U.S. Grassroots Solidarity Activists will be joined by Activists and
Organizers from Latin America and the Caribbean to Plan, Evaluate and
Celebrate the Growing U.S. - Latin America Solidarity Movement.
Saturday Opening Plenary from 1:30pm 3:00pm at the
University of Illinois (UIC), College of Medicine, 1853 W. Polk Street,
Chicago, IL
On the backdrop of changing U.S. - Latin America relations and the
hemisphere-wide rise of opposition to U.S. Empire, the Latin America
Solidarity Coalition (LASC) is organizing its fourth Latin America
Solidarity Conference with the theme “Alternatives to Empire” from April
13-15, 2007 in Chicago Illinois.
Participants in the conference will exchange information on the campaigns
against military, political, and economic U.S. Intervention in Latin America
and the Caribbean and develop action plans. Art and culture, which is an
integral part of grassroots movement building throughout the Americas, will
be a strong component of the conference. LASC IV will also be a space for
reflection and discussion about vision, strategy and tactics.
Speakers include:
Gloria Andino, a Nicaraguan campesina and community leader.
Emilio Tojín, from the Guatemalan Association for Justice and Reconciliation
Jorge Edilson Arias, an indigenous councilman from Colombia.
Bolivar Ramilus, a Haitian peasant leader and former Member of Parliament.
Sonia Umanzor, a leader of the Washington DC chapter of the FMLN
The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) is an association of national
and local US-based grassroots Latin America and Caribbean solidarity groups,
many of which have long histories of working with grassroots organizations
throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
For more information about the conference visit www.LASolidarity.org