[van-announce] CANADA - COLOMBIA: CONNECTING COMMUNITIES

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CANADA - COLOMBIA: CONNECTING COMMUNITIES

Where:
Covenant House 326 W. Pender St. (& Hamilton)VancouverCovenant House 326 
W. Pender St. (& Hamilton)VancouverCovenant House 326 W. Pender 
St. (& Hamilton)VancouverCovenant House 326 W. Pender St. 
(& Hamilton)VancouverCovenant House, 326 W. Pender St. 
(& Hamilton)

When:
Saturday, 25th of October 2003 from 4:30 PM until approximately 6:30 PM

Cost: free

An opportunity for youth and other community members to share ideas on what 
young people can do. This panel discussion will focus on human rights in 
Colombia, and the experiences of youth and Indigenous movements, internal 
displacement, international solidarity, poverty, and community capacity-building.

Canadian individuals and organizations have been working in solidarity with 
Colombian people. In the summer of 2003, a group of young Canadians 
connected with urban youth and rural indigenous communities in Colombia.

speakers include:
Scott Pearce: Canadian coordinator, Peace Brigades International Colombia Project
Don Wright: Regional Development Coordinator, BC/Yukon Amnesty 
International, Canadian Section
Jorge Munoz: former human rights defender in Colombia (Defensor del Pueblo)
Janeth Munoz: Vida y Paz Colombia and Minga Canada Colombia
Leoncio Ventura & Katrina Ao: Canada-Colombia Youth Solidarity Caravan

Co- Presented by: ~  Amnesty International ~  Mayan Cultural Society of B.C.  ~  
Peace Brigades International  ~  Vida y Paz Colombia  ~  Canada-Colombia Youth 
Solidarity Caravan  ~  & people around
.

For more information:
katrina ao
cacume2003 at yahoo.ca
604 780-7180


  



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