Free Trade and Community Resistance
Wed., Oct. 24, 7 p.m., Free
Cline Library Auditorium at NAU

The Mexico Solidarity Network presents Cecilia Santiago
Vera, a social psychologist and adherent to the Zapatista initiated
Other Campaign from Chiapas, Mexico.

Vera’s presentation, in Spanish with English translation, will cover the
following:

• Free trade and threats to indigenous communities, especially women
• Human rights abuses in Mexico
• The Zapatista-initiated Other Campaign
• How indigenous communities are working to resist free trade practices
• The leadership of women in fair trade cooperatives ~ traditional weavings
and handicrafts from the
cooperatives will be available for sale