[ssf] Re: Mexico Speakers Tour

[Dan]

Hi Helen!

21st April is the usual social forum day: we could host a meeting then.  
I think maybe the Sheffield 2 Venezuela organising folk might want to 
come along too, not sure.

In principle, I think this is a great idea.  SSFers?

Helen - any more details of what ADAFEM and Radilla do, or the situation 
in Mexico?  I.e. something that could snappily go on a poster!

peace

Dan
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Helen Gilbert wrote:

>
> Hello
>
> I am contacting you on behalf of Peace Brigades International (PBI) 
> with an exciting proposal for an event/talk in Sheffield. . .
>
> PBI is a humanitarian non-governmental organisation that works to 
> assist human
> rights defenders by providing protective accompaniment to individuals
> and
> organisations who request our support, enabling non-violent conflict
> resolution. We currently work in Colombia, Guatemala, Indonesia and
> Mexico.
>
> In April we will be visited by a human rights activist from Mexico -
> Tita
> Radilla. She is the vice-president of AFADEM - an organisation made up
> of
> families of the detained and disappeared who have been protesting to
> governmental institutions about the disappearences since 1978. PBI is
> hoping to use the opportunity of having her with us to organise a
> programme of
> events and talks to raise awareness of the human rights situation in
> Mexico.
>
> I'm wondering whether there would be any interest for organising an 
> event in Sheffield - it could be linked in with Peace in the Park, 
> People and Planet, Social Forum(?), Make Poverty History . . . This is 
> a very exciting opportunity. Please let me know asap if you see any 
> possibility for making something happen. The dates I anticipate her 
> being available are 18th - 22nd April 2005.
>
> Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Helen Gilbert
> (PBI Outreach worker)
>

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