[mgj-announce] The Local is Global: connecting the IMF, World Bank, and gentrification in DC

[Basav Sen]

Are you concerned about poverty, homelessness, and gentrification in the District?
Have you wondered how poverty in Washington DC relates to poverty worldwide?

If you are curious about these issues, please come to

The Local is Global:

Part 1: Confront those who profit from poverty!
A lively march and rally! 
Thursday September 14
5:00 pm.
Assemble at Murrow Park (18th and H St. NW, near Farrgut North and West Metros)
March to Franklin Park (13th, 14th, I and K St. NW, near McPherson Square and Metro Center)

Meet outside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, who are perpetuating poverty worldwide while ignoring the poor and homeless, whether across the street from them or in distant Africa and Asia. 
March to Franklin Park, where the city government is busy trying to hand over a homeless shelter to a wealthy developer at a rock-bottom price to build a luxury hotel. 

Part 2: An afternoon of films, speakers, and discussion on poverty and displacement in Washington DC and the world.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
12 Noon
Place TBA.

LOCAL Poverty
Homelessness and the Power of One 
A short film that contributes to the mission of its makers: to educate and raise awareness about our nation’s homeless, by breaking the stereotypes and building a bridge between perception and reality.  The film has won national attention, including being submitted to the Sundance Film Festival, 2006.
Produced by Sue Vicory. For more info: www.filmsfromtheheart.com

GLOBAL Poverty
Uprooted: Refugees of the Global Economy (28 min., 2001) 
A compelling documentary about how the global economy has forced people to leave their home countries. UPROOTED presents three stories of immigrants who left their homes after global economic powers devastated their countries. A production of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. For more info: www.nnirr.org

The films will be followed by speakers, and ample time for questions, answers, and discussion.

This event sponsored by: 50 Years is Enough, Board of Social Action of Plymouth United Church of Christ, Committee to Save Franklin Shelter, Empower DC, Gray Panthers, Jubilee USA, Mobilization for Global Justice, Voices on the Border, and others.

For more information, contact: 
Committee to Save Franklin Shelter	info at savefranklinshelter.com	www.savefranklinshelter.com
Mobilization for Global Justice	202-898-5953		mgj at riseup.net	www.globalizethis.org