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Dublin - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 The Colombian Conflict: Voices of the Grassroots
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Tuesday May 06, 2008 11:22 by Grupo Raíces - Grúpa Féarmhacha raices2007 at gmail dot com
Organised by Grupo Raíes (Grúpa Féarmhacha), Amnesty International and CoMoSoc (Colombia) We invite everyone on May 15th at 19:00 to Wynn's Hotel, for the public talk on the Colombian conflict delivered by representatives of various social movements in Colombia who have been in the frontline of the struggle for social justice. We invite different sectors of Irish society to express their solidarity with those who in the grassroots are helping to building up eveyday a new and just society. Coalition of Social Movements and Organisations of Colombia (CoMoSoc) |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Sounds great-was in Colombia last year and was astounded at the courage of civil society activists working for justice in the face of visible violent threats to their lives...will defo be attending
Because of ill-health, some peopel had to cancel and others are coming instead, so this is the definite list of visitors...
1.Gloria Amparo Suárez, she has been for years a defender of women’s rights, all over the country, but mainly in the region of Magdalena Medio, where the conflict has been particularly virulent. She is member of the board of the OFP (Popular Women’s Organisation).She has studied social sciences, specializing in democracy studies. She has worked forming grassroots women's groups in Barrancabermeja, Bogotá, Neiva and Cartagena.
2.Higinio Obispo González. Indigenous leader of the Eperara Siapidaara people’s organisation, ASCIESNA, in Southern Colombia (Nariño). He has worked in the Indigenous people’s rights division of the National Organisation of Indigenous People in Colombia (ONIC). He is also a leading member of the National Indigenous Council of Peace.
3.Gilberto Luis Martínez Guevara has been a trade unionist since 1974, working in the area of sanitation; he has worked in the health service in Barranquilla in the Caribbean coast. He’s the vicepresident of the National Trade Union Association of Hospital and Clinic workers, ANTHOC, where he works also in the area of human rights. He is also a member of the National Secretariat of CUT (the National Organisation of Trade Unions)
4.Omar Fernández Obregón. Franciscan priest, he is also a teacher in popular education methods. He is director of the Inter Franciscan Commission of Justice, Peace and Reverence towards Creation, one of the main organisations behind the Movement of Christians for Peace with Justice and Dignity. He’s a member of the group of Fair Trade in the Ecumenical Alliance for Global Action.
5.Nelly Celorio Panameño, Founding member of the Afro-Colombian Movement Huellas Africanas (African Footprints). She has worked as a coordinator of cooperatives in the Pacific coast of Colombia. she is a member of the National Coordinating body of her organisation.