[R-G] Nicaragua Delegation (March 9-17, 2002) -- Witness for Peace

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

From: "Ross Meyer" <meyerrp at muohio.edu>
Subject: Spring Nicaragua Delegation
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:09:38 -0400

friends-
i am coordinating this national delegation to nicaragua in the spring 
through witness for peace.  i would greatly appreciate it if you 
could forward this to anyone interested or include it in any 
newsletters.  thanks!

paz,
ross meyer
miami university
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Witness for Peace
Labor Rights and Economic Justice Nicaragua Delegation
The Struggles and Successes of Nicaraguan Workers, Women, and Families
March 9 - 17, 2002

On this trip, you will have the unique opportunity to:
* Meet with maquiladora workers and hear about their struggles for 
better working conditions and a living wage
* Meet with NGOs, workers, and management of the agricultural sector
* Visit a factory in Managua's Free Trade Zone and possibly visit an 
agricultural finca
* Talk with labor organizers about recent attacks on unions in 
factories that export to U.S. department stores and the struggles of 
union organizing
* Discuss labor issues with factory management
* Stay with a Nicaraguan family and learn about life in the developing world
* See for yourself the realities of globalization and free-market reform
* Learn about accomplishments of women in Nicaraguan society
* Join us and help form a cross-border solidarity movement for workers rights!

By working in close collaboration with workers and civil society, 
Witness for Peace strives to educate North Americans about the 
impacts of corporate practices and US foreign policies upon the 
people of Nicaragua.  By joining this delegation, you will put your 
hands and voices to work for justice!

Cost:
The cost will be $660.00 plus airfare. This includes all meals, 
accommodations, facilitation, translation, and transportation in 
Nicaragua.  In addition, the fee covers an orientation/training 
session, and extensive reading materials, and action tools 
distributed both before and after the delegation.

Financial assistance:
Scholarship funds are available, but limited.  Fundraising 
consultation is available.  Applicants needing financial assistance 
have a very successful track record of raising the needed funds.

Application deadline: January 1, 2002

Contact for more information or an application:

Ross Meyer
Miami University
327 Peabody Hall
701 Western College Dr.
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-6596
MEYERRP at muohio.edu <mailto:MEYERRP at muohio.edu>

Witness for Peace  (WFP) is a politically independent, grassroots 
organization.  We are people committed to nonviolence and led by 
faith and conscience.  Our mission is to support peace, justice, and 
sustainable economies in the Americas by changing US policies and 
corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in 
Latin America and the Caribbean.

We stand with people who seek justice.