Sò Anne, Haitian Activist and Folk Singer @ L.A. on International Women’s Day (March 8)

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For the 8^th Global Women’s Strike

Join women and men supporters in over 60 countries to mark

International Women’s Day March 8

Welcome to Los Angeles

Sò Anne
Prominent Haitian Activist and Folk Singer

► NEWS FLASH: Annette Auguste, known as Sò Anne, was arrested by US marines in May 2004 at home in Port au Prince along with her friends and family including two children. She was held in prison for over two years by the UN occupation, and only released August 2006 after international pressure to free her led by the grassroots in Haiti. ► Hear her story! Her visit to LA is an opportunity to hear firsthand what is happening in Haiti! She is a tireless community activist working to improve the lives of the 90% of Haitians who live in poverty, a grandmother and revered folk singer.

Thurs March 8, 7PM GOLDEN STATE Mutual Bldg 1999 West Adams (at Western), LA translation of Kreyòl to English and Spanish available Wheelchair accessible Donation $10-$25, no one turned away Fundraiser for grassroots women activists in Haiti This year the Strike will be marked by an event in Port au Prince in support of the women in Cité Soleil ► Sponsors: Danny Glover; Ginette Apollon, Centre de Reintegration Economique et Sociale des Femmes Haitiennes; KPFK media sponsor ► Coordinated by the Global Women’s Strike and Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike as part of GWS events and actions held in over 60 countries on and around March 8, International Women’s Day, with Payday Men’s Network (www.refusingtokill.net), under the theme “Invest in Caring Not Killing!” Contact 323-292-7405 la@crossroadswomen.net

►The Strike will also mark the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of Ghana and ►Calls for support of the women of Oaxaca organizing against electoral fraud, rape and other repression

Demands of the Strike

· Payment for all caring work - in wages, pensions, land & other resources. What is more valuable than raising children & caring for others? Invest in life & welfare, not military budgets or prisons · Pay equity for all, women & men, in the global market. · Food security for breastfeeding mothers, paid maternity leave and maternity breaks. Stop penalizing us for being women. · Don't pay 'Third World debt'. We owe nothing, they owe us. · Accessible clean water, healthcare, housing, transport, literacy. · Non-polluting energy & technology which shortens the hours we work. We all need cookers, fridges, washing machines, computers, & time off! · Protection & asylum from all violence & persecution, including by family members & people in positions of authority. · Freedom of movement. Capital travels freely, why not people?

www.globalwomenstrike.net