LL:DDV: RECONCILIATION: BRINGING WORLDS TOGETHER

[Friends of the Earth Fitzroy]

RECONCILIATION: BRINGING WORLDS TOGETHER
Indigenous women from Guatemala and Australia
share their stories and strategies
Free public forum, Wednesday 12 July 2000 at 7pm
Indigenous people are 60 percent of Guatemala's population. Yet - like
Indigenous Australians - they are fighting a system that denies their
rights and their culture. Guatemala is now recovering from a 36 year
civil war that devastated Indigenous communities. Reconciliation and
truth-telling are as central to Guatemala's national healing as they
are to Australia's.
Juanita Batzibal and Merdada Castro are Mayan Indigenous women working
on Indigenous rights and identity with Community Aid Abroad-Oxfam's
Guatemalan program. They are visiting Australia to make connections
with Indigenous Australian communities - their two struggles have much
to learn from each other.
Come along to free public forum featuring Juanita and Merdada, along
with Joy Murphy, elder of the Wurundjeri people and Monica Morgan,
representative of the Yorta Yorta people.
Wednesday 12 July 2000 at 7pm
Australian Volunteers International
88 Kerr Street Fitzroy
Presented by Friends of the Earth and Community Aid Abroad.
To find out more call 9289 9444.

LL.VG

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