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Subject: SPP New Orleans People’s Summit – Response to NAFTA plus
Date: 15 April 2008 23:24:04 IST
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People´s Summit New Orleans- response to NAFTA + (SPP)
Linking the Gulf Coast struggle to the fight for the survival of
communities in Mexico, Canada, Quebec & the rest of the United States
Building collective knowledge and action to transform NAFTA & other
unjust economic policies pushed by Bush, Calderon, & Harper
Presenters include: Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond,
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, Malcolm X Grass
Roots Movement, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, New Orleans
Worker Center for Racial Justice, Canadian Union of Public Employees,
and many others.
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oples_summit_neworleans.html
People´s Summit New Orleans- response to NAFTA + (SPP)
April 21 – 23, 2008 o New Orleans, Louisiana, USA –
www.summitneworleans.org
Coming together for our communities
Linking the Gulf Coast struggle to the fight for the survival of
communities in Mexico, Canada, Quebec & the rest of the United States
Building collective knowledge and action to transform NAFTA & other
unjust economic policies pushed by Bush, Calderon, & Harper
Sunday, 4/20
12:30pm
Workshop: NAFTA Gets Militarized: The Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America, New Orleans International Human Rights
Film Festival, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha
Castle Haley Blvd.
7:30pm
N.O. Intrnt´l H.R. Film Festival Films on the Prison-Industrial
Complex-criminal justice organizing benefit, Zeitgeist Multi-
Disciplinary Arts Ctr.
Monday, 4/21
9am – 12pm
Community Tour of New Orleans & Story Circles at “the Village” –
Next to the Canal St. Ferry on the riverfront in Algiers
12 – 1:30pm
Opening Ceremony & Lunch at “the Village” – Next to the Canal St.
Ferry on the riverfront in Algiers
2pm – 5pm
Understanding Who Profits & How: NAFTA+ and Katrina Profiteering
6pm – 9pm
Understanding Who Profits & How: NAFTA+ and Katrina Profiteering
Tuesday, 4/22
9am – 4pm
Self-organized sessions addressing four topics: increased
militarism, privatization, forced immigration and migration, and
abuse of the environment.
Presenters include: Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond,
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, Malcolm X Grass
Roots Movement, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade, New Orleans
Worker Center for Racial Justice, Canadian Union of Public Employees,
and many others.
Session locations: Loyola University, Craige Cultural Center, McKenna
Museum of African American Art, and Greater Little Zion Baptist
Church
6pm – 9pm
Breaking Inferiority & Superiority to Restore Ourselves & Our
Communities
To get more information contact:
James Williams, Summit Organizer at 504-307-6588 or
Click here to download a .pdf version of this poster
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