Taste Bud Solidarity: Amnesty International Dinner at Mi Tierra Guatemalan/Salvadoran Restaurant this Sunday

As you may have read, as we prepare for this year's Get on the Bus for Human Rights, we have been sampling the cuisines of the cultures at the center of our human rights actions. Before we hit the streets of New York to demand respect for human rights and an end to the gold mining industry's exploitation of both the people and the land in Guatemala, we will be celebrating Guatemalan food and culture closer to home.

This Sunday, we will meet for dinner at Mi Tierra, a Guatemalan and Salvadoran restaurant, in Waltham, MA. Please join with members of Amnesty International Local Group 133 this Sunday evening, April 5^th, at 5 p.m. for a delicious dinner.

Mi Tierra Restaurant

585 Moody St.,Waltham, MA 02453

781-894-5676‎

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Food/68571-MI-TIERRA/

Please let us know if you will be able to join us for dinner, so that we can make a reservation and arrange carpools: kelly@amnesty133.org.

For more information about the April 17^th Get on the Bus event, please go to www.gotb.org.

Boston-Area Showing of Documentary on Mayan Resistance to Gold Mining in Guatemala

March 13th Screening of Sipakapa No Se Vende/Sipakapa Is Not for Sale in Lynn
(Image credit: Sipakapa No Se Vende/Sipakapa Is Not for Sale)

As we get ready for our Guatemala action at this year’s Get on the Bus, please join members of Amnesty International Group 133 and the Guatemala Solidarity Committee of Boston for a screening of the documentary Sipakapa No Se Vende/ Sipakapa Is Not for Sale this Friday evening, March 13th at 6:00 p.m., in Lynn, MA.

Lynn is the adopted home of many people from Sipakapa and other areas of San Marcos, Guatemala. The event is being organized by local members of the Guatemalan community, and the evening will include Guatemalan food and the film screening.

The event will be held at Family & Children's Service of Greater Lynn, Inc., 111 North Common St., Lynn, MA 01902. A map from the Amnesty Northeast Regional Office to the event site is available by clicking here.

Sipakapa No Se Vende/ Sipakapa Is Not for Sale focuses on the Mayan Sipakapense people’s resistance to gold mining activities in their community by Glamis Gold, Ltd./Goldcorp. (The film is mostly in Spanish with English subtitles.)

For more information about Sipakapa No Se Vende/Sipakapa Is Not for Sale and the issues it covers, please follow these links:

· http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1N8I54zong (part 1 of the film; other parts also available on YouTube)

· http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/Eng/orange/sipakapa_no_se_vende.htm

· http://www.woolastook-presbytery.ca/wo-sipakapa-declaration.pdf

· http://www.rightsaction.org/articles/goldcorp_vs_democracy_03_30_08.html


For more information, please contact Kelly at kelly@amnesty133.org.