You are invited to a historic coming together of movements &
to welcome international and national speakers!

Venezuela, Haiti,
Benton Harbor, New Orleans:
Grassroots Self-Mobilization

Thursday, November 17th 7PM

Holman United Methodist Church

3320 West Adams Blvd., LA (3 blks west of Arlington)

Wheelchair accessible * Free parking on site * Suggested donation: $5-$10, no one turned away

Spanish & Creole translation available, call ahead if you need translation and/or childcare

Bringing together: Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution; the new Haitian Revolution vs the US coup and US-backed UN occupation; the movement against racism in Benton Harbor, Michigan; the Women’s Caucus of the People’s Hurricane Relief and Reconstruction Coalition, with grassroots LA campaigns


*  Sharmini Peries Int’l Relations Advisor to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez

*  Bolivar Ramilus  Haitian peasant leader & former member of the Haitian Parliament under President Aristide, member of Fanmi Lavalas party, President of the Haitian Parliament’s Commission on Peasant Affairs

*  Rev. Edward Pinkney from BANCO (Black Autonomy Network Community Organization) in Benton Harbor, Michigan, which with little national support has been fighting the same racism, political corruption, police brutality and land-grabs that Hurricane Katrina exposed for all to see

*  Women’s Caucus of the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Reconstruction Coalition, from New Orleans

*  Grassroots Los Angeles  speaks out on campaigns: for justice for those criminalized, for welfare, quality education & other resources, autonomy & community control, against war and occupation

KPFK Radio 90.7 FM is the media sponsor for this event

Co-sponsors include: Alexandria House, ANSWER-LA, A New Way of Life, Danny Glover, Eastside Café,
Every Mother Is a Working Mother Network, Haiti Action Committee/national, International Action Center/LA,

Payday Men’s Network, UCLA Labor Center

Coordinated by Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike & Global Women’s Strike/LA

For more information, to endorse, make a donation toward expenses or to help in any other way
Call 323-292-7405 or email: la@crossroadswomen.net web page: www.globalwomenstrike.net

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