Registration: Midwest Grassroots Co

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>Subject: Registration: Midwest Grassroots Conference * Indianapolis, IN
, April 5-6 * Christian Theological Seminary, Butler University, Queen , of
Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant...UPDATED 24 MARCH!! PLEASE POST!! 
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>WHAT: MIDWEST GRASSROOTS CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS,
>	 	AND THE ENVIRONMENT: 
>      		THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS 
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>WHEN: APRIL 5-6, 1997 
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>WHERE: INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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>Christian Theological Seminary, 8am-3pm Saturday April 5
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>Butler University, Reilly Room, 6pm Saturday April 5
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>Roundtable Feast!: Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant, 11am Sunday April 6 
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>WHO: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS 
>     WORKING TOWARD A GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA, BURMA, 
>     COLUMBIA, EAST TIMOR, MEXICO & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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>  ** PRESENTED BY **
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>     * THE FREE BURMA COALITION  http://wicip.org/fbc
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>           * AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
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>		 * SIERRA CLUB
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>       		     *FREE NIGERIA MOVEMENT	
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>                     	*SPEAKOUT  
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>                 	   *GLOBAL EXCHANGE      
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>                                *FOOD NOT BOMBS
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>				   *COLOMBIA SUPPORT NETWORK
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>Saturday night's keynote address, Reilly Room, Butler University, 6pm
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>*DR. OWENS WIWA Nigerian physician, brother of the late Ken Saro-Wiwa 
> and MOSOP activist, Toronto, CANADA 
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>*YUZANA KHIN Women's Representative, NLD (Liberated Area) Burma, 
> ONE ACT DANCE PERFORMANCE
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>*ROLAND WATSON: PHOTO EXHIBIT ON BURMA
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>Saturday's workshops panelists:
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>*YUZANA KHIN Women's Representative, National League for Democracy 
> (Liberated Area) Burma, Baltimore, MD
>*DR OWENS WIWA Nigerian physician, boycott Shell Oil campaign, Toronto
>*EDITH BOWLES Formerly with Jesuit Refugee Service on Thai-Burma border, 
> Refugee advocate, Bloomington, IN
>*HAFSAT ABIOLA Nigerian Human rights activist, founder of 
> K.I.N.D. (Kuridat Institute for Nigerian Democracy), Washington, DC
>*TIM KEATING Executive Director of Rainforest Relief, Brooklyn, NY
>*TUNDE OKORODUDU-Labor Activist, Pres. Free Nigeria Movement, Oakland, CA
>*DAVID WOLFBERG- L.A. Free Burma Coalition and Dierector Rainforest Action 
> Network, Los Angeles, CA 
>*NOBLE OBANI-NWIBARI-Vice-President MOSOP, St. Louis, MO
>*KIM MIZRAHI Free Burma Activist and activist in Plastics Campaign, L.A.
>*MUKHTAR DAN'IYAN- Sec.-Gen. Free Nigeria Movement, Indianapolis, IN
>*PAUL KAWIKA MARTIN EarthCulture Activist, Laurel, MD
>*MIRA TANNA-St. Louis Support Committee for MOSOP, St. Louis, MO
>*CECILIA ZARATE-LAUN - Colombia Support Network, Madison, WI 
>*GODFREY TANEH-MOSOP Activist, St. Louis, MO
>*JAMES UEBARI-MOSOP Activist, St. Louis, MO
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>Sunday's Roundtable Panelists:
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>*DAPO OLORUNYOMI-Nigerian dissent journalist, PANOS Institute, Washington,DC
>*KEVIN DANAHER Co-Founder of Global Exchange, Author of <Corporations Are 
> Gonna Get Your Momma: Globalization and the Downsizing of the American 
> Dream>, San Francisco, CA 
>*MARTHA OJEDA, Executive Director of the Coalition
> for Justice in the Maquiladoras (CJM)
>*DR. JOE DREXLER-Special Projects Director:OCAW (Oil, Chemical and Atomic 
> Workers Union), Denver, CO
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>*****VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP ORGANIZE & FUND THE CONFERENCE*************
>please contact conference coordinator with your suggestions:
>			Dalia Brahmi
>			9040 Wickham Rd
>			Indianapolis, IN 46260
>			(317) 573-9463
>			email: dbrahmi@xxxxxxxxxxx
>			fax: (317) 274-1108   
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>registration fee (includes housing friday-sunday, food friday-sat)
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>students/low-income $10
>full fee $20 or donation
>optional ethiopian feast sunday $10
>donations needed!
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>****PLEASE BRING SLEEPING BAGS, COFFEE MUGS, SPOONS & BOWLS*********
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>****DONATIONS & PRE-REGISTRATION CHECKS CAN BE SENT TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE***
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Kristin Sundell, Field Organizer
East Timor Action Network/U.S.
PO Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602
etanfield@xxxxxxxxxxx