Conference
20th Anniversary of The WTO Protests
Join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition, IPS's Manuel Pérez Rocha, and community allies to mark the anniversary of the 1999 Battle in Seattle!
Date
December 07
Time
10:00 am - 9:00 pm EST
Website
Venue
Join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and Community Allies to mark the 20th Anniversary of the WTO protests!
The WTO+20 Event Schedule:
10:00am-12:00 pm Rally at OCCIDENTAL PARK
3:30pm-6:00pm Trade Justice Workshops @ TOWN HALL
Session 1
- Environment with Selden Prentice of 350 Seattle and Manuel Pérez Rocha from Institute for Policy Studies
- Labor Issues in Trade Policy with Motthida Chin from Verité and Barbara Byrd from Oregon AFL-CIO
- Public Health with Leigh Haynes and Julia Robinson of Peoples' Health Movement and Health Alliance International
- Immigration with Ricardo Ortega from LELO
- Indigenous Sovereignty and Extractive Industries with John Sirois of the Colville Tribes
- Labor Activism That Crosses the Border: Past and Future with Oregon Fair Trade Campaign
- Food Sovereignty with Karen Hansen-Kuhn of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- WTO Tech, Data, E-Commerce Expansion with Deborah James of Our World is Not For Sale
- Trade and Militarism with Carly Brook of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
