[Antiracism] Estacion Libre*Beehive Collective*Immokalee Workers at Tent State UMass!!

[Marc Rodrigues]

THIS WEEK: Check out these exciting workshops/forums as part of Tent
State UMass!
April 17th -21st
UMass Amherst Student Union Lawn
www.TentStateUMass.org

TSU is a call for equal access to education and an attempt to create
an example of what a university should be: a democratically controlled
public space that brings together diverse groups to exchange ideas,
art, and culture.

>From Los Angeles to Chiapas, from Immokalee to Amherst, people are
envisioning a different world. A world where humanity is valued over
profits; a world where workers have a voice and their rights are
respected; a world where many worlds fit.


Tuesday April 18
10-11am
Farmworker Solidarity: Liberation From the Ground Up
>From the successful boycott of Taco Bell to current efforts against
McDonald's, students and youth around the country have organized in
solidarity with farmworkers to eliminate sweatshop conditions and
modern-day slavery in the fields. This interactive workshop will
explore the history and philosophy of the Coalition of Immokalee
Workers and the role of students and youth in building a vibrant
solidarity movement for justice and dignity from the fields to our
campuses and communities.
www.sfalliance.org
www.ciw-online.org


Thursday April 20
4pm - Campus Center Auditorium
Estacion Libre
As people of color struggling within the U.S., word of the Zapatista
struggle was a new breath of hope for our tired wings. Sometimes it
gets so hard to go on. It seems like the problems are too big, that
its impossible to hope for the world we would want to live in. The
Zapatista wind, the wind from below, sets ablaze, once again, the
inner fire. In their righteous stance against oppression at its
extreme they also hold at bay the forces of despair. Knowledge of the
EZLN reminds us that we are not alone. There exists in the world an
effectively organized community of people, wise in their vision of the
world, committed in word and in deed to take the necessary steps to
accomplish their objectives. We are not alone in our struggle. The
blinding cloak of world domination gets pulled from our eyes. We can
see again the light at the end of the tunnel. There is hope yet in the
world. There is a vision to be achieved. The EZLN help to clarify both
the destination and the road we must take to get there.
http://estacionlibre.org/


Friday, April 21
4-6pm
Campus Center, Room 162-175
DISMANTLING MONOCULTURE: Tales of Ants and Economics in the Americas
The Beehive Collective
With three giant illustrated portable murals, a six foot tall fabric
storybook "slideshow", and an engaging narrative (available in Spanish
or English), the Bees take audiences on an interactive VISUAL tour of
the connections between COLONIZATION, MILITARIZATION, and RESOURCE
EXTRACTION in the Americas. We will be exposing the agendas of the
Free Trade Area of the Americas, Plan Colombia, and celebrating
resistance to the "Plan Puebla Panama" in Mesoamerica.