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Corporate Accountability and the Alternative Economy" |
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by Green Party
Email: Srrodger (nospam) uiuc.edu (verified) |
28 Apr 2005
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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange to speak this Friday! 100 Gregory Hall, 7pm. |
As part of the UIUC Campus Greens' campaign to promote fair trade coffee and chocolate in Champaign-Urbana, Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange will speak at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on April 29 at 7PM in Greg Hall. Described by The New York Times as the "Paul Revere of globalization's woes," Danaher's analytical expertise, sense of humor and blunt eloquence make him an exceptionally dynamic speaker.
Kevin Danaher will discuss how corporate globalization is driven by the need to turn nature into money and find the cheapest labor and how as an alternative to this destructive practice, grassroots globalization is being built by community-based organizations linking across their boundaries. He will not only provides a detailed analysis of what is wrong, but he also gives inspiring examples of what we can do to make things right!
Kevin Danaher's lecture is presented by the UIUC Campus Greens and co-sponsored by the following organizations:
Campus Greens, Students for Environmental Concerns, United Students Against Sweatshops, Unitarian Universalists, Engineers Without Borders, Common Ground Food Co-Op, Amnesty International, Anti-War Anti Racism Effort, Textile and Apparel Group, Students for David Cobb, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative, Channing Murray Foundation, Feminist Majority, Activist Forum, Illinois For Nader,
Kevin Danaher's Bio
For more on Kevin, see http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/56.html |
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Re: Corporate Accountability and the Alternative Economy" |
by jwalling
jwalling (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified) |
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28 Apr 2005
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The lecture has been moved to 7:30 PM because of Dr. Danaher's travel arrangements |
