You are invited to the annual seminar of the Stop Land Grabs Coalition, on November 8 from 11AM to 1PM Eastern time (US). The event will be held in person at Harvard University and livecast over Zoom.

The seminar will focus on the key role that Harvard University and TIAA play in financial speculation on farmland in Brazil, the United States and other countries, causing displacement of rural communities, human rights violations, and environmental destruction. These financial corporations promote the expansion of agribusiness plantations that demand large amounts of chemical inputs based on fossil fuels. The seminar will build outreach to pressure Harvard and TIAA to divest from farmland. It will be an opportunity for international organizing in defense of food sovereignty and land rights for Indigenous, small farmers and peasant communities.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Please register to participate in-person or virtually over Zoom.

Date and time: Wed, November 8th, 11 am - 1 pm Eastern Time (US).
Address: Robinson Hall, Warren Center Conference Room B21, 35 Quincy Street, Harvard University
Speakers:
- Maria Luisa Mendonca, Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos (Network for Social Justice and Human Rights), Brazil
- Devlin Kuyek, GRAIN
- Dr. Sidney Chalhoub, Harvard University
- Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, Stop Land Grabs Coalition/ActionAid USA
- Altamiran Ribeiro, Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), Brazil
- Rachel Carle, Stop Harvard Land Grabs

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Si vous pouvez et voulez aider financièrement : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/rencontres-paysannes-et-rurales/collectes/rencontres-des-luttes-paysannes-et-rurale-ete-2023

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Up-to-date information is available on the multilingual website https://lpr-camp.org.

If you can and want to help financially: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/rencontres-paysannes-et-rurales/collectes/rencontres-des-luttes-paysannes-et-rurale-ete-2023

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