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COLOMBIAN SPEAKER MARTHA LUCIA GIRALDO VILLANO TO DISCUSS EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

(10/26/09)

DANIELSON, CT — “Extrajudicial Killings in Colombia...Not In Our Name!”, presented by Martha Lucia Giraldo Villano, will take place at Quinebaug Valley Community College, Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:30 pm in the Robert E. Miller Auditorium in Danielson.

 

Martha Lucia Giraldo Villano was born on June 22, 1978 in Cauca, Colombia.  Villano is the daughter of José Orlando Giraldo, a small-scale farmer who was the victim of an extrajudicial killing by the National Army. Villano states, “I am part of the Victims of State Crimes Movement.  Along with other victims, we work together on organizing and training in order to demand our rights to truth, justice and reparation."

This event is sponsored by the QVCC Humanities lecture series. For additional information, contact Nan Hirst, professor of humanities, nhirst@qvcc.commnet.edu or 860-412-7236.

This presentation is part of the Witness for Peace New England fall tour. As a grass-roots movement, Witness for Peace, New England seeks to raise awareness of and give testimony to violations of human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean and to advocate for U.S. economic and social policies that support these basic rights. http://witnessforpeace.org/