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UMD News
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH
November 15, 1999 Contact:
Susan Beasy Latto, Director of Public
Relations 218-726-8830
Susana P. Woodward, UMD Hispanic/Latino/Chicana Coordinator 218-726-8444
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST TO SPEAK
AT UMD
NOVEMBER 16
Women's rights activist Maria Teresa
Tula will present "Women's Rights are Human Rights" at the University of Minnesota
Duluth (UMD) on Tuesday, November 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the UMD Campus Center,
room 120.
Ms. Tula has survived a civil war, incarcerations as a political prisoner
in El Salvador's notorious prisons, and the experience of being a refugee
in the U.S. She earned international recognition for her work as an advocate
for human rights with the Committee of Mothers of Political Prisoners.
The presentation is sponsored by the UMD Hispanic/Latino/Chicana Learning
Resource Center, UMD Equity Education, and UMD Women's Resource and Action
Center.
A Rice and Beans Fundraiser for UMD Amnesty International students will
take place before the presentation at 5:00 p.m. in the UMD Kirby Student Center,
room 311, Tuesday, November 16. Donations of $5.00 will be requested.
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