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.