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On
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020, join us for our upcoming teach-in:
“Finding
Common Ground: community self-determination in the face of resource extraction
in Guatemala and Canada”
Brief
Description:
On
April
22 from 1-2:30pm PST / 4-5:30pm EST / 5-6:30pm AST
Allied organizations and collectives from Canada, the U.S. and beyond will
convene an online teach-in about the peaceful resistance to the Escobal silver
mine in southeastern Guatemala owned by Pan American Silver (formerly by Tahoe
Resources). We will have guests from the Xinka Parliament... of Guatemala, as well
as a representative from the Tsilhqot’in National Government in British Columbia
who recently traveled to Guatemala as part of a solidarity delegation. We will
also share details about how you can participate in a digital campaign in
solidarity with the peaceful resistance to the Escobal project in the lead up to
Pan American Silver´s annual general shareholder meeting on May 6th.
Please
sign-up and receive sign-in details for the meeting here.
This
teach-in is endorsed by:
Amnesty Canada | Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network | B.C Casa/Cafe Justicia |
CDHAL | CIEL | Common Frontiers | CUPE | Earthworks | EJ ATLAS | FNWARM | IPS
-Global Economy Program | Inter Pares | KAIROS Canada | Maritimes-Guatemala
Breaking the Silence Network| MIGRANTE B.C. | Mining Injustice Solidarity
Network | MiningWatch Canada | Mining Justice Alliance | Mining Justice Action
Committee | NISGUA | Oxfam Canada | Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights |
Projet de Acompagnement Quebec- Guatemala | PSAC Social Justice Fund | PSAC B.C
Region | Rights Action | SFU Institute for Humanities | Stop the Institute |
Students for Mining Justice (UBC) | United Steel Workers | Victoria Central
America Support Committee
