The Widening Gap: Economic Inequality at Home and Abroad
Event Description:
Come to the Houston Peace & Justice Center's conference on "The Widening Gap: Economic Inequality at Home and Abroad" and expand your understanding of how justice and peace are compromised by the ever-widening gap between rich and poor 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in the Honors College, MD Anderson Library, at the University of Houston.
Opening Plenary
Film: “Global Village or Global Pillage” narrated by Ed Asner
Panel of commentators plus initial group discussion
Luncheon Speaker
Dr. Ana Malinow, Baylor College of Medicine
“Our Broken Healthcare System and How to Fix It”
Workshops
The drive to privatize
Immigration from Latin America: Its economic causes and impacts
Big Pharmacy abroad and at home
The special burden of women
Union organizing and the obstacles it encounters
Socially responsible business
Local economics as an alternative to elite globalization
Worker control: The experiment in Argentina
Registration $25, $10 for students and low income people. Includes lunch and materials. For more information and to register, visit www.hpjc.org/2008_springconf.html. Or write a check payable to HPJC and mail to P.O. Box 66234, Houston, TX 77266.
CONFERENCE GOALS
* Display the causal connections between economic distress in the U.S. and a global system of elite domination.
* Indicate the ways that the well-being of a large majority of Americans is being subverted by the economic, political, and media power of the wealthiest 1% of our population.
* Raise economic justice to major importance in the public discourse surrounding the 2008 elections.
* Energize people to organize for November.
CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS
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Office of Justice and Peace-Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston/Houston
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Coalition of Working People and the Poor
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Harris County AFL-CIO
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Harris County Green Party
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Houston Institute for Culture
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Rice for Peace and Justice
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United Students Against Sweatshops-UH Chapter.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Opening plenary: film "Global Village or Global Pillage" narrated by Ed Asner
Panel of commentators plus general discussion
Workshops Round 1
Immigration from Mexico: its economic causes and impacts
Socially Responsible Business
Building Local Economies
The Drive to Privatize
Luncheon Presentation: "Fixing our broken healthcare system," Dr. Ana Malinow of Baylor College of Medicine and Healthcare for All Texas
Workshops Round 2
The Special Burden of Women
Big Pharmacy in the U.S. and Abroad
Unionizing and the obstacles organizers face
Worker control of factories: The Argentine experience
Closing plenary: The choice is ours. Lessons learned and the way forward.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. $25 registration fee, $10 for students and low income. Lunch with a vegan option is included.
Directions: Take I-45 to Spur 5 exit. Turn right at first stop light, cross Calhoun St. and use Entrance 1. There will be parking available in the lot at the first right and paid parking in the above-ground garage after you turn left at the first stop sign. To reach the library, follow the street on which you entered campus. The first building on your right is the University Center. Continue to the next building (also large), which is the M.D. Anderson Library. Go around to the front entrance, enter and immediately turn to the right. Use stairs or elevator to second floor.
Questions? Call 713.861.6227.
Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace and Justice Center
Event Contact Name:
Herb Rothschild
Event Phone Contact Information:
713.861.6227
Event Website:
www.hpjc.org/2008_springconf.html
Event Fee:
$25 registration fee; $10 students/low income Includes lunch.