"No To Dictators" - Human Rights Da

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Subject: "No To Dictators" - Human Rights Day of Action!

"NO TO DICTATORS" - A day of action for human rights

WHEN:  Saturday, April 26th: 11am - 5.30pm

WHERE:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
        77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

WHAT:   Opening Keynote Speaker: Noam Chomsky

        Presentations on Burma, East Timor, Niogeria and Tibet

        Traditional Food Available at Lunch

        Activists Workshops on:

        - grassroots lobbying of Congress
        - organizing consumer boycotts
        - enacting selective purchasing laws            
        - building coalitions in the community
        - shareholder resolutions

        Music, Dance and Cultural Presentation

HOW:    Suggested Donation: $5

Event sponsors include Citizens for Participation in Political Action
(CPPAX), East Timor Action Network, New England Burma Roundtable, Nigerian
Advocacy Group for Democracy and Human Rights, Tibetan Association,
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

For more information, contact Sastry Penumarthy at spenumar@xxxxxxxxxxx or
simon Billenness at simon_billenness@xxxxxxxxxxxx

** Special thanks to Tin Tin Lay for agreeing to prepare the Burmese food
for this event. The Burmese food table will take donations for the
Democratic Burmese Students Organization. **