#770: PANEL DISCUSSION ON CBI ENHANCEMENT BILL in Brooklyn

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From: scoupeau <scoupeau@gte.net>

>PRESS RELEASE
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>TO ALL MEDIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>Contact: Charles Horwitz: (718) 230-3537 October 20, 1999
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>Steeve Coupeau E-mail: scoupeau@gte.net
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>SPEAKERS TO DISCUSS CONTROVERSIAL CARIBBEAN TRADE BILL
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>The Haiti Projects in Partnership of the Brooklyn Society for Ethical
Culture is hosting a panel discussion on the pending Caribbean Basin
Initiative Enhancement Bill on Sunday November 14, 1:30 PM. The legislation
seeks to lower United States tariffs and trade barriers to products of the
Caribbean and Central America. The event will take place at the Brooklyn
Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West at 1st Street. The
speakers represent United States labor interests and the movement in
solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean. The event is free and open
to the public.
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>The speakers will be:
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>Cajuste Lexius, Trade union activist, former leader of the General
Confederation of Labor, one of the largest labor unions in Haiti.
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>Mark Levinson, Chief Economist at UNITE and Editor of Dissent Magazine.
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>Merrill Smith, Executive Director of Haiti Advocacy, a non-profit
organization established to inform the Haiti solidarity community on issues
of immigration, trade, development and human rights. He served as Directing
Attorney at Church World Service in Miami representing Haitian
asylum-seekers.
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>Rev. Tom F. Driver, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology Emeritus, Union
Theological Seminary in New York City. He is a member of the Haiti Task
Force of Witness for Peace, a grassroots organization working for peace and
justice in Central America and the Caribbean.
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>The discussion will be moderated by Steeve Coupeau, Lecturer in Political
Science, College of New Rochelle, New York. He is also the Public Relations
Officer of the Haiti Projects in Partnership.
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>Street parking is available. Nearby subways are the 2 and 3 trains at Grand
Army Plaza.
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