A Paul Baker Concert and Talk

Three Americas, Inc.

is proud to present

A Paul Baker Concert and Talk

On Thursday, November 1, 7:00pm, at De Anza Clubhouse, Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz

A Thumbnail sketch of Nicaraguan Paul Baker

Paul Baker, musician, who has a history of activism for peace and justice, will be touring California with his homemade guitar, singing songs of Chilean hero, Victor Jara, as well as his own compositions and talking about present day Nicaragua under the Sandinista President, Ortega. Paul lives with his wife Fatima in an extended family household of 13 people while they both do work which helps the people who live in their barrio, La Primavera, one of the poorest in Managua, to have more fulfilling lives. The U.S concerts will help to fund this work, as well as help his family survive. In his own words, Paul says he will speak about:

a) informing people about the overall positive situation in Nicaragua and the Americas: talking in particular about Hambre Cero program in the context of ALBA (and of the fierce anger that the program is generating because of its gender balancing, ecological and community-building dimensions, all of which challenge the crumbling but still dominant neo-liberalist ideology/praxis ). This is particularly vital because Nicaragua can offer such good examples for taking on global warming;

b) raising money for Echoes of Silence projects within all that, especially work with Hambre Cero, the development of our Water Not War campaign, the re-painting the best murals of the revolution wiped out by Aleman, and Cafe Sandino;

c) Family survival (we currently have a family of 13:
5 adults, none of whom are able to find paid work beyond occasional temporary jobs that offer a pittance (C$700 per month is an average 'wage'), when they have anything at all; 5 teenagers - all in local schools by the skin of their teeth; 4 litte guys from Joel (just turning 9 to Cristina Fabiana, just turned 1. With Nicaraguan prices sometimes being higher than the equivalent commodity in the US, we rip through US$1500 per month easily.

Note: If people wish to take up a special collection for Hurricane Felix victims, he will not object, but “Shakira, the wee Colombian singer, just donated US$40,000,000(!). What a gal! I bet she's more than matched US/European governmental support, all by herself).”