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

[Kevan Hudson]

Hello Everyone,

There will be a workshop at this conference looking at provincial issues
such as the right to housing, etc. as well as workshops/speakers on other
places/regions in the world.

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