VDLC International Solidarity Luncheon with Lolita Chavez, Guatemalan Human Rights Defender
March 12, 2013
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St, Vancouver, BC (Map)
Cohosted with Amnesty International.
Lolita is the director of the Indigenous Women’s Network “ Voice of Resistance” and a member of Counsel of K’iche Peoples. In 2010 she organized a community referendum on major industrical development in her province, 27,000 people participated.
Lolital will discuss mining in Guatemala and the effect on the indigenous peoples.
Lunch is available - $9 (full meal), $5.50 soup & salad.
Please RSVP to the VDLC office at 604-254-0703
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