[mgj-discuss] Fwd: Bolivian labor activist in DC

[Jeff Light]

Doug Hertzler <doug.hertzler at emu.edu> wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:48:54 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Bolivian labor activist in DC
From: "Doug Hertzler" <doug.hertzler at emu.edu>
To: dch959 at emu.edu

 Friends:
Could you circulate the speaking schedule of Bolivian activist Felix
Muruchi to anyone who you think might be interested:

>From the Mines, to the Prisons, to the Streets!  Urban Movements as
Engines of Social Change in Bolivia.

We are pleased to announce a Washington area speaking tour by Bolivian
indigenous labor activist, Felix Muruchi. Felix has served as a miner’s
union leader and he is a founding member of the Union of Ex-Political
Prisoners of the city of El Alto.

Felix’s tour is sponsored by the Committee on US/Latin American Relations
(CUSLAR) of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.  Groups or individuals
who would like more information or to co-sponsor the tour, should contact
doug.hertzler at emu.edu.

Below is the tentative schedule of events where Felix will speak:

Monday, April 10th

1 pm- University of Maryland -  "Refounding Bolivia:
Perspectives on the Constituent Assembly and Indigenous Politics.
Panelists: Kevin Healy, Rob Albro, Erick Langer, and Felix Murcuchi Stamp
Student Union Building, Banneker Room 2212.

4:00 pm Catholic University of America, Life Cycle Auditorium, LCI 102

Tuesday 11th
Trip to Harrisonburg, VA

Wednesday 12th
Noon: Washington Office on Latin America brown bag lunch, Stewart R. Mott
House, 122 Maryland Avenue, NE

5:30 pm - American University, Battelle Atrium, Battelle-Tompkins Hall

Thursday 13th
10:30am -11:45 am John Hopkins University Homewood campus, Hudson Hall 116

Friday 14th
12:00-1:45pm Andean Seminar, George Washington University
Lisner Commons, 1957 E Street, Rm. 602

Evening: Neighbors United for Justice and Peace Meeting- Mt. Rainier MD
(4008 31st Street, Time TBA).


Douglas Hertzler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Eastern Mennonite University

Associate Director
Washington Community Scholars' Center
836 Taylor Street NE
Washington, DC 20017

Phone 202-529-5378
Fax: 202-529-0704

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