Marking International Women’s Week  since 2000, women &  men who support us in more than 60 countries are taking part in the

GLOBAL WOMEN’S STRIKE 2006

In the great tradition of New Orleans funerals, GWS/LA ’06 will feature a “Second Line” March, Survivors & Supporters Speak-Out and a “Taste of New Orleans” food, music & celebration

 Saturday, March 11 
11 am starting in Leimert Park @ Crenshaw & Vernon, ending at Christ the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 3303 W. Vernon (wheelchair accessible)

• Honor those who died in New Orleans and other victims of global warming, government neglect, war and occupation around the world.
• Recognize self-mobilization of survivors from New Orleans, to Pakistan, to Guatemala, to Iraq and Afghanistan, to Haiti, to Chattisgarh India and Guyana, to the Philippines, to Benton Harbor Michigan, to South and East LA, beginning with women, to rebuild lives and communities as central to the struggle for justice. 
• Support those making the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.

Media Sponsor:  KPFK Pacifica Radio 90.7FM

Co-sponsors include: Activist House, Alexandria House, ANSWER-LA, Eastside Café Echospace, Hurricane Evacuees Council/Bay Area, KRST Unity Center for African Spirituality, Pan African Material Assistance Task Force, Payday Men’s Network, Women’s Caucus of the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund & Oversight Coalition, Women’s Reconstruction Network. Endorsed by CISPES, IAC/LA, National Lawyers Guild and more.

For more info: 323-292-7505; la@crossroadswomen.net; www.globalwomenstrike.net

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