[637] in peace2
Lecture on Globalization and Mexico
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Mon Apr 9 11:37:45 2001
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:33:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
Reply-To: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
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Kevin Murray <kmurray@grassrootsonline.org>, Ken <CsXedge@aol.com>,
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THE HUMAN IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION IN SOUTHERN MEXICO
A Lecture by CARLOS BEAS TORRES,
co-founder and director of
UCIZONI
a Mexican indigenous peoples' rights groups.
WHEN: SATURDAY, 14. APRIL
4:30-6:00 p.m.
WHERE: MIT, 6-120 (directions at end of message)
SPONSORED BY: MIT Greens, Mexican Student Association,
Sangam Environmental Initiatives, Tonzantin, Grassroots International
*The lecture will be in Spanish with English translation
Further Information on Beas Torres and UCIZONI:
Carlos Beas has an academic background in economics and 22 years'
experience in training, organizing, and coordinating projects in
indigenous communities. UCIZONI, the Union of
Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Isthmus. has defended
human rights, secured land tenure,
strengthened sustainable agriculture and forestry, supported women's
economic and social autonomy, and promoted the diverse indigenous cultures
of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a region in Mexico's southern state of
Oaxaca. UCIZONI is a multi-ethnic organization of residents from 84
villages in the isthmus.
For more information contact Payal Parekh (parekh@pimms.mit.edu,
617-253-7967)
DIRECTIONS: By subway - get off at Kendall/MIT stop (red line). Go west
on Main Street (away from the River). At the first interesection, make a
left onto Ames Street. At the crosswalk, turn right onto MIT's campus.
Walk straight until the end of the path. Enter into MIT's infinite
corridor. Make a left into bldg 6.
by bus: Bus #1. Get off at 77 Mass Ave, the main entrance to MIT (the big
dome). Walk into MIT. Walk through the infinite corridor, make a right
into bldg. 6.
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Payal Parekh
MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography
Program in Atmosphere, Oceans, and Climate
parekh@pimms.mit.edu
MIT WHOI
54-1515 MS #25
Cambridge, MA 02139 Woods Hole, MA 02543
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