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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Colombia speaker Friday March 20
Note: Sen. Robledo has been a strong voice in the Colombian Senate in support of workers' rights and especially for the rights of workers and communities affected by multinational mines. We are privileged to have him here in Lynn.
Avi
Avi
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Discussion with Progressive
Colombian Senator Jorge Robledo
Discussion with Progressive
Colombian Senator Jorge Robledo
Friday, March 20th, 2009
6:30 . 8:30 pm
112 Exchange St in Lynn, MA
6:30 . 8:30 pm
112 Exchange St in Lynn, MA
RSVP to the North Shore Labor Council at (781) 595-2538 or northshorelaborcouncil@gmail.com
Light Refreshments will be served. Senator Robledo will deliver remarks in Spanish, with simultaneous English translation provided.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to speak with Senator Jorge Robledo, a prominent member of the National Senate in Colombia. The AFL-CIO Solidarity Center has been trying to build ties with Colombian trade unionists who are routinely assassinated in Colombia (more than any other country in the world combined) for speaking up for their rights. Senator Robledo has fought shoulder to shoulder with the Unions and the civic groups focusing on the plight of the indigenous peoples and small scale farmers of Colombia. He is a staunch opponent of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and with the European Union.
Senator Robledo has recently been cofounder of the .Polo Democratico Alternativo (Democratic Alternative Pole). Before his transition into political life, the Senator was a professor at the National University in Manizales, Colombia and a syndicated columnist for several Colombian newspapers.
Event Sponsored by Colombia Vive, the North Shore Labor Council, AFL-CIO and the North Shore Colombian Solidarity Committee. Labor Donated.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Upcoming events: Guatemala, Colombia, and more
from Avi
Upcoming events: Guatemala, Colombia, and more
The next few weeks are packed with exciting Latin-America-related events. Here's information about just a few of them:
Friday, March 13, 6 pm. Family and Children Service of Greater Lynn, Inc.111 North Common St., Lynn
Sipakapa No Se Vende/Sipakapa Is Not for Sale (2005, 55 min.) GUATEMALA
Director: Álvaro Revenga In Spanish and Sipakapense with English subtitles.
The steep environmental and human costs of gold mining lead Maya communities in the Sipakapa municipality of Guatemala to exercise their right to be consulted about the expansion of mining operations into their area. The outcome of their plebiscite is a resounding 'No!" to mining.
Friday, March 20, 6 pm. Local 201, 112 Exchange St., Lynn. Colombian Senator Jorge Robledo, from the progressive Polo Democrático political party, will speak (in Spanish with simultaneous translation). Sen. Robledo has been a passionate voice in the Colombian senate in support of labor, environmental, indigenous, and Afro-Colombian movements, and in particular in solidarity with people in resistance against multinational mines. Sponsored by Colombia Vive and the North Shore Labor Council.
Monday, April 6, 9 am-12 pm. Campus Center Ballroom, UMass Boston. Guatemalan campesina leader, indigenous rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu-Tum will speak.
RSVP to Gissell Abreu-Rodriguez by phone at 617.287.7132 or email at gissell.abreu@umb.edu Sponsored by The Office of the Chancellor and the Latino Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and The Organization Maya Kiché of New Bedford.
Avi
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Upcoming events: Guatemala, Colombia, and more
The next few weeks are packed with exciting Latin-America-related events. Here's information about just a few of them:
Friday, March 13, 6 pm. Family and Children Service of Greater Lynn, Inc.111 North Common St., Lynn
Sipakapa No Se Vende/Sipakapa Is Not for Sale (2005, 55 min.) GUATEMALA
Director: Álvaro Revenga In Spanish and Sipakapense with English subtitles.
The steep environmental and human costs of gold mining lead Maya communities in the Sipakapa municipality of Guatemala to exercise their right to be consulted about the expansion of mining operations into their area. The outcome of their plebiscite is a resounding 'No!" to mining.
Friday, March 20, 6 pm. Local 201, 112 Exchange St., Lynn. Colombian Senator Jorge Robledo, from the progressive Polo Democrático political party, will speak (in Spanish with simultaneous translation). Sen. Robledo has been a passionate voice in the Colombian senate in support of labor, environmental, indigenous, and Afro-Colombian movements, and in particular in solidarity with people in resistance against multinational mines. Sponsored by Colombia Vive and the North Shore Labor Council.
Monday, April 6, 9 am-12 pm. Campus Center Ballroom, UMass Boston. Guatemalan campesina leader, indigenous rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu-Tum will speak.
RSVP to Gissell Abreu-Rodriguez by phone at 617.287.7132 or email at gissell.abreu@umb.edu Sponsored by The Office of the Chancellor and the Latino Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and The Organization Maya Kiché of New Bedford.
Avi
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