East Timor Education and Humanitarian Aid Speaking Tour

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East Timor Education and Humanitarian Aid Speaking Tour





 Grassroots International and the East Timor Action Network are

 co-sponsoring a national speaking tour from November 7/8  -  November 23,

 1999.



 The Speakers:

 Pamela Sexton is currently traveling in East and West Timor, where she is

 assessing the situation for Grassroots International?s Act Now for East

 Timor Campaign and for Timor Aid.  Pamela is a long-time

 activist with the San Francisco chapter of the East Timor Action Network

 (ETAN).



 Last April, Pam was part of the exploratory team sent by Peace Brigades

 International to lay the groundwork for its project in East Timor.  After

 her return to the United States, Pam worked as the US coordinator for the

 International Federation for East Timor Observer Project (IFET-OP), the

 largest United Nations-accredited, international observer mission for the

 recent referendum in East Timor.  Prior to her activist work on East Timor,

 Pam lived and taught in Indonesia for two years.



 If immigration issues can be resolved on short notice, Pamela will be

 joined on the tour by an East Timorese activist.





 The Tour:

 The tour is planned for the period November 7-23 and, while not final, our

 idea is to begin on the EastCoast and move westward to end in California.



 The speakers will be available for public events, press outreach and

 advocacy meetings. The tour is designed to raise awareness about the

 current and on-going humanitarian crisis in East Timor as well as the

 critical situation faced by East Timorese refugees who have been forced

 into refugee camps in West Timor and other Indonesian provinces.  The tour

 will also let people know of the efforts of Grassroots International and

 Timor Aid to channel aid to the local groups now struggling to regroup in

 East Timor.



 As always, the success of this tour will depend on the support of local

 activists organizing public events and to provide local  odging, transport,

 etc. to tour participants.  Time is short, so If you or your organization

 is interested in hosting the tour, please contact Jennifer

 Moorehead with Grassroots International by October 28.



 Thank you!



 Jennifer Moorehead          Kristin Sundell

 Grassroots International    East Timor Action Network





 Contact:



 Jennifer Moorehead

 Act Now for East Timor Campaign

 Tel: 617 576-3610

 Fax: 208 246-4717

 Email: jen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 website: www.grassrootsonline.org



 Kristin Sundell

 ETAN Field Coordinator

 Tel: 773 878-4033

 Cell phone: 773 255-7949

 email: etanfield@xxxxxxx

 website: www.etan.org



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 John M. Miller         Internet: etan-outreach@xxxxxxx

 Media & Outreach Coordinator, East Timor Action Network

 48 Duffield St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA

 Phone: (718)596-7668      Fax: (718)222-4097

 Web site: http://www.etan.org

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