 The National Planning Committee for the US Social Forum includes a number of big labor rights and social justice organizations, including the AFL-CIO, Amnesty International USA, AFSCME, Center for Third World Organizing, Indigenous Environmental Network, Jubilee USA, Sociologists Without Borders, and a host of other organizations.The first US Social Forum took place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on June 27 - July 1, 2007.Planning for the forum began in 2005.