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DESCRIPTION:Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)\nPresents the 
 second event in the 2006/07 series\nWatsonville: Epicenter of Change\n \n 
 \nChildren of NAFTA\nA night exploring the issues and causes of 
 immigration\n \nFriday, June 23 at 7:00 pm\nDavid Bacon, author of 
 "Children of NAFTA"\nCabrillo College, Watsonville Annex, Forum Room  
 \nPlease bring a pot luck item to share, if you are able\n \nFor more 
 information, contact: Jean Piraino OR Pamela Sexton at 
 psexton{a}sasquatch.com\n \nDavid Bacon is a writer and photojournalist 
 based in San Francisco. His work covers issues of labor, immigration and 
 international politics. He writes for The Nation, The American Prospect, 
 The Progressive, LA Weekly, and the San Francisco Chronicle and Bay 
 Guardian, among others. His book, The Children of NAFTA, was published in 
 2004. \n \nHe has been a documentary photographer for 15 years, shooting 
 for many national publications. He has exhibited his work nationally, and 
 in Mexico, the UK and Germany.\nHe recently completed a photodocumentary 
 project, Beyond Borders -- Transnational Working Communities, documenting 
 communities and social movements created by migration from Mexico and 
 Guatemala to the US, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation.\n \nFor 
 twenty years, Bacon was a labor organizer for unions in which immigrant 
 workers made up a large percentage of the membership. Those include the 
 United Farm Workers,\n the United Electrical Workers, the International 
 Ladies’ Garment Workers, the Molders Union and others. Those experiences 
 gave him an insight into changing conditions in the workforce, the impact 
 of the global economy and migration, and how these factors influence the 
 struggle for workers rights.\n \nCo-sponsors: Central Coast Workers Against 
 War, Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, National Lawyers Guild, Santa Cruz 
 County American Civil Liberties Union, Santa Cruz County Immigration 
 Project, Santa Cruz County United Nations Association, Santa Cruz Women's 
 International League for Peace and Freedom,\n \n \n 
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 \nAs Watsonville goes, so goes California -- and beyond.\n \nOur town is a 
 draw for immigrants, known in Mexico as offering work in the 
 fields.\nPrimarily an agricultural town that is 85% Latino,\nwe struggle 
 with all the issues of legal and illegal immigration:\nhuman rights, 
 health, welfare, labor, racism, water, pesticide use,\neducation, 
 sustainable living, housing, transportation, cost of living, etc.\nPajaro 
 Valley WILPF will present events each month that are designed\nto spark 
 awareness and promote ways to take action on issues\nthat are at the heart 
 of our town, our homes, and our families.\n \nWatch for "El Inmigrante" 
 coming in July...\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/13/18280565.php
SUMMARY:David Bacon: "Children of NAFTA"
LOCATION:Cabrillo College, Watsonville Annex, Forum Room
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/13/18280565.php
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