UER brought a delegation to the Second US Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan in June 2010. The U.S. Social Forum is part of a growing global justice movement that is developing as an alternative to neoliberal capitalism. Alysia Tate led the delegation of sixteen RC leaders who presented 3 well-attended workshops. The first workshop was "Putting Ourselves in the Movement: Facing Discouragement and Finding Real Hope in Midwest Activism." Participants answered three questions in mini sessions: What is your vision for the world, where have things gone well in your activism, and what has been challenging, hard, discouraging about being an activist and actualizing your vision? The second workshop was a four-hour workshop "Healing the Hurts of Racism in Detroit and the Midwest: Ending Oppression and Undoing Its Effects." Many people showed an interest in continuing to learn about RC. A fourth workshop was on young adult activism entitled "Our Role in the Midwest Movement: Facing Discouragement and Finding Real Hope as Young Adult Activists."
They also did listening projects which gathered crowds of people to answer the question "Tell us how your story of racism has affected you. We want to listen."
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