[spectre] Térraba - Indigenous Woman Video and Talk

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Hi Everyone,

Elides Rivera, is a member of the Teribe people and lives in Térraba, a 
legally declared territory in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica. She has 
been given the opportunity to represent her community in front of the 
Human Rights Commission (COMISION INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 
–CIDH) on March 1, 2005 in Washington, DC.

Térraba, the territory where she lives along with three other 
indigenous territories in Costa Rica’s Southern Zone is being 
threatened by the construction of a dam.  Elides is a longtime leader 
in her community.  She is the first indigenous person to have been 
elected to serve as municipal delegate in her province.  She 
successfully fought for transportation for the communities’ students so 
that they could finally attend high school in the main town a forty 
minute bus ride away; she has been a community educator; she has worked 
with women in her community and other territories to confront domestic 
violence and to develop income generation projects to help 
women/mothers gain some financial independence.  My sister and I helped 
produce a video, which was largely filmed by youths in the community.

Thank you to all those who made Elides' participation at the OAS 
possible!

http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2005/8.05.htm
http://www.cidh.oas.org/Comunicados/English/2005/7.05eng.htm

She is now in New York City, and we have been kindly given the space at 
the Cafe 7 Lounge in Inwood on Sunday March 20 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. We 
will show the video produced in Térraba, largely directed by Elides and 
filmed by youths in the community.  It highlights the position of 
various community members of different ages regarding the Boruca 
mega-dam project threatening six territories in Costa Rica's Southern 
Zone.  Elides will also talk about her experience in the indigenous 
movement and her work in the municipal government.

This Sunday 3/20 between 4 and 7 pm.  We will probably start around 
4:30 to allow people to trickle in and mingle. Please join us!

@ Cafe 7 Lounge
an Inwood Coffee House
4710 Broadway
New York
Take the A or 1 to Dyckman Street