 The conference focused specifically on institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization.The conference was held March 8–11, 2001, and featured speakers such as Paul Hawken, Chol Soon Rhie, Danny Kennedy, Kevin Danaher, Ignacio Ibarra, Njoki Njoroge Njehu, Raquel Sancho, Amy Goodman, Julie Davids, Carlos Zorrilla, Michael Morrill, Orrin Williams, Ward Churchill, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Irungu Houghton, Jason Wallach, and William Begay.The Rocky Mountain Rebels were a group of Radical Cheerleaders in WAAKE-UP!.