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DESCRIPTION:7:00 doors open for mingling and fair trade shopping (artesania, 
 coffee)\n\n7:30 program begins\n\nMaquiladoras are plants owned by 
 transnational corporations which dominate the economy of the U.S.-Mexico 
 border, employing over a million people. This heartfelt documentary was 
 filmed in part by the workers themselves. We see the long and ultimately 
 successful campaign by local activists to require the cleanup of an 
 abandoned battery-recycling plant and are inspired by Carmen’s 
 determination in waging a successful legal campaign to get severance pay 
 owed workers after Sanyo’s closure of its Tijuana plant. A powerful look 
 at the true human and environment cost behind many of the consumer items we 
 take for granted here in the U.S.\n\nWith Guest Speaker, Myrna Santiago. 
 Raised in Tijuana and currently head of the Women's Studies Department at 
 St. Mary's College, Myrna teaches a course on Women in Latin America, with 
 a focus on women in the maquiladoras\n\n$7 - $10 donation. No one turned 
 away. Sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/26/18456200.php
SUMMARY:Maquilapolis: City of Factories (film and speaker)
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church (downstairs)\n9 Ross Valley Drive (off Fourth 
 St.)\nSan Rafael
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/26/18456200.php
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