April 19th, 2010
Members of Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group recently returned from the Zapatista-controled areas of Mexico, where there’s a Health Centre built using money raised by the group. Their grassroots, all-volunteer effort has raised more than £24,000 for some of the most marginalised people on the planet. That’s some fine aftertaste for your coffee.
This meeting features a speaker from Chiapas on the ever-precarious situation there.
AUTONOMY, REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
EDUCATION, HEALTH, LAND,
JUSTICE, SELF-GOVERNMENT…
WALKING NEW PATHS
Speaker from Chiapas at Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 7:30pm, Weds 21st. Admission Free.
Tags: Augustine Church, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group, Events, public meeting, Zapatistas
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March 15th, 2009
Apparently last week’s fundraising gig was a massive success. Bannermans was hoaching, the walls were dripping with sweat and every single raffle ticket was sold (when has that ever happened?). A quick count says that the night raised nearly £1000 to be split between ACE and solidarity funds for the autonomous Zapatista communities of Southern Mexico (read about the clinic they built here).
Grassroots fundraising, making a difference without subjecting you to washed-comedians with expense accounts bigger than your monthly pay packet. Why not set up a Standing Order to these groups and get the warm fuzzy feeling every month:
Tags: 16 de febrero, ACE, benefit gig, Certain Death, Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Group, fundraiser, international solidarity, RAGE, Tickle, Zapatistas
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