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CAAC Water Forum Features Speaker on Water Privatization in South Africa
"Safe and Affordable Water, at Home and Abroad" will be the theme of the CAAC Water Forum on June 7.
Press Release: For Immediate Release, May 6, 2004
Contact: Dan Bacher, 916-487-4905, email: danielbacher [at] hotmail.com
Sagren Govender to Speak on Water Privatization in South Africa at Water Forum
The Central America Action Committee of Sacramento will present a water rights forum, “Safe and Affordable Water, at Home and Abroad,” on Monday June 7, 7-9 p. m. The event will take place at the Newman Center, 5900 Newman Court, off Carlson Avenue north of CSUS.
Sagren Govender, from Durban, Kwa-Zulu, South Africa, will speak on water privatization in South Africa. Govender is the co-founder of Committee for South African Solidarity, COSAS, which has an office in Oakland, Ca. He is also the Volunteer Editor of South African BEACON.
Water is increasingly becoming a hot topic in Sacramento, the U.S., Central America and throughout the world. Poor and indigenous communities are particularly hard hit by water diversions and the privatization of water resources by huge global corporations.
The event will also feature an overview of global water privatization - including right here in Sacramento - by Nancy Price of the Alliance for Democracy. Price recently returned from an international gathering in Costa Rica on how to organize opposition to US-pushed "free trade" (including water!) agreements in the Western Hemisphere.
Tod Bedrosian of the Hoopa Valley Tribe will discuss the long struggle of the tribe to restore water and fish to the Trinity River. And Don Coan of the Nicaragua sister city group, Friends of San Juan de Oriente, will give a brief presentation on the San Juan-produced ceramic water filters, “filtrones,” as a low cost method of producing potable water in Central America.
Juliette Beck, the California Coordinator and Senior Organizer of the Water for All Campaign of Public Citizen, will MC the forum.
This promises to be a unique, entertaining and highly informative event, the first of its kind in Sacramento. The event is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, call the Central America Action Committee, 916-739-0860.
Contact: Dan Bacher, 916-487-4905, email: danielbacher [at] hotmail.com
Sagren Govender to Speak on Water Privatization in South Africa at Water Forum
The Central America Action Committee of Sacramento will present a water rights forum, “Safe and Affordable Water, at Home and Abroad,” on Monday June 7, 7-9 p. m. The event will take place at the Newman Center, 5900 Newman Court, off Carlson Avenue north of CSUS.
Sagren Govender, from Durban, Kwa-Zulu, South Africa, will speak on water privatization in South Africa. Govender is the co-founder of Committee for South African Solidarity, COSAS, which has an office in Oakland, Ca. He is also the Volunteer Editor of South African BEACON.
Water is increasingly becoming a hot topic in Sacramento, the U.S., Central America and throughout the world. Poor and indigenous communities are particularly hard hit by water diversions and the privatization of water resources by huge global corporations.
The event will also feature an overview of global water privatization - including right here in Sacramento - by Nancy Price of the Alliance for Democracy. Price recently returned from an international gathering in Costa Rica on how to organize opposition to US-pushed "free trade" (including water!) agreements in the Western Hemisphere.
Tod Bedrosian of the Hoopa Valley Tribe will discuss the long struggle of the tribe to restore water and fish to the Trinity River. And Don Coan of the Nicaragua sister city group, Friends of San Juan de Oriente, will give a brief presentation on the San Juan-produced ceramic water filters, “filtrones,” as a low cost method of producing potable water in Central America.
Juliette Beck, the California Coordinator and Senior Organizer of the Water for All Campaign of Public Citizen, will MC the forum.
This promises to be a unique, entertaining and highly informative event, the first of its kind in Sacramento. The event is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, call the Central America Action Committee, 916-739-0860.
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