And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:40:39 -0600 (CST)
From: Northen Plains Media Consortium <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Human Rights Gathering
PRESS RELEASE............PRESS RELEASE............PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: Harold Iron Shield, 218-236-5434 or E-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Human Rights Gathering will be held on April 30th, May 1-2, 1999 at
the Centro Cultural, 1014-19th Street, Moorhead, Minnesota. The gathering
is the first in Moorhead that will bring together human rights advocates
and students from around the Northern Plains region and tri-state area.
This tri-state gathering is expected to attract about 100 or more people
from various groups, organizations and churches throughout the area.
Workshop presentations will be from Racism in High School and College
sports and the Mascot issues,historical racism and how this affects tribal
peoples from around the area, Encounter's of racism in area businesses and
how this affects students who live in the community.
A area Human Rights Watch group will be developed thru this gathering
and will have the responsibility of documenting human or civil rights
violations in the area.
The Human Rights Watch group will work with local Human Rights
authorities and the U.S. Civil Rights Commission with the documented
complaints of possible violations.
The gathering is open to the public and will cost $20 and for students
with ID $10, the cost will cover two meals, information and speakers.
There will be seven workshops in the two and half days of the gathering
with plenty of information to share. Speakers will come from first
nations communities from throughout the tri-state area with local issues
as part of the gathering.
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Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
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