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Association for India's Development Conference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Thu May 18 09:58:17 2000
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 09:57:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
To: act-ma@igc.topica.com, peace-list@MIT.EDU
Cc: Shrinaath <shrinaath@hotmail.com>, jd1@MIT.EDU
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The Association for India's Development- MIT/Boston Chapter announces
The AID Conference 2000
May 27-29
At MIT, Cambridge.
Highlights of the Conference:
1. Guest Speakers Nafisaben Barot (Drought and Water management,
Uthhan, Gujarat), Dr. Kamaljit Bawa (Forests and bio-conservation, ATREE)
and Mythili Sivaraman (Women's empowerment, AIDWA)
2. Variety Cultural program featuring Aparna Sindhoor, a theatre and
dance activist,as well as several
amateur artists
3. Workshops on focused topics like "Sustainable living", "Micro-credit
initiatives" and "Activist Theater"
4. Discussions on new grassroots initiatives in India
For the detailed agenda, rooms, timings and other info please visit the
website: www.aidboston.org/events/conf_2000/
While a few sessions may be related to organizational aspects of AID, most
of the sessions will be of interest to anyone interested in grassroots
development in India. And this is a great chance for you to learn more
about the activities and volunteers of AID from all over the US!
Hope to see you at the Conference.
Payal Parekh (617) 225-6480 and Shrinaath (shrinaath@hotmail.com)
