[antiwar-van] "Globalize This ! Human Rights & Security" Conference

[Kevan Hudson]

Hello Everyone,

There will be a workshop at this conference on the Middle East (with
Mordecai Briemberg) and discussion(s) of how resource extraction (diamonds,
gold, etc.) help create conflict in Africa by Tundu Lissu (from Tanzania).

Thanks,

Kevan Hudson
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GLOBALIZE THIS ! "HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY"

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

(1) Tundu Lissu (Tanzania)
* Human rights lawyer with the Lawyers¹ Environmental Action Team (LEAT)
*Research Fellow-Africa with World Resources Institute (Washington DC)
(2) Speaker from Mexico TBA

FRIDAY OCTOBER 25TH &
SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH


GILMORE PARK UNITED CHURCH
8060 NO. 1 ROAD, RICHMOND

FRIDAY OCTOBER 25TH - 7PM Lecture by Keynote Speakers


SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH - 1PM TO 5PM


1PM to 2PM - Criminalization of Dissent Panel

2:15PM to 3:30PM & 3:45PM to 5PM ­ Workshops
(1) AI Related Themes, (2) Art/Film/Theatre Activism, (3) Cultural, Economic
& Social Rights, (4) Fundraising, (5) Latin America, (6) Middle East and (7)
Untouchables in India.

5PM ­ 20TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER FOR AI GROUP 92
Cost: $20 per person

*Contacts: 
Kevan Hudson
Telephone #: 604-274-1191
Email: khudson at vcn.bc.ca
  
Don Wright
Telephone #: 604-313-4069
Email: dwright at amnesty.ca
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"THE YOUTH MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM CONFERENCE"

*Workshops:
(1) Art/Film/Theatre Activism
Presenters: Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels (DAFF) & Pat Flick Harrison
(Filmaker)

(2) Where is the World Heading ?

(3) Youth Organizing
Presenters: Tricia Edgar (Amnesty International Fieldworker) & a member of
Check Your Head TBA

 
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25TH
9:30AM TO 4PM
Gilmore Park United Church
8060 No. 1 Road, Richmond
Cost:$15 (Lunch Included)

Lecture at 7pm: "Globalize This ! Human Rights and Security"
 
Speakers: 
Tundu Lissu, human rights lawyer with the Lawyers¹ Environmental Action Team
(Tanzania)
Don Wright, Amnesty International (BC/Yukon)
Others TBA

*Optional Events on Saturday*
(1) "Globalize This ! Human Rights & Security" Conference
        10am to 5pm
        Free (Lunch Included)

(2) 20th Anniversary AI Group 92 Dinner ­ 5pm
        Cost: $20 per person
    

*Contacts:
Kevan Hudson
Telephone #: 604-274-1191
Email: khudson at vcn.bc.ca

Don Wright
Telephone #: 604-313-4069
Email: dwright at amnesty.ca