Chicago Event for Guatemala

Saturday, July 21, 2001, at 6:30 p.m.

The Committee in Support of the Social Movement for Democracy in Guatemala
CAMSDEGUA

and Guatemalan Marimba and Cultural Ensemble
UTUX MAYIB' (MAYAN BLOOM)

invite you to a
CULTURAL EVENING
Featuring:

Mayan Ceremony
by Phal (rain) Carlos Mejia and Virgilio Vicente

Original Mayan Marimba Concert
by Phal - Carlos Mejia

with Guest Speaker:
Reynaldo Gonzalez

ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
4550 N. HERMITAGE - AT WILSON
(Two blocks West of Ashland Av.)

Reynaldo Gonzalez is a Guatemalan Union Leader prominent in the struggle of Latin American workers against the ongoing neo-liberal assault.  He will be touring the U.S. and Canada in July, 2001, to meet with his U.S. and Canadian counterparts.  He is a member of the executive of the Unity of Labor and Popular Action (UASP).  Gonzalez played a key role as Guatemalan delegate to the 89th World Conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO - OIT) in June, 2001, where he was instrumental in having Guatemala sanctioned for the regressive changes, which it recently made to its labor code.

Labor Donation Requested: $10 (includes light dinner)

For more information please write or call:
(773) 588-5938 - 493-6114 - 762-0842
E-mail: bvillag@luc.edu
atit_balam@yahoo.com

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