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Task Force on the Americas Report Back on PANAMA
Date:
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Time:
2:00 PM
-
4:00 PM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
Shelby Minister
Location Details:
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
48 South 7th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
48 South 7th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
When: Sunday, April 28 2013 @ 02:00 PM - - 04:00PM
Where: San Jose Peace and Justice Center
48 S 7th St
Description: Participants from the first Task Force on the Americas delegation to Panama visited and took testimony from members of the Ngabe Bugle community near the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. As early as May or June of this year the reservoir created by the dam will flood fertile agricultural land and destroy the river’s fish and shrimp.
Trip leader Diane Dunn, of Collective Voices for Peace, Seattle, will discuss the Ngabe Bugle protests which closed the Pan-American Highway. She will also discuss a recent murder of a protester by four alleged masked plainclothes policemen.
$5-10 Suggested Donation - no one turned away for lack of funds
Contact 415-/924-3227
Sponsored By Taskforce on the Americas and San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Endorsed by Fellowship of Reconciliation and International Rivers
Where: San Jose Peace and Justice Center
48 S 7th St
Description: Participants from the first Task Force on the Americas delegation to Panama visited and took testimony from members of the Ngabe Bugle community near the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. As early as May or June of this year the reservoir created by the dam will flood fertile agricultural land and destroy the river’s fish and shrimp.
Trip leader Diane Dunn, of Collective Voices for Peace, Seattle, will discuss the Ngabe Bugle protests which closed the Pan-American Highway. She will also discuss a recent murder of a protester by four alleged masked plainclothes policemen.
$5-10 Suggested Donation - no one turned away for lack of funds
Contact 415-/924-3227
Sponsored By Taskforce on the Americas and San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Endorsed by Fellowship of Reconciliation and International Rivers
For more information:
http://www.sanjosepeace.org/calendar_event...
Added to the calendar on Fri, Apr 5, 2013 6:44PM
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