Denver
Justice and Peace Committee's
Annual
Awards Night Celebration!
Join us in celebrating over two decades of solidarity with
the people of Latin America. We are very excited to honor
the 10th anniversary of human rights work in Guatemala through
our CAMINOS program and present our keynote speaker
Dr. Thomas Melville, author of "Through a Glass Darkly:
The U.S. Holocaust in Central America.
|
6:00
pm Reception and Silent Auction
7:00
pm Keynote speaker and awards |
Location:
First
Mennonite Church of Denver
430
W. 9th Avenue |
Tickets:
$10 in advance, $12 at door. Student/Senior $5. No one turned
away.
Register
and purchase your tickets online now!!
Or
for more information and manual registration, contact DJPC
at 303.623.1463 or e-mail us at djpc@denjustpeace.org.
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HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE FLIER (PDF)
Luis
Gilberto Murillo is the former governor of Chocó, the
poorest state in Colombia. His hard fought victory as one
of the youngest Colombians to win a gubernatorial election
was the result of his tireless organizing efforts around the
environment and issues related to the ancestral lands of the
Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations of Colombia. During
his tenure as governor, Sr. Murillo became one of the most
recognizable Afro-Colombian figures in the country, and won
praises from the national media for his creative proposals
to protect the environment and fight poverty. His outspoken
advocacy for his people and similar voiceless groups led to
his kidnapping, repeated death threats and his eventual exile
to the U.S. He continues to speak out against human rights
abuses by the Colombian military and rightwing paramilitary
groups, and against U.S. military funding that only exacerbates
the conflict and could mire the U.S. in Colombia's tragic
civil war. Sr. Murillo speaks in favor of peace, reconciliation,
full democracy and social inclusion in Colombia. |
