Events
12 / 21
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 22
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Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 23
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Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 24
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 25
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 26
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 27
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 28
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 29
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 30
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
12 / 31
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
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End: 8:00 pm
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm
CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st. The offices are open again on January 2nd. If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325. With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year, Jim Jim Vondracek Managing Director Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America www.crln.org jvondracek@crln.org 773-293-2964 | ||
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Start: 02/01/2008 - 10:00am
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02 / 24
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Come Support SOA Prisoners of ConscienceJoin LeAnne Clausen, sentenced to 30 days, Gus Roddy, sentenced to 30 days and a statement from Diane Lopez Hughes, currently serving 45 days for their witness against the SOA/WHINSEC. Also, we would like to take the time to remember the life of Rufina Amaya, the sole survivor of the El Mozote massacre of over 900 men, women and children in El Salvador. Later, 19 of the 26 people found responsible for the massacre were trained at the School of the Americas. Rufina told the story of the massacre and worked for justice until herdeath of heart illness earlier this year. | ||
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Start: 12:00 am
Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
End: 03/10/2008 - 12:00am
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03 / 8
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Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
End: 03/10/2008 - 12:00am
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Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
End: 03/10/2008 - 12:00am
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Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
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04 / 10
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Join CISPES and Ricardo Calderon, a labor leador from the Salvadorian Union Front (Frente Sindical Salvadorenho or FSS) to hear about the effects of Free Trade on organized oworkers in El Salvador, the state of the Salvadoran labor movement, and how you can join in cross-border solidarity with the social movement of El Salvador as important presidential election approach in 2009. This event is hosted by the Committee In Solidarity with the Pople of El Salvador (CISPES). Location: No Exit Cafe 6970 N. Glenwood Chicago, IL 60626 For more information please call: 773-612-2559 | ||
04 / 11
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04 / 12
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Join Wellington UCC in celebrating their new commitment to the New Sanctuary Movement and the installation of CRLN board chair Dan Dale as their pastor. This will be a festive evening of music and dancing. Wellington UCC is located at:
615 W. Wellington Ave Contact Wellington UCC for additional information. | ||
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04 / 15
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Fight for Worker Rights and the Colombian Free Trade Agreement
Dora Acero, a worker on La Fragrancia flower plantation in Colombia, will offer her personal testimony concerning worker rights in the Colombian flower industry, specifically in light of the pending free trade agreement with the United States. Dora's plantation is owned by US-based Dole Food Company, and her union, Untrafragrancia, has been involved in a labor struggle with Dole for over two years. Come meet Dora and learn how you can help her achieve the only existing contract for an independent union in the Colombian flower industry.
John Lindsay-Poland is currently co-director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean, a position in which he has served since 1989. Previously, he served with Peace Brigades International as a peace team member in Guatemala and El Salvador. He is editor of FOR's Puerto Rico/Colombia Update, and author of numerous articles and books on US militarism in Latin America. He has extensive knowledge of US foreign policy towards Colombia and will give context on the significance and potential impact of the pending free trade agreement.
DePaul University Lincoln Park Library, Rosati Room 300 2350 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago IL
Refreshments will be served! For more information, contact Gilberto Villaseñor gvillas1@depaul.edu or Abbey Schumacher aschuma1@depaul.edu Sponsored by DePaul Women's Center, University Ministry, Study Abroad Program, Amnesty International (DePaul Chapter), International Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, Steans Center, Women and Gender Studies, Modern Languages Department, Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia, Chicago Trade with Justice Working Group, US LEAP, Progressive Democrats of America, Chicago Religious Leadership Network, and in collaboration with the Loyola University Latin American Studies Program
Currently, there are no contracts held by independent unions in the Colombian flower industry. Come learn how you can help to change that! | ||
04 / 16
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04 / 17
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 04/17/2008 - 9:00am
End: 04/20/2008 - 10:00am
CRLN board member Eunice Escobar will report on Afro-Colombian issues. For more information http://www.ushrnetwork.org/conference_2008.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Join CRLN at an important event on Colombia. Now especially, as Congress considers the Free Trade Agreement, its is critical to understand the situation in Colombia. Monsenor Hector Fabio Henao, the National Director of SNPS/Caritas - Colombia, and Martha Ines Romero, Country Manager-Colombia for Catholic Relief Services will speak at St. Vincent DePaul Church, 1010 W. Webster Avenue, Chicago, on Thursday April 17, beginning at 7:00 pm. Come join us!
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Phil and Lorie are both retired educators, active members of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and recipients of Peace and Justice Awards. Phil has served as an accompanier in Colombia to witness the safety of human rights workers whose lives are at risk. Join them for coffee and dessert at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2008 in the Guild Room at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2515 Central Avenue, Evanston, IL They will discuss the church's role in human rights advocacy illustrated through a slide show - power point presentation focusing on Colombia and the accompaniment program. For more information contact: Rev. Ann Rosewall: arosewall@northminpres.org or 847-869-9210 | ||
04 / 18
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Start: 04/17/2008 - 9:00am
End: 04/20/2008 - 10:00am
CRLN board member Eunice Escobar will report on Afro-Colombian issues. For more information http://www.ushrnetwork.org/conference_2008.
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04 / 19
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Start: 04/17/2008 - 9:00am
End: 04/20/2008 - 10:00am
CRLN board member Eunice Escobar will report on Afro-Colombian issues. For more information http://www.ushrnetwork.org/conference_2008.
Start: 12:00 am
Start: 04/19/2008 - 12:00am
End: 04/27/2008 - 12:00pm
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