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DESCRIPTION:Bay Area residents mobilize in US and Mexico to protect their relatives and 
 neighbors from forced displacement: Proposed dam project threatens 10,000 
 people and 48 communities in Mexico.      What:		Press conference (video, 
 audio, photo ops)  Where:		In front of the Mexican Consulate (532 Folsom 
 Street, San Francisco)  When:		9:30 a.m., Monday, March 14, 2005 
 (International Day of Action for Rivers)  Why: 	Mexican government’s 
 proposed San Nicolas Dam (Jalisco) would have disastrous consequences for 
 people and the environment.  On March 14, the 8th Annual International Day 
 of Action for Rivers, CASA – Salvemos Nuestros Pueblos (Comité de 
 Ausentes de San Gaspar en Acción) – a committee made up of immigrants 
 and their descendants from the state of Jalisco whose towns are threatened 
 by the construction of a dam will hold a press conference and deliver over 
 1400 letters at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco (532 Folsom St.). 
 The press conference will address the effects of the proposed project on 
 the communities, the organizing efforts in the Bay Area and Mexico 
 (including a demonstration that will take place at one of the communities 
 that is threatened by the construction of the San Nicolas dam on the same 
 day in observance of the International Day of Action for Rivers) and call 
 for alternatives to massive dam building projects that threaten the poor 
 and most vulnerable.      The letters and postcards, which will then be 
 forwarded to Mexican President Vicente Fox and the Governor of the State of 
 Jalisco, Francisco Ramírez Acuña protest the proposed dam project for the 
 following reasons:  •	Displacement of 48 communities in the state of 
 Jalisco.  •	The loss of access to our history by virtue of the complete 
 demolition and flooding of towns, whose histories date back to the 
 1500’s.  •	The lack of transparency on the part of the Mexican 
 government with regard to this project.  •	The loss of the cemetery where 
 many of our ancestors have been laid to rest.  No plan has been proposed by 
 the Governor of Jalisco in regards to this issue.  •	The environmental 
 impact of the project on a local, regional and global scale would have 
 serious consequences.  Co-founder of CASA – Salvemos Nuestros Pueblos, 
 Hilda Estrada, whose family is from one of the threatened communities 
 stresses: Our homes, history, community and identity are not for sale!  For 
 more information on the international day of action for rivers visit 
 http://www.irn.org/dayofaction.  For more information on CASA Salvemos 
 Nuestros Pueblos visit http://www.CASAsnp.org.   ####  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/07/59763.php
SUMMARY:International Day of Action for Rivers
LOCATION:In front of the Mexican Consulate (532 Folsom Street, San Francisco)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/07/59763.php
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