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DESCRIPTION:NORA CASTAÑEDA: "CREATING A CARING ECONOMY IN VENEZUELA"  Thursday, 
 January 29, 7pm  St. Boniface Church auditorium, 133 Golden Gate Avenue  
 (between Jones & Leavenworth, near Civic Center BART), San Francisco     
 Come stand with the people of Venezuela determined to defend their peaceful 
 and democratic revolution!     Nora Castañeda was appointed by President 
 Hugo Chavez to head the Women's Development Bank of Venezuela when he 
 agreed to women's demand for a bank as a way of funding reforms to benefit 
 the poorest families and communities. She says: "The economy must be at the 
 service of human beings, not human beings at the service of the economy. We 
 want to create an economy based on cooperation and mutual support, a caring 
 economy." Like the great majority of Venezuelans including their president, 
 Ms. Castañeda is of African and Indigenous descent.  She is a remarkable 
 woman in a remarkable time, one of great economic and social change. Ms. 
 Castañeda was instrumental in drafting the new Venezuelan constitution, 
 which stands against discrimination of all kinds and recognizes that 
 housewives create added value and must be compensated with social security. 
     Come hear Ms. Castaneda speak about the popular movement that passed 
 one of the most advanced constitutions in the world, and reversed a coup 
 returning their kidnapped president to power. Venezuela is the world's 5th 
 largest oil exporter; yet 80% of the people live in poverty.  They elected 
 President Chavez to reclaim the oil revenue so they could tackle poverty 
 and corruption. Literacy, healthcare, housing, land rights, etc., have all 
 leapt ahead. At the recent Summit of the Americas, Venezuela has played a 
 key role in  bringing together opposition to the proposed Free Trade 
 Agreement of the Americas, and to US interference in Latin America.     Ms. 
 Castañeda's US tour is coordinated by the Global Women's Strike (GWS).     
 Event sponsors include actor and activist Danny Glover, who was recently in 
 Venezuela, Hari Dillon, President Vanguard Foundation, Dolores 
 Huerta,United Farm Workers Union and others will participate in the event. 
 Supervisor Ammiano has put forward a resolution to declare January 29 Nora 
 Castaneda Day in SF.  Selma James, London based widow of CLR James, author 
 of "Black Jacobins", and international coordinator of the Global Women's 
 Strike (GWS) and Nina Lopez of the GWS Bolivarian Circle/UK will provide 
 introductory remarks and translation.     Sponsors include the Venezuelan 
 Embassy; Vanguard Foundation; KPFA; Dolores Huerta; Hon. Tom Ammiano; Danny 
 Glover; Ed Asner; Hari Dillon; Gus Newport; St Boniface Church; Venezuela 
 Solidarity Group; Presente!Marin; Sister Bernie Galvin - Congregation of  
 Divine Providence; SF Organizing Project; Tri-Valley CAREs; International 
 Action Center; College of Marin Students for Social Responsibility; 
 American Friends Service Committee; Rainbow Grocery Cooperative.  Endorsers 
 include: Chiapas Support Group; Food First; Global Exchange; National 
 Lawyers Guild; Marin Peace and Justice Coalition; Public Citizen 
 California; Coalition on Homelessness; La Raza Centro Legal & SF Day Labor 
 Program; ADC-SF; Al-Awda.  Childcare*Wheelchair accessible*Spanish-language 
 translation  Donation sliding scale: $5-$25 or more. No one turned away.  
 All proceeds will go to grassroots women's projects in Venezuela.  For more 
 information call/fax 415-626-4114, email sf@crossroadswomen.net  GWS 
 website http://www.globalwomenstrike.net  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29503.php
SUMMARY:NORA CASTAÑEDA: "CREATING A CARING ECONOMY IN VENEZUELA"
LOCATION:St. Boniface Church auditorium, 133 Golden Gate Avenue
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29503.php
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