<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV>Monday March 26th<BR><BR>The FTAA & Corporate Globalization<BR>7pm *
Canisius College * Regis Room - Student Center<BR><BR>Come hear speakers talk
about how NAFTA has impacted WNY and what the <BR>potential effects of the FTAA
will be. There will be a theatrical skit, as <BR>well as videos and free
food.<BR><BR>****************************************************************************<BR>Tuesday
April 3rd<BR><BR>The FTAA, Human Rights, & Plan Columbia<BR>7pm * Central
Park Presbyterian Church (on the corner of Main and Jewitt)<BR><BR>Please come
to an informative and educational teach-in on the Free Trade Area <BR>of the
Americas (FTAA) agreement and how it will impact the lives of the <BR>people of
North, Central, and South America. A panel of speakers will <BR>address
how women and indigenous people have been effected by NAFTA and what <BR>the
potential effects of the FTAA will be. Speakers will also address human
<BR>rights abuses in Columbia and how it relates to free trade and corporate
<BR>globalization.<BR>Sponsored by the Latin American Solidarity Committee and
BAN<BR>****************************************************************************<BR>Wednesday
April 4th<BR><BR>Free Trade, NAFTA, the FTAA & Labor<BR>7pm * Operating
Engineers Local 17 Hall in W. Seneca<BR><BR>Please come to an informative and
entertaining discussion on the possible <BR>effects of the Free Trade Area of
the Americas on Buffalo-area working <BR>families and the Western Hemisphere in
general. Find out why WNY's NAFTA -- <BR>caused plant closings are just
the beginning of a dangerous global increase <BR>of labor abuses in the name of
corporate
profits.<BR>****************************************************************************<BR>Wednesday
April 4th<BR><BR>A teach in on the FTAA and Corporate Globalization<BR>Niagara
University<BR>7pm<BR><BR>Come hear speakers talk about how NAFTA has impacted
WNY and what the <BR>potential effects of the FTAA will be. There will be
a theatrical skit, as <BR>well as videos and free
food.<BR>****************************************************************************<BR>Thursday
April 12th<BR><BR>The FTAA, NAFTA & the Environment<BR>6:30pm * Harlem Road
Community Center<BR>4255 Harlem Road Amherst, NY<BR><BR>Come to a free public
teach-in on the effects of free trade on the Earth. <BR>Learn how NAFTA
has allowed corporations to supercede environmental laws <BR>while putting the
public at risk. Come hear what the potential effects of <BR>the FTAA on
the world's last pristine rainforests and environment
are.<BR>****************************************************************************<BR>Teach
in at Buffalo State College -- location and time to be
announced!<BR>****************************************************************************<BR>For
more information about any of these teach-ins, if you would like to
<BR>suggest a speaker, if your group would like to co-sponsor any of these, if
<BR>you would like to help with outreach, contact Mike at 716 - 884 - 8179<BR><A
href="mailto:cestpodge@aol.com">cestpodge@aol.com</A><BR>****************************************************************************<BR><BR>Teach
in at Buffalo State College -- location and time to be
announced!<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>