[Culture_aglist] FW: Food Security Delegation to Oaxaca - date change

[Lois Stanford]

Witness for Peace

Northwest delegation to OAXACA, MEXICO

FOOD SECURITY, TRADE POLICY and the ROOTS OF IMMIGRATION

 

** Feb. 28th to March 10th, 2007 **

 

JOIN US!

Travel to southern Mexico to see first-hand how U.S. policies and corporate
practices affect food security and migration in communities there. 

Meet with activists, small farmers, indigenous groups, and others struggling
for justice and food security.  Stay in the home of a Oaxacan family. 

Learn how these communities and their daily lives are impacted by NAFTA and
migration. Learn about resistance strategies and alternatives that people
are creating for more viable, healthy lives, and a more just future. Hear
first-hand accounts of the recent popular uprising, and the reasons behind
the struggle. 

Take action! We provide action tools and informational materials to help you
bring these experiences back to your own community, and advocate for change!


Oaxaca is a state in southern Mexico with one of the largest indigenous
populations in the country.  Its immense cultural and geographic diversity
are contrasted with deepening poverty and the ever-increasing migration of
Oaxacans to the US. It is also home to vibrant small farmers' and indigenous
peoples' movements. Learn about the complexities of this state and the
movements being formed to make a better world possible! 

 

For more information, or to reserve a place, please contact:
Katy Kolker     Phone: 503-939-4914     Email: katykolker at gmail.com

 

Cost: $1050 (plus airfare) This includes all meals, accommodations,
facilitation, translation, and transportation in Mexico.  In addition, the
fee covers an orientation/training session, extensive reading materials, and
action tools distributed both before and after the delegation. 
Fundraising: Past delegates have a successful record of raising the money in
their communities for these experiences. Contact us if you need help. Don't
let the cost stop you from participating! 

Scholarships: A limited amount of scholarship funds will be available.
Please contact Katy for a scholarship application.

Applications due January 15th, 2007 (along with $150 non-refundable
deposit). Applications available on-line at:

www.witnessforpeace.org/travel/application.html Or contact Katy for a paper
application.

 

The Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) is currently engaged in
a popular uprising in Oaxaca City.  For updates from WFP staff in Oaxaca, go
to: www.witnessforpeace.typepad.com/mexico/

 

Witness for Peace (WFP) is a politically independent, grassroots
organization of people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and
conscience. Our mission is to support peace, justice, and sustainable
economies in the Americas by changing US policies and corporate practices
that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the
Caribbean.