recieved today which throws light on supposed progress

You might both want to share this with your lists. It's related to the
flim notice I sent you earlier, this message provides info on the US
sponsored meeting taking place in Sacramento in 2
weeks, convening Ministers of Ag, Environment, Science and Technology
from around the world (notably trying to lure the 3rd world with the
candy of technology intensive promises).
Our gov't is promoting agriculture technologies (starring GMO) as the
solution to world hunger; a thinly veiled promotion of an agriculture
designed to fatten the rich and devastate the
poor, to foster dependence on multinational corporations and to
undermine self-sufficiency and self-determination in food production.
There will be demonstrations and voices speaking to
the alternatives through many thoughtful and creative events surrounding
this ministerial meeting. This is looking like it could be something
like WTO in Seattle; not a WTO meeting itself,
though building toward the next one...
Please spread the word. The Weds screening of Fed Up! will be a place
for people to get more info as well.
Thanks.
Karen

Something historic is underway in Sacramento. People from around the
world
who are concerned about democracy, justice, human rights, the
environment,
workers, biotechnology, the safety of our food and our collective future

are uniting to raise their voices in opposition to the corporate take
over
of the food supply. The Sacramento Ministerial on Agriculture, Science
and
Technology is an immense opportunity to educate and mobilize the public
around sustainable agriculture, community democracy and a just,
ecologically sane future.

Join in the fun! Here are 10 Ways to Plug in to the mobilization and
Change
the World:

1. Educate Yourself!
Empower yourself with the facts! Check out
http://www.sacmobilization.org
and find out what this Ministerial is all about and how the closed door
discussions between some of the world's largest and most destructive
corporations and government officials from around the globe will affect
all
of us. Learn why so many people all over the planet are speaking out
against biotechnology, irradiation, pesticides, corporate globalization
and
the take over of the food supply by corporate agribusiness. Learn about
the alternatives like organic farming, community-supported agriculture,
local democracy and people's globalization movements.

2. Spread the word!
Tell your friends and family! Forward the Call to Action. Announce the
mobilization at local meetings. Include the website
http://www.sacmobilization.org in your email signature. Put a sign up in

your window promoting the mobilization.

3. If you are in Sac or Davis Area: House an Out of Town Guest!
Concerned citizens from around the world will be coming to Sacramento to

confront the corporate take over of the food system. Do you have a spare

bed, a couch, floor space or a back yard where people could stay? Could
your church or union hall open up its basement? Do you know someone with
a
big field for people to camp in? Contact sachousing2003@... or
call
NOW: 916 519 3007

4. Provide a Donation!
Food, Office Supplies, Furniture, or any of the items listed on the
sacmobilization wishlist: http://sacmobilization.org/article.php?id=87
are
needed to make the vision of the mobilization possible.

5. Give Money!
Organizing requires money for everything from phone calls to
photocopies,
march permits to meeting rooms. Your donation could help a farm worker,
representative of a pesticide-impacted community or a campesino leader
come
to the ministerial and make their voice heard! You can send donations
to:
SacCSA
c/o Alliance for Democracy
1500 W. El Camino Ave. #621
Sacramento, CA 95833-1945

If you'd like to make a large tax-deductible donation of $500
or more, email: info@...

6. Attend Local Meetings/Regional Spokescouncils!
The Sacramento coalition for sustainable agriculture (SacCSA) meets
Every Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm.
Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
2425 Sierra Blvd. Sacramento, CA.
Two blocks north of Fair Oaks Blvd. between Howe and Fulton.

Regional spokescouncils for Afiinity Group nonviolent action planning
are:
Saturday June 14th at 4 PM at the Welcome Center at 12th & C Sts:
Sacramento
Friday June 20th at 7 PM (Location TBA) and every evening through the
Convergence.

7. Endorse!
96 organizations have endorsed the mobilization. Can we break 100? Get
your
local organization to endorse the call to action and the mobilization
and
post it on http://www.sacmobilization.org/endorse.php

8. Write a Letter to the Editor! Call in to the Radio!
Your local paper and community wants to know why You will be in the
streets to protest the Sacramento Ministerial. Call into your favorite
talk radio show and explain why you will take action to stop the
corporate
takeover of our food and future.

9. Attend the events in Sacramento and bring 10 friends!
The Convergence opens on Friday June 20th with trainings and meetings,
and
continues with a teach-in counter conference, concerts, organic food
fair,
nonviolent direct actions, and the Rally to Reclaim our Food and our
Future
at 10 am, Monday June 23rd at the west steps of the Capitol building in
Sacramento. Events continue through Wednesday with a high profile panel
discussion, spokescouncil meetings, media events, roundtable discussion,

and more! For a full schedule see
http://www.sacmobilization.org/article.php?list=type&type=50
<http://www.sacmobilization.org/article.php?list=type&type=50>

10. Form an Affinity Group and Begin Planning Actions.
There is a call for non-violent direct action in the streets of
Sacramento
to join the world in saying no more hunger, no to Genetically Engineered

foods, stop GE trees and fish, and to decry corporate trade deals that
steal the food from our tables. Not sure where to start? Attend a
training
here in Sac and plug into the regional spokescouncil meetings--for a
schedule see http://www.sacmobilization.org/calendar.php
-- -Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island
http://www.anaphoria.com
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