From ESWStanford
Over spring break, members of ESW will be traveling to Oaxaca, Mexico to lay the groundwork for our ecological sanitation project carried out at several schools in the area. In preparation, ESW is hosting a Mexican culture workshop open to all members of the Stanford community. The workshop will feature the following:
- An introduction to our ecological sanitation project in Oaxaca, Mexico
- An authentic Oaxacan dinner catered by Palo Alto's own Oaxacan Kitchen
- A screening of Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad ("A Little Bit of So Much Truth"), an award-winning documentary about the Oaxacan people's struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice
All years, all majors welcome! Admission is free of charge.
Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad:
In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. A 90-minute documentary, A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice.
For more information, check out these links:
http://www.sarar-t.org/ (SARAR Transformación, our partner organization in Oaxaca)
http://www.corrugate.org/un_poquito_de_tanta_verdad/un_poquito_de_tanta_verdad (Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad)
