Planning Meeting: Wednesday, July 16, 7 p.m. at the Resource Center for Nonviolence

The Santa Cruz Peacemakers invites other groups and individuals to begin preparations for the WTO protests that will take place in Cancun this
coming September 10 - 14.

Our Mexican campesinos y campesinas have invited
us (and others around the world) to join them in Cancun and to organize events locally that will link the issues we are working on to the harmful
effects of the WTO.

We are organizing a delegation from Santa Cruz to
attend the meetings, teach-ins, demonstrations, and other events that will take place in Cancun
during the official meetings. We are working on a special "package" rate for airfare and lodging that will be available soon. Details will be
discussed at the meeting on Wednesday.

We will also be planning some public educational events locally leading up to and following Cancun, as well as a parallel demonstration
in Santa Cruz during the WTO meetings.

This is a wonderful opportunity to link corporate-led globalization to war, environment, labor issues, human rights, economic ineqity and poverty here and around the world, etc. etc.

A video on the devastating effects of globalization on a small Himalaylan village will be shown by Peacemakers on Sunday, July 20: "Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh."
Potluck at 6. Video at 7. Resource Center for Nonviolence. All are welcome.