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Water for Life, Not for Profit
Date:
Monday, March 31, 2003
Time:
7:00 PM
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8:00 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
1924 Cedar at Bonita
Berkeley, California
Three activists share their experiences in the worldwide fight
against water privatization from Nicaragua to Stockton, California
Special Guest Speaker from Nicaragua
Guadalupe Sequeira
Guadalupe Sequeira has been involved in numerous struggles for social
justice. She has been involved in the struggles to roll back the price
hikes in basic public services and in union actions against the rise in
the cost of the "basket" of basic food and other needs. She has worked
as a volunteer with the National Consumers' Defense Network and
participates actively in the team that trains the legal educators, most
especially in the Campaign against Water Privatization.
Dezaraye Bagalayos
Organizer, Stockton, CA
Dezaraye has been leading the charge to protect Stockton's public
water system from being taken over by global corporations that look a
lot like Enron. This 20-year, $600 million contract is Thames Water's
ticket to privatizing water and wastewater treatment services in the US,
where more than 85% of the people are served by a public utility.
Dezaraye will report back from the World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan
where she joined with international activists to demand that water be
treated as a human right, not a commodity.
Juliette Beck
Organizer, Public Citizen's Water for All
Juliette Beck joined the staff of Public Citizen's West Coast office in
July, 2002 to spearhead the California Water for All Campaign which aims
to protect the world's water from corporate takeover. For the last eight
years, Juliette has organized grassroots coalitions to challenge
corporate globalization and advance the rights of workers, communities
and the environment.
Added to the calendar on Tue, Feb 3, 2004 10:25AM
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