the street, if needed. We will also ask local affinity groups if they would like to host/ hold receptions for various caucus meetings, close to the meeting site. There is a public park, 2 blocks away, a frequent site for demonstrations and rallies. And there is 4th Avenue, immediately behind our venue. You may know of Tucson's 4th Avenue from its spring and winter Street Fairs, but you can get more information about its enticements at www.fourthavenue.org.