by San Diego IMC
Saturday, Apr. 21, 2001 at 4:42 PM mschweis@ucsd.edu mschweis@ucsd.edu mschweis@ucsd.edu
April 16-23 Schedule of FTAA Events in the Tijuana/ San Diego Area
errorApril 16-23 Schedule of FTAA Events in the Tijuana/ San Diego Area
April 17 Protest at Sempra Energy: 4 pm 101 Ash Street (1st and Ash Street)
April 17- 20 Welcome Center Schedule (Paradise Senior Center at 1880 Logan Street)
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm Wednesday 1pm to 11pm Thursday 1pm to 5 pm tentative 6-11pm (Camp Site) Friday 1pm -11pm
Arts: all day Tues, Wed., Thurs., Fri. Welcome Center and SW College
Training Schedule:
Legal Observing (1hr training) Friday 12pm Welcome Center Saturday 10 am Larson Park
Peacekeeping (2hr Training) Wednesday 6pm Welcome Center Friday 1pm Welcome Center Saturday 10 am Borderfield (Short and Sweet)
Know Your Rights - Non-violence Street Tactics (3hr Training) Tuesday 6pm Welcome Center Wednesday 6pm Welcome center Friday: 1 pm Welcome Center
DISCUSSION AND FORUM APRIL 20TH
First Unitarian Universalist Church 4190 Front St, Hillcrest, San Diego free parking, for info: 619-463-0721
4:00 - 6:00 pm Discussion Groups -Human Rights and the Border including Video on Militarization of the Border -Genetically Modified Organisms -The Environment and the Border -Alternatives to Corporate Globalization -The Politics of the FTAA
6:00 - 7:00 pm Complete Lasagna Dinner RSVP by April 14
7:00 - 9:30 pm Forum - Medea Benjamin Co-Founder of Global Exchange Topic: The Free Trade Area of the Americas
- Domingo Gonzalez, Founder and Director of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice : Environmental Struggles and the Border - Mary Grillo, Executive Director, SEIU Local 2028: Globalization and U.S. Labor - Sergio Mendez, Representative of the Binational Indigenous Oaxacan Community: Indigenous Organizing in San Quintin, Baja CA - Modesto Estrada, Representative of the Leymex Workers: The Struggle of Maquiladora Workers
BORDER PROTEST AND BINATIONAL FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 21, 2000 12pm - 2:30pm Larsen Park, San Ysidro 3:00 - 6: 00 pm Border Field State Park, San Ysidro and Playas de Tijuana, Tijuana. Binational festival 6-10:30pm - Playas de Tijuana, Tijuana. The festival continues into the night with bands and more!
LARSEN PARK, SAN YSIDRO Schedule:
WELCOMING PERFORMANCES 11:30 - *Aztec Dancers 12:00 - *Ciuatenoni 12:15 - WELCOME: (SD Green Party) STOP THE FTAA! Introduction (SD Green Party) 12:20- INDIGENOUS RIGHTS- U'wa from Colombia STRUGGLE OF WORKERS, MEXICO- maquila worker or campesina - (preferably female) STRUGGLE OF WORKERS, US- LA striking garment worker STUDENTS, PRIVATIZATION AND EDUCATION- Leticia Arellano, San Fran State 12:45 -- *Spear & Scribe 12:55 -- LIVE PHONE-IN FROM CANADA AND OTHER BORDER ACTIONS (POSSIBLE READING OF STATEMENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES) 1:05 - US LABOR--Jerry Butkowitz-SD, San Diego Central Labor Council MILITARIZATION OF THE BORDER- Jose Palofox-SF, filmmaker, "New World Border" 1:15 - SOLIDARITY STATEMENTS FROM Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine Cities: Tijuana, Los Angeles, Bay Area, Pheonix, Santa Barbara, Orange County, San Diego 1:25 - ENVIRONMENT- Domingo Gonzalez-SD, Sierra Club CORPORATE DOMINATION AND PRIVATIZATION- Medea Benjamin-SF, Global Exchange WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?- Justin Akers-SD, Stop FTAA Coalition, ISO 1:45 - *Tomeha 2:00 - Announcement and Appeal, 2:05 - *Aztlan Underground
Caravan to Border Field will take place following the program *performances
BORDER FIELD STATE PARK/PLAYA DE TIJUANA -bi-national program Schedule
WELCOMING PERFORMANCE 2:30 -(drum performance) 3:00- WELCOME: 3:05- SPEAKERS will alternate from Mexico to the US side. PLAYA - speaker from Maclovio Rojas BFSP- Environmental Health Coalition speaker PLAYA - speaker from San Quintin BFSP- US sweatshop worker (Chie Abad?) PLAYA - speaker from Tijuana teacher' union BFSP- Lani Hernandez, student who went on the EZLN caravan to Mex City PLAYA- maquila worker BFSP: US worker, Jeremy Prickett, IAM PLAYA: speaker on Immigration BFSP: Roberto Martinez, AFSC, militarization of the border
speakers will be interspersed with performances by: *Teatro Campesino, and others
PLAYA DE TIJUANA bi-national musical event 5:30- B-side Players 6:00- Program with 8 bands, 4 from Mexico, 4 from US, including East LA Sabor Factory, Tijuana 10:00- program ends, or maybe not?
Where: (It is recommended to take the trolley) - Driving directions to Larsen Park: Exit I-5 at Via San Ysidro. Take Calle Primera southeast; this road turns into Willow Road. Larsen Park is on the right-hand side. - Walking directions for San Ysidro Trolley Stop: Cross I-5 on Camino de la Plaza. Follow Camina de la Plaza about a half mile to Larsen Park. - Alternate driving directions to Border Field State Park: Take Dairy Mart Road south to Monument Road. Follow signs to Beach.
San Francisco Labor Council San Diego/Imperial Counties Labor Council University Council/ American Federation of Teachers International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council #7 California Faculty Association-San Diego State University California Federation of Teachers GCIU Local 432-M (San Diego Union Tribune Press-room workers) International Association of Machinists local 389 Sierra Club Environmental Health Coalition FZLN (Frente Zapatista Liberacion Nacional) Northern Baja California Global Exchange Roberto Martinez, AFSC Green Party of San Diego University of California, San Diego Green Party Chapter SEIU Healthcare Workers Union Local 250 United Steelworkers Los Angeles/Orange Counties Legislation Committee Globalphobics Network of the Californias Che Cafe Collective International Socialist Organization The New Mexico State University Greens Democratic Socialists of America California Peace and Freedom Party Coalition for Affordable Public Power Raza Rights Coalition/Coalicion Pro-Derechos De La Raza Committee for Solidarity in the Americas Street Liberation Art Project Lagoon Greens of San Diego Activist San Diego.org La Resistencia San Diego WTO Alert International Action Center Just Act: Youth Action For Global Justice IMC, San Diego