[Sosfbay-discuss] hunger banquet
Jim Doyle
j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net
Thu Nov 29 17:13:03 PST 2007
WHAT: 5th Annual Hunger Banquet Celebrates U.N. Human Rights Day
* WHEN: Sunday, December 2, 2007, 5-8 PM*
*WHERE: University Room, San Jose State University*
West Side of Cafeteria Building, Near Student Union
*PARKING: *Free parking in Lot D on 10th Street between San Fernando and
San Antonio. The Student Union is right in front of Parking Lot D. Walk
to the left of the Student Union and then walk to the next building, the
Cafeteria. The University Room located at the end of that building.
*WHO:* Co-Sponsored by Human Agenda, the SJSU Center for Community
Learning & Leadership, the Center for Service Learning and the
Associated Students at Evergreen Valley College, SEIU Local 521 Social
and Economic Justice Committee, Community Links, the Cesar Chavez Center
for Community Action at SJSU, and the Art and Banner Club at Bellarmine
College Prep
*KEYNOTER:* *“The Future of the World Social Forum”, Colin Rajah*,
Director of the International Migrant Rights and Global Justice Program
at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
/Mr. Rajah, a political refugee from Malaysia, has authored dozens of
articles and publications on migrant rights, international trade,
globalization, and the linkages of the three. He has attended all seven
World Social Forums and was on the National Planning Committee of the
U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta this past summer, attended by over 10,000
concerned citizens. . /
*HONOREES: :* *Martha’s Kitchen *has served the needy for over 25 years
in San Jose, providing the most needy with daily sustenance.
*Margaret Gregg*, the County’s Homeless Concerns Coordinator,
coordinates over 100 agencies serving the homeless. She also served as
the Executive Director of the San Jose Family Shelter. She was banned
from the base grounds at Fort Benning Georgia while seeking to close
down the School of the Americas.
*DONATION:* $25 Adult, $10 Student and Low Income; *no one will be
turned away*. Show up at the Hunger Banquet or send contributions
payable to “Human Agenda” to: Human Agenda Treasury, 3845 Wellington
Square, San Jose, CA 95136.
*PROCEEDS: *Benefit Human Agenda,* *Martha’s Kitchen, the Second Harvest
Food Bank, and Oxfam America
*INFORMATION: *Email /humanagendavision at sbcglobal.net/
<mailto:humanagendavision at sbcglobal.net> or call Richard Hobbs,
408-460-2999
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