AT-Work (the appropriate technology working group) is
looking for groups interested in hosting stops on a speaking
tour in April. The tour will travel the West Coast from San
Francisco to the Seattle area.
The speakers will be two representatives of the Frente
Mixteco-Zapoteco Bi-nacional, a group representing Mixtec
and Zapotec natives living in California, north-western Mexican
states and their native Oaxaca. They will speak on the
subjects of native rights, farmworker rights, Zapotec and
Mixtec cultural affirmation, and on the subject of
environmentally sustainable development in Oaxaca.
The goals of this tour are to:
1. Promote alternative agricultural projects being
carried out by the Frente in Oaxaca.
2. Promote human rights, native rights, and farmworker
rights in this context, including a discussion of the
current situations in Mexico.
3. Provide an opportunity for the Frente Mixteco-
Zapateco to make direct contact with groups and
individuals interested in the environment, rural
development, native rights, Latin America, and
farmworkers.
4. Recruit technically skilled volunteers for this and
other projects supported by AT-Work.
Anyone interested in being involved in the tour should
contact us quickly, as we are in the process of setting exact
dates right now.
You may reach us by e-mail as atwork@igc.apc.org, or
by regular mail at AT-Work, Earth Island Institute, 300
Broadway, Ste 28, San Francisco, California, 94133.
To contact us by phone in the office call (415)788-3666,
ext. 128, between 10 and 5 ask for David or Don. The
main contact person for this tour is Robert Frey, and you
may also reach him at our e-mail account or phone him at
(510)654-1410.