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DESCRIPTION:Wednesday, October 29, 2003 \n7 pm - 9 pm 
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 hear Paulina Culum, a small coffee producer and organizer, describe the 
 work of Plataforma Agraria. Plataforma Agraria is a coalition of 15 
 campesino, human rights, academic, and religious organizations that seeks 
 to construct a broad-based movement in favor of structural change in the 
 countryside that favors rural development for the marginalized, rural poor. 
 Their strategy involves organization and advocacy at both the local and 
 national levels, and seeks immediate as well as long-term gains for the 
 rural population. The aim is to dismantle the structures of oppression, 
 concentration of wealth, authoritarianism and the predatory approach to the 
 natural world that characterizes the current economic regime. The 
 Platform’s Coffee Reform seeks to address the crisis created by 
 plummeting international coffee prices. Aside from her work with Plataforma 
 Agraria, Paulina is currently completing her practical rotations as a nurse 
 so that she can work as a community nurse in the Lake Atitlan area where 
 malnutrition and extreme poverty are present. Paulina hopes that with her 
 medical training she will be able to give back to her community and improve 
 the lives of children and adults. 
 \n---------------------------------------------------------------\nCost: 
 	No charge. \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/25963.php
SUMMARY:Common Grounds: Land, Coffee, and Rural Organizing in Guatemala
LOCATION:Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near Dwight Way, Berkeley.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/25963.php
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