plan
to mark the 7th Annual Global Womenıs Strike with a "Second Line" March, A
Survivors and supporters Speak-Out, followed by ³Taste of New Orleans² CuisineSAVE THE DATE! To mark International Womenıs Day and Week Global Women's Strike 2006/LA Saturday, March 11
plan
to mark the 7th Annual Global Womenıs Strike with a "Second Line" March, A
Survivors and supporters Speak-Out, followed by ³Taste of New Orleans² Cuisine
Contact us for venue and time. We will mourn those we have lost and we will recognize the work of the grassroots survivors who are self-mobilizing around the globe. in the Gulf Coast, Iraq, Haiti, Venezuela, Benton Harbor, India, Africa, Chiapas, Palestine, Bolivia, the Philippines, Guyana, South Central Los Angeles in schools, prisons, refugee centers, community gardens, womenıs centers and EVERYWHERE to reclaim our homes, our lands, our rights, and our communities from the devastation of wars, poverty, global warming, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, sexism, racism, ageism, pollution, famines, and governmental and NGO corruption.
Details on the event coming soon!
Taste of New Orleans will be a fundraiser for Katrina Evacuees Councils.
The Global
Women's Strike is a multi-racial network of women taking actions in over 60
countries on and around March
8 (International Womenıs Day) and throughout the
year to demand that governments Invest in Caring Not Killing.
We need your input and ideas and the involvement of your networks. For more information, to participate in planning meetings for the March 11 event, and/or to help with publicity, copying and flyer distribution, please contact: Global Women's Strike, Crossroads Women's Center, PO Box 96681, Los Angeles CA 90086. Tel: 323-292-7405; Email: la@crossroadswomen.net, www.globalwomenstrike.net, http://www.globalwomenstrike.net
Global Demands of the Strike:
* Payment for all caring work - in wages, pensions, land & other resources. What is more valuable than raising children & caring for others? Invest in life & welfare, not military budgets or prisons. * Pay equity for all, women & men, in the global market. * Food security for breastfeeding mothers, paid maternity leave and maternity breaks. Stop penalizing us for being women. * Don't pay 'Third World debt'. We owe nothing, they owe us. * Accessible clean water, healthcare, housing, transport, literacy. * Non-polluting energy & technology which shortens the hours we work. We all need stoves, fridges, washing machines, computers, & time off! * Protection & asylum from all violence & persecution, including by family members & people in positions of authority. * Freedom of movement. Capital travels freely, why not people? LOCAL DEMANDS will include demands coming from the Hurricane Evacuees Councils of Northern and Southern California.