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Hey Adelante, Two things for ya'll. #Events on campus this week #Meeting Summary- Sun, Sept 19th ==EVENTS== *Tuesday:
Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) Meeting 9:00pm, Campus Center (questions? Contact
Micheal Eastwood at mbeastwood@yahoo.com ) *Thursday: Support
Rally for
United Workers of the North 5:00pm, Lakeside Foods, 900 N Cedar Ave,
Owatonna, MN *Friday:
Latino Rock Concert Campus Center- 9:30pm, Mary G. Owen Stage *Saturday: Neighborhood Visit to
Mercado Central noon, Meet at
Cultural House *Sunday:
Venezuela, Democracy - United States, Democracy? 4:00pm, Carnegie 06 (NOTE: THIS EVENT IS IN PLACE OF ADELANTE'S WEEKLY MEETING!) Want more info? Go to
http://adelantemac.org ==MEETING SUMMARY== *Sun. Sept 19, 2004 *4:10pm-5:20pm *Topic: Latinos and Labor *Organized by:
Anwar Paz,
U.S. Latino and Chicano Issues Coordinator *Meeting attendees: Anwar Paz,
Jessie BuendÃa,
Jessica Masterson,
Clara Weinstock, Micheal Eastwood,
Perry Bellow-Handelman,
Alex Flores,
Pierangelo Rossi,
Yongho Kim,
Maribel Frias,
Rena Dobervich,
Carmen Phillips,
Nora Johnson,
Aaron Johnson-Ortiz,
Clint Womack,
Maggie Gribben, and a few others Anwar began the meeting by passing out an article from Women's News that discussed the exploitation and sexual harrasment of 5 Latina hotel maids by their employer. Group talked about: #Personal experiences with discrimination toward
migrant workers. #Poor working conditions and low wages in different countries around the world. #The socio-economic class system and how it ties into
racism and
citizenship ~Clara Weinstock
Co-secretary, Adelante
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