Report back about University of Maryland course hosted by Friends of ATC this past January.
Sunday April 23rd - 3pm Eastern, 1pm Nicaragua, Noon Pacific, 8pm UK
Register here for this important webinar about Nicaragua
Please join Professor Rick Kohn and University of Maryland students for this 75-minute webinar. They completed a fall-semester seminar course, followed by a 2-week study abroad course with the ATC (Association of Countryside Workers). They learned that Nicaragua's popualtion emits less than one eighth as much greenhouse gas per capita as the US. And yet the country
- Produce 90% of their own food.
- Have eliminated most hunger and illiteracy.
- Have addressed income disparities.
- Continue improving production efficiency.
- Have democratic control of food production.
- Have nearly achieved economic parity among women and men.
How did Nicaragua do it? In this webinar, you will hear what they learned.
This event is part of a monthly webinar series on Nicaragua. Additional organizational sponsors are welcome. To sign on contact: Barbara@NicaSolidarity.net
Current sponsors:
Alliance for Global Justice
Baltimore Club, CPUSA
Baltimore Peace Action
Baltimore Philip Berrigan Chapter, VETERANS FOR PEACE
Casa Baltimore Limay
Chicago ALBA Solidarity
Claudia Jones School for Political Education
Echoes of Silence
Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice - Canada
Frente Hugo Chávez para la Defensa de los Pueblos-Vancouver
Friends of ATC
Friends of Latin America (FoLA)
Friends of Sandinista Nicaragua
Friendship Office of the Americas
Green Renaissance-Sovereign Rights Movement
International Action Center
Jubilee House Community
Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign UK
Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group (NSCAG)
Rights Action
Task Force on the Americas
Victor Jara Siempre Canta