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    <div><div><div style="width:371px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(88,107,115);font-weight:bold"><span lang="pt"><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/b69492818a" target="_blank"><span>Para ver</span> <span>esta mensagem</span> <span>em português,</span> </a><span><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/c4a96aad56" target="_blank">clique aqui</a></span></span><span lang="es"><span></span></span><br>



<a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/7a695aa9b5" target="_blank">Para español, haz clic aqui</a><br><ul></ul><font size="3"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Fight back</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"> against corporate destruction of our food, health, seeds, communities, and environment! </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal">



<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Join us to Occupy/Resist the BIO Int'l Convention! </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal">NO to Monsanto! NO to GMOs! Join us to build community power, resistance, justice, and autonomy!</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal">



<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"> BIO International Convention 2012 will be arriving in Boston in just over a week, and we want to confront this gathering with <span style="font-weight:bold">a gathering of our own!</span></span></font> <ul>



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<br></div><font color="#000000" size="6"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="3"></font>Wednesday, June 20th<br></b></font></font><font color="#000000" size="6"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="4">COUNTER CONFERENCE</font></b></font></font><br>



<font color="#000000" size="6"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>5:30 - 9:00 p.m.<br></b></font></font><font size="6"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4">Spontaneous Celebrations<br>



45 Danforth Street<br>Jamaica Plain<br></font></font></font></font><font><font color="#000000"><i><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif">*Interpretation between English, Spanish, and Portuguese will be available. <br>Suggested $5-$10 donation, to go towards cost of space and food</font></i></font></font><br>



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</font></b></font></font><font color="#000000" size="6"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="4">DAY OF ACTION</font></b></font></font><br><font size="6"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4"><font style="font-weight:bold" size="6">11:00 AM</font><br>



Dewey Square (near South Station & the</font></font><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4"> Boston Convention Center)</font></font><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font></font><br><br></div><div style="text-align:center">



<div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold">Join the</span></font></font><span> <b>Ciclovida team </b>in working to build power in resistance to </span><span>BIO International, an annual gathering of some of the biggest behemoths in industrial agriculture and the big pharma industry</span><span>. Help organize and take part in a counter-conference and coordinated action for folks in grassroots movements for environmental justice, food justice, and agricultural justice. </span><br>



<br></div><span></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><b>We want to build our power together</b> as these corporations are trying to control (and meanwhile destroy) our food systems, our health, our seeds, our communities and our environment! </span><br>



</div><div style="margin-left:40px"><span></span></div><span>                           <b>We want justice and autonomy!</b></span><p style="margin:0pt;padding:0pt"> <br><br></p><p style="margin:0pt;padding:0pt"><img style="width: 400px; min-height: 267px;" src="http://pr.ak.vresp.com/60f29b94e/sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/430069_234966359923418_1669804638_n.jpg" alt="photo.php?fbid=234966359923418&set=t.21503354&type=1&theater" title="photo.php?fbid=234966359923418&set=t.21503354&type=1&theater" align="none" border="0" height="267" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="400"></p>



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</div><br><span><b>What: </b>A two-day gathering to share, organize, learn, and strategize in resistance to industrial agriculture and for alternative solutions.<br></span><div style="margin-left:40px"><span><br><b>June 20th: </b><br>



</span><ul><li><span>Music performances, food, group sharing and discussion</span></li><li><span>Report-back from the Ciclovida Encontro in Brazil</span></li><li><span>Relationship and movement-building / action planning</span></li>



<li><span>Natural / heirloom seed exchange</span></li><li><span>PREMIERE of the new Ciclovida short film on Agrofuels<br><span style="font-style:italic">Interpretation between English, Spanish, and Portuguese will be available</span><br>



</span></li></ul></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><span> <b>June 21st:</b> DAY OF ACTION</span><br><ul><li>A public and strategic action to speak out against corporate control and destruction of our food, agriculture, communities, seeds, health, and environment</li>



</ul></div><span> <br> <b>Who: </b>Activists, farmers, communities in struggle, and anyone outraged by the current state of agriculture, food systems, health, and environment<br><br></span><span><b>Why:</b><br></span><ul>



<li><span> To create an alternative space for building grassroots resistance in the face of monstrosities of industrial agriculture and pharmaceuticals gathering – counter their planning with our own</span></li><li>To share social movement experience and resistance to corporate domination and capitalism in the context of environmental justice</li>



<li>To Strengthen the Ciclovida movement in the U.S., confronting Monsanto's agenda to bring GMO to industrial agriculture and sharing the Ciclovida project from the global south that is working to counter that</li><li>



Deepen relationships and solidarity in the broader environmental justice movement, while highlighting connections between global struggles and local struggles<span></span></li><li><span>Carry out a coordinated action against destructive Biotech conference</span><br>



</li></ul><p style="padding:0pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left"><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/9b5d56b6cf" target="_blank"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:bold">REGISTER NOW</span></font></a> to help us confirm attendees and get an idea of numbers to expect: <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/10893260d7" target="_blank"><b>http://tinyurl.com/d82ungz</b></a></p>



<p style="padding:0pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center"><br></p><p style="padding:0pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:bold">CHECK OUT our <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/8afd600c51" target="_blank">Facebook event page</a></span></font>: <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/2a6a302e40" target="_blank"><b>http://tinyurl.com/ciclo-seeds-of-res</b></a> and invite your friends! <br>



</p><p style="padding:0pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center"><br></p><p style="padding:0pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center"><br></p><font style="font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5" size="3"><span style="font-weight:bold"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif">Contact Ashley, one of the organizers, with any questions, comments, or concerns, at <a href="mailto:ashley@ciclovida.org" target="_blank">ashley@ciclovida.org</a>, <a href="tel:774-460-1274" value="+17744601274" target="_blank">774-460-1274</a></font></span></font></div>




     
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<b>Agrofuels: Industrial Agriculture's Latest Attack on the People and the Planet</b><i><b>: a half-hour in depth educational supplement to the feature film:</b></i><br></h3><i><br></i><div style="margin-left:40px"><i>Agrofuels: Industrial Agriculture's Latest Attack on the People and the Planet</i> delves into depth about the issues of growing monocrops for fuel.  Beyond widely discussed concerns about using diverting food crops to the production of fuel, so-called "second generation agrofuels" - or cellulose-based fuels - also have detrimental effects on indigenous communities, small farmers and the environment.  This short provides critical evidence and leaves viewers with hope from grassroots communities building real alternatives.<br>



<br></div><div style="text-align:left">The film will be shown on June 20th during the gathering and will be followed by discussion. Check out the trailer now at <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CiclovidaLifecycle/784374dc11/8be92fb026/c50569b315" target="_blank">www.ciclovida.org</a><br>



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    <span style="text-decoration:underline">Schedule overview: </span><br><br>June 20th:<br><div><span>5:30 PM – Greetings and intros</span></div><div><span>6:00 – Screening of agrofuels film<br></span></div><div><span>6:50  – Film discussion </span><br>



<div><span>7:20  – Report back of Ciclovida Encontro<br></span></div></div><div><span>7:50 – Discussion, sharing, and building power</span></div><div><span>8:30 -- Action discussion and planning<br></span></div><div><span>9:00 -- </span><span>Performances, art &  sign-making, music  <br>



<br>June 21st:<br>11:00 AM - Gather in Dewey Square for action<br></span></div><br></div>
     
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