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DESCRIPTION: \nHaitian Women Activists \non their first visit to LA!\n\n \nSaturday, 
 July 22, 2006, 5-8 pm\nGolden State Mutual Bldg, 1999 W. Adams\nCorner 
 Adams & Western, Western exit off 10 Fwy one block south, parking entrance 
 one block east on Hobart St.\n Donation: $5-$10, more if you can.  No one 
 turned away.  After expenses all funds go to grassroots women’s 
 organizations in Haiti  - Translation - Auditorium is wheelchair 
 accessible* \n*please note restrooms are not accessible.\n\nAn 
 unprecedented opportunity to hear about the ‘New Haitian Revolution’ 
 \ndirectly from two grassroots women who are on the frontlines:\n\n Ginette 
 Apollon:  President of the Commission of Women Workers within one of the 
 largest labor federations in Haiti, the “Confederation des Travailleurs 
 Haitiens” (CTH).  Founding member and President of the community-based 
 Centre de Reintegration Economique et Sociale des Femmes Haitiennes (Center 
 for economic and social reintegration of Haitian Women).  Ginette is a 
 grassroots activist and community organizer who works with women and youth 
 in urban and rural Haiti.\n\nRea Dol: Co-founder and Director of SOPUDEP 
 school for children and young people in the Petionville area of 
 Port-au-Prince.  She is the Coordinator of a federation of women’s 
 organizations that focuses on women’s rights, education, economic 
 empowerment and social justice.  Rea is a member of the Society of 
 Providence United for the Development of Petionville (SOPUDEP).\n\nPierre 
 Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee, will translate & Margaret Prescod, host 
 of ‘Sojourner Truth’ on KPFK radio and of Women of Color in the Global 
 Women’s Strike, will chair.\nGinette Apollon and Rea Dol are well known 
 and respected among grassroots women and men in Haiti as strong spokeswomen 
 who work against sexism, poverty and corruption.  They have opposed both 
 the coup against President Aristide and the present UN occupation of Haiti. 
  They will discuss:\n\nWhat is the situation on the ground following the 
 election of René Preval as President of Haiti; what are the demands of the 
 grassroots?\n\nHow has the US-backed coup and UN occupation impacted women 
 and others who have the least?\n\nWhat is the situation with political 
 prisoners?\n\nHow are women and men organizing in the poorest urban and 
 rural communities?\n\nWhat can we do to support Haitian grassroots 
 efforts?\n\n Haiti, born in the successful revolt against the French by 
 those they had enslaved, became the first Black Republic and led the way 
 for emancipation throughout the Americas.  Haiti provided refuge for Simon 
 Bolivar, the liberator of Latin America, and gave him ships and fighters. 
 \n\n After the Haitian Revolution, France demanded reparations for the loss 
 of “their” slaves & for the cost of the war, and the US led a 60-year 
 economic boycott.  Haiti has been occupied 14 times. It is now the poorest 
 country in the Western Hemisphere.  Most recently, its first democratically 
 elected President, Jean Bertrand Aristide, was forced from office by US 
 Marines; Haiti is now occupied by UN troops.\n\nEvent coordinated by the 
 Global Women’s Strike/LA\nSponsors to date include: Hari Dillon, 
 President, Vanguard Foundation; Danny Glover; Vanguard 
 Foundation.\nEndorsed to date by: Alexandria House, CISPES, Every Mother is 
 a Working Mother Network\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/15/18288261.php
SUMMARY:Haitian Women Activists Visit Los Angeles!
LOCATION:Golden State Mutual Bldg, 1999 W. Adams\nCorner Adams & Western, Western 
 exit off 10 Fwy one block south, parking entrance one block east on Hobart 
 St.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/15/18288261.php
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