[Lowdown] Join us at Cochabamba/USA event April 20!
Alfredo Lopez
alfredo at mayfirst.org
Wed Apr 14 15:49:00 EDT 2010
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Hi all,
We are involved in a very important event connected with the World
Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in
Cochabamba, Bolivia next week.
On April 20, 2010, at 7:00 pm Eastern time people in various cities of
the United States will gather for a direct interaction -- via the
Internet -- with participants in the Bolivia conference. It will be one
of the first fully interactive convergences of its type and we're hoping
it will move our Hemispheric movement forward a step.
People in several cities in the US will be able to speak directly with
Conference participants and discuss what's going on in Cochabamba, the
issues being raised, the concerns we have, questions...whatever we want.
A group of people in Bolivia (including many from the US delegation to
the conference) will make a short report about what's going on. The
US-based rooms and our participants in Bolivia will then begin a
conversastion: we will pose questions, suggestions, clarifications,
opinions, etc. and discuss the ongoing conference with them Bolivia and
between U.S. cities.
Since our delegation (Jamie McClelland, Mallory Knodel and Maritza
Arrastia) is there, we can also ask them to raise issues that concern us
or questions we might have with the rest of the Conference participants:
they can bring us back those responses when they get back home. People
from the US will also be joined by delegates from other countries,
including Bolivia, to broaden the exchanges and discussions.
Through this action, for a brief time and humbly, we will challenge the
false and destructive border and national divisions imposed on the
indigenous peoples of our Hemisphere and continuously imposed on us all.
We will make this conference a truly Hemispheric conference.
This will be one of the first times that we are able to get a live
report from the event and actually discuss it with participants during
the event. Effectively, it will bring people in this country into the
conference.
Locations
The event will take place in all locations on:
April 20, 2010
7:00 pm
We have two confirmed locations and more being planned.
In New York City, we will be at
The Brecht Forum
451 West Street (between Bank and Bethune Streets)
April 20, 2010
7:00 pm
In Boston, we will be at
encuentro 5
33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor
Boston, MA 02111
We'll keep sending information and if you have a group that wants to
participate, email me. :-)
Abrazos,
Alfredo
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Alfredo Lopez
Co-Director
May First/People Link
Growing Networks to Build a Just World
http://mayfirst.org
Chair -- Information Communications and Technology Working Group
United State Social Forum 2010
http://ussf2010.org
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