[Januaryfirst] Nov. 20 invite

[Gil]

Oops! Here is the updated one

gil


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Karin Johnson <kbojinjohnson at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Gil,
>
> Looks great! Thanks!! There's one typo though, says the event is on
> Friday, November 20th - it should be Wednesday, November 20th!
>
> I'll add you as an admin for the FB page.
>
> Thanks,
> Karin
>
>
> On Sunday, November 3, 2013, Gil wrote:
>
>>  Here's the materials to start blasting the invite! Please make sure to
>> contact as many people as you can.
>>
>> gil
>>
>> ====
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> Almost two decades have past since Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) were the
>> hot topic, when the incredible resistance to the World Trade Organization
>> at Seattle covered front pages across the globe, and the Zapatistas of
>> Chiapas, Mexico were on everyone’s minds. Even the powerful music and
>> message of Rage Against the Machine seems like ancient history!
>>
>> But two decades have not been enough to normalize the almost-complete
>> destruction of our social safety nets (health care, education, unemployment
>> insurance programs), the impoverished living and working conditions that
>> are constantly getting worse, and the general dispossession that thousands
>> of people across North America and the rest of the world have endured due
>> to these agreements. Two decades of FTAs have also meant two decades of
>> resistance.
>>
>> Join this public discussion of how communities have endured these two
>> decades, and be part of the ongoing struggle to recover the lost ground and
>> build anew communities that rely on our collective sense of belonging and
>> friendship, and where our work is put to the benefit of all, not the few.
>>
>> Speakers: TBA
>>
>> *when:* Friday, Nov. 20, 2013, 6 PM
>> *where:* YWCA Downtown Meeting Room at 733 Beatty St., corner of Georgia
>> *info:* facebook.com/events/1355036004636525
>>
>
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