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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In this series of talks Afro-Venezuelan
leaders will discuss race, social inclussion, legislation and the
construction of Venezuela's XXI Century Socialism. On a special event
on Saturday April 3<sup>rd</sup>,they will be joined by Bill
Fletcher, former President of Trans Africa Forum and co-author of
“Solidarity Divided: The Crisis of Organized Labor and a New Path
to Social Justice”.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Guest Speakers:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mr. Jorge Guerrero Veloz: has a
professional background on research and education, primarily
focusing on Afro-Venezuelan culture and heritage. In 2002, he
joined the Cultural Division of the Board of Education the State of
Aragua. In 2005 he was appointed to the Presidential Commission for
the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination in Education. A
published writer and columnist for several Venezuelan newspapers and
magazines, in 2002 Mr. Guerrero became the Director of the Civil
Rights Organization "AfroAragua". From 2003 to 2007 he
served as National Coordinator for the Network of Afro-Venezuelan
Organizations. Mr. Guerrero was appointed Consul General of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in New Orleans in 2007.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Dr. Modesto Ruiz Espinoza : Venezuelan
Legislator; Member of the National Assembly; and President of the
Sub-Committee for Legislation, Participation, Rights and Duties of
Afro- Venezuelans . Mr. Ruiz holds Degrees in Social Communication,
Municipal Planning and Public Management. He was elected Councilman
in 1993, and in 1996 he became the Mayor of the Andres Bello
Municipality. In 2006, he was member of the Committee for Citizen
Participation and Co-writer of the Communal Council's Law. In the
present, he is coordinating the drafting of the Bill Against Racial
Discrimination and Other Related Rorms of Intolerance. Mr. Ruiz was
part of the Presidential Delegation to the II Africa - South America
Summit in 2009, member of the Parliamentarian Friendship Committees
with the countries of Gambia, Angola, Namibia and Palestine.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">PUBLIC EVENTS:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Tues. 03/30/2010</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-12:00 noon: Northeastern University, @
School of Law, Dockser Hall, Room 250, 65 Forsyth St. Boston.
Sponsored by The National Lawers Guild, Latin American Law Students
Association, and The John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute.
(Lunch will be provided)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-03:00 – 05:00 PM: UMASS Boston,
Venture Development Center, Wheatley Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 180.
Sponsored by Africana Studies Dept., Latin American Studies Dept.,
Club M.A.N.G.U and Haitian American Society.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Wed. 03/31/2010</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-12:45 PM : Suffolk University @ 41
Temple Street Donahue Building, 218-B, Sponsored by, The IV Spring
School on Transatlantic Studies, and The Quinn Dickerson Seminar
Series. (Light refreshments will be served) Moderator: Roberto
Dominguez, Suffolk University. <br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-06:00PM : Suffolk Law School -
Function Room, 1st Floor.@120 Tremont Street. Sponsored by the
National Lawyers Guild.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Thu. 04/01/2010</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-04:00 PM : Boston College - East Wing,
Room 115B (in the basement of the main building). Sponsored by
National Lawyeres Guild.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-07:00 – 08:30 PM : MIT @ 70
Memorial Dr. Cambridge, Tang Center, Wong Auditorium (E51-115).
Sponsored by Western Hemisphere Project, National Lawyers Guild,
Massglobalaction.org, Martin Luther King Bolivarian Circle of Boston.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Fri. 04/02/2010</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-12:00 – 01:00 PM: Harvard Law
School, Pound Hall, Room 102, Cambridge. Sponsored by Harvard Black
Law Students Association & Plaza Cultural Association, La
Alianza, National Lawyers Guild Mass Chapter, Criminal Justice
Institute Harvard Law School.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-04:00 – 05:30 PM : DRCLAS, CGIS
South, Room S-153, @ 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">SAT. 04/03/2010</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Venezuelan speakers will be joined by
Bill Fletcher</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">-12:00 – 02:00 PM : Jamaica Plain
Branch Public Library, “Race and Socialism in the 21st Century” @
12 Sedgwick, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.</p>