[mgj-discuss] MGJ General Meeting TONIGHT, 7 pm

[Hope Chu]

As we build for the April mobilization MGJ will be meeting 
every Wednesday.  Come join us to create momentum for A16 
2005!

Next General Meeting: Wednesday, February 16
6:45pm - 9:00pm
St. Stephens Church, downstairs in the dining hall
(16th and Newton Sts. NW, Washington DC)
from the Columbia Heights metro walk north on 14th, turn 
left on Newton and walk until you reach 16th. Enter on the 
side.

Tentative agenda:
Intros
Roles
Reportbacks, working groups and outreaching meetings
Discussion/Proposals
Breakouts
Announcements/next mtg times

If you wish to add or subtract from the agenda e-mail 
mgj at riseup.net

The Mobilization for Global Justice is a Washington DC 
based group that works on issues of global economic and 
social justice and sustainability. We believe another 
world is possible and necessary. We envision a world free 
of
corporate domination and crushing debt, particularly in 
communities of color. We act to expose and change the 
institutionalized violence wrought by international 
financial and trade institutions such as the World Bank,
International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization.

The Mobilization is committed to nonviolence and 
recognizes militarism as a tool used by the global 
corporate elite to keep money flowing to the privileged 
few while restricting the rights of people worldwide. We 
oppose corporate practice which places short-term profits 
ahead of human dignity,
sustainable development and a healthy earth. We stand for 
the globalization of our rights to speech, thought, 
religion, assembly, a clean environment, 
self-determination, freedom from fear and persecution and 
freedom from poverty.

We stand for the rights of women, children, elderly, 
affordable health care, strong labor rights and social and 
economic policies that put people and the environment 
before profits. Finally, we are committed to linking the 
IMF and
World Bank policies to similar ones that are being 
implemented in Washington DC which are resulting in 
decreased access to vital human services for DC's most 
needy residents. To that other globalization--the 
globalization of greed and obscene concentrations of 
wealth--we say that Another World Is Possible and 
Necessary.

MGJ is a non-hierarchical nonviolent organization of 
individuals and organizations that promotes the arts, 
conducts workshops, facilitates nonviolent direct actions, 
educates, organizes, campaigns, empowers, and aims to rip 
injustice from its roots.

The Mobilization for Global Justice is committed to making 
all events safe spaces that are open, accessible, and 
accepting of all. We welcome everyone to participate in 
making this happen. If you have any special needs, please
let us know.

OUR DEMANDS OF THE WORLD BANK AND IMF:
Open all World Bank and IMF meetings to the media and the 
public.

Cancel all impoverished country debt to the World Bank and 
IMF, using the institutions' own resources.

End all World Bank and IMF policies that hinder people's 
access to food, clean water, shelter, health care, 
education, and right to organize. (Such "structural 
adjustment" policies include user fees, privatization, and
so-called economic austerity programs).

Stop all World Bank support for socially and 
environmentally destructive projects such as oil, gas, and 
mining activities, and all support for projects such as 
dams that include forced relocation of people.

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