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April 14, Online Event: Webinar on the Right to Water and Sanitation
Following up on the IACHR hearing on the right to water on Monday, April 4, on Thursday, April 14 at 1:30 pm, the US Human Rights Network is hosting a webinar on the human rights to water and sanitation as a growing frontline of struggle. Two of the women who testified on Monday will be on […]
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Washington DC, April 9: NLG Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of the National Lawyers’ Guild April 9th 9:15am-5:00pm UDC David A Clark School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Ave NW Sign up now using the link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nlg-regional-conference-tickets-22675386692 (Ticket prices include lunch and light breakfast) Panels will include the following topics: Movement Lawyering in the Age of Black Lives Matter Water as a Human Right […]
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San Francisco, April 5: Indignation Protest for Kidapawan Farmers
Tuesday, April 5 5pm-7pm San Francisco Philippine Consulate 447 Sutter Street, SF 94108 On March 30, 2016 more than 5,000 farmers from different parts of North Cotabato protested at the Kidapawan highway after months of hunger caused by a severe drought and the effects of El Niño on their crops and food production. The farmers […]
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Washington, DC, April 18-22: Days of Action to End the blockade of Cuba
Organized by the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity: From April 18 to the 22, 2016, Human rights activists, lawyers, members of labor unions, authors, students and organizers will gather in Washington, DC to meet with members of Congress to push for improving U.S. relations with Cuba. Sign Up! Let us know you are […]
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New York, April 4: Emergency rally for justice for massacred farmers of Kidawapan
After enduring 7 months of severe El Niño-induced drought without government relief and food, over 5,000 peasant and indigenous Lumad farmers launched a protest. Starving and unable to provide for their families, they demanded relief from the government by blocking a highway in Kidapawan City in the North Cotabato region of Mindanao, Philippines. Instead of […]
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Washington, DC, April 5: Vigil for Berta Caceres
Tuesday, April 5 5 pm – 7 pm World Bank 1818 H St NW Washington, DC 20043 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/506854719487089/ En español a continuación Bertita Zuniga Cáceres & Tomás Gómez Membreño of COPINH will join us: We will start at the World Bank (1818 H St. NW) at 5:00 PM due to the institution’s long-time financing […]
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Chicago, April 5: The Struggle for Land and Labor – Workers’ Rights in Palestine
Tuesday, April 5 6:00 pm United Electrical Workers 37 S. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1172432759436503/ Co-Sponsors: Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN) Jewish Voice for Peace – Chicago United Electrical Workers United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) Join Manawel Abdel-All of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) as he shares the struggles of Palestinian […]
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April 8, Miami: Peace in Colombia – What does this mean for unionists and agricultural workers?
A Tour featuring Nidia Quintero, General Secretary of FENSUAGRO, Colombia’s largest federation of agricultural workers unions. April 1 – 8, 2016 April 8: 7pm, AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, 4349 NW 36th Street, Miami, FL. Sponsored by the Alliance for Global Justice for more information please contact James Jordan at James@afgj.org Colombia and all the world […]
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April 4, Detroit: Peace in Colombia – What does this mean for unionists and agricultural workers?
A Tour featuring Nidia Quintero, General Secretary of FENSUAGRO, Colombia’s largest federation of agricultural workers unions. April 1 – 8, 2016 April 4: 7pm, Moratorium Now! Meeting, 5920 Second Ave., Detroit, MI. Sponsored by the Alliance for Global Justice for more information please contact James Jordan at James@afgj.org Colombia and all the world is hopeful […]
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April 3, Milwaukee: Peace in Colombia – What does this mean for unionists and agricultural workers?
A Tour featuring Nidia Quintero, General Secretary of FENSUAGRO, Colombia’s largest federation of agricultural workers unions. April 1 – 8, 2016 April 3: 6pm, Machinist’s Lodge, 2609 W. Oklahoma Ave., Milwaukee, WI Sponsored by the Alliance for Global Justice for more information please contact James Jordan at James@afgj.org Colombia and all the world is hopeful […]
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