You are invited to

You are invited to:

Women, Autonomy &
Creating a Caring Economy in Venezuela

Saturday, June 24, 4-7pm

Self Help Graphics - 3802 E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave, LA
(at Gage/Cesar Chavez zipcode 90063, 10 Fwy east to 60 Fwy east, exit Downey Rd, left on Downey, left on 3^rd, right on Gage, pkg on Gage)

“Those of us immersed in the movement need to know how they’re doing it in Venezuela so we can learn from them what we have to do wherever we are.” Selma James*

* Help launch the brand new book, Creating a Caring Economy: Nora Castañeda and the Women’s Development Bank of Venezuela (available in English and Spanish). Single mothers head 70% of families in Venezuela, and this book describes how the Bank is providing a path-breaking framework for building a movement which is “creating an economy at the service of human beings."

* Guest speaker, London-based Selma James* who has visited Venezuela four times and is in regular contact with the grassroots there. Selma James is the author of ‘The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community’, ‘Sex, Race and Class’ and more. Also an activist, strategist and critical thinker she is the international coordinator of the Global Women’s Strike.

* Premiere of the film Talking of Power: Sex, Race and Class in Revolutionary Venezuela. This fascinating documentary introduces grassroots women and men – from the hills of Caracas to the banks of the Orinoco -- who are changing our world and who know that their Revolution depends on women.

All Welcome! Spanish Translation
Donation $5 or more if you can, none turned away
Donations, after covering costs of the event, divided between South Central Farmers
& Venezuelan women’s self-help projects

Co-Sponsored by the Eastside Café, Self Help Graphics, LA Circle, El Puente. Endorsed by: Alexandria House, ANSWER-LA, Bolivarian Circle/LA ‘Ezequiel Zamora’, CISPES, Every Mother Is a Working Mother Network, IAC-LA, LA Greens, Payday, Raging Grannies. Additional endorsers welcome.

Coordinated by the Global Women’s Strike/LA.
For further info, contact 323-292-7405; la@crossroadswomen.net

The Global Women’ Strike brings together actions and initiatives in over 70 countries with the theme
“Invest in Caring Not Killing” (www.globalwomenstrike.net). The Strike demands that military budgets be returned to the community, starting with women, the primary carers everywhere.

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