SPP New Orleans People’s Summit - Response to NAFTA plus

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April 21 - 23, 2008 o New Orleans, Louisiana, USA -

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Subject: SPP New Orleans  People’s Summit - Response to NAFTA plus
Date: 15 April 2008 23:24:04 IST

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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People´s Summit New Orleans- response to NAFTA +  (SPP)

April 21 - 23, 2008 o New Orleans, Louisiana, USA -

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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