CoDev's 6th International Solidarity Conference: Connecting Activists for Global Justice
by CoDevelopment Canada (CoDev)Saturday, 4 May 2024 from 9:00 AM (PDT) to 4:30 PM (PDT)BCGEU Lower Mainland Area Office 2920 Virtual Way #130, Vancouver, BC V5M 0C4Ticket Information
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Overview
CODEV’S INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE IS BACK AFTER FOUR YEARS!
At CoDev’s 6th International Solidarity Conference: Connecting Activists for Global Justice, on May 6th, 2024, unions and international solidarity activists will share, exchange, and strategize around movement-building, organizing, and international solidarity for local and global liberation.
Catered lunch and day-long refreshments included.
SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN US!
When: Saturday, May 4th, 2024, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM (registration starts at 8:30 am)
Where: BCGEU Lower Mainland Area Office 2920 Virtual Way #130, Vancouver
Registration Fee: $60, including catered lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
Registration deadline: Sunday, April 28, 2024, 11:59 PM PT
Registration Contact: Jeffrey Cramer, CoDevelopment Canada, jcramer@codev.org, 604-708-1495, ext. 5
Event Programme at event page at codev.org.
Detailed Event Programme will be posted on codev.org and emailed to registrants in March 2024.
Details
ABOUT ISC 2024: CONNECTING ACTIVISTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
We believe that international solidarity should be a core component of any union’s strategic plan to make the world a better place for workers.
Join union members and representatives from local, provincial and national union international solidarity and global justice committees to share experiences and practices and discuss new strategies for international solidarity work.
ISC 2024 will include workshops, small-group discussions, keynote presentation, and panel around important themes: how to make international solidarity meaningful to your members and central to your union’s vision, engaging youth, planning action-oriented campaigns, and identifying where solidarity committees from different unions can collaborate.
ISC 2024 provides a space for more-experienced solidarity activists to share experiences and insight and continue learning, and for emerging solidarity activists to learn and share their perspectives and the ways they are advancing international solidarity work. Practical in scope, ISC 2024 is designed to equip participants with proven tools and concrete ideas for building international solidarity in their unions.
SPECIAL GUEST
Neydi Yassmine Juracán Morales
National Coordinator of the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA) in Guatemala
Neydi is a Kakchiquel Maya woman and the National Coordinator of Guatemala's Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA), representing over 50,000 campesino (small farming) families. Neydi is the CCDA’s coffee program coordinator and the CCDA’s representative on the International Land Coalition, a global alliance of farmers and indigenous organizations.
Neydi and her ancestors originate from the Altiplano (Highlands) of Guatemala. A participant of the Political Training School of the CCDA, Neydi has trained Indigenous youth in the Guatemalan departments of Quiche and Coban. In 2010, Neydi and her family fled Guatemala amidst death threats targeting her family for their political activism and temporarily resided in Vancouver, Canada. Neydi has participated in a Small Farmer to Small Farmer Exchange, where she exchanged with other small farmers from around the world on food sovereignty and the defense and recovery of territory. More recently, Neydi participated as an alternative voice at COP28, where she centred the experiences of Indigenous Peoples and campesinos waging a struggle for food sovereignty and land defense and recovery.
Neydi is a youth activist who plays a central role in Guatemala's Indigenous-led struggle for land defence, recuperation, and food sovereignty. Through her ongoing efforts to amplify the work, knowledge, and vision of the CCDA and of Indigenous-led social movements, more broadly, Neydi has demonstrated the capacity and commitment to building spaces and opportunities for learning, teaching, and exchange, as well as solidarity-based relationships between allied popular struggles across the globe. Neydi is a strong, informed, and engaging speaker and activist with a profile and expertise that resonates with international solidarity activists, organizers, and those interested in lending to the struggle for social, economic, and environmental justice.