{"id":2809,"date":"2014-02-25T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T23:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/?p=2809"},"modified":"2014-02-05T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:19:48","slug":"sowing-struggle-social-movement-and-the-future-of-corn-in-tlaxcala-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceeconomyproject.org\/wordpress\/sowing-struggle-social-movement-and-the-future-of-corn-in-tlaxcala-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowing Struggle: Social movement and the future of corn in Tlaxcala, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, February 25<\/strong>
\n5:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nSt. Louis University,\u00a0Baer Fuller Lecture Hall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 26<\/strong>
\n6:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nWashington University St. Louis,\u00a0Brown 118<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America presents:<\/p>\n

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“Sowing Struggle<\/a>: Social move<\/strong>ments and the future of corn in Tlaxcala, Mexico”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

featuring Luz Rivera Martinez of the Consejo National Urbano Campesino (CNUC) and Stuart Schussler of the Mexico Solidarity Network (MSN)<\/p>\n

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Luz will speak about her 20 years of experience constructing autonomy, organizing outside the electoral system, and resisting genetically modified corn while protecting millennia-old varieties. Her talk will have important lessons for anyone interested in\u00a0women’s, environmental, peasant, and labor movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CNUC was established in the early 1990s and has since worked tirelessly to demand government accountability, defend family farms, and build a strong community. CNUC has a long history of disposing of corrupt leaders, democratizing community budgets, coordinating community-driven infrastructure projects, including peoples’ history in education, and expanding access to healthcare.<\/p>\n

CNUC’s most recent work focuses on reviving traditional composting techniques, education on the dangers of genetically modified seeds, and dignifying the culture of corn and seeds that Tlaxcaltecans have nourished over generations. CNUC is also an adherent to the Zapatistas’ Sixth Declaration, an international network of organizations struggling against neoliberalism and for autonomy from the grassroots.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the SLU\u00a0Social Work Association, SLU College of Public Health and Social Justice, SLU Political Science Department, WUSTL Social Justice Center, GMO-Free Midwest, Mexico Solidarity Network, and the\u00a0Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, February 25 5:30 p.m. St. Louis University,\u00a0Baer Fuller Lecture Hall Wednesday, February 26 6:00 p.m. Washington University St. Louis,\u00a0Brown 118 The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America presents: “Sowing Struggle: Social movements and the future of corn in Tlaxcala, Mexico”\u00a0 featuring Luz Rivera Martinez of the Consejo National Urbano Campesino (CNUC) and Stuart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t