ENGLISH ABOVE / ESPAÑOL ABAJO
Nicaragua & International Peasant Struggle
Wednesday August 23rd
6pm Potluck, 6:30pm Presentation
Multnomah Friends Meeting, 4312 SE Stark Street Portland, OR
Transport info: https://www.quakercloud.org/cloud/multnomah-friends-meeting/pages/parking-transportation
Spanish-English interpretation available / Interpretación español-inglés disponible
Please join us for a talk on the Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (ATC, or Rural Workers Association) of Nicaragua by Erika Takeo, who grew up in Portland and is the National Coordinator of the Friends of the ATC solidarity network.
Erika will provide the historical context of the ATC as an organization of struggle founded in the 1970s by youth of the Sandinista revolutionary front to organize and defend the rights of rural Nicaraguan workers and peoples. She will also talk about how the ATC was a founding organization of the global peasant movement La Vía Campesina that continues to be well known and respected at the international level. This movement coined the term food sovereignty, or the right of peoples to define, create, and defend their own food system.
We would also like this to be a space for others to share experiences in peasant and worker struggle in the Americas and around the world.
Donations will be accepted for the ATC at this event (more info on making a donation at friendsatc.org/donate).
This talk is hosted by the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee. For more information, please contact coreteam@pcasc.net or (503) 236-7916.
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ESPAÑOL:
La Lucha Campesina Nicaragüense e Internacional
Miércoles 23 agosto
6pm Potluck, 6:30pm Presentación
Multnomah Friends Meeting, 4312 SE Stark Street Portland, OR
Info de transporte (ingles): https://www.quakercloud.org/cloud/multnomah-friends-meeting/pages/parking-transportation
Interpretación español-inglés disponible/ Spanish-English interpretation available
Únete para una charla sobre la Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (ATC) de Nicaragua por Erika Takeo, quien creció en Portland y es la Coordinadora Nacional de la red de solidaridad Friends of the ATC (Amigxs de la ATC).
Erika va a dar un contexto histórico de la ATC como organización de lucha, fundado en los años 70 por jóvenes del frente revolucionario Sandinista para organizarse y defender los derechos de trabajadores y pueblos del campo. También va a hablar de cómo la ATC fue una organización fundadora del movimiento campesino internacional La Vía Campesina y que es reconocida y respetada al nivel internacional. El movimiento nombró el concepto soberanía alimentaria, o el derechode los pueblos a definir, construir, y defender su propio sistema alimentario.
Queremos que el espacio sea abierto para otros compartir sus experiencias de lucha campesina obrera en las Américasy alrededor del mundo.
Aceptaremos donaciones durante este evento (más información a friendsatc.org/donate)
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee está coordinando este evento. Para más información, contacta coreteam@pcasc.net o (503) 236-7916.
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El Porvenir: Nicaraguan Community Organizing Today for Clean Water, Sanitation, Health and HygieneEducation, and Reforestation and the Spirit of Ben Linder LIVE at Milagro Theater, Benefit Performance of El Payaso
El Porvenir means "The Future". El Porvenir partners with the people of Nicaragua so that they can build a future for themselves. Clean drinking water is at the core of El Porvenir; sanitation is necessary to ensure that the water is clean. In addition to sustainable water and sanitation projects, they work with rural Nicaraguan communities on health and hygiene education and reforestation. With offices in six regions, El Porvenir has partnered with over 165,000 Nicaraguans to improve their standard of living since 1990.
On September 14th, you are invited to join El Porvenir at The Milagro Theatre for the performance of El Payaso. El Payaso invites the audience to learn the story of an incredible man, Ben Linder, and the extraordinary people with whom he unexpectedly connected.
Doors will open at 5:30. Come enjoy the silent and live auction, food, beverages, and good company. The play will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets include: show and all pre-show activities. Come early to place your bid on our amazing silent auction items. *All donations given at this event will be matched dollar-for-dollar to support the work of El Porvenir.
Seats are limited so get your ticket today! Find out more about El Porvenir and all the details of this event at www.elporvenir.org/events/.
Pinta y Lucha! Paint and Struggle: Understanding post-dictatorial Chile through muralismand radical political militancy. Let's bring it here!
Coming to us in late September or early October:
Camilo Diaz, militant of the Socialism and Freedom Movement, UMLEM (Luchador Ernesto Miranda Muralist Groups) and other social organizations in Chile.
Learn how they built the mass movement we yearn for!
After the US-supported Pinochet dictatorship in Chile came to an end in 1990 after 17 years of violent state repression, Chile transitioned back to democracy on a superficial political level. The constitution written under Pinochet remained unchanged and continued to deepen the neo-liberal economic policies inspired by Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys.
The first generation born post-dictatorship has grown up during a time of increasing national disillusionment with electoral politics, the state and global capitalism. This generation began to organize as high school students and created the massive student movements in 2006. This movement transformed into the nation-wide demand for free higher education when the same generation of politicized students entered the university system in 2011.
One of the many expressions of the Chilean radical left movement is a group of muralists known as the UMLEM.
Their goal is to create social and political change via collective art projects that reclaim public space and document the local political struggles of the community. Their murals are often painted on union halls, universities, neighborhoods and areas of conflict.
If you want to organize or host a presentation, muralism workshop, or painting a mural with Camilo, please contact Kelly Baur at baur.kelly@gmail.com.
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