For immediate release
Nov 8, 2009
Contact: (510) 483-7481
action.haiti@gmail.com
Women from Haiti’s Struggle for Democracy Speak in Bay Area
Euvonie Georges Auguste and Rea Dol, leading fighters for human rights, the rights of women, and literacy in Haiti will speak on “What’s Next for Haiti?”
Saturday, November 21st
4-6PM
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA
$7-25 no one turned away for lack of funds
More information: Haiti Action Committee: www.haitisolidarity.net
Join Haiti Action Committee to hear from two courageous women at the center of the struggle for democracy in Haiti. Rea Dol and Euvonie Auguste are Haitian educators who have devoted their lives to empowering the poorest communities in Haiti, fighting for a society where discrimination and injustice will be banished forever. They are leaders in the movement for literacy among women.
They will speak about their work, and about the current situation in Haiti, the impact of the US/UN occupation, and the popular demands and ongoing resistance of the grassroots movement.