Trade Issues Forum at Augsburg

The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition, Coalition for Student Activism, and MPIRG are hosting speakers to discuss FREE TRADE on Tuesday, October 21 from 7 - 8:30 pm in Augsburg's East Commons (Christiansen Center).

Topics and speakers will include:

“Racism and globalization” -- Rose Brewer- professor of Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota

“Environmental impacts of free trade and globalization” -- Dennis Olson- senior policy analyst at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

“Food and farming in Minnesota”-- Erik Esse – Director of Local Fair Trade Network (Minneapolis)

“Trade-related job loss in Minnesota”-- Mike Goldman- Displaced Worker Liaison for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

“Workers’ rights and the Colombia Free Trade Agreement”-- Gerardo Cajamarca – United Steel Workers