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1st Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights Conference
11 December 2021 @ 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
FreeJoin us for the First Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human Rights Conference, sponsored by the Fannie Lou Hamer branch of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF US)!
Saturday, December 11th, 10AM -2PM Pacific, 1PM – 5PM Eastern
WILPF US awarded a mini grant of $1,500 to the Fannie Lou Hamer branch for this conference.
The conference will consist of an opening plenary, breakout sessions, and discussion.
Topics will be: Ending Mass Incarceration, Abolishing the Death Penalty, Immigration Justice, the UN International Decade for People of African Descent / Reparations, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
For more information contact Theresa El-Amin at theresa@projectsarn.org or 919-824-0659.
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