DJPC 2012 SALON DISCUSSION SERIES PRESENTS MINING & INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN HUEHUETENANGO, GUATEMALA by Pascual Bernabé Velásquez Pascual Bernabé Velásquez, a Q’anjob’al Mayan, is a city council member of San Juan Ixcoy and a representative of the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. This Assembly has sought to make Huehuetenango a “Mining-Free Territory” and now struggles … Continue reading Salon Discussion Series on Mining & Indigenous Rights
DJPC Salon on Tz’utujil Mayans of Guatemala
DJPC SALON DISCUSSION SERIES PRESENTS LIVING IN A TZ’UTUJIL MAYA COMMUNITY by Tommy Timm Tommy Timm is active with DJPC’s Caminos group and a member of DJPC’s Board. He recently spent 5 months living with the Tz’utujil Maya in Santiago Atítlan, Guatemala. Come to learn about the Mayan people’s history, culture and spiritual practices. Find … Continue reading DJPC Salon on Tz’utujil Mayans of Guatemala
Living in a Tz’utujil Maya Community in 2012
June 15, 2012 Dear advocates of world justice, There is a taste of harmony, unity and justice in the air……something we have dreamed about, worked to achieve, and, at some level of our being, never believed could be possible. Mystics are expressing it. Psychics are channeling it. Ancient Mayans predicted it. And now, we also … Continue reading Living in a Tz’utujil Maya Community in 2012
June 21 Salon presentation: GRANITO
DJPC’s 2012 Salon Discussion Series presents: GRANITO: How to Nail a Dictator a documentary film by Pamela Yates Guatemala’s genocide in the past comes to light in the present. The quest of many witnesses to bring a malevolent dictator to justice. Thursday, June 21, 2012 Starts on time at 7:00 PM English version, runs 1 … Continue reading June 21 Salon presentation: GRANITO
DJPC Salon Discussion on Nicaragua
DJPC’s Salon Discussion Series Presents Nicaragua Health: Past, Present, and Future Facilitated By: Jeremy Lee (Director of Service Learning) Sharif Abdelhamid (Associate Director of Service Learning) Regis University – Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions Thursday, May 17th 7:00PM-9:00PM Highlands United Methodist Church 2nd Floor Community Hall 3131 Osceola St. (Northwest Denver) Free parking in church … Continue reading DJPC Salon Discussion on Nicaragua
DJPC Salon Discussion on El Salvador
DJPC’s 2012 Salon Discussion Series *** “All Eyes on El Salvador” *** with DJPC members, Carol and Bob Rose, CIS Election Observers at the Municipal & Legislative Assembly Elections in March and also “watching” El Dorado gold mine in El Salvador Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 PM *** at Highlands United Methodist Church … Continue reading DJPC Salon Discussion on El Salvador
Honduras: correspondents return with shocking testimonies
DJPC’s 2012 Salon Discussion Series presents Irene Rodriguez of KGNU’s Early Morning Report and Honduras correspondent for Free Speech Radio News and Margie Thompson independent journalist with ESCRIBANA and Associate Professor of international & intercultural communication at Denver University on “HONDURAS: correspondents return with shocking testimonies” Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 PM at … Continue reading Honduras: correspondents return with shocking testimonies
Feb. 16th Salon on “Peru’s National March for Water”
DJPC’s 2012 Salon Discussion Series Come for an update and informal discussion on “Peru’s National March for Water” with local Peruvians and DJPC MineWatch members Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 PM at Highlands United Methodist Church 2nd floor Community Hall 3131 Osceola Street Northwest Denver 303-623-1463 – [email protected] Free parking in church lot … Continue reading Feb. 16th Salon on “Peru’s National March for Water”
January 19 – Salon Discussion on Gold-mining
DJPC’s 2012 Salon Discussion Series Join DJPC’s MineWatch group for a presentation and informal discussion on “Human Rights and Gold-mining in Latin America” (Photo of march against Newmont Mining Corp.’s Conga gold mining project in Cajamarca, Peru) Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 PM at Highlands United Methodist Church 2nd floor Community Hall 3131 … Continue reading January 19 – Salon Discussion on Gold-mining
Tonight, October 20th Salon: “Reclamation Issues at Guatemala’s Marlin Mine”
Join us as Rob Robinson, leader of the GeoTech team that has been monitoring and researching the cracked houses surrounding the Marlin Mine in Guatemala since 2005 and has researched the issues surrounding the reclamation of the mine, shares a general overview of mining issues, a history of transnational corporations repeating itself in Guatemala, the … Continue reading Tonight, October 20th Salon: “Reclamation Issues at Guatemala’s Marlin Mine”