Sister City Events
The Madison Rafah (Palestine) Sister City Project - MRSCP,
WORT and the Madison-Arcatao Sister
City Project present an evening in commemoration of
Rachel Corrie, with the film "The Killing Zone and
remarks by returned ISM volunteer Laura Gordon and
Cheryl Broderson, Rachel Corrie's aunt. Fund-raiser
for Rafah relief projects.
TUESDAY MARCH 9, 7 PM, THE CROSSING, 1127 UNIVERSITY
AVENUE (UNIV. AND CHARTER)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 7 PM, MORGRIDGE AUDITORIUM,
GRAINGER HALL, UW CAMPUS.
Laura Gordon will be on WORT's "A Public Affair" on
Wednesday March 10, 12 noon with Esty Dinur.
She will also be speaking on Thursday morning, March
11, from 9:30 - 10:30 at the Truax Campus of MATC as
one of the International Women's Day series speakers.
SECOND EVENT:
Diane Farsetta, a member of MRSCP's Advisory
Committee, has sent us the following:
The Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua
(WCCN), Madison Women for Peace and the Dane
County-Apartado Sister City Project would like to
invite you to:
Celebrate International Women's Day 2004!
"Resisting War, Building Peace: Rural and Urban
Women's Movements in the Americas"
Sunday, March 7th, 2 to 4 pm at the Pres House (731
State St), just off UW Library Mall
Come hear two inspiring women:
Maria Helena Moreira Alves coordinates Brazil's
largest grassroots organization, Viva Rio, organizing
economic projects and social justice campaigns in
Rio's poorest areas.
Ella Cecilia Florez Alvarez works with the rural peace
community of San Jose de Apartado and the new network
of Communities in Resistance in war-torn Colombia.
There'll be music and refreshments for all, prizes
for the lucky.
Suggested donation at the door.
For more information please call WCCN at 608-257-7230,
or see
www.madwomen.org