* Sponsored by Jubilee 2000/USA. Help make a CHAIN-GE for impoverished countries burdened by unpayable debt! Join the Human Chain on June 18th, at the Treasury Building in Washington DC. WE NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION! COME ON YOUR LUNCH HOUR! Washington, DC, Friday, June 18, 12-1pm. "Break the Chains of Debt!" Human Chain Around the US Treasury. Sponsored by Jubilee 2000/USA. Prayers, speeches and more. Corner of 15th St., NW and Pennsylvania Ave, NW (metro center is closest subway stop). For info call 202-783-3566 or email: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> What's this about...? ==> Impoverished countries (40-50 of them, in Africa, Latin America and Asia) are burdened by unpayable debt -- owed to wealthy creditor governments, banks and agencies around the world. They are sacrificing their futures to pay off their debts. Workers, women, and the environment are all hurt. Our global movement is saying, this madness must stop! We're saying there's a fair, open way to cancel debts -- through a process benefits people and empowers civil society. Help us insist that the US government take a strong stand for meaningful debt relief at the G8 Summit (June 17-19 in Cologne, Germany). ***Proclaim Jubilee!*** Wasn't there a human chain last year? ==> Last year the G-8 failed to back significant debt relief for poor countries, despite the presence of 70,000 Jubilee 2000 supporters at their summit meeting in Birmingham, UK. This year, seven G-8 members -- including the US Government -- are bringing competing debt relief proposals to the June G7 summit in Cologne, Germany. Tens of thousands of Jubilee 2000 supporters (including US activists) will be there to greet them once again, and insist that any G-8 agreement on debt relief offer significant, not cosmetic, debt relief to impoverished, indebted nations. There will be human chains in the US in Kentucky...and in Washington, DC! Together we will make a difference. For more info visit: www.j2000usa.org =========== ======================== Jubilee 2000/USA Campaign 222 East Capitol St., NE Washington, DC 20003-1036 Tel: 202-783-3566 Fax: 202-546-4468 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web site: www.j2000usa.org ------------------------------- Robert Naiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Preamble Center 1737 21st NW Washington, DC 20009 phone: 202-265-3263 fax: 202-265-3647 http://www.preamble.org/ -------------------------------
