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Farmers Speak Out: The Global Struggle for Food Sovereignty
Monday, September 10th, 5PM
The New School, NYC
A free evening discussion and reception

What do farmers and food activists in the US have in common with farmers around the world? How can we develop a system of fair trade that respects each nation’s right to provide food for its people? What lessons can be learned about organizing for justice across borders?

WHY (World Hunger Year) and The New School invite you to a free evening discussion on global food justice featuring prominent farm leaders from Latin America, the US, and Canada. The farm leaders will discuss the movement for food sovereignty, their struggles for land reform and fair trade, and how to build solidarity and action across borders. Confirmed speakers include:

Braulio Álvarez, Venezuelan National Assemblyman and National Coordinator of CANEZ, Venezuela’s largest peasant group

(Invited) Milton Fornaziere, A leader of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Brazil.

Juan Tiney Ixbalán, General Coordinator of CONIC, Guatemala’s National Peasant and Indigenous Coordinating Organization

Maria Del Pilar Jurado, representative of ANUC-UR, Columbia's National Association of Campesino Farmers.

Diógenes Lucio, representative of FENOCIN, the National Federation of Peasant, Indigenous, and Black Organizations of Ecuador

George Naylor, President of the National Family Farm Coalition, which represents family farms and rural groups in the U.S.

The panel will be moderated by Colleen Ross, Ontario Program Manager of Heifer International and the Women’s President of the National Farmers Union of Canada.

This event is part of a series of activities sponsored by World Hunger Year, the Farmer Solidarity Project, the Global Food and Agriculture Coalition of Rutgers University, the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York, and other partners.

Date: Monday, September 10, 2007
Time: 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: The New School
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor

A complimentary reception will follow. For more info, call 212-629-9788.

* This is a Spanish-English language event. Translation will be provided.