People’s Voices on the Crisis - 20 June, New York
Saturday 20 JUNE 2009, New York
1:00pm-6:00pm
Church of the Holy Trinity
316 E. 88th Street
Conveners: Social Watch, Eurostep, LDC Watch, Institute for Policy Studies, Global Policy Forum, Center of Concern, ESCR-Net, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Global-Local Links Project, Jubilee USA Network, Jubilee South, GCAP Feminist Task Force, Alliance for Responsible Trade, Women’s Environment and Development Organization, International Council for Adult Education, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, Global Action on Aging, Latindadd, US Human Rights Network, CONGO Social Development Committee, Sub-Committee on the Eradication of Poverty, Hemispheric Social Alliance, Womens´ Working Group on Financing for Development, Medical Mission Sisters International, World Federation of United Nations Associations, Alliance for Responsible Trade, International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations.
The current economic crisis has shaken the foundations of the largest stock markets and the most influential financial institutions around the globe, yet the precise consequences of this financial meltdown for working women and men and for our fragile environment, have been less obvious and have been little-profiled in the mass media. This is especially the case for workers, small farmers and the poor from the global South impacted by the crisis, whose realities are far removed from that of the investment bankers and large business owners of the global North in whose interest many of the current bailout packages were designed.
In order to highlight the all-too-real social and environmental impacts of the current financial, food, energy and climate change crises, Peoples´Voices on the Crisis will bring together activists from civil society organizations, trade unions and grassroots groups on a local, national and international level who will give testimony on how their lives and communities are being directly affected by this systemic crisis. Peoples´ Voices on the Crisis will also be an opportunity to share ideas and experiences on how to construct a global movement to advocate for a new economic system based on human rights and environmental sustainability.
Thematic Panels:
Gender Rights
Rights of Indigenous Communities and Ethnic Minorities
Decent Work and Social Security
Social Rights and Economic Security
Environmental Sustainability
Testimonials from grassroots human rights and environmental activists from:
Benin, El Salvador, Nepal, Nigeria, Sudan, Uruguay, New Orleans, New York…and other local-global communities
If your organization is interested in participating in this initiative, or would like additional information, please write to Jana Silverman at the Social Watch Secretariat:
jsilverman@item.org.uy
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Sábado, 20 de junio 2009, Nueva York
1:00pm-6:00pm
Church of the Holy Trinity
316 E. 88th Street
Convocantes: Social Watch, Eurostep, LDC Watch, Institute for Policy Studies, Global Policy Forum, Center of Concern, ESCR-Net, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Global-Local Links Project, Jubilee USA Network, Jubilee South, GCAP Feminist Task Force, Alliance for Responsible Trade, Women’s Environment and Development Organization, International Council for Adult Education, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, Global Action on Aging, Latindadd, US Human Rights Network, CONGO Social Development Committee, Sub-Committee on the Eradication of Poverty, Alianza Social Continental, Womens´ Working Group on Financing for Developmen, Medical Mission Sisters International, World Federation of United Nations Associations, Alliance for Responsible Trade, International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations.
La crisis económica actual ha sacudido los cimientos de los más grandes mercados de valores y las instituciones más influyentes de todo el mundo, no obstante las consecuencias precisas de este colapso financiero para los trabajadores y trabajadoras y nuestro frágil medioambiente, han sido menos visibles y han tenido poca cobertura de los medios masivos. En particular, las realidades de los y las trabajadoras, los campesinos y las poblaciones históricamente discriminadas del Sur global que reciben el impacto de la crisis y cuyas realidades están muy alejadas de las de los banqueros inversionistas y los propietarios de las grandes empresas del Norte.
Para poder destacar los impactos verdaderos de la crisis financiera, alimentaria, energética y climática, la Audiencia Popular sobre la Crisis se unirá a activistas de ONGs, sindicatos y de organizaciones sociales trabajando en un ámbito local, nacional e internacional, quien darán testimonios sobre cómo sus vidas y comunidades están siendo afectadas por esta crisis sistémica. La Audiencia Popular sobre la Crisis también será una oportunidad de compartir ideas y experiencias sobre cómo construir un movimiento global para abogar por un nuevo sistema económico basado en los derechos humanos y la sustentabilidad ambiental.
Mesas temáticas:
Derechos de las mujeres y la crisis
Derechos de las comunidades indígenas y las minorías étnicas
Trabajo digno y seguridad económica
Derechos sociales y seguridad social
Sustentabilidad ambiental
Testimonios de activistas de los movimientos sociales y ambientales de:
Benin, El Salvador, Nepal, Nigeria, Sudan, Uruguay, Nueva Orleans, Nueva York…y otras comunidades locales-globales
Para mas información o para agregar su grupo a la lista de organizaciones y redes convocantes y adhierentes, favor contactar a Jana Silverman del Secretariado Internacional de Social Watch, jsilverman@item.org.uy
Follow what happened:
Watch the videos on You Tube with statements from Uruguay and Benin
Read the speech by H.E. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, president of the UN General Assembly at the People’s Voices on the Crisis
On the radio: People’s Voices on the crisis - 22 June 7 PM on WBAI
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