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<div>The event featuring Kendra Fehrer's account of the Venezuelan Communal Council Movement has be rescheduled to Thursday, September 13, 2007, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. An updated flyer will be available for download from the
<a href="http://encuentro5.org">encuentro5.org</a> website. The event had originally be scheduled for this Thursday (8/16).</div>
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<div>LOCAL POWER? A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF VENEZUELA'S COMMUNAL COUNCIL MOVEMENT<br>A CONVERSATION WITH KENDRA FEHRER<br><br>Brown University Ph.D. student Kendra Fehrer has just returned from her 3rd<br>stay in Venezuela where she spent time with 8 communal councils. Recently
<br>established, these councils offer grassroots communities of up to 400<br>families an opportunity to directly organize their own economic and social<br>development. Some 18,000 communal councils have spread throughout Venezuela
<br>in a unique experiment combining direct democracy, representation and<br>economic development. Kendra's graduate work in Argentina, combined with her<br>own activism provides a keen vantage point for understanding the unfolding
<br>Venezuelan experiment with 21st Century Socialism.<br><br>Thursday, September 13, 2007<br>7:00 - 9:00 p.m.</div>
<div>33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor<br>Boston, MA 02111</div>
<div><br>see <a href="http://www.encuentro5.org">www.encuentro5.org</a> for directions and to download a flyer<br>Sponsor: Boston Bolivarianos<br>Light Refreshments Served<br><br><br>Suren Moodliar<br>Telephones: 617-482-6300 (wk); 617-482-7300 (fax); 617-968-0880 (cell)
<br>Projects: encuentro 5 & fair employment<br>Address: 33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02111<br>Websites: <a href="http://www.massglobalaction.org">www.massglobalaction.org</a>; <a href="http://www.fairjobs.org">
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<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>----------------------------------------------------------<br>Suren Moodliar<br>Telephones: 617-482-6300 (wk); 617-482-7300 (fax); 617-968-0880 (cell)<br>Projects: encuentro 5 & fair employment
<br>Address: 33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02111<br>Websites: <a href="http://www.massglobalaction.org">www.massglobalaction.org</a>; <a href="http://www.fairjobs.org">www.fairjobs.org</a>; <a href="http://www.encuentro5.org">
www.encuentro5.org</a><br><br>Visit: <a href="http://www.reclaimingtheivorytower.org">www.reclaimingtheivorytower.org</a> for a handbook on organizing and strategizing! </div>