Brazil - On Thursday, May 10th, 2007 the Workers Party’s (PT) Struggle Against Racism Task Force, several prominent organizations of the Black Consciousness Movement, including MNU, CONEN, SOS Racism, and several of the countries largest unions, including the CUT and UNE, will host the official launch of their solidarity campaign with the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The campaign launching will be held in commemoration of the Quilombada, traditionally held on May 13th in recognition of the day slavery was abolished in Brazil, in the Legislative Hall of the Brazilian Congress. The campaign will cover 16 Brazilian states and will raise awareness of the plight of the people’s of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and raise funds for the Brazilian delegation to the Tribunal and for PHRF.
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