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Subject: El Big Frente Zapatista - Encuentro Cultural



<center><underline><bigger>Primer Encuentro Cultural Para La Humanidad
Y Contra El Neoliberalismo</bigger></underline><bigger>



</bigger></center><bigger>	El Big Frente Zapatista invites you to
participate in the First Cultural Gathering for Humanity and Against
Neoliberalismo.  This Encuentro will be taken place in Chiapas, Mexico,
between August 5-10.  I have attached a brief explanation on who El Big
Frente Zapatista is, and also a planned schedule for the Encuentro.  
If you or anyone  you know are interested in participating in the
Encuentro Cultural, please  e-mail us ASAP, so we may send you an
application,  at: 

			E-mail -- waterseye-AT-earthlink.net

Also, if you know of someone interested and they do not have an e-mail
account, our fax number and phone number are:

			Fax -- 213/ 256-7577

			Tel.-- 213/ 550-1365

If you want more information, regarding the Encuentro, please e-mail or
fax us ASAP.

  

Just in case you are not able to retieve the files, please let us know,
and we may be able to fax them over instead. 


IMPORTANT NOTE:  The deadline for the applications will be due very
soon, so don't hesitate to get ahold of us.


Todo Para Todos Y nada Para Nosotros, 

<italic>El Big Frente Zapatista</italic></bigger>

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Content-Description: 

   EL BIG FRENTE ZAPATISTA

*  Who is the Big Frente Zapatista?
	=09
The Big Frente Zapatista is a collective of artists, students, youth,
workers, and cultural  promoters from various communities and
organizations.  We work with all those who have  been excluded and
marginalized by neoliberalism and who have been inspired by the Zapatista
movement.   We are members of civil society, uniting in the efforts of
Zapatismo, not only to support the EZLN in Mexico, but also to actively
participate in our own 	transformation "desde nuestra propia trinchera".
The B.F.Z. is dedicated to promote the work of the E.Z.L.N., F.Z.L.N., and
any other organization working towards the creation of just societies for
all humanity.  In order to engage in this process we have organized the
following Cultural Encuentro for Humanity and against neoliberalism.
----------------------------------------------

Primer Encuentro Cultural Para La Humanidad Y
Contra El Neoliberalismo

_____________________________________________________________
GOALS/OBJECTIVES

Through dialogue and collective  cultural and artistic creation, to:

	* Begin the process of building a strategic alliance between the Chicana/o
community in the US and the Zapatista Indigenous community in Mexico

	* Develop a process for self-reflection that will deepen our understanding
of our history and our present situation, in order to facilitate the
development of democratic and inclusive forms of organiz-		ing within our
communities

	*Develop a deeper understanding of the Zapatista model of organizing for
building a just society 			towards the goals of true democracy and
autonomy.

______________________________________________________________________
PROGRAM

**  August 1, 1997 **
1) - Tentative - CONCERT IN  El  D.F. - "Todos Somos Zapatista"
				Several Chicana/o and Mexicana/o artists will be performing for the purpose
				of attracting the attention of the media as well as civil society to the
				Chicana/o Indigena Encuentro Cultural and the Zapatista struggle against
				neoliberalism and for humanity.
	=09
** August 4, 1997 **
2) - SAN CRISTOBAL WELCOMING -
				This is an effort to help establish a broader support base for Zapatismoand
				to develop stronger relationship wtih the Zapatista community in the City
				of San Cristobal de las Casas.

** August 5, 1997 **
3) - BIENVENIDOS  A OVENTIC
				An opening ceremony/welcoming event, as a chance to settle in and hear
				Zapatista representatives address all participants (indigenous community
				members, and Chicana/o community members) from the main stage.

** August 6, 1997 **
4) - NOS ENCONTRAMOS -
				A day dedicated to presenting the realities of our respective lives as
				communities and establish a better understanding of/for eachother and
				ourselves.
=09
** August 7, 1997 **
5) - LA MUJER -
				Artistic expression and dialogue focused on the implementation of the EZLN
				Revolutionary Laws for all Women in order to ensure the full participation
				of women in all aspects of community reconstruction and redefinition.  This
				day is also focusing on the role of men in the implementation of these
				laws.

** August 8, 1997 **
6) - ART & CULTURE AS A TOOL OF RESISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION -
				A day to focus on the use of different artistic media for the purpose of
				political action, education and reconstruction; together we will learn from
				each other and create strategies through art.
=09
** August 9, 1997 **
7) - AUTONOMY -
				A day to examine the concrete areas of political, economic, cultural,  and
				educational autonomy as a necessary foundation for rebuilding and
				redefining community.

** August 10, 1997 **
8) - CLOSING CEREMONY -
				A day of self-reflection.  This is not a day of 	good-byes, but a day of
				welcoming the birth of a new organized effort towards the reconstruction of
				our communities through the process of autonomy in the US.  This is also a
				day for the creation of the first Chicana/o Artist Declaration for Humanity
				and against neoliberalism

** August 11, 1997 **
9) - FUNDRAISING CONCERT IN SAN CRISTOBAL -
				A closing ceremony in the  Plaza de Toros to begin the process of a united
				front between  Mexican artists and Chicana/o artists from the US.
				"Rompiendo el Cerco".
______________________________________________________________________




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