"U.S. Intervention and the Struggle for Labor Rights in Colombia"

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PRESS RELEASE

Tuscaloosa chapter of Students for a Democratic Society

Contacts: Laura Langley, lela...@ua.edu or #205-999-1318;

Chapin Gray, chapi...@gmail.com or #251.605.7780.

For Immediate Release

The Tuscaloosa chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) hosts National Coordinator of Campaign for Labor Rights (CLR) James Jordan in Birmingham.

Lecture and discussion-- "U.S. Intervention and the Struggle for Labor Rights in Colombia"

Monday, July 6^th at 6 PM

Church of the Reconciler

112 14th St. North, Birmingham, AL 35203

This event is free and open to the public. The lecture will be followed by moderated Q&A session. All donations will go towards helping a University of Alabama student attend a CLR-sponsored human rights delegation to Colombia this August. Suggested Donations: $20-$100.

About James Jordan:

James has been involved in Latin American solidarity for over twenty years. During the 80's, James was a staff member at the Casa Maria Catholic Worker House and was a volunteer for the Sanctuary Movement, a modern-day underground railroad that helped relocate political refugees from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Colombia who were targeted due to US policies in the region. He was the Emergency Response Coordinator for the Venezuela Solidarity Network before taking his current position as National Coordinator for the Alliance for Global Justice's (AGL) Campaign for Labor Rights (CLR) in August of 2008.

This August, CLR, along with Colombia Action Network (CAN), are leading a delegation to Colombia. James, along with a student from the University of Alabama, are planning on joining the delegation, and are hoping to raise money to help cover the travel expenses. The delegation will be hosted by FENSUAGRO, Colombia's largest union of farmers and farm workers, and participants will meet and talk with Colombian farmers, Afro-Colombian refugees, Sugar cane workers, cooperative members, and families of political prisoners, and those who have lost family members or are threatened by war.

About Students for a Democratic Society:

Founded in 2006, the Tuscaloosa chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organizes students at the University of Alabama for social justice.Visit our blog at http://sdstuscaloosa.blogspot.com/.