Congo Rape Action Event - October 6th, 6 p.m. - To develop our action strategy for WILPF NY Metro's Project Congo.

The meeting will be held at the 1199 SEIU Union Hall, Bread and Roses Gallery, 310 W. 43rd St. (bet. 8th & 9th Aves.) Take the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, B, D, F, V, N, Q, R, or W to 42nd Street. Come hear Bibiane Tshefu speak about the situation in Congo and see assorted clips from films about Congo, some of which are part of WILPF's NY Metro's Trudy Orris Film Series.

Congo Outreach

Submitted by wilpfnycoordinator on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 16:46.

Hello WILPF Community,

Today I met with Pastor Chrsitine Osongo and Mr. Alexander Hamilton in a friendly meeting about organizing Congolese pastors to go into rural areas in Congo to teach about HIV/AIDS and the connections to corporatism, militias, and sexual violence. There's an event coming up in August where we'll screen films, have discussions, table, and train about 60 Congolese reps to take this message into the villages. Metro will be an official endorser and anyone that wants to join the effort is more than welcome to do so. By the way, it is being held in Brooklyn!That means Brooklynites have an excuse to participate for a change.

Well, the struggle continues and we're moving upwards. Hooray!

Jen

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