Hi everyone, NWAEG at Cornell (www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg) and the Latin American Studies Program are hosting 4 visiting Latin American campesino community organizers to talk about their experiences with land reform movements in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela and Brasil.
We will also be having a breakfast meeting that morning for anyone interested in speaking in depth with the visitors about potential collaborations etc. Please contact me if you are interested in attending the breakfast. Allison Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope you can join us. -Allison ***************************************************************************************************************************************** Free Trade and the Rural Crisis in Latin America Panel Discussion & Reception Monday September 17th 12:20 pm 233 Plant Science Building Moderator TBA Juan Tiney Guatemala [CONIC] Coordinadora Nacional Indigena y Campesina General Coordinator of CONIC, the National Peasant and Indigenous Coordinating Organization with 80,000 members in Guatemala, 95% of them indigenous. CONIC focuses on land rights and improved access to services. Pilar Jurado Colombia [ANUC-UR] Asociacion Nacional de Usarios Campesinos Colombias National Association of Campesino Farmers (ANUC-UR) is dedicated to defending the rights of campesinos in Colombia and internationally. ANUC-UR is fighting for agrarian reform, to return displaced campesinos to their land, and for food sovereignty. Milton Fornaziere Brazil [MST] Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra National leader of the Landless Workers Movement (MST). The MST works for agricultural reform in Brazil and has helped over 350,000 families occupy and farm idle land. Diogenes Lucio Ecuador [FENOCIN] La Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas, Indígenas y Negras Representative of the National Federation of Peasant, Indigenous, and Black Organizations. FENOCIN was founded in the early 1960s out of the social movements for land reform and indigenous rights. The group represents 1300 organizations, who themselves represent over 200,000 people. This event is part of the Campesino in Residence program through Rutgers University. Sponsors at Cornell include the New World Agriculture and Ecology Group (NWAEG) at Cornell, the Latin American Studies Program and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Finance Commission. This event is free and open to the public. ************************************************************************************** Allison L H Jack Graduate Student Department of Plant Pathology Cornell University 335 Plant Science Ithaca, NY 14850 607.273.5762 ************************************************************************************* "...Advancing a productive and sustainable agriculture" from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences mission statement _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
