July 2004 Update

Welcome!!! June 30 was the first day of work at UNANIMA International for Ana Maria Martinez de Luco, CCV. Thanks to Florence Deacon and Franciscans International she has received a credential that will enable her to be at the United Nations. She will be assisting UI to follow our concerns particularly in areas related to children - participating in the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Working Group on Girls. Currently she is assisting in compiling the data that we received from the surveys on trafficking and immigration that we sent out earlier in the year.

Interventions available As mentioned in last month's update UNANIMA International sponsored two speakers for the "Indigenous Girl's Speak Out" panel during the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May. The presentation of Valerie Henderson is available by clicking on the attachment linked to the email message in which this update is sent. Also, the intervention prepared by the SHCJ group living in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, and written by volunteer Gina Pultorek, is ready and can be accessed as an attachment to this email as well.

Brochures
Our brochures have been printed and will be available by July 12. Please contact Catherine at any time to receive those you need.

Education Sessions
The committee of Roselle Santivasi, Jean O'Meara and Stella Storch is moving ahead with the education and action session planned for the New York area in the fall. The session will be October 1. Please be alert for the flyer which will be coming soon.

For those who live in the Washington DC area, Catherine Ferguson and Lise Gagnon will be presenting a workshop on how to do systemic change. The workshop will take place from Friday evening-Sunday afternoon, September 24-26 and is open to anyone who is interested. (Maximum number of participants = 30). If you are interested, please contact Carol Ries, SNJM, (at carolries@juno.com or carolr@quixote.org ).

Invitation for Trafficking Session
Within the month you should receive an invitation and cover letter for the trafficking session for grassroots members being planned by Louise Cleary, Lesley Sacouman, Mary Lou Simcoe and Catherine Ferguson. If you have further questions once you receive the invitation, please contact Catherine. Co

lombia Delegation Visit
The dates for the fact-finding visit to Colombia with the Pax Christi International delegation have finally been set. Catherine will leave on July 21 and return to New York on August 2. She will be the rapporteur for a delegation of approximately 10 persons from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Peru and the United States.

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